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The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14

nous as the principal seat Of the Shin
sect of Buddhism. But when these
priests happened to incur the enmity
of the great chieftain, Nobunaga. they
were finally. in 1850, driven out of
Osaka. and their temple was burned.
In 1888 the famous general. Hide
yoshi, the Napoleon of Japan" de-
cided to make Osaka the seat of his
power and ordered to be constructed
there castle. said to be probably the
most magnificent building that Japan
ever saw" But. unfortunately. 1t was
mostly destroyed by fire In 1868. and
only few buildings remain. The cas-
tie grounds are now the headquarters
of the Osaka military district.
One Shinto temple. known as "Iku-
dana Jinga," is tabled to have been
founded more than 600 years b. c.;
but historical criticism prevents us
from believing such a claim. One of
the oldest buildings In Osaka is the ia
nous Buddhist temple known as Ten
noji. whose five-storied pagoda is a
landmark for miles around. 1t is pos
sible to climb to the top of this pa
CODA and obtain fine view.
hio ttiupit was louuucu dDout ouu
A. D.: has been frequently destroyed
by fire and was last rebuilt in 1864. 1t
has Just received fine large bell.
said to be the first one cast in Japan
according to modern scientific prin-
ciples.
Osaka was once the capital of the
empire. at least in the reign of EN-
peror Ninkotu (313.399 A. d.. Con-
cerning this kind ruler there is a
favorite legend. as follows: Having
climbed hill, looked all around and
observing the absence of smoke from
the cottages of the people. Ninkotu
decreed that for the space of three
years neither taxes nor forced labor
should be imposed on his subjects. His
own palace. for want OF funds to re-
pair II. was allowed TO become SO d.
lapidated that the roof admitted rain.
"Three years later he again ascend
ed the hill and beheld smoke rising
from every dwelling. The people were
now rich enough to bear taxation
without feeling the burden and volun-
tarily contributed toward rebuilding
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14

Osaka. the second city in Japan, is
sometimes called the Chicago Of Japan
1t is probably SO named because 1t is
such an enterprising. hnstling. bustling
place in comparison with other Jap
anese cities. 1t is. indeed. the com
mercinl metropolis OF Japan. It boasts
much greater antiquity than the
American city. as It traces its history
back even to prehistoric times. The
FIRST Buddhist temple ever built in jap
an was erected at Naniwa. as the place
was originally called. The name
Osaka. meaning big HILL" was given
TO 1t about the time Columbus discoy-
cred America. Osaka was at first IA
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
OSAKA THE BUSIEST CITY
In THE JAPANESE EMPIRE
Probably Western Eyes the Most Interesting Metrop
oils Of the EastTraveIer Has Described the Streets
Veritable Beehive Of Human Industry.
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am gives vivid picture Of what may
be seen in the Japanese Chicago: THE
streets OF Osaka are the busiest
have ever seen. They are literally
thronged with human beings engaged
in unceasing toll. The stores and
shops are also workshops and ware
houses. Clerks. designers, artisans,
packers, carriers, sellers and buyers
are so mixed up that the wonder Ii
how they all unravel themselves and
bring order out of the chaos which
seems to reign supreme. In this re-
spect you are reminded of the de-
scrIptIon OF those wonderful cities Of
the ancient world where every nan
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14

constitutes the problem which tries
the soul of the American woman and
proves the quality of her religion.
Economy is a stranger with whom no
reckoning can be had. Sufficient un-
to each hour are the needs thereof is
the substance of native reasoning.
Nothing is saved from the preparation
of a meal. A separate trip must be
made to market for provisions for
breakfast and for dinner. It is use
less to buy more than is needed at one
time, for the cook will certainly con-
fiscate the surplus. II a protest is
made against this confiscation, the
cook will smile and explain that there
are hungry mouths at home which
must be fed. uniess the concession
is granted there is an immediate va
cancy In the kitchen. The exasperated
American housewife accepts the only
alternative left to her-she surren-
ders to another custom of the coun-
try and employs her Yankee wits in
reducing the surplus to minimum.
The cause which doubtless origin
ated and warrants the continuance of
the custom of buying provisions for
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
A. crI,Ie STIR. connoIssevr..

GirIio Bonola. the well-known
italian art critic. has just finished his
investigation In regard to the Santa
Cecilia of Donatello and the results
will presently be published. Accord
ms to Bonola. the bas-relief in the
British museum. which is regarded as
the original Santa Cecilia" is moth
ing but a copy. The critic asserts
that he has found the authentic origl-
nal In Padua.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
Fashion severely crItIeI,ed.

In his Easter morning sermon the
Rev. W. II. Ramsey OF the Unitarian
church Of the Messiah in Louisville.
KY, said that the new woman OF the
highest culture will no more wear a
birds wing on her head than she
would wear human scalp. He add
ed: THE Easter bonnet of to-day is
too often the symbol of cruelty and
thoughtlessness. Fashion makes
barbarians OF beautiful women"
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
No Successful Traitors.

Though you search the pages of his
tory you will find no record of sue
cessful traitor. Because whenever a
traitor has succeeded, history, the
constituencies jade, calls him a hero
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
AnxIous to please.

A Washington woman who is trou-
bled with chronic nightmare. caused
by heart failure. and who frequently
cries out in her sleep. recently adver-
tised for room and board with fam
lily who Will not object to screaming
in the night" Among the answers
she received was one which asked.
How often would you require US to
scresm?"
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
lnternal Economy.

Two years ago a Polander out on
Nubbin Ridge swallowed a grain of
wheat. Last week he was attacked
with fit of coughing and coughed up
50-pound sack OF flour and 100
pounds of bran. Truth is mighty and
will prevail.-Hartford Day Spring.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
Claim ooIfino is DANGEROUS.

The Board Of Public Service of Gin
cinnati has abolished all the golf links
in the public parks and has forbidden
the game therein on the ground that
It would be dangerous to women and
children who frequent the parks for
outing and recreation.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
The Worth Of an AutomoblIe.

The possession of an automobile
multiplies the contents and sphere OF
mans life by more than six-if he
previously kept horse. and by much
more If he did not. This is the esti-
mate of the English editor of Worlds
Work.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
pIsease-eut WHAT'S the cvr.I

Should you. says an expert, wish to
examine into the freshness OF your
eggs before breaking hold each one
before a strong light and look d.
rectly through it. If fresh the white
will be clear and the yolk round. Yes.
of course. but the expert omits to
state how to treat an egg with a
rhomboid formation of yolk and q
generally frowning countenance.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
Cost of Mining for Gold.

Half the citizens of Nome and other
AlasKar cities have lost parts of their
bodies by freezing, according to re-
turned miner. The gold seekers have
paid heavy price for the metal Sc
cured They are minus either fingers.
toes, noses, feet or legs. the heads and
trunks being only parts of the body
left uninjured.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
aunbeeomina Conduct

An amendment to the charter of
Greater New York. introduced in the
legislature at Albany the other day,
provides that school teachers may be
removed from their positions for "un-
becoming conduct" The object of the
amendment, according to its sponsor.
is to enable the school board to re-
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14

The political condition in Santo Do
mingo is much the same as in HAITI.
They each provide an example Of what
is known as a "one-man country"
Mr.. vasquez, the vice president. got
angry with Mr.. Jiminez. the president.
They locked horns and now Mr.. Jim
inez is numbered among the absent.
Mr.. vasquez is filling out the unex-
pired term of the executive he chased
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
cold Baths Mol AdvIsabIe.

DR.. Hacher (Munchener Med. Woch.)
says that the method of hardening
children by means of cold baths is not
only unnecessary, but it is oftentimes
Injurious. It increases rather than
diminlshes their susceptibility to
colds. thus Inducing coryza. throat
affections. bronchitis and pneumonia.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
LIFE IN THE TROPICAL
ISLE OF SANTO DOMINGO
Political Situation Has Become Almost Unbearable-
Domestic Problems Trial to the Housewife Used to
American Methods Rapid Growth Of Our Trade.
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each meal. is the difficulty in keep
ing anything over few hours on ac-
count OF the warm weather. The
greatest care must be exercised by
the house wife In the purchase of her
provisions.
While the soil here is very fertile
and will raise almost anything,
scarcity of the kinds of vegetables
grown in the United States is very
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
All Aid RussIa,s Greatness.

In the matter of equipment the Rus
sian army is up to date in every par
ticular. 1t has a special balloon de-
partment. cyclist 'corps-even dogs are
pressed into the service of the great
white cza<.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
Araentine's Immense Corn Crop.

The harvest of this year in the Ar
gentine Republic is unprecedented.
Exact data can not yet be obtained.
crop of corn tmaize) will be approx
mately 3.500.000 tons. of which 1.o0o.
900 tons will be retained for home con-
sumption and for seed. leaving for ex'
port 2.500.000 tons.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
Pork Responsible for Cancer.

Many English doctors are now con-
vinced that the eating of pigs flesh in
different forms is greatly responsible
for the increase of cancer. They
point out that 1t is most common
among the poor. whose chief meat is
that of pigs. while the disease Ia ex.
tremely rare among the Jews.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
cobra's nite Rendered Immune.

Dr. Calmette of Lille, France, by i'm
munizing horses with a mixture Of
snake yenoms. of which cobra venom
is the principal ingredient. has pro
duced an anti-venomous serum. which
is reliable in cases of cobra bite.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
Work for the Y. M. c. A.

Major Elijah Halford. paymaster U.
s. A, former secretary to President
Harrison, has returned from fSur
years station In the Philippines. He
says the Y. NJ. C. A. does great work
among the natives there.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
Dizziness.

The cause of dizziness or vertigo
in looking from the top of a high
tower or building is that in looking
about the eye must adjust itself SO
rapidly to different horizons that one
gets the sensation of a lack of equili-
brium.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
MaeterIinek Coming to America.

1t is announced that Maurice Mae
terlinck, the gifted Belgian author,
viii visit the United States during the
coming summer. accompanied by his
almost equally celebrated bride.
Georgette Leblanc. the singer and ac
tress. Maeterlinck does not confine
his study to literature. He is a good
deal of philosopher. knowing Emer
son about as thoroughly as any other
living man. and has devoted a great
deal of attention to bee life and tho
management of apiaries.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
Mlasourl,s Mental stlmuIus.

Judge Potter of Joplin reprimanded
Juror for eating peanuts while court
was in session. That was entirely
right. No man living can eat peanuts
and attend to anything else at the
same time.-Kansas City Star.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
The Penalty of Eame

Mr.. Chamberlain was "biographed"
apon his return to London. and within
three hours he was moving picture
on a public screen.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
Russia,s Immense Military Force.

Every year nearly 100000 Rus
SLAMS become liable for service. but of
these only 270.0O0 enter the active
army. the remainder being passed di-
rect into the military for twenty-five
years
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
coasaok,s MILITARY servIoes.

The Cossack is n peculiarly promi-
nent feature in the Russian military
organization. They give their mill
tary services for fifteen years, in re-
turn for which they pay no taxes.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
American Artist Honored.

Emperor Franz Josef of Austria has
conferred upon George Hitchcock. an
American artist, the cross of officer
Of the Franz Josef order
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
Was the sIII Ready. roo2

1t is said that case of insanity in
Atchison is due to a shock n woman
experienced upon going to her dress
makers and finding that her dress was
done ahead of time.-Atchison Globe
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
Editor Given ProfessorshIp.

DR.. George Frederick Stout. editor
of Mind, has been appointed to the
chair of logic and metaphysics in St.
Andrews university of Glasgow. in
succession to the late Frof. Ritchie
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
BUSY New York postoffice

The postoffice of New York city has
thirty-two stations and 1853 sub-sta-
tions. In 1t is handled 450 tons OF mail
matter. Fourteen stamp canceling ma
chimes each handle 2s,000 letters an
hour.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
Lona Term ln Pastorate.

The Rev. William Armhold has been
connected thirty-eight years with the
Congregation Keneseth Israel of Phila-
delphia. The Rev. Armhold is in his
74th year and is still active.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
Work for Artists.

Italian artists have been requested
to arrange the decoration of Rome in
honor of the kalser's visit. The
scheme will include Street of Tri-
umph.'
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
Decree for Royal Couple.

The prince and princess of Wales
will receive the honorary degrees OF
doctor of laws and doctor OF music
from the University of London on
June "a.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
Advocate Of SUNDAY openIno.

Sir William p. Treloar says tho
opening OF the museums and art gal
leries of London on Sundays was the
best thing parliament ever did.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
German canarIes the eest.

The canaries of Germany excel all
other canaries as singers. One has
been known to continue single trili
for a minute and quarter. with twen-
ty changes of note in it.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
Much Money for Aged Poor.

DR.. L. Gideon Archambault. late of
Providence. r. l., left $4,000 to found
a home for the aged poor.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14

Make Study of Textile Fabrics.
North Carolina and Mlssissippi
have state schools for the study OF
Textile fabrics.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
Has Paid Fortune In Ee.s.

Thomas A. Edison has paid s51 900
In fees for the 79i patents he has ia.
ken out
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
Hobbies Of Famous wrltera.

Kipling's hobby is Tommy Atkins"
that of Rider Haggard agriculture. and
Zangwills the project of Zionism.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
Clearly Foresees His Doom.

The king of Siam is reported as say
ing that he knows full well that his
kingdom will some day be gobbled up
by the English or the French.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
crItIeIses AutomobIIe course.

Chevalier Rene de Knyff. who has
inspected the course on which Count
Zborowski lost his life. says three.
fourths of the corners are too sharp.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
Iceherss in the Open ocean.

On her way from Newport News.
Va, to England. the steamship Lord
Lansdowne met recently with sixty
fcebergs and had to steer thirty miles
out of her course to clear Them.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
WeII.known scholar Dead.

Prof A. H. Chester who held the
chair of chemistry and minerslogy at
Rutgers college. is dead.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
Cocaine In Demand.

A drug store in Atlanta, Ga. filled
more than three thousand prescrip-
tions for cocaine in two months.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14

Widow of Famous Sailor Dead.
The widow of Admiral John L. wor-
den is dead. Admiral Worden com
manded the Monitor in its fight with
he Merrimac.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
MANY Ole bx vIoIenc.

In the United States one death in
every sixty-fve is either murder or
suicide.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
Rare siehtless salamanders.

Hdre SIuHtIess odIamanders.
The only sightless salamanders
ever seen were thrown from an ar
tesian well in Texas.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1903-11-28

TheDexter mine, at Tusearora,
has been closed down tor an in
definite period, and everything
about the place has been torn
up. This will be a hard blow to
Tuscarora as it was the only
mine operating in that camp.
The cause of the shutdown is
said to be poor management.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1903-11-28
State News


circulation in Bodie.
An epidemic of pneumonia has
broken out in Berlin, Nye coun-
ty.
The Standard cyanide plant at
BOdie has closed down for the
Winter.
Fallon, the new county seat
of Churchill county, has FIVE
saloons. a.; .f.f
Ties for the railroad from So
daville to Tonopah are now said
to be arriving daily.
The new hotel at Palisade,
built by the E. & P. railroad
company last year, is offered for
sale.
The school at Battle Mountain
has been closed owing to the
prevalence of smallpox in that
town.
William Jury, one of the early
residents of Nevada, died last
Tuesday at Galena, Lander
county.
John e. Bray has been ap-
pointed Regent of the State
University, vice J. N. Evans, de-
ceased.
Crmsby commissioners have
appropriated $3.50 for the ex-
hibit of that county at the st.
Louis Fair.
Greater activity is reported IN
Olinghouse District than at any
time since the discovery of min
eral there.
The Flanagan warehouse in
Reno has sold one million
pounds of wool directly to east.
ern consumers.
Prince, the PAGER driven for
many years by the late D. Gree,
of Carson, died last week Fri
day of old age
Three of the Hobart Mills log
cling camps closed down last
Saturday and three hundred
men were laid off.
There are a couple of cases of
smallpox at the Carson Indian
School and that institution has
been quarantined.
A test run of ore from the
Montana onopah mine, in To-
nopah, is to be made at the Nor
gan mill, at Empire.
1t is again reported that the
Silver Peak mines have been sold
to Salt Lake parties for three
quarters of a million.
There are $500 horses en-
ployed in grading work on the
Salt Lake and San Pedro rail-
read in Lincoln county.
The Southern Pacific is up
against coal famine should the
Utah and Wyoming strike con-
tinue for a few days longer.
The Montana Tonopah Min
ing Company, OF Tonopah, dur
ing October shipped go tons of
ore averaging 1920 per ton.
Bert Harlstrom, a teamster,
died at Lovelock last Saturday
as a result of injuris caused by
heavily loaded wagon running
over him.
Washoe county claims and
gets credit of supplying the U.
S. Court with two-thirds of all
the whisky-to-Indian cases that
come before it. v,ea7
Another rich strike is reported
in the Montana Tonopah mine
Ore going over 5000 per ton has
been discovered in a new ledge
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1903-11-28
Manager Wanted.

Trustworthy lady or gentleman TO manage
business in this county and adjoining territory
for well and favoraby known House of solid
financial standing. SO straight cash salary
and expenses. paid each Monday by check
direct from headquarters. Expense money
advanced; position permanent Address.
MANAGER. go MONoN BLDG, CHICAGO.
ILLINOIS.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1903-11-28
Items Of Interest Clipped
from exchanges and Con-
densed for Quick Perusal.

RdScu Dy wye equity " ASSIST
in prosecuting the Chinese riot
ers, also Smith, the murderer OF
young Dunn.
The lost carload of ore from
the Montana-Tonopah mine, at
Tonopah, has reached Salt Lake
after being 81 days on the road
from Sodaville.
1t is reported in Carson that a
fine new opera house is to be
erected in Gardnerville by valley
capital. 1t is to cost about ten
thousand dollars.
Charles Ames, a former resi-
dent of Carson. was recently
married in Cleveland, Ohio, to a
widow who refused to wed him
twenty-five years ago.
R. A. Cameron, a prospector,
died near Bridgeport on the 18th
inst. He had just complesed ar
rangement to bond his claim on
Green Greek for $4,000.
The grating of about ten
inches of skin on the heel of a
patient at the Winnemucca hos
pital was successfully accom-
plished few days ago.
Goldfeld, formerly known as
Grandpa District, 25 miles south
of Tonopah, is now the center
of attraction, rich strikes re-
Gently having been made there.
A big body of high grade ore,
assaying from $12 to $54 per
ton. has been opened up in one
of the deep levels of the mines
at Eagleville, Churchill county.
The Phoebe Record says a
strong effort will be made to
have the Board of Pardons
commute the sentence of the
Indian boy recently sentenced to
be hanged.
A survey for big ditch from
the Truckee River near Wads-
worth to the Humboldt River
in upper Lovelock Valley has
been completed. 1t would be 80
miles long, 20 miles of which
would be through solid rock.
The government is to erect a
seven-room cottage and an In
dian School on the Moapa Res
crvation at once, says the
Phoebe Record. A portable cot
tage and school house has been
shipped from New York and has
arrived at Calientes.
A man travelling from Soda
will to Hawthorne was robbed
of $500 and his watch and chain
the other day. The criminal
was captured and part of the
money recovered, but Lane, the
man who was robbed, and who
went on to Carson, cannot now
be found.
The Rocco-Homestake Mining
Company has purchased the
lumber in the old Stanford mill
at Eberhardt and is having it
torn down and removed to the
company's mine near Hamilton,
where it will be used in putting
up a building over the compa-
ny's new hosting plant.
w. c. Hilderbrandt, son of a
prominent merchant, and H. c.
Donald, a Tonopah mining man,
committed suicide in Reno last
week Wednesday. On the same
day the badly decomposed re-
mains of an unknown man were
found in a ditch east of Reno,
also the remains of a squaw
the two latter evidently having