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The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-10-29
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The following table gives the arrival and
departure of passenger trains at Battle
Mountain.
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ARRIVES DEPARTS
No.3 3A2, p. IN. 3:03. p. m
So.5 10 80 y. m. 1881, p. m.
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So.4 TSP. a. IN. 4;53. u. m.
No. 400, p. IN. 4:10. D. m.
Local freight leaves Carlin at 7 a. m.
Local freight leaves Winnemucca at ] a. IN. !;
daily arrives at Battle Mountain about Q a. m.
The Nevada Central arrives from Austin ut
u go NJ. ON Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays,
and leaves for Austin on Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays at 7 $50 A. NJ
W. I. oNYoN. Agent.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-10-29

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The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-10-29

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-28
Steam and Trolley.
From the Chicago Tribune.


The development of the trolley system in
New England, where 1t has made the great
est progress. is beginning to attract wide
attention, especially as it promises to be-
come a dangerous competitor with the
steam railroad system. Already rails of
the same weight are used on the electric
as on the steam roads and well nigh equal
speed is made in rural districts, while
greater speed is made inside city limits
The cars are being made nearly as large
if not so heavy as those on steam roads.
and in nearly all country places mails and
light freight are carried as well as pas
sengers. Trolley lines are connecting coun-
try towns which could only be reached by
wagons, and by bringing them into COM
munication with railroad stations are de-
veloping their business. Nearly every state
in New England can now be crossed, north
and south and east and west, by electric
cars and In some cases cities as far apart
as Portland, Boston, Providence, Hartford
and New York have been connected by the
broomstick train"
One Of the latest developments of the
system is the use for the first time by a
steam and trolley road of the same track.
The New York Central is to use a stretch
Of track near Oxford, Mass about five
miles from Worcester for delivery of coal
to a section it cannot now reach easily
This track was laid and is used by the
Worcester and Southbridge street railway
The fact that a locomotive and freight
cars can run upon rails originally laid for
trolley cars is opening up a wide field of
speculative possibilities among railroad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-28

among geographers throughout the world
because they have brought to light many
hitherto unknown tribes in this densely
peopled island. and have revealed the as
poets of large areas that no other white
men have visited They have just returned
from their latest trip. which occupied about
half year. They crossed the island in q
region where they had made no previous
journey and. naturally. the places. rivers
lakes and mountains which they name IN
their report are not to be found in the
very best and latest aliases.
They need to make only one or two more
Journeys to show the island in all it's i'm
portant aspects. Thus, the work they are
doing is contributing material for a good
map of the Celebes. They say of their
latest journey that their collection en-
braces very numerous objects illustrating
ethnology, fauna, flora and geology; they
have fixed the astronomical position of a
large number of places and have deter
mined their altitude. Their surveys they
say. will make important changes in the
information now given on the maps of the
central part OF the island. They are al
ready preparing to start on another expe-
dition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-28
The Boiler Controversy.
From the New York Herald.

FROM the New York Herald.
The keen rivalry among the manufacture
ers of water tube boilers and the contradic-
tory results secured from different types
have separated the naval world into war
ring sections and have evoked so much pos
tive assertion and denial that expert opin-
ion is itself most unsettled. It is well,
therefore. to preserve an open mind until
the official decisions Of the different sea
powers may be compared. In Great Britain
the opposition to the Belleville system has
been SO insistent that expensive sea trials
have been undertaken and parliament has
been forced to act in the matter: While the
preliminary report of the committee is I'M
favorable to the Belleville type. 1t fails to
recommend any one of the other systems
submitted to test. On the other hand a
board of Russian naval engineers has just
asserted the superiority of the Belleville.
Here is a radical disagreement between
skilled doctors in an important case.
The ships of this country are, as rule
supplied with the cylindrical or Scotch
boiler. the relatively few water tube in
Wilcox. the Niclausse and the Thornycroft
types. The alleged inferiority Of the MI
clause on board the Maine Is rushing our
naval administrators into the thick Of the
fray. and very grave. though improved,
charges are being made. It may be of In
terest to note that the different navies Ia
vor the Belleville. Thornycroft-Schulz Var
row. Niclausse and Babcock & Wilcox in
the order named. and that nearly one-half
the total installations. torpedo craft ex-
cfuded. are Of the Belleville system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-28
SCIENCE IN THE KITCHEN.
Thermometers and Microscopes Found
Useful by Some Housekeepers.


From the New York Sun.
A handy kitchen thermometer is now
among the supplies for the use of cooks of
scientific mind and for novices as well.
With the thermometers aid the exact time
for slipping a cake into the oven can be
told. The precise moment can be deter
mined when the eggs should be intrusted
to the water, and one can ascertain wheth-
er or not the heat is too great for the poe
roast or the delicate stew. Women who
are cooks and mistresses combined praise
the kitchen thermometer as saving them
from mistakes and embarrassment. A
kitchen microscope is also among the
devices. In the washing of salads, of
spinach and other vegetables of grapes and
various other fruits, and in deciding as to
the state of meats and what process OF
cooking they had best be subjected to, the
microscope does good service. Especially
does the housekeeper who is a pure food
advocate prize its aid.
The household indicator is another con-
venience. 1t is a tally board that acts an
grocers boy. On the indicator is listed the
entire category of supplies needed in
kitchen matters, from matches, salt, soap.
to eggs. butter, bacon and flour. There
are smooth little pegs to be fitted to the
small holes opposite each item on the list
If the cook when preparing a meal finds
that the salt is low she runs to the indi-
Gator and sticks peg to indicate the guam
tity of salt to be ordered. She also sets
peg opposite each item as the various needs
crop up in the days work. Work over she
just puts the indicator the table where
the boy can see 1t when he comes and 10
free from any more bother in the matter
Flat jewellers put the handy indicator out
side the door, and then are free to go to
walk or shop. knowing that the supplies
will be forthcoming.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-28
EGGS SAFELY HANDLED.
Fragile as They Are, the Breakage in
Transit is Astonishingly Small.

From the New York Sun.
Many eggs broken in handling? You
would be surprised to know how few,
said the commission merchant. 1.-The egg
is fragile thing? 1t certainly is, but as
matter of fact the breakage of eggs in
transit and in handling is extremely small,
really next to nothing. The commercial
egg package almost universally used
throughout the country at the present time
is case containing thirty dozen. There
were received in New York last year o.
800 269 cases of eggs; multiply that by $50,
the number of eggs to case, If you care
to know the total number of eggs.
Packed in cases eggs run about 400 cases
to the car; so that the eggs brought to
New York last year made upward of 1900
carloads. equal to hundred and forty-odd
solid trains of eggs of fifty cars each Are
there solid egg trains? Not many, but
this for the reason that the eggs gath
cred originally from many and widely
scattered points: but solid cars of eggs
everyday shipments. And, packed as they
are nowadays, eggs for this market come
from everywhere, pounding over a thou
sand, fifteen hundred. two thousand miles
of railroad from as far north and west as
North Dakota. and from far south and
west as Texas. with scarcely any breakage
worth mentioning.
LAS matter of fact there were not a
very great HldIy eggs broken IN shipping
and handling even when eggs were shipped
in barrels, packed in chopped straw, as
eggs commonly were up to fifteen years
ago. You might think that, packed in that
manner, the eggs would shuck about and
smash against one another and so get
broken, but they didn't; but being compar-
atively heavy and bulky package the bar
rel got, naturally, more heavy jolts and jars
in handling than lighter package would
and more eggs were broken in it in that
way But with the modern egg case, giving
not only security in the package itself but
making a package that can be easily and
conveniently and safely handled, the break
age in eggs is reduced to a very small mat
ter indeed. In the bottom of the egg case
is spread a thin layer of excelsior, over
which is laid sheet Of cardboard, upon
that being set rack of cardboard pockets,
each pocket holder for one egg. On that
first layer of eggs is laid another sheet of
cardboard and that another rack of
pockets and so the case is filled the top
layer of eggs being covered with final
sheet of cardboard. while layer of ex-
celsior is placed on that and on that the
cover of the box. which is packed just tight
enough to keep the eggs from moving. The
egg case is made of whitewood, of thin
light stuff but 1t serves it's purpose WELL
and the Strengthening strips nailed across
the ends serves admirably as handles
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-28
A Sidewalk Art.
m the Chicago Tribune.


One of the joys of city life owes its ex-
istence to an industry that has risen al
most to the dignity of an art without the
recognition usually accorded to art. The
joy is that of window gazing and the art
is that of window decorating. To look at
the modern shop windows is to look at
pictures that stimulate ones sense of the
beautiful much as the painted bits of can
vas do. OF course, real art is disinterested.
whereas the object of the window art is to
arouse covetousness in the breasts of be-
holders But in a measure this art defea to
it's own purpose. for many who gaze come
to love art for arts sake and are able to
eliminate the desire for possession from
their admiration. The shop window of the
past revealed but an incongruous group OF
crudely arranged articles and the woman
who beheld there the dress fabric that
seemed best suited to her beauty had to ex-
ert her fancy in summoning up picture of
herself arrayed in the coveted goods. But
now the merchant supplies both fabric and
fancy and is able to hold a mirror up to
feminine nature and to give to woman the
gift of seeing herself as others will see her
Not enough praise has been bestowed upon
the window artist. who. in his ability to
hold the distracted gaze and to divert the
care-laden mind. is really one of the forces
that make for the betterment of the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-28
Communistic Kitchens.
From the Chicago Chronicle.

From the lineage CnrOncle
Some ideas are wonderfully persistent
even If they have been practically demon
strated to be impracticable or illusory. One
of these Is the idea of coming something
out of nothing and making it serve for
money Another is the communistic kitch-
en-. The latter has reappeared again in
Chicago and vicinity, although its i'm
ton of most people some years ago. When
1t was here before it was an American
idea. Now it Is imported from London.
That fact may make it go with people
who think an imported article is neces-
sarily better than the home product pro-
yided you can assemble enough of them
in a single block. John Albeit Is the i'm
porter, and as there is no duty on ideas
so long as they are not expressed in books
machines works of art, ETC., he enjoys an
advantage over most importers.
His idea Is to have one kitchen in a
block and convey the meals to the resi-
dences through subways. The meals prom
Used are to be prepared by experts in the
art Of cookery and therefore Of superior
quality That would be very nice. of
course. and as easy as Yaryan heat But
the statement that each subscriber will be
to require explanation. Does that mean
each person or each family? If so, how
about the large and small families? That
is matter that can be adjusted Not so
of some other matters. There is family
spirit, a family individuality, in many re-
spects which will revolt against this COM
muniStic mixture of restaurant and board
ing house and doom the scheme to failure
from the start.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-28
EMBROIDERY IN STRAW.
Novelty in the Department of Needle
work for Women.

From the New York Sun.
Embroidering in straw is a new depart
ment of needlework in which both anna
teurs and business workers are practicing
Fancy puffed crowns for the hats Of small
girls, panels for screens and for workbags,
music and paper racks. photograph frames.
trinket holders and catchalls for desk and
table are among the things turned out.
Women who like to be their own milliners,
and there are many such, get hat frame
made by a designer and apply the straw
gimps according to fancy. Very dainty
ornaments Of straw intermixed with beads
and with silk horsehair pendants are
contrived to end off the corners and give
elegance to the handmade knicknacks.
Tinted arabesques and bugles are brought
out for this purpose, and also ready-fin-
ished rosetteS and afgrettes, all of straw,
but pretty and graceful.
Some Of the more expensive gimps have
the CLEAN Of crystal. yet are as plant and
manageable as a cloth fabric would be.
Others have the soft shaggy appearance
of a fibrous woolly braiding. Imported
braids are in the intermixed brown, green
and terra Gotta tints that suggest rug de-
signs, and others are in open work patterns.
A young mother lately made a baby
hamper out Of pretty blue straw. sewn to a
web-and-wire foundation and. lined with
silk of slightly darker hue. She wrought
out a pretty design in crystal white straw
for one side panel and contrtved similar
ornamentation on the cover.
America makes only the simpler patterns
of fancy straw braids. The best are made
abroad, though at the instance of Ameri-
can dealers. The finest is made in Flor
ence and in the German and Swiss towns.
Paris dictates what sorts are most wanted,
and New York originates uses for the
same Since the dyers learned how to color
straw in almost as great variety as wool
or silk textures innovations in the straw
trade have been many The process of pre-
pairing most Of the raw material used Is
long and tedious. In chip, the Feelings or
shavings got from that part of the tree
just under the bark are buried for twelve
months before the sap Is sufficiently out of
them to allow of their being dyed. The
Feelings of tree common in Cuba and the
West India Islands have to be subjected to
the same treatment. Then the crude sub
stance has to be sent to Switzerland to be
made into braids.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-28
Are the Glaciers Shrinking?


European engineers have been congratu-
lating themselves that, although the coal
mines may fail, they have in the Alpine
glaciers inexhaustible sources of energy.
The melting Of the glacier ice gives rise to
mountain torrents whose fall is being
utilized more and more, especially since the
electric transmission Of power has more
nearly approached perfection. The glacier
is thus a mine of stored energy, and It's ice
has been somewhat POLITICALLY termed
white coal" But if the researches of
some recent French and German scientific
men are to be relied on, the glaciers may
fail US some day as well as the coal mines
1t appears that the glaciers, not only of the
Alps, but also of other continental noun
tain ranges. are shrinking. in some cases
imperceptibly. and in others almost visibly
Or course. this may be only one swing of
the pendulum, and continued observation
may show that it will be followed in future
years by proportionate increase. SO it may
be as well not to indulge in too dismal
forebodingS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-28
Suicide Statistics.
the Springfield Republican.

From the Springfield Republican.
Modern civilization is being forced more
and more deeply on the defensive in the
matter of suicide. Statistics finding publi-
cation in England show great increase in
the rate of self-destruction in European
countries during the past twenty-five years.
Thus in France the rate has increased from
157 to 224 per million of population, and in
Germany 1t is nearly the same. The rate
has increased during the same time by
thirty nine per million of people in Austria,
twenty-seven in Hungary, eighteen In Scot
land, fifteen in England and eight in Ire
land. 1t is not those of mature age alone
who are afflicted. During the ten years
from 1887 to 1897 over 400 persons under fif-
teen years of age killed themselves, and
seventy-six Of these were girls. Russia
alone shows no increase in the rate. and
that is the most backward country of Eu-
rope. The civilization of the day is having
some hard questions put to It, and this is
one OF them. Why so much self-murder?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-28
EXPLORING IN CELEBES.
The Work Two Brothers Are Doing in
Little Known Island.

From the New York Sun.
The Island of Celebes just east of Bor
neo, is one of the most curiously shaped
bits of land in the world. With its central
knot of mountains, from which radiate
long and narrow arms extending for hum
dreds of miles, the island looks on the map
like a picture of a devilfish. The whole
island is nothing but the tops of great
mountain ranges rising from the shallow
sea floor. and a curious fact Is observed
about it's form If we examine the noun
tain system of Borneo a little to the west
we will observe that its ranges are ar
ranged almost exactly like the tops of the
partly submerged mountains which form
the Island of Celebes. If Celebes were
lifted few hundred feet higher above sea
level so that the shallow sea floor on
which the mountains rest should come into
the air the general shape of the island
and it's ranges would give 1t striking re-
semblance to Borneo.
Celebes has been very little known ex-
cept near the coasts. The Dutch have not
attempted to bring the wild tribes of the
interior into subsection and their hostility
to explorers has prevented exploration; and
yet IL is the third largest island in Indone-
Ria. and fourth in commercial Importance.
and also. it is believed. in population. 1t
is of particular interest from the fact that
the narrow strait separating 1t from Bor-
neo is the dividing line between the pre-
yailing Asiatic and Australian forms of
animal and vegetable life. The plants and
animals of Celebes more nearly resemble
those of Australia than of Asia, but they
ave developed many peculiarities of their
own.
Two stout-hearted brothers named Sara
sin. who have long lived on the coast. have
devoted a great deal of their time in the
past three or four years to the exploration
of the island. They are absent for many
months at a time, travelling In the interior
at their own expense. and making slow
progress. because they find that infinite pa
thence and gentleness are necessary in
dealing with the natives The Sarasin
brothers have attracted great attention
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-28
Child Study.
From Health.

The study of child psychology is attract
ing ever increasing interest and enthusiasm.
Problems In crime and insanity are beeom-
ing solvable. The right Of the child to
proper treatment. bodily and mental is
making stronger and stronger appeal
1t is coming to be better known just what
treatment fosters a balanced development,
and just what physical conditions preclude
the possibility of such development Par
ents will know that the nervous, fractions
child needs the services of a brain expert;
possibly. afterwards. of a skilled surgeon
1t will be understood that stubbornncss
can be cured. II nationally dealt with or
made nucleus OF crime If murderously
mismanaged. May every educated parent
aid In this beneficent work by studying
his own child fairly and impartiaily and
collecting materials from his neighborhood
that will give the students broader out
looki Fair. honest statements from vary
ing environments are Of value Read,
study along this line. and see what won
derful avenues Of thought open up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-28
HOW he CATCHES RATS
RICHARD TONER USES roNes
WITH UNvAEYINa SUCCESS.
Man With Reputation in Many Cities
Story of His(kaperiences Told
by Himself.

Richard c. Toner. better known as "Dick,
the Rat Catcher" Is in the city and be-
fore he returns to fItH home in New York
1t Is likely that several thousand rats will
have gone to thei3 last resting place
Dick" Is known throughout the country
from New York to San Francisco and has
letters from some of5the best hotels in the
country. telling of his successful raids on
cellars and other places where the rodents
gave trouble. He has not yet commenced
the work of exterminating the rats from
places in this city. but will probably begin
tonight His work Is all done after night
fall. Last night he gave an exhibition in
the cellar at police headquarters, where
three big rats were captured
Il use no poison" he remarked to a
Star reporter, nor do use a gun"
He explained that he usually catches the
rats by their tails with pair of tongs. al
though he sometimes gets the tongs fas-
tened to the skin over the back Of the neck
Catching them by the tail is as easy as
any other way he told a Star reporter
this morning. When caught In this way
they are not injured and no trouble is ex-
perienced when several of them are put
into the same bag. The skin on the neck
is easily broken and the blood from such
wounds attracts the others and the wound
naturally cannibals. Male rats will in
variably eat their own young when the
mother is not about. and they usually pre-
fer to eat the females.
Work Requires Practice.
Practice is required to catch every rat
that comes to see what is going on, but
have been at 1t so long that seldom miss
one. When fash the light from my dark
lantern on them they usually stop long
eonugh to get the t6ngs on them"
Toner tells some interesting experiences
about his trips through dark and damp
cellars, slaughter houses and other places
where rats give trouble. On several oc-
casions he had fights with the rodents and
shows scars made In the encounters Once
while on his way from a place with five
dozen rats in a bag he boarded a street
car and fell asleep. A crowd of young
people on their way home from a ball
boarded the same car and the rats got
loose-nobody would say how. Every one
OF the five dozen scampered about the car,
frightening the passengers and causing a
hasty exit from the car. One big woman
tried to escape from the car and was
caught fast in the window.
Toner says he has been mistaken for a
burglar several times and on more than
one occasion he was arrested. He ex-
presses the belief that fully one-half the
fires in the large cities are caused by rats