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The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-08
ST. PETERS IN ROME.
u Takes Many Visits TO Realize ~
yastness and splcndor.

u Takes Many Visits to Realize Its
yastness and splcndor.
It is curious to watch the faces of
people as they enter the great doors of
ST. Peters at Rome and push back the
heavy leathern curtains that keep out
the noise and the air and find them
selves In the presence of the most i'm
pressive spectacle on earth, as Byron
said:
Majesty,
Power, glory. strength and b~eauty-ali are
aisled
In this eternal ark of worship.
1t Is easy to detect those who have
never been there before and those who
have become accustomed to its mag
nitude and g~orgeousness. 1t requires
several visits to adjust the vision and
the mind to its colossal proportions
and brilliant decorations and enable
them to realize the vastness and the
beauty of the scene. The more fire.
quently you visit st. Peters cathedral
the greater and the more beautiful it
becomes. and after a time you are en-.
abled to drink in with complete salts
faction the fullness Of its area, its al
titude and it's magnlfcence.
The cost of the building up to date
has been more than S55,000,000, and
the annual expense of maintaining 1t
Is about $4,000. An architect and a
gang of workmen are always employ
ed.-Rome Letter in Chicago Record
Herald.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-08
An Indignant Poet.

Beranger, the famous French poet.
whose greatest gift lay in writing littls
poems which be called songs, was pas-
ticularly dependent upon the chance
visits of the muse.
He was once visited by the author
and academician Viennet. who said to
him:
"You must have written several
songs since | saw you last"
II have only begun one." answered
Beranger.
"Only one, | am astonishedp' ex-
claimed Viennet.
Beranger became indignant.
"Humph.' he shouted. do you think
one can turn of a song as n turns on
q tragedy
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-08

"Ten per cent Of the worlds popula.
ton is more or less somnambulistic,"
said a physician, according to the Phil
adelphia Record, land every one. ut
one time or another, has done a little
sleepwalking. l myself when a lad
got up, dressed, took my books and
went to school on a summer night, my
father following close behind to see
that l should come to no harm.
Blond persons are more apt to be
somnambulists than dark folk, and in
cold climates there Is more somnambu-
lism than in warm ones. In certain
Greenland villages, l have been told,
the hut doors are locked from without
by a Waterman in order that those
within may not come forth in their
sleep and maybe freeze to death, but
in Egypt and such like hot lands such
precaution is unnecessary"
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-08

A correspondent writes: Two wom-
en- were strong supporters Of a local
cooperative store, but II day as one
of them was passing down the street
she was surprised to see her friend
coming put Of a licensed grocer's shop.
4 thocht, Mrs. Broom, ye wis a menu
Der O. the Co.? vas her remark. so ]
am; but. dae ye ken this, there's nae
shop in Glesca | get sic nice beef ham
as in here
"Some days later Mrs. Broon's friend
went into this shop to buy a sample
of the beef ham. On entering the shop
she asked the man IL he would give
her a pun @ the beef ham Mrs. Broom
gets here A quiet smile stole over
the shopman's face. oh. yes he said;
Il can obleege you. IIiv you brocht a
bottle wi uY"-Glassow Times.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-08
Hnrd TO Classify.

A local wit was ono day discussing
the mental ~incapacity of editors with
the late II. G. BURNER.
snow" said he. what do you think
of this: | used to write serious and
comic matter for a certain daily. which
paid me $50 a column for the humor-
Gus stuff and $40 for the serious. One
day the editor asked me to mark my
comic things Co and my serious sto-
ries IS with a blue pencil, that he
might tell them apart. Wasn't that
pretty rough or hlm?'
mo-" replied Bunner. with a smile
and a twinkle in his eye. "but it was
pretty rough on you."-New York
Times.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-08

The Parsees are sun worshlpers, and
it is an interesting sight to see throngs
of them on the shore of the bay as
the sur rises, apparently from the sea,
performing the simple rites Of their
religion, the fluttering robes showing
their fine figures to the best advantage
rs the day begins. Their religious
practices are simple In the extreme,
consisting mainly In strict dietary
rules and personal cleanliness.
The rigid observance of sanitary laws
produces the natural result of perfect
health among the adults-large fam
lies Of active. healthy children anil i'm
mense numbers of old men. gray beard
ed, white haired. but erect and prince
ly In their gait and attitude despite the
naturally %enervating character of the
tropical climate.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-08
Making history.

While we read history we make his
tory. Every great crisis Of human his
tory Is n pass of Thermopyl@, and
there Is always a Leonidas and his
300 to die in it If they cannot conquer.
And so long as liberty has one martyr.
20 long as one drop of blood is poured
out for her. so long from that bloody
sweat of the agony of humanity shall
spring hosts as countless as the forest
leaves and mighty as the sea.-George
William Curtis.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-08
Keepinr Him In Tune.

Herr Meyer Lutz tells the following
little story in Mainly About People:
Conducting once In Bradford. | no
ticed that the clarinet player. a young
but clever and steady lad, jumped up
a good deal during the progress of the
opera. l found that his father. who
played the trombone. sat just behind
him. and every now and then he gave
his son q kick. with the remark: Look
out, Sammy! There be a iat a-com-
tn'.'"
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-08
VOLCANOES.
Come Facts About These Vents TO ths
Earth,s Interior Fire.

Come Facts About These Vents TO the
Earth's Interior Fire.
Eons ago the earth on which we
live was a huge mass of fire mist"
Astronomers tell us that today In the
heavens we can see vast nebulR, sug-
costing what the earth was once
Gradually the surface of the dire
MIST cooled and hardened, but the in
terror Is still intensely hot. Whether
It Is solid, liquid or viscous we do not
know. This heat, raging miles below
the surface. at times escapes through
the hard crust by vents or volcanoes.
There are from 300 to 800 volcanoes
on the globe. This estimate includes
merely live volcanoes which within re-
cent times have been In action. Ii we
should count the many mountains scat
tered over the earth which show today
signs of volcanic action In more re-
mote past, the estimate would have to
be increased by many hundreds.
Volcanoes would seem to be arranged
with more or less symmetry In belts
c~ircllng the great oceans. A ring of
fire surrounds the Pacific. Starting at
the South Shetland islands, several
hundred miles south of Cape Horn, a
belt of volcanoes extends up the west
coast Of South America, Central Amer
lea and North America; from Alaska it
crosses the Pacific along the Aleutlan
Islands to Kamchatka; thence 1t fol-
lows the east edge of the Pacific
through the Kurile islands, Japan. For
mosa, the Philippines, the Moluccas.
the Solomon islands, the North Heb
rides, New Zealand and finally ends
IN Mounts Terror and Erebus. on
the Antarctic acknowledgements
Magazine.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-08

"You had 4 piece in the paper this
mornin'," said the excited woman,
about my husband keepin' a savage
dog. 1t amt So"
madam" replied the editor, I'VE
didn't mention anybody by mann in
that item. We said a certain man in
the west part of town."
'"That fits him to q T. You might
Just as well have mentioned his name.
Everybody knows he's the ~certainest
man in that part Of town, and he's the
most contrary Chicago Tribune.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-08
Tne Only chnnce. They Have.

"All Joshua wants." said Farmer
Corntossel's wife. lis a chance to show
what he can do"
YES" said the farmer; 81 s'pose so.
Josh is one of those people who never
seem to get n chance to do anything
except something they can't do."-
Washington Star.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-08
rhe IndIge.tibIe banana.

"Next to pork" says a physician,
''bananas are the most indigestible
thing a person can eat, and IL you will
notice you will see them touched very
sparingly by people with weak stom-
achs. If you car digest them, however.
and don't mind the offensive odor, they
are very nourishing, and one can make
a meal on them that is III every way
equal to a substantial lunch of bread
and meat"
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-08

The directness of the bees flight Is
proverbial. The shortest distance be-
tween any two given points is called a
bee line. Many observers think that
the immense eyes with Which the in
sect is furnished greatly assist if they
do not entirely account for the arrowy
straightness of its passage through she
otr
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-08
She Vetoed the Plan.

"Shall we take in Yellowstone park
on our bridal tour?' asked the mascu-
line half Of the proposed combination.
mo; well cut that out" replied the
fair bride In prospective. yellow IL
so awfully trying on my complexion."-
Chicago News.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-08
A Dentist's Epitaph.

Epitaphs are often grim. but seldom
grimmer than the following humorous
couplet on a dentists grave:
Stranger. approach this tomb with gray
ity:
John Brown il filling his last cavity.
London Globe.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-08
Hadn't Heard II,

money talks" ~asseverated Glider
sleeve.
II I'M not 80 sure of that" retorted
Throckmorton. sit is not on speaking
terms with me."-Detroit Free Press.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-08

Bridget" asked Mrs. De Leon, ''can
you cook or scientific principlesY"
"Sure. ma'am, what's the matter
with cookin' on a ranger asked sen
sible Bridget.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-08

The pessimist calls attention to the
fact that the mar whose credit is tha
best really needs nj credit at all. He
can pay cash. Saturday Evening Post
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-08
Afraid.

II would marry that girl but for one
thing"
whats ~that-afraid to pop the ques-
tionT"
mo; afraid to question pop."-New
York Herald.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-08

AZ people grow older the worries that
formerly affected them only at night
begin to stay by them all day.-Atcht
SOD GloLe.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-08

SOY, Chimmie. wot'd de boss call y
up fer7"
IT call me down."-Baltimore News.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-08
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departure of passenger trains at ba'tie
Mountain.
wEsTBOUND
AppIvFs DEPARTS
No.3 2:a7, p. m. I2;ao. pm
No.. 5 1011. p. m. lV'z, = M
~EAsTBOUND
No.4 4:49, a. m. 100, a. M
No. 4:3I, D. m. 4'5a' m
Local freight leaves Carlin at Z a. m
Local freight leaves Winnemucca at 7 a. m
daily arrives at Battle Mountain about . a. m.
The Nevada Central arrives from Austin at
II go NJ. on Mondays, Wednesdays aud Fridays
and leaves for Austin ON Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays at ! 80 A. NJ.
W. 7. oNYoN, Agent.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-04-10
Ball Game at 4 P. M. Today.

The first ball game of the season has
been arranged for this afternoon at
o'clock, when the teams represent
ing Rooms l and of the High school
will play the game on Quimby field.
The teams win be composed of the
following in their positions:
Room 1-Preble, c; Kendall, p; Hop
kins, LIST b; Donovan, I'd b; Hartman,
81 b; Turner, IS; Stackpole, L f; Green
lief, f; Lawrence, f.
Room 2-Messenger, C; Morrell, p;
Doe, LIST b; Rafter, I'd b; Ring, Sd b;
cobb, IS; Mcnamara, f; Dolloff, f;
Croker, f
This game will be the first one played
by the school boys and the first team
will be chosen from the players in this
game. An admission of 10 cents will be
charged to outsiders and scholars alike.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-04-10
THE FULLEST INVESTIGATION
Is Courted by Miss Clara Barton of
Red Cross Affairs.

New York, April 9.-Miss Clara Bar
ton, president of the American Nation
al Red Cross, in answer to what her as
sociates say she considers the threats
of the opposition to her administration
is said to court the fullest investigation
by Congress of the affairs of the or
ganization from the time of her first
connection with it.
Miss Mabel T. Boardman one of the
nine active members of the Washington
opposition says she was suspended
without a hearing and cites Bishop
Potter, Spencer Trask and Robt. c.
Ogden as advocating a reorganization
of the Red Cross to regain the conf
dence of the public.
Speaking for Miss Barton, her per-
sonal representative says that she is
i'll excellent health but much worried
over all the trouble the Washington
"malcontents" have made for her re-
Gently. e.
"As for Congressional investiga-
ton" Miss Barton's representative
adds, Miss Barton neither fears nor
opposes it. She would rather welcome
it as the practical manner of having
the Washington minority show what
they mean by all assertions of malad-
minstration and wasteful manage
ment they have been making, but for
which in spite of repeated requests
they have never yet offered a definite
detailed charge"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-04-10
MRS. PoRTER's FUNERAL
At Paris Attended by Mrs. Loubet and
Many High Officials.

Paris April 9.-The funeral of Mrs.
Porter, wife of the United States am
bassador, held at IL o'clock this morn
ing, at the American church in the
Rue De Berri was an impressive
tribut, the heads of the French gov
eminent, the members of the diplo-
matte corps and many representatives
of the American colony participating.
The front of the church was draped
with black and the walls and pillars of
the interior We're also hung with black
draperies. The casket was hidden be-
meath profusion of beautiful floral Of
ferings- Ambassador Porter, who was
accompanied by his daughter, Elsie,
heavily yelled, bore the ordeal with
fortitude.
Accompanying the mourners were
relatives, intimate friends of the
family and officials of the embassy
stan. To the left of the family sat
Madame Loubet, wife of the President
OF France; Paul Loubet, General Du-
bois, the personal representative of the
President, with a large staff OF officers
in full uniform; Foreign Minister Del
casse, Premier Combes and other MEM
bers of the ministry with their wives.
Among others who were present.
We're Ambassador Tower, who came on
from Berlin; Levi p. Morton. Consul
General Gowdy, Count De Rocham-
beau; the British Ambassador, Sir Ed
mund Monson and his staff, and the
ambassadors and ministers of various
other countries, with their staffs and a
large number of Americans.
The Rev. DR.. Thurber conducted the
simple services. In his invocation DR..
Thurber made feeling reference to the
beauty Of the character of Mrs. Porter.
The choir sang Mrs. Porter's favorite
hymns, Jesus, Lover of My Soul,' and
Lead, Kindley Light
At the conclusion of the ceremony
following the established official GUS
tom, Madame Loubet and various
members of the ministry addressed
few words of personal sympathy to the
ambassador and his daughter After
the public service the casket was borne
to the mortuary chapel, adjoining the
church where it will remain until it's
removal to America.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-04-10
NO TRACE. OF CREW.
Unknown Vessel Wrecked off Scatterie
Island, Cape Breton Coast.

Halifax, N. S., April 9.-An unknown
vessel with all sails clewed up and no
signs iof life on board is ashore on the
eastern rocks off Scatterie island on the
Cape Breton coast. The Norwegian
steamer Terjevillen, Capt. Gullicksen,
Sydney, today, reports having passed
the unknown craft, this morning.
Capt. Gullicksen says that from ap-
pearances this vessel must have only
been on the rocks a short time. The
bark is apparently of foreign build, and
of 700 or 800 tons register. Last night,
heavy storm swept over the coast and
the vessel probably driven on the rocks
before the captain realized his position.
The storm continues, tonight, and it is
impossible for craft of any kind to get
within reach of the stranded vessel,
which is exposed to the full force of the
wind and sea.
The steamer Cacuna, Capt. McPhail
from St Johns, N. f., which arrived at
Sydney, this evening, also report hav-
ing passed the stranded vessel. No
signals of any kind were observed, and
owing to thick weather it was impos-
sible for the steamer to approach near
enough to ascertain the name of the
over her and she will probably becoma
a total wreck. No trace of any of the
crew can be found. y
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-04-10
NEGRO SUFFRAGE
Will Be Backed by Union League Club
of New York.

New York, April 9.-The members of
the Union League Club of this city will
take radical steps, ut is said, favoring
negro suffrage in the South at their
April meeting, which will occur, Thurs
day night
In a word Congress will be appealed
to to deal with the question along the
line of a radical reduction of represent
tation of the Southern states in Con-
gress.
1t is just about a year ag that the
Union League Club was divided on the
question of discharging negro attend
ants. The negro servants were kept
by vote of three to one after a stormy
session.
The report of the committee of the
club which is to precede the action ia
voring negro suffrage, will, DIT is be-
lieved create a CONFUSION in the
Southern states. After reciting that
certain Southern states have taken
seps to circumvent national legislation
giving suffrage to negroes the report
recommends that Congress be asked to
take up the question without a mo-
ment's delay. T.
1t recommends also that this body be
asked to cut down Southern representa-
ton and that large sum of money be
appropriated to test the validity of the
recently adopted constitution in Ala
bama, Virginia and other states in the
South.
The ablest counsel in this country
will be employed to prepare and argue
these test cases regarding the consti-
tutionS mentioned. In addition to the
sums appropriated it is proposed to
ask the individual members of the club
to contribute.
One of the prime movers in this
movement is said to be former Secre-
tary of the Interior Cornelius N. Bliss
The club is expected to adopt resolu-
tons following the adoption of. the COM
!nittee's report. Ten thousand copies
of this report will be circulated to state
senators. prominent churchmen and
those in authority everywhere.
Pres. Roosevelt was vice president
of the club in 1899. He is still promi-
nent in it's councils.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-04-10
HOLIDAYS FOR SAILORS.
Admiral Dewey and Rear Admiral Tay.
lor Will Review the Squadron,

Washington. April 9-The enlisted men
of the ships of the battle-ship. squadron
are to be given net leave of ten days
when the vessels are locked for repairs
in about month and a half This SQUAD
ron is made up of the Kearsarge, Ala
hama, Illinois. Massachusetts, Indiana
and Iowa The men on the Maine also
will be given similar leave
When the vessels of the squadron reach
the mouth of Chesapeake Bay from the
South where they have been during the
past winter. they are to be reviewed by
Admiral Dewey and Rear Admiral T'ay-
Tor, the chief of the Bureau of Nayiga-
ton. after which most of them will pro
coed to the Northern navy yards for dock
ing and repairs. The department. feels
the men are entitled to this vacation af-
ter their long winter work Hereafter
it will be the aim to allow the enlisted
men two reasonably long vacations each
year. one after the winter and another
cidentaIly. the officers think the double
vacation will tend to diminish Adesertions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-04-10
Off for Cambridge, Today.

The Colby baseball team will leave,
this afternoon, for Cambridge, wnere it
will play Harvard, Saturday. The
team was out for practice, yesterday
afternoon, and was given some good
work. A scrub game was played with
the second team after which the 'Varsi-
ty was given some work by itself. The
following men will be taken on the trip,
today: Cowing, c.; Coombs, p; Keene,
h.; Buck, 2b.; Briggs, 3d.; Pugsley,
S.; Abbott, r. f.; Vail, C. f.; Will or
Joe league |. f.
Coombs will probably start the game
in the box although Vail may have a
hand in it later. The latter's arm is
just getting into shape so he has not
had much chance to timber up SO far
Coombs Is in excellent condition and a
good many expect him to make 'em
go some. The team is not in condition
to do its best by any means but is ex-
pected to make a fair showing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-04-10
Granqe Matters.

The executive committee of the State
Grange at it's meeting here, Thursday,
decided to have 16 public field meet
ings, one in each county, commencing
about Aug. II and continuing each
week day until the series is completed.
Not all of the details have been arrang-
ed as yet but will be announced in due
time. N. ]. Bachelor, worthy lecturer
of the National Grange and Governor
of New Hampshire, has been engaged
as one of the speakers. The meetings
will be open to everyone wherever they
are held. The committee was busy
during its sessions with a mass of rou-
tine work but there was little to be
made public, the decision to hold the
State meeting here in Waterville and
the field meetings being the only ones
Of general public interest.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-04-10
NEWSPAPER MEMS SCHEME
To. Fight European Tariff CoaIition
"a Against American Commerce.

Chicago. April 9.-American newspaper
{ men, In conjunction with French and
american economists, have devised a
novel scheme to fight the threatened Eu-
ropean tariff coalition against the com
merce of the United States. The scheme
kcontemplates the publication of COM
sxhercial newspaper devoted to cuitivating
Fbetter relations between the European ma
lions and the United States.
~ This plan was agreed upon. yesterday.
at meeting in the Grand Pacifis hotel.
aCharles A. Hundt of Chicago. and E. De
eValcourt of the Credit Lyonnaise. arc
leaders in the movement. The name of
the paper will be lie Commerce d'Amer-
sique Avecles Pays dEurope.
y The consulS of France. Italy. Russia.
belgium, Switzerland and other European
countries, it is said have assured the sup
l1sort of their respective governments TO
the promoters.
Secretary of the Treasury Leslie NJ.
Shaw, Senators Beveridge and Aldiich.
Secretary of Commerce Cortelyou and
Chief of the Bureau of Foreign Commerce
Frederick Emory have written encourage
ingly of the movement.
Among the business men supporting the
plan are Volney w. Foster. James III.
Hyde, james Deering. Alexander II. Be
veil. Charles +. Crane. VIM. Il. Warren
and several Eastern manufacturers.