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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31
Small Chameleons.
n the Westminster Gazette.


Four dwarf chamoleons' have lust been
presented to the Zoo where they will be
popular on account of the ease with which
they can be kept, and their bright coIors.
Green, with a brick-red patch upon the
sides, is the general pattern of their hues.
which is only varied to duller tints when
the animal lis vexed In any way. This
smallest among the tribe. called by Grant
Allen the "Reptilian Vicar of Bray" is only
five inches long, Including its relatively
long and prehensile tail The little creature
has grim look when seen full face, by rea-
son of its serrated fold under the throat,
which suggests fiercely untrmmed New
gate fringe" There are very many kinds
of chameleons, but all of them. like the
present species, have an inordinate desire
for meal worms, slow and meditative gait
and eyes which move languidly up and
down in a manner reminiscent of '.ducks
that die in tempests.''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31
To Keep the Record Straight.
rom the New York Times.

From the New York Times
Hophlnson Smith tells of overhearing
conversation among the children of one
or his chums, widower, who had been
twice hereaved. The daughter of the wife
NO. i, speaking to her brother. said:
Harold, you are my own brother, and
George is my half brother. Now, IL papa
should marry again. and have another lit
Ito boy. be would be my quarter brother,
wouldn't he?'
Web" said Harold. 81 don't know any,
thing about relationship. but 1 do know
that it's dads turn to die next"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31

had purchased some sets of boxing gloves
and the members were practicing the noble
are OF self-defense. why don't you settle
your ouarrels with the revolver or the
sword or the knife, like gentlemen7 Your
fighting is most brutal and barbarous."
All South Americans hold that view, and
they fear the naked fist as they fear nothing
else.
IF you draw a revolver or a knife on a
South American" said a man who has
Travelled right through the continent, he
won turn hair. for he is brave enough
In mortal combat But If You double up
your fist and threaten TO punch his head,
he willis right away. The Colombians are
particularly afraid OF the fist for an Eng
hshman once struck a Colombian between
the eyes and killed him on the spot That
case created a great sensation throughout
Colombia and convinced the people that all
foreigners were barbarians'
Venezuela Longs to Fight Europe.
Even the president of Venezuela, Cipriano
Castro. has no idea of the power OF foreign
countries. When the navies of Great Brit
ain, Germany and Italy were blockading
his coasts he regretted that he was unable
to fight
1T is like a duel with swords at thirty
paces.' he lamented TO an American visitor
Their Ships cannot sail over the mountains
TO my capital, and my brave soldiers cannot
swim out to their ships. If only Venezuela
had navy. the case would be different
We would go out and sweep away our
enemies. or perish gloriously If only they
would land troops. my brave soldiers would
vanquish them-aye! they would vanqush
the whole of Europe IL / called upon them
to do So"
Castro honestly believed what he said.
His views are shared by the newspapers
and most OF the people in his country. They
would never admit that America. England
or Germany We're greater world powers
than Venezuela: If anybody limited such
thing TO them they would look upon him
a fool.
America pretends to be our friend.' a
venezuelan general declared during that
international dispute, but she is a traitor.
She Is serpent, not an eagle She has
hfty-six warships within easy reach of our
shores. If she were really our friend she
would send those ships down here and blow
these European invaders out of the water"
1t was gently suggested to him that the
European powers had other ships which
they could send out.
What matter?' he exclaimed THE
United States would then gain the alliance
of Venezuela and could defy the world"
The same general was fond OF comparing
Bolivar with Washington, greatly to the
detriment of the latter.
My brother" he once remarked. ''be-
leves that England is in the United States
out 1 know better than that, for / have
carefully studied foreign affairs" Yet he
refused to admit that any cities in the
United States were larger than Caracas.
and he said one day:
Il meant to send my son to New York to
be educated, but 1 decided not to do so.
The place is such a sinkhole OF filth and
disease that he would be sure to die"
AT that time Caracas was suffering from
a twin epidemic Of yellow fever and enteric
The people were dying like files, and the
death rate was at least six times as high as
1t ever is In an American city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31
Knew His Man.
.ew York Weekly

From the New York Weekly.
Managing Editor-"Why didn't you print
Scribbler's remarkable article about crazy
millionaire scattering money along the
streets?"
City Editor-.Its a fake. If 1t had been
true we wouldn't have had the article"
Managing Editor-"Why not?"
City Editor Scribbler would have been
following him yet. p.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31
III Co1lstantinople..
From Puck

from PUCK.
Your majesty" said the grand vizier, lis
it proper to say the Balkans is or the Bal
kans are?'
Il say" Numbered the sultan, "the Bal
kanS be"
But his further remarks, of course, were
unfit for pubicatio
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31

Wife-'I have been thinking I ought to
give you a birthday present, Harold
Husband-"Oh, very well. Just write
down what 1t shall be and I'll buy 1t on my
way uptown."-Town Topics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31
The Satanic Incubator.

An American living in Europe once i'm
ported an incubator and astonished the
natives by telling them that he was going
to hatch chickens without the assistance
of the mother hen They shifted increGu-
lously. and said that he was q loco"
Qunatic). but when the apparatus was in
stalled they crowded around eagerly to see
what would happen
1T is Ridiculous" declared the women.
The man ought to be put in the casa de
Iocos.r"
When the eggsheIIs began to break the
WOMEN fell on their knees and crossed
themselves.
1T is the work Of the devil" they said.
1.-The stranger is In league with the evil
one like all his kind"
Later on, when the chicken toddled out
Of the incubator. the women refused to
feed such children of Satan, or even to
stay IN the same yard with them And
when they became mature enough I'd make
a dinner. the cook went on strike and re-
fused to kill or roast them
The Barharuus Foreigners Fist
"What savages you strangers arer' ex-
claimed a prominent VensNIlan statesman
to an English trader when the latter tnld
him that the foreigners club In Caracas
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-01-13
EASTERN STAR.
Installation Of Officers and a
Banquet.

Friday night. jan 9th. many friends
assembled to witness the installation
ceremonies of Martha Chapter No. S.
Order of Eastern Star. at Assembly
Hall. Wadsworth, Nevada.
The installation ceremonies were
conducted by Past Matron Mrs Geo
Macpherson, assisted by Miss Eva
Beemer acting as Marshal. The
ceremonies were conducted in a very
efficient manner.
The following officers we're installed:
Mrs. L. S. Bridges. W. M; L. S.
Bridges, w. P; Mrs. Emma Cowles
A. NJ; Rev. T. L. Bellam, Sec. Mrs.
Bell Clements, Treas; Mrs. Butler
Conductress; Mrs. Cunningham, Asso-
ciate Con-; Mrs Mary Short. Chaplain
Miss Eva Beemer, Marshal; Stars
represented by Mrs. Hampton as Adah
Mrs. Cobb as Ruth, Miss Anna Som
mers as Esther, Mrs. Critic as Mar
tha, Mrs. Beemer as Electa; Mrs E
Shepley, Warder; Chas. Beemer. Sen
tinel; Miss Susie Tredway, Organist.
A short musical program was ther
rendered which delighted all.
A game entitled "Musical Ro-
nance was thenpayed and proved tc
be very interesting
Next came the best part of all-the
banquet given by the Masons. assisted
by the Eastern Star. The tables were
laden with all kinds of delcacies OBJ
tainable, to which everyone did am
pile justice Many remarked it was
the best banquet ever given in Wads-
worth.
Dancing was INDUCED in until the
"wee small" hours, when the guests
departed to their homes. all hoping tc
again enjoy the hospitality of the Ma
sons and Eastern Stars.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-01-13
SOCIETY.
Some Young Ladies Give a
Delightful Party.

A very pleasant Saturday evening
was spent at the residence of Mrs. Ed
Hummel. where party was given by
Misses Lola Wiley. Lucy Brannln.
Mabel Murray and Anna Woodward.
Everything was up-to-date ano that
all enjoyed themselves could be seen
by the pleasant smiles on their faces
during the evening
Most Of the evening was taken up in
all sorts Of games.
Music was furnished by Prof Ford.
Tim Re gan. Mrs. Ford, Eva Ford and
Jennie Marshall.
Prof. McGee treated the people to
buck and wing dance, followed by Tim
Regan with clog dance, and Miss
Eva Ford with a Scotch reel which
pleased everybody.
The party broke up about l:3o, and
all are satisfied that they could not
have spent more enjoyable evening
anywhere.
Paddy Wolfe finally got the tail on
the donkey after hard struggle.
Some Of the boys thought they
would take in the town after the party
broke up. But oh. my. what heads at
$50 a. M!
The following is a list OF invited
guests.
The Misses Marshall, Bechdel, Pol
lock, Raibo, Givin Beemer, Crosby,
Jeffries, Amber, Bender, Bell, North,
Bruette, Griswold, Bogart, Hickey,
Christensen, c. Pike. c. Pike, Eva
Ford; Mrs. Ford, Mrs Wetmore; Messrs
Calden, Dennis. Forrest, Baker, War
mieke. Armstrong, Gates, Condy.
Amber. Sanford, Bryant. Abbay, Re-
gan. Hall. Ashton, Cross, Unfried,
Stinson, Fuller Crane, Street. Tarr,
McGee. r. Wiley, c. Wiley. Prof.
Ford, Mathews.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-01-13
Onions Sold.

Five carloads of onions have been
sold by the different farmers on the
meadows to California ranchers at the
rate of twenty dollars per ton. This
time last year onions brought in the
neighborhood of $40 per ton and they
we're in demand. Reports indicate
that there are lot of onions as yet not
disposed of and will not be placed on
the market until prices come up. =
Reno Journal.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-01-13
SLIDE, KELLY, SLIDE!
A Startling Story for Irnpet-
uouS Girls.

The other day a young man who had
been away at school arrived at his
home town and fastened to the home
Of the star Of his hope.
Her mother answered his nervous
ring and invited him in. Yes. Jennie
vas at home, up stairs. Stepping to
the foot of the stairs she called.
"Jennie. Will is here and wants to
see you."
81 can't come down. mother, | am
just taking bath.
The young man was impatient and
stepping to the foot Of the stairs
called:
al must see you just for a minute,
Jennie. Slip on anything and come
down.
She slipped on the top step and
came down and he saw her, but for
much less than a minute.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-01-13
CHANCE FOR
OUR BOYS.

Then members of the Senate and
House Naval COMMITTEES. after con-
ferences with the Secretary Of the
Navy have practically decided upon a
plan for the increase Of the personnel
Of the Navy.
1t contemplates an additional naval
cadet for each Congressional district,
two for each Senator and ten annually
to be appointed at large by the Pres
ident.
The difficulty in connection with the
inequality in classes which would re-
suit from the sudden injection Of the
increased allowance is to be solved by
giving the Secretary Of the Navy the
discretion Of determining the times at
which new appointments are to be
made.
This increase will give Nevada three
additional cadets.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-01-13
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Tom Groton May Lose a
Leg.

Word was received from Tonopah
last night that Tom Groton, formerly
of this city. had met with an accident
Sunday that may cripple him for life
Mr.. Groton was engaged in teaming
and in some way fell or was thrown
from his seat on one Of the wagons.
The heavy vehicle passed over his leg,
crushing it in horrible manner and
amputation may be necessary.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-01-13
White Knight nickel cigar at Post
Office That's ALL

White knight nickel cigar at Post
Office That's all.
An addition to the State library Is
now required as there is a lack Of
room for the 47.oo0 volumes 1t now
contains.
The State Prison Board will meet
on the 23d inst, and it is likely some
action will be taken on the Wardenship
on that date.
To close out stock on ladies' and
misses jackets, | will make a reduction
Of 80 l-3 per cent Now is your
chance. Griswold.
The trial of Robert Burns, accused
of robbing a Swede of $500 in the
Wadsworth yard last summer. comes
up at Reno Thursday.
Mrs. C. M. Peterson became vio-
lently insane at Ely, White Pine coun-
ty, last week, on account Of herself and
children being in state of semi sarv-
alton.
These is a case Of smallpox at
Loyelock. the little daughter OF Com
missioner Ruddel being the victim
The disease is said to be in q mild
form.
Mrs Coulter, whose husband was
killed in the Mill City wreck, got judg-
ment for S45Oo. Engineer Abbay and
wife are in the city, he being witness.
The injured mail clerks have brought
suit.
For the first time in the history Of
the Southern Pacific it will grant stop
over privileges in Nevada to those TAX
ing advantage Of the colonist rates
from Missouri river points to Cali
fornia
The Carnegie Company has receiv-
ed replies from the managers of $50
railroads in the United States wherein
they say that their requirements for
rails this year will tax the rail-making
capacity Of the country for two years
to come.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-01-13
He Has the Smallpox.

Clyde Lewis has been seriously i'll
in Los Angeles with the smallpox but
is improving
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-01-13

LosT-A watch in a gunnetal case
with gold chain Finder please leave
at this office and receive reward.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-01-13
I BRIEF ITEMS OF E;
! TOWN AND STATE E;

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$~>~~~>~~>~~~~><%~<%%<<~>&
The White Knight
Clarence Dickey is dead.
lin Gessford was here yesterday.
]. Porter returned to Verdi yester-
day.
Pete Evans is seriously sick in
Reno.
The C. & C. is now running daily
trains.
Mrs. Mary Short is visiting San
Francisco.
Tonopah will organize temple of
Rathbone Sisters.
P. M. Doyle was visitor from
Truckee yesterday.
Trainmaster McGovern and wife are
visiting San Francisco.
Mrs. A. A. Evans, wife of Ex-
Assessor Pete Evans. is dead.
Seymour J. Bryant died Friday
morning at Reno Of pneumonia.
One American establishment last
year turned out 1920 locomotives.
Brakeman Will Painter is threat
ened with pneumonia at Wnnemucca.
Senator Warren Williams came in
from the west today and left for Fal-
lon.
r. M. Norris sold out as trader at
the Walker Lake reservation to man
named Graham.
There are 2o84 indian children in
the Nevada schools between the ages
Of 5 and l8 years.
One year ago 62ll' rural delivery
routes we're in operation. and now the
number is 12,474.
Mrs. M. P. Stackpolle has returned
from Loyaton where her mother was
sick but is better.
Building for Rent-Suitable for
restaurant or store. Inquire at Mrs.
Sommers residence.
E. Griswold has just received a line
Of sizes in White, black and fancy col
cred girdle corsets.
T. E. Hagar of Battle Mountain,
long a resident and we'll known in the
State, died Tuesday.
Mrs. H. L. Huston and daughter,
Lottie have returned from Sacramento.
Miss Lottfe is not in better health.
Ernesto Cornado was struck by an
engine on the N. C. & o. road north.
o. Reno and killed last Wednesday.
Don't forget that you can have ten
per cent reduction on all ladies'. misses
and children's shoes.-E. Criswold
Miss Ednah Odell and Miss Ethel
Backrath Of Sacramento are visiting
the formers aunt, Mrs. L. S. Pratt.
Carson City business men have sub
scribed money SO literally that the
proposed inaugura ball is now assured
Miss Marie Johnson, who has been
visiting Mrs. John Short for several
weeks, has returned to Winnemucca.
Stock cattle are to be assessed at
Sl7 per head, save in White Fine,
Nye, Lincoln and Esmeralda counties,
where their value will be fixed at SIS;
eheen 50. y baoa h,,eL ehaan <E
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-01-13
CABIN FOR SALE

A cabin, bed, stove, dishes, all for
sale cheap in lump.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-03
DESERT NOW A GARDEN.
Southwestern Colorado Redeemed by
Irrigation-Fine Crops Raised
on Land Once Barren.

The popular belief, dating back for so
years, that the slopes of the Rockies and
the intervening valleys were fit for moth
ing but mining enterprises and would
never be of agricultural value would be
severely shaken if the old-time pessi-
mists could travel for a week through
this portion of the San Juan country
says a Durango (Col.) dispatch. For
many miles in all directions fiourishing
fields are literally poisoning like the
summer rose All of the cereals do well
in the neighborhood and the root crops
are of the finest quality. Irrigation,
which has done so much for other sec
lions of the formerly unproductive west,
has worked wonders in this part of Col
orado and the possibilities of irrigating
bitches, fed by the inexhaustible SHOWS
of the mountains, are just beginning TO
be fully understood. Considerable cap
ital will be invested in irrigating WORKS
in this country during the next two
years.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-03
IMPROVING THE FLOCKS.
1T Cannot Be Done Where the Per-
niciOus Practice OF ExchanH-
ing Eggs Is in Vogue.

The farmer who buys pure breeds this
fall will benefit the entire community in
which he resides. While some may sup
pose him extravagant in buying better
stock, yet they will soon request an Eek
change of eggs" which should not be
allowed by any enterprising farmer. 1t
is just as reasonable to exchange pure
bred calves, pigs or lambs for inferior
stock as to exchange eggs, as eggs repre-
sent stock. Many farmers exchange
eggs from common stock in order to
avoid inbreeding. In the first place,
the eggs themselves are a risk, as no
one can estimate what they may pro-
duce, perhaps no two chicks from them
being alike, and no breeding of value
in the stock. Again, the changing of
eggs makes the flock in a community all
of one blood, so that really nothing can
be gained by the practice after it has
been persisted in for time. Do not at
tempt to better your flock by changing
eggs for some nondescript stock that
has not merit nor possesses any adj
vantage. To improve flock one should
know the kind of stock he is using and
what can be expected from it. The ex-
changing Of eggs is practice that
should not be encouraged and
Fireside
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-03

longer, with only one row OF pens
and these on the south side, with
feeding alleys on the north. Sun
shine is as essential to the healthy
growth of hogs as it is to the
growth of corn, and no effort should be
spared to provide plenty of it. A wide
house standing east and west may be
lighted by having the north side of the
roof three or four feet higher at the
ridge than the south side, and windows
built in between. This plan insures some
sunlight in each pen. At least one foot
of trough room should be allowed for
each hog. If the house is divided into
ten pens, each 10x14 feet, with four foot
alley through the center, it will accom-
modate the full number while fatten-
ing Twelve or Is brood sows will be
required to raise 100 pigs, and the ten
pens will be none too many during the
narrowing season.
If ear corn is used largely in fatten-
ing, labor will be saved by removing
the slides between the pens, using three
or four on one side for feeding floor,
and the other side for sleeping quar-
tiers. If this suggestion is adopted q
passage two feet wide should be pro-
vided across the end of the feeding al
ley Reserve pens are thus kept for
store hogs and brood sows, and the full
amount of trough room can. be used.
The construction of the house will de-
pend largely on the amount of money
that can be put into the building. A
cement floor and cement troughs are
advisable. The floor should slope to
the outside for free drainage and
should always be kept we'll bedded dur
ing cold weather. Drop siding over 2X4
studding makes a suitable building. It
is assumed that the corn crib can be
built close by, which is better than to
make it part of the building, as the
steam from the animals is likely to in
lure the flavor of the grain. One pen
may be inclosed entirely, to use as a
feed room where mill feed is kept, and
it will often be useful for a narrowing
pen for early pigs. The posts should be
eight feet high and f1oored to provide
storage for bedding above the sleeping
pens.
Outside pens or yards should be built
also, if means will permit, access being
made to them through a sliding door
from each pen A good sized window
should be put in for each pen also, and
movable partitions or at least sliding
doors between the pens for convenience
in changing stock from one pen to an
other. Numerous conveniences can be
added to suit circumstances, but as SO
little is stated in regard to the amount
of money to be used and as to. personal
preference, only the general features are
given.-Prof Andrew Boss, in Orange
Judd Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-03
TIMELY STOCK NOTES.

Broken straps about the harness
quite often lead to broken bones in
the man.
Breaking colts is a great deal like
sitting up with sick man. One must
attend strictly to business. No nap
ping on duty.
Sometimes a bit of taffy goes a good
ways toward making man do his best.
Cows are just so. Kind words and
good treatment count for sight.
Ever try it?
Look well to the colts you are driv-
ing. 1t is a good plan to put them
one at time with some old and steady
horse until they have become thor
oughly broken.
The manure produced by one pig in
a year is worth about $12 for fertiliz-
ing purposes, hence the need of re-
moving this to suitable yard or shed
where its fertilizing value will not be
wasted