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The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-11-05
oE1ben fbe Judge
AtOoke From Sleep

There wal no mistake about II, the
Judge was asleep. The embarrassed
young lawyer, who had reached the
telling point of his argument, spoke In
a higher key, and then raised his voice
until the walls of the room reyerber-
ated. But the judge slept on
The court officers were blind to the
young lawyers hints. At last. In des-
peration, he turned to his opponent.
Now. Mr.. Grubber. you see the deli.
cate situation I am In, and there's only
one way out. Unfortunately l haven't
any books with me, but II you don't
mind l am going to knock over that
pile Of yours"
With a well directed gesture the
young lawyer struck the books, and
they, as well as the chair on which
they had been standing. went down
with a terrific crash just as his aston
ished opponent leaped to his feet and
exclaimed:
But l do most emphatically object!"
And the judge. without raising his
head from the position II had been oc-
cupying for the last fifteen minutes. re-
piled with all his wonted dignity:
Election overruled." = New York
Press,
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-11-05

The girls father was a physician, not
In the least given to sentiment. and he
did not want his daughter to marry.
So the young fellows had rather a hard
time of it. One day a particularly
reckless chap ser her a song entitled
There's a Sigh In the Heart"
By some chance it fell into the hands
Of the father.
~Who ever heard of such wretchedly
u~nselentifc stuff as thisf" he said.
50 he wrote on the outside this mes
sage and sent 1t back:
Mistaken diagnosis; no sigh in the
heart possible. Signs relate almost en-
tirely to the lungs and Diaphragm
Philadelphia Press.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-11-05

and touching up, but she had patience
and a deft hand. Humanity was also
getting In its work, and mems faces nc
longer looked like a pound of butter on
a platter. Improvement did not stop al
the year /, however. Nature con-
tinued to improve and alter right along
to thirty-flve years ago, when wal
satisfied with her work and sat back
In her rocking chair to rest
Ladies and gentlemen, | now place on
the easel the portrait of a perfect man.
and / stand aside that all may see 1t.
Thanks. Thanks. Your applause tells
me that In this picture you recognize
O. Hope Jones. l do not wish to be
charged with conceit or egotism, but no
man can help his looks.
On the one easel you behold Adam,
on the other Q. Hope. l make this COM
parison that you may see the beginning
and the end-the crude sample and the
finished specimen. Thanks some more.
Applause il always welcome when
spontaneously given.
While my lecture may seem super
ncial to some, the thinkers will discov-
er the moral lying beneath the surface
and profit by II. 1t Is with the kindest
feeling on my part that l say to n and
all Of you. be honest-be truthful-be
upright. Don't wallop your children or
larrup your wives. You may be tempt
ed to lie forty times per day. but don't
do 1t. Other liars are sure to catch you
at 1t.
There are daily temptations to steal,
but keep your hands of other peoples
corn. BY stealing with yigor and In
dustry you may get a few dollars ahead
Of the game, but along IN the sher-
IN some day, and where are you? Don't
loaf about. There is a delicious salts
faction In sitting down In the shade Of
q grocery and whiting a pine shingle
and trying to outlie everybody in the
crowd, but it doesn't buy potatoes for
next winter.
Don't poison your neiOhbor's well,
shoot his hogs. steal his wife or burn
his barn. Live at peace with all, and
let your motto be, Onward and up
ward"
This closes the regular lecture, and II
there is anything more to say I will
say it after the hat has been passed
around and returned to me. ! may pa
renthetically and pathetlcally observe
that the man who don't chip in at least
10 cents had better adopt the motto Of
Backward and downward"
NJ. QUAD.
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"ADAx, AZ WE ALL KNOW, WAS hi FIRST
NAM"

LAM
q Missouri corncrib. You will notice
that his ears are the size of fiapjacks,
his nose stuck ON most any way and
his toes turn In, but you will also OBJ
serve the human expression of the face.
You can see sentiment there. You
can bet money that he smiled In his
dreams and cussed when things went
wrong during the day. ! have had
men say of this picture that they could
trace the sentiments of love in it. and
that the original was probably looking
around for an eligible party with some
cash or cattle back of her.
Ny fourth picture represents a well
known Biblical character-Cain. He
has been held up to the scorn of man.
kind for thousands Of years because
he killed his brother Abel; but do any
Of US know what ~provocation he had?
Perhaps Abel ought to have been
killed long before he was. With that.
however. l have nothing to do. made
II a rule twenty years ago not to go
back beyond General Jackson's admin.
istration. and l shall stick to II.
simply ask you to note the I'm
provement Ia man. The ears have been
pared down and set on at a new angle.
the nose has some shape to II, and the
chin has come up out Of the neck to see
what it's all about. The back is a little
too bumped for manly beauty. and the
toes turn In too much for good football
work. but let us look at the face. Even
II he has killed Abel you can see 80
per cent more OF humanity. Cain felt
thai he had a soul in him-that he was
something above the believing bulls
and lowing cows around him. We
,gree that II wasn't exactly the square
hing for him to kill his brother. but
we will also agree that he was the only
man who could travel on his shape up
to that date.
My next picture represents man fifty
years later than Cain. Nature had been
experimenting and learning wisdom.
She had reduced height and bulk again
and done some pairing down. In fact.
In this picture she has produced a
fairly perfect man. We Of today can
md fault with the length Of the neck.
the width Of the mouth and the hump
In the middle of the nose, but there
was no doubt that he was called per-
foot in his day and may have taken the
prize at a beauty show.
now ctil your attention to a series
OF pictures bringing man down from
the garden OF Eden to the year Of our
Lord. Nature progressed slowly. but
surely. There was a hecp of tinkerina
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Won HIS Esteem.

Theodore-Dooced pretty girl. Miss
Daysey Is.
Arthur-Dooced pretty.
Theodore-And she has such n nice
way with her, don't you know. So en-
couraging. don't you know. | told her
l was afraid l was going to have brain
fever, and she said It was impossible.
That encouraged me. don't you know,
and | didn't have any feycr.-Boston
Transcript.
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Copyright. isce. By C. 3. Lewis1
- ITTZENS Of Bald Alley-With-
out waiting to express my sur
" prise and delight over the fact
that twenty eight citizens Of
this progressive, GO ahead town have
bought tickets and are now seated be-
fore me. l plunge at once into the sub
ject Of my lecture By exhibiting to you
. picture Of Adam.
This was not drawn from life, but
you a depend upon its being 30 near
the original that Eve would hello at 1t
II she were among the audience
Adam, ~ We all know, was the nrst
man. Nature had got through with the
rhinoceros. the kangaroo and the dodo
and wanted to produce something a lit
tie. finer. She therefore handed out
Adam.
As you here behold him he il nine
feet tall. weighs 400 pounds and has
hands like hams and feet like wash
boards. His shoulders are bumped up
TO his ears, his knees sprung inward.
and 1t would take ten porous plasten
to cover the length Of his back
He was the only thing like It on the
face Of the earth at the time. but how
Eve could have fallen ia love with him
IL beyond my time. I ask you to partic-
ularly observe his c~ountenance. 1t Ii .
cross between q bulldog and a buffalo.
ana he betrays no sentiment beyond fe-
rocity.
Az neal as we can make out, Adam
held the boards alone for about thirty
years, and then there came a second
man. Notice natures progress. She
had reduced the weight and bulk and
shortened up the length. The ferocious
expression Of Adams face has been
softened up in this. Sentiment had be-
gun to ind Judgment In the human
breast. This second man didn't go
around uprooting trees and bowling
elephants over, nor did he live on raw
meat alone. He built a hut and sat
down and whistled and had thoughts.
He is lop shouldered. knockkneed and
cock eyed, and be couldn't have found
his way from Jonesville to Hobson's
Corners, but he was an improvement
on Adam.
In due time the third man anne
along, and the artist has done him full
credit. His length II down to eve
feet. and his bulk n no longer that of
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-11-05
Unavoidable Delay.

Unavoidable Delay.
The irate heirs called at the general
Office of the life Insurance company.
1--WE want to know" they said. why
you are so long in paying the 10000
called for In the policy u deceased
relative carried in this company. He
died three months ago, and we were
promised we should have 1t In less
than sixty days"
what was his name?" asked the
president.
benjamin Franklin Louderschlagel."
"Ah. that is the reason, gentlemen"
affably explained the president of the
concern. IF II had been a short, easy
name like David Jones or Thomas
Johnson the matter would have been
settled and you would have got your
money long ago."-Chicago Tribune.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-11-05
Satisfactory Division.

The old farmer and his wife had
agreed to separate. They had only one
child.
Everything friendly" inquired a
neighbor.
"Oh, yes replied the old man care
lessly.
mo trouble about making n fair diyi-
sion of the property?
"Oh, no. She gets the kid an the
canned fruit. an I git the pig an the
apples. That's even enough. amt it,
Chicago Post.
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$50 your family went to the seashore
this summer
YES" answered Mr.. Cumrox.
Ibid you have a good timer"
Fine. Stayed home, smoked a pipe
in the parlor, ate onions whenever |
wanted them and played ragtlme tunes
on the music box. But I wouldn't have
mother and the girls hear a word of all
this for the world Star.
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My brother is very much hurt that
you should refuse to correspond with
him." said Mr.. Chellusman's sister. by
failing to answer his many letters you
wrong him. although, perhaps. you do
not mean to-"
NO" replied Miss Jilt. II do not
mean to wrong him; neither do | mean
to- write him."-Catholic Standard and
Times.
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A Flaw In the HONEYMOON.

disapproyingly.
II am afraid, Maud" he said, that
you will never understand mothers
method OF utilizing tribes. Why. moth
er, with just a scrap or two, would
make as nice a pie as you ever saw"
The young wife's eyes sparkied.
"Well, John Bifiinger," she said In
chilly accents. you can make up your
mind once and for all that there II be
q good many scraps in this little do
nestle circus of ours before | attempt
any pies of that sort."-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-11-05

Specialism Is likely to run to seed.
This story will serve to illustrate. A
physician just graduated from the med
ical school was asked about his plans.
81 am to be a specialist on the nose"
"Ahw asked his bright i%nterlocutor.
nostril shall you treat?"-Rich-
mond Va.) Religious Herald.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-11-05

81 think you must be mistaken. sir"
the old man Clipped In.
What about?" demanded his neigh
Dor In the crowd.
Didn't / just hear you remark you
were glad the war In Bulgaria was
overY
Not exactly. I said I was glad II
was over In Bulgaria."-Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-11-05
Wee hit Deaf.

Mrs. Newliwed-I made a big batch
Of these biscuits today.
Mr.. Newiiwed-You did indeed, dear.
Mn. Newliwed-How do you know
how big a batch l made?
Mr.. Newliwed-Oh. I thought You
said Observation-Disclosures Ledger.
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contaimns Over 600 Pdgss.
Special Features.

n:IIonaires Of the unitcd States: Psrt-
criars About Three Thousand Americas
Mngnates. Organized Labor; Strength Of tina
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= TIME CARD. p

he I flowing table gives the arrival and
eparture of passenger trains at Battle
fountain.
MESTBOuNp
ARRIVES DEPARTS
No.3 3sO2, p. m. 3:oS. p. m
". ) 10 20 /. M. 1851, y. IN.
EAsTBOUsD
%. I:52. a. m. 4:53. a. m.
s.. 6 800. D. m. 4:l0. y. m.
Local FREIGHT leaves arlin at 7 a. m.
Local freight leaves Winnemucca at a. M. ;
ally arrives at Battle Mountain about Q a. m.
he Nevada Central arrives from Austin at
Y 20 N. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays,
and leaves for AUSTIN on Tuesdays. Thursdays
snd Saturdays at 80 A. NJ.
W. T. ONYON. Agent.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-11-05

Jaw. why do you make your own
cigarettes p
"My-aw-doctor ordered ne some
light exercise"
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Il understand you said ! was a fosAs
"You are mistaken. / always keeE
ny thoughts to myself"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-09-11
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE ooN
0TITuTIOS OF OHIO.

Be ~ resolved sy the General AssemsIy q
shs State Of Ohio: That . proposition snail
~. a3ai Tu, q me s.,e'yl .s a. sr.s nv x.aasy h.
November. 1908. TO amend section OF ar.
ticle XII. Of the eonstitutiou Of the state Of
ohio. 90 that IL shall read ~ follows:
AnIIcLE XII.
Bee. J. The generai assembly shall pro
vide for the r.isins VI fe.sngs for all state
and local purposes In such m.-nner a. II
shall deem proper. The subjects Of tAxAtiou
a..sd Sa ssi' AND AND 'ss.i &c. Surs0s: .s. % s
class. and shall b. iasi to tn. subioc, tsa. 4
house. used exclusively Tor public rorshlp.
Institutions Of purely public charity, public
property used exclusively for any public par.
pose. and personal property TO an amount
not exceedin In value two hundred dollars
for each individual. may. By general laws.
be exempted from taxation: and the valus
70 time. be ascertained and published. a. NAY
be directed by law.
At such election those electors desiring q
voto for such amendment may have PLACED
upon their hallots the words. Taxation
amendment. Yes" and those opposed TO such
the words. .!Tas,tion Hon amendment" % .To" NO. '
Section 3. This amendmsnt shall tahs
effect on the nrst day Of January 1904.
Speaker Of a. " Nous. : asfss.. " Rssss::.s...,..
cAnL L. NIPrEnr,
Adopted April 70. 1907.
UsrIEp STATES OF AMEaIcA, ONO.
Once Of the Secretary Of State.
LEWIS c. LAYLIN Secretary ef Stat
Of the State Of Ohio. DO hereby certify thai
the foregoing IL Q true copy Of . Jsint Rsso.
luton adopted BY the General Assembly g!
tbs State OF Ohio on the 2eth day OF April
A. D: 1907. taken from the original rolls nes
On HE In this once.
In TESTIMONY wnrnsov, I have hsrsunt<
subscribed my name. and a6ked my efheia
seal, At Columbus the 27th day Of JaAsasy
A. d. 1908.
LEWIS c. LAYLIS.
Secretary Of Stoss
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-09-11

u % resolved BY the General Assembly sf
the STATE Of Ohio:
SECTION 1. That q proposition shall be
1rst Tuesday after the nrst Monday In No
vembor. 1908. to amend article Is. section O,
Of the constitution Of the state Of Ohio. 30
taat IL shall read as follows:
Article 1S. Section 9. The general as
ssmbly shall provide By general laws for the
and h.mists and restrict their power Of tasa-
uon. assessment. borrowing money. contract
Ing debts and loaninE their credit. so to
prevent the abuse of such power: provided,
that the general assembly may divide citiss
into not more nor less than three classes,
and II such division In made the classification
shall be as follows and not otherwise. All
eities having . population of more than
enc hundred thousand shall be cities Of the
arst class: all cities having q population of
not more than one hundred thousand nor less
than twenty -nvs thousand shall be cities of
the second class: all others shall be cities OF
the third class"
SECTION 2 Al such election those eIec-
tors desiring To vote for such amendment
shall have placed upon their ballots the
words: Municipal classification amendment.
yes. and those opposed TO such amendment
shall have placed upon their ballots the
words: Municipal classification amendment,
SECTION g. This amendment shall taks
eject on the arst day Of January. 1904
w. s. McKIssos,
0Ssoksr u fAs House Of Representatives.
=. d. ARcHEH,
Adopted October 22. 1902.
UxIrkD STATES OF AMERICA. OHIO,
once Of the Secretary Of State
/. LEWIS C. LAYLIN. Secretary Of STATE
sf the State Of Ohio. do hereby certify thai
the foregoing 10 . true copy of . Joint Reso-
luton adopted By the General Assembly oi
the State Of Ohio on the 22nd day Of October
A. D. 1907. taken from the original rolls nov
Oa file In this ONCE.
In TESTIMONY wHKRxoT. I have hsreunte
subscribed my name and afnxed my oficial
seal at ColunhuA the 27tA day Of January
L0WIs G. LAIlxH,
AawsAnpU ~ Dou1a
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-09-11

A YIFTY-YRAR-OLD WOOD LOT.
This In to be reproduced by the method
of successive Trimmings. The picture
was taken Immediately after the first
thinning.l
chantable stand by a series Of rather
heavy trimmings. A period Of ten to
twenty years elapses between the first
thinning (see the first cut and the
time when the last old trees are cut
away from above the new crop Of seed
lings. 1t Is a good method for those
owners who do not wish to cut their
woods clear at one time. but prefer
gradually to transform them into q
new and thrifty crop Of desirable trees.
The method Of successive trimmings IL
also applicable to stands Of such kinds
OF hard woods as bear heavy seed,
like hickory and oak. because the seed
will then be dropped In abundance all
over the ground. whereas. II the land
Is cut clear. the seed must be brought
by animals. and a longer time will be
required for reproduction.
This method Is well suited to tracts
belonging to water companias. where a
constant forest cover Is required for
the protection Of the watershed. 1t
may be used also by owners Of country
estates who maintain woodlands as
parks. and therefore prefer. as soon as
the woods become mature. to have
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-09-11


tAbout forty years old and In need OF
Improvement cuttingal
them cut gradually rather than all at
once. After the first thinning a young
growth Of new seedlings and sprouts
from the stumps Of the old trees will
come In. As soon as the ground Ii well
covered with this young growth the
remaining trees can be removed in sew
eral successive cuttings. stretched over
a period Of ten to fifteen years. This
method Is particularly applicable to
hard wood stands which are relatively
even aged. like old sprout woods sixty
to eighty years old.
The woodsman would make the cut
tings I'm the following way: In the first
thinning he would take out the dead,
dying and defective trees. Defective
trees include those having frog stools
or canker scars on their trunks. hollow
trees. those partly girdled at the base
by fire. those whose trunks have been
attacked by borers. top dry trees and
those badly broken or bent by ice and
snow. Suppressed trees and those
crowding more thrifty trees are also
cut. just as In improvement cuttings.
Very small trees are cut because they
are usually suppressed SO badly that
they would never recover. and II IL
therefore better to remove them and
make way for a new crop. The largest
crowned trees are also cut. because
later on they would injure the new
Seeding underground much more than
the trees with smaller crowns. The re-
moval Of all these classes Of trees
would take away about 30 per cent of
an average second growth hard wood
stand and leave about 125 to $50 trees
per acre.
The woodsman would make the Sec
ond thinning as soon as the young
growth Is well established and begins
by retarded height growth to show the
need OF more light. In the second thin
ming some small growth would neces-
sarily be broken. but with care the
damage would be very slight and un-
doubtedly would be remedied by new
growth from seed Of the trees still
standing. The young growth might he
so far advanced at the time Of the sec
ond thinning out that the whole stand
could he cleared. On the other hand II
might be desirable to make a third
thinning before the removal of the
/ last old trees.
Guesswork will not do I'm the dairy
and Is the cause of keeping more Cow
boarders" than all other things com
hined
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-09-11

Old Doctor-So you think my
daughters happiness is safe in your
hands-eh? Young Doctor know
she loves me, and do not see how 1
could live without her." Old Doctor
We'll, you are a young man of good
character, and 1 will give my consent
on one condition. Young Doctor
Name it, Old Doctor-It is that
when she is i'll you won't try to doc
tor her yourself.-Tit Bits.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-09-11
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CON
1TITUTIoN OF OHIO.
COUNTY IReIsI AWE nisIaIoIs.

Bs u resolved BY the General Asss~sly sf
the State Of Ohio: tThres-a afths OF all TIE
members elected to each house concurring
therein). That q proposition shall be sub
mitted to the electors OF the state Of Ohio. %
the frst Tuesday after the hrst Monday ee
royemeer. 1908 to amend section 2. ar
that II shall read as follows:
Section 2. Article IL. Every esunty hsy-
Ing population equal TO ons-hah OF saie
ratio. shall be entitled TO enc representative /
every county. containing said ratic. ane
thrce-fourths over. shall Be entitled to tive
representatives; every county containing
three times said ratio. shall Be entitled ts
after the arst two. an entire ratio for each
additional representative Provided. how
ever. that sacn county shall have ons repre-
% tative.
Section q II said election the voters d,
favor Of the adoption Of ths amendment 70
section 2, article IL shall have placed upon
their ballots the words. Amendment to SEQ
those VINO do not favor the adoption Of said
amendment shall have placed upon their
ballots the wor-s. Amendment to section
article IL. OF constitution-No."
Speaker sf the House Of Representatives.
r. B. ARcuER,
President Of the Senate
Passed May .. 1902
UNITED sTATKs OF AMERICA, ONO.
Once OF tho Secretary Of State.
I. LEWIS c. LAYLIN. Secretary Of stats
Of tho State Of Ohio. do hereby certify that
the foregoing Is . true copy of a Joint Reso-
luton adopted by the General Assembly oi
the State Of nhio On the eth day Of May
A. D. 1902. uken from the original rolls nov
on file In this Office.
IN TESTIMONY wHKREoy. I have hereunte
subscribed NV name. and afnIed my ofheial
seal. at Columbus. the 27th day Of January
l. d. 1904
LEWIS C. LArIIs.
s.~-~'n-v ~ Stsfs
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-09-11

Cardinal Gibbons has given COM
mendation to an English version of
the four gospels which an American
priest has prepared "from the Greek
text direct" Throughout the trans
lation this priestly scholar puts the
word repent" in place of the .''do
penance" of the Douai Bible. This
not only repudiates the authority of
the Vulgate, but knocks away the
foundation for the Catholic doctrine
of penance. We joyfully submit this
as another. exhibit in proof of our
frequently repeated thesis-that the
Catholic church Is changing toward
truth in spite o. itself in this free
land under the pressure of popular
Iliberty.-The Interior.