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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-18

h,s reputntlon as flre-eater, most pso-
pie are afraid Of him. and he knows
il. Chance brought him to Sweet valley
on the afternoon OF, the caucus ana ms
natural disposition, together with the raw
whisky he had swallowed at Zeke Coles
tavern on the way down the creek ieu
him to make Il general nuisance Of MN
self. He whooped around EDEN $ 4 store
like an Indian on the war path, and Of
fered to fight every man in the crowd.
either singly or en- masse. Being denied
eadmittance to the sacred precincts OF
the wnre-room. where the business OF the
caucus was being carried on, he became
ugly, and after trying to kick In n panel.
of the door, trammed his fist through O
window The good-natured DeepWater-
ties laughed at the blatant bully and hu-
mored him and endcayored TO reason,
with him. 3t! q
Finally Thad made the mistake of turn
Ing the stream of his profane abuse from
EDeepwatcritcs in general upon Old Man
Barton In particular. In an instant BOD
and two or three others OF inc younger =
Bartons were on their feet taking OFF
their coats, but the Old Mans grandson,
Johnnie Barton Smith, was quickest. Be-
fore anybody realized what was hap
penlng, the youngster had slapped the
bully twice across the mouth resound-
aingly, ts
few seconds later the two were fac.
ing each other In the slush and mud OF
tho road with circle forming about
them.
The Old Man rcsolutely kept his back
10 the window while Sam and Eben,
prancing about cxcitedly on the table,,
reported to him the progress of the l1sht.
The Ink bottle and the derby hat ballot
box were both upset before they nn-
no,lnced the final overthrow and crying
for quarter Of big 4Thnd $Prcntiss.
The afternoon ended without further
unpleasantness,S after the fight the air.
seemed clearer and public satisfaction IN
the humiliation Of the bully restored gen-
eral good humor, though the Killers re-
GREETED It later Chatting and joking took
the place of arguments that threatened
to become bitter and when Old Man
Barton announced the result--thut John
Penny Barton had been nominated BY
four yotes-and made little speech
+, about the white dove of peace and about
harmony and nelghborly good feeling and
the duty and desirability Of unfolding
| the caucus nominee. Hill and Valley alike
chnercd the Old Man
Then young Sam McNab stepped out
! and announced that, Notwithstanding the
! white dove Of peace and the caucus
/ nominee, Samuel McNab, ST., would run
I for supervisor Of public roads on an
| independent ticket, and both sides cheer
| ed again Justify.
| AS Old Man John Barton limped rheu-
maticaly homeward through the early
1 dusk OF January, Johnnie Barton Smith,
4 who had been. scraping off mud and
/ applying rotton apple to his bruised coun-
| tenance, stepped out Of the blucksmlths
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-18

Perilous Walk Of Two Women.
A hazardous feat was performed by
Mrs. John Ali, wife OF a pioneer who
lives at the mouth OF the Homl- Homi
river, and a young woman from Boston.
The two were sightseeing up the Homi-
Hom 6and had arrived at the great
waterfall at the foot OF the upper canon.
See tng that a tree had fallen across the
canon above the waterfall making a
rude bridge, and desiring to cross to the
other side the two climbed around the
falls to the top Of the canon and walked
ncross the log. ~.
The Boston girl took the lead and the
log swuyed dangerously as they crossed.
Tho distance from the log to where the
foaming waters beneath pitched over
the preciplce is between 800 and $50 feet.
Both the women passed safely over. and
did not realize. untilslater, that they We're
the first persons, so far as known, who
had made the perllous trip, where q slip
would mean instant death, 5a FL
Since Mrs. Ali and her companion made
the trip the franchers have been bapter-
Ing one another to follow suit but none
has yet made the attempt.-Tacoma News.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-18
yJrleeda Sole!

And why not get q whole sole of the best
leather made, .'l2ock Oak. and Sput m
BY tho electric seWed process fogfS1, No
ripping, no squeaking, no nails tto tear
the socks, And II you are run down at
the heels. we will level you up for 25c.
II you have that tired feeling Nrorgan 4
Wright Rubber Heels VIII rel eye-your sac,
MEMS shoes half soled. 100: ladies. s0c..
and childfens. 400. 4
Phone 1857 and our bicycle messenger
will call for shoes
DR. WIS Electric Shoe Factory
y1s EAST MAIN.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-18
"A Maiden's Quest for Beauty.

BY HARRY. ELLARD.
The beauty column every day with Gag
crness she read
And studied Illustrations which would
make her young twas said.
All frcckles. warts and blemishes she felt
would disappear
IF she followed out directions for but a
#5 single year. 81 f t$ 81
1T grieved her much to know her nose
was slightly retrousse, 9t i.g.
So with her fingers and her thumb she
pulled Il down each day
She made Esalve Of onions. fof arrow root
and lard,
And into all her wrinkles she rubbed this
very hard.
with vaselin and starch she filed the
crows feet round her eye,
From which the ravages Of time new
beauty would arise; q
No silver threads among the gold should
vex her spirit more,
The brilliant dye would bring the hue
that once her tresses bore.
with era ceful curves she waved her arms
to bring required ease,
To make her supple in her limbs she sank
upon her knees;
TO reduce the size about her hips in
motion swift she rose,
And with q dextrous slightEof hand her
boot could touch her nose.
Alas, alas! she followed all directions
that were given,
Until she was within her mind to des-
peration driven;
She jun ped, she danced, she shouted,
yelled to improve her limbs and voice.
But beauty never came to make her sad
n dened heart rejoice
Her crooked mouth remained the same,
the pimples held their place Is
Her squirting eyes and turned-up nose
still 4mnrred the maldens face. .g{
Her scanty eyebrows wouldn't grow with
ointment that was made
or gasoline and tar and soap each night
on forehead laid. n HI 4,
Her roughened hands would never yield
to .allow mixed with glue.
Although this treatmentEit was said their
wilderness would renew,
TO beauty gain in vain her quest, al
though she tried her best.
The same old maid she looked at last
& l when she was laid to rest.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-18

# (Conyrishi byES. s. McCIuFc COD o..
fs@-es--,s NE day last January, when
y The all bud n MP TO it. Old
asasS Man John Barton leaned over
fyMt!SsE his balnyard gate and whistled
VSyasitE MUD or Dun6ceD softly in a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-18

AN as Continued TsesdazA
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-04-21
PEN, CHiSEl AND BRUSH.

Miss Hannah Lynch. the a%uthoress,
whose study of the work of George
Meredith Is one Of her most popular
books, has just died In Paris.
e Aubrey Hunt, the American art
list, has just returned to Boston after
spending a year In England. where be
has been busy painting landscapes nnd
portraits
A French sculptor, NJ. Charpentier.
and q Belgian sculptor, NJ. Meunier,
have completed a design for the Zola
monument which will symbolic Zola's
novels, Travail" and "Fecondite."
A statue of Louis Joliet. the French
explorer. will be placed in the little
park In front Of the Public library
building at Joliet, ILL.,. to commemorate
the memory of the mar for whom the
town Is named. Sigvald A~sbjornsen,
who made the statue of Lief Erickson
IN Humboldt park, Chicago. Is the
sculptor.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-04-21
SiRES AND SONS.

Alderman Bromberg OF Boston. the
only Republican member of the city
council, has been placed on thirty-three
committees.
Senator Ankeny of Washington act
ed as interpreter the other day when a
group Of Yakima Indians were pre-
sented to the president at the White
House.
When asked as to the disposition Of
his S150,OU,OO0, Russell Sage said the
other day: wait until l am dead.
There will be more than II person
surprised"
J. Adam Bede, who made his maiden
speech recently in the house and be-
came famous In an hour. is a newspa-
per editor of Pine City, Minn., rising to
that position from the printers case.
Isidor Rayner. the new senator from
Maryland, had a Jewish father. but
married a Presbyterian wife. He has
been described by n Baltimore law
yer as the blank page between the Old
and New Testaments.
Judge Wlllnm IL. NeSt VI pcifeioh-
tame, o., ''the blind man eloquent"
who nominated Blaine for the presi-
dency In the Republican convention in
Chicago twenty years ago, celebrated
bis eightfeth birthday recently.
Although still under sixty years OF
ace. Count Vladimir LamsdorR, Rus
sia's foreign minister. has been attach
ed TO the foreign Office in n capacity
or another since 1896. He was pro-
NOTED to the chief place In that de-
partmeEt about three years ago.
Marquis Ito now n Of Japap's
greatest men, IA once a stowaway.
A plot to assassinate him had been
formed, and he was hidden by a lady
who was attached to him until he could
be Struggled aboard an English ship
In a bale of silk. This was In 1868. He
stayed a year In England.
William Englishman. a second class
gunner's mate In the navy. has applied
to the District of Columbia supreme
court to have his name changed. The
petitioner states that by reason Of his
name he Is frequently mistaken for a
British subject, and as he is an Amer
lean citizen he would like to be known
hereafter as William English.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-04-21
CHURCH AND CLERGY.

The native converts on the foreign
Geld Of the Presbyterian missions last
year numbered 5,227.
There are at present coo Koreans liv-
ing In Hawaii. 900 of whom are MEN,
bers Of the Methodist church.
Rev. DR.. Joshua Young. the minister
who performed the last rites over the
body Of John Brown of Harpers Ferry
fnme. died recently at Winchester.
Masa
Rev. g. Campbell Morgan. the Lon
don preacher at present visiting this
country. holding meetings In various
cities, has been given a call by the
members. of the Second Presbyterian
church Of Chicago. but has not yet de-
cided whether he will accept.
DIR. Carl Aaron Swensson, who has
Just died at Los Angeles. Cal. was the
founder Of Bethany college, Kansas.
and one Of the most prominent Swed-
ish-Americans In the country. In 1881,
while filling the pulpit Of the Swedish
Lutheran Bethany church at Lildborg.
be founded the college.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-04-21
RUSSIAN TROOPS IN muKDEa.

troops YER employed in the fields
planting and harvesting, and 1t is be-
heved that Alexeieff has immense
stores Of grain at his disposal. al
though there may be a scarcity Of
meat which forms IN important part
OF the Russian soldiers ration.
The production of wheat and -four is
a business with which the Russians are
perfectly familiar, and during the past
three years they have made the most
Of their opportunities. Hardin, the
present center of the Touring mill In
dustry. Is situated In the heart of the
valley Of the Sungari, On the banks Of
that stream, where 1t has the advantage
of water transportation from the wheat
fields. In 1900 the place did not con-
thin q single -four mill. but today ten
mills are in operation, with a daily ca
pacity of 1900 barrels Of -four. On the
Chinese Eastern railway. loo miles
south of Hardin, there is a modern
1our mill producing $50 barrels a day.
At Kirin there Is another Of the same
capacity. At Mukden there Is a new
mill with a capacity Of 100 barrels a
day, and there is still another at Port
Arthur. with a daily capacity Of $50
barrels So 1t would seem that the
soldiers Of the car will at least get
bread enough to eat
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-04-21
GREAT LAKE BAIKAL
THE HOLY s-A WHICH BREAKS THE
TRANsslseRiAN RAILWAY.

How IL increases Russfa's Difficult
ties In Sending Troops to tbs .
East-Cznr.s Soldiers Not Likely TO
starve In Manchnria-
Lake Baikal, the holy sea, Is the
cause OF much trouble and vexatious
delay to the Russians In the transporta-
ton of troops, stores and munitions OF
war to the seat of war in Manchuria.
This great body Of water Is situated
In southeast Siberia on the line of the
Transsiberian railroad. about $500
miles from Moscow and 1.500 from
~yladiyostok, and makes a break thir-
ty-seven miles wide In the road.
Baikal Is one of the largest lakes Of
fresh water In the world and Is the
largest on the Asiatic continent. 1t
Is 900 miles long and from twenty to
fifty miles wide. A line of road Is
being constructed around the south
ern shore of the lake, but because of
the mountainous character of the
shore and the great distance TO be coy
cred 1t Is not likely to be completed In
time to be of service during the pres
at war. Now the road ends on n
shore Of the lake and begins again on
the opposite shore
In summer, when the lake Is free
from ice, huge ferryboats TRANSPORT
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-04-21
TRAIN AND TRACK.

The youngest engineer on the Penn
sylvania railroad is Thomas V. Fisher.
who Is just twenty-three years old.
His run il between Cincinnati and
Columbus.
A German company Is apply Ing for a
concession to build n novel electric
railway up the Wetterhorn. No rails
are to be used. and the cars will run on
q smooth surface created by blasting
the rocks.
Seventy per cent OF English railway
employees get less than SO IA week Of
ffty-six hours, and 20 per cent get
less than S. a week. Day laborers on
American railways are paid almost
double these wages.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-04-21
JAPANESE JOTTlNGS.

Corruption is declared to be I'M
known in japanese politica
Among the Japanese one divorce
takes place for every four marriages.
A japanese private soldier is paid
70 cents q month; a major general is
paid S131 a month.
The proportionate circulation OF
newspapers In japan Is about the
same as In this country.
This Ia the fourth time Japan has
made war on a foreign nation, except
for early barbaric expeditions against
the Koreans.
A japanese officer who has not
reached the rank Of major Mt the age
Of forty-eight is compulsorily retired
as unworthy Of further service.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-04-21

q Scotchman, fifty-three years old, and
went to South Africa in the early days
of the diamond discoveries At KIM
berley he made the acquaintance OF
Cecil Rhodes, whose chosen friend he
became.
In Janury, 1896, Jameson led q party
of raiders into the Transvaal. They
were captured by the Beers, and
Jameson was sentenced to death.
President Kruger, however. handed
jameson over to the British govern
ment, and he was sentenced to a term
of Imprisonment.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-04-21
MRS. aEoRaE D. MORGAN.

member Of one of the old japanese
families and comes from Kioto. She
dresses In the garb of her native land
and is very pretty.
George Dalton Morgan Is the son Of
George Fl. Morgan and has lived In
Japan for many years. He has become
thoroughly accustomed to the
ners and customs of that land and
speaks Japanese fluently. although his
wife knows little English. Mr.. Morgan
intends to make his home In Japan.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-04-21

the trains across the lake without
much loss of time and without break
ing cargo. At present the Ice on the
surface Of the lake Is from four to
nine feet In thickness, and even ice
breakers do not avail to keep a water
way open. Rails have been laid on the
ice, and trains are run over them, but
It is slow and even dangerous work,
big crevasses opening with little
warning. When O revasse appears,
passage Is delayed until the ice freezes
firm enough to bear the weight of the
train.
Besides the trains, sledges are also
being used to move men and military
stores across the gap in the road. This
necessitates tho breaking Of cargo and
its rehandling on both shores Of the
lake, causing serious delay In the
eastward movement Of the cars re-
enforcing army. With the approach Of
spring and the melting Of the Ice the
dinlculty will be even more serious.
The ice softens In the center Of the
lake 1rst, while that at the shores
still remains firm. When this condi-
ton prevails, nothing can be moved.
and the tic-up Ii complete. It is ex-
pected that the ice breakers will be set
70 work about the end Of March.
While Russia is handicapped In send
ing supplies to her troops in Manchu-
ria, she Is not without in
that province of China Manchuria is
a fine wheat growing country, and
since Russia secured q foothold there
the yield has greatly increased. In
fact durinR the summer of 1903 the
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-04-21

The man who is two weeks behind
IN his board" remarked the observer
OF events and things, generally con-
siders that he Is just that much
ahead.s--Yonkers Statesman
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-04-21
RUSSIA'S WAR MINISTER.

General salxharon. who Has Been
Chief of the General stan.
The vacancy In the cabinet of the
car which was caused by the detail
ing of General Kuropatkin to take
command of the land forces at the seat
of war in the far east has been filled
by the appointment of Lieutenant
General Sakharoff, ad interim.
General Sakharof, who has been
chief of the general staff of the impe-
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-04-21
0any 'Ery -.

"But why did be -..:y~'
so 10 - :dve some one TO help him
i've within his income. He couldn't
do 1t nlone."-Buffnlo Express.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-04-21
A Desperate Case.

First Man-Yes. III do amy work at
NIL that's honorable.
Second Mnn-Gracious, Have you
got SO low as that?-Life.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-04-21
JAMESON, 4 RAIDER.

New Premier of Cape Colony WIS
Once sentenced TO Death.
DR.. Leonard Starr Jameson, who
succeeded Sir John Gordon Sprigg as
premier of Cape Colony, South Afri-
ca. is best known to fame Us the lead
err of the jameson raid into the Trans
vaal a few years ago. DR.. Jameson Is
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-04-21
Thought II FfRn.

A mnn who was very benign
Once asked a poor ncigilbor TO dign.
Blu he stared when his guest,
Without being prucst.
Drank nearly three bottles'of wign.
New Yorker.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-04-21

You're easy" growicd the Russian bear
With glance 80 fierce and freely.
The Jap replied. with courteous air.
I'VE know we're ~Japarcsy."
cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-04-21

MINISTER OF WAR
rial army under General Kuropatkin,
Is q military man of large experience
and acknowledged ability. Prior to be-
ing called to St Petersburg he was for
several years chief of staff Of the mill
tary district of Odessa.
While at that post he displayed quail
tiles that commended him to the war
office and led to his promotion. Gen
erai Sakharof Is ffty-four years old.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-04-21
AN ORIENTAL BEAUTY.
The Japanese Wife of John Pierpont
Morgan's Nephew.

Morgan's Nephew.
An interesting member of New
York's smart set Is the Japanese wife
of G. D. Morgan, nephew Of j. Pier
pont Morgan, who recently arrived
from the orient with his bride. Mrs
Morganswho was Miss Vuki Kato, Is n
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-04-21

The gay Napoleon Of finance
10 picturesque TO view,
Like the original, until
He meets his Waterloo.
-Wushington Star.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-04-21
She'd surely Tell IL.

Mrs. Gossip (qunrrellng)-I suppose
you think what you say goes?
Mr.. Gossip-It does, II you hear it
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-04-21

Tommy - How was the show last
night, Willy?
Willy-Rotten! There wasn't a shot
firedi
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-04-21

The Very Hardest.
The hardest words
For tongue or pen
Are these: I'm wrong.
BE friends again."
Baltimore American,
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-04-21
Stall NJ EhT
OF
= C. EIPTS
AND
DISBURSEMENTS
OF
state and County Revenue,
LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA
FROM

JAN, 1st. 1908, to JAN, 1st, 1904.
Balance on hand Jan. list. 193.. ....... S29,312 II
from State, Ist Il 2d semi-an-
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-04-21

1.-The oath of Office" explained the
bright clerk. lis what the boss says
when he finds you loaDnc.-
The National tribune., 1904-06-16
Misuse of May 80.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: The Memo
rial Day suggestions of California cor
respondent please me much. As far as
possible May 80 ought to be left exclusive
y for decoration of the graves of soldiers
who defended the National unity. / have
known where the whole community turned
out and decorated the graves of their dead
regardless of patriotic considerations. Many
graves were SO lavishly and profusely deco.
rated as to completely overshadow the
graves of the heroes. None may blame peo-
pie for decorating the graves of their dead
all should refrain from decorating graves,
save of soldiers, on Memorial Day; all
should censure those who employ that day
for decoration of graves if the buried were
not soldiers or otherwise in the service of
the Union-such as nurses, etc. In local
tiles north of the isothermal line of lilacs
there is, at the end of May, yet a great
lack of flowers. In this part of the coun-
try we-the w. r. C.-can neither buy
nor beg flowers enough to decorate the
graves of the soldiers in the National plot
at Ypsilante!
My husband, who belongs to the Post at
Ypsilanti,. served in Go. /, Berdan's 1st
q. 8. sharpshooters.-MRs. &. q. SPENCER,
at Ypsilanti!
The National tribune., 1904-06-16

ed until the fence could be torn down.
While waiting there We're number
of shots exchanged between our regiment
and Fitzhugh Lees cavalry.
just as we were ready to move beyond
the demolished fence, an Aid from brigade
headquarters came riding along the line,
waving a white handkerchief and shouting
cease firing! Lee has surrendered.
As we were between Lees main army
and his cavalry, our opponents did not get
the word till one of our officers rode through
the fence with flag of truce, and Informed
them of the fact.
After firing ceased on our side three holes
We're shot through the flag that | was
carrying, which l kept displayed for all
there was of it.
This was about II 80 A. M. Sunday
April 9. 1865. and at point not far from
the railroad. and east Of the station. II
any one has any curiosity TO see those
holes. they can do so by visiting the FLAG
Room in the Capitol at Albany. \. Y. and
asking for the flag of the oath n. Y. Cav
was awarded a Medal of Honor for
rcscuing wounded comrade from between
the firing lines at Amelia Springs. Va.
April ;. '65. the day before Comrade Cares
won his medals. e. CHANDLER. q. NJ
Sergeant. Co. \, oath n. Y. Cav, Mime
apOlis, Minn.