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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-10-27
ABOUT REILLY's A
Elko Free Press Exaggerates Story of
It's Riches

Assessor Eggers tells us some very
interesting stories about Goldfeld from
which he has just returned. He says
that Frank Flynn, formerly of Ruby
Valley, truly has a bonanza. He and
his partners have seventeen claims an
seven of them are bonded for $150,000.
ASSAYS from his ledge run from $40 10
So, 200.
Joseph Reilly, formerly of Tuscarora,
has made a fortune on his lease of the
+ Florence mine. Properties with record
breaking outputs must yield the palm
to this lease.
Perhaps the results obtained from no
property for many years has attracted
the attention directed to the Reilly
lease on the Florence mine at Gold
field. 1t is talked of in the towns, on
the trains and around the camp fires If
the prospectors in the feld, for the phe-
nomenal returns have been such as to
stagger the confidence of even the most
credulous. For six weeks results IN
dreamed of IN the imagination of those
conversant with large returns from
mining propositions have been had.
Best information is to the effect that
for the past As days Reilly and his
partners have taken out never less
than $25, 900 in a day and sometimes
as high as $4,000, but the impression
is general that about $4,000 per day
has been the average for about six
weeks past, or a grand total of $2,l25,-
600. from q little strip of ground in
that time.
Mr.. Reilly's lease expired last night
but he has taken out enough for the
rest of his days.
Frank Parsons is also doing well ami
within a year or 80 will clean up in Ill
probability two or three hundred thou
sand.
Mr.. Eggers mentioned several other
Tusearorans who ARE doing we'll and ex-
pect to clean up neat little fortunes
Elko Free Press.
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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-10-27
HISTORY OF THE DESERT.

A Free Booklet, describing the dis
covery and development of Tonopah.
Goldfeld. Kawich and Bullfrog. is be-
ing distributed by Frank l.. Kreider &
Bro. Merchants Exchange. San Francis
co. A copy of this booklet should be
secured by every investor in the stocks
of the districts named. as it contains
valuable Information concerning the
leading properties. TT
The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1905-07-21
CHATTER VI

I'm HE lone pine stool In Brewers
i pasture, Just clear of the
EIST5I wCSls When the sun ~.
SD one could see IT, taper shad
ow stretching away to the foot o.
Woody ledge, and ut sunset II lay like
fallen mast athwart the cow paths
It, long top arm a dying pcnnant On
the side ~ howman's hill Ia summer
this bar ~ shadow moved Ike a clio K
hanl on the grccn dial Of the pasture
and the help could tell the time by the
slant u H. lone pine had a mighty
girth NJ the bottom. aud is larr holy
mpcurl Into the sky rs straight a. an
arrow. Uncle ~ used 20 say that
It, one long. ulkcl branch that swun,
anl cr'akrl near the top " ID. Ike "A
sign " hospitality on the highway OF
the birls. was 81 f,-t above ground
There wrrc few stubs here ani there
upon IT, shaft the rslst " crows ami
owls AMI len hawks II must have
passed. Tor low r~ort in the frithrr.i
kingdom H. ausc Il was ualy the ro,.
hcrs q th" sky that halted on lone
pine
Tn.s towering shlft ~ ds1i tlmi.r
COMMUNICATED the ancient 5r,..
through ut.rh the northern Yankees
cut thrir ,rs.l, Ia the beginning N IN.
ccntury. Tscy were tall h. as,cI
brawny lot u men who came acr,s.
The Adioudlcks from Vermont sui %.
gan 10 break the srccu canopy thitfr'
ages had covered the valley of tho ~
Lawrence. Generally they drove a COW
with them. and such game as the,
could XII on the Journey supplemented
Their diet N pudding and milk" some
settled WHERE the wagon broke a-
where they had hurIc,l member OF a..
family aud therc they CLEARED tine f,f.
eats that once covered the smooth arr,.
o. today.
GRADUALLY the rough surface ~ m.
uall grew smoother until Il bc,ame
Paradise mad. the well worn thorough.
tare of the s'aFccoach. with It's "luns
and outs" as the drivers used 10 sav
the Inns whcv the men folks" "a, In
h' hN'lrh OF the blazing logs after
The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1905-07-21


more tnan enough 10 carry us through
the day, with fair allowance for
Fred Uncle Eb was a bit better. but
very lame at that, and kept 10 his bed
the greater part Of the day The time
went slow with me- remember. Uncle
Eb was not cheerful and told me but
one story, and that had no life In II.
At dusk he let me 70 out In the road
TO play awhile with Fred and the
wagon, but came to the door I'D called
us In shortly went TO bed in a
rather unhappy frame Of mind. The
dog reused me by barking in the mid.
die OF the night, and heard again the
familiar whisper Of the stranger.
"sh-h-h! BE still, dog" he whis.
pered. But | was up TO my ears in
sleep and went under shortly, SO | have
no knowledge Of what passed that
night Uncle Eb tells in his diary that
he had talk with him lasting more
than an hour, hut goes no further and
never seemed willing 10 talk much
ah0ut that interview or others that
followed 4.
! only know the man had brought
more milk and fsh and fowl FOR Ms.
We stayed another day IN the old
house, that went like the last. and the
night man came again 20 see Uncle FL.
The next morning my companion was
able 10 walk NOR freely. hut Pred ana
! had 10 stop and wait FOR him very
often roIng down the biz HIN was
mighty glad when we were leaving the
musty old house FOR good and had the
dog hltchcd with all our traps IN the
wagon II was q bright morning. and
the sunlight gllmmercd on the dew In
the broad valley The men were inst
coming FROM breakfast when we turn.
ri In At David Brewers \ larefoi'cd
little gir q bit older than I. with rod
checks ard blue eyes and long curly
hair that shonc Ike gold IN the sun.
lisht. came running out 10 meet Ms and
l'd me up 10 the doorstep. hIshlr
amused at the sight OF End AMI the
wagon. regarded her with curiosity
and suspicion no first. while Uncle Eb
was talking with the men. | shall
never forget TINT moment when David
Brewer came and lifted me- hy the
shoulders Lish above his head lnl
shook ne as II 10 test ly mcttlc lie
then led mr into the house. where his
wife was working.
What do you think OF this small biz
NJ boyT be asked.
She had already knolt On the a,or
aud put her arms about my neck AMI
kissed me
AIN no home" said be. Come an
the way from Vermont with an ol
man. They're worn cut. both Nv 'rm.
Guess we'd better take 'cm In awhile"
"Oh. yes. mother pleas. mother"
put iu the little girl who was holding
my hand lie can sleep with me.
mother. Please let him stay"
She kuelt beside me aud put her arms
around my little shoulders AMI drew
me To her breast aud spoke 10 me very
tenderly.
Please let him stay" the girl plead
cl again.
David" said the woman. Il couldn't
turn the little thing away. Won't ye
hand INC those cookies"
And ~ our life began In Paradise
valley. leu minutes later was play.
Ing my first game 81 Il spy" with NJ.
tie Hope Brewer among the fragrant
stocks u wheat In the hcld back ol the
gIrlcn.
The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1905-07-21

CHAPTER | am left an orphan at
six and am saved from a dissolute uncle
by Eben Holden, an old man who has
worked for my father Uncle Eb takes
me through the wilderness from YER
mont to seek a new home in New York
State.
II. Our adventures in the woods.
Uncle Eb scares away a panther.
III. A woman presents a little wag-
on to me, to which Fred, our dog, is
hitched. A man tries to enter our
camp in the woods.
lV.-Uncle Eb repulses the intruder
We stay in an old cabin and are warned
during the night to leave by its mystic
riOus owner.
The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1905-07-21
CONTINUED TO rmRp p,cr.

The concrete blocks that are now
being made made for buildings that are
going up in the city are being made
With Whitehall" Portland cement
lou can see results before yua buy.
HlNA.BABB COMPANY.
Not cloudy and dirty. but clean and
clear Suthcrland's Ice.
The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1905-07-21

I'm iE lone pine stool In Brewers
L pasture just clear Ut the
ErST5I wuris When the sun ruSe
SD one could sce it, taper shad.
The Washington times., 1905-04-16
Secured and Fumigated Beforehand.

Sober visaged, as immovable as
statues, they blinked oWl-like at the
spectators. No leYity on their part, It
was evident, would mar the solemnity
Of the farce, Two OF them had crutches
beside them One had patch over his
left eye; another had a patch over his
right. None of them was old enough to
be afflicted with the infirmities of age.
Needless TO say they had all been well
secured and fumigated beforehand. A
genuine washing had preceded the pub
lie, make-believe washing. Never did
beggars stand less in need Of an appli-
cation of soap and water to their feet
or elsewhere.
A tapestry depicting the Last Supper
draped the altar and on either side Of it
stood bare headed halberdiers. Before it
burned six tall candles in massive silver
candlesticks A silver basin, gold and
silver eWerS and lace fringed towels
were disposed close at hand. Below on
carpeted dais stood long table covered
with a snowy cloth and laid with a
dozen covers. Opposite the gallery ap-
portioned to the spectators was another
CALLER. aryooi for GN SsaaSfa' r.,
The Washington times., 1905-04-16
The Custom Is an Easter
Conmemoration of
Last Supper.

Unabashed by this contumacious re-
lection of the first course of the royal
menu the King gathered UP the plates,
handed them one by one to the gran
dees standing behind the heggars' chairs,
who in turn passed them on TO long
line of hunkeys who carried them with
out. The King next served them with
fish. Still none tasted of it. The dish
es disappeared as before and were re-
placed by another course that was treat
ed in the same fashion.
Then 1 '.tumbIed." They were not al
lowed to eat 1t was a barnecidal feast
to which they had been invited It was
they who were doing penance while the
agile royal waiter displayed to the ad-
miring throag his meekness and hunnil-
ity II was rough on the mendicants-
One wondered what terrible thing would
have happened had one of them actual
ly swallowed something. But no such
catastrophe occurred Perhaps the poor
fellows had been fortified against temp
tation by a square meal.
The Washington times., 1905-04-16
"Railroading" the Ceremony.

A grandee unbuckled his sword, an
other removed his helmet and gloves,
and a priest fastened one Of the lace
fringed towels around his waist. To
each of the dozen lucky paupers had
been assigned a Spanish nobleman OF
high degree. While the priests chant
ed prayers and the odor Of burning in
cense filed The hall these dukes and
marquises Knelt before their charges
and removed their left shoes and socks.
The beggars looked as stolid and indif-
ferent as though they had been accus-
toned to that sort Of thing every day
of their lives When each had one foot
bare, the Duke of Sotomayor poured
some water from golden ever into the
silver basin.
Beginning at one end of the line, the
King knelt before every beggar in turn.
sprinkled a little water over his naked
foot. made dad at it with the towel
and followed 1t up with kiss-or the
pretense OF one-for whether the royal
Inns really touched the flesh of the beg
rars' feet none of us in the spectators
gallery would be prepared to make an
affidavit.
The fact that each beggar had only
one foot subjected to a pretense ot
washing served to accentuate the per-
functory character Of the performance
It was all finished in a few minutes
Amid such a brilliant setting anything
more unlike the act OF the Son OF Mar
in Galilee, which 1t was supposed to
svmbolize and commemorate. the imaSi-
nation could not conceive
The Washington times., 1905-04-16
Queen Looked Bored.

Royalty swept IL at last, slrrayed as
for a court function; men II scarlet
with gold trimmings aid ,nedit.s galore;
women in silks and brocades, with
dainty little pages bearing up their
trains and a-glitter with diamonds and
precious gems. The Queen Mother came
II by a special door. her train borne
by a stately major-do1nn- She looked
slightly bored, and eyed tfe crowd
languidly through a lorgnette, as though
at an opera. Before the young King
ascended the throne she, had to do the
foot-washing job.
The church added its Contribution to
the gorgeous gioriicatiou sf ,,fsrnility.
Preceded by acoiytes bear.ns big can
dies, came a procession of monks in
red. High priests stalked in, clad in
sumptuous gold vestment:s. The papal
nuncio was conspicuous in mauve and
purple. Everything was now ready for
the show TO begin.
A fanfare of trumpets sounded faint
music as a band struck up the Death
OF Garcialso.'' Doors swung open, and
heralded by gaudily clad court officers
the boy King entered. He wore a plain
black uniform, the simplicity Of which
presented a pleasing contrast to the
elaborate briIliancy of the attendant
throng He seemed bit shy and
awkward and lost no time in getting
20 work.
The Washington times., 1905-04-16
London, April s.

London, April 8.
TT is very seldom that a man objects
to having q statue of himself
erected as tribute of popular es-
TEEN. By doing so Lord Tredegar
has acquired claim TO distinction that
Is almost unique. and has shown a mod
esty that Is more rare than the courage
he displayed when he rode Into the
jaws of Death into the mouth Of
He'll" with the Six Hundred at Bala-
klava.
South Wales takes great pride in the
fine old peer, and a Ifttla while ago pro-
posed TO present him with a national
testimonial on the occasion of the ami
versary of the gallant charge which
urennyson has immortalzed. But when
II was suggested that it should take
the form Of his own efhgy he protested
He didn't want anything that savored
of self-gioriication. Like Bobs. - e
don't advertise"
When, as Capt. Godfrey Morgan, he
returned from the Crimea-and brought
his famous charger, Sir Briggs, home
with him as unscathed as himself--he
entered parliament and represented
Brenock until the title descended TO him
in 1875, compelling him to join the
house of lords There he has since rep
resented all Wales.
The Washington times., 1905-04-16
Society yWdnanWhoJuNpod
AClaim| [oprovide und$
@5Nk xm> FupouBoyS:

a brief space. and then said. Il VIII
insure yen twice that sum. the boys
of Denyer deserve attention from
sociey / Will lease q claim in Grip
pie Creek and give them the proceeds
The next day Mrs- Brown penned re-
grsts to a round of fashionable functions
and was OFF TO the great mining camp
She exchanged the friIled and hounced
gowns of costly material which had Sc,
two continents agog by reason OF their
cost and beauty for the rough "togs" of
a frontier woman and surmoupted her
wealth OF glossy hair with a sombcero
instead of the Partisan crea ton esteem
ed so stunning" by her rivals in So
ciety.
Personally she inspected the ores of
the claims from which she hoped to Sc
lect the property she would operate for
the Denver juvenile court. She went
down into the mines. often in the IRON
bound bucket dangling from a rope
windlass Cripple Creek ores never came
IN for such keen scrutiny before nor
since. She knocked fragments from the
Hanging wall" with a miners pick,
and took them to an assayer to deter
mine the value of the lead" She ex-
amined more than a dozen claims in the
four days she spent in Cripple Creek,
and out OF this number she selected
one that was rich enough to pass mus
ter
1T is as good a little mine as there
is in the camp said Mrs. Brown, fall
ing easily into the vernacular Of the
miners who surrounded her, From the
selected rock we can begin shipping
early next week. The ore with lower
values we can put on the dump, and
I will have the railroad run spur up
here to take 1t TO the smelter. Begin
putting UP new hoist tomorrow morn
| ing and draw on me for whatever the
| best machinery costs"
But the lease said the man who was
| to be her superintendent Have you
seen the owners?''
| II have jumped the claim said Mrs.
Brown. with laugh. No one in Colo
| RADIO will refuse me lease when they
| know it is for the juvenile court. The
boys must have money. and l must have
| this claim. l am going TO call IL the
Little Johnny"
| Since the mine was opened, six wesks
ago, the smelter receipts besides paying
expenses of operation, have added over
s., 600 to the juvenile court fund in Den
yer. Judge Lindsey is jubilant over The
prospect of extending his good work and
the boys have grown to esteem Mrs
| Brown the dashing society leader oi
Capitol Hill, as their patron saint. The
lady was off to spend few davs IN
roaming through the old missions OF
lower California with a party Of artist
friends in her special car before the ink
was dry on the lease she secured on the
Little Johnny mine.
"Oh, l know it will pay, boys, sht
told the gamins at the Newsboys' Club
before starting. Il haven't given any
thing for the lease. / told the owner
who already has a million, that 1t wa!
sinful for him TO have a mine idle whiis
little boys in Denver needed shoes. There
seemed TO be as much gold in his hear
as in his mine for we are to have th'
Little Johnny free for two years"
The Washington times., 1905-04-16
A Monster G'ass Shed.

So immanse is this glass shed in which
the Washington was built that some OF
the largest railroad terminals Of the
country, including the train shed, could
find place inside the structure, and vet
there would remain plenty of room for
shipbuilding purposes. It has been
reckoned that Philadelpnia's city hall
tower. from its foundation to the top
OF William Penns hat, measuring G5S
feet, could be placed ler5thwise In the
sted.
The armored cruiser Washington,
about CO per cent, completed, AID which
was the. first warship to be launched
from under cover in the Fast, and con-
ceded to be superior to many battle
ships of the earlier type, has a speed of
p knots an hour, and is equipped with
q. 23.000-horsepower engines.
The Washington's armor plate protec-
tion ranges from nine inches ,or the
turrets to five inches for the bet. The
cruiser will have. a heavy armament
The main battery will consist Of four
10-inch guns and sixteen 6-inch guns.
The secondary battery will have twen-
ty-threc 3-iuch rapid-fire guns. .welve g.
FOUNDER semi-automa tic guns, two /
pounder automatic and two 1-pounder
rapid-fire guns, two 3-inch field pieces
and three small calber rapid-fire ma
chine guns.
The Washington was launched from
the yards of the New York Shipbuild-
ing Company, Camden, n. J., on March
is, and was christened by Miss Helen
Stuart Wilson, daughter OF John l..
Wilson, Of Seattle.
The armored cruiser Tennessee, which
| was launched on December 3. 1904, al
the Cramps yard. is a sister ship in ev-
cry respect to the Washington. Both
these vessels, it may be noted, are ex-
| pected to be an improvement over the
pennsylvania, which has up to the
| present moment been regarded as the
| highest development of the cruiser.
| The Tennessee and Washington have
| the same speed and coal capacity as
the pennsylvania. but their displacement
| Is l,l0O tons greater. and their arna-
ment more powerful. Their main bat
| terry consists of four 40-caliber 10-inct
| guns of the latest naval pattern, these
pieces taking the place Of the four S-incf
| guns in the Pennsylvania.
The Washington times., 1905-04-16
AT THE HOSPITAL PHONE.

Most hospital doctors and nurses have
sc me pretty trying moments, but the
girl at the telephone thinks she has the
hardest time of all.
ITO be sure, l don't have to set any
bones or bandage any wounds" said
one operator, but my duties are equally
hard on the nerves. II is my place to
tell the folk at home when their rela-
tions down here are dead or dying. II
anybody thinks that an easy job just
let him try 1t a while, and he'll mighty
soon change his mind.
Some OF the people at the other END
of the line cut up awfully when they
get bad news. 1t breaks me all up TO
hear them. When | have several bas.
cases to report in one day / quit WORK
at night Il perfect wreck 1t taxes
good deal OF tact TO send sad message
over the wire. l always soften II IL
tiously can l give hopeful tinge TO the
report
However. that precaution is not al
ways appreciated. l had a case Oh mat
kind one dav last week An old gentle
man in the fever ward had been very
low, and | was expecting, from uay 10
day, to give out the WORD that ne vas
dead But the old gentleman surprised
uv oil 'The first of the week he took a
t,;rn for the better. The next time his
relatives called up l told them So The
0jsapnointment of the woman at the
Other end of the wire fairly chilled the
phone. .1s 10 ,,
a. oh, he IS! She saiu- - Ae inucn
r OTIS said l. We are expecting
him To mend very rapidly.
"That wasn't exactly SO, for the old
gentleman is by no means out OF the
Goods vet but when / saw how anxious
rat somebody was for the end TO come
I would have bitten my tongue OF
rather than give her the satisfaction OF
knowing he was still IN danger.
The Washington times., 1905-04-16
Back to BeggaTdom.

No item of a truly regal feast was
omitted and no one snickered. A sense
of hunor is not a Spanish gift By the
Kings hands alone everything was
placed on the table and by him re-
moved. The tantalizing, hunger-provok- k
ing meal lasted a full hour. With much
bowling and courtesying the noble COM
pany dispersed. And the mendicants,
having played their part in the royal
show, retired to be stripped Of their
PROPERTY garments, and resuming their
rags and tatters, returned to beggar-
dom.
The Vienna ceremony follows much
the same lines but it is better managed
and the farcical element is less predom-
inant. The personality OF the aged EN-
peror, whom everybody knows TO be q
good and genuinely devout man and az
fiicteo with many sorrows during his
long life, imparts a dignity to the func-
ton which is entirely lacking in the
Spanish one.
The twelve poor old men who symbol
ize the twelve disciples, are not profess
sional mendicants. Instead Of elegant
black cloaks and high hats they are at
tired in quaint old German costumes.
The barmecidai feast precedes the per.
t1nctory foot washing AT the conclu-
sion of the latter the Emperor fastens
around the neck of each Of his aged
guests a purse containing thirty pieces
/ of silver.
They are conveyed back to their hum
| BILE home in imperial carriages and each
| takes with him a basket containing his
share of the banquet which he was not
| permitted TO eat in the royal presence.
/ In this way they get much more enjoy
ment out OF the feast than II they had
been compelled to dine in public.
The Washington times., 1905-04-16
The Twelve Beggars.

It was the writer's good fortune last
year TO witness the Madrid performance
as one of the four hundred odd specta-
tors squeezed into one of the side gal
leries of the stuffy and ill-ventilated
"Sala de las CoIumnas"-HalI of the
Columns-though why that name should
be bestowed upon it. seeing that the
columns are only half columns, and by
no means remarkable at that. is one OF
the many puzzles in which Spain
abounds. AS the ceremony down to It's
smallest details is prearranged,
and conducted in accordance with hide
bour:. precedent, a description of what
was seen last year will apply to what
will be witnessed this year-D. V.
On a moreen bench were seated the
twelve male mendicants who were sup
posed 10 symbolic the twelve disciples
One glance at them, and the anticipated
apotheosis of humility became q farce
which seemed 10 get funnier as 1t pro-
ceeded. In place of their accutomed
picturesque habiliments of poverty and
woe, the beggars were all dressed up for
the occasion in elegant black coats, with
rundown white collars, white ties and
the neatest of shoes and socks on the
feet to be washed by royalty.
On the knees of each of them rested
that most honored symbol of prosperity
and respectability, stovepipe silk
hat. Probably these same property
clothes Go duty year after year. even
to the one-legged pants provided for
the single specimen of the nne-legged
suppliant for public charity present.
Madrid possesses such q number and va
riety of mendcants that it is Ear easier
to pick out beggars to fit the clothes
than make clothes to fit the beggars.