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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-11-26
STOLE ROOsEVELT's CHINA.
Bargemen in Berlin, Germany, Pu
Stones in China Chest

SkOHSS IN SHlHa CneSr.
New York, Nov. 25-A cable dis
patch to the Herald from Berlin SAYS
the police of Hamburg nave discovered
that thieves have taken a splendid con.
signment of Dresden China which was
to have been sent to President Roose.
welt. The robbery was perpetrated re.
Gently while the china was being con.
veyed i'll barge from Meissen to Ham.
burg. stones being substituted in t1e
chests for the china
The police in searching in the domi.
Giles Of several bargemen found some
OF the plates which We're part of the
consignment. Those were decorated
with the pictures of the King of Eng.
land and Miss Roosevelt and dedi,
cation the inscription from tle King
Of Saxony.
The culprit has confessed his guilt.
CGher parts OF the consignment have
been found in various places along the
Elbe. There is hope that the whole
matter may be uncovered.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-11-26
Chorus Girl Fined SIS.

New York, Nov ,s-Because s*ee
would not wear tiny British flag th'
night the Prince and mis- staff were
attending the theater, May Leslie, a
chorus girl, was fined SIS and yester-
day served notice of suit for damages
against the management. The flags
were sent to the theater by British
officers and the girls in the chorus
were instructed to wear them. Miss
Leslie, who Is Irish, refused point
blank. ''I'm not the first Irish mar.
tyr" she declared.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-11-26
Carter Trial Resumed.

Chicago, Nov. 25.-After protract
ed adjournment of the case of Oberlin
NJ Carter, the ex-United States army
officer who is endeavoring to prove his
legal title to funds which he is de
cIared by the United States to have
em'bezzled, was resumed today An ac.
countant who has gone over the books
of Carter was placed on the stand as
the first witness for Carter. It is ex-
pected that the evidence to be sub
mitted by Carter will consume several
weeks.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-11-26
New superintsndent for southern

Nashville, Nov 25.-dt was an
nounced here last night that w. FL
Catcher, of Washington, had been ap-
pointed superintendent of the Nash.
vile division cf the Southern railroad
and authorized to complete his corps
of officials at once. Mr.. Catcher mas
for some time been special inspector
of stations on the Southern, wita head
quarters in Washington.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-11-26
American Receives Frances Money.

Caracas, Nov. 25.-Tn view of the
fact that no representative of the
French government called on the Ven.
ezuelan government Nov. IA for the
second installment of the Plumley ar
bitTation award, that being the date
the money was due, the Venezuelan
government asked the American min
lister, Mr. Russell, to receive the in
stallment and yesterday the money was
delivered to the American minister.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-11-26
Eoruer Pleads GUILTY.

Peoria, his, Nov. 25.-Newton c.
Doughenty, formerly banker and presi
dent of the board of education appear
ed before Judge Worthington today
pleaded guilty to five of the forger,
charges against him an was given {
sentence of from one to fourteen year.
on each of the five counts of the In
dictment, the same to be concurrent
He will be taken to Joliet p9ntentiary
tonight or tomorrow.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-11-26
POWERS WILL MAKE
A DEMONSTRATION
international Fleet Sails Un
der Sealed Orders.
NO SIGNS OF AN UPRISING YET
The Powers Believe that the Sultan
OF Turkey Is Putting Up a Huge
Bluff, and They Send Warshps to
Turkish Waters.

Athens, Nov. 25-The international
feet assembled at Pieraeus for the
purpose of making a naval demonstra-
ton against. Turkey in support of the
demands of the powers for the finan-
cial control of Macedonia sailed at
noon today under sealed orders.
British and French torpedo boats
We're left behind to keep up communi-
cation with the feet.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-11-26
Germans Make Denial.

Berlin, Nov. 25.-The foreign office
emphatically denies that Turkeys at
titude is due to German influences. SO
far from this being true, it is said Fat
the sultan is actually angry at Ger
many because the foreign office has re
peatedly advised him to accept the
powers demands.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-11-26
A CURIOSITY.

|Talking about scientific curiosities
/ have discovered one thing about al
engine which Is fiat contradiction"
What is that?"
"That it is hottest when it's coaled.
Baltimore American.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-11-26
SAILORS OF BLACK
SEA FLEET MUTINY
Have Joined Workmen in Sev
astopol in Uprising.
PAPERS ATTACK GOVERNMENT
CIamor for the Removal from Office Of
the Men Who Have Been instrument
tai in Causing So Much RIoodshed
and Trouble n Russia.

Sevastopol, Nov. .25 THE sailors OF
this port and the Black sea squadron
have mutinied and joined the work
men who are holding a meeting under
the red flag. The city is in a state of
panic
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-02
Z ables for the
The Humorist in Business

on the wrongs side of the market A
very crude sense of humor, the old man
had. but II served Its turn. With
James Henry, however. the case was
very different. He had money enough
TO enable him to cultivate the finer arts
and graces Of life, or at least he
thought that he had.
By virtue of the fact that his father
had left him in sole control of large
gobs of stock and bonds and other vuI-
gar evidences of sordid wealth. James
Henry was member Of various and
sundry boards of directors, trustees.
and such aggregations of power and
respectability. A board of directors. il
should be remarked for the informa-
tion Of those who are not so familiar
with the involutions and convolutions
OF high finance as we are, Is a body of
men which meets once a month and
votes itself a fee of hundred dollars
per member for said meeting. Then 1t
goes to lunch and discourses ponder
ously on the responsibilities of wealth
and social position.
That was the kind of game that
James Henry found himself up against
when he emerged into the full glory of
admitted manhood and began to exer-
else the free and inalienable right OF
suffrage conferred upon him by the
possession of several thousand dollars
worth Of common and preferred. The
solemn-faced. double-chinned kings of
finance who had known his father.
sometimes TO their sorrow, expected
great things of James Henry, and to
be strictly truthful. he rather antici-
pated great things of himself Poor
fellow. he made the common mistake
Of imagining that mere brains are in
demand at the present day. Brains can
be hired as they are needed. What the
world does need, according to the most
reliable testimony, is the appearance OF
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-02

" AMES HENRY was chronic hu-
morist He joked because he
couldn't help it. Now joking is
- like many other habits; II grows
on one. and about the only way
% cure II is by the application Of a
sharp ak Just abaft the ears James
Henry had it in its worst form He
was the sort OF man who could have
found something amusing in the Con-
gressional Record or a daily treasury
report. and could even discover cause
for laughter in the comic supplement
Of Sunday paper.
It must not be thought, however,
that James Henry was only a joker.
In addition to being a persistent pur-
veyor Of humor, he was the owner and
operator OF a first-class. high-power
cerebelium worthy OF a better use than
that to which he frequently put it. 1t
is not our intention to deride or belit-
tie the occupation of the humorist.
Even he has his uses, although 1t
would be difficult to say at this mo-
ment what they ere. Possibly he is
worth having for the sake OF increas-
ing other peoples satisfaction with
their own dull. mediocre seriousness. if
for no other reason. II we were all
brilliant and sparkling, this world
would be too much OF a constant
Fourth OF July celebration for comfort
However. as we said before. James
Henry was possessed OF a very useful
article in the way OF an intellect. He
was also the general business manager
OF falr-sized income, left TO his ten
der mercIes by his father. whose only
idea of Joke had been to catch man
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-02
Foolish
By Nicholas Memo


the general atmosphere of somnolence
which pervaded the assemblage re-
minded him Of a Sunday morning serv
ice In a deaf and dumb asylum The
director with the longest side whiskers
moved that the secretary be instruct
ed to have two hundred additional
copies OF the annuals report printed
James Henry was accustomed u
light, sparkling conversation at tn.
luncheon table, flashes OF wit anG
sparks Of repartee- About the only
sparkles that he saw at that luncheon
were in the mineral water For theiI
part the other directors looked will
heavy disapproval on a frivolous
young man who could order a mea
with the same careless ease which
would go to the purchase of a news
paper, and smoke cigarette between
courses. They also disapprOved OF his
habit of referring to. the solemn func-
ton OF daily business as a "deuced
grind, don't you know"
The directors and James Henry en-
dured each other for about six months
and then the latter announced his In
tention of withdrawing from active
participation and giving his entire time
to his golf score and automobile rec
ord. There was a general sigh OF re-
lief that could be heard all over the
financial district at this prospect of de-
liverance from the imp of frIvolity
and James Henry's place was filed by
a melancholy dyspeptic whose mind
was as empty of real. original ideas as
his face was solemn and impressive
James Henry draws his quarterly
dividends and inwardly digests the i'm
portant lesson that while a merry
heart may do good like a medicine. a
great many people are opposed TO
medicine. especially during business
hours--Copyright. 1904. by Albert
Britt
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-02

he told her to pour IL out So she
got some cups and poured out enough
for all five of them and they drank
It and smacked their mouths When
they had put down their cups she
went to the door, stepped out and
with the door about a third Of the
way open she said: If you are goin
to burn this house down you'd better
be about it The fact is, / was ex-
pectin' you and that coffee was fixed.
Didn't you notice how bitter it was?
1t was dosed with strychnine- And
as Dr. Seymour lives at least ten miles
from here you will all be dead before
you can get to his house. Good night
and good-by.' With that she shut the
door and ran away. Well. / never
heard such scuffiin' in my life. Some
of them didn't wait to get out at the
door. They broke through the win
dows and one Of them carried win
dow sash for upward of a mile. I
heard 'em goin' over the hill and I
laughed and took this opportunity to
sneeze.
We'll, they galloped all the way to
the doctors house, threw themselves
off their horses and knocked down the
door in their haste to get in, and the
doctor he treated them, pumped them
out and charged them a horse for his
services. Years afterward I met old
Sam in town and / asked him if he
liked coffee, and he looked at me and
said: Lin, you blamed fool, I'll give
you the finest game rooster in the
county If you won't say anything about
that affair 1 told him to send over
the bird and he did and / never men
toned it again as long as he lived; but
about year afterward / heard that he
had a chicken from the Spanish cock
pits of New Orleans and / wanted it.
But KNOWN how much he must be at
tached to it 1 couldn't think of insult
in him by offerin' him money. But /
went over to see him one day. He was
out at the barn talkin' to his chicken
And it was a beauty. I says to him,
says I, Sam, that's the finest bird /
ever saw Yes, he says, with an air
of pride, he's the finest I reckon
that's so,' says |. And he reminds
me of one / used to own But misfor-
tune overlook him. He came into the
kitchen one day and jumped on. the
table and drank some coffee and it
killed him. You don't say so?' says
old Sam, with a dry grin on his face
/ told him I did say so and then re-
marked that 1 was in something of
hurry and must be goin'- Don't be
pulled says he. 'Oh, by the way.
don't you want this chicken Well.
as the other one you gave me has
about run out / believe I do So
took the chicken and went home. We
lost a good man when old Sam died
His judgment of a rooster was above
reproach and was OF great benefit to
me. BY the way, Henry. didn't you
shoot at me one night along in sixty
four, down here at the turn OF the
county road ?"
We'll. now. really. Linn. 1 don't rec
ollect But / was putty sociable in
them days and 1t might have been
me-"
"Ah, hah. I've intended a number
of times TO ask you about It, 1t was
a sort OF long fire as II II hated TO give
up-and as you always hated to give
up anything, Henry, / lowed 1t must
be you"
copyrighted. 1905. by Opie Read-)
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-02

slider him national menace he can af-
ford to sit down and rest. UP to that
time he is only one of the common herd
of millionaires.
The first time James Henry got to-
gether with the Napoleons of finance
In the seclusion of the directors meet
ing the result was disillusionment all
round. His jokes fell as fiat as dime
novel in Quaker prayer meeting and
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-02

intelligence: any good clerk can supply
the actual brains necessary to back up
the appearance.
But to proceed with James Henry:
when he took his seat upon the various
boards of directors which his late par
ent had erstwhile adorned with his
presence he fully expected that he
would soon become what is known as a
power in the financial world. This Is
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-02

the name that is Usually given TO
man when he has reached the point
where the newspapers caricature him
regularly and campaign orators point
to him as one Of the evidences of our
national decadence. James Henry ex-
pected to reach this over-towering emf
nence in a few years. When man
becomes so rich that all the people who
haven't any money to speak Of con-
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-02

throne but the one that redeemed the
world stood at the workbench. The
time is comm when the whole earth
will be Americanized. Every great book
that a man reads helps along this idea.
Yes, sir, there's comm a time when a
man will be ashamed to- live in a coun-
try where he's called a subject instead
of a citizen. l wish had a chance to
talk to every. school boy in the world.
I'd impress these facts on his mind"
Yes" replied old Henry, but it
seems 10 me that these fellers in the
East are a-tryin' TO make monarchy
of this country as fast as they can"
Looks that way" Jucklin ad-
mitted, but you might just as well
say that tricklin' spring branch is
about to make the ocean fresh. All
the power on the face of the earth
couldn't make a monarchy of this
country. But speakin' about bein
Yankee. do you remember old Sam
Hesbitt? OF course you do. Well,
just about the time the war got we'll
under way old Sam took it into his
head that he ought to come over to
my house and kill me TO help things
along. He had raised a SQUAD of fell
lers and they wanted to make a name
for themselves. So one night when
the moon was a-shinin here they
came. / had got wind of ii and was
into the service and was stayin home
a few days to straighten things out
a little. And I wasn't sleeping down
in the parlor. / was in the garret,
j tell you; and 1 looked out and saw
the gang a-comin'. There wasn't any
chance to get away, and lay low and
waited. Pretty soon they came a-thun-
derin' at the door. My wife let 'em
in They asked where 1 was and she
said she didn't know. She didn't, ex-
actly-didn't know which corner of
the garret / was hidin' in. Old Sam
lowed that he. was glad I wasn't in
the house, for he was goin' to set
fire TO 1t and that it would be shame
for man to be burnt uo in his own
house.
When l heard this 1 sorter caught
my breath, and SO cold chill ran up
my back that it was all l could do to
keep from sneezin'. My wife told him
that the house was old and would
burn easily. 1t had been our inten-
tion to build a new one and that If
he set it afire it would save the trou-
BILE of tearin' it down. There was a
pot of coffee on the fire. Now coffee
was a scarce article and when the
perfume of it began to arise, old Sam
he began to sniff. He asked her if
it was Lincoln coffee, all other sort
bein' made of rye or potatoes and
such like. She told him it was and
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-02

~ BOUT the stove in the cross
roads store they sat. the wise
men OF the neigh borhood. What
4 they knew they rejoiced in, and
what they did not know was not worth
knowing. They possessed the wisdom
OF satisfaction with self. Among them
was old Henry Balch, the neighbor-
hoods shrewdest guesser at the wealth
er. When he guessed rightly. he re-
minded them Of his forecast. When he
missed it. he said nothing. In many
of lifes departments great regulations
have been made IN this way.
The conversation had turned into its
accustomed bypaths, and it appeared
that there was nothing more to be said
on any conceivable subject when old
Linn Jucklin remarked, addressing Hen
ry Balch: You used 10 be a Yankee,
didn't you, Henry?"
who me? Yes, think 1 was, about
the time you were a rebel. Seems
funny Eow, don't it?''
Yes, like d dream that gradually
fades away. And did you ever think of
the fact that notwithstanding all the
blOodshed and the bitterness that
necessarily followed, our family trou-
bic taught the world the greatest les
son OF modern times? Ever think OF
that?"
We'll, / don't know as I have" old
Henry replied. reaching over and pull
ing out the damper of the stove. But
what's your pint of View"
Its just this: Almost from the very
beginnln' of the world. the wisest Of men
have said that a democracy couldn't
exist for any great length OF time.
Nearly every republic had begun with
blood, and all of them had ended with
failure. And when the American Gov
ernment was established they said that
II was not established, They knew that
1t was an experiment, and they pointed
TO history to prove il, and history nod
ded and said, 'Ah, hah, that's a fact
When our war came they cried out,
Here you are And it seemed that
we were to fly off into Jagged frag-
ments. thus proving for the hundredth
time that republics were merely the
dreams Of idle men. It seemed to be
the worlds final test. But we came
through il all. more cemented than ever
before, and the nations of the earth
looked at us and said: Well, We'll be
blowed.' So. our war, the test and its
outcome. the proof. finally proved to
man that after all it is man that gov
furtherest parts of the universe has
been inspired with hope. The result
Of the success of democracy in Amer
lea has given TO man a broader idea of
God. II has shown that a few men
only want anointed by the Almighty
II has proved that the throne is a man
made seat. and not any more divine
than the workbench. The Lord may
have been represented a settin' on his
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-02-17
VETERAN %PR0SPECT0R
Carried Over Dump by Car of
Ore and Killed

A dispatch from Virginia City says;
Wednesday the body Of p. w. Keyes.
the veteran miner and prospector of Six
Nile canyon, was found on the dump OF
the Mammoth mine of that place by
Thomas Herman. Sr.
sheriff ouirk. Judge Smith and Public
Administrator Godfrey left Immediately
for the mine and investigated the cause
Of his death. 1t was found that some
time Tuesday afternoon in pushing 3
car out of the tunnel it went over the
dump, taking him with it and throwing
him to the bottom, n it is surmiseo
that he was killed instantly. He was a
native Of ireland. aged about u year
and had no known relatives. The bods
is in charge Of Undertaken Kuhn
p. J. Keyes a been a resiuent Of tn
Comstock ever since its discovery anC
has been interested in mining venture
an his life. He was the original locator
Of the Keyes Consolidated. which he late
" sold to the Keyes-Gressler Mining
Company. OF late ne has been prospect
ing and developing several mines in Six
Mile canyon. in which he was heavily in
terested. He was an ardent believer i
the future of has mining claims, which
adjoin the Monte Christie mine.
Several San Francisco capitalists were
Jointly interested in these mining claims
with Colonel Keyes. Many times aurins
has life he had been offered an independ
ent fortune for his interests, bat AWAY
refused TO sell, as he was sangaine OF tht
future Of his mining property AT Ont
time John ". Mackey offered him $500
for his claims
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-02-17
RATHER RICH.

one Of the richest ore shipments that
has come TO Reno from Goldfeld has ar
rived. 1t consists Of three tons of rock
from the simmerone claim and is worth
s60.oea. The rock was taken from The
shaft in sinking to a depth Of twenty feet
and so rich did it appear 10 the owners
hat they did no blasting, but mined il
by hand As a measure Of safety it was
shipped BY express, the owners fearinz
that the sacks would be carried of if sent
by freight
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-02-17
AGCNrzING r.

are instantly relieved. and perfectly
healed, by Buekien S Arniea Salve. c.
Rivenbark. Jr.. of Norfolk, Va, writes
1 burnt my knee dreadfully; hat 1t bis
tered all over. Bucklen's Arnica Salve
stoppe the pain and healed it without
a scar Also heals all wounds and sores.
sc at Brown Bros. druggists.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-02-17

Means the ability 70 DO q gooo day
ora without UNIQUE fatigue and TO find
e worth living. You cannot have In
gestion O. constipation without its up
citing the liver and poIlutinS the blood
UGH a condition may be best ana quick
ST relieved y Herbine. the best liver reg
lator that The world has ever known
frs y. W Smith writes. April g "a
Y use Herhine and fnd il the bes
Medicine for constipation and r~egulaatinF
he liver I ever used SC Sold By
srown Bros.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-02-17

NOTICE TO DELINQUENT C0-0b
State Of Nevada. County Of Humboldt
to Carl Schaber:
You are hereby notified that I save
expended enc hundred dollars IN labor
an0 Improvements upon the Ids. B2denaa
Little Elsie Z Little Rosa lode claims
situated IA Paradise Mining District
county Of Humboldt State OF Nevada,
as VIII appear by certificates fled ana
recorded December 18th. 1895. in Book 81.
page 8. in the Office Of the County Re
corder OF said county. IN order TO hold
said promises under the provisions o.
section xxi Revised Statues OF the
United States, beng the amount required
10 bold the same for the year ending
December s.. 1904
And II within ninetg days after this
notice by publication yav san or refasc
20 contribute your proportion NJ such ex.
penditure as a ar interest an
said claims viii become the property q
The subscriber. under said section 2SeA.
CHARLES KELLER
Dated jan I2, 1895 i-i2-f-10
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-02-17
ACTING AGENT.

c a Rodgers IS acting agent for III
Ninnemaeea office Of The Southern Pa
enc vice c L Noble, transferred L
hazen. < * Sinson has been put a.
Inc night telegrapher KEY Y place q
AT. AoogeIs- 4ao station .as b DUAe
La4eo neNJ naoatn ana II gel remains 10 b.
seen whether AR hoagers has the pos.
o permanently or not Mr.. Noble has
been relieved ana the transfer Of slauor
properly was made today. M. Noble Va
leave with his family in . day or i've
Tor HAzeu
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-02-17
CHAMBERLAIN STOMACH AM
LIVER TABLETS CNEQUALLED
ron CONSTIPATION.

TN Cf~N1A@A 1000
Mr.. A r. Kane. a prominent crugs1s'
t Baxter Springs, Kansas, avs Cham
3erlain's Stomach and A1Yer Tablets are
n my judgment the most superior prep.
ration Of anything in use today TO-
constipation. They are sure in actor
4na with no tendency to nauseate o.