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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-24
firm Of Merit
Opens ITS DOORS

We want the readers of the Tono-
pah Bonanza to read the advertise
ment of the Toggery, the new gents
furnishing store which has just open
ed for business on Main street. Mr..
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-24
NOTICE.

THE MANAGEMENT OF THE
BONANZA WILL CONSIDER IT A
FAVOR IF PATRONS OF THE PA
PER WILL REFRAIN FROM PUR-
CHASING THE PAPER FROM ANY
OF THE CARRIERS, AS THIS is
STRICTLY PROHIBITED. REGU-
LAR CARRIERS HAVE NO AU-
THORITY TO SELL PAPERS.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-24
A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND
A HAPPY NEW YEAR

To Our Friends and Patrons:
We take this opportunity of
thanking you all for the many favors
extended us in the past, soliciting a
continuance of your future valuable
patronage and wishing you one and
all a merry Christmas and happy and
prosperous New Year.
We are yours,
Anxious to please,
E. C. PEART Me-. co.
New store, opposite Miners Hall,
Tonopah, Nevada. 12-24-2t
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-24

Buy him" some ties or box of
fancy hosiery for Xmas at the Tog-
gerry.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-24

Jere Recere, deputy sheriff of
Goldfield, was in Tonopah last even
ing, having come over from the
southern city by auto with Guy Hill,
also of Goldfield.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-24

The Mizpah grill; cuisine and serv
ice unexcelled 12-2-tf
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-19
As TO Mr.. Maudham.

They were discussing the proper
pronunciation of the name of w.
Somerset Vaughan. the new English
dranatist. who suddenly burst on
London n few months ago with four
PLAYS, and whose Jack Straw" is now
being given on Broadway.
THAT name Is pronounced 'Mawm, ="
declared one who had been in London.
"Ilo-it's surely 'Mawum,'" opined
somebody else.
"Mahm' is better" declared an
other
" Why not 'Muggum? said one
who inclined 10 the facetious.
And they grew quite heated about IT..
"Why, of course it's 'Mawm!'"
"Rats-ft's 'Mawum'"
"No!-'Mahm!'
'Muggum'-by all means"
Until finally one who had done moth
ing so far but show signs of growing
lmpatIence and ennui suddenly brought
his INST down on the table.
NUNS the word!" he shoutt'..
That ended the discussion.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-19
WENT WITH CHILLY"
FIRST PROBLEM OF MARRIED
LIFE EASILY SOLVED.
Yeune Bride Satisfied to Leave Her
Family for Her Husbands Home
Action That Didn't Sur
prise Spinster Lady.

Haven't you something to tell me,
Annette?" asked the Splnster Lady
The girl balanced herself lightly on
the arm OF her friends chair and
puckered her face thoughtfully.
Wen. mo-! That Is, nothing def
mite. cant make up my mind"
You mean that you do not really
knew whether you love Billy or not?'
"Yes, | do love him-Tm sure of
that; but | cant make up my mind to
go 10 far away from all my people"
On other words, you don't love him
enough to give up everything for his
sake. eh?"
Annette gave n troubled sigh. 81
can't bear to have II put that way, for
he Is so dear, and | really do love
him; but the question IL, would ! be
content away on there with just
Billy?'
Wen, dear. II you really love him
you won't be content here without
him
mo, realize that; but 1t all re-
qulres great thought, doesn't it?"
Yes. and you are right to look
on the question from every side before
deciding. You must remember. dear.
that when woman really loves a
man, she is ready to go with him to
the end OF the world"
"And give up all her people?" said
the girl, wistfully.
Not necessarily. or course, 1t is
veru nice to live in the same town
with your family. but comparatively
few married women do so. Your own
grandmother, for instance. came out
to 'his country and never saw her
people again, and yet she was a very
happy woman"
'Yes, that's so; and mother lived
far away from grandmamma the first
ten years after she and father were
married"
1T is simply a question OF strength
Of your love. dear. II you love Billy
as you should live The man you mar
ry, you Will be quite happy even II you
are far from all the dear home peo-
pie"
IL will miss mother so dreadfully."
"Uf course you will. but your mother
thoroughly understands that your love
for her is just the same as ever; but
wifes duty to her husband comes
first"
The girl crept closer to the Spinster
Lady and gazed dreamily into the dis
tance.
81 think" she said softly, that III
GO with Billy. could not bear to
think Of him so far away and so lone
ly. You see, mother has father and
the girls. and Billy has only me-"
The Spinster Lady, who dearly
loved a romance. laughed contented.
ly.
Il thought you would decide that
way" she said.
Then for a few minutes the two
friends sat in silence.-Philadelphia
Bulletin.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-19

once because the coffee was weak,
and | gave him a squeeze that sent
shock through his system that
loosened his teeth, and when the cap
tain alluded to me as the angel child
who was loaded for fear and who had
a charmed life that could not be de-
stroyed by knives or guns, the Greek
looked at me in a respectful wa as
though he didn't want to have AIRY
more truck with me.
Then a big Weshman came up and
shook my hand, and when gave him
the third degree he let so and jumped
out of the window of the cabin, on
deck, and began TO use language that
was equal to Russian, and then
Swede came bowling TO me, thinking /
must be at least a crown prince, and
when / squeezed his hand. he looked
at his fingers and his arm and trem-
bled and squirmed and said: "Ah tank
got YIN yains," and he lit out in a
hurry.
A small Irishman came next, and as
he was the one who promised to cut
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-19
Shoos.

The captain gave me a swat across
the Jaw for making noise enough to
scare the crew into mutiny, the mate
gave me Kick when l started for
the cooks galley, and several of the
lnder Off GERS hit me, and by the time
[ got my apron on TO help cook din
ner / was bruised and mad, and decid-
ed TO get even with the captain. l am
peaceful citizen until somebody
walks on my frame, then become a
terror to the foe.
When we began to fry the beef for
dinner told one of the crew that II
was a shame to feed men on steer
meat, when the steer had died in its
stall of Texas fever or rinderpest,
and before we got the meat cooked,
ready for the dinner of the officers and
crew, every man but the officers had
talked over the dead steer, and re-
solved that they would not eat II, and
when they sat down TO the table. and
began to bring in the meat, they all
looked like a mob OF anarchists ready
to murder somebody, and helped all
is perfectly good meat, but this is a
good day to fast, and you will live
longer" The officers at the other end
Of the cabin were eating the steer all
right, but the crew never touched 1t,
confining themselves to the bread and
coffee, and pretty soon one OF the
crew proposed that they show their
displeasure by taking the meat and
| throwing il at the officers.
We'll, If ! lice a million years will
never have so much fun again. About
80 men got up and grabbed the meat
had put on their plates, and begar
| TO throw IL at the captain and mate
and all the officers, and of all the
greasy mess l ever saw, that was th'
worst The captain got up on a chail
and pulled a revolver and asked wha
! was the cause of the assault, and wal
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-19

a special favor to allow me to shake
his hand before | died, as l knew my
earthly career was about done for, and
and l reached out my hand to shake
his. He gave me his hand, and when
l began to squeeze his hand the cleo
tricity went up his arm SO he turned
pale. and | hung on and he yelled to
the. officers to take me of, as | was
killing him, and the sweat stood out
on his face.
The mate grabbed hold of me and
gave him my other hand he began to
dance, and the three of us were as full
of electricity as a trolley wire. hung
on and made them get down on their
knees and swear they would not lick
me, and then let go of them and be-
gan to weep again, and they were sor-
ry for me.
Then they made me tell them who l
was, and that | was going to France
to meet Pa, and monkey with air ships
and when they were sure / was Peck
Bad Boy they said / could have the
/ AiNC ANh Va AhO ohAp oha ehoh hoN
the right to play all the tricks on any.
body that ! wanted to.
They made me show them how !
worked my little pocket battery and
then they wanted me TO shake hands
with all the crew so they got the
whole bunch in the cabin, and the
captain said they had been entertain,
ing an angel unawares. and that was
the original Bad Boy. who had trav
eled all over Europe and met the
crowned heads, and he wanted to in
troduce me TO each member OF the
crew personally, as q distinguished
guest who honored the ship by beine
on board. Then he began to pas:
them up 20 be shook by the great ant
only.
The first fellow to put out his hand
was a Greek. who drew knife on m,
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-19
HE ELEC7ROCU7ES
THE WHOLE CREW

going 10 shoot, when the crew drew
revolvers and told him that II he
pulled a trigger they would annihi-
late every officer on the boat. and take
charge of it themselves, and run IT
into the FIRST port. He said the crew
could stand anything except eating dis
eased cattle, and that they drew the
line at steers that had died of riDder-
pest.
The captain was stunned. and said
the beef flying through the air was
good, and he got It from cold storage
In Baltimore, and asked that IA com
mittee go with him down In the hold
and see the evidence, and a commit
tee was appointed to go down and
see about It,
When they came back they were
satisfied. and the captain asked them
how they got the idea the meat was
bad, and when IL came to- that felt as
though some one would squeal on me,
and as | started to make get away.
and hide somewhere until the storm
blew over. one of the crew took me
by the neck and said to the captain:
This young man told us about the
meat"
The captain told the fellow that had
me collared TO take me TO his cabin.
and he came in pretty mad and called
in few officers, and they were get
ting ready to kill me, when thought
of the little electric battery in my
pistol pocket.
It is one got in St. Louis to scare
people with. / can turn a button, and
the battery will send electricity into
my arm and through my body, and /
turned the dingus, and felt the cleo
tricity going through me like ginger
ale up your nose, and when they had
got ready TO maui me began to weep,
and told the captain l was no saint,
but wanted quiet life. and all the
fun | could have. and asked him as
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-19

The village postmaster and one OF
the leading politicians were holding
an earnest conversation near the en-
trance of the post office. Perched upon
the steps a street urchin was drinking
IN every word OF the discussion, when
the pastor of one of the village
churches came out OF the building.
Recognizing in the urchin one Of his
Sunday school boys, he called him
aside and began: John, 1t is wrong,
very wrong, Of you to try to pry into
the affairs of others, Don you know
that II IL impolite to listen 10 the
conversation Of grown ups?"
Sure, know 1t is impolite." re-
piled Johnnie, but II is all right this
time. cause Deacon Smith said he'd
give me quarter II found out what
them two men were talking about"
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never slept wink that night aft
er the phosphorus episode, when ]
painted the wild steer so IL looked
like a four-legged ghost, and scared
the crew so they nearly deserted the
ship. because the captain ordered, as
supposed, that | be cast overheard
the next morning, to give the sharks
a meat sandwich, and all night | tried
TO prepare myself for death. though !
could not help thinking that in some
way would escape.
The next morning got up and col
lected all the shoes of the officers, and
got backing brush and began black
ing them Soon there was trouble,
because every man missed his shoes,
and they began to hunt for them.
and they found me working at the
shoes and singing: Pull for the shore,
brother" and such pious hymns.
was dressed up in my Sunday
clothes, and when the captain got his
shoes he wanted to know what was
the meaning of my sudden industry,
and the funeral aspect all around, and
| told him had heard him tell the
crew to chuck me overheard. and
was preparing myself for death, and
gave him a letter to mail to Pa,
after | was gone, and told the cap
tain | was ready. why. you dumb
fool" said the captain, 1T was not
you | mean to throw overheard but
that phosphorus steer that we killed
last night. They are hauling It up
ont OF the hold now with the tackle.
We will save you for worse fate y
Well, never felt so happy in my
life as | did when that dead steer
came up through the hatchway, and
was launched over the side, and when
saw the flock of sharks jump on the
steer and begin to hunt for the tender
loin. | let out yell of Joy that sound
ed like the cry of timber wolf
Then | got what was coming to me.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-19
Normal College for China.

The new Chinese board of education
proposes to establish shih-fan
hsuech-tang. or civil normal college,
in Peking, for training teachers for
service in the various civil schools
and colleges throughout the empire.
In addition to Chinese classics, says
Harper's Weekly, English, French,
German, Russian and Japanese will
be taught in the proposed college, unA
der the instruction of experienced
teachers. The college will be estab
lished in the Chinese city in the course
OF the present year. and the annual
expenditure is estimated to be about
100000 taels (about $70,OO0).
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-19
One Of Dumas, Sentences.

The prize for the longest sentence
ever written may fairly be awarded
TO The elder Dumas. who probably
holds a further record for fertility
OF production. In the seventh of the
90 volumes which compose the I'm
pressions de Voyage" there is SEN
tence describing Benvenuto Cellini
which fills three pages, or los lines
averaging As letters apiece The sen
tence is broken by 6S commas and GO
semicolons. hut as II contains l95
verbs and l22 proper names, the read
er is somewhat hewildered before the
end Is reached.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-19

No Kentucky thoroughbred wider through heart he
"Iii
bidding
His chin should challenge compromise
the Keynote James whole characters lack masenes that
AFFECT his seriously he
His speeches models English his
chancellor
claimed he equally his magnetic his
with
ris and wholesome
mosphcre surrounds him"
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-19

His Teeth.
mT ears OF TO serve on toast, gave
him the limit, and he curled up like q
German dachshund and laid down on
the mat making motions with his
mouth as though he was repeating
poetry. and he said: "Kape away from
me, ye hoodoo," and he crawled out
so quick 1t almost broke the door.
The captain and mate laughed every
time shook hands with any Of the
crew, and when l had paralyzed them
ALL and got them so scared they would
come TO me II whistled, and eat out
of my hand, the captain said l was
worth more toward maintaining disci-
pllne on the boat than whole police
force and he wanted me to do some
thing every day to keep the crew from
being lonely, so that night at supper
time charged all OF the steel knives
and forks with electricity and got two
niger chasers ready for business.
II was to be the last night before we
landed In France, and | was prepared
to make It a meal long to be remem-
bered. | sat next to the captain, and
that brought me right close to the
crews table, and when the crew filed
In and took their places, they all
looked at me as though ] was the
devil instead of an "angel child"
had match all ready and when
the supper was put on and the crew
grabbed their knives and forks they
were shocked real hard. and they
dropped them and yelled something
| like the swear words of each nation
ality, and then put my niger chas.
ers down on the floor. headed for the
| crews table, and lit the fuse.
Well. you know how niger chasers
will chase. Gee, but they went under
the crews table, smoking and kissing.
the sparks flew, and the brave crew
got up and run out on deck yelling
fire" and murder" and damn that
boy" and the man In charge of the
fire hose turned 1t into the cabin and
drowned everything out, and the crew
run away and hid, and when things
cleared of the captain said: boy,
like a joke as well as anybody, but
you have overdone this thing, and
am mighty glad we land tomorrow,
and you can go to your pa and his
confounded airships. and may the
Lord have mercy on him."
Then we went to bed. and / ex-
pected some of the crew would stab
me before morning. but l guess they
were too much ratified.
Gee. but l am dying to see Pa, and
help him spend government money for
eatings. seems as though l haven't
had square meal since my chum and
struck that community near st.
Louis, as escaped balloonaticks.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-19

important furnishing supplies poomce
merchandising selling
of n
e into politics while sl comparatively elected
boomers
himself
Incident like
his rartans
lie has active various breeding agricultural daymens
passing
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-19
AUTHOR IN POLITICS

Edward w, Townsend is another literary
man who has broken into political life recently.
He has been nominated for congress by the
Democrats of one of the New Jersey districts.
The Seventh New Jersey district, which win
be the scene of his political efforts, has been
represented in congress by Republican for the
last 10 years, but II is n close district and
Townsend will only have majority of few
hundred votes to overcome,
BY the average reader Townsend is remem-
bered chiefly as the creator of that unique and
slangily interesting young gentleman, "Chmmle
Fadden" whose self-told adventures and ex-
periences made interesting reading a dozen
wears ago. lie also wrote the Major Max
sketches as well as several novels sketches
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-19
HONORED BY FRENCH ACADEMY

Louis Frechette. the bard of French Canada.
has been named as laureate of the French acade-
my While n most unusual honor, particularly
since its recipient Is n resident of this conti-
nent. It adds nothing to the distinction that is
universally accorded DR., Frechette the last Of
that brilliant group of poets and novelsts who
have made French Canada and the simple life
of the habitant known TO the world or his
group, Frechette and Drummond were undoubt
edly the leaders, although Gaspe with his Les
Anciens Canadlens" Mannette and Rou chier
have all made enviable names in the worlds
literature.
DR. Frechette was born in Quebec n half
century ago and was originally intended for the
law He abandoned that dry profession, how
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-19
MAY GET SENATE TOGA

Ollie NJ. James, congressman from the First
Kentucky district. will undoubtedly succeed
Senator Thomas II. Paynter II n Democratic
legislature is elected in that state. Here Is the
interesting pen picture prominent Demo
cratic paper paints OF him.
'He stands six feet four inches in n pair OF
No II shoes that are filled completely by pair
of old.fashioned feet shaped in the rows Of the
corn-held to tread the paths that lead to future
greatness.
He has size without symmetry. sort Of
thrown together carelessly II nature In a
goodhumored. convulsiyc mood had done big
thins and did not have time to carve II into
the shapellness of an Apollo Bevidere. A party
nf I.IIInntinna couId dancn "a tnfnupf nm HIS broad
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-19
FIGURED IN OIL DISCLOSURES

Joseph G. Sibley the Pennsylvania congress
man whose name figurcd I'm tho recent Standard
OIL dlsco ures OF w r. Hearst. will not be 80
directly affected by the unpleasant revelations
as the Ohio statesman for the Keystone man
voluntarily retired from congress a couple OF
years ago and has not sought political prefer
mcut since While he was In the house he oc.
cas,onaliy shot up nto the lmelight for mo-
lcut but upon the whole was considered
iaithfu II not a brilliant representative of his
district At one time he made an attack uron
the president from the floor OF the house which
attracted considerable attention, and at the time
Of the postofHco scandals some unpleasant atton-
tion was attracted To Sibey by the discovery
that "A comuany I'm which he was heavily inter
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-19


OF Domnn
andt
the charming revelations life in
The field
haban could gently
sym chroncler.
IIonos have
knight
soclete lie lately president Society
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-19
Not Exactly Proper.

Him-How do you like my duck
suit?
Her-It looks like a misnomer to
me.
lima misnomer?
Her-Yes; II makes you look mo,e
like a goose.--Chicago Daily News.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-19

of
& ncb of his life where he worked as newspae
he author OF clever special
humorous quoted
York newspapers ana hps maze ms
of within q 'he merop
, The n,a ent is his nrstse politics
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-08-28

soon carried peaceably away to Kansas
City to be one of the many visitors of
the Try-Anniversary OF Bishop Grant.
Mr.. A. M. White Of Davenport, presi.
dent and manager of the Optima Ora
matte club, showed plainly his profess
ion, Miss Victoria Graves of Kansas
City, Kansas, was mocking bird of
the real type; while Mrs Elizabeth and
Rosa Thomas of Springfield, H., shows
no signs of the injury from the recent
Springfield riot, Miss Burleigh of
Philadelphia, Pa, delighted the list
ners with her sweet voice and charm.
ing ways, while Miss D. Mae Lee of
Buxton, Iowa, an elocutionist of rare
ability, need apply to the managers of
Foust or King Do-do for position. DR..
J. H. Williams, Il graduate of Meharra
Medical College of Nashville. Tenn,
advised the people to take good care
of them9 elves, and if they didn't know
how, he was here to do it for them
Madam L. Brown of Montgomery, Ala :,
prima donna of the Original Nashville
Jubilee singers, was indeed the Nash
vile Nightengale. This brilliant affair
occurs annually and those that stay at
home miss an extraordinary treat.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-08-28
GAIT CELLAR OF LONG AGO.
Mas Distinctive Mark of Caste In the
Middle Ages.

This is a medieval salt cellar" said
the antiquary. 1T Is huge, 1t is shaped
like castle, it ls solid silver and the
price-but what 10 the use telling the
price to you? Very magnificent. sh4
In the middle age, you know, tho salS
cellar was the principal table ornA-
ment. Guests sat above or below the
salt as they were prominent or the
reverse. Where do you think you'd
have sat. eh? Queer table manners
they had in those days. The fastidious
had individual knives, forks and
spoons, but the common people ate
with their fingers. You helped your
self from the general dish with your
own spoon If you had one, but If you
were very. very fastidious you licked
the spoon clean first. The food was
queer---rich, rank food-swans, heronS,
porpolses, garlic. verjuice, saffron.
There was mead and wine in floods
and ushers stood about whose duty
1t was to lead to convenient couches
such guests rs had dined too we'll.
These ushers, being oyerworked, were
continually striking for more pay. The
hours we're queer, too. Breakfast
dawn; dinner, ten o'clock: supper, four
O'Clock in the afternoon"