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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-03-30

Eggs! Eggs!--I will sell a few set
tlhgs of the famous Lakenwel.
ders this season at $500 for Is eggs.
All my birds are prize winners,
most beautiful and the very best
layers. MAGGIE MCLAUGHLIN,
Cleveland. N. G.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-03-30

The Wilkesboro Patriot says the
Foster children, have living four
great grandfathers, four great
grandmothers, a total of ~ grand
parents.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-01-15

the proposed line will start at Stone
wall, on the Clark road. 1t will then
pass southerly into the Hornsilver
country, the possibilities of which
can scarcely be over-estimated.
Hornsilver is shipping by wagon,
both to Cuprite and Stonewall, but
the haul of about fifteen or sixteen
miles is costly. The northerly slope
of the Gold Mountain country would
be taken in, and thus stimulate les
sees in that old territory Ida
would be the next point, lying about
fifteen miles almost west, and over a
comparatively level stretch of coun-
try. Ida is copper country and
has vast deposits of ore that could be
made to pay with railroad facilities
Then, the story goes, the road would
run northerly into the Silver Peak
section, where gold, silver and lead
ores are in abundance This would
involve total of about fifty miles.
1t is also limited that an extension
will be run west of Ida to Palmetto,
and then into the Ubehebe country,
where there is an immense tonnage
of low grade copper
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-01-15
Says Seven
TrOughS is
a Winner

]. F. Mitchell, who is in charge of
operations at the Seven Troughs In
got company's properties in the Far
rell end of the district, came in from
camp Wednesday night for the first
time in several months, says the Salt
Lake Herald. The Ingot company is
running a tunnel which, in dist
ance of 1000 feet or such a matter,
will crosscut the seven known lodges
in the company's ground. The tun-
mel is now under cover about 200
feet and 720 feet more, Mr.. Mitchell
figures, will reach the last of the
veins exposed on the surface. The
property is located not far from the
Hero Nevada.
''The Seven Troughs district, .
said Mr.. Mitchell yesterday, lis 60
ing to eclipse every gold camp in
the state of Nevada for productive
ness in the near future. Over an
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-01-15
MINING NOTES
OF INTEREST
The UBEHEBE
DISTRICT IS TO
GET A RAILWAY


, Before many weeks surveyors will
be in the field outlining a route for
a railroad running from Cuprite
through Ida to Silver Peak, accord
ing to an excellent authority yester-
day. The establishment of the sys-
tenn would inject new life into the
camps mentioned, as we'll as Pal
metto, Hornsilver, Gold Mountain
and other districts.
The line will be part of the Clark
system, the policy of which has al
ways been to boom and boost the
southern section of Nevada and get
action upon vast bodies of low grade
rock that can not be handled at a
profit by wagon. Senator Clark S
son is heavily interested in the Sill
yer Peak country. and he is reported
to be one of the most enthusiastic
hackers of the new enterprise.
Although the plans of the promot-
ers are not announced, it is said that
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-01-15

area of from four to five miles wide
and fifteen miles long there has
hardly a hole been dug in which ore
was not found. The naturalization
of the district beats anything ever
saw in my life. The only thing that
has kept the district back has been
the lack of big capital. Men of mod
est means and men without re-
sources at all have had to do every
thing that has been accomplished
up to date. 1t is simply remarkable
the showing that has been made un-
der the most adverse conditions. But
money will come this year. The
camp now has the goods to warrant
the Inauguration of big campaigns
of development and equipment, and
the men who undertake it will have
the assurance in advance that there
is no chance in the world to lose
out"
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-01-15
The Rush to
the Pioneer
District on

breeze, so it looks as If the people of
Pioneer are determined to keep
clean, even if there is considerable
high-grade gold dust floating about
Smoke arising from either end :
the Pioneer settlement indicated that
the streets were being made ready
for traffic, and numerous men with
picks and shovels and some dynamite
were clearing off places to put up
tents and dwellings.
w. ]. and Richard F. Tobin are
satisfied to remain upon the ground
for time, and they have made ar
rangements with Captain E. P. Miner
to supply them with some of those
fine portable houses, which will be
installed at prominent points on
Boulder hill, from which elevation a
splendid view of the entire town and
surrounding country is afforded.
Daily automobile service has been
installed between Springdale and Pho
neer, and daily stage service has
been inaugurated from Rhyolite.
Numerous private parties with rigs
and automobiles are upon the scene
every day, coming from all direc-
lions.
Representatives of the Tonopah &
Tidewater railway and the Las Vegas
and Tonopah railway have been
much in evidence around the Pioneer
diggings the past several days. Traf-
fic Manager w. R. Alberger, General
Agent E. F. Jenifer and Chief Engi-
neer John Racer, of the Tonopah &
Tidewater, came up from Los An
geles in private car especially to
visit the Pioneer, and the following
day Superintendent F. M. Grace and
General Agent C. E. Redman, of the
Las Vegas & Tonopah, made hur-
ried trip to the scene
The ore-hauling business of the
Bullfrog Pioneer Leasing and Mill
ing company is worth hustling for
and either railway company would
like to handle all of it. Manager
Bryan, of the leasing company, has
been generous in dividing the pat
ronage, some of the ore going over
the Tonopah & Tidewater to Gold
field and Vallejo. and some over the
Las Vegas and Tonopah to Salt Lake
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-01-15

The rush into the Pioneer-May-
flower section of the Bullfrog district
continues with more vigor than ever.
Not only is the passenger traffic in
creasing, but there are substantial
signs in the way of numerous freight
outfits going to and from between
Rhyolite, Beatty and Springdale,
hauling in lumber, merchandise,
tents, etc., for the establishment of
Bullfrog camp, says the Bullfrog
Herald.
The wagon roads that were not
frequently travelled few weeks ago,
are today alive with all kinds of out
fits. including the swift-winged bird
of the desert-the automobile-ply-
ing between the several Quitting
points and the new mecca Of the for
tune hunters.
The town of Pioneer is springing
up rapidly, and combining the forces
of the original townsite and the west
end, there are now fully forty tents
and buildings, with one general mer-
chandise store, two saloons, restaur-
ant, boarding house, laundry, town
site Office and barber shop, and dur
ing this week there will be another
saloon and another boarding house,
and perhaps the second lodging
house.
Things are "just humming'' at
Pioneer, and nearly everybody who
has the price of round-trip ticket is
going there, and many are going to
take their chances in the new loca-
tion, for time at least Rose and
Palmer, of Beatty, are stocking up
the first store building with all kinds
of merchandise, the jovial John
Doser being in charge of the estab-
lishment. w. l.. Marks, the barber,
is giving the Pioneerites as close a
shave as possible for two-bits, and A.
Deck of Beatty, is dealing out liquid
refreshments with velocity that he
had not previously attained in his
extended campaign in the Bullfrog
district.
A couple Of days ago when Her.
aid reporter was upon the ground
the new laundry had back yard
full of clothes swung out to the
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-01-15
HAMS TRIAL NEARLY
HAS REACHED END

FLUSHING, Jan. 9.-With the
calling of one or two minor witnesses
Monday the trial of Thornton ].
Hams will be concluded. All the
session today was given over to re-
butal of the evidence that James
Tiernay, the defendants eye witness
of the shooting, was on the float at
the time of the tragedy.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-01-15
Bullrrog District.

The special train which goes to
Goldfield Thursday night-the night
of the fight, will leave Tonopah at
7:15 in the evening, returning from
Goldfield Immediately after the fight.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-01-15
WANTED TO GIVE SOME
PUBLICITY TO ITSELF

WASHINGTON Jan. 14.-For
time today the house looked as
though that body would further re-
sent the presidents statement af-
fecting members of congress and the
secret service by ordering the print
ing of 100000 copies of the pro-
ceedings of Friday, tabling his re-
marks. A resolution to that end was
presented, but tabled.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-01-15
SHIPMENTS OF
ORE LAST WEEK

The following are the official fig
ures for ore shipments for the first
week in January from Tonopah and
Goldfield:
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-01-15

We do bookbinding and ruling of
all kinds.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-01-15

New type faces, new paper stock
bring in your job printing.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-01-23

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wer con todos sus sccesor,Vs, y gran
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Elegantemente encuaderna
dos en- piel y adornos de plata
Se acaban ue rec,biI en- eSta I'M
prenta.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-01-07
Responsibility.

Some one has said truly that re-
sponsibility walks hand in hand
with capacity and power. Little
is expected of the incapable. The
very mention of duty, task. re-
spousibility weighs like a burden
upon the minds of weak men and
women. Every one must have met
men of good parts who will sedu-
lousy dodge anything like a re-
sporsibility. They shun every
thing like responsibility tho high
reward may be offered. The mere
thought of being held to strict ac-
countability dismays them and no
remuneration is great enough to
tempt them.-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-01-07
ing death and destruction to every
place thew visit.

lug u6dUu duu uO0tl uCtiOA w OvOAJ
place they visit.
Those who took part in this
lightning dance were naked. hav-
ing only their shield of skin and
bunch of assegais. They were the
chosen warriors of the camp, and
after painting their bodies with
many designs and colors they ran
out into the storm to a small hill
and standing there with their
shields for protection and the
lightning flashing upon them, the
wind blowing almost a hurricane
and the rain beating down, they
would perform all kinds of actions
and ever crying to the God of
lightning, defying it to strike
them. They would hurl al asse-
gal toward the heavens, then place
their shields over their breasts as
if expecting to receive blow in
return. With each hurting of a
spear they would send forth
scream that would almost freeze
the blood in ones veins; and with
the noise in the village and the
savages on the hill, the storm and
place will ever leave upon my
mind sight never can forget.
They are very fond of bright
cloth, beads and so forth, but a
looking glass is their favorite.
They cannot make it out. In fact
it is sometimes very hard to get
them to look at it at all. They are
very superstitious. Still they only
follow the ways of all their tribe,
and who can blame them for their
strange actions? The white man
is fast driving them to the corner
and soon like our own Indians
they will be a thing of the past.
/ have tried in this story to give
you the best ideas could of the
Kafirs and if for any reason /
have failed to interest you, kindly
remember l am no author, but
have done the best [ could. My
next story will deal with the bat
tlefield and of the surrender of
General Cronje, which. if | re.
member right. took place at Spion
Kop. Most of the stories were re-
lated to me by the wounded who
were engaged in the fight. l shall
also write little of Cecil Rhodes
the man who is claimed to have
started the Boer war, and a little
about the Beers and their habits.
A. F. B.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-01-07
SIDE LIGHTS n ): vs.:
BY Avlso.
The way to learn is to begin.

a Teller. An oldtimer said to him:
"You'll be hailed to court for that"
"My God,'' he replied, land | have
no money with which to engage a
lawyer"
Uncle Remus says: "Time flies
when we are not looking; but the
moment we start looking it ceases
to gallop and seems to BIZ almost
too tired to walk A timely truth
terselY told.
The ossifying man drinks lime
water when he eats pebbles. He
was asked: "What do you drink
that lime water for?" "Just to
make good, hard cement on the
inside he retorted.
The inmate who lost Sc POUNDS
in three months says his total loss
OF weight is now 81 pounds. If he
k cps ON losing be will be able to
mail himself out under the postal
regulations, Schoer enough!
The young waiter in the Second
Grade dining room is as lively as
a cricket-but he generally passes
water only. However, the water
is good and he .does the best he
can to push things along.
"Tbe best thing l know of for
insomnia is the North American
Review" says local physician
not permitted to practice here.
Reading one page makes me
drowsy-reading two pages puts
me fast asleep"
Let Anglicus come along now
and assert Major Andre was not a
spy but brave English officer and
gentleman. According to the
point of view. In this country he
was a spy. In the eyes of the
English he was a hero. At any
rate he taught the American youth
of his time how to dance. That's
to his credit over here.
| Sayings of Solomon: 'Keep
sound wisdom and discretion. :"
"Withhold not good from them to
whom it is due when it is in the
power Of thine hand to do it. T"
'Devise not evil against thy neigh
bor." "Strive not with man
without cause if he have done thee
no HARM ENVY thee not the
oppressor and choose none Of his
ways" "The wise shall inherit
glory but shame shall be the pro-
motion of FOOLS
Admiral Schley's toast to the
ladies-on board his flagship some
years ago: "The ladies God bless
them! Our arms are their defense
and their arms are our recon-
pense." The tribute of a Colorado
POSTMASTER at banquet in Den
yer: "The ladies-God bless them
Once our Supporters but now only
our EQUALS since they have been
allowed to vote in our beloved
state" No toast to the ladies is
complete unless it contains the
opening salutation, "the ladies'
: God bless Them All authorities.
: including Brother Murphy, are
agreed on that.
The new prison being built by
the state of New York is estimated
to cost 100000 and will proba
. bly, nave several times that amount
: expended upon it before it is com
! pleted. The new building will
house 1000 men and 500 womer
and will have all the latest i'm
/ provements, including swimming
pools, baseball grounds, gymnasi
ums and other modern means o
maintaining the health and spirits
of those confined. Typesettins
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-01-07
NOV. Of Population.
Chapel Service.

The following is the program of
the service held in the chapel
Sunday, Jan. Sd. Rev. G. E.
Benson officiating:
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-01-07
Dance Of The zuIus.

hrs. lQoy were always weighing
for something to eat, and to be
around the cooks tents was their
delight. They would watch us as
we fixed the mems meals, looking
on with eyes full of pleading and.
every once in while would point
to their mouths and then rub their
No one could mistake
their meaning. just to show you
how hungry those poor fellows
were I will give you an example.
There was very large hole dug
about three feet deep and twenty
feet across for the purpose of
keeping the camp in sanitary
order. All refuse was thrown into
this pit. All the bones, scraps of
bread, potato Feelings, coffee
grounds and such like were thrown
in. But you could visit the pit
every morning aud not find q
scrap of anything thrown in the
day before. Many and many a
time have I sat in my tent at night
and watched those naked savages
make repast out of the refuse in
the pit. And many are the meals
I gave the poor fellows-only wish
ing / could do more. l would no
sooner have the meat trimmed
from a bone than a dozen pairs of
hands would reach for it. [ have
felt the need of food many a time
even going SO far as eating fox.
and "a long as I am permitted to
remain on this earth and have the
means, no one that comes to me
for food shall go hungry.
My mother has often said that
she never could turn any one
away from her door because she
always thought Of her own boy.
l am not sentimental but a mother
is boys best friend. Yes, those
Kaffirs would gather around the
pit as soon as the shades of dark
ness set in and would fight and
scramble over bone until morn
ing. One old fellow who was very
aged, and two little boys used to
come every day and l became very
friendly with them. They wore
around their necks a certain root
cut into thin slices with a hole
punched thru the middle, thru
which string was passed. This
root they claimed was fetch or
charm, claiming tina. anyone who
wore it would never be sick unto
death with fever or would die from
the sting of snake. It also pre-
vented one from being killed in
battle. As curio l greatly priced
it and finally secured one. The
old fellow said it must be dug at a
certain time of the year and that
the moon would have to be just SO.
These Kaffrs, 10 prevent them
from dying from the bite of the
Cobra, take piece Of liver from
any eatable animal, generally ii
monkey, place it on a stick and
tease the Cobra until he elects his
poison into it. They then dry this
poisoned liver in the sun, after.
ward cutting it up into pieces
about the size of a pea. This.they
roll into a ball of certain mud and
when bitten by a snake, swallow
it. This sort of couateracts on
the other poison and in many cases
saves their lives.
The old fellow was q good talke]
and we spent many pleasant hours
together. He said the monkey
was very fine eating, and this ii
one of the ways they use to catch
them. At first they build sort Of
corral or stockade made entirely q
the branches of certain tree
found in that country, leaving ont
opening. Inside this enclosure
they place certain food the mon
keys are fond of, then leaving ,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-01-07

tOOt0A dAAtuot "A0A uASAJs
the monkey seems like an old
friend.
An Irishmsn, after looking at
a large ape for a long while was
asked what he thought of it. He
replied: "Sure it's part of the
Irish race that got tired of the city
and took to the woods Again
he was asked if such we're the case
why didn't they talk. With a
broad grin he replied: Faith, an
if they talked they would be put
to wurruk."
I will also speak or write a little
about the Kafir women. Like the
men until they reach quite an age,
or I should have said a certain
age, they wear no clothes, and
then only sort of cloth or skin
around the loins. Most all [ saw
were we'll formed and proportioned.
What.I wish to write about is the
way they wash clothes. Having a
Kahki suit and several garments
of underwear I wished to have
washed, I gave them to a young
KaMr girl who agreed to do them
for me for very small sum. Hav-
ing nothing to do at the time |
was curious as to how she would
wash the clothes, / followed her
to a small stream where there were
many other women and girls en-
ployed in the same occupation.
Near each one was a large flat
stone which I soon found took the
place of dashboard. They would
dip garment in the stream and
after rubbing it a little with their
hands would grasp it by one end
and smash it down on the stone.
This was amusing to me as 1 bad
never witnessed the like before
After Watching them for a while |
decided that if I got back enough
of my clothes to dust a fiddle l
would be lucky. And | was great
ly surprised when my clothes were
returned to find them not only all
there bat also done up very neat
and clean.
These Kaffirs or Zulus are one
of the bravest of all savage tribes
and those who have been at war
with them will not say otherwise.
During the Ma:abel uprising OF
the Zulusin Matabeleland the Brit
ish had several Maxim guns and
these guns shout 400 shells a min
ute, are worked on swivel and
can be turned in any direction.
The Zulus fight with nothing but
assegais; that is their chief weapon
being a spear about eight or ten
feet in length. These they can
hurl with deadly effect and at quite
distance. These Zulus faced
these guns for hours, being shot
down by the hundred, always com.
ing on until lack of num- ers alone
caused them to retreat. They know
no fear and it is safe to say they
will never become civilized. They
are very fleet runners and many
are the hartbeeste and antelope
that fall beneath their assegais
They never spend much time ir
cooking their food, just scorchine
it little in the fire, then feastine
as long as any food remains.
AZ our camp was moving on to
wards the seat Of war | had {
chance to see them in all their diff
ferent pastimes. Scouting parties
were sent out at all times and thus
[ had many chances of studying
their habits and mode of living
Many times our scouting party
passed several days close to a ma
tive village, and this gave one
chance to see one of the most weird
and thrilling dances that the hu
man eye has ever gazed upon. L
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