The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-08-28

x~oS recent interview. II
'ooAr" = have little busi-
ness to attend to. but that can wait.
would like to hear-the growing OF
the chickens in the very cool of the
most early morning. ! mean the crow
ing of the ROSTERS. Hens usually don't
crow; they cluck Also would like
to hear the squeaing and granting OF
the pigs and the believing of the bulls,
if they will only below. ! really miss
these things because am used to
them But it is very pleasant here.
"Do you play golf, Mr. SpeakerT
eNo, i don't play golf ! think l
regard ii as better than no exercise.
1t is game for middle aged persons,
and am too young to take 1t up. In
summer like to play poker-not for
money. but to stimulate the magma
ton For instance, | like to call ..
blue checks billion dollars each,
the reds about half million and the
white Il hundred thousand dollars.
OF course there is no such value in the
game. 1t is make believe.
"In good stiff game with good fell
lows you may win thousand bill
lion dollars. After you have won that
much money-in your mind is when
you want to get the real enjoyment
out of the game. You can smoke a
cigar Just before going to bed and
think what you can buy with a
thousand billion dollars That's i'm
mense. You could give every man,
woman and child something. You
could buy the good things from all
| the bad people and give them all to
| the good people And the more you
l. dream while you are awake Of giving
away all that money you have won
the grander you will feel, and If you
are careful you can go to bed without
realizing it isn't true. and In the moru-
ing you will be so busy that you
won't mind That's what call good
summer recreation"
The arrival in this country of Mrs.
Annie Besant has aroused great in
terest among her followers In America,
and she will no doubt be much In the
| public eve during her stay with us,
| owing to the extensive lecture tour
| she has planned. A native of Eng
land. but by choice resident of Ad-
var, India, Mrs. Besant has been at
the head of the TheosophicaI society
for several years, succeeding Colonel
Henry S. Olcott in that position, and
she is now sixty-two years of age.
Since her twenties she has been fight
ing, first to get separation from her
husband, the Rev. Frank Besant,
brother of Walter Besant, the author;
then for atheism by the. side Of Charles
Bradlaugh; In connection with the
/ PRONUNCIATION of pamphlet advocat-
ing the deliberate Limitation of poor
families; then to hold her daughter,
sought by her husband; again in the
ranks of good many kinds Of radical
ism. including socialism, and finally
for theosphy.
Mrs. Besant is little stouter than
she used to be, and her gray eyes are
clear and sharp, as they have always
been, and her face, strong lined and
masculine, indicates a masterful mind
behind It. Theosophy, or divine wis
dom, numbers several thousand Ameri
can adherents to Its doctrines and has
numerous disciples In all quarters Of
the globe. The largest branch is that
in India
what is theosophy" is question
being asked more often now thar
formerly. and at the same time doc
trines Of the cult are more widely I'M
derstood.
Reincarnation, the living Of q success
sion Of lives on this sphere until per
lection is reached and one graduates
to higher life, is the belief that actu
ates the followers Of theoscpi,y.
During her stay IN America Mrs.
Besant will visit the principal cities
lecturing to theoeophlsts and attempt
Ing to. win converts.
what are the wild waves saying :.
murmured the woman as she stood on
the silver lining Of the mighty main.
Nothing, Maria,'' replied the m&n
hoarsely. They are like some people
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