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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-07-30

Senator Borah is going hunting lame ducks.
The game is plentiful and he should have no
trouble IL Sling his bag Success to him.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-07-30

Little by little the acorn to a mighty oak
grew, and little by little the tariff will be re-
vispd, too
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-07-30

The navy department contempates building
a mammoth dry dock. A mammoth dry dock
is proper place in which to put the leviathans
of the navy
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-07-30

Not since the reconvened convention has
there been anything like the scene in the com
mons VIII n Premier Aequth was not allowed to
make a speech.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-07-30

1t would be much better if peace officers
would use more discretion and less powder and
ball
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-07-30

Arthur j. Balfour must have had his founda-
tons OF belief in representative government
sadly shaken by some recent occurrences in
which he took part
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-07-30

When man is riddled with bullets he comes
pretty near having solved the riddle of existence
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-07-30

The habit of working to keep bank-looter
out OF jail seems to be as hard to get rid of
as the cigarette habit
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-07-30

The Camorrist trial seems to be lacking in
terminal Facilities.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-07-30

The only and best thing to do now is to stud
the Maine
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-07-30

New York has short ballot" organization
II is short but is it sweet?
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-07-30

WANTED TO BUY-Costant Venr
of Hot Creek, Nye county. starts
in cattle business June 25th and
will buy cattle at $50 and $40
per head. f-19-tf
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-07-30

Those Wall paper trust indictments fit like
de paper de vail.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-07-30

Give me revolution or give me death. is
the cry of the Haytens.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-07-30

Some of the captains of industry appear to
have pirate crews behind them
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-07-30

The condition of wheat and of John "
Gates are stock items of news
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-07-30
CLASSIFIED ADS.

Advertisements In this Column are
10 cents per line, each insertion.
Five words to the line.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-07-30

Some of the ladies coiffures look as though
they were the hair of all the ages
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-08-30
Forced to Reduce the Stock
to One-Half

There's nothing that will relieve such situa-
ton except sale conducted on such plan
that will make the clearance sure one.
LOW PRICES WILL DO IT. We've stop
ped at no sacrifice. Every pair Of Shoes in
this mammoth stock will be placed on sale at
the most astOnishingly low prices.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-01

His words betray him, odd words
big words, long words, lurid words
They show their origin. The waiting
boy in the reception room Of
wealthy and cultured Bostonian made
me feel that | was talking to the W.
and c. B. himself. A newsboy of Mr.
John l.. Sullivan's town, with only
months experience, was heard to say
to another newsboy: William Scott
that manner again, will temporarily
deposit my papers upon the sidewalk
and cause the blood to coagulate I'M
der your left optic. Hear me Will
liami"
He initiates actions as well as
words; gathers the ideals as well as
actions; most of all feels the spell of
compelling personalities. Those two
lads, sons of Jack Abernethy, United
States marshal for Oklahoma, who
rode horseback all the way from
Oklahoma to New York to serve on
the reception committee when Roose-
welt was welcomed home from Africa
enjoyed that trip far more than IL
they had gone in palace car, because
their adored Teddy and their pa were
Rough Riders. He Is a hero worship
er from the beginning. 1t is the man
he initiates. He would rather be
like some fascinating man than be an
angel-for awhile at least In the
first stage. from one to six years, 1t IS
automatic and impulsive and what ap-
peals to those impulses he initiates
During the next stage the impulses
get differentiated He is natural
insurgent from eight to twelve. The
strain on him is terrific as his habits
get formed. 1t must have been OF
the boy at this stage that Carlyle Is
credited with saying he ought to De
brought up in barrel and fed through
the bung hole.
Back of all this imitation is the nun
ger and thirst for completing himself
1t shows the truth of the old saylns
that example is better than precept'
because it contains both and MAKES
them practical. It is better than pun
ishment. If those in charge of MIN
are wise they will: /. Take adVah
tage OIL his impulse to initiate ana
give him the play that will develop Il
2. In his next stage they will MAKE
the play more or less dramatic, a.
ways accurate; will awaken Interest
as well as impulse; attract. draw
rather than drive: aim to give MIN
what is imitable in thought and WORDS
and character.
3. In the latter stage give him con-
radeship that will build bis character
Almost every criminal could nav
been saved from crime by proper az
peal to his instinct of imitation
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-01

Ihat Is one reason why he anto.-
the present so much and aptict-a.,
the future so eagerly-he sees o. 800. 1,.Sa
In them And, it may be added .sa.
IS reason he can endure the nrason.
when older people treat him q, MI.
~ on the ground that he is on1,-
boy, and it makes no difference r.
he is treated. In one rospaot ~
IKE Moses. who endured, because ne
saw the invisible. NC
There is no other way 70 oxn,.,
how he can do so much-he s,,as - -
forehand. Mr.. Ferris was told tha,
by the laws Of mechanics no sncS
wheel was possible, but, after lonr
study, he suddenly saw that wbeoi
with his mind's>eye, as he sat in a 70.
taurant in Chicago; and then huild,n.
It was the easiest part of it all. Won
Mostke was in bed when the wnrd
came that France had declared war
and he quietly told the messengar ~
look In certain pigeon hole for SOW
eral kilograms and said Send them
Then he went to bed. He had fore
seen 1t all and had every plan made
Imagination gives wings to his hone
feet to his reason, force to his decis
ions and yividness to his memory. II
furnishes him invincible armor and
victorious arms for his battle against
the false and vicious and vulgar. for
he can picture to himself the ideal
true and virtuous and good and then
make them real. 1t enables him to So.
cure control of himself at the time
when he is becoming acquainted with
his own volatile and mysterious DOW
ers; for he can be made to see the
vast benefits to come from such self
control.
Personal care of the body gets aid
from the imagination, as the latter
helps him fashion an ideal for his
true self, which always works towards
health and symmetry and artistic ex.
cellence. A good imagination is good
hygiene. Experience and imagination
join in teaching him to anticipate the
results of given action so wildly as
to restrain from the wrong and con-
strain to the right Gluskap, hero Of
the Micmacs. asked the animals, Just
before the appearance of man: What
would you do if you met man." The
boy looks ahead. He will need it in
his business, il he is a bootblack or
a merchant or lawyer or a-Well,
anything. But peril must be faced.
If his imagination is not disciplined
and If he is very fond OF success, he
will become liar of the worst kind
He will need assistance with the
splendid thing. Some one must help
him use it for his true pleasure and
his profit; attach it to his reason and.
most of all, to his conscience; employ
1t in practical life; make it service
able to his fellow men,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-01
CHAMELEON HUES

Two of his indispensable powers are
imagination and imitation They
awake early and stay on the job till
he is dead. With him imitation is
not limitation; it Is life and enlarge
ment. He is like the chameleon that
takes its hues from its environment.
At the start, it is blind impulse. au-
tomato at that, as he hobs up and
down and sways around on his
springs; grasps at everything in sight.
from his mother to the moon; and
makes a speciality of foraging for re-
freshments.
Soon he gets to- initiating and never
stops. Nature was wise in ordaining
it so. That is the way he grows, for
imitation is appropriation He an
swers your smile with smile, your
frown with similar frown, your love
with love, your hatred with hatred.
He does this at first without know
ing it, then he does it purposely, and,
by this time he has the habit.
1t is not contented that he has only
imitation. He @has initiative; also
referendum. He is original 1t was
boy who saw the steam lift the lid
off his mothers tea kettle and got up
an imitation that has lifted the life
of mankind. If we could trace the
history of aeronautics, we would find
that some boy started the scheme by
making a descent from the barn loft
with his fathers umbrella for para
chute, or some man has done it, with
the gift of imitation cultivated so
carefully in boyhood He learns to
apply the most reconcile knowledge to
the most common conditions. After
giving a definition of the word ran
son." and using the case of Miss Ellen
Stone, as an illustration. the teacher
told the pupils to compose a sentence,
having the word in T. Little Jack
Walker would never have shown the
'pome" he wrote, had not his nearest
neighbor told of it. And 1t read:
Away out west in the town OF Racine
Tom Cat sat on a sewing machine.
The wheels began to buzz and the
cat began to wall: for 1t took nine
stitches in the end of his tail; and
the cat ran some"
There are some things a boy natu-
rally initiates with more or less ease
simply because he is boy; then there
are some things he initiates at one
stage, and others at another. There
may be an unspoiled. but not an I'M
soiled. simplicity OF boyhood. The
dainty little girl will keep her white
dress and pink ribbons up to the stand
ard of the angels whom she initiates;
while the dirty little boy energies
rom the puddle where he has had a
good time with his friends. the pigs,
Ehom he initiates, when he can.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-01

hook discovered To overcome the ripples in
the water which interfered with their fishing.
the spongers soon learned to make use of OIL and
that extracted from the liver of sharks
found to be the best Another change in the
method soon followed, for standing upright
In his boat found considerable difficulty in seeing
the bottom with sufficient distinctness To over
come this obstacle sponge glass; or water
telescope" was introduced, which was merely an
ordinary wooden pail with a glass instead of
wooden bottom This device was introduced in
1870, and necessitated two men for each boat
one to propel the boat and the other to search
for and gather up the sponges Later large YES
sells came into use in the Florida waters and
sponglng was often carried on at distance of 20
TO 80 miles from shore. The average size of
these vessels about Is tons capacity rugged
as schooners in the majority of cases. and car.
rying crew of from to 10 men. AS rule the
proceeds of the sponging trips go into a common
fund, from which each man receives his share
according to his duties.
When vessel reaches a sponging ground If
the weather is favorable and the water suffi-
GENTLY clear bar is located by means of sight
ing" with water glass. The crew is sent out
in small boats, two men in each called the 'scul-
ler' and the hooker" the duty of the former be.
ing to prope the boat In obedience to the signals
of the latter and assist in handling the hooks
when necessary. proficient sculler has perfect
command of the boat. stopping it almost on the
instant. Upon the hooker devolves the work of
nnulnS ana Catching Ihe SpongeS. He leans over
the side,s watching the bottom through his water
glass, the hook with its pole resting conveniently
across the boat where 1t may be seized upon the
instant The position is a trying one physically
especially when the is choppy and when the
waves grow rough the work is impossible The
sponge glass or bucket with its glass bottom be-
low the surface of the water operates by dispeIl
Ing reflection. and to heighten its efficiency the
hooker usually wears a straw hat which cuts of
a large part of the direct light when his head q
thrust into the mouth of the bucket By this
means the bottom may sometimes be seen in
clear water to depths of so feet When sponge
Is sighted, the sculler maneuvers the boat into
position at word or signal from the hooker: the
latter SEXES his hook, resting the pole on his
shoulder, and with his right hand lowers it, II Is
then injected into the sponge more or less dis
unctly visible through the water glass which is
held in position with the left hand In pulling
or tearing the sponge certain degree of skin
is required to prevent mutilation which of
course impairs its value in the markets some
times the formations adhere so tightly that n
requires the united efforts of both men tn Ioosar
them, and in most parts of the base of Tho
sponge are left behind
In deep water-thas is in depths over % Or
40 feet-probably not .Iore than onethird Of +ha
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-01
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r BY DRJS. KIRTLEy VYNI
SEEING THINGS BY DAY
~ DR. Us. KIRTLEy

Seeing things at night" is tame
compared with the way boy sees
things with his eyes wide open, things
shat are not SO, ct that From tie time
lie ls four or FIVE years old Fiat power
to see the unseen, to make images of
invisible things. is perfectly riotous.
Two facts about him seem to contra
dict each other One is that his acute
senses make very accurate observa-
tons OF real things; the other, that
his active imagination knows no
bounds.
IL is not hard work, either; 1t does
itself. In that case we call it passive
imagination. There is something in
him like wings and they insist on fly
ing. He does not yet care where they
take him. So they fit from point to
point, as they viii, without restraint
or direction from reason or will. After
awhile he will be able to hold that
sight on an object as long as he
wishes and his Imagination will. enter
on a new phase. At first the things
ne remembers attract him most and,
for that reason, some have called it
mere memory; yet it is something
more. But when he begins to take
charge of it, we say it is active imagi-
nation. And perhaps here is where
we can appreciate Binet's remark that
1t is the faculty of creating groups
of images which do not correspond to
any external reality" This day dream
ing Is not wrong either. He has to do
1T, whether right or wrong, though he
may do 1t in right or wrong way.
After he is seven or eight, he sees
things more in groups and con1ec-
tons; and still later, in his teens, lis
reason and purpose take charge of the
aerial thing. Sometimes they succeed
in killing it and, in that case, he Is
dead, from that time on. The reason
the Wrights and Curtiss and Hamilton
and the other flyers can navigate the
air is that they have been doing it. in
Imagination, for long time So it Is
the magical power that begins, when
he is very young, and stays with him
till he dies, or till his heart dies. 1t
Is his Aladdin's lamp whose rays dis
close all he wishes and changes
stones into crystals; "Fortunatus'
purse that holds the treasures of the
universe
1t Is the mother of his mirth. the
spring of his smiles. 1t is closely and
causally related to saving sense Of
humor. That is why boy in Kansas
City rose from his seat in crowded
street car when a fat woman entered,
ana said: Gentlemen, will be one
of three to get up and give this lady
seat" Even his unconscious humor
flows from this source, as when the
teacher said: Tommy. why do you
think scold too much?" Cause you
git kinder fretful teaching school, /
s'pose," was his honest reply.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-01

diveYs. When the small boats carry their loads to-
the main ship the sponges are placed on deck and
left there until all the Shiny matter they contain
is drained Off While the sponges are dying they
give off strong odor of ammonia, which, after a
few days, changes to the more pleasure smell of
seaweed. The schooner then returns to its base
of operation and places It's catch in pens
"kraals, generally about 10 feet square and built
of Waited stakes driven in shallow water in the
shelter of some key or land, that the flowing
tide washes the sponges as 1t comes and goes.
This washing process takes about one week. after
which the sponges are thoroughly squeezed out
and beaten with sticks until all the living matter
disappears. They then strung in punches
upon pieces of rope. After drying the sponges
cleansed out quite thoroughly by hand, sorted
according to kinds, arranged in piles to show
them to the best advantage. and soaked in water
order to swell them to their largest proper
tons They are now ready for market and this
phase of the industry is most interesting one.
At appointed times, sponge buyers assemble and
proceeding from pile to pile, bid for each sep
arately basing their bids the number of
punches and the size and grade of the sponges
After purchasing, the buyers forward the
sponges to their packing and warehouses, which
they maintain at convenient points on the coast
Here they are thoroughly cleansed of the remain
ing dirt all foreign particles are removed and
the irregular and torn parts are clipped with
shears. the clippers requiring degree of skill to
reduce the sponge to a regular shape with the
minimum waste After being trimmed the sponges
are sorted according to size and quality, and
pressed into bales. which wrapped in burlap
In Cuba the sponge is found on the north and
south coasts The most important beds are on
the southern coast in the vicinity of Batabano be-
tween the mainland and the Isle of Pines.
While sponges are found in several other sec
tons Of the Americas the distinction of furnishing
the greatest variety belongs to Florida and the
West indies the more popular grades being
sheeps-wool. velvet, yellow, grass glove reef and
wire. The highest priced sponge is the Turkish
These have brought as high $50 per pound but
their production is extremely limited Next is
Americas sheeps-woo variety, so called because
of Its resemblance Notwithstanding that this is
much cheaper grade. IT is often preferred to the
Turkish sponge as toilet article Then in order
FOLLOW the velvet, yellow grass and glove sponges
Dr. H. F. Moore, scientific assistant United
States bureau of fisheries. who was awarded tha
prize OF one hundred dollars gold at the Fourth
international Fishery Congress- in 1905 for the
most comprehensive paper sponge fisheries has
conducted a series Of experiments which bavs
resulted in the production of the rootless snosga
Inc root of the sponge is the most vulnerab le na+
and at this point 1t first begins to tear root
less sponge therefore will far outlast the conoon
variety. NN
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-01

is propelled by two steel oars, which are
operated through two water-tight joints.
Attached to the forward section of the keel
Is Wheel upon which the vessel travels
over the level bottom of hard sand upon
which the sponges are found. The sponge
grapfENg apparatus consists Of movable
arm which projects from the bow through
a water-tight spherical joint. This is oper-
ated by a man inside the hull from view
obtained through the forward window.
Electric lights furnish illumination. The
sponges as fast as seized are thrown into
basket suspended from forward arm
of the boat.
Thus 1t will be seen that while both the
diving and hooking methods are in vogue
in the sponging industry of Florida, the
number of sponges which "get the hook"
fully equals the number obtained by the
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-01

SpongeS are known to
the general public al
most solely for their
use in the toilet-one of
their minor applications.
They are vastly more
valuable in the arts. To
the surgeon the sponge
Is invaluable, almost, as
8 iife-saver in taking up
blood and checking hem
0rrhage; while the doc
tor formerly prescribed
burnt sponge for glandu-
lar swellings. nowadays
iodine and bromine,
which are the chemical
and useful constituents.
are used alone. In many
trades they are practic-
ally indispensable, and
despite the efforts and
ingenuity of inventors.
no satisfactory substi-
ture has ever been pro-
dueed and 1t is doubtful
whether one can be
found. The properties
that give a sponge its
value are many: they
are found in combina-
ton in no other natural
or artificial product. and
the perpetuation of the
sponge supply is OF no
small moment to civil.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-01

successful.
As compared with
hooking, the diving
system requires q
much more expens-
i've equipment. It's
pumps, suits, and
gear are all more
co thy than the
sponge hooks and
glasses, which con-
stitute the secon-
dairy equipment of
the hooker. The ex-
pense of operation
and cost of mainte-
nance are also heav-
Ter, and to meet this
additional cost the
yield per man must
be on 81 d e rably
larger.
Another method
of gathering sponges
which has not yet
made it's appearance
in American waters
is the sponge-fishing
submarine boat, con-
sidered by many a
practical and useful
craft. This unique
boat has been built
at a French ship
building yard and
sent to the sponge
fishing grounds OF
Tunis, where it is
now in operation. 1t
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-01

hookers have sufficient strength, keenness
of sight, and skill with the pole to work
successfully In consequence of this and
the fact that only when the water is ex-
ceptionallyclear can the sponges be seen
at all in the greater depths. most of the
hooking is carried on in less than 6 fathoms
of water
In 1896 the Mediterranean method of
sponging with diving apparatus was intro
dnced into the Florida field. 1t was most
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-01

they are gathered and how limited are the fish
ing districts where they are caught To most
people familiar only with the sponges OF the
shops the animal as it comes from the sea
would be rather unacceptable. When brought
to the surface they are black and Shiny The
sponge of the market is merely the skeleton
the supporting framework-which gives
strength and form to the soft gelatinous It's
sues of the living animal
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-09-01
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SPONGE INDUSTRY
in He
Is AMEpCAs &
ByEA. PIERCE A@'sa
ByE A. PIERCE

arx8 s - HERE do all the sponges
AXv$7A come from? We see
NNZA0DM them every day, and
n&GM\k1N while everyone knows
sgees.92SSMas1M that they are products Of
NN(e!Ns~--~<e0 tho Zen he....
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-01-26
Beaconsfield the Dandy

The dandyism Benjamin Dlsraeli af
fected in his dress is the subject of
many pen pictures in Monypenny's
Life of Beaconsfied" At the age of
nineteen he is described as wearing a
black velvet suit with ruffies and black
stockings with red clocks. A later por
trait in 1880. comes from q friends
diary. which has the following entry.
March 29.-B. D. to dine with me.
He came up Regent street when ii was
crowded in his blue surtout. a pair of
military light blue trousers, black
stockings with red stripes and shoes.
The people, he said. quite made way
for me as ! passed. 1t was like the
opening of the Red sea, which | now
perfectly believe from experience. Even
well dressed people stopped TO look at
me-"