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The Holbrook news., 1912-02-16
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will say nothing of Greek; l should irritate myself too much. The monks of the Middle Ages were not 50 very much in the wrong when they asserted that Greek was the in- vention of the devil. Lord knows what T suffered through 1t It went better with Hebrew, for always had a great predilection for the Jews, al- though they to this very hour have cruci1ed my good name. but I never could get SO far in Hebrew as my watch, which had an intimate inter- course with pawnbrokers, and in con- sequence acquired many Jewish hab- its-for instance, it would not go on lSaturday-a learned the hold lan- guage, and was subsequently occu- pied with its grammar, for often when lsleepless in the night I have to my lamazement heard it industriousIy re. beating: Katal, Katalla, KataIki- Kittel. Kittalta, Kittalti-Pokat, Pc 1radti- pikat = pix = pix Heinrich Heine. Reisebilder
The Holbrook news., 1912-02-16
NIcKNAMEs ON THE RECORDS
They Appear Frequently in Legal Doc uments of the Early Days In
 New York.

Nicknames are not likely to go out of fashion so long as human nature remains what 1t is. Schoolboys will nickname each other, collegians will nickname their professors and sol diers will speak of their commanders as "Hell-F1re Bill," Fighting Joe" or what not. In these days, however, 1t is not customary to spread such titles upon official records as was formerly the habit, according to the archives of several of our states.
 In the Dutch records, in 1644, we have John Petersen, alias Friend John. In the Newtown purchase from the Indians, dated in 1856, one of the boundaries is ''by Dutchman's land called the Hans the Boore," and in the Bushwick patent, dated October 12, 1867, one of the boundaries is John the Swede's meadow" In 1895, in the Kings county records, man is named living at Gowanus as ''Tunis the Fisher"
 The common council of New York, in 1891, ordered fish to be brought into the dock lover against the city hall, or the house that Long Mary formerly lived in," and in the same year an order was passed that Top Knot Betty and her children be pro vided for as objects of charity"
 The explanation of this custom, in many cases, was that the persons in question either had no family names or had forgotten them, so that the use of their generally accepted nick names became a necessity. So numer- ous were the Smiths living upon Long Island that it was thought necessary to distinguish the various original families by some peculiar name. Thus we have the Rock Smiths, the Blue Smiths, the Bull Smiths and the Weight Smiths.-Harper's Weekly.
The Holbrook news., 1912-02-16
rha sIIo for paIrxmen.

This is the. time of the year when the dairymen or dairy farmer who owns a silo likes to talk about silage. Good silage comes as near being June pasture in January as any feed with which the dairyman is familiar. It's succulent or juicy nature especially fits it for stimulating the milk flow and keeping the COW in vigorous health.
 Probably the most important rule in the profitable dairy is to keep the cows milk flowing freely as possible after the flow has once been. started by parturition or calf birth. To do this demands right feeding and good care. Silage is a cheap feed to cut up, and valuable to use. It is grown on the farm. This is fact of impor- tance in this day of high-priced mill feeds.
The Holbrook news., 1912-02-16
BREEDING HORSES FOR ARMY
Government Has Plan Whereby Own CTS of Mares May Obtain serV-
 lees of Noted StalIIons.

The public generally knows that the government has outlined plan to en- courage the breeding of horses for the army whereby mare owners in suit able sections will have the command of service to frst-class stallions free. in return for which they agree to give the United States options on result ing foals at a fair price. The plan was was taken up as a means to provide good supply of horses such as the army needs, which. strange as 1t may seem, is rapidly becoming more and more limited. An appropriation was suggested at the last session of the Sixty-frst congress. but no action was taken, one objection being that the plan was not practical-that farmers would not enter into such agreements with the government
 Fortunately, funds were available to make an experiment to determine this point MT. August Belmont of New York presented to the government two of his best-known stallions, Henry of Navarro and Octagon, and the de- pertinent of agriculture placed them at the command of farmers in the vi- cinity of Front Royal, Va. on exactly the terms outlined in the government plan.
 By the approval of the war depart ment, the price to be paid for the re- sulting foals at three years of age was $150, and no difficulty whatever was experienced in getting farmers to breed their mares under these terms. About 50 mares were bred, the stal- lions reaching Virginia somewhat late in the season and Octagon's useful ness being curtailed by a severe at- tack of distemper.
 The interest of the Virginia farmers Is keen, and already 50 additional mares have been offered for the sea son of 1912, and the services of more stallions could easily be utilized if available.
 Circular IFS of the bureau of ani- nal industry explains the depart ment's breeding plan and may be ob- tained on application to the secretary of agriculture, Washington, D. c.
The Holbrook news., 1912-02-16

etiquette, says that in medieval times the absence, or lack, of the fork must have made feeding a somewhat unpleasant sight. That was in the days before any one had thought of such a thing as fork, and while the fingers still were considered proper mediums for the conveyance of food from the plate to the mouth:
 Professor Jackson says that when Coryate, an Englishman who travelled in Italy at the end of the sixteenth century, wrote his "Crudities," he had scarcely anything more astonishing to tell his readers than that the Italians "doe alwaies at their meeales use little forke when they cut the meate." Coryate was delighted at the high standard of table manners there, and records with satisfaction that anyone who touched meat with his fingers was "at least browbeaten, If not repre- hended in words"
 The earlier practice of holding piece of meat in the fingers and carry. ing morsels to the mouth in the same manner brought with it another GUS tom, and in its train magnificent op-
 
 portunity for the silversmiths. After each course one servant brought round a bowl or dish filled with rosewater from special ewer, so that the diners might wash their hands, and another menial carried towel.
 So strong, indeed, was tradition, and not less the delight of owning such splendid works of art as the silver smiths produced for this purpose, that rosewater dishes and ewers continued to be made long after the arrival of the fork in the reign of James I. had made them unnecessary. A finger bowl set on the table by each person was in full use toward the end of the eighteenth century, but there are many people still alive, and these not extremely old, who can remember the rosewater dish being brought round iD the old way at the end of important dinners.
The Holbrook news., 1912-02-16
MYSTERY OF LAKE BAIKAL
Body of Water Remote From Ocean Contains Many Organisms Ap-
 parently Marine.

The riddle of Lake Baikal, in cen tral Asia, is similar to that of Lake Tanganyika. in central Africa In both cases a large body of fresh water, re- mote from the ocean, contains organ isms apparently marine. Both lakes, again, contain a very large number of species not found elsewhere. Lake Bal kal contains numerous salmon and seals as well as three species of her ring. It also contains a few mollusca of apparently marine forms.
 One of the most remarkable flea lures of the lake. perhaps, is that, al though 1t is frozen over for about five months in the year, the animal life is extremely abundant and varied This may be partly accounted for, perhaps by the existence of hot springs.
 One of the latest attempts to an swer the riddle of Lake Baikal is that of the Russian investigator Berg. Of the 33 specimens of fish found in the lake he finds that 14 are peculiar to 1t, while 19 have a wide distribution In Siberia and Europe
 Many of these peculiar species are without near relations anywhere. Of fhe mollusca 90 per cent are peculiar
 Berg does not think the facts de mand the hypothesis that the lake was once marine. He believes that 1t has always been fresh and that the fauna peculiar to 1t have had a twofold or igin. A part has originated in the lake itself during the long ages of it's existence and the rest is a portion of the prehistoric fresh water fauna of giberia which 1t has preserved.-Har Der's Weekly
The Holbrook news., 1912-02-16
rhres MIIkIna. paIIx.

According to some experiments noted by the department of agricul- ture, it was found that where COWS were milked three times a day, morn ing, noon and evening. the milk was richer at noon and the poorest in the morning, when milked morning and evening. the milk was slightly richer fin the evening.
The Holbrook news., 1912-02-16
kesp Hor.s comfortabI..

A horse is a good deal like a man. If you keep him bundled up in heavy blanket in the barn, he will be almost frozen when you take him out of doors. You would not think of wearing an overcoat in the house. would you? If you blanket your horse at all in the stable. let 1t be with c light stablS blanket
The Holbrook news., 1912-02-16
sHAkEsPEAR AND rHE HIsLE.

In the word Shakespear there are four vowels and six consonants. That makes the number 46. If you turn to the 46th Psalm in the Bible you will find that the 46th word in it is Shake and the 46th word from the end of it iS spear
The Holbrook news., 1912-02-16
or couraa.

T don't like these big affairs. Can't see any fun in inviting everybody to your party"
 Most assuredly not. Half the pleas ure in giving party consists in leav- ing somebody out"
The Holbrook news., 1912-02-16
Oooo Ioea.

Jack Hardup (with unwonted enthu- siasm)-'By love! see that some fellow is talking about introducing . hill into the house making 1t . mis- demeanor to send annoying letters to anybody. Very clever idea, that I'll have my tailor locked up for six months, by Jovol"
The Holbrook news., 1912-02-16

the story or the humble do- mestic fork. Charles Jack son, F. s. A., who for the past 25 years has been trac- ing and com piling records
 of the evolu-
 tion of table
The Holbrook news., 1912-02-16
Rara kvIs.

Have you ever written bookf. 'No."
 By George! That's glorious! N want you to join our club. There arc only a few of us left."-Pn~l-
The Holbrook news., 1912-02-16
ei. THE !i. SCDAp BOOK
BEFORE THE FORK WAS USED
Finger Bowls Necessity of the Table, and Some of them Were Real
 Works of Art.

A delightful example of the progress of our table manners is wrapped up in
The Holbrook news., 1912-02-16
Get a camorra Chief.

The great chiefs of the Camorra were quite at ease. Erricone Alfano, who had been the chief since 1893. resigned that high post and contented himself with his district leadership of the Vicaria He even made a trip to New York. where he was feted and banqueted. Fucci reigned in his stead. Then the blow fell. One night the rarabineers gathered in over two SeOro
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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-02-19

destroy any movement with which they are con-
nected in order TO further their selfish ends
Above all. Kent sees nothing but disaster for
the progressive" movement. In this his vision
is remarkably clear.
No reasonable being blame Kent for decid-
ing to get from under. He was given TO under
stand that the progressive" movement would
bring him high political honors. provided he
contributed the Sinews of TO liberal ex-
tent. lie knows now that he has been taken in.
The gilt has worn off the brick that was peddled
to him. and he will not invest any further. As
he rubs the leg which the 'progresslves' pulled
with long pull and strong pull and all pull
together he raises the other hand aott and
vows that it shall not be pulled again
Closer students Of the political game than
Kent realized that the jig was up some time
ago The governor 5 stealthy rush to Sycamore
Hill was the first indication. The progressyes
had shrieked themselves hoarSe and in the TEN
porary silence the mistaken loyalty of California
to William Howard Taft became apparent The
| progressive movement never did amount t
anything more than braying in California Today
| il is not even that Kent's withdrawal Is tn
beginning of the proeession-S F. Post
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-02-19
END OF INSURGENCY IN CALIFORNIA

That the California "progressives" see The
handwriting ON the wall. is shown by the an
nouncement of Congressman Kent's intention to
Withdraw from politics. While Kent has been
heralded by his supporters as a zealot, he has
demonstrated that there is enough of the prac-
teal man about him to know when he is down
and out. Although he admitted himself to be
rather hazy as to tariff questions and does not
claim to be the most brilliant of statesmen. Con
gresham Kent can read the political pulse He
has come to the realization that tprogressiyism y
is delusion and snare, and he has decided
wisely not to throw good money after the bad.
The attitude of California ''progressives" must
have helped Millionaire Kent to arrive at this con
clusion. He has been treated to the amazing
spectacle of the progressive" governor of Cali
fornia leaving the state indorsng La Toilette
and skullSing to Sycamore Hill to find effective
means to knife the Wisconsin senator When
hiram johnson lifted his voice in impassioned in
dorsement ef La Toilette and proclaimed him as
the leader OF the "progressives' Kent took the
governor at his word. The California congress-
man seems to be the only influential one who is
stlil faithful to even the memory of La Toilette.
lie has been brought to the realization that the
men whom he took to be reformers are per
turner's without seruples-self-seelSer who would
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-02-19
TOMORROW SCHOOL BOND ELECTION

Tomorrow the election for bonding the city OF
Tonopah for the erection of modern sanitary
school building will occur. The erection OF
new school building is vital necessity and
the structure must be erected at once. 1t Will
take several months to complete the building
and this must be done before the new Belmont
mill begins to drop its stamps, for with the
starting of that mill many families will come
to Tonopah and their children must be given
the privilege of attending school.
At the present time the school buildings
some Of them shacks-are inadequate to house
the children Tonopah in the past eight months
has jumped forward in population 50 rapidly
that today the schools crowded, and with the
exception of two rooms. more students can
be admitted.
This is the condition that confronts the
people of Tonopah today. 1t is for them to say
whether the children of this prosperous city
shall be given proper shelter and education to
their ealing or ramshaele buildings erected for
their training
The burd1ng q tie proposed school hc.-.-
will not raise your city and county taxes one
cent over last year will it in the future for
the rapidly increasing valuation of new property
structures must soon cause material reduction
in our taxes. This is fact. and for proof of it
ask any of the county officials to verify i.
The mining companies of this district. one
and all heartily favor the bonding issue for they
realize with good schools and sanitary buildings
the best Of steady help can be procured, men
of families will seek employment and move their
families to this city and make it their future
home. 1t is to be hoped that Tonopahs popula
tion will increase rapidly that inside of two
years another structure to house 500 more chill
dren will be necessary 1t is the large population
that makes any city thriving and prosperous
one. The more families and individuals living in
community creates its activity
1t is to be hoped tomorrow at the polls that
an unanimous vote will be east for the issuance
of the bonds thus proving to the other cities
in this state that the citizens of Tonopah ar,
patriotic to the cause of education. the fmda
mental principles of our great government anC
its solid foundation.
The school children are asking every voter
in this district TO vote for the bonds that they
may receive the proper education that they are
entitled to and which they are not receiving
owing to the inadequate facilities of our schoo
district. and surely no God-loving American citi
zen can pass their request idly by and vot,
against the bonds
Let the vote be unanimous in favor of tn,
bonds
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-02-19
NOTICE OF SPECIAL SCHOOL
ELECTION.

Y Office Is HEREBY GIVEN that 4
~ a special election is hereby call
ed TO be held in TOnopah School \
District, Nye County, Nevada, on /
February 20. 1912. Said election |
to be held at the primary public |
school house, in said district. be- |
tween the hours OF 9-o'clock a. m. |
J and o'clock p. m of that day;
said election being called for the
purpose of submission to the quail
fed electors Of said district, the
Iquestion of said district eotraeting a
bonded Indebtedness in the sum OF
fifty thousand dollars, for the pur-
pose OF acquiring a site and erecting
thereon a new public school build
ling in said district; said bonds to
be negotiable coupon bonds in the
denomination of $100 each, and the
lrate of interest TO be per cent per
lannum; interest payable semi-an-
lnually; that 125 of said proposed
bonds be redeemable five years from
date of issuance; 125 thereof be
lredeemable ten years from such
date; 1875 thereof be redeemable
Ififteen years from such date, and
1.-THE remainder, to-wit: 125 thereof,
be redeemable twenty years from
such date. Said bonds to be sold
at not less than par value Prin-
lcipal and interest payable at the
office of the County Treasurer OF
lNye County, in the Town of Tono-
pah. Nevada. Said bonds to be sold
only to the highest and best bidder
latter notice of such proposed sale
shall have been duly advertised ac-
cording to law, in a newspaper pub
lished in said district.
All persons voting on the ques-
tion so submitted shall vote by sep
arate ballot, where on shall be
placed the words: FOR THE
BONDS" and AGAINST THE
BONDS"
The voter, in addition to the gen
eral qualifications, must be a resi-
dent of said School District, whose
name appears upon the official reg
istry list of the voting precinct Of
. lprecinets included in the said schoo
district for the last preceding gen
leral election; provided, that an!
citizen of the United States whit
shall have resided In this state 81,
, months and i'm said school distric
, thirty days next preceding said Feb
ruary 20, 1912, and whose name !
/, not upon the official registry list
| may vote at such special election
by being properly registered accord
, ing to law. by the Clerk of thi
Board of Schol Trustees, on applica
ton therefor duly made not NOR
: than eight or less than five day
next prior to said February %
q 1912.
| Inspectors OF said election are 4
1 w. Briggs, w. S. Dryden and ].
Mcnamara.
w. w BOOTH. President
Y f. J. ERICKSON, Clerk.
n w. J. DOUGLASS
Trustees Tonopah School District.
2-5, 8, -, Is
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-02-19
MISSOURI SWINGS INTO LINE.

Despite the protests of the malcontents and
the apostles of unrest Missouri republicans are
swinging grandly into place for William Howard
Taft The party lines in the state are sharply
drawn and it is now evident that Mlssourls dele
gates will be for Champ Clark in the finals at
Baltimore and for Taft at Chicago. 1t will re-
quire startling array of new facts to convince
the hint-headed Missourians that either of these
leaders has merited reputation at the hands of
his party followers.
During the last week compromise has been
offered which will leave the Folk delegates from
Missouri free to vote for her other favorlte son
in the finals At the same time the elimination
Of Robert NJ. LA Toilette leaves the Taft forces
in control of practically the whole of the state
except few of the Stun and waterfront districts
in Kansas City and st. Louis These, through
their ward BOSSES have declared for a third
term for Roosevelt
On January 10 a bossridden ward caucus in
St Louis Endorsed Theodore Roosevelt This
was heralded by the insurgent press as the be-
ginning of a great landslide for the eX-president
of the United States The insurgent editors made
enough noise to attract the attention of the loyal
republican majority Of the party in Missouri and
regulations of the turned a programmed
triumph into Roosevelt humiliation.
Mayor Kreismann of St Louis has this to say
relative to the status of President Taft as a
candidate for reelection
| believe Taft s administration has been
4-@--a-4a to commend itself to every republican
of independent thought. or at least to every
republican not interested in the matters
which tend to make them factors in mere
election or winning which element amounts
to the distribution of spols Taft also
should be supported because after good
administration. he signifed his willingness
! and intention to accept another ON the adj
vice of the republican advisers around him,
! who think it would be best for the party
Commenting on this declaration by Mayor
Kreismann the st Louis Times adds
The same idea has been expressed in
different terms, both before and since
Mayor kreismann spoke his mind. But in
view of the fact that an element of the
republican party in st. Louis quite forgot
itself and the good manners of all political
programs by seeking to bury President
Taft, though he is very much alive, and to
resurrect Colonel Theodore Roosevelt who
logacally and inevitably. is very much
dead so far as the presidency of the United
States is concerned. it is suitable and fitting
that the republican mayor of republican
city should place himself on record with
the other fair and far-sighted members of
his party.
the time between the present and the June con.
vention entirely too short to show steadfast
Missouri why it should wobbe into the insur.
gent column. 1t will require something much
more convincing than the rancor of disappointed
placehunters to shake the adamant faith of
| Missouri
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-02-19

Scientists we are told, have discovered a
method by which dead bodies may be made
transparent Many men who are not even pot-
ically dead, and far from being physically mort
bund are transparent enough for almost anybody
to see through
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-02-19

Sulu headhunter is in San Francisco look
ing for wife but although it is leap year there
seem to be very few aspirants to the gentleman :
hand Perhaps the ladies fear that the gentle
mans enthusiasm for collecting heads might
get the better of him and cause him to add his
wife's head to the collection which he has at
home
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-02-19

If the tong wars can be stopped in San Fran
cisco for the holiday, it is hard to see why they
can not be stopped all of the time. The heads
of the tongs ought to find some solution for the
problem
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-02-19

Reno advice to Tonopah; Vote to bond
the city for public schools It's the best invest
ment any city can make Reno speaks from
experience-Re Journal
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-02-19

If You want to a prosperous city and
happy, contented class of people, vote for the
issuance Of the twenty-year $4,000 school bonds
tomorrow.