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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-08
Baby's Lessons II
Evolution the Be.
ginning of Prog
ress in the Great
Step of Life.
Child Begins as Quad
ruped and Its Acquir'
ment of Erect Attitud
Reveals Its Passag
from the Animal Stage
By GARRETT P. sERVIss.

Y JOUR baby is a quadruped!
Have your noticed that? 1t
is no more able to stand
erect without the aid of its hands
than a monkey is. It goes on all
fOurs.
Upon that simple fact you may
build up the whole law Of evolu-
ton, which some persons find 80
difficult to comprehend
II you doubt that the earliest
human forms resembled those Of
the apes and monkeys, who had
the same common ancestor with
us, you can get rid of that doubt
by studying the attitudes OF your
baby, and the changes that take
place in It's bones and muscles
as It gradually acquires the abil-
ity to stand and to walk freely
about upon Its feet.
One of the strangest things
and one Of the most Illuminating
that science has discovered is the
fact that animals of all kinds. in
GLIDING man, exhibit during their
individual development. beginning
from the earliest germ of physical
life, the principal stage of evolu-
ton that their race has passed
through in it's slow rise through
the various orders of being.
Ancestral Peculiarities.
Many Of the ancestral pecu-
liarities that were possessed by
their remote predecessors show at
the start of their existence, but
disappear, one by one, as they
approach the adult, or full-grown
form, that characterizes them at
present.
If you will look into the works
Of Huxley, Haeckel, Metchnikofr
and others who have studied and
illustrated the development of the
form OF man, you will be aston
ished by the absolute likeness be-
tween the embryo (from Greek
words meaning 'in the bud') OF 4
human being and that of lower
animal, and you will be yet more
astonished to see how this like
ness vanishes. by successive steps
as the human form energies and
the animal characteristics drop
away.
To fully understand the argu-
ments based upon these scientific
Investigations you must have con-
siderable knowledge of anatomy
and physiology. But, If you will
study, without any special scien-
tiic knowledge. the daily devel-
opment Of your baby, you will
comprehend evolution practically
just as well as If you had gone
through a course of study in BIZ
ology. And, perhaps, your convic-
ton Of it's truth will be all the
stronger.
The baby begins as a quadru-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-08


enormously remote animal ances-
tors, who could not walk erect
because their hip joints Gas is stin
the case with monkeys) were so
placed that the center Of gravity
Of the whole body was ahead Of
them. The baby still retains this
pithecoid Capelike" or monkey
like'O characteristic after It has
otherwise become a miniature
man or woman.
But very rapidly, a change
manifests itself. As the baby
grows the curvature of it's spine
alters in such a way as to bring
the center of gravity Of the body
not only over the line Of the hip
joints, but even a little back OF Il,
Tendency to Fall.
This causes, as you win notica
a tendency Of the child. when Il
first begins to hold itself erect. to
totter and fall backward. Since a
monkey never undergoes the
change in the form Of the spine
which transforms a quadruped
into a biped, II can not fall back
ward even when, with the aid OF
its forefeet, or hands It gets it,
self into a partially erect Attit-
tude, Its center of gravity re-
naming in front Of the hip lima.
it always comes down face for
ward.
In the case Of the baby nature
provides for the backward falling
tendency by the development OF
bands Of powerful muscles on the
front Of the hip joints, which en-
able the human being to hold
himself in balance when he is
standing upright, and which no
other animal possesses. Nothing
is more interesting than to watch
a child gradually acquiring con-
troll OF these muscles. When that
control is acquired. 1t runs, leans.
jumps and rejoices in the poss s.
sion of the most universally egec-
tive bodily machine that evolution
has yet developed on our globe
Then, at last, the last monkey
characteristic has disappeared.
Some Resent the Idea.
Some people seem to resent the
idea that the human form takes
its rise by regular variations and
graduations out Of mere animal
shapes, and, for sentimental rea-
sons persist in rejecting it. But,
rightly considered. this process OF
evolution is the strongest posi-
BILE argument for the existence Of
some kind OF divinity In man.
because it shows that without
violating the laws of nature, he
has been enabled to reach a pO-
sition which seems TO place him.
in some respects, above naturel
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-04-15
OLD RESIDENT
SOUTHERN NEVADA
PASSES AWAY
WIFE or GEORGE W. LEioY DIES
IN Los ANGELES FROM
APPENDICITIS.

The wife Of George w, Leidy, well
known in Esmeralda county where
the family resided for years, died in
Los Angeles last Monday, after an
operation TO rappendIeitis. Mrs. EN-
ma MeAfee Leidy was native OF
Illinois, but came with her mother,
Mrs. McAfee, and her brothers and
sisters to Fish Lake Valley in this
state in 1873. Four years later she
and Mr.. Leidy we're married at Co
lumbus in this state, Mr.. Leidy rep
resented Esmeralda county in the as
sembly about ten years ago, but later
with his wife removed to Bishop, Cal
Mrs. Leidy is survived by her hus
band and seven children-Roy @.
of Reno; Leonard L., of Bishop; sa
bert. of Bakersfield; Mrs. II. A. Glass
cock, OF independence; Mrs. Alex Mo
Elini, of Fish Lake; Mrs. Karl Keough
Miss Emily Leidy of Bishop.
Her surviving brothers and sister
are: Mrs. Frank Stewart of Seattle
Mrs. J. r. Elred of Azusa, Mrs. G. /
Elliott of Pasadena, Mrs Noble Clar
of san Bernardino, l., L. McAfee G
Bishop, Fred d. McAfee and Robei
d. McAfee of San Diego
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-04-15
WILL BECOME
FARMER BY HECK
AND TILL SOIL
TOM MARSHALL STUDYING STA
TlsTIcs REGARDING RAILS
ING OF POTATOES.

Thos. s, Marshall who LETT Tono-
pah last week to make his future
home at Fallon, returned to this camp
this morning to attend to several
business matters demanding his at
tention. During his brief stay in
Fallon Marshall managed to be in
terviewed by the Eagle and the fol
lowing article shows that he is still
loyal TO Tonopah:
"T. S. Marshall of Tonopah, who
has decided to make Fallon his tu
ture home, arrived Wednesday ano
ioined his wife and daughter here
For 70 years he has been a residen
of Tonopah and says in a mining
way that camp is better than ever
Some time ago MIR Marshall bough
an acre of ground in the McLeal
addition. just southeast of the FIRE.
Hinze dwelling, but expects to pun
chase residence property in additio
to this"
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-04-15
EIGHT HOURS
DAYS WORK At
THE POSTOFF|CE
NEW ORDER FROM WASHINGTON
HOLDS BACK DISTRIBUTION
OF THE MAIL.

Eight hours q day now constitutes
a shift at the Tonopah postoffice.
The change was made without the
aid Of the Nevada legislature nor
with the consent OF the local public.
Nevertheless it was made by the
powers that be at Washington and
now patrons may find mail in their
boxes at an hours Of the day.
Postmaster Stewart was informed
Of the change a few days ago and 1t
became necessary for him to make
decided shift in the working hours
Under the present rule the office
must open at s o'clock and close al
6 o'clock and in order to equalizt
the hours the clerks report at yari
GUS times.
A recent order also compells Stew
art to have the money order, registe
and postal savings windows open dur
ing the mornings Heretofore al
windows we're closed when the mai
was received and the entire fore
assisted in the distribution Of tn
first class matter Under that pla
the mail was handled in about Il
hour or less. Under the new pla
but small portion Of the force
employed distributing the mail, tn
remainder being occupied at the VII
dows.
Where but one hour was previous
consumed in distributing the ma
several hours are taken now. I'll
plan benefits but few and inco
yeniences the entire public throus
the unnecessary delay.
Postmaster Stewart has asked pt
mission from Washington to clio
the office at 5 o'clock daily instead
s, the present time of closing
has been instructed to secure a
tition from business men to this
feet showing that no inconvenien
will be caused, and it is possible
order will be granted, The closi
Of an hour earlier will make It p
sibe to have the majority OF
clerks present during the morni
when the mail is being distribut
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-04-15
GUN SHOT LODGE
IN BACK AND SKULL AND FINALLY
RFMOVEDBY THREE hours WORK

Suddenly the fight broke out afresh
and it is stated that Thos. Wilson
took revolver from McKelvey. Nc
Kelvey then started for his wagon
where he secured shot gun. He
discharged one barrel in the ground,
but the second charge was fired with
the muzzle pointing in the direction
of Wilson. The shot entered Wilson's
back as he was running toward his
home.
Sheriff Malley was called up over
the telephone, and left Immediately
for Spanish Springs, accompanied by
Or. Cowden. The two dressed the
wounds of Wilson and returned to
Tonopah at one o'clock this morn
Ling. BY the time the sheriff arrived
at the scene McKelvey had departed
and efforts to locate him along the
road during the night were futile.
Malley departed again this morning
for Stone Cabin. the announced desti-
nation Of McKelvey.
Malley was informed that after Nc
Kelyey and Wilson had been separat-
ed. McKelvey started for his gun with
the intention of shooting Wilson.
Wilson started running but had COW
cred but little ground when McKelvey
shouted:
Run, you sucker, run" At the
same time he fired the first barrel
of the double barreled shot gun. TAX
I ing aim the second time he again
/ commanded Run faster" The sec
a ond charge also carried true. Twen-
a ty-five shots were removed from Will
! sons back, and several from his
skull. In several instances particles
0 of clothing had been carried into the
l. wounds. Wilson is declared to be
n resting EARLY and it is not believed
l. his condition will be serious.
e McKelvey has resided at Manhattan
d for several years and is well know
in Tonopah.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-04-15

Interesting additional information
concerning Emanuel Penrod, whose
death at Vallejo Cal, at the age of
81, is given in the Virginia Chronicle
which gives the information that
Penrod was one of the original loca-
tors of the Comstock and only by a
stroke of luck was the camp named
after Comstock rather than Penrod
The Chronicles account follows:
The above item is Of more than
passing interest to the residents oi
Virginia City and Gold Hill, for i
means the passing Of one and tbs
last Of the original loeators of th'
great Comstock lode, and that it does
not bear his name today instead o
that of Henry Comstock is more thu
good fortune of Comstock than t
ANYTHING else Emanuel Penrod wa
one of the first to reach the ney
diggings in the rush from Californi
when the new El Dorado was an
nouneed and although owning par
Of what later proved to be the choit
est and richest ground on the lode
he left the city practically broke,
as was the case with most OF th
other pioneer boys, whose names ar
legion and whose signatures al
, spread over the records books at th
=, county court house.
) The first reference to Mr., Penrc
on the official records in the recor
er's office is July s, 1859, when h
= Henry Comstock and others tran
ferred by bill Of sale 500 feet
ground on the northerly end of VIII
Is now the ophir mine. Again
November 80 Of the same year b
name is again noted as transferril
/. another section of the ophir mir
which was known originally as =
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-04-15
ORIGINAL LOCATOR OF COMSTOCK
LODE AT VIRGINIA CITY PASSES
AWAY IN CALIFORNIA, AGED 81

Spanish or Mexican ground. There
are many interesting stories told
of those days, and Penrod was in the
thick of the excitement But he final
ly was forced to leave the Comstock
and seek his fortune elsewhere, and
like many other original owners, fail
ed to reap the least benefit of his
holdings and opportunities.
/ In 1909, when the Comstock held
its Golden Jubilee celebration, Mr..
Penrod was invited to be present,
being the only surviving original 10.
Gator of the Comstock At that time
he had a claim in Elko county, and
alone he was at work driving tun
mel into the mountain. The commit
tee forwarded his expenses, and pro
vided literally for the trip. In the
grand street parade that occurred
here on July 4, 1909, he with Oscar
Steel, James Roberts and Frank Dick
erson occupied the place of honor il
the procession, riding III gayiy dec
. Grated vehicle, next to the governo
and his staff at the head Of the line
He was given a great reception an
ovation, and entertained his friend
! with tales of the scenes surroundin
! the birth of the wonderful Wasbo
. district
3 When Mr. Penrod departed afte
the celebration was over, he wa
d filled with confidence that some da
/ he would return to Virginia City wit
!. fortune. but he did not suryiy
!. that his prophecy might be fulfille'
# The sole remaining figure contempt
It airy with the days when no OF
n even dreamed of the countless m
is lions which they bartered away for
* mere pittalce, has passed to his T
e, ward, and may his ashes rest
10 peace.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-04-15
.NFW MINING STRIKE IS MADE BY
|.P. SPARKS IN DISTRICT ABOUT
22M|LESN NORTHWESTO MILLERS

Saturday third parallel vein was
discovered but little work has been
performed upon this ledge and it is
not known what values are con
tanned
Water is hauled into the district
from King Solomon, eigl; miles dis.
tant. while wood is also secured from
a like distance. The dlstrict is new,
for careful search by Sparks failed
to reveal monuments or signs Of any
one having prospected the region IN
past years,
Sparks discovered th5 grouad on
March II while returning from Re
public. He was forced to camp over
night several miles distant, and in
the morning started on little pros
pecting tour before resuming his jour
iney to Tonopah He walked righ
lon to the ledge and after breaking
off number of samples and con
structing a monument, came to thi
city where assays were made. Tn
figures on the assay certificate
caused him to depart without loss o
thine for the district where he mad
a number Of locations. Since tina
time he has been developing the ledg
and at depth Of II feet is obtair
ing good shipping ore.
A small sized rush was starte
about a week ago and since ths
date a number Of new outfits hay
stampeded to this district
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-04-15

Cal Wilson, who runs the Spanish
Springs station on the Manhattan
road, was shot in the back yesterday
with a charge of buckshot, follow
ing an alteration with Ed Nickel
vey of Manhattan Wilson's condi-
tion is not serious as the shot lodg-
ed beneath the skin and we're remov-
ed last night after three hours OF
work by DR.. Cowden.
Details Of the shooting are con
flicting as two versions of the af-
fair do not exactly coincide. 1t is
practically admitted that both men
had been drinking McKelvey Is
now being sought by Sheriff Malley
and it is believed he will be appre
hended and returned to Tonopah this
afternoon.
1t is understood that McKelyey
drove Nd to the station about thre,
o'clock yesterday afternoon during
the height of the binding snow
storm He was somewhat chilled anC
entered the bar room where he re
manned while Wilson put the team
in the stable. After waiting abou
two hours the weather moderatei
and McKelvey made preparations U
continue his journey to Stope Cabin
During the wait the two men are dc
clared to have been drinking freel,
They were somewhat high spirite
and Wilson, fearing that McKelye
would be unable to handle the an
mails, drove them about the static
for few minutes. While making
. turn the tongue Of the wagon sna
ped.
r This angered McKelvey and the tw
engaged in a wordy war. Blows fc
lowed and the men were engaged
fight when Thos. Wilson Of Ma
haitian arrived in his automobile.
y separated the two and it appear'
Is that the trouble would pass over,
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FINNISH COUPLE
ARE MARRIED IN
JUSTICE COURT
BRIDE AND GROOM ARE GIVEN
ROYAL sEND-oFF BY THEIR
COUNTRY PEOPLE.

A marriage ceremony was perform
ed in the Justices court last evening
at 1880, Frank Koski finding his bet
ter half in the person of Mary Hyny-
men, The wedding was witnessed by
few friends of the contracting par.
ties.
After the ceremony the young peo-
pie repaired to the Finnish hall
where the usual celebration and sup
per which always follows wedding
among these people was enjoyed.
Mr.. and Mrs Koski left for Sar
Francisco today and from there they
will go to Portland and other points
in Oregon, returning to Tonopah upol
the conclusion of their honeymoon
trip.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-04-15
IN
ENGLAND FIRE
HANDSOME
HO ME-
MEMBER OF RLIAMENT LOSES
HIS RESIDENCE THROUGH
ACT OF VANDALS.


HASTINGS, England, April 15.--
Militant suffragettes today destroyed
the handsome sea side residence at
St Leonard-on-the-se belonging to
Arthur Philop Du Croms, the Unionist
member of parliament, They set fire
to the house and placed explosives
in many rooms.
The women entered the house,
which was vacant, and by spreading
papers covered with jam over the
windows to deaden the sound, began
smashing glass. The explosions him
dered the work OF firemen and one
was injured The militants cut all
telegraph and telephone wires at the
entrance of the tunnel of the Great
Western railway near Pathe,
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-04-15

Three feet of vein matter consti-
tutes the cause Of the gold excite
ment in the Willow Greek mining
district. As yet it is only surface
showing, the work Of opening up the
Hedge consisting Of shallow trench
in one place that is not over two
feet in depth, notwithstanding the
fact that the discovery was made
month ago.
The original discoyerer Of the gold
besring ledge is W. G. McMullen, a
pioneer mining man and prospector
OK Nevada and Utah. McMullen was
formerly at Goldfieid and Rhyolite
and at one time was connected with
the Iron Springs mining company in
the Seven Devils country, idaho. For
line past four years he has heea pros
Ipecting the district between Ely and
Gold Springs, maintaining his head
quarters at Current Greek where a
daughter is engaged teaching school
McMullen owns four claims in the
district which have been bonded to
George Wingfield The bond ex
pires within a few days and nothing
has been learned as TO the inten
tions of Wingfield.
p. T. Papka and McMullen have
several claims paralleling the origina
strike vein and are working on then
lopening up the ledges Wheeler, Wig
Inolo and Wittenberg, who own fou
claims in the district, have starte'
c working on vein. Tive men CON
menced operations Saturday bia tn
work has not proceeded sufficient
to determine what the outcome vi
N be. The ledge is being stripped nr'
,e paratory to sinking.
in Gold Springs is located tbout tw
m miles from the Willow Creek silve
n. strike. At the silver property wor
of has been resumed and some yer
- rich ore is being taken out. The OF
,d contains the heavy black metal an
Ne viii assay high figure. Sever
he shipments were made last fall fro
70. this property, netting the owners
N. handsome profit. 1t is expected tn
,s a sufficient quality for shipme
.er will be extracted within the next fe
al weeks. This ore is hauled OVERLAP
ms. to Tonopah.
q The district is being visited dai
Ia. by automobile parties from Tonopa
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-04-15
ASK POLICE TO
AID IN FINDING
MISSING son
YOUNG MINER WAS LAST HEARD
FROM IN ToNoPAH ABOUT
A YEAR AGO.

Claude Fritts, known to have been
in Tonopah last August, is being
sought by his mother, now a resident
of Los Angeles. The mother, Mrs.
NJ B. Fritts, in letter to Chief OF
Police Evans asks for assistance in
locating her son. The letter follows:
Los Angeles. Cal, April IL, 1913.
"Chief of Police, Tonopah.
Dear Sir. am writing to ask
your aid in locating my son. His
name is Claude Fritts; 80 years old,
brown hair, grey eyes, miner.
Went from Goldfield to Tonopah
about August 22 last year and re-
NAMED about week; was sick. He
had no bad habits and always kept
us posted about his whereabouts.
am his mother and he was expecting
his two sisters and me to join him
in Goldfield about the time he left
there.
Il did not apply to you at first
because | thought he might have
gone to new place and would write
as soon as he made good. Other
people have tried to help me find
: him but 1t seemed as though no one
. in Tonopah knew where he went. Try
to find where he went and ! will fol.
low it up
I 81 viii be very thankful for advice
as to how to look for him.
I'VE do not need help from hin
Financially, but are anxious abou
i'm. Would like to have him COM
IL 10 us here. We were in Crippl
er Creek, Colo, when he left us abou
n year ago.
OF "Yours anxiously,
- MRS. NJ. B. FRITTS."
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-04-15
Cal Wilson Is Shot In Back by Ed McKelvey
SILVER PROPERTY AT WILLOW
CREEK RESUMES WORK AND HIGH
GRADE ORE TAKEN FROM SHAFT

Goldfield and Ely. This morning zeb
Kendall, Ed Bevis and r. B, Govan
departed for the region to look after
interests already acquired in the dis
trict.
With but little development the fu-
ture Of both gold and silver strikes
can be foretold. The surface show
ing Of the former discovery is excel
lent, but it Is the active development
Of the property that win produce the
results and determine the merit of
the excitement, The gold strike Of
McMullen's continues to render as
says OF hig values, and is most
promising. About 80 people are at
both camps trying 10 get in on the
ground floor, and the road from Ton
opah to Willow Creek is spotted
with prospectors' outfits and autos,
Ernest Johnson, driving his SO
horsepower Thomas car, made a rec
ord run to the district Friday His
car carried 1860 pounds Of supplies
in addition to four passengers and
drove the MACHINE to within few
hundred feet of the strike. Other
cars have been forced to abandon
the trip at least a quarter-mile dis
tant owing to the rocky incline t
be travelled,
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-04-15

mining strike OF no mean pro
aor,lons the third to cause excite
aont in Tonopah within the past
,nooth il causing a small stampede
Il point about % miles north and
aost " Mllers. where j. r Sparks
- mis- city has opened up ground
,rom which shipments can be made
from the surface, according to au-
tbentlc reports,
THE district is best described as
beine about 10 or II miles south Of
Renpblic in the range of mountains
west Of the samuelson adobe. II is
also eight miles due east Of King
Solomon.
Sparks discovered two veins On
one vein he has sunk hole ~ feet
in depth and the highest assays re
eelyed show 2S6 ounces in silver, sex
eold and seven per cent lead to the
ion This ledge is about three fee'
in width and shipping ore is nov
being sacked by Sparks
The second vein is about 20Qd fee
distant from the original discovery
ASSAYS from this body are not 81
high. the best report received beini
no ounces in silver, S6 in gold an
four percent copper Claims throug
which this body passes have bee
bonded 10 Tonopah mining people
Several leases have also been granite
by Sparks upon his original srcur;
About rs claims have already bee
staked in the district