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born IriShman, by the way
makes me somewhat of SHINING iiiafN
in some respects. The morning after my
last election there breeZed into my ONCE
a fellow, large and pleasant lie eHusiVe-
ly congra tulated ME with both hands ana
every breath-which was alcohoncaliy
overcharged-and assured me of the sat
isfaction it had given him to vote for me-
Thanking him, ] asked:
What part OF the district do you live
in?'
Dim from over tn bridge. he re-
piled in rich County Carlow brogue! lMr
Donohoe doesn't have to make any effort
to get that broSue.)
This meint nothing to me, ignorant
of political metcs and bounds, so | again
asked:
What ward do you live in?'
And Dim in Kellys ward, to be sure,
y'r honor he replied.
".Kelly's ward? l queried. for 1 did
know enough to identify a well known
local leader. Why, kelly's ward isn't in
my district at all"
Sure. and it isn't at all. at all ex-
claimed the sly rogue, with delightful
GOODNESS But l voted for yeZ.' Misther
Donahoe lie added with a chuckle-
'twicer."
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who gave me a drink from his canteen.
patched up my wounds and dragged me
10 safety?''
His surrnise was correct
After that many former Confederates
hunted up Mr.. Kirkpatrick: they had him
deliver a Confederate Memorial day
speech at Arlington, and they have made
much of him since.
Gen. Sherwood in the House ranks as
the old soldier of longest congressional
service there. His labors in behalf Of
pension legislation have made his name
familiar all over the country. But his
war record. among veterans. is equally
well known.
ment, rs a private ut the age of twenty
six. he was colonel of his regiment in the
course of a few months and a brigadier
general by the time he was thirty. Par
the credit of Gen. Sherwood. He COM
manded his regiment in all of the en-
sagemonts of the Atlanta campaign. and
after Franklin and Nashville he was
brevetted brigadier general for long and
faithful services and conspicuous gal
lantry at the battles OF Resaca, Atlanta,
Franklin and Nashville"
Representative j. \. Goulden makes
no mention of his war service in his
Congressional Directory biography, but
yet he served two hard years and wears
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Coming to tins country in 1919: at the
age of six from his native Norway,
Senator Nelson was one of the first to
enlist in the services of his adopted
country in 1861. He Joined the 4th
Wisconsin Infantry, a famous regiment.
and served therein as a private and
non-commissioned officer.
Senator John ID. Works, much younger
than his fel!owveterans, was only six
teen years old when he enlisted eighteen
months before the close of the war.
activity in those eighteen months
Across the aisle in the Senate. Sen
ators Warren and Nelson may gaze at
Senator John II. Bankhead, who met
Port Hudson Opposed now only in
politics. these old "Rebs' and ''Yanks''
In social intercourse are the best of
friends. That masculine characteristic
of respect and admiration for those
who fought them brave!y and stubborn
ly Is well developed in these veterans
now brought into such close association
one with another.
Senator Bankhead served four fight
ing years in the Confederate army, and
was wounded three times.
Senator Thomas S. Martin was one
of those arrayed against the batteries
of Senator du Pont at the battle Of
Newmarket and at other Virginia en-
gagernents. Senator Martin, lad of
seventeen. was Il student at the Vir
ginia Military Institute during the war.
and the service of the institutes bat
TALON of cadets at Newmarket and else
where in the Confederate army is his
tory.
Senator Thornton was a student at
the university of his native state,
louisiana when the war was on In
1869 he volunteered and served as a
private in the Confederate army to the
surrender
Over in the House the three Union
and the five Confederate veterans
fraterniZe on numerous occasions. The
bond between the Confederates and
Representative Sanford kirkpatrick of
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Why He Did Not Run.

"NoBILlTY binds to noble i'n, eondu ...v
boy" answered Senator and Col. Baker
at Balls Bluff when called upon to obey
his own order and lie down upon the
ground my boy. a colonel cannot al
ford to lie down in the presence OF tho
enemy He was shot moment after
There is a story that Lieut. Guy Pres
ton saved his men at the fight at Wound
Ell Knee by thinking of the sentiment OF
the old proverb.
He was holding his men in the line
before the Indians fired. Every one was
looking for trouble of some kind but it
was the unexpected that happened.
The Indians We're lowering about with
their blankets about them. when the
signal was given by one OF them. ana
in an instant every buck threw away
his blanket and stood revealed with q
gun in his hand.
The redskins fired. They had every ad-
vantage of the soldiers, even without
counting the surprise And the soldiers
ran 1t was only for a short distance.
in any case. and they wanted some sort
of cover
But Preston looking back over his
shoulder to see if the Indians were fol-
lowing. or for whatever purpose one
looks back at a dangerous foe, saw
strap on his shoulder and experienced q
shock.
1t occurred to him at the instant that
he was running away with the insignia
of rank which his government had con-
ferred upon him: that he was, in a way.
the representative of a great nation and
that he ought not TO run. He stopped.
OF course there was no well defined OBJ
iect in his stopping. but when the rest
of the men saw him standing there, with
out cover and returning the fire of the
Indians, they turned back. and in five
minutes it was all over and the Indians
were beaten
1t could have been nothing short Of q
slaughter had Preston gone with the
rest for there was no cover until the
top of the hill was reached. and that was
so distant that the Indians would have
had an easy time picking off officers.
their favorite pastime. Preston's idea OF
duty WAS what saved the day.
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Did 1t, Anyway.

r c PR sentative
Michael Donohoe
of Z h | ! a delphia,
who. his friends
boast and his enc
mics admit. won
his elec t o n
less upon political
issues than his at
tractive personal
ity, takes but a
small part in prac-
teal politics.
I'm very green
at the game he
declares Ia good
color for a native
ss-vItob
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Too Much Territory.

- T h e continued
bold and bump
tious attitude that
some Of these fell
lows south of the
nited States take
I o W a r d u n C | e
Sans patient fore
Dearance IN | & h [
learn a valuable
lesson from the eX-
pcrience Of a Ger
tain bad man down
in my state" re-
marked Represent
alive L'Ensle of
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campaign in the valley of Virginia, Sneri-
dams campaign in the Shenandoah-all
knew him as a highly efficient artillery
man.
x x
In September, 1861. he was brevetted
major in the regular army for gallant
and meritorious conduct at the battles
of Opequan CWinchester) and Fishers
Hill, Va" month later he was brevet-
ted lieutenant colonel for distinguished
services at the battle of Cedar Creek
and was awarded the congressional medal
of honor for most distinguished gal
lantry and voluntary exposure to the
enemy's fire at critical moment" dur
ing this latter battle.
Senator du Pont remained in the army
until 1873, when he resigned to enter
civil life as a railroad executive.
The gallant ev:r-youthful carriage and
flowing military mustache of Senator
Francis Emroy Warren of Wyoming. are
traceable to the senator's training in
the school of war. In 1867, at eighteen
wears of age. he enlisted in the 18th
Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and
served through the war with that hard
lighting regiment, all of the time as a
private and non-commisson officer A
score or more of engagements and bat
ties stand to his credit For eallantry
on the field in the siege of Port Hud-
son he received his medal of honor.
No medal Of honor, but just as much
ightlnS came to Senator Nathan Golf
In the political division of the times
IN his part of what was then Virginia.
Nathan Golf. at eighteen. cast his lot
with the Union side and enlisted in
June, 1861. as a private in the Union
regiment known as the 81 Virginia In
fantry. Meritorious services advanced
him to the rank Of first lieutenant and
resimental adjutant. He finished the
war as major Of the 4th Virginia
Volunteer Cavalry.
Like Senator Warren, Senator Knute
Nelson was in the desperate fighting at
Port Hudson. La. There he was des-
perately wounded and taken prisoner
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"A Touching Pome."

The congressional
palm for versa
tility easily falls
to Representative
Allan Il. Walsh of
New Jersey. He is
the a d m i r a b | g
Crichton of the
II Gus e. Scientist.
politician, reform
CT. inventor, states
man. no pent-np
Utica of 4 Con-
gross can contract
his powers. In the
beginning an cleo
trician. he later
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Shown Up.

r e p + c sentative
Otis Wingo of
Arkansas o o K s
more like the
southern congress-
man iWaEed in the
popular mind than
any man in the
capitals public life.
In Prince Albert
coat. black slouch
hat and black
string tie falling
over a capacious
expanse of white
shirt front, as he
h.
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Memorial Day Celebrated i'm
Honor of ALI Soldier Dead

a Uniform time 10 decorate the graves o.
the Union soldiers.
Gen. Logan Immediately took up the
suggestion and named May 30 as the daA
for decoration He added that IL was his
purpose to inaugurate this observance
and sincerely hoped it would be kept up
each year while a survivor OF the war r--
mains to honor the memory Of the de-
parted. The idea spread rapidly. and tn.
legislatures of the various states enacted
ii into law until the holiday is row
legal one in all but six states. In man
of the southern states the celebration -
held April 25. as spring visits the south
a full month before its first harbingers
appear in the north.
On the first Memorial day the services
at Arlington were perhaps the most I'M
pressiye. The speaker on that occasion
was James \. Garfield. In his soul-touch-
ing address, which remains to this DAY
as a foremost exponent of the spirit and
significance of Decoration day We read
II love to believe that no heroic sac
rifice is ever lost. that the characters OF
men are nodded and inspired by what
their fathers have done: that treasured
up in American souls are all the I'M
conscious influences OF the great deeds
of the Anslo-Saxon race from Agincour,
to Bunker Hill. Each for himself gath
cred up the cherished purposes OF life
its aims and ambitions. its dearest at
fections-and flung all. with life itself.
into the scale of battle. If each grave
had voice to tell US what its silent
tenant last saw and heard earth We
m ght stand with uncovered heads and
hear the whole story OF the war. We
should hear that one persisted when the
first great drops of the crimson shower
began TO fail when the darkness OF that
FIRST disaster at Manassas fell like an
eclipse on the nation: that another died
of disease while YEARLY waiting for
winter to end: that this one fell on tho
field when the tide of war shook the
dome OF yonder Capitol and re-echoed in
the chambers of the Executive Mansion.
The voices of these dead VIII forever
fill the land like holy benedctions. What
other spot so fitting for their last resting
place as this. under the shadow of the
Capitol saved by their valor? Here.
where the grim edge of battle Joined:
here. where all the hope and fear and
agony of their country conferred: here
let them rest. asleep on the nations
heart entombed in the nations love-.
Memorial day has now grown To- be a
dav of thought for all dead When the
rational Decoration day comes. many
who have no soldier dead. take the op-
portunity to honor relatives and other
dead ones by strewins on their graves
the symbols of love and affection.
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The practical result of this incident
came in May, 1865, when Adjt. Gen. Chip
man suggested to Gen. John A. Logan.
commander-in-ch chief of the Grand Army OF
the Republic, that their organization set
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OF a total membership of 3o5 In tho
House in 1902 eiy+v+broo ya-a ,,,o, ,.ho
had u.o-, IT, ~. .a a,..
-, anu Al -se'ei men
'' "'i WI" tit gray 10 put IL IN
another form, nearly 20 per cent of the
House was made IN of Union veterans
and nearly Is Nor cont Of t.o,fodarsto
,.,,a "a "'e
" '''ai VI i"out 90 per cent OF
Va" soiulers. ihdaN the combined old
soldier membership Of the House is only
81 per cent of the total membership
of tho civil var ,,e,er,rs s<,r,,i,', :;
,.,,,,,,.,,, +. 900, -, '''i7 III
." a, 100 'ti'S 'hree remain 'here.
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Senator William Hughes of New Jer-
sey.
Senator James Hamilton Lewis of IL
Gnois.
Senator ]. K Vardaman of Mississippi.
Senator John W. Weeks of MaSSachu-
sets.
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The seventeen representatives in Con-
gress who served in the war of 1898 are
as follows:
Wyatt Aiken. third district of South
Carolina
sydney Anderson. first district of
Minnesota.
Samuel 3. Avis third district of West
Virginia.
L. c. Dyer twelfth district of Missouri.
Augustus p Gardner. sixth district of
Massachusetts.
Frank L. Greene, first district of Yer
mont
Richmond P. Hobson. sixth district of
Alabama
William schley Howard fifth district of
Georgia.
Willis J. Rulings. twenty-eighth dis
trict of Pennsylvania.
Cordeu Hull. fourth district of Tennes-
see.
Benjamin G. Humphreys, third district
Of Mississippi.
James G. Mclaughlin. ninth district OF
Michigan.
William F. Murray, tenth district of
Massachusetts,
Woodson r. Oglesby, twenty-fourth dis
William A Oldfed, second district Of
Arkansas.
Samuel p Sells, first district of Ten
nessee.
Claudius L. Stone. sixteenth district of
Illinois.
Twenty years ago the Fifty-third Con
gress was in existence. Like the present,
the Sixty-third, Congress. it was FREEDOM
Inantlv democratic. Compare the Con-
gressional Directory issued February |,
1899. with the current Congressional Di-
rectory and you will note how signifi-
cant is the change that has come to the
personnel of House and Senate
In the 1898 directory. of the total Sen
ate membership of lightweight. eighteen
We're veterans of the Union army and
'wenty-four veterans of the Confederate
army To put it otherwise, nearly As
per cent of the Senate was made up of
old soldiers The southern delegations
We're predominantly old soldiers. Each Of
the two senator's from Alabama. Arkan-
sas. Florida, Georgia. Kentucky Louis
lana Mississippi. North Carolina Ten
nessee. Texas and Virginia was a man
who had served the lost cause with gal
lantry ard distinction.
Most OF these have passed awav Two
remain still in public life. Edward Doug
lass White. who was senator from
Louisiana. is now Chief Justice Of the
nlted states Supreme Court. and Jo-
seph g. s Blackburn is = member OF the
Lincoln Memorial commission
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BY the time another Memorial day rolls
around chances are that the percentage
of survivors will be even less than it
is now.
For the first three decades following
the war the majority of men elected
TO public Office, both in northern and
southern states. were men who had war
records. Ten years ago such men be-
gan to fall into the background. Today
few are left
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campaign in the valley of Virginia. Sneri-
dams campaign in the Shenandoah-all
knew him as highly efficient artillery
man.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-02-23
THE WOMAN'S CLUB
OPENS LECTURES

The Tonopah Woman's Ciub mas
started in on it's second year OF work
with the prospects OF having mos.
successful year Mrs. Roy Mcdonald
vas elected to the presidency at the
annual meeting held this month. Ihe
new executive board Is hoping 70
bring in some lecturers that VIII DC
both interesting and stimulating u
the intellectual life of the community
The first lecture viii take place mex
saturday night ~ odd Fellows hall
and is on the subject OF Indian bas
ketry The lecturer il Mrs. Aeran
1 cohn. of Carson. She has made oa'
kets life study and speaks WIN ~
tongue Of an enthusiast
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-02-23
Ex.pReslpENT TAFT OPPOSED
TO EQUAL SUFFRAGE

AMHERST Mass Feb 2S.--Pro'.
William II. Taft, Of Yale university
delivered last night the second OF
the Henry Ward neecher lectures AZ
Amherst college, taking for his SUB
iect. "The People, the Constitution
and the Courts" He touched on tht
woman suffrage question, saying
ewe exclude women from voting
II they can show that government
in which they partook would or'nt
about greater happiness. or 'he'
can show that the electorate No'll'
be bettered for the sake Of s"eleu
they would establish their ease Tn
argument of the militant sut1ragel'e
n that % an anarchist
raft spoke strongly against the r
cail of Judges
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-02-23
ANOTHER CREDITOR
OF Ed R. COLLINS
FORMER OWNER OF THE GOLD
FIELD NORTHERN WANTS
TO KNOW

Edwin 5. iiighley, one OF the own
ers Of the old Northern in Goldreld'
passed through Tonopah this morn
ing en- route to the gold camp TO IN
auire about valuable lot of liquors
and merchandise that he left IN care
Of I'D. II. Collins, when the antigam
bling act took effect MIR Highley
would like TO know what dispositlop
was made Of his property, as he has
not had any return from his agent
MIR uighley is also Interested =
Horusilyer. aud is planning for a
active campaign this summer
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-02-23
ITALIAN KILLS
HIMSELF WHILE
COMING HERE

A message received yesterday
morning by Sheriff Ed Malley from
he sheriff of Humboldt county stated
that Angelo Carso, killed himself
on Southern Pacific train while en-
route to Tonopah. The body was
taken off the train at Winnemucca.
where it is held awaiting orders Tor
the disposition. Nothing seems to De
known Of the dead man who had
ticket from point in Iowa to this
camp. II Is surmised that he was
stranger as none of the Italians
in Tonopah can recall the fact that
they ever heard of the name.
Later it was learned that Carso
had a wife and child here living on
Water street but that the couple mad
been separated and his wife did not
have any means with which TO take
care OF the interment. Mrs Carso
came here from Wisconsin two years
ago and has been supporting herself
in d precarious living.
!. This afternoon the sheriff was noti
!. fled that Carso was taken of th'
train crazy drunk and that the sui
: eide occurred afterwards
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-02-23
DEATH OF TELLER
/. SILVER APOSTLE
Of OLD AGE IN
/. DENVER
FORMER SECRETARY OF THE IN
TERROR SuCcUMBS TO RAW
AGES OF TIME
INV Associated Press.D


DENVER, Feb. %. Henry Moore
Teller former cabinet officer and Tor
over thirty years United States sen
ator from Colorado. aged "a, died at
the home of his daughter here,
Most of the family We're present.
Senator Teller has had poor health
| for two years, due to advanced age
Senator Teller gained hatiohai
prominence when he opposed the ne
publican party endorsing the goid
standard He bolted to the Demo
Gratis in 1896
Teller constructed the old Colorauo
Central railroad and ranked hgh "
Masonry as a thiry-third degree mem
ber. He was secretary OF the h'e
rior under President Arthur
He was born in New York state
practiced law in Illinois and erosse'
the plains to Colorado in 1861
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-02-23

For the benefit Of those who are
interested in the domestic science de-
partment Of the public schools priet
resume of the work done is given
The pupils of the fifth, the sixth
and the seventh grades ia total OF
sixty-fivel each have an hours sew
ing lesson once a week Though
the period is short, the work so far
accomplished is quite satisfactory
when It is taken into consideration
that the majority had never before
done any sewing whatever. The prog
ress is most apparent when the nea'
stitches now made are compared VIII
4 their first crude efforts.
Their first lessons aimed TO Sc
cure correct positions of the bod
%~~~~%~~S~S~$
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ARTEs|AN WELLS
FLOWING FREELY.
NEAR PAARUMP
FARMERS AND FRUIT GROWERS
ARE rickLED OVER WATER
DEVELOPMENT

David r. Murphy. who has Oeeh
down at Johnnie doing some work
for M. b. Bartlett has returned 10
Tonopah with glowing accounts OF the
agricultural prospects of the south
eastern end Of Nye county, Remark
able finds OF water flows have been
reported around the old, Pahrump
ranch, where the new management
is placining the land in condition TOT
producing large crop OF irult anu
alfalfa. The orchards have peen
pruned out and the meadows ploweu
IN while Walter Jones, who reh'f
mo hig ranch from Hayes, is goini
ahead with water development re
ter BnoI has bored five wells whici
have Welded a copions flow OF waite
from depth Of 400 feet. Each 0
these wells Is running at the rate Q
Rs miners inches and there appear
IN be sufficient to irrigate ten time
as much land as will be brought VI
der cultivation this season
Ranchers are giving more attenuo
to the hog industry since the his
cost of shipping other products !
duces the profits and it is noteworti
feature that the other day the Man
ranch shipped 240 head of hogs fro
Shoehone, station on the Ton
pah e. Tidewater Railroad to ~
Lake packing house.
At the old Keystone mill stahaa
drilling outfit has gone In to DO
for water. and 1t is said that
contractor has promises of all
work ne can take care Of for the s.
son.
The Johnnie mill has been clos
since the first OF the year, but I'M
il some talk OF resuminE'
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-02-23
SCHOOL GIRLS IN SEWING
AND HYGIENIC VALUE OF COOKED FOODS

the proper holding Of the work, ana
the making Of the common stitches.
After the elementary stitches were
mastered the fifth grade made mod
el ruffle, a button bag and the pH'
nils are now working on kitchen
aprons for themselves
In the sixth grade the first work
was model kitchen apron theh
sewing aprons for themselves Az
present they are learning to patch,
first a model patch. then the mending
of garment brought from home.
In the seventh grade the prepara-
tory work was hemming. patching
and darning, and now the girls are
j. working on their cooking uniforms,
: The domestic science period OF the
, eighth grade is devoted TO cooking
The Introductory lessons consisted
Of learning the use and names OF the
Kitchen utensils, tables and rules Tor
measuring. and rules for personal
cleanliness Then the preparation o.
simple foods such as potatoes, rice,
macaroni, etc Now they are studying
\ batters and doughs.
\ In the high school the course II
j elective. AT present ten are taklnt
the work to which five double pc
RODS week are given, two in sew
o ing and three in cooking. Up TO tn
present time the following have beel
studied. Preservation of fruit car
ming and jelly-making, cooking 9
starchy foods, batters and dough
es and meats.
in In sewing the girls had patchln
ad and darning and they have mac
rs, their cooking uniforms. Now the
S. are making andergarments for thei
Vo' selves.
nd The question is often asked, ~'Wh
do YOU do with what you COOK
Of The girls work Individually prepa
uel ing only small fraction OF reciI
W. For example, in studying the pota
The each girl prepares one potato OF
nal making muffins each mixes ehou
ody batter to make one muffin. There
his never any trouble in disposng OF
sample.
The chief benefit derived from =
course lies not so much in the We
accomplished in the daily lessons
In the interest aroused in the W.
an itself, which should prove OF sr
M importance 10 the girls in after
W. The parents and friends are ur
to visit the classes at work and
be welcomed By Miss Augusta ia
the teacher.