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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-10-28
3 Iictting PropoSItion.

4 citizen OF this town, who desires to
inycat $3.50 which he won on Glove.
lands election four years ago, makes
the following proposition: Twenty-Five
dollars that Cleveland will cnrIy Indi-
Rnn; So that he will carry New Jersey !;
$50 that he will carry Connecticut; $50
that he will carry New York. and 500
that lie will be clected.--[ Silver State.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-10-28
vcrtcd.

c. +. .McGIa'han, Of the Truckce Re.
publican aud q member OF the { lliiornia
Legislature, Sc. out to stump Cali
fornin in the interest of Harrison and
Morton. lie has been an ardent Anti
Chinese orator, and the passage OF the
Chinese Exclusion bill, which was intro
duced nt the instance OF the President,
changed him, aud hc is nov stumping
the Golden State for Cleveland and
Thurman Silver st ttc.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-10-28
False prctciiGCs.

The Icpuhlicnns nrc tying TO force
Themselves TO tho front ns the friends
OF the workingIHcn. An eight-hour law
WAS passed by Congress years ngc. bG,
until Secretary Whitney "f tho Navy
Department enforced i. in the Govern.
mcnl establishments undor his control
ihet law was dcnd letter. The super.
intcnicnts of tho navy yards disregard.
cd il. nnl the Republican majority in
Congress successfully opposed the
passage Of joint resolutions making i,s
observance mandatory. Mr. Levi p.
Morton, Republican nominee FOR Vice.
President. wher q member Of Congress,
twice voted against measures to enforce
Che oight.hour lNw.--L Virginia Chroni.
clio.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-10-28

In 1876 when len Harrison was boat.
on by "Biuc Jeans" Williams in the
race for Governor Of Indiann, lIIrrison
was designated Ivy workingmcn ns u
"kid glove nristocrnt," and il is not
probable that hc Inns gained in tho cs.
tocm Of the "horny handed sous OF
toll" since. The toiling thousands In
Indiana will not vote for Harrison for
President.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-10-28

"lf il were not for them (tbo Irish
we would not ucod hnlf onr pcnitcn-
tiurics. They nrc only good to shove
dirt and grade railways. for which they
receive moro thun they are worth, as
they are no acquisition to tho American
people f Gen. Ben lIarrison's speech
nt Durlcy Hall, Bloomington, Illinois,
Nov. 2. 1876.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-10-28
TO Visit EIkO.

Mr and Mrs. J. 4. Miller leave in
the morning for Battle Mountain. Tie
former will cnnvnss the North End. ns
the Democratic nominee for County
C'crk, VIII H. the latter Wi continue
east to Eiko. to visit her brother, who
is G umty Clerk Of Elko. They will re-
tusa hero next wcek.-[ Austin Royeillc
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-10-28
Wlln Ecmhcr.

'GcnomD Harrison is both the uommrl
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-10-28

Following is tho report Of Tie Hunt.
ington Valley school for tho month ond.
ing Oct. 10, 1888:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-08

: The huge palm trees on the Saunders
place on San Pedro street have long
been a source of admiration to thou
sands of people. They were there long
before the present occupant took pos
session, and are estimated to be from
sixty-five to seventy-fve years old. The
diameter of the largest is fully four feet
and the height over sixty feet, while
the bodies of all rise like well-rounded
pillars symmetrically formed for forty
feet or more to the well proportional
but not wide-spreading tops. Recently
Mr.. Saunders disposed of three of them
to the Southern Pacific Company for
characterization of their spacious grounds
surrounding the Wolfskill station. The
work of removing the first of these
stately trees has been successfully ac-
complished, requiring the carrying
along of a body of earth ten feet
square and six feet deep, attached to
and surrounding the roots. The APP
paratus for removal is similar to that
used in transferring buildings, and
when the tree was properly placed
upon it in an upright position it was
moved along without the use of guy
ropes to steady it until its place of de-
posit was reached. A well is situated
between where this tree, stood and two
others known as the twins, and the
roots of the trees penetrated the well
at a depth of twenty feet or more
Los AngeleS Express.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-08
DOES WEALTH CORRUPT ?
walter Scott's Theory That Saving, Not
Getting, Is the Mother of Riches.

Getting, Is the Mother OF Riches.
Wealth is said to corrupt our species.
We do not believe it. Wealth is one
of the great civilizers of man. Wealth
corrupts when it is suddenly got, or
unjustly distributed; when, owing to
mOnopolies or entails, or some other
barbarous system, it is prevented from
diffusing itself naturally and justly.
But where all have an equal chance;
where all start nearly even; where all
have certain degree of instruction to
begin with; where superior skill and
virtue alone give one man an advan-
tage over another, there wealth is an
unmixed blessing.
We ought to rejoice that the desire
Of wealth is so universal and so strong.
1t keeps the vast machinery of the
world going. 1t has suggested the
most benefcent enterprises and the
most useful improvements. We owe to
it the fact that man who can earn one
dollar day can be better lodged, bet
ter fed, Letter clothed, better taught,
than kings and mobiles could five hum
dred years ago.
Sir Walter Scott truly says that saw
ing, not getting, is the mother of
riches. This truth is wonderfully il
Illustrated in the history of some families
once poor but now noted for their
wealth.
John Jacob Astor had brother, not
so well known as himself, but who
possessed in an eminent degree the pc
culiar characteristic of the family-the
art Of saving money. 1t is told of him
by an old New Yorker, that intending
to operate upon the feelings of an &C
quaintance Of whom he was about to
make some purchases, he gave to the
son OF the latter, who was playing
about the store entrance, bright
penny. The trade having been con-
cluded, the thrifty Astor said to the
little fellow: johnny, you've played
NIT the penny long enough; give it
back to me-
Johnny, much surprised and not q
little disheartened, handed over the
penny, and Aston, depositing it in his
| pocket, walked Off He became very
rich man.-N. Y. Ledger.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-08

after all. "Thank heavens" he muttered
to himself, and for the first time since he
heard of Robert Oswald's death he felt
really easy in his mind.
"My good madam" he said, in his usual
tone of gruff determination, 'your son
sought me voluntarily. He had ample value
for what he sold me. l have nothing more
to say on the matter, and l must wish you
goodnight"
But have something more to say to
you,n said the lady, who rose from her
chair at the same time that he did. "Had
you given me the twenty pounds I would
have been content to let you go in peace.
As it is you must hear why you are the
proper person to pay for the funeral of my
SON. Come here; have something to tell
you which you will remember to the last
day of your life. SEQ"
She threw open the folding doors that
separated the drawing-room from bed
room which was brilliantly lighted with
candles. On the bed lay the body of Robert
Oswald. His mother went round and stood
at the far side of the bed, facing Heath,
who advanced little way into the inner
room as if he were drawn by spell.
Snow, sir, she exclaimed, do you rec og.
nize mes"
81 can't say do, madam" said Heath,
whose eyes were fixed on the face of the
corpse, and who hardly looked at her.
'"Twenty-two years make difference, no
doubt" she said, as she removed a scarf
which was tied round her head and let her
long auburn hair fall about her shoulders.
snow, Philip Arnott, look at me again and
see if you recognize the face of the wife
whom you forced to leave you. Look on
that bed and see if you recognize your own
features in the face of your dead son."
"My sonP' exclaimed Heather Arnott,
as he really was.
'Yes," said his wife, sit is not many DAYS
since, by an accident, 1 found out that you,
whom l knew to have ruined him and from
whom 1 tried to save him, were also his
father. When you forced me to fly from
youtwenty-two years ago l found protec-
tor for myself and child. We went to
America, where we lived for years as man
and wife. In an evil hour we came back to
England. God or fate brought your son
and you together-the little darling child
| whom you used to nurse on your lap-the
| little child who used to pull your whiskers
and throw his arms around your neck. You
| loved him, though you did not love me; but,
oh, see-there is the rosultI
| For moment Arnott, who was deadly
pale, looked in her face and uttered one
word, "Alice" Then he looked at the
corpse again, and said mechanically, as his
eyes were riveted on it, Bob"
eyes, Bob and Alice" cried his wife
''You recognize US now; but what is the
MATTER"
Philip Arnott was swaying from side to
side. Suddenly he fell senseless on the
| floor. 1t was many hours before he showed
any signs of returning consciousness, but
when he did so he was in a state of idiocy, in
which condition he remained until he died.
about three months afterward AS he had
made no will his property was divided under
the statute of distributions. l have only
to add that Alice Arnott succeeded as his
widow, to her share Of the property, and re-
turned to america shortly after his DEATH
BeEgrd,6n
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-08
Curiosities of Plant Life.

In some parts of Nevada is curious
plant called the Angry tree" 1t is
q native of Australia, and somewhat
resembles the century plant. It's name
is due to its apparent vexation at being
disturbed. When transplanted each
separate leaf stands up in different
direction, like quilts on d porcupine or
hairs on the tail ofan angry cat. At such
times it gives forth an unpleasant odor,
like that Of rattlesnake when leased,
and sometimes it is fully an hour be-
fore its leaves resume their natural
condition. Another curiosity in the
plant world is peculiar kind Of weed
which grows in the Arkansas valley.
1t is shaped like bell, and varies in
size from one foot or less in diameter
to five or six feet, some specimens be-
ing as tall as man. When ripe these
balls snap of their stems and go tum-
bling over the prairies with every
gust of wind. They present very
strange appearance, and in the distance
hunters have mistaken them for bisOns
Often they come bounding along in
hundreds upon the hunters, who are
compelled to crowd upon the ground to
escape being hurt.-St. Louis GLOBE
Democrat,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-08
TIE FRIEND OF AGES AGO.

''Should auld acquaintance be forgot?"
Yes, if you'd just as lief as not.
JOHN PAUL.
There are several things that trouble ones age
And work tor man much woe,
Such as gout-and doubt-debts that will run,
And rhyme that will not flow.
But when all has been said, do we not most
dread,
OF the many bores that we know,
That ubiquitous ban, the woman or man,
Who knew one ages ago?'
In youth-you were young; and foolish perhaps
You firted with high and with low,
Had one love on the hill and one down by the
mill .-.~-r-.,-
Yet never were wicked, ali, no!
And this friend knew you in q far-away way,
In a way that was only so, So
Just enough to give hue to the cry about you:
so, knew him ages ago"
You are married now and quite circumspect,
Your pace like your speech, is slow;
You tell in a bank, keep silent in church,
Are one it is proper to know;
But this vigiant friend will never consent
That your virtues upchallenged shall go
Though she never demurs, but only AYERS
That she knew you lagos ago"
And sure am that II ever win
To the place where hope to 60
To sit ameng saints-perhaps the chief
In raiInent rs white snow.
Before and busy among the blest-
Perhaps in the selfsame row
/ shall find my ban, this woman or man,
Who knew me lagos ago"
Ard shall hear the voice I so oft have heard
DO you think it is sweet and low?-
As it whispers still with accent shrill
The refrain that so well l know:
so, you needn't be setting much store by him,
This new angels not much of a show,
He may fool some saint who isn't acQuaint-
But knew him lagos ago!''
Charles Henry Webb, in Century.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-08
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

"A man is judged by the clothes
that he wears at business and a woman
by the clothes that she does not wear
in the ball room.-Merchant TraUeler.
1t takes philosophy to make man
happy in this world. If he can't get
philosophy a couple of hundred thou
sand dollars will generally do.-Jour-
nal of Education.
"A cynical man says that there are
two occasions when he would like to be
present.. Onei when the gas company
pays its water bill; the other is when
the water company pays its gas BILL
T'eras Siftjngs.
1t Is said that in some parts of
Africa there are birds with bills yard
in length. Those who believe in the
TRANSPORTATION of souls will at once
jump to the conclusion that they are
plumbers in transit. -Burlington Free
Press.
Square & Co. of Peoria
write that mistake of $40 was made
in the footing OF their last bill. and
they inclose a check for the amount
Employer-"Al right, send receipt;
but we must look out for that firm
hereafter. They're too honest. -
Epoch.
Joseph Cook writes that every
man should spend one dollar on mis-
sions for every five dollars that he
spends on himself. Fogg says that
this is the strongest argument for
economy in ones personal expenses
that he remembers ever to have seem
Boston Transcript.
What in the world, john asked
his wife, Ibid you open that can of
tomatoes with?" "Can-opener, of
course" he growled; what do you
s'pose 1 opened it withP" 81 thought,
from the language you used, you were
opening it with prayer. Life.
Mr.. McDude-"What wonderful
thing is space, Miss Ethel! The i'm
mensity of it quite fills my BRAIN"
Miss Ethel (sarcastically) $50 1
should imagine, Mr. McDude, from the
nature OF your conversation" And q
blizzard stood between them during the
remainder OF the voyage.-Ocean.
What this country wants." said
| the man who talks politics on the street
car, "is men who are not afraid to meet
their Obligations" Then he noticed
that in the crowd the conductor had
overlooked him, and he dropped off
the car block away from his destina-
ton for fear the error would be dis
covered, -BufaIo Express.
"A Waterbury woman missed 81 900
her husband sent her to put in safe
place, and instead of advertising her
loss in the local papers she went to bed
and dreamed where her money was con-
cealed. This may be cheaper than adj
vertising, but ii everybody was to re-
sort to dreaming for the recovery of
lost articles it would be pretty rough
on the newspapers.-N0 TrisUiIe Herald.
-''Ma, demonstrated Bobby, "when
l was at grandma's she let me have two
pieces OF pie" ''Well, she ought not
to have done so, Bobby" said his moth
er. II think two pieces of pie are too
much for little boys. The older you
| grow, Bobby, the moro wisdom you
will gain" Bobby was silenced, but
only for a moment "Wen, ma" he
said, grandma is good deal older
than you are. Christian Advocate.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-08
SMALL-FRUI7 CULTURE.
Following Natures Methods of Manuring
and Mulching.

Following Natures Methods OF Manuring
and Mulchng.
To preserve moisture and GOODNESS
in the soil is prime necessity in small
fruit culture. In my experience find
manure and Substituting of decidedly
secondary Importance. These fruits
do not draw hard on those manurial
elements which are necessary for full
crops of cereals, and they don't require
and don't like to be pushed into rapid,
succulent, tender growth, like most
vegetables. | have, for several years,
looked rather to Natures own process
of culture than to any theories of mans
device; for these are continually trip
ping while Natures growths are every
where healthful and strong where not
interfered with by man or his domestic
animals. Nature does not pillow except
by means of the frost, nor manure ex-
cept with the leaves and other wastes
of growth, and with the slow weather.
ings of the rocks.
| have been initiating this simple
course. The raspberry rows that have
been kept mulched for five or six years,
mostly with their own prunnings,
sheared off in lengths straight enough
to lie close and fiat, have done admira-
ably well without any tillage, more
than now and then here and there to
scuffle out incipient weeds, of which
there are almost none, and redundant
suckers which are rubbed out as soon
as they show their noses. Quite
layer of black mold has already accu-
INFLATED on the surface, and, without
any digging or Substituting at all, the
growth is so strong that Cuthberts
become top-heavy, and many canes
grow too large to mature well, and |
am giving precedence to the trim, erect,
clean, well-ripening Marlboro.
| treat strawberry beds quite SINH
larly, using no raw stable manure, I
Introduce no weed seeds and | take
care to grow none of my own. mulch
well before Christmas with tan or
l>aw-dust which, remaining on the
top, does not sour but in one year be-
comes so carbonized as to do no APP
parent harm if dug into the soil. One
bed of Cumberland has not been dug or
replanted for eight years, and is now
as well set with strong, healthy-looking
plants as most others. AS soon as
practicable after picking is over, the
old exhausted plants are chopped out
and their runners thinned to eighteen
or twenty inches apart. This is heroic
work, and seems to leave nothing but
devastation, but it is rapidly done, and
when the autumn rains come strong,
new growth sets in, and l take care
that there is no competing growth.
The soil is mostly clay, some of it
heavy, but this, compact as it gets
under this system of little tillage,
yields quite as well as any Of the mel
lower loan. This method OF culture is
well suited for female fruit growers, as
there is very little heavy labor attend.
ing it, but there is never any lack OF
something to do, except just in the hot
test of the summer and the dead of the
winter. Cor. Rural Nel0 Yorbcg.
"A fact not very well known is that
in theaters lighted by electricity the
managers are by law required to keep
gas always in tirst-class order and oil
lamps ready for immediate lighting.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-08

"A fact not very well known is that
in theaters lighted by electricity the
managers are by law required to keep
gas always in tirst-class order and oil
lamps ready for immediate lighting.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-08

venience. Accordingly she went at once
to the City, where she learned that the two
American railways in which nearly ali bar
money was invested had ceased tn nav
dividends. That, in short, the shares ,vare
almost unstable, as it was highly prohahle
that the concerns would be sold under TO.
closure of mortgages. Mrs. Oswald did all
she could under the circumstances she
gave up her house in Portchester Terrace.
and took lodgings in st. Paul's road cam.
den Town, where she devoted herself IN the
task of nursing her son, who was now fast
sinking in consumption.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-05-12

TIE New York World, discussing Dakota snd its admission, suggested that 6 good rule for the admission of territories would be to examine into the school facilities. whereupou the Omaha R-pubhcsn publishes the following, showing amounts expended for public school: Dakota. sl 9l7 25s; L1uissns, si50 03D; Vrginis, s1 9l7 ,25S; Delaware. S2l5 l6l; " st VI-gIuia, s599. .sS1; South Carolina, s42s.4l9; Georgia, Ss53 80; Tennessee. s1,Oi9 461; Terss. S1 66l.476; Florids, s9359S4; Mississippi. ss72 s2O; Arkansas, s56l 745; Alabama, s5Ss $50: K -ntucky. s7OO,7OO; Maryland, q l745,- 256; North Carolina, s5S5.205. These figures tell their own story, and oom- ment Is unnecessary.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-05-12
The "Pale Faces. "

This is the generic designstion of the
 white race bestowed by cur copper colored brother, the noble savage" The Caucasian, though many shades lighter, is not necessarily psllid. But when his cutjcle hss the psrchment-c'lored tint, sud his cheeks the hollowness indicative of want of bodily stsmins, be we'll de serves the sppellsrien of -pale fsce." |" Tbese facial indiostion should suggest 6 course of Hostestef's Stomach Bitters. an scknovle ised rehabilitation of fsil- Ing strength and renever of bodily sub stance. IL is is derived exclusively from botanic souroes-is pure and efictent It's invisorsting action Is prompt, thor ough and speedily felt. Csu ihe like be said of most tonicsf Scercely. Appe- tite, ss we'll ss the abilisy so satisfy it without subsequent discomfort, is re- neved by it, and tt efsctuslly tones the liver and bovela Ii fortines the system against malaria and rhsumstirm. and remedies servsusness spd kidney com. plaipts-
Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-05-12

THK Illinois State Republican Con.
 vension put Judge Gresham in the iron,
 rsHk of Presidential Candidates. W,
 must have, ssys the resolution endors-
 lag him, sn aggressive not detensiv,
 campaign. For leader in such 8 osm-
 psign We turn with one accord to Wal
 ter Q Gresham. In the opinion of thit
 Convention he is the bsst and most
 available candidate to lead the Repu oli- eau party Co victory in the coming pre- sidennal campaign. By his brave and
 patriotic services in the war for the pr,- ssrvsiion of the Union and the abolition of slavery, Walter Q. Greshsm has won 6 warm place in the hearts of the voluD. teer soldiers and of the emsucipsted race. By his important lsbors in the great Cabinet positions be has demon strsted high qualities ss a statesman. By his unssevering rectiiude on the bench in holding the scsles of justice CD even boise, irrespective of the strength or weakness or wealth or poverty of sui,ors, be has gained the confluence of the people who recognize in him jnst and fearless Judge. and bis whole life from its humble beginning Co his pre- sent high position ss Circuit Judge of the great states of Indiana. Illinois aud Wisconsin, the people have seen in him traits of character resembling those of the immortal Lincoln. We feel COD 6dent thst his nomins stIon for Presiden' by the National Convection will restore he administration to the keeping Of shs Republican party and give the ns- tion President worthy of its origin and history. its traditions and inspirations. We therefore request the delegates from this state Co the National Convention To use all honorable means to secure his nomination.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-05-12

THE bue and cry 10 down Zulick re- suited most dissstrously 10 ibe would be downers. The harmony supposed to have been on tap in back room, sp- pears to have been stolen by the Zuliok gang. ss they evidently swung the big end of the convention. Herndon and Berry ID y be ss reported-anti-Zulick men, but evidently they gre of inst harmless sort, from whom Zulick msy expect ss much support ss sntsgonism The anti z nick resolutions were down. sd beyond the possible hope of resurec- ton, and the home rule SOD thrown 50 tbe suu-Znlicks by the Little Steve" and Jim Coyle" G mbinstior ~ss filling but not satisfying. IL. however. stopped the VT ngle and isnsle for which the convention appears to have been speci- al y noted.