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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-05-01
TRUE HAPPINESS.
1t Depends More on Attachments Than It
Does OH Possessions.

IL DepenuS more on Aftainment5 Than 1t
Does on Possessions.
Possessions are not so valuable as
attainments; yet they are more gen.
orally desired. Possessions are what
come to man. Attachments are what
man comes to. A man may inherit
possessions; but his attainments are CT
his own securing. Possessions are
quite likely to prove Il hindranco tc a
ans progress; but man can ncver
have attachments without making prog
ross in spite OF hindranccs. Yet how
many there arc who crave possessions,
willis they do not crave attainments.
A man may make attachments even
though he has possessions; but he will
be an exception to tho general rule il
he does So In recent biographical
sketch OF a man who had ample pos
sessions, both pccuniary and intel
lectual, yet who died without making
his mark in the world, the writer SAYS
OF him: ''Those who knew him best
will, think, agree with me in pro-
nouncing him remarkable man; al
though it is difficult to point to any
thing that he accomplished which would
justify the epithet. This lack of ac-
complished deeds may in part be ex-
planned by the circumstances Of his
life. He was the only son of parents
enjoying pecaniary ease, and, as he
never married, he lacked that potent
stimulus to effort 49, necessity" He
was, in fact, Il man Of possessions rather
than OF attachments; and his posses
sions stood in the way Of his attain
ments. And he was typical man 80
far. II man has no possessions. lot
him understand that he can have at
tainments, which are far better II he
has possessions, let him feel that he
ought TO have attainments; and that he
must secure them in spite Of the sad
hindrance of his possessions. S. s.
Times.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-05-01
Governor Stevenson.

The Carson Appeal has the following
relative to the Kentuck suit, in which
Governor Stevenson is the defendant,
and which involves. among other mat
tern, the honor aud honesty of the Chief
Magistrate of Nevada. 1t snys:
'In this suit some very damaging
charges have been made affecting the
integritygof oul Governor. which It be-
hoove" him to fully disprove.
The Appeal hopes, for the sake of
the people of Nevada, TINT the Gover-
nor, on behalf OF his constituents, will
clear himself of these charges and show
clean record Of his trans actions.
1t il clnimed TINT he made false
representations of the condition of the
Kentuck, in order to secure from the
stockholders tho Keutack securities NJ
figures much below their va.ue, aud
that he managed the affairs Of the Com
pany in such way rs to deErnud tie
stockholders out Of the jnst returns
from their invest ment
IF he is guilty Of these transactions,
he is unworthy to occupy The highest
position in the State, aud il these
charges have been Dnde with view of
injuring his character, the inttigntors
OF them ought t. Ge brought to justice
for their acts"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-05-01
MISCELLANEOUS.

Under the law Of Canada II you
drop letter into the box unstamped,
or wrongly addressed, or want to
change it for any reason. no postal
official has the power to return it to
you, no matter if you are the Governor
General.
Since all Indian tribes were placed
on reservations drunkenness has be-
come the prevalent vice; and it is a
rare thing to find an Indian, old or
young, who has any thing to buy whisky
with, who isn't drunk four-ffths of tho
time.
"A little girl recently asked Wash
ington bookseller if he had book en-
titled Robson and Crane" Being
questioned about the book she said:
"Why, it's all about two men that were
shipwrecked on an island all alone one
Friday"
The greatest known depth of the
ocean is midway between the Island of
Tristan d'Acunha and the mouth of the
Rio do la Plata. The bottom was there
reached at depth of 10, 236 feet, or
eight and three-fourth miles, exceed
ing by more than 1900 feet the height
of Mount Everest, the loftiest mountain
in the world.
"A determined girl near Owings-
vile, Ky, eloped in an old calico drc9s
and without any head covering, her
father having hidden her clothes to
prevent a runaway marriage. After
riding eighteen miles on horseback she
was accommodated by friends with
suitable clothing and the knot was
then tied.
The New York Times says that the
EifIel tower bears q strong resemblance
to the electric light tower at He'll Gate
or the elevator tower at Coney Island.
Imagine, says the Times, that frame
work of iron twice as high as the
Washington monument. of thick iron
beams, and with it's four corners far
ing or "battering" outward near the
ground, and you have the Tour Eiffel.
1t is still the law in Scotland that
any one convicted of high treason shall
be drawn on u hurdle to the place of
execution. and there be hanged by the
neck until he is dead, and that after
ward his head shall be severed
from his body, and his body divided
into four quarters, to be disposed of as
the Crown shall think fit; it is, how
ever, within the power Of the Crown to
modify the sentence. In England be-
heading and quartering have been
abolished. The last man beheaded in
Scotland was Wilson, the reformer,
August 80, 1920.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-05-01

The lady whose portrait will be
found above is the wife of toe Press
dents private Secretary and according
to all accounts very agreeable lady.
She has been married about nineteen
Years and has one child, daughter,
seventeen years old. The position,
which her husband occnpies also gives
to her n certain prominence in society
rs shs is CT course brought into close
personal contact with the Presidential
family. All the world knows how we'll
the Lamont family stood i'll the estima-
ton of society, md the Hnlforls, or
Their Mrs. Hnford, will no doubt also
play q conspicuous role in the social life
Of Washington.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-05-01

Ely News: Tnerc tx now Mt the
County Hospital m"u who fcnr or five
years ago nude raise Of SlU. 600 by u
mining sale III II mighburtug camp.
This money. with nuy k,ni OF p,ud, nee,
ougi to make man indigo dent for
lite bht in this onsc It Seems TO hnyo
been curse instcah OF y blpssiug
and only hustvhel the ruin il its pos
ssBsnr.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-05-01
Where Did rhcy Diet tho rovycr2

A bill passed the last Legislature
authorizing the b. ard of Capitol Com
IniBsionsrs 10 erect nh electric light on
tie dome of the Capitol The Bonrd
hue now concluded to erect four lights
on the grounds instcnd Of ono on the
dome. Wonder where they got power
to change the plans ns specified in the
law.--[ Elko Free Press.
Why, you dear, simpls Senator, do
you not know .bat Ncvndn cxrcuti ve
Officers are expected to obey The law
only when it is made to suit them2-
White PiTe News.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-05-01
DFnybng.

Now that Spring has opened and the
town needs cleaning up, the old. pioneer
drayman, George Dexter, is prepared to
clonn up and cart away all accumulated
rubbish at reasonable prices. Those
desiring my services will please leave
orders ut tho Humboldt House.
A3B. GEORGE DRKTBa.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-11-11
Gun Accidents.

On Sept. 20 Middletown, New
York, farmer, while carrying his gun
through hallway, muzzle pointed
toward his stomach, accidentally
struck the hammer against a chair,
the gun exploded, and the man died
almost instantly. On the following
day, as two Pennsylvania sportsmen
were returning from a rabbit shoot
ing expedition, one of them carrying
his gun aimed square at the neck of
his comrade in front, the arm was
accidentally discharged and the vic
tim instantly killed. Last week a
young man of Yonkers was shooting
in the suburbs. Walking up to re-
trieve a bird, he found it not quite
dead, and hit it with the butt of his
gun; the second barrel exploded,
filling him full of shot; he died a few
days after. These are specimens of
frequent firearm casualties. They
are all the results of foolish careless
ness; they are the stern penalties
paid for violation of the rule never to
point gun at ones own person nor
at the person of another-a rule so
imperitive, so simple and so easily
remembered and observed, that there
is no room for eXcusing its neglect.
That the rule is violated one has only
to read the newspapers to learn; for
the name is legion of those who poke
their guns at others, pull them to-
ward themselves, and point them
around promiscuously, as if they
were some harmless variety of the
big-headed canes carried by small
headed dudes. The hopelessness of
it all is that these people are, in
most instances, grown-up men, but
individuals who for all their years,
have not arrived at the age of dis
cretion in handling deadly weapons,
and never will; they are past re-
proof and instruction, and as fast as
they accidentally kill themselves and
their fellows their ranks and the sup
ply of their victims will be filled by
others like them.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-11-11

and third swung over one of the
main beams of the roof.
/ looked curiously, and saw the
eyes turn and the head move. ssWhv,
that is child !" | cried in astonish-
ment.
'sWhat else should it be?" the
mother asked.
| went up to the little figure which
hung from the wall and inspected it
more closely. On nearer view /
was impressed by the extreme untidi-
ness of the little creature. | could
not resist asking if the mother often
washed these swaddled babies
"Washed y almost shrieked the
mother. 'sWashed what, wash a
baby? You would kill it -
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-11-11
"My daughter murmured Mrs

Crampfort tenderly.
81 had lost my fan in the ante
room, and came back to get it, >
whispered Olivia. ooh, how glad [
am that l paused at the sound of
your voices Dearest mother, l know
how to cherish and love you now. [
have been wild and wilful, but it has
been for the last time. Take me to
your heart, mother. Love me, for
indeed, love YOU
When Edward Crampfort re-enter-
ed the library, he found Olivia kneel
ing at Madeline's side, with her head
resting on her step-mother's lap, while
Madeline's jewelled fingers strayed
slowly through the young girls gold
en- hair. He paused in establishment
but his wife looked up with a radi
ant smile, saying:
s'Dear Edward, / have found
daughter. She has called me moth
err at last
For Madeline's affection had con-
quered finally.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-11-11
Every man ought to try to draw lie

Every man ought to try to draw les
sons from what he sees and hears.
Like the bee gathering honey from
the flowers, we should gather wisdom
from all which the mind could light
on. And God has made the world so
this is possible. One who observes
thoughtfully will find emblems all
around him. Just as mirrcr gives
your image, SO all material things
the cloud, the tree, the leaf, the
floating atom and revolving world
give back spiritual meaning and
speak to us in parallels. The sun
it is an emblem of the great Sun of
Righteousness. The rock-it is the
emblem of Gods eternity. The with
cred leafs an emblem of human
hope when sin has blighted it. The
dying year-it speaks as Fremont
tor of departing life. The ripe har-
vest-it is waving parable to teach
men that what man sows that shall
he also reap, and that rich beyond
thought is the final reward of him
who sows seeds for the harvest in
heaven.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-11-11
The Success of the Mexican Presi-
dent

ne three men VINO nave most ue-
cidedly and most benefcially mould
ed the affairs of Mexico have been
Hidalgo, who led the revolt against
Spain Juarez, who led the move
ment that eliminated in the establish
ment of a liberal constitutional re-
public; and Diaz, who has made this
constitutional republic practical
working success. Any student of
history will understand that in this
scheme of work Diaz has performed
the most difficult part. Hldalgo and
Jaurez had to operate with, and at
the same time had to sustain, an eX-
cited popular sentiment that needed
only direction in order to accomplish
the work in hand, for each was
leader in a profoundly popular cause.
In the case of Diaz precisely the re-
verse of this encouraging condition
of affairs has obtained. His work
has been the more difficult one of
soothing people excited by more
than half century of civil warfare.
of establishing wholesome but irk-
some restraints by enforcing obedi-
ence to laws which to considerable
portion of the younger men of Next
co practically were unknown, and at
the same time he has been forced to
solve problem in political finance
that man bred statesman and
financier, still more man bred
simply soldier, very we'll might have
regarded as hopelessly insoluble. A
great part of this most difficult task,
with the assistance of the able men
whom he has drawn around him as
councillors, he already has accom-
plished, and what remains to be done
almost will come of itself from the
sheer momentum of the reforms which
he has set in motion, and from the
long period during which
he has secured to the country try the
blessing of profound peace. For the
first time since the revolt of 1910 the
men of Mexico now between thirty
and forty years of age-the class that,
being fullest of mental and physical
energy, is the actual motive power in
all countries-have had no opportun-
itv to vent their energies in other than
peaceful ways, and so have acquired
substantial interests, the desire to
protect which is the best possible
guarantee against further civil war.
This wholesome diversion of the en-
ergies of the country into channels of
productive industry-at once leading
to and stimulated by the construction
of an extended system of railway that
has developed abundant resources of
wealth heretofore latent, and that at
the same time has consolidated many
scattered communicating resulted
in giving to the republic a moral and
financial stability and a national
strength such as it never until now
has enjoyed.-Ihomas Il. Jauiner,
IN Harper's Magazine.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-11-11
Jogging his Memory.

A clergyman in Iowa relates the
/ following anecdote, which, as he says
ought to be hint to all couples who
are going to be married. A lady
called upon him and announced her
name as Mrs. NJ, widow living
/ in distant part of the state. Her
husband had been killed in the civil
war, and she had applied for pen
| sion. But it was necessary for her
to prove her marriage. This she had
not been able to do, as her marriage
certificate was lost, and all the wit
nesses except the minister himself
were dead.
She had come a long distance to
get the minister's evidence, insisting
upon it that he was the person who
had performed the ceremony.
"But l do not remember anything
about it, madam said the minister,
after listening carefully to the wo-
mans story. 81 have married hun
dreds of people in the last twenty
years, and l cannot recall your case
at ALL
"Why you must remember that
evening. | wore travelling suit,
and my husband was tall man with
black whiskers."
81 have married great many tall
men with black whiskers.'
"But don't you remember, we
came in while you were at supper,
and you asked us to walk in the par
lor few minutes?''
81 don't remember it,"
"Don't you recall how my hus-
band was very much embarrassed,
and during the ceremony knocked a
vase off the table near which we were
standing? And then he apoligized
right in the middle of the service,
and we all laughed about it after
ward"
81 don't remember even that.
Other things like it have happened
since. Can't you name something
else?"
Other little things were mentioned,
and the clergyman hunted up all his
old letters and journals in hopes of
discovering something that would re-
call the ceremony and enable him
truthfully to identify the widow. But
all in vain.
Finally the lady, with some hesita-
ton and confusion, said: 'sThere is
one thing that am sure you cannot
have forgotten. My husband had
driven over from the next town. In
his Observation-Disclosures he had left
every cent of money at home.
Now don't you remember that af
ter the ceremony he came up to you
as if to hand you the regular fee, and
then, instead of doing that, he STAN
mered and blushed, and finally asked
you to lend him five dollars with
which to pay his hotel bill, promising
to return the money next day. Sure
ly you must remember that!'
"Ah, yes, indeed, | remember
that very we'll p exclaimed the min
lister. And he could not help adding
81 haven't received the money yet"
The widow received her pension
shortly afterward, and not long after
that the minister received ten dol
lar bill, with these words: Payment
for good memory. . Youths Com
pdnion.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-11-11

EXERCISE IN PRONUNCIATIoN.- The
provost rode to the frontier on his
palfrey. There he saw the Bedouins,
who are nomads, leading after docile
donkeys across the desert. His pur-
pose was to gather pollen from the
feur-de-lis to feed his pet plover,
Did you hear the fulsome speeches
and loud huzzas of the truculent
Hussars?
The magi gave the baton to the
apostle who lived in squalor.
The viscount wanted a change of
venue in his trial for conduct of re-
voting character while in the Levant
visiting his aunt, last autumn.
After the melee the Khedive went
leisurely out and shot the petrol.
The denudation of the demesne
went on without molestation.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-11-11

A singing mouse has domesticated
itself in a hardware store at Barnes
vile, Ohio, and is attracting great
deal of attention. The little fellow
is remarkably talented songster, and
his thrills and warblings would rival
those of canary, while he also pos
sesses much of the initiative genius
of the mocking-bird, in that he often
breaks out in the full. round notes of
many of our songbirds. The rodent
prodigy of song keeps up an almost
constant warbling or thrilling, and is
having a large number of people to
hear him, who wonder at his strange
and wonderful accomplishments.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-11-11

Men are often heard saying that their aspirations
are high but every time they cough their go
towards the earth, with indications that they will
follow them soon, unless they wise enough to
take DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup in time
'Adam, the goodliest of men since born,' -
still could not be called exactly enviabe, for when
he titled the ground in the dewy twilight and caught
a sharp touch of rheumatism, he had no Salvation
Oil for his cure, and no 25 cents to try it.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-11-11
The Minister'S Daughter.

In the Minister'S morning sermon,
lie told of the primal fall,
And how henceforth the wrath ofGod
Rested on each and all.
And how of his will and pleasure,
All souls, save a chosen few,
Were doomed to eternal torture,
And held in the way thereto.
Yet never, by Faiths unreason,
santlier soul was tried,
And never the harsh old lesson
A tenderer heart belied.
And after the painful service,
On that pleasant, bright first day,
He walked with his little daughter
Thro' the apple bloom of May.
Sweet in the fresh green meadow
Sparrow and blackbird sung;
Above him their tinted petals
The blossoming orchard hung.
Around, on the wonderful glory,
The minister looked and smiled;
''How good is the Lord, who gives us
These gifts from His hand, my child.
"Behold in the bloom of apples,
And the violets in the sward,
A hint of the old lost beauty
OF the Garden of the Lord
Then upspake the little maiden,
Treading on snow and pink,
sob father! these pretty blossoms
Are very wicked l think.
''Had there been no garden of Eden,
There never had been fall,
And if never Il tree had blossomed,
God would have loved us ALL"
"Hush child" the father answered,
''By his decree man fell;
His ways are in clouds and darkness
But He doeth all things well.
"And whether by His ordaining
To us cometh good or ill,
JOY or pain, or light or shadow,
We must fear and love him still-'
''Oh. fear Him." said the daughter,
,'And L try to love HIM, too;
But wish He were kind and gentle,
hlnd ana loving as you.
The minister groaned in spirit,
AS the tremulous lips of pain,
And wide, wet eyes uplifted,
Questioned his own in vain.
Bowling his head, he pondered
The words of his little one.
Had he ,rred in his life long teachings,
Had he wrong to his Master done?
To what grim and dreadful idol
Had he lent the hottest name?
Did his own heart, loving and human,
The God of his worship shame?
And 10! from the bloom and greenness,
From the tender skies above,
And the face of his little daughter,
He read a lesson of love.
No more as the cloudy terror,
OF Sinai's mount of law,
But as Christ in the Syrian lilies
The vision of God he saw.
And as when, in the clefts of IIoreb,
OF old was His presence known,
The dread, ineffable glory
Was infinite goodness alone.
Thereafter his hearers noted
In his prayers tenderer strain,
And never the message of hatred
Burned on his lips again.
And the scofling tongue was prayerful,
And the blinded eyes found sight,
And hearts, as flint aforetine,
Grew soft in his warmth and light.
j G. Whit
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-11-11
Epoch.

The transition from long, lingering and painful
sickness robust health marks epoch in the life
of the individual. Such a remarkable event is
treasured in the memory and the agency whereby
the good health has been attained is gratefully
blessed Hence it is that much is heard in praise
of Electric Bitters- So many feel they owe their
restoration to health, to the of the Great Alter
alive and Tonic If you troubled with any dis
ease of Kidneys, liver stomach. of long shor
standing you will surely find relief by of Elec
trio Bitters. Sold at soc. and 81 per bottle at H.
Pierce's drug store.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-11-11

There is more fruitful source of disease than
vitiated blood. 1t involves every organ and func-
ton of the body, and if not Immediately corrected
by the of Ayers Sarsaparilla, sooner or later
leads to fatal results. Be warned in time.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-11-11

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria,
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-11-11

1t is not the opinions of others that
displease US, but the peftinacity they
display in obtruding them upon US.
-FlOubeTt.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-11-11

SToCK-OwNERs, ATTENTIoN!-pon't forget that
one pound of Weare's Condition Powders is worth
| Eve of any other kind. Sure for worms. Sold
| by H. C. Pierce. Weare's Sure Cure for Heaves is
the only thing known that will cure. Sold by II.
! C. Pierce. Weares Poultry Powder is sure cure
for chicken cholera and roup, and greatly improves
their laying qualities. 1t beats the world. Sold by
| III. G. Pierce.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-11-11
IN OK E M ALL

we have n full line or the
aOOVe-nannod shoe 5c111p
water PROOF they arc the
best made for c1111C11.o11sss ra1I
ana winter VICAR
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-11-11

See what the well-known manager of excursions
to Washington, California, and the White Mount
lans, 1. A. Whitcomb, says: have never had any
thing do me so much good your Sulphur Bitters
1t is the best spring medicine ever used. would
advise all who suffer from biousness and dyspep
STA to Sulphur Buffers, for know they cured