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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-07-24
DECIDEDLY DISCREET.

The Arguments of Man Who Knows a
Good Thing When Ho Secs It
Lazarus Baker, an old negro that is
a prominent feature of the custom
house at Nashville, Tenn, was asked
the other day what he should do ii
war should come up between the
United States and Germany.
"Whut'd do?"
"Yes, what would you dop"
"Well, sab, lemme see." He
scratched his head for few moments,
stuck out his chin and meditatively
rubbed it, and then, slowly shaking
his head, he remarked:
81 amt perpared, sab, ter gin my
'cision on dis yere matter. Dis mat
ter dat comes up an buzz like night
flies in de common whirl O. dis yere
lite can be 'cided on at er few minits'
notice, but when de buzz O. de fly O.
small circumstance gives way ter de
bellowin O. de bull O. heavy 'portance,
wy, den, we needs time"
''Is 1t possible that you would hesi-
tate moment if your country should
need the use of your strong right
armP"
"Oh. de country has had de use O.
my strong right arm, an O. de lef' one,
too, fur some time. rs been handlin'
Gubernment truck fur Ell good many
days, I tell YOU"
You know what mean"
"Oh, yas, sab. Is mighty smart
erbout ketchin' at whut er pusson
means"
"Well, would you, or would you not,
figbtP"
''Lemme tell you-lemme tell you.
Now, ef / wuzter fight an git killed !
.couldn' sarve my country er tall, an
sides dat, Id put my country ter de
trouble o buryin' me, but, gwine on
ez is now, I is O. some use ter my
country-sweeps out de whole O. dis
house ever day-an', sides dat, my
folks will bury me when | dies" "
"You ought to be ashamed to ac-
knowledge that you wouldn't fight for
Government that freed you"
"Lemme see bout dat. It wuz
wrong fur me ter be er slave, want
it?" i
.''Yes, undoubtedly" ...l...
"Ah, hah, an de Guberment acted
right in freein' mop"
lies"
'Wall, den, doan owe de Guber'.
ment any thing. jest bercase dc
Guber' 'ment done right. De Guber'.
ment hiP mo longer ez er slave den il
has kep' me in Office ez er free man. y
''You must acknowledge that yor
are coward" .s.. 80
'Yas, sab, does dat fack, eff ter be
er coward means dat / doan wantel
git hurt. I neber could stan pain
nohow."
Elm the event of war wouldn't you
be willing to go along as Il member oi
the commissary departmentp' l'
''Whut no halter doP" ... %.
"Feed the soldiers" j. =.
'Now you hittin' me--now yor
strike. I'd do dat thing, fur er faclz
an lemme tell you, wnen IL come to-
br'ilin' er piece O. meat, wy, T.
plum da. rs or man O. heap O. skres
sion, but rs er mighty good cook. -
| Arkansaw Traveller.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-07-24
"Old Hickory" Was Tough.

Traveller in 81 sparsely settled region
in Tennessee Coming down with red
eyes to breakfast)--You say, madam,
General Jackson once slept in the bed
occupied last night?
Aged landlady of country tavern
He did, for O fack.
Traveler-Was it-er--the same bed
in nll respects it is nowP
Aged landlady-Jes' the same.
Travelor--And he actually slept in
ftp Sure he sleptp
Aged landlady - Sartiu'. Tbat's
what | wuz sayin'. He slep' ia it.
Traveller (wouderingly)-What o
hide no must have had!--Chicago
Tribune.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-07-24

In the city Of Now York there are
upward Of fifty nblo Methodist preach
er5 who n"e paid less than $500 per
wear II.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-07-24

k0TICE IS uFREBy GIVEN BY ,7RB
~ undersigned, Exccutrix of the Jusl viii
and testament of Joseph Daniel D,lh!ra, do.
ceased. t. khe creditors of. aud aU PcTsonS
having claims against tho said decea, ed, 10
exhibit them with the necessary vouchers.
within ton menths after the Grst qualifications
Of this notice. TO the naLI EnccuiriI as The Of
fee Of Talbot k Warrington. at tho toH.1 NJ
EIko, County Of Elko, STATE Of Novada. fnp
saIuo being her ploco foe the traDsuc i,oo OF
tha business OF satd Ertlte.
KATHERTS NE NJ. DhHMS,
Execdirix Of thr 'nst Viii ard Ts,s.msut II
~ id dsCgIESd.
pats4 GL EIkS, July l. 1859.
Mohave County miner., 1889-03-02
TIME SCHEDULE.

Trains on the Atlantic and Pacific Rail
road are ron on Mountain or Standard Time
Mohave County miner., 1889-03-02
The Bulls Of spsis.

This ailusion to los toros naturally led
TO my asking the impresario II the breeds
had not degcnerated.
Los toros degenerated," he exclaimed;
"Dios mio. son tan bravos como siempre,
los angelistos four bulls, good God, sir,
they are as brave as ever, the little
angels)l One would think you had never
seen bull fight. We have splendid
breeds I'm Northern Spain, in CASTLE and
in Andalusia. The Navarrese bulls Of
Carriquiri are the smallest, but they are
powerful and terribly quick and agile.
They have knack Of jumping over tho
barriers into the sort Of promenade that
runs round the ring between the seats Of
the public and tho ring itself, aud have
often leaped up, as they did at yitoria two
years ago, right In the midst Of the lower
seats, los tcndidos. and caused fnghsful
panics thereby.
"a Navarro bull costs from $3.50 to
$500, to which sum must be added tho
cost Of carriage and many incidental ex.
penses that increase 90 per cent. the origi.
nal price. The Castilian bulls are very
good and cost from $3.50 70 $3.50, excln-
siyo Of incidental expenses. The most
famous breeds in Castillo arc those OF Col.
menar. few loc5lcs from Madrid. In fine
pasture lands. S.:src you can go and pick
put tie animals vli.3 EraZing--that is, IL
you are good rider, for they aro sure to
.haEc any outsider they espy."-Madrid
Cor. Philadelphia Tines. a... .s
Mohave County miner., 1889-03-02
Living Ia.lrely on ,scst.

Dr.. T. w, Greene. writing TO en- English
journal from Moltcyideo. says that fresh
meat forms tho staple article Of diet In q
part Of the province OF Duenos Ayres.
where he lived for four years. Vegetables
aud fruit wero unknown except Tor ons
month In tho autumn. bread could not b
had, and biscuits and farins, o meal made
from nandicca, were too expensive for the
poor. Tho population live entirely on
meat, and drink nothing but the mate Dc
ycrba, bitter kind Of herb. containing
the same ectivo principle % tea and coffee.
IL is not uncommon Tor man 10 eat fouy
or Eve pounds Of meat At meal; bat d.:
Greene thinks IL contains less fhrins and
albumen. and more salts and water, than
English meat. Ho never knew case OF
scuryy, or anything IKE II. during The
four years he practiccd amcnsst tie ~
habitants. Boston Budget.
Mohave County miner., 1889-03-02

acted caution Of the novics, In the valk
Of the detective there was the subtlety Of
OF the man accustomed TO hunt his fsllcw
men.
'Thls Ia Blueblousc, whom We have
heard Of from one lot; this il Redcsp. who
has been seen by another lot. This 10 the
man
He followed that creeping 6gure,
slouching across this road, doubling, wind
Ing, his hand clutching something In his
breast Caulcr followed him from the
Rue NJ. Guillaume to the Quail des Grands
Augustins. across ono Of ths bridges TO
the Cite, from the Cite by another bridge
10 the region of the markets; never lost
sight OF him. yet on tho way contrivcd 10
call In ct station OF night police and 70
enlist q couple OF policemen In the chase.
The three contrivcd TO keep Blueblouse In
sight, wind and double ~ he might;
watched him as be accosted night wan
dercr In a dark alley. and saw her dy
from him. scared at that grim face and
panther teeth under the red cap. They
followed him through the intricacies Of .
labyrinth Of squalid streets which has
long disappeared; saw him stop to speak
to u woman, moro wrctclied perhaps than
she who had fed fron, Linn half an houY
before-sav him bend TO speak TO her q
IL In friendliness, then with q sudden
clutch faSien ono livid hand upon her
throat. while the other hand was thrust
into his breast.
Quick as they were 10 spring upon him,
they were not an instant too soon. An.
other second and that long knife would
have done its deadly work, es II had done
thrice before In the streets Of Paris. The
Chourineur, tho murderer Of the Hue Ste.
Marguerite, the Rue do Ia vieille Lanterns
and the Rue des Fevcs, was found Yes,
this was the solution Of the mystery.
Iiomicidal mania, tho fatal outcome Of Q
brain wrecked by overwork. day labor and
aight labor---tbc too ardent thirst for
knowledge, the too keen ambition TO
achieve. II had needed but spark TO hrs
the brain, and the spark bad been found
In the suggestion Of tho drama at the
Ambigu. Marc Avalon had watched and
broodcd over the play till IL had become
reality TO him, and he had yielded 10 ths
Irresistible impulse that drove him to act
out tho idea In his own person.
He died before tho end Of the year In .
state lunatic asylum. In searching his
laboratory the police found more than one
set Of fangs. carved In ivory, which the
chemist had laboriously fashioned In imi-
tation Of the actors hideous makeup. It
was discovered, too, that he had carried
hisexperiments with the magnesium light.
then little known, far beyond the me.
chanisr1 Of the theatre; but confessions
made by him later 10 the doctors Of ths
asylum revealed that he had firmly be-
lieved In hiB possession OF occult knowl.
edge by which he was able 70 assume dia'
bolical attributes and diabolical power.
Mohave County miner., 1889-03-02
Cost Of Living Abroad.

In England house rent, clothing, and
nearly all the commodities OF life are
cheaper than they are In America Hotel
charges, admission to theatres and rail-
way travelling arc exccptions-rnless you
travel third class There Is talk Of
abolishing the second class and give
people their choice only between first and
third AS II Is. many Of the FIRST class
carriages run empty and only cucumber
the trains. For high charges In French
restaurants and hotels there is good
reason. New York does not appreciate
the great advantages II enjoys In its
abundant and cheap market supplies. In
Paris three francs per pound tsixty cents)
Ii charged for tho same quality Of beef
steak which we buy In New York for
thirty cents. Good coffee In Paris costs
the same price per pound, three francs.
They grow some fruits In France and
England that wc don't raise In tho
north, but on the whole the fruits Of
these two countries will not compare In
abundance and flavor with those pro.
duced even In our northern states only;
and as FOR grapes aud peaches their best
specimens are grown under glass, but IL
must be admitted that no grapes In the
world equal for size and beauty the Eng.
lish hot house grapes. English hot house
peaches are pretty to the eye, but they
lack the juicincss and rich flavor OF the
American peach and their cost is very
great. The nights In England and
France are too rainy for the favorable
production OF fine fruits in the open air.
Retail dealers over there instead Of selling
vegetables and fruit in our rongh-and.
tumble way, by measure, which by It's
very uncertainty Is unsatisfactory both to
selle'. and buyer, sell them by weight or
num5er. potatoes and apples by the
pound, peaches ard large William
pears by tho dozen. p" In Home
Journal.
Mohave County miner., 1889-03-02
PATIENTS.
Caveats and Trade Marks Obtai

and all other business in the u. s. Patent
Office attended TO for MODERATE FEES.
Our Office Ia opposite the U. s. Patent
OfS!ce, and We can obtain Patents in loss
time than those remote from wASHINGs
TON.
Send MODEL OR DRAW WING. We ad-
wise as TO pstentabiiity free Of charge: and
We make NO CHARGE UNLESS WE OBJ
TAIN A PATENT.
We refer here to the Postmaster, the
supt. of Money Order Div, and TO officials
Of the G. y. Patent Office. For circular,
advice. terms and references TO actnai eli
enta Ia, your own State or County, write to
q. A snow Il CO..
Oppo.its Patent Ofios. Washington, u g.
Mohave County miner., 1889-03-02
FORGETTING WRONGS.

soms grave ttsis wsoass On marble; be- more
tist.
escop'd down ssrens and wrots them on the dust;
Trod under foot the sport OF syery wind,
ewept from tho earth and blotted from his fninds
There, secret iEi tbs grave, ko bade them lie,
Ard grissed tissy could NOT escape the Almigbiy's
era
DIR. g. MaGdan
Mohave County miner., 1889-03-02
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Mohave County miner., 1889-03-02

w. II. HEARST, Editor and Prop.
Mohave County miner., 1889-03-02
BOYS g. GIRLS

IF YOU will fend Us the names and post
i Office addrosgsB Of ten persons between
the ages Of fifteen and twenty.fy years,
who would be likely to attend Business
College or a Norrnai School. we will send
You in return All elegantly written personal
letter and fine specimen of off.hand -four.
ishing fresh from the pen; also our new
catalogue and circulars giving information
about our school.
Address TgsASk e. RAMSEY.
Business College and Normal Institute,
STOCKTON, CAL.
Pleass mention this paper.
Mohave County miner., 1889-03-02
WEEKLY EXAMINER

The coming year promises to be crowded
with stirring events.
In the United States the entrance of new
Issues into the political arena has been fol-
lowed by change of Administration. But
the great economic question on which the
campaign turned is still unsettled, and its
solution is now committed TO a Congress
almost equally divided between the two
great parties.
Europe is a vast camp. Army corps pa
troll the frontiers, and millions Of men
await the signal for the most titanic war
the world has ever seen.
The EIAMISER's nevs,gatherirg machin-
cry is unequalied. Its correspondents dot
the Eabitable globe. Nothing can escape
their vigilance, and no expense is spared in
spreading the results of their efforts before
the ExAMIxEH's readers.
The most noted writers of fiction in the
world contribute to the WEEKLY EXAM.
INER. Jules Verne, author Of "A Trip to
the Moon etc (: Robert Louis Stevenson,
| author of "Treasure Island" etc.; Rider
Hsggafd, author of ''She," ETC.; Anna
Katharine Green, author of The Leayen.
worth Case" ETC.; have { II written stories
for the wEEBL EXAEINER, and will do
80 in the future.
THE WEEKLY EXAMINER has estab.
lished en- Agricultural Department, in
charge of practical aGricLlturist. who is
the best writer in the United States on apri-
cultural subjects. This department will
contain sensible discussions of leading
topics of interest to yineyardIst, orcha rd'
lists and farmers generally.
| THE EXAMINERS Commercial News
is complied by experienced men who care.
fully guard the producers interests in all
market reports.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-01-31
10y Uiit.tlc.
BY LYNDA.

sunday at ope clock Mr. W.
Angus and Miss Annie Evans re,
i.rried at the brides fathers M
IL. Evans Esqr. II. 7. Cppelaa.
administering tue holy Ite,
lder brother married an older 81.
sr only = month since. These ar
exceedingly promising marfiag.
aade 10 the inuocc nse Of pure, 10,
fhey are ia every way worthy 81
u such must come The future We.
are of this great Immunity.
There were two cars of t.
ridge compabys train burned 3
'ufords on the siding Sa.ur,ia
a,ght about S O'clock. The VINO
hes vens we're lighted up tor u,li.
aud i, was thought al OF Daior"
,tation was burned up. Rupne'
ome in from miles around to lea
ne extent Of the fire. The gre,
xht must be expisined by the y
.:niar condition OF the clouds 40
| atmosphere it was raising.
The fame OF the running Of IL
FRY branch req fox have Spires
.ver the state A big company
Aaosy county N,mrotis came dow
| .Ddor the captaincy Of Ffsl
uoore and Hunt belefsnt With
,noice dogs. They went 'nts eau
-rd staid all lost week. Tn
I!iiled to catch one OF the red
fhey ran them Till tagged out Al
no. two for trophies.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-01-31
KILLED ON TIE. TRACK.
His Left Leg To-n from His Body

dis 4fSit LES 49, AAoA Ats oeay
| Saturday night party OF three
or foar men. who bad been drink.
ling in town ap to late hour, left
Pulaski, on the local freight about
I Ii o'clock Tor Aspen Hill where
they were en- ployei 1T G, oper's
rock quarry. Toe train put the
men off at Harweli's, near which
they boarded. Il is said the men
were greatly unier the influence
OF liquor an ! remained upon the
track. The freight train coming
north soon after sigaased them eff
the track. Two Of the men got of
bu. il seems that one OF them, Nc
Kinney by name, vas too drunk s.,
heed the warning whistle, and he
train struck hin, tearing his lie.
leg from his body and infic.in:
other severe cuts and b Uses. Il
aas picked up by the train me,
and while 90 be road to PULASKI
be died. A bottle, partly fall
whisky, Was found by his sid,
His body was brought to the under
taking establishment Of West 4
Bow in Pulaski where IT was We've.
by u coroner's jury Monday, witt.
an examiaing physician, Dr. {.
All Alternately. The jury waited
for Witnesses and after hearing ali
testimony. rendered the follow
ing verdict:
State of rennassee.l
CITES county
An inqn'sil,on no den at the con
house in Pulaski Of this said coun-
aau slate on the 28,n dsy o;
January, 1889, before Jas. j. NJ
.,alium, j. r.. acting coroner. upof
ne body of Matthias McKinne,
alias Maah Mckinney, the boz,
.lns dead having been previous
on the same da, viewed IN u
in,.eitakers house OF West h Blow
" the jlrors whose names are here
10 subscribed, who upon iheir oaihs
/ 10 FAY tnas Matthias Mckinney,
.iso Math McKenney, came to bis
ieath un the 26th day OF Janusr.
1889, between IL and IL n'citGk, !.
~, by being run over by Freq
rsin, NJ -Sect,un-on the l. Il \.
abroad, at or near the switch s
iar@eirs sLat,nD, 10 GILES count
f"nnesse aad we a'e not pr.
,ared to s.y, from tue evidences be
ore us, that his death was caus
" ary carelpssness of the employ
.rs of the l.. & N railroad COMPANY.
w. :. Orig -by, " ]. Brownios
{. H. May, R,chardSu levan, w. W
Dennis, Grant Alcom, j. W. Wes.
Sworn to and subscribed beior,
nc Jan. 18Th 1889.
JAS j. McCALLUM,
j. P.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-01-31
Not a Crease Spot.

O1lcer 10. Fhppin, accompanied
by Mr.. Owen King, who had los
some meat, night or two prev
Gus, visited the cabin Of negr.
To town Monday .wnom they sus--
picioned OF having the stolen meat
10. Flippin said there WASH t any
ndicavion of any sort that tners
I'D been the sign of grease in lha
bin for 4 year. There WASH
ysn a greasy spot about the prer-
rs. Even the cry OF the pickar i.
inny in the screaking cradle was
dry, harsh shriekiug noise, Indies.
tive of Lhe entire absense OF any.
thing like a CREASED paiate aince
was brought into existence. The,
were utterly greaseless and CORE.
pondingls gailtless.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-01-31
On&sA Ilvn.
By J sHIS.

Some of our farmers have Co.
acne d clearing la al and pfepa
ng tor the coming crop.
b NJ. Jones bas moved to b,
.rm in this neighborhood W
We hin a hearty welcome III Oh
midst.
A little son Of Bill Yves, Of App.
ms, was drowned il Sugar cree.
OF loag since. Mr.. Appiet'n w.
tossing The creek in u wagon wi
Is two small children with hlu
lie creek was higaer than Il
n ught IL was, and MS wagon "
ashed around. He seized his rhi
req and started for the shore, hu
nc no jeIked loose and ~as eve,
GOWN the current. He reacut
ne bank vita his lutte girl b..
ould not rescue tue coy. tie Va
ound about half a nile below, al
.as brought TO the bank by h.
George Donbins. The heaet str,ck
~ parents have our sympathies.
j. s. SHORES was visiting at III
lacles, O. w. Vaughn, last week.
Mr. Joe Powell, of Marsha
dade business trip IN this neia Il
iornood few days ago.
Mrs. G w. Vaughn, is very !o'
Miss Euls Jordan il visiting o
,ur creek.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-01-31
A Plon,

We fought the political prinei
pie, or idea. or dogma, heresy, or
whatever name you may call it by, OF
protection" ell our political life, but
after years of thought, cooi DELHI
Grafton aud careful examination
OF the subject, purely from 8 self 81
point of view, we here announce
deliberately and coolly, and the as
ISOLATED press wires need emit no
uncertain click in announcing IL Il
the world, that TEE CrrizEH from
benceforth and forever Is for pro
tsction-pro,ection against all dead
beats and long continued non-pay
ipg subscribers. We Intend to pro
,ect ourselves against this class o
free traders( snbscribers) in the fu
iture and IL you want THe CIrlsr1
ygu must pay for II ip advaacs.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-01-31
We respect the churches and its

We respect the churches and its
ministry. but We must confess thai
some of the ministers of the church,
As exhibited at Memph 8 recently,
n prosecuting, abusing and de-
flaming al honorable woman, her
self a protessed and devout christ
ian land who may dispute it2)
eeems TO be lacking IN the eard.-
nal principle OF true christianity
Chari'y. And the grea est of these
is Charity" the Mister said. Moth
ing that Emma Abbott, the actress
dad nothing that Emma Abbott,
the woman did--no.hing that En-
ma Abbott, the christian did IN
Memphla, justified the christian
criticism she received 1t the hands
of the ministers OF Memphis.
An exchange sngeests the follow
tiag as test for drunken-ss and
thinks if man can say it three
| Glmes, without twisting his tongue
into double knot, he ia sober:
.'She sells sea shells; shall she sell
sea shells2' AS a sure test we sug
gest that If man can say over rap
tdly aud distinctly the following
three times, you may just bank a
last years almanac that he cnrriee
4 prohibition ticket in his vssi
Docket all tue time: "She ceaseti
Co sympathize." Try it on sobe
once.
1t vas a sickening sight TO 10 b
upon the mas gied rename OF the
poor Irishman as be lay dead upon
me bo"rd at the undertaker's las,
sunday. With his left leg tor'
literally out of socket and his en-
rails prvtrudlng in iull view, n
read all SCARED up and his lac
,lackened, but still bearing traces
Of drunkenness aud dehauchef.,
Ghe night before, frlendless, name
ess stranger, d poor hard-wo- kim
irishman, with, perhaps, In lite,
aeart in him as big as q mountain
| aud as warm and true as the char
&c eristic son Of the Emerald l i,
was indeed horrible sight Il
F.! i1eh Id. Drunk, dead, the pottefs-
field.
We are satisfied that the new ely
fithers are going To give as eleant1
streets. The public square mecca
,stentlon first. At least one Ca
eonld be kept busy hauling OF th
tccnmulated stuif on tho squai.
suing dry weather. Then there
wouldn't be 50 much mud and flu
vhen it rains. We know our new
,lIicials are going to look aitei
bese natsers with an eye open t.
The comfort and health Of their con
,tituents who have honored them
with the high, responsible ana 10
.rative positions they b Id by III
.atiragca OF an spprecialive al
Jog Suffering corporate "a. { Hear.
Loud applause from The roogb3i
Three cheers for the new boar +.
iaryah!!