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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-06-28
udertakAnx.

Having purchased Of Brown i HsS
kins their interest in The Unasfth king
business, ] nIn now pitp9led to attend
to all calls in that line. will aiso ~
tend to- She repairing md nplolsterirs
of Furniture, etc. Shop ON SAiihsTci'l
street, next door to Brown J. ,Hoskis.'
old stand. srr ri, -. ysgt
6-5 N.F Pk711son.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-06-28
SALT LAKE BEER!
Humboldt House Saloon
JACOB NELSON. Proprietor.
ELko, Nevada.
LIQUORS ass'e' l.
.. ... a...ns ana @aEaiG
.-. ... rj asCI0ARS.
SALT LAKE BEER ON pRAuGHT
AIELwAUEEE
- = "a a~zr ~.
Humboldt Brewery Beer
ny tho G,ass or nOIsIs.
Bottled Snlt Luke Beer at 26 cent
j..... JACOB NELSON.
.s .a. Ist.ss s'fs D., 'a&nsr-s
FnIIsn de ROIeI.

Since the recent fire ut Palisads
which DESTROYED ny hotel. together With
its contents. have opened The PAIL
SADIE HOTEL md anI now prepared
to accommodate the travelling public
with good nccom modntions, both, "a TO-
bonrd and lodging. A liberal share q
the public patronage is respectfully
~olitited. -. 'ro ,sH. I" ta d]ta4A
10 ..u.. za. E d BAuM
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-06-28
"LIvc and Les Iiye.n

Those who desire to purchase the bsd
quality uf Groceries and Provisions sIs
referred to the aLovs reliable hou,s
where fair dealing and courleous treat
ment IL the !ule. Glassware, Tinv,n
SioDsware, Nails etc. always IN stoet
IL sJG H CnApp,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-06-28
steaAng Reoms.

The VIC 7. u. Reading Rooms ap
veil supplied with the beet iitcFaiui',
arc open every day ard visitors An
always wslSone1a On Saturday evening
strawheniesy sngar aid ore atn, with
cake, wih be suptliei, 49,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-06-28
a CELEBRATED POEM.

VI inc 18Vo EIOWoru 6V0E6GS. ne Was
born In Princeton. Mass, In 1869. In
the winter previous to entering Dart
mouth College. In 1871, when a teacher
In the grammar school at Ipswich. he
prepared this little poem to be read at
an exhibition gotten up In the acad-
envy style, composed expressly for
Ephraim H Farrar, to be spoken by
him on the occasion, when only seven
years OF age:
You'd scarce exrect ono OF my nge
To speak in public on the stage;
And II I chance 10 fall below
Demosthenes or Cicero, =
Don't view me with o critics oyo
But pass my mperfections by;
Largo streams from little fountains dow;
Tall oaks from little acorns grow;
And though now am small and young,
Ofjudgmept weak and feeble tongue,
Yet oil great learned men, like me,
Oncc learned to read their ABC
But why may not Columbia's sol
Re men as great rs Britaiu's islo-
Exceed what Greece and Romu have done,
Or any land beneath the sum-
Mayn't Massachusetts boast N great
As any other sister Statef
Or where's the town, 60 fnr and near,
That does not find rival here2
Or where tho boy but three feet high
Who's made improvement moro thanIf
Those thoughts inspire my youthful mind
To DO the greatest of mankind;
Great, not like Cesar, stained with blood,
But olSy great as nm good.
Farrar was writing master in 1918
In the elementry school of Lawson
Lyon, located on the north side of DIR.
Cummings church in Boston, where
sons of the most distinguished fami-
lies were educated. Master Farrar,
We are told, was remarkable for q
mild and oven temper and his benign
ant light stroke of the rattan was a
striking contrast to the severe blows
of the button-wood ferrule so vigorous
ly applied by Master Lyon, the terror
of the school. Master Farrar was the
con of Rev. Stephen Farrar, the first
minister Of Ipswich, graduated at
Harvard College, in 1888. He was
born December 8, 1853; married
Phoebe Parkerin 1925 (widow OF Jonas
c. Champney); his wife died in 1S4S,
and he died in New Ipswich. January
8. 1881. There is also another little
poem, written by Rev. DR.. T. Nj. Har-
ris, of Dorchester, Mass. for Edward
Everett when q very small boy, which
Is as follows:
Pray, how cau !, n little I'D, 81
In speaking make q tiguref
You're only joking, I'm afraid;
Do wat till am bigger
But since you wish to hear my part
And urge me to begin II,
I'll SIT We for praise with MI my ort
Though small my hopes 10 win it
I'll tell q tale, how farmer John &c.
Attic roam colt bred, sir;
Aud every night nnd every morn
He watered and he fed, sir.
Says neighbor Joe to farmer John:
'tAren you q silly dclt, sir,
To spcnd such toll and cost upon
A little useless colt, sir2"
Says farmer John to neighbor Joe:
~ bring my little roam up
Not for the good he can dc now,
But will do whom he's grownup
The moral you may all descry,
To keep the tale from spo ling,
The little colt you think Is l.
I know 1t by your smiling
And now, dear friends, ut my request,
Excuse my lisps and stImmcrs;
for this once have dono my hes,
And now-Tl mako my manners.
Chicago Herald.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-06-28
EPOCH

The transition from long, lingering
and painful sickness to robust health
marks an epoch in the life of the indi-
Vidual. Such a remarkable event is
treasured In the memory and the agency
whereby the coed health has been at
tanned is gratefully blessed. Hence it
is that so much is heard in praise Of
Electric BItters. So many feel they
owe their restoration TO health, to the
use of the great Alternative and Tonic
IL you are troubled with any disease Of
Kidneys, Liver or Stomach, of long or
short standing you viii surely find re-
lief by nse Of Electric Bitters. Sold at
90 cents and 81 per bottle at G.. w.
Bickford1s Drug Store.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-06-28

ness buildings, and the most elegant
residence in the town.
Eastern loan companies have a good
opinion of Phillips county bonds and
the prospects Of Phil1iPsburg. They
have instructed agents here to loan
from 500 to $500 more on all first
class former loans. The three banks
Of this city are doing Il splendid bust
ness.
The city of Phillipsburg has live
and progressive government Frank
Strain, one of the Oldest and most es-
teemed business men. is Mayor. In
the Council he is assisted by such ac-
tive citizens as G. W. Bickford, the
Oldest druggist of the city, a college
graduate, and an accomplished drug
gist.
Three newspapers, two of them Re
publican, are doing good service for
the town and county. The columns
of these live journals are widely pat
ronized by merchants, and largely
read by the farmer.
At one time the Champion repre-
sentative was personally acquainted
with every business man of Phillips
burg. To-day strangers can be count
ed by hundreds.
Several substantial enterprises will
be inaugurated this year. Among
them will be a system of water works,
a sugar plant, another elevator, and
grist mill. The Bissell hotel; a large
three story brick above the basement,
built and operated by the Hon. John
Bissell, is nearing completion and has
already been thrown open to the
travelling public. The city has, also
a good system of public schools, sew
eraI churches and excellent society.
Its business fronts a square, which
/ has several hundred trees growing
nicely, and in the center stands q
magnificent court house, a gift from
the people of Phillipsburg to Phillips
county.
Phillipsburg is the home of many
prominent men who located IN north
west Kansas in the pioneer days Of
her settlement, Ex-Judge w. II
Pratt, ex-State Senators John Bissel
and II. S. Granger; Ed F. Korns, {
| former Atchison boy, now one of the
owners and editors of the Herald; G
/ A. Lewis, Thee. Bracken, n. B. Nc
COrmicL, VIM. Bissell, Frank Strain
j. F. Morse, cashier Of the Phillips
County Bank, the first one to organ
ize in the city; DR.. II. Wallace, G.. w
Young, the oldest hardware dealer il
the county; B. E. Morton, who ha
made one of the best Registers o
Deeds the county ever had; @. NJ Nc
Guire, the fearless and eficien
Sheriff; F. 7. NJ butcher, II. A. Har
mon, who buys all his drugs of Nc
Pike & Fox, and many others, VIII,
have never lost any opportunity t,
promote the true welfare of Phillips
burg.
One of the pioneer places of tn
city is the Commercial hotel, wher
the hungry and weary have been fee
and slept for more than dozel
years. Mrs. E. AIbaugh, a mos
pains-taking lady, is the proprietress
She is, IN fact, the pioneer landlord
as well as landlady, of PhillIpsburg
The Champion correspondent ate hi
> first meal IN this popular hotel nearI.
a dozen years ago.
There is every promise of a bii
trade In city property and farms thi
year, and the several dealers are max
ing preparations for a large immigra
tion.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-06-28

The neighbOrhOOd must be a very
inactive one where the increased value
Of property viii not more than Offset
the cost Of repairs We find, then,
that D. owns his premises by paying
out only 1913 more than @, who at
the end of the period has nothing to
show for his money.
WHAT LOANS ARE MADE FOR.
Loans are made to members either
to purchase houses already erected,
to build houses. or to remove existing
membranes. If member borrows
to build a new house, the money is
not paid over to him IN bulk, but is
paid to the contractor, on the audit of
the owner and the associations build
ing committee, as the work proceeds.
One Of the great advantages of
these associations as assistants to per
sons Of small means is, that they can
safely lend very close to the appraised
yaIues.-W a. Linn Ia ScrtB11eg's
Magazine, June Number.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-06-28
What Is a Building and Loan AS
sOCiatiOnP

w nat IS q BuEiuIug and Loan AS
sOciatiOnP
The persons composing a building /
and loan association agree to pay in
to their treasury a certain sum, at |
fixed periods, on each share that they
own until their shares through such |
payments and the accumulated profits
reach their par value, or as is techni- /
cally termed, mature" The stated
payments, (called "dues'') their fire.
quency, and the par value of the
stock, vary. The general rule is that
81 shall be paid on every share once a
month until a par Of $500. is reached.
When the shares mature" the assets
in the treasury are DIVIDED among
the shareholders. Just as fast as the
money is paid in it is offered IN the
shape Of loans to the members-and
to the members only-the security Ia
ken being a mortgage on real estate
and an assignment to the association
of the borrowers stock. The amount
which a member Is entitled to borrow
equals the par value of his or her
shares. Thus in an association where
J the par value is $780,, a member who
wants 81, OO0 must have five shares.
As every member has an equal right
to become a borrower, the disposition
Of the loans is made by putting the
money up at auction, from time to
time, and awarding the loan to the
member who will give the highest
premium above the regular interest
rate. The building and loan associa-
ton laws provide that the acceptance
Of these premiums shall not consti-
tute usury. In order that the dues
and interest shall be paid regularly,
the bylaws provide that they shall
be received only by the secretary, and
by him only at the stated meetings;
and there is a small fine for non-pay-
ment, which is increased from meet
ing to meeting, a delinquency for a
certain period causing a forfeiture of
stock, or giving grounds for the fore
closure Of a mortgage.
The interest is paid monthly, and
the interest money, with the dues and
any other receipts go into the treas
ury to be loaned at once. tits appar-
/ ent, therefore, that a building and
loan association whose money is in
demand not only receives interes;
constantly on the dues paid in by all
the members, but that 1t compounds
this interest monthly Herein lies
the chief secret of the proftableness
of this system Of investment.
HOW TO BUY A HOME.
It is quite easy to show by figures
the economy of buying ones hous,
with the assistance of a building ant
loan association compared with pay
ing rent. The following statement i
only given as a form of comparison
every prospective borrower can chang,
the figures to suit his own locality.
Q. and D. occupy houses worth So,
600. each (Iot $500, and building 50,
4OO) @ is a tenant paying S25. pc
month D, with $500, in cash, ba
borrowed g, 400, on twelve shares, o
a building and loan association, an6
built his house Surprising that D.
shares mature in twelve years, thei
accounts at the end of that period vii
stand thus:
@ has paid out s., 800 in rent, and ha
nothing to show for it.
D has paid out:
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-06-28

Here is what most people would say
is a lie, but the statement Is true:
Mrs. Fanny OIdaker and daughter
live in the stone residence on the Belk
farm. three miles east of town. The
bed they occupy is close up to a win
dow. Last Friday night lightning
knocked out the lower sash of the
window, balls Of ire rolled over the
bed in which were Mrs. OIdaker and
daughter at the time, dropped onto
the floor. struck the stove and knock
ed It down, badly shattered joice in
the floor and set fire to the carpet. All
the time this confusion was going on
Mrs, Oldaker and daughter were IN
bed uniniured and undisturbed. She
got up, put out the fire on the carpet
and went back to bed Presently the
mother and daughter smelled cloth
burning, and in looking around found
a bundle Of carpet down in the cellar
a fire. This was extinguished and
that's all there is Of It. Mrs. Oldaker
attributes their escape from the light
ming bolt to their sleeping on feath-
er bed, which, it is claimed. is a pow
erful nonconductor- C'a,Ukeg city
Times
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-06-28
$3.50 IN ADVANCE
Government Land in the railroad

Government Land in the Railroad
Limits.
From the Monument Obelisk
A report has been IN circulation IN
Thomas and Logan counties to the
effect that government land in the
railroad limits was only 81. 25 per acre.
We did not believe the report true
and took steps to satisfy ourself on
the point. The following from Hon.
E. j. Turner not only sustains our te-
lief but shows the untiring energy
displayed by the congressional repre-
sentative of the sixth district in pro-
noting the interests of his constit-
uents:
House OF REPRESENTATIVE u. S..
WASHINGTON d @
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-06-28

The presbytery Of Solomon met at
BelIeville last week and accepted Geo.
Simond's offer of 10 acres and the
erection Of buildings TO the amount
of S25, 600 In the suburbs Of that city
if the Presbyterian people would con-
duct a. college. Conc0r0ljd Times
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-06-28

A colored man named John Forbes
was hanged In Virginia on Friday
night Tor outraging white woman
1t was afterwards learned the man
was innocent.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-06-28

Pennsylvania voted this week on
prohibition. The amendment was
lost by nearly 100000 majority. Phil
adelphia alone went wet By $4,000
majority.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-06-28
House OF REPRESENTATIVES, u. S..
WASHINGTON, D c.,
MAY %. 1889.
G. V. KINNEY, ESQ, :
Monument, Kan. (

4. V. KINNEY, ESQ,
Monument, Kan.
My DEAR Sm:-Your favor of late
date, referring to the price of land
within the railway limits, is received.
A reduction on the price was not Sc
cured during the last session of con
gress. I had an amendment of that
character before the Committee Of
Conference appointed by the house
and senate, andI argued it as strong
ly as I knew how, representing that
it was a very unfortunate thing for a
man in that new country who was
poor and unable to pay for his land
in any event to be obliged by the gov
ment to pay four hundred dollars for
the privilege of developing the pub
lie domain. L represented that in
many instances these men could not
mortgage their land for a sufficient
amount to pay the demand of the
government, and that instead of the
government maintaing its parental
care of its subjects it stood in the at
titude of expressing them with
severe burden IN compelling them to
pay this large amount, ana that the
result would be, if persisted in, that
a great many who had made their i'm
provements in good faith and had
hoped for a reasonable crop from
which they could secure the necessary
amount to pay for their land, would
be obliged to abandon their improve
ments and lose their homes, if some
relief could not be secured for them.
The opposition argued that if that
was done those who had paid four
hundred dollars in the past would
come back to congress with a claim
for the extra two hundred dollars, a
| proposition that could not be answer
ed merely because it was purely de-
ve1opment of the Imagination. The
result of it all was the compromise
which was secured in granting all
parties who are living upon the pre-
emptions the right to change it into
a homestead entry, Notwithstanding
the fact that a homestead entry had
been made and title secured under
the homestead law in the past They
| insisted that this would relieve the
embarrassment of those for whom I
| had been pleading. So no reduction
was secured in the price.
Yours truly,
3. j. TURNER.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-05
WHAT CIVIL SERVICE Reform COSTS,

The statement Of the Civil Service Commas
sioners that more money is needed for the prop
er performance OF the work intrusted to them
is amply borne out by brief examination OF
the facts which they present in their report
THE TRIBUNE on September 81 directed at
tention to the need Of a larger appropriation
for the Commission, and deprecated the Te-
newal of the attempts made a year ago to
cripple it's work by proposing to reduce the
means at it's disposal. 1t is indicative Of the
general sentiment on the subject of Civil Ser
vice reform that when a motion was made in
the House Of Representatives on December IL,
1888, to strike from an appropriation bill the
amounts of the salaries of the three Comms-
sioners only twenty-five votes Gall Democatc)
could be mustered in it's favor. Should SIM
liar attempt be made at the present session, we
are glad to believe that not even so many
Representatives as that will be found willing
to 60 on record as favorng the wplng-Out OF
all that has been gained thus far in the reform
of the Civil Service.
In support of their contention that the APP
propriation is insufficient the COmmi sSioners say
that during the summer their employees were
obliged 30 work overtime, and yet despite of
the best efforts that could be put forth the ex-
animation papers were fully two months in
arrears at the close of the fiscal year, and at
the date of the report they were ninety days in
arrears In the last year the number of persons
examined was nearly twice as large as during
the preceding year, and yet there was no in
crease of force. The appropriation for this
year was $50 900, of which 81 $500 was for
the salaries of the Commissioners and $3.50
for travelling expenses. The Commission now
has fourteen employees while in order to do its
work with efficiency and reasonable speed it
needs eight more For the salaries of these
it asks $4,000. The estimated travelling ex-
penses are $3.50 larger than for this year,
and the Commission is DESTROYS of paying the
nominal sum of 81 90 each to the secretaries of
local boards, which would amount to S6, in
all. Therefore, it asks for next year total
appropriation of S53,0O0-an increase of
S18, 900.
The sum total is modest one, considering
the results accomplished The Commissioners
we'll say: "There may be division of opin
ion as to whether there should or should not
be Civil Service law at ALL but surely there
can be none as TO its being properly enforced
while on the statute-book and as to the Com
MISSIONS being given sufficient means to
enforce itn What has been done in the way
of Civil Service reform has been mainly done
so far by Republican votes, and the majority In
the present Congress can have no reason for
hesitation in equipping the Civil Service Com
mission with the means for making the merit
system as effective as possible in those branches
Of the public service to which it has already
been applied. The extra S18, 900 will be wise
" used
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-05

additional risk that the dollars can be forced
into circulation instead of gold or paper prom
ising to pay gold, which would not exist II the
silver were in uncoined form. 1t is the BELIEF
of the Secretary, on the contrary, that the Gov
eminent will gain largely by the appreciation
in value of all silver that may be deposited and
all now held If, as some shrewd advocates
of silver believe, the plan would soon restore
silver to par that would be of no harm, but oil
great benefit to the United States. But no
such sanguine anticipations need be INDUCED
in order to perceive that the mode OF utilizing
silver which the Secretary proposes, II conllneu
to bullion of American production, would De
much safer, and at the same time more hkey
10 advance the value of silver, than the method
of coinage, limited or unlimited. AS 10 the
possibility of speculative combinations to hos'
the price artifcially in order to UNLOAD silver
upon the Treasury, the Secretary proposes aihp'0
defence in the power to redeem bullion ho,o'
in gold at the option of Government anu "i9o
in the power to refuse deposits when such con-
binations exist The plan presents diihcu''ie' o.
which will hereafter merit consideration puc 10
certainly deserves the serious and appreclao'Vo
attention Of Congress, az an exceedingly prac-
ticaI and sbrewd method of overcoming evils
which have disturbed the finances much al
ready. and threaten to disturb them sui MORE
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Qmusements.


AcADTMY-sis-The Old Homestead. -
AMERICAN ART GALLER1ES-Sa m. TO p m anu "'o
TO 10 y. m.-Millets "Angeus"
ANBERG THEATRE-st5-Gelzig and oeienfo f'>"
DfJoU THEATRE s-A Brass Monkey
BROADWAY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
CASINO--S-Erminie.
DAry,s THEATRE sis-The Great Unknown.
pocxsrApER's THEATRE-sSo-The Tallapoosa
EDEN MUsEE-wax Tableaus.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE ISLANDS Across the sea
HARpMAN HALL-lo q IN. to 10 m.-Sufm"n 0ai'o
Exposition
LYcEUN THEATRE-sl5-The Charity Bail
~ nIsox cor RE THEATRE-2-Little Lord Faunteroy.
s:3o-Aunt Jack 80. x,.,..-.
Concerts -.o...
rrTnoPoLIrAN OPERA HOUSE ASSEMBLY ROOMS
yete In aid of the Church of the Redeemer
SrW PARK THEATRR- s-Irish Aristocracy.
SIAIo,s GARDEN s-Kajanka-
0RroIEs GALLERY -Evening-Loan Exhibition
pAIMrR,s THEATRE-S-Wild Oats and Trying IL o.
pRoCToK's 2sD-sT. THEATRE- sl6-shenandoAh
STANDARD THEATRE-s;l5-The Seven Agea
STAR THEATRE-2a and S-Myles Aroon
UNION SQUARE THEATRE-s;l5-CountyF Fair
krH AVENUE THEATRE-s-The Silver King.
ilTR STREET THEATRE S-Minstrels.
ITHAvE. AND leTH-sT.-GettJsburE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-05

law in this particular? Otherwise the DOSES
in the event of that measure becoming law
might still continue roundly to assess candidaV''
for the expenses of printing precautionary rae
s;,n;Io ballots. Governor Ames testifies that
tho Massachusetts law met the best expecta-
tions and expresses the opinion that " no one
would seriously consider its repeal and con-
segment return to the old election methods.
Governor Hill has held out for an unofficial bal
lot, but the Massachusetts, Governor writes writes. tna'
tho nrovision for the printing Of all ballots by
tho commonwealth struck severe blow at
corruption in politics" The Governor OF Con-
.oo.icut. after giving the gist Of the Ballot
reform law of that State, adds: :" do not
regard our experience in this State at our local
election held in October as sufficient to justify
onv expression of opinion as to the merits OF
tho law under which it was conducted. :.
Until we test it in a general State election it
would be premature to form definite con-
clusion as to its workings"