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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-08-07
RErRENCHMENT.

Among the methods proposed for
cutting down tho expenses of tho
State. proposed in tho address sub
mitted to the State Board of Trade
for their consideration, wO note the
following:
1--WE would first abolish the Su-
p7eme Court, as 4 distinct Court, and
require tho four District Judges Of
tho State to meet twice year and
hold terms Of the Supreme Court, and
decide in bano such cases as have been
appealed from thu District Courts Of
the various counties; thus Saving
$4,000 pcr annum upon that scoro
alono. Tho salaries of the District
judges should be fixed at not exceed
ing $4,000, instead of $1,000. their
present compensation, which includes
trave cling expenses, and thereby save
$1,000, which would make q retrench-
ment in our Judicial department of
more than S24 900 each year.
"Wo would dispense with a Clerk
of tho Supreme Court ut salary Of
$1,000 per year, and require tho Secro-
tary of State to attend to those duties
md it is safe TO say that with the
addition OF such services cast upon
that officer, he would still have TO
labor on an average Of less than four
hours per day during each of tho
twelve calendar months.
ave believe that the position Of
Attorney General could be sacra6ced
without any detrimcnt to the efficiency
of tho public service and thereby
relieve us from contributing annually
$4,000 for tho sake of a position where
no adequate services are ever per
formed or the salary ever earned by
tho incumbent. 1t is patent fact,
known to overy resident in the west
0tn part Of tho State, that tho At.
tornoy LGenerai is scarcely ever at lis
post Of duty, and tho only thing they
d. with any degree OF industry aud
Regularity Is to draw the salary and
Calolvor to hold on to tho position"
1t is recommended that the Lagis-
tature be cut down to forty members,
$he per dion reduced to five dollars,
ind mileage to twenty cents por
Nnile ono way. ''With this scaling
down in members, por dion and mile
Gye," says the adlraas, "the biennial
session Of oar Legislature can b held
ut cost not exceeding $4,000, where
@s tho present outlay generally
reaches from $4,000 to $4,000 at
each session. We also believe that q
s@asion 0nce in four years would be
9uita sufficient to moot our require
tnents, until such timo rs our increa 80
in population might warrant Sessions
a. shorter intervals"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-08-07
SOME SINGULAR FACTS.

SUDDEN deaths are oight times moro
prevalent among mon than women.
THE Atlantic cablc authoritios count
word exceeding ton letters as two
words.
IT is assorted that professor at liar
ward declares as result of his OBJ
scrvations that young men do not at
tain to their full measure of mental fac
ultics until they arc twenty-five years
of age.
II is singular fact that tho State of
Now York has now no greater nun ber
of Supreme Court Judges than it had in
1s47, although tho business to DO trans
acted by these judges is at least four
times as great.
RABBITS have been born with one car
and stays with one horn; tho rattlo-
snake has bat one lung; both eyes of
the founder and the halibut arc on tho
same side; the claws of tho lobster diff
fer and tho valves of tho oyster arc un.
equal; yet all tho animals and their
organs arc perfectly symmetrical in tho
embryo state.
A GENTLEMAN remarked in one Of the
hotels tho other evening that he no.
ticcd during several years experience in
a position requiring the use of largo
amount of small change that for about
six months of every year there arc
more pennies than he knows what to do
with. and during the remainder Of tho
year it is almost impossible to get
enough pennies to transact business.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-08-07

The easiest way to get rid Of flies
or insects, is to go to Muller's and get
come Fly Paper or Insect Powder and
killers. y
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-08-07

When your eyes get weak and pain
you while reading, 40 to Muller and
get n pair Of good specs or eye
glasses. A good fit guaranteed or no
pay. A full assortment OF colored
glasses for sun or snow. =
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-08-07

Those two elegant Preparations for
the toilet, Violet Water Tor ladies,
Lavender Water FOR gentlcmen, price
81 90 at Muller's.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-08-07
Snecial Notice.

All persons who are indebted to mo
for beef, etc., are requested to settle
their bills Immediately and thereby
save costs. Patience has ceased to DO
II virtue, and word to the wise H.
sufficient.
Ivy q. f.. BI1xEy.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-08-07

Ihe Enterprise has kindly assumed
eAa Responsihility Of spokesman for
eAe Reno Gtaett,. The Gazette no
Ssa'tltS apFre;iat,s tho favor rid
Nssaahos = at1h Of relief,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-08-07
=. T.. B11xEY.


Mrs. @. u. Lynn has just received
a nice stock OF assorted dry goods ~
the latest styles. Gail as her resi>
detsce and examine goods and inquire
prices 8. SIS "
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-08-07
How to Eat n water.3le,on.

1t is said in Florida that the way to
cat an orange is to put YOUR nose in it..
This advice applies to tho watermelon
in tho most emphatic manner. There
is nothing fit to eat in tho melon but tho
heart, and that should ho torn out and
eaten bodily, and if tho juices should
run down tho neck and into tho sleeves,
so much the better. Sweets to the sweet
and nothing could no swcctcr than
these juices. which cmi,odv the frui1ion
of the year and all that is best in tho
sca%ons. Tho knife is deadly weapon.
II destroys the flavo2 and has deadly
ctfAct on the fruit Peoplc who undcr-
stand their business mover use knife,
but go at it like pugilists, and tho moro
barharous the attack tho finer the feast.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-08-07

Fcs u choice Hey West Cigar, or
anything IN tho smokers line, 60 10
Muuera>
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-08-07
Notice Of Distribution.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
State of Nevada, III and for Elko county
In the Matter OF the Estate Of Aaron
Van Week, Deceased.

William Hcseltiue. Administrator of the
Estate of Aaron Van Wick, Dsceased, having
heretofore filed his petition praying for IN
Order Of Distribution OF the Estate of said
deceased among the persons entitled:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. TO ALI.
" persons Interested i'll the .Estnte Of the
said Aaron Van Vlect, decreased, to be aud
appear before tie District Court or the state
OF Nevada, in and for Eiko County, ut The
Courtroom OF said Court, In the TowE of
Elko, OIL Tuesday, the Second day of Septem-
Der, 1880, q; ten o'clock A. NJ. of said day tnen
and there to show cause, if any there be, why
an Order of Distribution If the Proseeds Of
said Estate now On hand shoul not be made
among the heirs of said deceased, according
to law.
}sEAt.S L. o. HENDERSON,
~ Dated, August 4 1890.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-08-07
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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-07-31

VALUABLE FRANCHISES.
Some Reasons Why They Should B,
Placed Under Municipal Control.

Some Reasons Why They Should Be
Placed Under Municipal Control.
Instead of the city holding the pass
I've part of consent, upon it should be
thrown exactly the opposite duty of
actively planning the route that is to be
operated and of protecting the public
interest by specifying the considera-
tions. When the public authorities of
city can specify all the conditions
upon which public franchises can be
operated as they now specify some,
we may hope for better Iaccommoda.
tions. The so-called bobtail car has
yielded in many places under precisely
this pressure. Under existing methods
no public franchise is sought until it
promises to be profitable. Not i'm
probably it is then sought to serve SUBJ
sidiarY private ends rather than the
public convenience. If the initiative
lay with the city it might make the
strong carry the weak. Profitable
routes could be sold in connection with
less promising ones to the great ad-
vancement of public convenience in
the large sense. In many cases,
II the city were to seek bidders
after due public notice, for speci-
fic work to be done in a specified
way, under conditions which lifted the
right to do the work entirely out of the
range of favoritism, it can scarcely be
doubted that capital would compete
for the privileges so offered for sale
much more cheaply than at present 1t
may be urged that public work done by
contract is not always honestly done.
Unhappily this is true, but the interest
of contractor in his work ceases the
instant he is paid. The interest of a
successful bidder for public franchise
| lasts as long as he holds the franchise.
| Again, it may be urged that the city
NAV favor individuals or localities or
/ may be unwise in its action, or in the
routes it lays out This also is true.
/ Human nature never reaches perfection
anywhere. The contention is that the
element of corruption as it affects city
franchises may be eliminated by throw.
ing upon the city the duty of devising,
instead of the duty of consenting. Un-
der the protection given to individuals
as property-owners by the Constitution
of New York State it is believed that a
safe and workable law to accomplish
this result can be readily devised. l.
President Seth Low of Columbia Cor
lege, in Scribner.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-07-31
One Dollar Per Year.

those buildings are made OF papc-, don't
you?' and father laughed and said: Yes;
churches and depots and ALL / meant
to ask him what he meant but didn't
think of it when l had chance"
"Oh!" said the older boy, II know
what they meant 1t is town they
are trying to boom. They make maps
of the town, and have pictures drawn
of churches and school-houses, private
houses, stores, banks, and all sorts OF
buildings, such as they mean to have
some day, or want to have, and then
they scatter these maps over the coun-
try and call them pictures of the place,
before a single building is put up, per-
haps; so you see they are really made
of paper"
"Ho!" said boy number one, 81
shouldn't call that honest, should you?''
The older one laughed. "Well," he
said, 81 shouldn't like to buy house
unless was sure it was built of some-
thing more substantial than paper, that
is fact"
All this is true, and the boys conclu-
sions were also true; and yet paper is
getting to be known as very substan-
tial thing indeed. The time is fast
coming when people will have to get
some other sentences than that one
made of paper with which to express
their distrust of story, because at this
present time there has been finished IN
the city OF Hamburg a very large
hotel, the front of which is built
entirely of paper! More than that, the
paper has been made fire-proof; and it
is said that rain and sunshine, and cold
and frost have no effect on it, so that it
is better for buildings than brick, or
stone, or wood.
1t certainly does seem strange to think
| of an actual house in which people live
built of paper, but when we remember
that we have paper wash-bowls and
pitchers, and pals, and tubs, car-wheels,
and know not what else, we need not
be surprised that houses are growing
out OF the same material. The truth is,
there is by no means so much chance to
laugh over that phrase made of paper"
as there used to be.-Pansy.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-07-31
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

The Oldest medical work, an Egyp
tian papyrus dating from 1900 years or
more before Christ and containing pre-
scriptions then old, has been translated
6y George Ebers the German novelist.
-Senor Don Jose Gorilla, who was
crowned Poet Laureate of Spain year
ago, recently died, at the age of seven-
ty-three. In Spain, as well as abroad,
Senior Lorilla is generally regarded as
the foremost Spanish poet of the cent
ury.
Michael Davitt said to Herbert
Gladstone after hearing the recen t
great speech made by the Grand Old
Man on the Irish question: "There
was always lingering feeling of bit
terness against your father left rank
ling in my breast, but last nights
speech has cleared away the last trace
of it,
There is an old lady living in Polk
County, Fla, who is quite a genius.
She can write poetry and set it to music,
and has written two books. She hunts
phosphate, plants trees, clears land,
works in an orange grove, can knit
dresses, make neat shoes, plait hats of
palmetto and make flowers out Of
! sbucks
The reports of the Challenger"
exploring expedition, which has been
issued at irregular intervals during the
last nine years, now form forty-seven
quarto volumes, containing 27,650 pages
of letter press, 1862 photographic plates,
n3 maps and diagrams and great
number of wood cuts.
There is no country like France for
starting journals. During 1889 no less
than $50 new newspapers were brought
)ut, of which not one remains in lite.
On the other hand, the Petit Journal
now claims circulation of 1,095, 600
copies During the same period there
we're printed in France over $4,000
now books, including 5000 new musical
pieces.
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes was in
Boston book one day when a
woman came in to purchase book.
! One of the volumes shown her was ''The
Last Leaf" poem which THE Auto
,rat' prizes as one of his dearest.
Who is this by?" asked the customer.
DIR. Holmes" "The pictures are very
ice. Did he draw them?" 80, no; he
yrote the poetry" "The poetry! Is
hat all?"
"A proposition to aid young authors
n France by having an annual state
competition for the best works, to be
submitted to jury, and to have these
best works published at the expense oi
he state, is exciting much criticism in
France. About one-half of the popular
authors are in favor of it, and a great
many express themselves decidedly
against it. The young authors them
ielves do not appear to care for such
state Intervention.
MIR. Joseph Whitaker, T. S. A., OF
London, whose famous "Almanacl" has
become Indispensable, possesses a sim
;ularly fine library, comprising upward
If 10000 volumes, many of them of rare
antiquity and interest. Books have beer
he ruling passion of Mr.. Whitaker's
ife, and in the spacious building which
le has attached to his fine old-fashioned
louse at Enfield as depository for his
literary treasures, the greater portion
# his life is snent
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-07-31
THE FAMILY OF KITTENS.
Story of a little BOY Who Had Small
Army of Kittens.

Story of a little Boy Who Had Small
Army of Kittens.
Once there was a little boy who had
so many kittens his mamma didn't know
what to do. There were seven of them,
and they were always getting under
somebody's feet.
One day it happened that lady came
to the house on little visit.
"Why. Georgie!" said she, holding up
both hands when she saw the kittens.
"What are you going to do with so
many?"
keep 'em" answered Georgia,
promptly. Isn't they real pretty
"Why, yes" said the lady, whose
name was Miss May won't you give
me one?"
Georgia looked troubled. He didn't
like to be impolite, but it did seem to
him that he couldn't spare one OF those
precious little kitty-cats.
81 guess l can't" said he, "'cause
you've got one, you know; and ther
you'd have two, and wouldn't have but
only six"
And so he gathered them all up in his
arms, the three black-and-whito ones,
and the two tortoise-shells and the
maltese and the black, and marched out
of the room with them like little
Major. Miss May laughed.
Hear mel" said she. ''Ill tell you
what think I'd do"
don't know what Georgie's mamma
thought about it, but / do know that
next morning one Of those little black
and-white kittens wasn't to be found.
What time there was! Georgia
hunted high and low, and called
"Ilitty! kitty! kitty, until his poor
little throat was sore, and then he sat
down on the veranda step and cried
about it.
''Oh dear" he walled, cud6ling the
six in his arms, 'these are all the cats
I've got left! Oh dearw
But the worst of it hasn't been told.
Two mornings after thistanother kitten
was gone, and then another, and week
later two more still!
Wasn't IL dreaafui9 Georgio thought
so; and ne cried himself almost sick
But that very day Uncle John happened
along, and mamma sent Georgia out tc
Grandpa Trimmer's farm with him to
stay two whole days.
Hell forget all about his kittens in
that time," thought she.
Next night, when George camo home,
! he tugged in a covered willow basket
almost bigger than he was.
20 mamma" he cried, with his eyes
like stars and his cheeks like roses,
''just see! Two little boys gave 'em to
mel And they're just as cunning! And
= I've got MORN l had beforel Look,
mammal
, Mamma looked. In the basket were
ne-two-three-eigh bits of kittens
: Mamma sat down in the nearest chair
, She hadn't the heart to scold, though
. she didn't know what else to do.
! 81 declare" said she, ''it's a judg
= mentl''
"Why. no, 'tisn't mamma" sait
: Georgia, cheerfully, 'it's kittensr'
. Aud don't we think so, too?-Youth'
Companion.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-07-31
BELLIGERENT CRETANS.
Grim, Armed to the Teeth and Always
Ready to Fight.


Ready to Fight.
The people of Canea, as of all Crete,
are not pleasant to look upon. Never
have seen so many lowering brows
and savage expressions. They never
smile. Now and then one laughs in a
sardonic style, as hideous to the ear as
the snarl of an angry wild beast. But
of mirth there is none. The light
heartedness and merriment which char
acterize most southern peoples, even
under oppression, are here unknown.
Every one seems perpetually in bad
humor and in belligerent mood. No
matter whether they are talking of the
weather. or selling cabbages or silk, or
complaining of Turkish despotism, they
are always the same, grim, frowning,
truculent AS a rule they are finely
formed and powerful, straight and
broad-shouldered, and no matter what
they are doing or where they are
their normal condition is to be
armed to the teeth with knives and
pistols, while the walls of their home:
and shops are thickly hung with
swords, spears and rifles, so that tn,
stranger among them feels as though
he were in an arsenal, where every
lethal weapon needed only look to SO
it in deadly action.
1t is easy to see why breaches of tn,
peace are so frequent among these peo
pie and why any outbreak is certain t,
have CHASTITY results. When they quar-
rel they quarrel in dead earnest. Ever,
blow is meant to kill. They seem de
void of any of the ordinary compunc
tions of humanity when once the cas-
curb is slipped from their passions. An
considering how largely the nomina
Christians outnumber the Turks it
evident that should they once unite t
throw of the Ottoman yoke they conl
do SO in day. But they do not unite
They are as ready to quarrel with eac
other as with the Turks, and are so cor
tinually divided into iarring factions a
to make Turkish mastery of them a
easy matter to maintain.-Canea Coz
N " Trihuua
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-07-31
MADE OF PAPER.
why the Expression as Now Used VIII
Have to Be Changed.

Why the Expression as Now Used VIII
Have to Be Changed.
Why do people laugh when any
body says that some house or store, or
some building about which they have
been talking is made of paper?n
This was the question which l heard
one boy ask of another older than him
self.
do they laughP" asked the older
boy.
''Why, of course they do. Didn't you
ever hear them? Only yesterday
father was talking with those men who
are boarding at the Beck House. about
a village down South; they told about
the hotel in the village, and the school
house. and the depot and OH don't
know, ever so many other buildings
churches, and handsome private
houses-all built up in little while,
where there used 70 be only pine
woods; and when the man turned away.
N.. Rroekton said to father: j thlnk
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-07-31
HUMOROUS.

-Customer-''Why is it that you wait
,rs always expect fee?" Waiter-'I
lon't know, unless it is because we feed
you. Jury.
Shelf capital punishment must
>e, certainly favor electricity" He
On! that is to say, you prefer currents
o raisins. Racket.
-Professor-"What is the difference
,etween knowledge and conceit?"
,tudent-''Knowledge is what we our
elves know; conceit is what the other
elbows thinh they know. IN Y. Press.
-Father-"Clara, what game was
hat you were playing when looked in
he parlor last night?" Clara-"Hide
nd seek" Father. What was the
iissing for?" Clara-"o, that was the
luty on the hides. Boston Herald.
Mrs Watts-"You have new kitch-
m girl at last, have you?" Mrs Potts
'Yes; and she has such an appropri.
lte name" Mrs. Watts-"What is it?"
Mrs. Neutrality-suspicious. Haute
Express.
Tho Servants" Lady Patroness
(Registry Office of Charitable Society,"
"And why are you leaving your present
place?" Small Applicant-'Please, IN,
the lady said she can do with less ex-
perienced servant!'
First Printer-'What are you saw.
ing your money for, Bill ?" Second
Printer-"rm going to get my wife q
new hat" "Whatl you amt reformin',
are you, Bill?" mo, but I'm bound t.
give my wife display head for once in
her life. Burlington Free Press.
First Reveler-'T guess it is time
tor us TO steer for home" Second Re
veler-''I know it is, but don't like tc
risk it. The idea of seeing my wife,
face duplicated and Implicated il
enough to sap the nerve out of Ben
gal tiger. Let us stay right here wher,
we are. Texas Siftings.
-Daughter-"Mamma, 1 think oul
furniture is too stiff and old-fashioned
We want some of those fine large cas-,
chairs that are too big for one and no
big enough for two" Mamma-"M,
darling daughter; then Mr.. Gibbs hd
proposed and you hdCe accepted him.
hope you will be very happy, darling.
America.
why don't you go to wcrk?' sh
asked of the tramp. II am working
lady," "At what? You show no sign
of it" mo matter for that mum. II
a-working as travelling adver. for
soap firm. I'm the Before Using card
and my partner around the corner rel
resents the After Using end of tn
combination. Thank you, num-
Washington Supper Table.
Proprietor of Summer Hotel q
Guestl-"T hope, Mr.. Smith, that yo
like my house better than the tplaC
you stopped at last year?" Smith
Sun, well-the cooking isn't a. gooC
the attendance isn't as good-but there
one thing that's quite as good here {
there" Proprietor-"Whats that
smith.-"The iee-water. Light