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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-12-14
HEDGING.

John Ainiey, n of tho Assembly
mon-eiect FROM this county, was in
favor OF the Australian ballot system
OF voting until recently, but now a
change seems to have como over the
spirit OF his dreams, aud he says he is
not in favor OF tho measure. When
asked why, he said that 1t will give
too much opportunity FOR fraud III
elections. He also says that no con-
siders our election laws better
than tho Australian system.
1t seems u little strange that an in
telligent man should announce that
u present system, which permits
the wholesale and open purchase of
votes, n system by which any man can
he elected to Any office in the State,
provided he puts up u sufficient
amount Of coin, is better for the peo,
pie and will entail a loss mount OF
fraud thun Il system which precludes
the possibility of purchasing votes
and iEsures a fair expression of the
will of the people in tho selection OF
officers. II may DO possible that Mr..
Ainley is paving tina way TO oppose
the adoption OF the Australian ballot
system, provided that when the Legis.
lature meets he shall find a majority
OF his party forninst tho measure.
Tho System has proved admirable in
the accomplishment OF the object
which was sought in its adoption
wherever it has been tried, and VIC dc
not believe the honest men Of either
party will uphold their representa-,
tives in opposing its adoption in Ne,
vada.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-12-14
May BE WASHED OUT.
Dysprptics to Have u Frssh Start II
Meat Ise Not DiEeSted.

D%ySprptIcS to Have q Frssh Start II =
Meat re Not DiEestcd-
During tho past several years physi-
ciuns have tried, with gratifying success,
n novel treatment for dyspepsia and can
cor of the stomach by washing out
tho stomach. Tho process is very SIM
plc and not dangerous. a long, flexible
pipe IS passed down tho throat until M
end is in tho stomach. The upper end
has n funnel attached, into which hot
water is poured until the stomach is
filled. Tho weight OF the water in tho
Pipe md funnel gives n hydraulic pres
sure sufficient to slightly distend the
stomach. The pipe has an aperture big
enough to hold 4 lead pencil. After the
stomach has been filled the funnel end
of the pipe is turned down until it is
lower than the bottom OF tho stomach,
and tho stomach is cmpticd as q barrel
of any fluid is cmpticd through n siphon.
The process may be repeated several
times. The result is that the undigcstcd
food and mucus arc washed out, and the
hot water closes tho blood vessels, and
reduces Inflammation. The relief is inn
mcdi TIC. Tho d%yspcptic may have his
stomach washed out before n meal, SO
that he can take a fresh start. After
tho lapse Of n sufficient time for ordi-
nary digestion, the stomach may be
washed out again.
Tho process, says the New York Sun,
has been in use ut the New York Hos
pital for some time. Tho stomach pump
has been mainly used in cases of poison
ing, and is considered to he the first cs-
scntial before administering antidotcs.
but they arc so seldom used that few
physicians have them. Recently in 4
case of poisoning three prominent ply
sicianS were applied to for the use OF Il
stomach pump. and neither of them had
one, AMI the patient had to be taken to
the hospital.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-12-14
a New Dining Car.

Ono OF tho three Pullman dining
cars for the Southern Pacific system
which are to be put on the road be-
tween Ogden and Truckee on Decem-
Der 8, arrived here yesterday after
1t is Il beauty, and is as sub
s!antial and convenient rs il is hand
ONE. w. j. Winsctt, the conductor
in charge OF the car, showed IL Stand
ard rcporic- through tho Golden
Cato" as this new car is named, in
company with Superintendent Knapp
and Mr.. Wallace, agent OF tho Pull
man company. It is an eight section
CIR seating thirty-two people ut a
time. The kitchen, which is II model
in arrangement possesses many I'M
provcments ovcr others. There is Il
place for every thing and tho range
is certainly us convenient and roomy
as could possibly DO devised. There
is Il hole or metal chute through
which the walters give their orders
iiONh INV DhilIls "IilCn 10 Tlttu
from the kitchen. There is an apron
over the range which furnishes a draft
that carries the s%uperfluous steam or
smoke or smell from the range to tho
outside, and vcntilators in tho top OF
the kitchen department which makes
it n very clean and pleasant place.
Tho supply water tanks overhead
have n gauge which tells the cook
when ho is ont OF water. The pnntry
with its array OF tableware would
make even a wealthy housekecrcr
envious.
The bar supplies are in tho other
end OF the car, and n better arrange.
mont nor IL choicer selection Of drink.
ables could not DO selected. In fact
tho cur from end to end, top to bottom
lays ovor everything FOL put on this
road. In fact, it is said to 10 tho
finest lino Of EARS ever sent out by the
Pullmuns. -IOgden Standard.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-12-14
Campaign Trick err.

Tho Republican papers are also
kicking on account OF the non-nay-
ment OF political advertising bills.
the Reno Gazette says:
"In another campaign the Gazette
will know all about it before it pub
fishes a line. This working for moth
ing and boarding yourself 10 I'm en-
deavor to elevate "a few cheap men in
10 pa:,ia:avor is Improbable in evory
sense
The Carson Appeal advised and
comments us follows:
"rhe Appeals advice to the papers
is to club together, hire a first-class
lawyer and sue the State Cen,r.l
Committee for thu balance due. The
spenkers are paid, the band men are
paid, the torch lights are paid for, the
hall ront, votes, and ull that, and last
OF all the papers get what's lcf, about
enough to pay for the extra type set
ting during the campaign"
The managers of tho campaign fl
nances of both parties should be com
PEELED to make 4 statement showing
what disposition was made OF the
funds, and they should also bo com.
PEELED to disgorge every dollar OF the
amount collected and not satisfactorily
accounted for. To q man up IL tee
It looks very much like somebody had
made Il killing in hundlins tho cam
paign funds.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-12-14
FAST LOSING CASTE.

The people Of Nevada returned Bill
Stewart, OF California, to tho Senate
under protest. The Central Pacific
Rlilroad bought his scat for him, pay
ing Sl5o,0Oo. After he got in he dema-
gogued and blathcrskited through
tne press in n way to give himself
considerable notorioty ind some
seeming popularity among the people.
J t was not real but fictitious, and
o he is going entirely out of sight,
sinking lowor and lower day by day
Ia public esteem. Since the close of
tho recent campaign tho people seem
to have lost all respect for him. He
il regarded as the banner demagogue
Of tho century, and incapable OF tell
ing tho truth about anything. a Ro-
publican in Rono has offered TO bet
500 that no cannot DO trusted to tell
the truth about evon SO unimportant
q muttor as tho time of day. Tho
Virginia Chronicle relates the follow
ing:
Stewart, at Rono, before the cleo
tlon, made the snine ridiculous nsser.
Ions that no did in bis speech ut Vir-
ginla City. He repeated the baller.
dish about the present alleged silver
liw boing better than FREQ coinuge;
tle coinage capacity OF tho United
States mints being only t2,OOO,0JJ per
month. otc. a uistylstal RnnubIicun
WHO was m OF the audience, after tho
meeting offered to bot 500 II any one
asked Stewart what timo il was that,
hfter looking ut his watch, lio couldn't
Or wouldn't como within fifteen
minutes OF answering the question
Faithfully.
That Is about tho size OF it. But
the ton hold.oyers will all vote for tho.
old preyaricator two years hence. a
"yaller Dig" Ia good enough for Ne.
vnla. Eureka Sentinel.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-12-14
THE GERMAN IDEA.
Ono OF tho Funny incidents q; Edwin
EoOth's Continental Tour.

One OF the Funny incidents o; Edwin
IioOth'S Continental Tour.
Edwin Booth. when last in this CITY.
says the Philadelphia Inquirer. told u
good story connected with his probes.
sicnal visit to Germany In Berlin he
was billed to present "IIamlct." and
during tho performance. in the first in.
t"rvirw with the players. hc was utterly
asloundcd TO SEQ tho First Actor come
on the stage made up as n very old man,
with u long flowing white beard. which
reached 10 his waist. making him look
like the traditional Hebrew patriarch.
Fcing unable to speak German and the
performer having no knowledge what
ever Of English, Mr. Booth could not
ascertain tho reason of this cXtraordi.
nary makeup lie was unable however.
T." master his curiosity in regard TO IL. so
ahcr the representation lie procured an
interpreter and proceeded TO interview
the performer on the subject.
"Why on GARTH" asked Mr. Booth.
did ycu make mp so old for the First
Actor? IN America he is always paved
as n young man. and I can not Under.
stand why he should be represented
otherwise"
"oh.' replied the German. Shakes
pcarc himself is my authority. for docs
he not make Hamlet address the First
Actor rs old fricnd?"
Mr.. Booth smiled and proceeded to OK.
plain that In English n man might be
called an old friend and yet be young,
but the German utterly failed 10 get 1t
through his head. Mr.. Booth aftcrward
aSccrtaincd that not only in berlin. but
throughout Germany, whCSc Shakes.
pcare's plays arc done moro frequently
than In either England or tho United
States, the First Actor had invariably
been made upas very aged because liam.
let styled him old friend.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-12-14
The Lodge Force Bill.

Speaking of tho Federal Elections
bill, usually known us tho Lod. @
Force bill, the San Francisco Alta
California says:
ave repeat that tho measure is
revolutionary. The mere suggestion
of such II law in England would raise
q clamor an cutlery from Lands End
to John O'Groat's. 1t is the enact.
mGnto Ingalls, statement into law
1t is tho canonizltion of %sroundrcls.
IL puts murder, bribery, fraud, steal
Ing, amongst tho bcntitudes, and is
n suppression and extinction com.
plet" OF popular government. To
protest against it lisa patriotic duty.
and to overthrow it, il it become n
law, tho most serious purpose of every
free man."
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-12-14
The Beef Market.

Prospects for feeders Of cattle are
better than they have been for years.
With loss thun GO per cent. of the
usual number OF cattle on feed there
is n certainty OF a visible shortage in
the early Spring. This must causc an
advance rs soon as the offerings fall
below tho demand. Already We hear
of buyers being in the field trying to
contract fat cattle for April and May
delivery ut sc 80 per hundred. No
one seems to he so foolish ms 10 close
II deal ut these figures. Seven dol
lars is the price set by II number oi
feeders We have recently met and i'll.
dicatIons now point To the realization
of their hopes Cheyenne Stock
Journal
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-12-14
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CON.
VEN rIOT.

Is it certain that tho vote for n
Constitutional Convention is sufficient
to secure its adoption? lhe present
Constitution requires that n majority
OF tho electors voting at tho election
shall vote i'll favor OF calling tho Con
vention, and that in determining
what is n majority of the electors vot-
ing ut such election, reference shall
be had to the highest number OF
votes cast mt such election for the
candidates for any Office or OH any
question.
For State Treasurer 1891 votes
were cast, according to the Reno
Journal, and this would require G,65l
votes for tho Convention n order to
secure the adoption OF tho measure;
but according to tho same authority
there were but 6.336 votes cast in its
favor, and unless the official canvass
shall disclose Il greater number OF
votes favorable to the measure than
is reported by the Journal, no Consti.
tutional Convention can be held.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-12-14
lint Monster rcleacnne.

Alvin Clark is now constructing n
telescope for u Los Angeles obsorva.
tory that will bring tho moon within
an apparent distance OF 100 miles
from tho observer. 1t scxpcctcd that
when this telescope is finished tho
question whether there aro any iu-
habitants on tho moo will DO dcB.
nitely settled, and also whether tho
supposed Inhabitants OF tho planet
Mars are signaling to us by means of
certain lights which astronomers have
noticed on that ulanot. While tho
astronomers are busily engaged in tho
exchange OF signnis with Mars, tho
ladics may carry on n Irritation with
tho man IN tho moon.-tEx.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-12-14
Stewart Hobs I'm.

On Thursday. tho 4th instant, Son.
ator Stewart introduced u bill for the
free and unlimited usc OF silver us
money. II amends tho first section Of
tho present law by repeating tho clause
limiting tho purchase OF bullion, and
requires tho Secretary OF tho Treasury
10 purchase u | silver bullion offered
Mt o price not exceeding 81 for three
hundred aud soventy.ono and twenty
llyo hundredths grains OF pure silver.
1t also umonlJ tho Third section 10y
requiring tho Secretary to coin at
least two million ounces per month,
after tho LIST day OF June next. nnd ns
much moro us necessary to redeem
tho tronsury notes issued in the pur.
chase Of bullion.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-12-14
Counterrelters Nnbncd.
A dispatch dated Dearborn, n


a dispatch dated Dearborn, Mo-,
Dec. Z, 'says:
Special Treasury Agent Mason and
Secret Service officer Treadwell de-
seconded upon a den Of co~unterfeiters
near Newmarket yesterday und cap
tured Hornbakcr. a man by the nume
Of Henley, and n third whose name
could not be learned. Tho officers
also confiscated their entire plant,
consisting OF plates, dies, presses and
over s20.OOOof spurious morcy. Tho
counterfeit money made they had
been shipping East for circulation,
and Mason says it Is n very danger
Gus imitation, especially the $40 bills,
and tho public have been warned
against them by the Eastern papers.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-12-14

a San Francisco firm udvertises to
sell lots ut S400 on the installmcnt
plan at $40 a month, and adds: In
vcstment in this property will pay u
profit of 80 per cent. per annum for
the next tive years" Let's see; ten
dollars Il month for II year is 500,
fifty pcr ccnt. OF 500 is 500; hence
the purchaser OF these lots could pay
the installment and save $50 n year ON
each lot, and tho more lots he buys
the moro money he would save. Why
don't capitalists Jump ut the
chance?
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-12-14
Will Take u Rest.

Mr.. Il. ID. Parsiscn, an old and re-
spected citizen OF Nevada, is going to
San Francisco 10 take IL needed rest.
About eight years ago he conceived
the idea OF storing water for irrigating
purposes. Having Il thorough know
ledge OF the country, acquired while
Il Government Surveyor, he selected
Sluaw Valley and Kelly Creek, near
the Humboldt and Ilko boundary, as
tho place 10 III operations.
Being IL civil engineer, he laid out
sites for storage reservoirs, built dams
which will withstand frcshe,s and
cloudbursts, and irrigatirg canals and
bitches, by which thousands of acres
Of lands are reclaimed and the desert
transformed, Us if by magic to waving
grain fields and luxuriant alfalfa
meadows. His energies have been
heavily taxed during the many years
he has been in harness planning and
executing works which cost largo
sums of money, and which, to-day,
arc the most valuable in the country,
ind no how rctireS as Resident
Director of the company, and will be
succeeded as manager at tho ranch
b. Mr. l1urbcrt Guernsey, who has
had much experience in conducting
cattle ranches il Colorado.--lSilvc
State.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-12-14
Nevada Indians Are Not Bad.

Friends in the East arc sending
written e%ptrcaties To- acquaintanccs
advising them TO lenve Central Nevada
Immediately, and avoid being scalped
by Indians.
The Eastern people know as much
about the real nature OF the Indian OF
Ncvada's partly civilized tribes rs thoy
do OF the. Chinaman who ckes out Il
miserable existence in the sluus Of
san FranciEco's Chinatown. The
Nevada tribes, principally Shoshoncs
and Flutes, are %peaceablo and oven
in carly days were easily reconciled to
tho Ways f their white neighbors.
Only when drunk are they quarrel
some and even then inflict their oircn-
sive nets only upon tho dark race
The possibilities Of nm Indian war, or
uprising, in Nevada are ,.iore remote
than the tino when Ignatius Don
nelly's cryptogram will be received
with crcdenco.-ICcntrul Nevadun.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-12-14

Eureka Soit;ac(:--'Impulsivc lcgis.
lation in the supposed interest OF sil.
yer" is tho thing that President Har-
rison does not want. An ''impulsive''
measure is what wo will have by the
next Congress, but not by this. The
people arc getting about ready for II
''propulsivc' movement and they will
mako il tn ,ir business To sec that the
Republican Administration gets u
o on itself" in November, 1892.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-12-14
A Losing Policy.

Complaint Is made, snys tho Inyo
Independent, TINT the incrcnse OF
population nnd the general improve.
ment OF Ncyoda IL hindercd by tho
Central Pacific railroad. The com.
pany owns a worry largo amount Of
Land ihut could be- irrigated, but IL is
alleged that they will not give any
Iolp townrd building bitches and
Other works necessary for irrigation,
and this ties the hands Of tho small
holders. who would gladly unite with
tho company 10 build such works.
Neya1a will remain what IL now is.
Ia most part an uninhabitcd desert,
Ill irrigation shall make tho land tit
for settlement. There IL enough good
land In Nevada, and water tofoftalizo
1T, TO support two millions Of people,
lut tbe log in.thc.mHnger Policy will
Keep Tie land ba,rcn md lilo State
pvors
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-12-14

The papers all over the country are
rejoicing that Senator Stewart has
introduced n bill for the FREQ and IN.
limited use of silver II money" Tho
use OF silver is money has been ro.
stricted only by the difficulty in oh.
tanning it. Free and unlimited "coin-
ase"is what VIC want, and past OK.
p]erionce has taught us to look with
suspicion on Senator Stewards so,
called silver bills.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-12-14
The Amcn,lc.

Tho Elko INDEPENDENT in its issue
OF tho 18th uit,, credits TO tho Silver
State Que OF tho Scntinel's able cdi.
torinls ON tho Constitutional Convun.
ton. Eureka Sentinel.
We beg pardJn for m error which
sometimes occurs inndyortantly. We
had 40 intention Of "robbing Peter to
pay Paul and wc promise not to do
it ugain.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-12-14
+ iE coalNG LEGISLATURES.

AaHEHnr so. Lr#~
Senator NJ. d. Foley passed up the
road Yesterday. aud in conversation
Mi,h parties at the depot spoke favor
milo OF the plan OF having n term OF
tae Legislature in January to be in
session ten days, in which time to
elect a U. S. Senator, aud arrange for
til" time and place OF holding a Con-
stitutional Convention, and also for
tho appointment OF delegates, then
adjourn; and after the convention
thus called has performed its work,
the general business OF the Legisln-
ture a be transacted in n special
session called by tho Governor
lS'lver State.
While We believe that the Senator's
liens nre correct in reference to hold
q n brief session aud then awaiting
tho action OF the Constitutional Con
vsntion, we do not think it is within
the power OF tho Legislature to ap-
point delegates to said Convention.
TIE Legislature has no authority, so
& r rs wc understand the present.
Constitution, to appoint delegates,
ald we do not believe that it would
b. for the best interests OF the whole
psople that that body should have the
power to select the trainers OF n new
Constitution. The formulation OF SO
important Il document as n State Con
stitntion should be intrusted to
representative mon selected by tho
people for that express purpose, and
not by n political body. The clause
Of the Constitution providing forsuch
Al Convention is as follows:
Article XVI, Section .. If Mt n
time the legislature, by II vote of two.
thirds OF the members elected to each
lieuse, shall determine that it is
necessary to cause u revision of this
entire constitution, they shall recon-
mend to tho electors, ut tho next cleo
tion for molnbers OF the legislature,
10 vote for or against q conventions:
and il it shall appear that u majority
ot The electors voting ut such election
shall have voted in favor of calling n
9 invention the Legislature shall, at
its next session, provide by law for
ctlIing n Convention, To be holden
within six months after tho plssage
Of such law; and such convention
shall consist OF a number of members
MT 1855 than that OF both branches
OF tie legislature.
From tho above it will be seer that
tho Legislature is clothed with the
power OF providing by law for holding
tho Convention, but that they have
tho power to designate the delegates
we do not believe, neither do We be-
lisve that it would be wise for them
to have that power. 1t is evidently
the intention OF the above clause to
give the people OF each county the
right to select their own delegates;
bat the Legislature has the power to
designate the time and place OF hold
ing the Convention, the number of
delegates, not less than tho number
OF members Of tho coming Leglsla-
ture, tho pay OF delegates, and also to
limit tho duration OF tho Convention.
The law expressly says tho Legisla.
ture "shall provide by law for calling
n Conyontion," but it does not give
that body the power to select the
delegates.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-12-14
FREAK OF A HAND.
Blown Through - Smoke-Stack
Caught OIL II Rod.

Blown Through - Smoke-Stack and
Caught on II Rod.
Friday. June 30, Frederick Miller and
David Heller. two employees 1t the fur
nac at the rolling-mills. were killed by
u premature explosion Of Hercules pow
der while blasting out salamandcr from
tho bottom of the furnace, says the Bra
iii Times. Miller was standing directly
Owe the drilled holo ut tho time of tho
explosion and was terribly torn and dis
figured. both arms wore blown or, but
JIG was found. Every effort to find tho
other arm proved fruitlcss until a month
l.:cr. The workmcn saw an object
%c!inSing to ono of the stay-rods that
help to support and keep in position tho
stacks on the top of tho furnace.
Through curiosity they climbed to the
top and they saw q sight that not only
filled them with horror but with wonder.
There in full sight of all was 4 mans
hand. with only the stub of an arm at
tachcd, tightly clasping the rod above
mentioned. There can be no doubt but
that the hand is that of the unfortunate
Elillcr. The only theory known for tho
strange freak of tho bodylcss hand j.:
that tho hand was blown out tho top OF
the high stack, and in coming down tho
muscles, still active, contracted when
tho hand stru;k tho rod and fastened to
IL with a deadly grip. From the posi-,
ton in which Miller was standing tho
hand could not have reached tho pos;
tion it occupied other than in the above
manner. Tho mu:clcs could not have
relaxed much after first contracting else
the hand would have fallen.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-12-14
That's wha. rhry,n plour.

And now tho brave boys In blioux
viii bn cunning thor wogcs, It's
trlOur:
They will go TO no ball
Or shiniiv. ut nj,
Except the ghost dance" OF tho
Sioux.
Tho above conciso poem was con.
tributod by Arthur Morris, OF Empire,
tho Appeals war correspondent, and
is respectfully dedicated TO Uncle
Sans standing army. carson Ap.
polL