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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-11-12
The Bonnet wouIdn't Isudse.

While waiting for train at Yokoha-
ma station not many years ago, a tonrA
ist observed a Japanese gentleman fault
lessly attifed in European dress APP
proach a Japanese lady (also dressed after
the manner Of civilized nations) and lift
his hat with pretty bow made in the
orthodox Western style, Thereupon
Nine. Chrysanthenne, looking trifle
embarrassed, essayed to return the COM
pliment by lifting her bonnet. Finding,
however, that this troublesome head.
piece declined to yield, the poor, little
lady tugged at 1t hard with both hands;
but as all her exertions were unavail-
ing, she ultimately slid her hands down
the front of her dress and inclined her
body after tho manner of unciviliSed
Japanese when they meet each other in
tho street naturally clothed.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-11-12
Tho struggle for Life.

A recent writer says that persons who
earnestly desire to live can keep u NOR
tai disease at bay much longer than
those who are comparatively Indifferent
to their fate. A resolute determination
not to succumb is, ns. every. army sur
geon knows, tho salvation of many a
wounded soldier, who without IT would
assurcdly die, .- ..-- .'''----
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-11-12
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THE WEEKLY INDEPENDENT.

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transmission through the mails as second
ass mail matter.
, 1890-06-25

There was a line ten feet long at the
ticket window in the Hudson River
railroad waiting room and the police
man on duty was busy reminding the
slower travellers to be brisk with their
change, when a tall, thin, elderly wo-
man, with spectacles and with a com.
plexion like a halibut, peered in atthe
ticket clerk and said:
"What do you ask for a ticket TO
Poughkeepsieg"
Zone dollar forty seven"
rs that the lowest pr1cef
"Only one rate"
ELIZA Smith went up last month
and only paid n dollar and thirty
cents"
There's been no change, madam.
Do you want a ticketi"
Would 1 save anything if l wen.
To Peekskill, got off and bought an
other ticket theref'
costs more. Hurry, madam, there
are others waiting
"Well, l only wanted to price tick.
cts. | never knowed Eliza Smith to
tell the truth before and l just wanted
to be SUR that she hadn't broke no rec.
ord."-New York Tribune.
, 1890-06-25

Many years ago, when drinking habits
were more prevalent than now, a Con-
gregational minister Q York county
preached a very strong temperance ser
mon that made a sensation in the parish.
Some Of the leading members of the CON
gregaion felt insulted. They got up
and left the house during the sermon,
and then sent a letter demanding an
apology or the preachers resignation.
The next Sunday the pastor announced
from the pulpit that he would comply
with the gentlemen's request in the even
ing. OF course, everybody who could go
to the church that evening was there,
the disafected one with smiles on their
faces at the thought Of how they had
triumphed oven the minister. The woF-
thy mar assembled the pulpit, went
through the preliminary exercises, and
then announced his text: "And being
convicted by their own consciences they
went out one by one" The sermon.
preached from that text was a sumner,
but nothing more was said about an
apology. and the minister did not resign.
Mt Desert (Me.) Herald.
, 1890-06-25
Trimming on Large Ears.

Modern surgery has not hesitated to
cut a new nose out of the cheek, to
loop up a dropping eyelid, or engraft
the skin Of M person upon another,
but it has not until now given a mans
ears a setback. To DIR. William w.
Keen, of Jefferson college, came a
brother physician to repair a job that
had been badly done by natures prem
tice hand, SO to speak. The young
man, for he was only 10, was all ears;
that is to say, his ears were not only
abnormally large, but they fiji pped in
a painfully absurd
The surgeon proceeded to lay bare
the cartilage by removing the skin
from the posterior surface of the auri-
Gle, and then excised a long, narrow
piece of the cartilage-V shaped in
gross sections, as if he had run a min
iature pillow over the ridge on the
back of the ear. Great care was taken
not to cut clear through and thus
cause a scar on the anterior surface.
The edges of the cartilage were then
drawn together by catgut stitches, in
addition to those in the skin. This
was done while the young man vas
etherized. He went to sleep with long
ears, and he awoke with short ears
very sore ones, and so intricately fas-
tened into position that for some nights
he had to sleep fiat on his back. But
when the wound had healed and the
plasters were removed he found him
self possessed of symmetrical and fair
sized ears.-Philadelphia Letter.
, 1890-06-25

Persons having old postage stamps
sometimes think they are rendered
worthless by the issue of new ones.
This is not SC. The only obsolete
stamps are those OF the issues of 1s47
and 1851, very few of which are now
in existence in the north, and these
r generally worth more han their
face value for collectors. The issues
Of 1861, 1869 and 1870 are as good in
the payment of postage as the new is
sues The a the issues Of 1847
and 1851 are not accepted is because
large amounts Of these were outstand-
ing in the south at the time OF the re-
bellion, and the present holders OF
them probably secured them without
rendering m equivalent to Uncle Sam.
Hartford Courant.
, 1890-06-25

a good story, in which two Aistinr
guished L~ouisianians and a no less
distinguished Georgian figured some
what con]spicuously in a restaurant in
Washington, d. c., was related TO a
newspaper man. The Douisianians
were Hon. Thomas J.. Semmes and
Mr. James Legendre. Of this city, and
the Georgian was Hon. Ben Hill, son
of the late senator, and himself a
prominent Georgia politician. The
party were en- route to New York city
to attend the centennial of the su-
preme court of the United States.
On the arrival of the train at Wash
ington, d. c., the usual time for break
fast was announced. and Messrs. Sem
mes and party, taking advantage OF
the opportunity thus offered, hastened
to the nearest restaurant. Each or
dered as his taste and inclination
prompted, and settled his own account.
Messrs. Semmes and Hill attacked the
bill of fare to the extent of 81, and Mr..
Legendre contented himself with a
seventy-fve CEN meal.
Breakfast ended, the three gentle
men each handed the waiter d silver
dollar-the exact amoun of none
due by Messrs. Semmes and Hill.
Twenty-Five cents were due Degendre,
however, and this amount the waiter
returned to him on his tray. Mr.. L.
gendre had enjoyed his breakfast, and
being in good humor, replaced the
quarter on the tray to tip" the waiter.
The waiter, placing the money in a
glass on his tray, passed it to Mr..
Semmes as a gentle reminder of what
was expected of him. Mr.. Semmes
was, however, busily converting with
his friend, Mr.. Hill, at the time, and
in an absent minded sort of way
quietly appropriated the tip money
under the impression, no doubt, that
it was his change. The waiter was
dumfounded, and Mr.. Legendre, some
what embarrassed, beckoned to him
aud dropped an additional quarter on
the tray to soothe his feelings. This
the waiter passed to Mr.. Hill with the
hope that he, at least, had caught
on, and that Mr.. Semmes might finally
be brought to a knowledge of his mis-
take. But he again made a serious
error. Mr.. Hill dealt with the tip
money just as Mr.. Semmes had done
in the first instance and the converse.
ton proceeded in the ordinary way.
Mr.. Legendre was already out fifty
cents in the scheme, and was conse-
quently not further inclined in that
direction, and before the waiter could
sufficiently to explain thu
mistake the three strangers left the
restaurant and were on their way to
New York.-New Orleans Times
Democrat.
, 1890-06-25

A young fellow was inquirinS of Oh
GER Button at the Third street depot
about the train for the north. when the
officer queried in return:
Didn't you come in this morning.
Yes
with a young woman"
Yes"
Il thought 50. took you for a bridal
couple"
Eyes, so we were"
And you are going back alone?'
That's what's the matter. We were
married day before yesterday and came
here on a tour. She was all right when
we got here, but in about an hour we
had a fuss. She wanted a diamond ring,
and 1 couldn't buy it. Diamondsl Just
think of It'll I've got Se5 in cash and
twenty acres of land. and expect to have
" live on beans for the next six months
30 pull through"
Where is she now
'.Over ut the hotel. left her money
to pay her bill and get home. and she
can stay or come. Better have this thing
decided at the start, you know. Some
folks are built to wear diamonds. and
some to eat johnny cake. I'm a johnny
cakst. There's my train. II she comes
In to take the next just see her aboard,
but don't encourage her any. It's a row
to see who shall boss, and the best man
L going to win."-Detroit Free Press.
, 1890-06-25

King Leopold of Belgium speaks
and writes English with ease and ac-
curacy. He never lets a Sunday pass
without writing an autograph letter
70 his friend and ally, Queen Victoria.
Whenever he travels he takes with
him his confidential English attend
ant, Mr.. Charles Murray, who has
been in his service nearly a quarter
OF a century. Although the king Of
the Belgians has aged perceptibly dur
ing the past ten years, he has never
lost the equanimity of temper which
made him SO popular in his youth.
The king is now So years of age, but
his health is good and he expects to
live many years more.-New York
World.
, 1890-06-25
LAST LEAF.


We see the patriarch stnl
Brtskly treadlng Beacon Hin
Full OF joy;
For his heart IS pure and GLAD
As the good Sir GAlahad.
or boy.
By the teAcups when he sat
The unrivAled Autocrat
Did he know
He would some day cling. ali mo-
Last leaf on the lonely tree.
Bent with snow
Had he felt and had he known
He would wear the bays alone
SIN l hold
Never would have blAnched his check
StiH his harp had blessed the weak,
Charmed the Old
His the gospel OF good cheer.
Doctors art and poets ear
Joined to bless;
Heart with humankind atoIch,
Like the Master healing such
In the press
Writing no impAssioned screeds
To uphold a pArty's creeds
Or It's wrongs;
Broader than his Brahmin casts,
He has won the world at last
With his songs
stu he walks the Boston street4
And he smiles at those he meets
As he roAms.
All! we love that gray haired man;
EFUan hta hanA A.aE ~ WnsV @aWH
, 1890-06-25
EEFEcTNE oRATQRY.
How . Young Lawyer Defended 50 IL
fur~d Woman and Made q ReputatIon.

How . Young Lawyer Defended 80 IL
Jursd Woman and Made q Reputation.
Jonathan II. Pugh was a pale faced
young lawyer. Day after day he sat
waiting for clients, but none came. Tho
first term Of court appeared and his name
had not appeared on the docket. At that
time my father was clerk of the circuit
court One day there anne to him a
poor, sad woman, who poured into his ear
a pitiful tale of woe. \ brother-in-law
had robbed her of all the property left
her by her dead husband, had oppressed
and abused her, and was now seeking to
take from her care her only child, a little
girl s years old. Ny father became
deeply interested in the woman and
for Pugh. The young lawyer came and
took charge of her case.
The poor woman's brother-in-law was
rich, and he employed the best Of oun
sol, and made every preparation in his
power to defeat her in court and subject
her to still greater oppression He even
circulated the most slanderous stories
against her, and succeeded in totally de
stroying her good reputation.
This story hndled the soul of Pugh,
and he went to work with a fierce deter
mination to unmask the villain. The
day for the trial arrived. The neighbor-
hood was thoroughly aroused, and the
old our room was crowded with specta-
tors. The sad and dreamy young lawyer
became another mana bold and daunt-
less knight fighting for outraged woman
hood. He arose to speak. The silence
was painful. With a master hand hs
laid before court and jury the work of
the poor woman's oppressor. The par
jured witnesses withered beneath his
fiery denunciation. Judge, jurors and
spectators BENT forward to listen.
As he told of the woman wrongs tears
filed the eyes of all. Then he turned
from the weeping woman to the author
Of her sorrows. In terrible language he
expressed the villainy of the man. Sud-
denly he faced the victim of his scorn,
and pointing his quivering finger at him
exclaimed: You have stolen from this
poor woman all her property. Not only
this; you have robbed her not only Of her
last dollar, but of what is more precious
than gold-her good name. And now,
with savage hands, You try to tear from
her arms her darling child. In the wv
full hereafter you should not even be al
lowed the miserable comfort Of herding
with the common damned, but in some
lower, deeper hell be compelled. singly
and alone, to howl out an eternity OF
woe"
As Pugh reached this climax It fell
like a bolt of thunder on the ears of the
guilty man. and he rushed headlong from
the court room. Pugh's reputation was
made. He was flooded with clients and
was at once one of the busiest lawyers in
town.-nlinois State Journal.
, 1890-06-25

A novel arrangement for securing an
abundance of soft light together with
perfect ventilation has been installed in
an opera house in Chicago. The device
is, in form, similar to a large parasol,
eighteen feet in diameter, the perform
tons in the owe permitting the escape
of the vitiated atmosphere. The rod
and handle are formed to permit the use
Of gas jets if necessary, while from the
tips of each rib ~incandescent bulbs hang,
giving a perfect and powerful circle of
light. Another feature is the use of in
candescent bulbs, arranged in a wire net,
to indicate the name of the company
playing.-Chicago Letter.
, 1890-06-25

There is a dog in Chester, Pa, which
will never walk when there is a chance
to jump on a street car and ride. He is
q black Newfoundland. Much of his
time is spent at the stables. Although
his home is only two squares away he
never walks to it. but waits for q car go
ing that way, on which he jumps. He
often goes off on a pleasure trip, riding
to the different sections Of the city on
different cars, always sitting on the
curbstone until the car he wants comes
along, showing remarkable intelligence
In allowing to pass him those cars which
branch off in directions contrary to the
one he wishes to take.-Pittsburg Dis
patch.
, 1890-06-25

l have in my possession a coin which
b freak" 1t is a United States half
dollar (~silver), having an eagle on each
aide. OF course, it bears no date, but it
was issued under the coinage act Of 1892.
i have another, dated 1927, which bears
the same eagle. One face Of this coin is
like all others of its issue. Upon the re-
verse, however, the eagle and the letter
ing are indented and reversed, as though
stamped there by another coin.
Ny theory is that the coin cut just
previous to this one stuck to the die.
eagle side up" and left its impression
upon the silver strip from which, as /
understand, coins are cut. l can ac-
count for the freak in no other way. 1t
must have been overlooked at the mint,
and thus got into circulation. 1t is OF
tull weight and standard silver.-Cor
Chicago Inter Ocean
, 1890-06-25

Some remarkable statements ara
made by Professor Rein, a scientist
who has been investigating the mate
rial u of Japan. They reveal
q national frugality and economy OF a
marvellous type. The area OF Japan is
less than that OF California. Its cult
waited land is less than one-tenth of its
total acreage, yet its products support
about SO, 900, 900. In Japan 2, $50 per
sons subsist from each square mile OF
tiled land. A people existing in such
circumstances must, from necessity OF
preservation, be provident, painstak-
ing, hard working, ingenious and fru-
gal. The Japs appear to deserve all
these ~adjectives. Agriculture with
them is literally market gardening,
because the soil is required to produce
more than any other place in the
world.-Once a Week.
, 1890-06-25

The bulk of the entire coffee prod
uct comes from Brazil, which has a
~peculiarity Of its own. These coffees
are harsh and rank, as compared with
the milder kinds. 1t was estimated that
Brazil once furnished 65 per cent. of the
entire coffee product of the world. There
have been of late years one or two
partial failures Of the crop in Brazil,
which accounts for the high price of cof-
fee here. You will probably remember
that coffee vas very low from "a to 81;
in fact the prices were so very low that
Brazilian planters did not nave the ber-
res picked. it bringing them in debt. In
consequence, they allowed their planta-
tons to u down, which in part ac-
counts for the present shortage .-Chica-
go Herald.
, 1890-06-25

This is what.you ought:to have, in fact
you must have it. to fully enjoy life.
Thusands are searching Tor it daily. and
moaning because they find it not. Thous-
ands upon thousands Of dollars are spent
annually by our people in the hope that
they may attain this boon. And yet it
may be had by all. We guarantee that
Electric Bitters, if used according to di.
r~ections and the use persisted in, will
bring you Good Digestion and Dust the
demon Dyspepsia and install instead Eu-
pepsy. W. recommend Electric Bitters
for Dyspepsia and all diseases of Liver,
Stomach and Kidneys. Sold at so cents
and 81 per bottle, by B. B. David. drug
pist
, 1890-06-25

A woman wage Garner who works
from 8 in the morning until 0 at night
and occasionally finds herself too weary
to sleep, takes down her hair ats 10
o'clock, brushes it vigorously, washes
her face, neck and arms with lukewarm
water, takes q crash towel bath and
goes to bed, with a hot water bag at her
feet. The light in her room is 80 ar
ranged that she can, after reading for a
few moments some light, pleasant work,
e~xtinguish it without rising, and she
usually drifts into dreamland in less
than half an hour.-Chicago Tribune.
, 1890-06-25

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nyou have failed to get cured elsewhere do not
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him. which Is strictly confidential as he needs no Inter
prefer, but speaks English FOR himself, and II costs you
nothing for eonsultation. as be only sell, the remedies,
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are carefully followed. or Money Refunded
Persons living outside Of Denver can write to Lee
Wing, enclosing lc stamp. and explain their symp-
toms, when he will be pleased to send them advice IS
to which Of his remedies will be beneficial
An correspondence strictly confidential.
LEE VINO, 1914 Larimsr st., Denver, 0oio-
, 1890-06-25
The ROLE ALONG rHe s4oRg

Far OF along the bay indented coast,
Where headland after headlsnd stretching far,
Marks the dim coast line, fading till almost
1t blends with cloud at the horizons bar
SLOW creeping shoreward, moaning eyermore,
The pulse OF ocean beats upon the shore.
A murmur deep, half silence and half song.
From sunken lGIges sleeping far away,
Arises, borne by trembling airs along.
TIL all the world above the pulsing bay
Is full Of voices whispering to me
The sweetly solemn secrets OF the sea
The over soul with listening souls below
Holds converse in the voice OF noisy waves
That moan along the shore when wild winds blow
From realms Of silence over ocean caves
The infinite thus speaks To you and me
A message, this deep music OF the sea
Julian 5. Cutler In Boston Transcript
, 1890-06-25

Frenchmen are waking up to the fact
that the German colony in beloved Pal is
Is rapidly increasing. There are nearly
30, 900 of them-in other words, twelve
persons out of every thousand of the
population are Germans. The total has
doubled in the last ten or eleven years,
and 1t is more than double that of the
British, who are just under 10, 900 strong.
The English have their own quarters,
but the Germans distribute themselves
owe every ACCOMPLISHMENT Paris Let
tar
, 1890-06-25

J. Bryan Grimes, of Pitt county, N. c.,
had planted thirty-ive acres in Irish po-
tatoes, and one night when he thought
there was going to be frost to kill his
potatoes, which were twelve inches high,
he built log heaps about his field and
kept them burning during the night, and
next morning his potatoes were untouch-
ed by the frost
, 1890-06-25

A colored man named Joseph Saun-
ders was employed to dig a well for a
farmer near Augusta, Me. The farmer
beat him down to half wages, but after
going ten feet down the digger struck a
jug with $3.50 in gold in it and took a
skip. The farmer then dug twenty-five
feet more, nearly broke his back, and
didn't hit anything but tones.-Detroit
Free Press.
, 1890-06-25

Many unique deyices have been re
sorted to for booming embryo towns,
but that employed by the real estate
pushers of a Hedging on Puget sound
takes the lead. Two professional
wrestlers were matched and the result
OF the contest telegraphed throughout
the coast. 1t was not stated whether
the contest was held under a big FIR
tree or en- the tide flats. Exchange.
, 1890-06-25

The scoring Of the bores Of modern
cannon by the new powders in use is
claimed to be due to the fact hat upon
ignition all Of the powder is not turned
to gas, some of it remaining in a fluid
state. 1t is this latter which does the
scoring by being thrown with such force
against the metal of the gun that the re
sulting action is very similar to that of a
sand blast for cutting glass.
, 1890-06-25

II was claimed in the meetings attend.
ing the celebration Of the forty-second
anniversary Of modern Spiitualism re-
Gently that there are u 1900 S~piritualists
in Boston alone, ms = Of whom are scat
tered among the various churches.
, 1890-06-25

1t is said thelzw regulating child labor
in the factories Of New York is generally
observed. The law prohibits the EN-
ployment OF children under 12 years of
age, and limits tho labor of all minors to
sixty hours each week. The measure
was not intended as a hardship upon
employers.
, 1890-06-25

The best salve in the world tor cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum. fever
Sores, letter chapped hands. chilblains,
.orns and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles or n pay required. 1t ID
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction OF
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by B. B. David, Druggist
, 1890-06-25

The Georgia railroad has been in OPP
Grafton forty years, and lever killed a
passenger or had a mortgage on its
property. 1t is needless to say that all
passengers ove this line have a lone
some feeling and notice a lack Of
something.-Detroi Free Press.
, 1890-06-25
ATOR.4EE

For household goods or
tnereha an disc OF amy de-
scrtpftON. 4 ey.nas reason
able and Insurance effected
achen desired. Warehouse
on Cheyenne r V0rfheSn
track. Gail and ger esff-
mates. Cheyenne CONNER
etat company.
, 1890-06-25

Transatlantic Traveler-Let me in
troduce my friend Stubs. He's a dia-
mond in the rough.
Customs Officer with his mind on
business)-Diamonds in the roughi
Duty free. Chicago Times