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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-03-09
DELAYED Stages.

Tho recent rains and warm weather
have knocked tho bottom ont of tho
T%uscarora road. rho stngo which
loft Tuscarora yesterday morning
stopped " night ut tho Adobe,
twelve miles out, and tho one which
loft hero yesterday morning arrived
ut tho same station at 0 o'clock last
evening whore It also stopped over
night. A iour.horsc sloigh was sent
out this morning, with tho mnils aud
express, which mot tho incoming
stage at tho springs, seven miles out.
Cargocs were exchanged, tho incoming
sloigh was turned back and Yorc's
toam returned horo. Travelling viii
DO worry difficult until the roads got In
botter condition.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-03-09
Young Lincoln Dead.

Master Abraham Lincoln, son Of
Robert Lincoln, tho u. s.. Minister,
who has boon suffering from blood
poisoning arising from q malignant
carbuncle on his loft side below the
nrmpit, diod in London Mt II o'clock
Wednesday morning. During the
morning no laid in n comatoso condi.
ton, unable to retain no%urishmcnt.
but suffered no pain. The Lincoln
family wore at tho bedside from carly
morning until he died. He pissed
away quietly. Tho body will DO ON.
balmcd and sent homo for inter
mont.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-03-09
Tho Great Water Suit,

Tho suit instituted ut Winnemucca
by P. N. Marker ct al, for the adj
j%udication OF water rights on the
Humboldt and its tributaries, inter
ests a largo number OF the residents
OF this county who should take stops
to meot the emergency. We would
suggest that each precinct call n meet
ing OF those interested and appoint n
good man rs q representative to look
after the peoples interests. One
representative from each precinct
might constitute n Committee from
Elko county, and this Committee
should DO clothed with power to Gun
ploy an attorney to look after the in
terosts OF those summoned to appear.
Tho expense OF the proceedings can
DO met by an assessment on those in
terested in proportion to tho magni-
tudo Of thoir water interests, and thus
the cost to each individual would be
insignificant.
1t is the opinion OF attorneys herc
TINT in order to avoid future trouble
NIL claimants OF q wator right should
appear oithor in person OF by attorney
and present the necessary proofs 10
establish thoir respective CLAIMS; for
u failure TO answer might involve fu-
turo expensive litigation. Tho mat
tor should BIO attended TO atonce, and
wo think 1t would DO well for tho peo-
ple to 80 to work and prepare for the
coming litigation.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-03-09
gron Friday. Daily.
sALRAGUNDL.
D. O.. Mills passed through to-day
on route to San FRANCISCO.

D.. o. Mills passed through to-day
en- route to San Francisco.
A car LOAF of live fowls passed
through going west today.
The President has approved the
Act providing for an Assistant Score
tary OF war.
Wo acknowledge the receipt OF a
copy Of the report OF the Nevada E1-
perimental Station.
George Francis Train arrived at
Chicago Wednesday on his flying trip
around the world.
1t is said that smacking the lips is
a vulgar habit. Much depends on
whose lips arc smacked.
The Tuscarora stage which should
have arrived last evening get in at
l o'clock this afternoon.
William Mitchell has purchased of
p. E Wore his span Of fine black
horses which are a splendid team.
=-Ha
Thos. Keogh, an old-time resident
OF this State, who laid over here
yesterday, left last evening for Wells.
Snow glasses, cye protectors, com
passes, specs, eye glasses and q full
assortment OF optical goods at
Muller's. 3m
.....H
Henderson Green came up from tho
Humboldt House last night. He re-
ports tho grass starting in fine shape
at that place.
The remains of George II Pendlo-
ton, late minister to Germany, were
taken to Cincinnati yesterday. The
funeral will take place tomorrow.
Tho House Committee on Coinage
Wednesday considered the first two
sections OF tho Window bill and re-
jected several amendments thereto.
Quite q number. of school teachers
are in from the surrounding country
for the purpose of attending the ex-
animation for teachers certificates
which begins to-day.
Tho examination of applicants for
teachers certificates opened in tho
Courtroom at o'clock this afternoon.
Visitors will be welcome and are cor
daily invited to attend.
Va. Chronicle:-One year OF Harri-
sons protection to American in
dustry" and intense "love OF silver
Administration has passed, for which
let the Lord be thanked.
A. Arnheim, representing, T. Dit
tenhofer & Co., dealers in Wood &
Willow Ware, San Frauci SEQ, who is
in town looking after the interests of
his firm, gave the INDEPENDENT n
friendly call to day.
James NJ. Douahue, n son OF tho
late Peter Donahue, the millionaire,
died in San Francisco last Monday
night, after n long illness. Ho was
President OF tho San Francisco &
North Pacific Railroad, Colonel OF the
Fifth Infantry, California National
Guard, and leaves IN estate worth
about 100000.
For the benefit Of our readers VIC
publish today the Jones silver bill
which, although not just what the
silver men want, is q step in tho right
direction. The most Objectionable
feature is Section 3, which leaves il
discretionary with the Secretary OF
the Treasury how much OF the bul.
lion, either gold or silver, shall be
ooiDa1
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-03-09
Proof I,oaitlyc.

"Novor saw such weather at this
Tine Of year in my lifel 1t was hard
TO believe that Wednesday could DO
tho LIST Of january"
"Wcll, how did you convince your
scii OF that tact?"
"Wsnt down to tho postofloe and
found q lot Of bills marlsed; please
remit.'".
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-03-09
ADULTERATED CANDY.

The Alarming Use of Terra Alba In IT'S
Manufacture.
Tho Board OF Trade journal, of Port
land, Me-, is authority for the state
ment that about 0,0oo tons of terra alba
were recently imported through tho
port OF Now York alone. The only uso
for terra alba in any quantity is in tho
ad~ulteration OF candies, and when those
two facts arc put together they become
very significant. The substance Is min
eral, utterly insoluble in the saliva or
the gastric juice, and the result of eating
candies adulteratcd can not be other
wise than excessively injurious. Tho
devilishness OF the use OF such stuff in
candies Is all the greater for the fact
that most OF tho candies that arc adul
tcrated with 1t are used by children of
tender years. Tho extent to which It
exists in certain candies may be sur
missed by an incident which occurred
within the experience Of the editor of
the National Druggist A wholesale
grocery house Of St Louis made q
claim against the South Shore line for
damages done a certain lot Of lozengcs
manufactured by q Boston house and
shipped in barrels over that line. Tho
general agent OF tho line procured some
OF these 'aozenges" and brought thcm
to the writer for examination. Tho re-
suit Of u Investigation showed them
to consist entirely Of terra alba bound
together with q little gelntino or gum
Eve have forgotten which). Further In
vestigation developed that they were
simply blocks or forms to be used In
preparing cheap lozenges, the method
of use being simply to immerse them
for a few moments in sirups Favored
with peppermint, winter-grcon, etc. Tho
agent, armed with these facts, refused
to pay any damages, and the concern,
rather than risk tho exposure incident
apon a lawsuit, dropped tho claim
National Druggist r-~ITEl
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-03-09
POOR HoTEL-KEEp,No.
A' s.A.. Ter -. 2. ..s.n.--

C1R ~ sH
Ono night year Ago.. writes . Nov
York Sum correspondent, there were half
Adolen of us TO go up to the village ho-
tel in the rickety old bus, and among
the crowd was . soleinn-lookin1 old
chap, dressed in very plain goods and
wearing . coon-skin cap. It was the
typical village hotel landlord In tie
har-room, q very fresh young man be-
hind the register, mighty little for SUI
per, and that poorly cooked, and there
Was moro or less growing. Tho man
with tho coon-skin cap was treated yery
brusquely by tho clerk, and tho frowsy.
headed waiter girl didn't seem to caro-
whether no had any thing to eat or not.
He didn't say much, but It was evident
that no was mad.
After supper the landlord and ..Coon-
skin" had . private confab. Whom It was
ended tho old man came downstairs.
opened tho front door, and then turned
to the clerk, and said:
"You gitI'
"What do you mean2"
81 have rented this hotel. Skip!.
The clerk put on his o and hat and
walked out. Then "Coon-skin" sent
word to tho cook and waiter girl TO be
out In half an hour, for tho hostler 10
DO COMO by midnight, and for the bar
keeper to vacate by noon the next day.
lie kindly allowed us to stop over night,
but we had to got our brcakfasI ut a
bakery. BY noon the doors Of the hotel
were nailed up, signs Of ''closed" posted,
and as We footed it down to the depot
tho solemn old man thawed out sufi-
ciently to observe:
Sim aftcr seven more OF 'em along this
line of railroad, and If I can shut 'em up
the public will BIO in my debt. Ihayo
figured it out to my entire satisfaction,
and l truly believe that three-ifths of
the crime in this country is melted by
poor bookkeeping"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-06-27
Ideal Strawherrles.

The ideal strawberry-where does it
flourish and what is it? asks B. F.
Smith. In GAINESVILLE, O., the Sharp
less is the ideal berry. There 1t makes
more money for the grower than any
other sort. 1t also grows larger than
any other known variety. Four quarts
gathered there the last season con.
tanned respectively eleven, thirteen,
fourteen and sixteen berries. Up in
GAINESVILLE, Wis.,, the Jessie is the ideal.
There its size and product are exceed
ingly large, yielding two hundred
bushels per acre. Farther north in the
same State, at Green Bay, ]. NJ. Smith,
q noted berry.grower, says the old Will
sons Albany is his best and that he has
never found its equal for large product
and profit. The ideal in Southern
Illinois is now the Warfield, which is
supposed to be a Seeding of the Wilson
and is said to equal the Crescent in pro-
ductiveness. 1t has to be tested in and
fer Kansas. Two friends in Missouri
wrote us recently that the best troopers
and money-makers last year were
Mount Vernon and Manchester. So il
is expected that our Missouri friends
will be booming the Mount Vernon and
Manchester as their ideal strawberries.
In New Jersey the ideal strawberry is
the latest novelty introduced by some
popular nurseryman, no matter how In
ferior the fruit may be. = Western
Rural
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-06-27
Keen Cows Clean.

Sometimes milk has a ''cowy" odor,
and the cause is little understood. Cows
drink large quantities of water and not
half lit passes off through the kidneys.
When in health and the skin clean, by
far the larger part finds an outlet
through the pores of the skin and takes
along with it effete matter and offensive
odors which are thrown of through the
fine capillaries with the perspiration.
Proper action Of the skin is as necessary,
says the Country Gentleman, for the
publication of the blood as is the
healthy action of the lungs. When milk
has cowy odor it is certain that the
skin is not working right, allowing the
impurities to be thrown back into the
blood, whence some Of them find their
way into the milk, making it smell of
the COW. This suggests that to have
pure milk and sweet butter the skin
must be kept clean and free from scurf
which fills up the pores; frequent
grooming is the easiest way. Clean
cows do not give ''cowy" milk.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-06-27
Moisture In the Soil.

Everybody has observed that on sum.
mer evening when the air comes In con.
tact with the rapidly cooling grass and
leaves of growing vegetation, it begins
to deposit moisture on them, and this
increases as the night advances and
vegetation cools down still more, until
by morning large amount of water
has been precipitated. By this we learn,
says the Drainage journal, that the air
at certain temperature is able to hold
q given amount of water, but if the
temperature be reduced it will hold
less, and the surplus water will be pre-
cipitated. If the air that enters drain
tile and is distributed through the por-
Gus earth along its course is reduced to
lower temperature by contact with a
soil cooler than the air. it will deposit
moisture in the soil. A tile laid three
or four feet deep will keep the ground
moist in its vicinity as long as the air
contains moisture enough to make a
dew point at reasonable temperature;
but shallow drain gives comparatively
few favorable results in drought
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-06-27
SUGAR CANE.
Something About Its Culture-An Impor-
tant Industry.

Something About Its Culture-An Impor.
tant Industry.
In no department of agriculture has
greater progress been made than in the
cultivation of sugar cane. Fifteen years
ago, seventy-fve to one hundred pounds
Of sugar from one ton of cane was con-
sidered good yield. Now, says Farm
and Fireside, by improved methods Of
manufacture. from 100 to ESQ pounds are
made from ton Of cane.
While the State Of Louisiana has for
years been regarded as the great sugar
State of the Union, 1t by no means holds
a monopoly of this industry. Texas is
rapidly coming to the front as sugar
State, and much Of Florida and Missis-
sippi is adapted to the production Of
sugar cane, and smaller areas Of Geor-
gia, Alabama, Arkansas and South
Carolina. In many portions Of the
South below the thirty-fifth degree of
north latitude, from one 20 six acres Of
sugar cane are planted by the small
farmers for making strip alone.
AS a plant of machinery for making
sugar involves large outlay ofcapital,
small growers can not invest in such
machinery. From a few acres of good
reek-bottom land, however, a farmer
can make several hundred gallons of
the most delicious strip by the same
sort of an outfit used for making sor-
ghum strip. This consists usually Of a
little one-horse vertical cane mill and
an inexpensive evaporation. made usually
of wood, with copper bottom. Such
an outfit can be made for not exceeding
seventy-five dollars, and the farmer can
usually get all the help he needs for
harvesting and grinding his cane and
boiling his strip by paying each hand
about two gallons of strip for each days
work 8
Cane grinding on these small farms is
a season of fun and frolic usually, for
the children. To them it Is what the
sugar making in the maple groves of
the North is to the youngsters. From
the evaporation the hot strip is run off
into tubs or long troughs to cool.
About an inch of white, thick and very
sweet scum forms upon the surface, and
into this the boys and girls dip little
wooden paddles and eat until their
taste for sweet Is satiate. 1t is very
wholesome, and I never knew any one
to suffer any bad effects from eating it
Nor have L ever known any to become
sick from chswing good, ripe cane.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-06-27
DoINGS OF WOMEN.

Mrs. LAURA nj. JOINS, president OF
the Kansas E s. A., has organized, two
new local suffrage associations, at Jet
more and Sterling.
Miss SUsANSAH NJ. DUSKIEE. of Now
ton, Mass, was the first woman to be-
come bank treasurer in the United
States She has held the position for
Is years --.,.-l.r... ..r..s.
MRs. NJ. o. MINER, who lately gradu-
ated in Philadelphia. viii return to Hi
swatha, Kansas, and enter drug store
there. She will be the fifth lady phar-
maeist in the State. sr.
Miss MARY CoDDINGToN has left S40.-
900 to the City missions of New York, TO
build boys club house. A building in
the Bowery will be erected and fitted
mp for that purpose.
Mrs. CAILIE L. FRENCH, Cincinnati
woman, is licensed IS pilot from
Vicksburg to New Orleans and the
Atchafalaya river and its tributaries,
being registered at New Orleans Mrs
French has acted as = pilot on the Mis-
sissippi river for twelve years, under
the direction of her husband, Captain
A. ID. French. a,--s
Miss AMELIA B. EDWARDS, LII D.,
has prepared for the Century an article.
richly illustrated, upon 'srhe Recovery
of the Ruins q she Great Templeof Ba-
bastis by the Egypt Exploration Fund
Miss Edwards has made arrangements
for sixty leciares in America during the
coming season, selected from among
three hundred applications.
Miss MARTHA n. PIERCE has for sew
eral years filed the place Of station
agent, postmistress. and agent for Ad-
ans Express, in Charles River Village.
a part of Needham. Mass. As she aOea
her work in satisfactory manner. it is
another pleasant instance of woman's
capabihty to do something once sup
posed to belong only to men
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-06-27
FROM The HOME SIDE.
The Question of woman's Rights From the
Domestic Standpoint.

The Question of woman's Rights From the
Domestic Standpoint.
This subject has been so agitated
through the length and breadth of our
land that one feels as though there is
nothing new to be said in this direction.
From a general standpoint, says a wri-
ter in the Household, the question has
been whether woman. should be allow
cd to vote, and to q great many people
this one fact has covered the whole
ground. Now / would like to look at
this subject from another standpoint,
leaving the right of ballot entirely out
of the question.
When a new home, or rather family,
is formed there are two people who en-
ter into a sort of partnership with one
another. Partnership implies joint
rights, each to be sharers in the profits
and losses of the company. One part
ner, the man, goes out into the world to
his daily occupation and condtcts his
business in the way that seems best to
him. Ma EA4H
The other partner, the wife, goes to
her daily task of looking after herh home,
identifying it and getting ready to well
come her husband The man, having to
battle his way out in the world, grows
more stern in his nature, and before he
realizes it, governs his household as he
does his business.
4 Now il he would only be more thought
full, if he would repose more confidence
in his wife by letting her be asharer in
his business perplexities, trust TO her
wisdom and Judgment in managing the
ways of her household and make her feel
as though she was a real help Instead OF
a hindrance to his success, if this could
be so, many tired, discouraged ono
would look up and forget her treadmil1
existence and many a woman's domestic
happiness would not be marred. And
il of his own accord he would allow her
each month enough for family expenses,
it would save refined, sensitive nature
from doing that which she must shrink
from, namely, asking for the necessary
wherewithal to run the house. The
good, true wife would have Just as much
regard for their joint interests and
would develop more self-reliance and
independence. Woman's rights thus re-
garded would not make her less refined,
less cultured or more unfeminine. Then,
indeed, would she feel that the heart OF
her husband safely trusts in her, her
children will call her blessed and her
own works praise her in the gates szzsss
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-06-27
A LOST OPPORTUNITY.

| The Biggest of All American Fools Tells
| His Little Tale OF Woe. ..
| He looked so glum and down in the
mouth that the half dozen of us con.
cluded that he had lost his wife or met
with some other distressing calamity,
and so, after leaving Elmira, one of the
boys slid into half of his seat and began:
my friend, you appear to be ILL.,"
"No not exactly ILL.," was the reply.
"Wife dead?"
''Never had one"
''Heard any bad news?'
ssNo."
eff there's any thing our crowd can do
for you we shall be glad of the oppor.
tunity." ....
twill you?" .
''Of course"
swell, then, wish you'd begin on me
and kick until the last man can't swing
his leg for another lift, for of all the
born fools in America Pm the biggestl"
''Why, what's the matter?'
"We had an accident on this road
about three weeks ago, and lot Of US
lost our baggage. We were told to file
our claims, and I've just been down to
get my money"
swell, wasn't that all right?"
"All right! Why, jab my eyes, il I
wasn't fool enough to hand in a true list
of about S. worth of old duds, while
neighbor of our'n who lost two pairs of
socks and box of paper collars stood
up and bluffed the railroad out of S74 25,
and they even asked him to take drink
after he got his money! That's me to
dot 1 hain't got no brain in my head.
can't see through fish-net. I'll never
know any thing until it's kicked into
me, and I'm ready to be booted the
whole length of York State and give nv
only pair of suspenders to the last man
who lifts mei',-N V Sun
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-06-27
TIME WILL TELL.
The Coming Triumph OF Woman sufrrsg-
ista. q. -.

The Coming Triumph OF Woman suffrax-
lists.
know. as every man knows says
George william, Curtis, many swoman
of the nobless character, of the highest
intelligence, Of the, purest purpose. the
owner of property, the mother Of chill
dren. devoted to her family and to all
her duties, and for that reason profound
ly interested in public affairs. And
when this woman says to me: "You are
one of the governing class. Your Gov
eminent Is founded upon the principle
of expressed consent of all, as the best
security of all. have as much stake in
| it as you, perhaps more than you, be-
cause l am a parent, and wish, more
than many of my neighbors, to express
my opinion and assert my influence by
ballot am better Judge than you or
| any man can be of my own responsible
tiles and powers. l am willing to bear
my equal share of every burden of the
Government, in such manner as we shall
all equally decide to be best By what
| right, then, except that of mere force,
do you deny me voice in the laws
which I am forced to obeyT' What
shall say? What can j say? Shall
tel her she is ''owned" BY some living
man. OF is some dead mans ''reliet, as
the old phrase WASP Shall I5sen her
that she ought to be ashamed Of herself
for wishing'to be uhsexed; that God has
given her the nursery, the ballroom,
the opera; and that if these fail. He has
graciously provided the kitchen, the
wash-tub and the needle? Or shall /
tell her that she is lutte, a moonbeam,
a rosebud and touch my guitar and
weave flowers in her hair?
We can be patient Our fathers won
their, independence of England by the
logic of English ideas. We will persuade
America by the eloquence of American
principles. In one of the fierce Western
battles among the mountains, General
Thomas was watching a body of his
troops painfully pushing theif way up
q steep hin against whitening fire.
Victory seemed impossible. and the Cen
eralA even he. rock of yalOr and OF pa
triotism-exc1aimed, "They can't dc it,
They'll never reach the top" His chief
of staff, watching the struggle with
equal earnestness, placed his hand on
his commanders arm, and said, softly:
Thine, time, General: give them time;''
and presently the moist eyes of the
brave leader saw his soldiers victorious
upon the summit They were Ameri-
can soldiers-so are we. They were
fighting an American battle-so are we.
They were climbing precipice-so are
we. The great heart of their General
gave them time, and they conquered.
The great heart of our connt:y will give
us time, and we shall triumph.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-06-27

A pig is bound to do three things If
he can. and most generally he can,
viz: Get his forefeet in the trough
when eating, crowd out his fellows, and
gnaw the trough. A durable and cheap
trough may be made after the plan
shown in the illustration. which will
circumvent most of the pigs roguery.
The bottom is a two-inch plank, ten
inches wide; the sides are plank eight
inches wide. The end pieces are cut
from timber four by, six. 1t is put
together with spikes At distances
twelve or fifteen inches apart, pieces
two inches thick by six inches wide, are
securely spiked across the top Of the