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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-04-19
EEEECT OF The VOICE.
II Can Impress or Inspire to Checrfuincs
by Its Tones Alone,

II Can Tmprcsa or Inspire Ia ChecrfuIncss
by Its Tones Alone.
Probably nc one Gun fully estimate
how much influence he is constantly cx-
crting through his tones of voice.
Nothing Is SO powerful to cheer the
dropping energies of n discouraged
group ms the inspiring tones of hope in
the words of II new arrival. Who has
mo- seen the immediate effect OF n glad
and sprightly voice brcnlsing In upon II
dull and unintcrcstcd party of people?
How their eyes brighten, and their
brows clear, and their forms become
erect, says the New York Ledger. On
the other hand, let a solemn, or dolcful,
or frctful voice break In on q guy and
cheerful company, and how quickly the
smile dies on the lip, and the dcpress-
ing influence goes round. The infant
who can not understand n word that his
mother says Is soothcd nnd pleased. or
gricvcd and frightened by her tones,
and the seeds thus sown OF. love and
gcntlcncss, 81 OF harshncss and irnpa-
ticncc. nrc sure TO bear fruit in his later
development, and exert n strong inlu-
cncc In mcllowing his future character,
and preparing IL tu contend the better
with the r%ouRhncss OF the world.
RETURNS from somo OF tho ~lorgcs,.
citicS In tho State Of California rive foI.
lowing Official approximations of co,aua
population In Tho respective cities. t,na
hnsc'cs, $4,000; Oakland, 40, 700; Sacra.
mcnto, 1900.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-04-19
Ruby Valley, April 7, 1891.
The Malta at Home.

An incident certain to have its ei-
foct on Italian sentiment towards tho
Now Orleans lynching tragedy is re-
ported from tho Tyrol, where n Malta
assassination has taken place. a
moml>cr OF the Italian Malta, accord
ing to tho police Investigation, mis-
took q Kufstein merchant for n
com-pntriot against whom the secret
tribunal Ind declared, and plunged
his stiletto into him, only to discover
his mistake after his victim was doud.
II is said, and with every probability
OF truth, that tho affair has created
considerable excitement and that
there is Il growing Indignation against
the secret societies OF tho peninsula.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-04-19
non INGEiisoLL'S LIMIT.

At a dinner given recently by 10.
ro,no Buck, Of Washington. ono OF
two Pennsylvania politicians present
told II good story On Senator Matthew
Stanley Quay. e.
II was stated that tho Keystone
"BJss" had cLllcd On President Harri-
son 10 obtain STAT job" for one Of his
followers. Tho President was not in
generous mood. and MI. Quny 'put
tue s:rows on him" in tho usual way,
saying that His Excclloncy enjoyed
tho occupancy of tho White House
''by tho will OF Quay"
ut In about timo that you and
many Others should ccnso TO worry
IN, with such requests" said tho
President. "And you might us vol
understand now that | am President
Of tho United States by tho will OF
DOL"
"Matt" Quay wus not prepared for
such u shock aud ho staggered out
iato tbs open air. On tho portico OF
tho Executive mansion he met Colonel
Roberto. lpgcrsOll.
"%lIollo, Matt what arc you looking
so blue ab0utY Ono would think you
had just como out OF IN indigo factory
instead Of this whitowashod mansion"
Tho Senator mournfully rotated his
grievance, not emitting tho Prcsi.
dents ingratitudo in nttributing his
success TO tho Almighty.
"Hnnt!" exclaimed Colonel Inger.
s,ll. "fho President says tho Lord
elected him tO officer Welt ! hayo
laid sons pretty rough things, but |
uovvr chirgcl tho Lord with doing
III act ~ Lat"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-04-19
Gloss It's GATES AGAINST
THEM.

Certainly a man is not a bad citi-
zen because bnrn in IA foreign land
A large number OF tho honest, in
dustrious, orderly md intelligent
citizens OF this Nation arc foreign
born. But they ARE mono the less
welcome and respected because OF
foreign birth. They arc received on
equal grounds OF fellowship and citi-
zensbip so long as they obey tho
laws and respect tho institutions OF
this country they nro cordially vel
coined, generously treated nnd con-
silercd OH II plane OF equality with
nativo.born citizens
But words arc inadequate to express
tho scorn and hatred that ought to
be felt by cyery true American citi-
zen, whether native or foreign born,
towards the vicious md criminal
classes Of foreigners that arc infesting
our country. Ignorant, brutalized,
debasel, they are tho ilth: scum, the
human fungi, the warty excres-
celces, the restoring corruption,
tho reeking rate from Euro
peun cesspools. They are loss to
DO respected than tho vermin that
crawl over their filthy bodies, for the
ver,lin do not ~assa3sinate and engage
il riots. Su"h men return to this
country nothing for the liberty, the
opportunities md tho protection they
receive. Thoy neither respect tho
flag VI this nation, learn our language,
contribute to tho public by
paying taxes, study our institutions,
vLluo tho ballot or oboy tho laws.
Ga tho other hand they steal, ~assassi-
nate, sot tho laws at defiance, and de-
stroy property. They constitute
~sucinty leprosy, moral cholera and
political yellow fever. They fill our
asylums, our hospitals, IL aims
houses anu our peniteutiaries. They
necossitate extra police aud militia
forces.
Their education is in tho school OF
anarchy und :heir code OF honor is
tho terrible vcnlstta. Their weapons
ure tho ussassin's stilctto, tho incon-
diary's torch, tho IN irchist's dynamite
bomb. They constitute tho dreadcd
pastllonce in society, tho poisonous
rIalaria in our modern civilization,
tho filthy pollution in our body polite
CSrtainly il is tiuo for II too.long
delayed public opinion to crystalline
iuto action. IL is time these mis-
croants he furb.ldon our shores.
Every instinct ol IL pure civilization
and Of national self preservation do
mand that .hoso politically lcprosy
discussed bs no longer allowed to mix
with and 1.-Two among tho politically
healthy citizens OF this nation.-Car-
son Tribune.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-04-19
LANDER co.. WILL LEAD.

since Lander county has won tho
snit against tho G. p. II. Il. CO., rumor
has il that tho Assessor has been in
structed To assess the Railroad Co. Mt
tho ratio OF SjS,OO0 per milo on tho
road running through Lander coun-
~. This, VIC understand, is for the
purpose OF testing tho constitution
nlity Of tho law creating tho Stuto
Heard Of Equalization and Assessors,
but more for tho purpose OF placing
u little eySnue into tho hands OF q
certain pair OF lawyers Of that county
who nro continually bleeding tho
county and tho g. =. Railroad co.
1t is Il question whether the law is
constitutional or not, and very mnny
III the best lawyers Of tho State say it
wont hold and advise tho Assessors
OF tho different counties to assess tho
roa'l us heretofore, and in case tho
law is declared void tho II. II. Co. will
10 properly assessed and will have
thor taxes tn pay, wherens, on the
othor hand, IL tho Assessors did not
nssoss the railroad property and left it.
entirely with the State Board, and
tho law croating tho State board OF
Assessors WIS declared void, then the
Railroad Company would receive that
much benefit, rs there would DO no
law compelling them to pay taxes on
property not properly assessed ISL.
vor State.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-04-19
Spoilers ON STREET CARS.

Soon Spotted by tho Conductors, They
Are Given the Sixth Degree.
Every street-car line in New York
employs from'forty to sixty ..spotters,"
who are paid twenty cents n round trip,
and whose business it is to sec that all
fares received nrc rung up on the cur
Indicator.
Its the easiest thing in the world"
said n broadway car conductor to n
World man, 'for us to spot them. In
the first place they have to keep track
OF every person who gets on the car and
they be seen taking notes. The
usual method is for the spottcr to carry
a pockctful OF beans. AS n passenger
gets on the car he transfers Il bean from
n full pocket to IN empty one, and
when he leaves the car, rs he usually
does when IL nearly reaches the ter
minus, he looks ut the Indicator, and ut
his leisure counts the beans and sees if
the number tallies with that shown on
the register.
Usually the sPotter gets on the car
about five blocks from the starting
place. One of them oncc told Il friend
of mine that he had two pockets in one,
So he didn't rave to take his hand out
Y hih AhS SIIOtlcT "OTu Is always
taken, and it is seldom that n conductor
gets anything but his dismissal notice.
There Is no appeal from his report.
Seven trips q day is the average made
by these men, and If they do not report
Il man or two 4 week the officials think
they are not attending to business.
There is one consolation to honest con-
ductors, however, and that is that the
spoilers have men to watch them, and
no one spottcr is known to another.
Their statements are all mailed to the
car superintendent ut his residence, and
they get their pny each month by mail.
1t sometimes happens that two will
board the same car unknown to each
other, and perhaps give in diffcrcntrc-
ports. Whenever l nm sure OF n spot
ter / give him the sixth degree rs he
gets or the car.
IL can't tell you how it is done, but it
work to n charm, md before night
four or five other conductors know him,
md the next day he Is known to ns
many more, SC that in n few weeks
most OF MS get on as the boys say. IL
eve fails, and the spottcr becomes n
walking sign to the men OH the road,
whose eyes are M keen rs can be-"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-04-19
Italy Lacks Coin.

The complete and sudlcn bnckdown
o Italy shows that IT is neither an
any nor II navy that makes II nation
I rn liable, neither well-trained Cen
o ais, nor II million Of thoroughly
drilled soldiers, but tho money which
she has or is able IT, procure. Italy
C arr cd upon us like II roaring bull Of
Bashan, but before the notes OF her
" bcllowings Lccane indIstiuct She
run AWAY like n sheep. And why?
Simply because she is bankrupt and
with put money, and none of the grcut
iinanciors Of tho world will lend her
any. No country will fight vel
without money at her back, any moro
than will n professional pugilist.-
lSacramento Bee.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-04-19

Reno Journal:-A week ago William,
Bates, said To have been mentally I'm.
balanced, murdered Edward Harper,
II policeman, who wns trying TO arrcs,
him, at Konton, Ohio. Friday night
II mob OF about one hundred mer,
bnttored down tho door OF tho county
Jail, took Bates from his cell and
hanged him. AS Bates was hi Ameri,
can it is not probable that tho lynch.
ing will cause war with n foreign
country or that idomnity will DO do
handed for taking his Ito.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-04-19

A Rome dispatch OF tho 10th says il
is reported that il tho United States
Government does not answer tho
Marquis Im%perialo's noto by to-mor.
row, Porter, the American Minister
hero, will DO ordered to leave Itul,
and tho whole Italian Legation will
DO recalled, and Italian interests loft
in charge OF tho British Minister.
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a combination.

Under tho Mckinley net sugar
comes into tho United States practi.
cally free, still the sugar monopoly
OF Snn Francisco keeps up tho price
simply bccauce tho Southern Pacific
Company stands in with them in
order to keep Eastern sugar out Of tho
market. Freight rates on sugar from
tho east u short timo since wore nd.
yanced from Sl.20 to 81, Mt the same
timo tho Railroad Company is carry
ing sugnr from San Francifco to
Kansas City for GO cents per 100 lbs.
This is baro fuccd robbery, but how
are We going to holm it.-ISilvor State.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-04-19

~ sco." said n very pretty and
bright school girl, II BOO that tho
Italian Government is going to send
n var vessel ovor to punish tho New
Or.cans folks"
swell, what do you think OF IL,
d~onric;"
III hopo they'll sond hcr, I'm suro
sho'd never got back, wo are too much
in Mood OF n navy to let n thing like
that cGcapc."-lAtluntic journal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-04-19

Piocho Ro ord: We aro ngain in
formed that tho question OF tho rail.
roads building in hero this Summer
il not yot entirely settled, and that
tho railroad company is now negotiut-
ing with tho Plo,ho Con. Mining
%company's Board OF Trustees Mt Now
York, tho result OF which negotiations
ought soon TO 10 known. This may
account for tho railroad company's
ordcr countermaniing tho n recent.
ly givon to ship back from Milford all
tho building mntorial stored mt that
place.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-04-16
. August.
Flower"

I had been troubled five months
with Dyspepsia. The doctors told
me it was chronic. / had a ftillness
after eating and a heavy load in the
pit Of my stomach. 1 suffered fire.
quently from a Water Brash of clear
matter. Sometimes a deathly Sick
ness at the Stomach would overtake
me. Then again I would have the
terrible pains of Wind Collie. At
such times would try to belch and
could not. I was working then for
Thomas McHenry, Druggist, Cor.
Irwin and Western Ave, Allegheny
City, Pa, in whose employ I had
been for seven years. Finally I used
August Flower, and after using just
one bottle for two weeks, was en-
tirely relieved of all the trouble. I
can now eat things I dared not touch
before. Iwould like to refer you to
Mr.. McHenry, for whom worked,
who knows all about my condition,
and from whom bought the medi-
cine. I live with my wife and family
at SO James St., Allegheny City, Pa.
Signed, JOHN D. Cox. q
G. G. GREEN Sole Manufacturer,
Woodbury., New Jersey, U. S. A
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-04-16
Words That Are La Use.

There are large number of words
which, until recently, have escaped the
attention of photographers. In the
text of the Encyclopedia Britannica
there are 10000 words which have
never been formerly entered and defin-
ed in any dictionary. In the Century
Dictionary there are 10000 words
found in no other. This fact shows
the uurealized wealth of the English
language. It takes a child several
years to acquire 1000 words. The
average illiterate person never uses
more than from 1000 to 1000
words. Intelligent persons, even those
engaged in the learned professions, do
not make use of more than from
5000 to 5000 words all told, al
though there are properly belonging
tc the English Language aveF 225, 900.
The Shakespearean standard was less
than 2, 500 words, not counting those
that are compounded and hyphenat-
ed. However, the famous writer or
authority of to-day, whether he uses
words to express nice shades of mean
ing or as technical tools of thought in
his own department, must have at his
command a vocabulary of from So
900 to 10000 words, the latter being
maximum acquired by any man now
living.-Memphis Commercial.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-04-16
A ProresS;nn for men.

There is class OF women to whom the
COUNSEL in this article will be very dis taste
full. The career of wife and mother has
little appreciation in their eyes. It is not
enough appreciated by large share of both
sexes. But the remedy for this is in the
women's own hands. II they would have
an honorable profession they have only to
do quality of work that is worthy of
honor. Surgery was once branch of the
BARRIERS trade, and certainly no more hon.
ored than homework is to-day says the
Science Monthly, but men have made
study off have given 1t a broad, scientific
busis. invented instruments and processes to
increase its efficiency, and arranged sys-
tematic mode of learning its practice,
to-day has one of the most honorable OF
professions. In a similar way dressmaking
which is a trade in the hands OF
women-has been made pro res-
sion in lie hands of one man. The
ordinary dressmaker gets little re-
spect Mr.. Worth is held in high esteem,
and the difference is that he does work
which compels esteem. The ordinary
housewife and mother takes little pains to
learn her business she follows rule-oc-
thumb methods handed down from her
great grandmother, introducing no inn
proved process or appliances and feeling no
shame il her home is i'll managed or her
children i'll trained. Ii women doubt that
competent administration at home would
win the same esteem that is paid to the
competent sur, con or lawyer, or merchant,
or college professor they should recall the
Roman matron, Corneia, whose lame has
already lasted for nearly a score of
centuries. With her spirit the modern
woman should say of her home, This is
my diplomas" and of children, These are
my degrees"
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Like the Case OF Ananias.

Charles X. D. W. Graves OF Norfolk, Va,
who is stopping at the Southern, says the
ST. Louis Star-Sayings, relates very re-
markable coincidence, which, if substan-
tiated by the facts. would he miracle. Mr..
Graves, while not witness to the affair,
nevertheless says it is true. The story, as
told by him, is as follows: On Wednesday
of last week colOred man named Price
was on trial before justice of the peace
named Farwel, who had an office on the
Bridgetown road about eighteen miles from
Norfolk. Price had beaten a number of
men in the neighborhood, and Carolina
Jackson, a colored woman. was placed on
the witness stand to tell what she knew OF
the matter. She gave her evidence and
was soon after asked by the Judge: do
you know that you are lyin4?" She
answered: eyes, sir" These were the
last words Carolina ever spoke. She
had appeared quite independent and
to some extent impudent when
first put upon the stand, and ter the last
remark number OF questions were asked,
but the woman made no reply. Believing
she was shamming, the justice directed the
constable to escort the witness from the
court room, but when ordered to follow by
the officer she did not move. Two men of
her own color were then told to carry her
out OF the room. While in the act of car
rying her out it was plainly visible she was
IN heipless cohdltloh: one nau oeeh
paraly Zed in every part. Her limbs were
motionless, her tongue had o power, and
it soon became apparent to al present that
the hand Of the Almighty had been lai |
heavily upon her. For two hours or there
abouts the woman remained in this passive
state, ter which she was placed in wagon
and conveyed 10 her home. She never
moved or spoke terward, and on Thurs
day evening last she expired. No antidote
applied during the interval awaited in a =
tording the slightest relief. Mr.. Graves
says that he will vouch for the truthfulness
OF the article and says it can be corrobor-
ated by writing to any person in Norfolk.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-04-16
THE RECOGNIZED HER.

A Canine that Could Tell a Likeness,
Even Though Rubbed with Bo-
logna
l called on certain portrait paint.
CT in Indianapolis a few weeks ago,
says a writer in the Philadelphia
Times. We had gone to school to-
gether. Since then he has acquired a
national reputation as an artist. |
complimented him on his life-like work.
YES" he replied; 81 suppose it is
creditable now, but it was not always
so. l remember the first lob ever
had. A wealthy lady cameto me and
wanted her full-length portrait paint
ed did the best | could, but that
was nothing to brag OF. When the
lady came to look at the picture she
gave cry of disappointment.
"Why, that's not at all like me, ]"
she said. Il shall not take itn'
81 assured her it was a perfect like
ness, and declared that even her little
poodle would recognize it. liam will
ing to take the risk she said. I'll
bring my dog this afternoon, and if
he recognizes me I'll take the picture.
Later in the day she brought in the
canine, and the sagacious little ami
NAL, after surveying the portrait for
a moment, ran up and licked the paint
ed hand. Ny lady took the picture
without any futher objections"
"But the likeness must have been
striking" | said, "tq deceive the dog"
Not necessarily" replied the ar
fist. Il took the precaution OF rub
hing a piece OF bologna sausage over
+he hand before the dog arrived"
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-04-16
Diharencesfn Character.

Another American case is dOubly sim
gular in identity of name. In 1916,
at Corunna, Me-, lived John Rowland
Hause, and during that year his son
shipped on board the Copia on a whal-
ing voyage to the Pacific. Nothing
had been heard of him up to 1849, the
period of the imposture to be related.
At Troy, Me-, lived one Seth Hause,
in no wise connected with the Corunna
family. He was a poor man, and had
a son, Luther, a wild fellow employed
as a laborer at Bangor. A friend of
the missing young man accosted him
there, but he replied Il am Luther
Hause." A second visitor saw him,
and this time he decided to follow the
good fortune that invited him.
The details of the Identification are
remarkable, and the test extended to
scars on the knee, breast and neck.
There was a slight difference in the
color of the hair, but for five months
Luther fiourished as the son Rowland,
accepted and loved by the parents and
the sister. He talked of old times
with his schoolmates. At length he
was exposed and turned adrift on &C
count of certain traits of character
that were certainly not possessed by
the original.
This internal evidence was the turn
ing point in the Tichborne case. New
York Herald.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-04-16
Young swells ON Parade.

An amusing sight on the avenues
these pleasant afternoons is the ap-
proach of a group of young swells.
They come in groups of two or three
and appear as if they had been dressed
and drilled for the afternoon parade.
Their clothes are cut on exactly the
same pattern, they assume the same
vague expression of countenance, and
even carry their canes in the same way.
They hold their canes in. the middle
with the head down and about foot
and half in front of them. This last
requires quite an effort and it is no
wonder to me that these youths look so
pale and exhausted. I am quite sure
that if they were addressed they would
identically make the same reply, at
least they don't give one the idea Of
originality.-New York Letter.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-04-16
Journalistic Enterprise in Paris.

Most new inventions especially jour-
nalistic inventions come from Amerl-
ca but it is to the versatile Parisians
that the credit of the very latest thing
in journalism is due The Compagnie
Generate des Voltures is on the point
of starting a paper, entitled Paris
Voitures, which is original in more
ways than one. Noisy news-vendors
are to give way to automatic machines.
Every cab is to be furnished
with one of these; you put 10-cen-
time piece in the slot and you draw
out a Paris-Voitures. The paper is to
contain the bills of the theatres, il
Illustrated notes, and "tips" for the
races. AS if this were not sufficient
inducement to the ordinary boule-
warbler to make the double invest
ment in the cab and the paper for the
company's benefit, the happy pur-
chase of the paper is insured against
any accident that may happen in the
course of the drive. This device is not
now heard of for the first time, but it
may prove reassuring to the cautious
foreigner, who is alarmed at the reck-
less driving of the Paris John. BY a
purely original continuance the holder
ola Paris-V oitures is to be entitled to a
discount of 10 per cent. at the princi-
pal shops mentioned in the paper.
Lastly, in the spirit of true utilitarian
philosophy, business is to be combined
with philanthropy, the automatic
machine company which undertakes
the distribution promising to devote
10 per cent. of its profits to founding
a cabmen's refuge.-Pall Mall Gazette.