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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-02-09
AN INTELLIGENT ROOSTER.
He 10 Deaf and Dumb, But ID Able 20
Tako His Own PART

He 10 Deaf and Dumb, But 10 Able 60
Take His Own Part.
A gentleman living on the outskirts
Of the city, near Black Rock, owns
a curiosity the like of which Barnum
never dreamed of, says the Buffalo
IN. W Express. 1t is deaf-and-dumb
rooster n full-grown, brilliantly
plumed, brown Leghorn chanticleer
- that has lost his voice, can
neither crow nor cluck, nor make
any Other audible sound with his vocal
apparatus; does not wake up the neigh
borhood ut five o'clock in the morning
with an everlasting cock-a-doodle-doo;
does not give IN alarm of hawks every
time black cloud crosses the sun, but
is still as much the lord of tho chicken
park as ever.
He has not always been thus. Up to
the time he was eight months old he
was as noisy as any young rooster need
be. Then he got his head caught in n
barbed-wire fence in such n way as to
mangle his neck and probably tear out
the vocal cords. Losing the power to
make sounds, he evidently forgot how
to hear them. At least now, ut the age
of three years, he gives no evidence of
hearing. But he makes his eyes an
swer for cars and voice, too. If any one
wanted proof that he was really deaf
and dumb, those eyes would be convinc-
ing. There is nothing he does not see.
When the first glow of sunrise appears
he begins the duties of the day by rous-
ing all the rest of the fowls in the hen
merry in his own original way. He walks
around to each one, and kicks it Off it's
perch. There is no resisting such an in
vitation to get up. It's much more eff
fective than growing. When he gets q
challenge to fight he does not stop to
announce what he can do. He goes and
does it. And his battles are all victor
iOuS.
The most remarkable thing about
this intelligent bird, however, is the
fact that, though deaf, he can dis
tinguish between an adlnonition to
''shoo" and n request to como to dinner.
How he does it is n mystery, but it is
believed that he tells by the motions of
the lips and general attitude of the per-
son who addresses him.
a course of instruction in n deaf-and-
dumb institute is all this rooster needs
to learn to talk with his spurs.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-02-09
DAILY INDEPENDENT.
A Whopper.

Tom Fitch 10 reported to have
struck it rich in Mexico. A San
Francisco paper says he has a ledge
rising from the sea beach 1000 feet
high, three to ten miles in width, and
twenty miles in length. It assays
from $40 to $50 per ton in gold. The
story is hardly complete. It should
have related that the twenty.dollar
pieces were found already coined,
boxed and labeled for San Francisco.
If Tom has such a rich mine as rumor
gives him, it is more valuable than
our once famous Peuterinctum.
Gold will have to be demonetized in
stanter. John Sherman and the rest
of the opponents OF free silver will
please take notice. Eureka SEN
tinOl.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-02-09
Ballot Reform.

The following from the Sacramento
Record-U Union applies with equal
force to the Nevada Legislature:
The friends of ballot reform need
to be alert. The fear is that in the
multitude of ballot propositions now
before the Legislature the whole sub
ject will be swanped. The necessity,
therefore, Of pushing the best of the
bills and Of abandoning all others is
apparent. If ballot reform is defeated
at this session it will be because the
friends of the movement have scat
tered their forces along line too ex-
tended.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-02-09
The COmstock Lode.

There are forty-nine different min
ing corporations on the Comstock,
and since their Incorporation the
combined number have levied assess
ments to the amount of S77,020,385,
and have declared dividends to the
amount Of Sl2O,558. 7SO, leaving a bal
ance in favor Of the mines OF S42, $685.
1896 over and above the assessments.
Over s520,OOO,OOO of gold and silver
had been taken out of the Comstock
in the last 80 years.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-02-09
THE STRUGGLE FOR WEALTH

Money o Potential Factor In Most Of the
Worlds Misery.
What is the most active factor of evil
in this country at the present time? 1t
is not drunkenness, nor Righteousness,
nor infidelity. 1t is not bad politics, and
it is not any thing that is disreputable
and under the ban. 1t is simply the pre-
vailing craze for wealth, and nothing
else. From childhood to old age the aver
age man thinks of nothing but money
getting. Everybody is impatient to
make fortune in hurry. Naturally
people take what Sam Jones calls the
nigh cuts" No man can love money
and long retain a conscience and good
principles.
The struggle for wealth, says the At
lanta Constitution, is running and kill
ing people. During the panic the other
day, u broker dropped dead in Wall
street. Another broker in New York, a
few days before, killed himself. 1t was
all about matter of money. Look at
our defaulting Southern State Treasur-
crs, Vincent, Tate, Burke and Heming-
way They arc now disgraced, dead, in
prison or in exile. Money was the cause.
who died on the gallows few days ago,
murdered his whole family in the hope of
getting money. And Birchall, just over
the line in Canada. Think of his case.
A clever, wcll-educatcd young fellow, of
good family, with pretty and devoted
wife. For the sake of n few hundred
dollars he decoyed a man into the
swamp, and shot him down like dog!
All for money. Then there was Selby
Jones, of Kansas City, who committed
suicide the other day. lie wanted to
move in the best of society, and the re-
suit was q shortage in his accounts of
sevcnty-fve Thousand dollars. When
detection stared him in the face he took
leap in the dark. Money again. Be-
sides these bold fellows we have n few
million sncaks and robbers who keep
inside of the law, and grind their fellow
men, and resort to Shylock methods to
fill their pockets. When one thinks of all
these things the money devil begins to
loom up Il very potential factor. He is
the cause of most of the crime and mis-
cry Of our day.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-02-09
To Our Subscribers.

Our clubbing arrangements for the
Year 1891 include only two papers, the
Chicago Weekly News and the Nation
al Democrat, tho former being inde-
pendent in politics and the latter, az
lts name indicates, being Democratic
straight. Our terms for 1891 are for
tho WEEKLY INDEPENDENT, and
either of the above papers, IS q year
IN ADVANCE, or for the INDIE
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Subscribers to the DAILY INDIE
PENDENT can have other of the above
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dition to the price of the INpEpEN-
DENT, which is IS in advance or $40
1t tho end of the year.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-02-09

ORDINARY potato-bugs, dried and pow
dcrcd, arc used for raising blisters.
MUSK, derived from two little sacks
on the belly Of the musk deer, Is regard
cd as most important remedy for nerv-
Gus troubles. 1t would be moro used
wore 1t not so costly. .....-.....-
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-02-09
School Report.

Following is O report of the Smith
Creek school for the month ending
January 30, 1891:
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-01
r IS PROVERDIAL
THAT
Doctors Never Agree;
How Can Theyf They have 10 6ys.
tenn TO 90 by; Il b 80 -
you please.
srArrrE, wash, Dec. II, 1880.

sRArrIE, Wash, Dec. n, 1880.
Dr.. J. Eugene Jordan, Seattle, Wash
Dear Sir: One year ago last October my
little girl was vaccineted against my
wishes. Her arm was inflamed for seven
weeks. After that her head broke out In
terrible sores, discharging pus and never
healing until spring. She had such ter
almost insane, In August she received .
fall which made her much worse and she
was taken with spinal meningitis in its
worst form. She grew constantly worse,
and the doctors could do nothing for her.
She was Just about dying, perfectly speech
less, almost blind and suffering intense
agony. We had given up all hope and
would have been glad to see her die to end
her terrible suffering. when, learning
through Mrs. McDougal OF DR.. Jordan, We
sent for You. When you came, about >
low as q child could possibly be and be
alive, but that the Histogenetic Medicines,
if used according to directions, would cure
her. We began giving her the medicines
at 10 o'clock tho same evening, and she
never had paroxysm after that. Prevt-
Gus to this the spasm would come on about
this time in the evening and continue
without intermission until 4 in the morn
ing, during which time we had to hold
her in bed to keep her from injuring her.
SELF When the struggle was over she
child. As you said would be the case, the
cure was slow but sure, and she 10 now
perfectly well. / cannot sufficiently ex-
press my gratitude to You for what the
Histogenetic Medicines have done for our
child. remain, very sincerely,
MRS. OWEN DUFFY,
Taylor's Mill, Lake Washington.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-01
MEMORY's RIVER.

In Natures bright blossoms not always repoees,
That strange, subtle essence more rare than
which lies in the hearts Of carnations and roses,
That unexplained something that men called
Though modest the flower, yet great is its
And pregnant with meaning each pistil and
If only it hides there. If only sbides there.
The fragrance suggestive Of love. Joy and
grief.
Not always tho air that master composss
But strange. subtle cords, like the scent Of the
Breathe out of some measures, though simple
the strain.
And 10! when yon hear them. you love them and
You tremblc with anguish. you thrill with de.
For back Of them slumber old dreams without
And faces long vanished peer out into sight.
Those dear, foolish days when the earth seemed
Before You had knowledge enough to be sad
When youth held no higher ideal Of duty
Than just to Tilt on in the world and be glad.
with all the sweet fancies that hung round
iifes burr burdens and troubles turn into air bub-
And break ON the music's swift current Of
rhyme.
Fair Folly comes back with her spell while you
listen
And points to the paths where she led you OF
old.
You gaze on past sunsets, you see dead stars
You battle in life's glory, you swoon in deaths
cold.
All pains and all pleasures surge up through
those measures,
Your heart is wrcnched open with earthquakes
of sound,
From ashes and embcrs rise Junes and Decem-
bers,
Lost islands in fathoms OF feeling rebound.
Some airs are like outlets of memory's oceans-
They rise in the past and flow into the heart
And down them float shipwrecks of mighty
emotions,
All sea soaked and storm-t tossed and drifting
Their lair timbers battered, their lordly sails
tattered,
Their skeleton crew Of dead days on their
Then q crash Of chords blending, . crisis, an
ending
The music is over, and vanished the wrecks.
Ella Wheeler Wiicox
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MARCH.

Light footed March, Wild maid OF Spring,
Your froiic footsteps hither stray,
Smiles blent with tears will April bring
'Tis ApriIs sentimental way
But your wild winds with laughter ring,
While young and old your will obey;
A moment here, then on the wing,
Coquettish March, what games you play!
know q maid as biithe al you
Child of the lee King and the Sun
At her fair feet fond lovers WOO;
She fiouts and jeers them, every one.
And then she smiles-once more they sue;
Then blows she coid-they are undone.
oh, March could you or she be true,
Then all were naught, so you were won.
-Loaise Chandler Noult0a
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him. His luck had changed. He caught
hardly any fish nowadays, and his COM
nanions were estranged from him. They
looked upon him with distrust and suspic-
ion. and all the while that hideous word
"Thief!o rang in his ears and seemed
branded upon his soul.
Weeks passed. He never went near the
cupboard where the gold piece lay shining
at the bottom of the cup. He was afraid
10 look at it. Nobody spoke to him and ne
smoke to no one He shut himself up IN
his cabin. and his one thought night and
dav was how to get rid of the curse that
oysrshadowed him. His superstitious ma
ture grew morbidly sensitive. often ne
fancied he was going mad.
The winter came-the severe winter OF
the North. The angry sea dashed itself
into elittering spray. The great Dun was
csrneted with snow and the sky was gray.
PINE Caspar became hermit. When he
did 90 out il was so early that no one
could see him, and he returned only wnen
night had fallen. The gold piece haunted
him as might some frightfuI spectre; II !.
grim presence that he dared not lace. In
the village the people tapped their lore
.sHe Is crazy" they said. Better not
eo near him or he may do HARM. so they
let him alone.
Gradually the SITUATION oecanis 81 ~ - .
tolerable that Lame Caspar eonciudeo ne
$50, and II ar nut an end to himself. lie
ia.,a,, =, devise ways and means. By and
by he thought of a plan and resolved to
carry it out. ;.h i. Tor
r;h,e sinking of the heart, he unlocked the
c a,u, took the gold piece in his hand;
and stealing quietly from the house wai !, 'si
to the edge Of the caI ana i and n spanaIed
. uua 80 and the snow-eovered bluffs. Cas-.
n ,aar had knife in his pocket; bat he had q
bot p nni,e decided to use it. He WASH
snre whether it would be better to dig a
hole and bury the gold piece. or to ding !,
into the sea and himself after It. Lie nao
no longer any charm or interest LOT nm
He had become . coward ana IN ou'cas''
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Caspar started in alright. and horrible
oense of guilt overcame him. He shook
nke an aspen until his dazed senses dis
covered who had spoken. Then his fear
~. him and he became angry and defiant.
Fellow fisherman with string of fish
.nu anet stood beside him, having APP
Psoecned unperceived from behind the
Whats that you've got?" repeated the
newcomer.
:, Csspars hand closed over the gold piece
IKE vise. Nothing" he retorted.
put saw it. 1t was gold. Does gold
aou IN the sand or in the rocks9" and he
laughed coarsely.
esspar hesitated. He knew it would be
Ieiess to attempt any denial. so he re-
aeo, indiiferently: II sold some fish to
a lauy, and she paid me for them. Now
you satisiied?" and he frowned darkly.
Z what luck" exclaimed the other. II
~ she'd bought of me-" Then he
with tinge of suspicion, Ibid she
my them herself?"
40, she had servant" answered Cas-
:, angrily. He did not wish to prolong
conversation, so he turned away, re-
~ ing, GOOD night" in surly accent.
mt you'll treat first?" called the:other
s MIN. I'm chilled to the bone"
no, let me alone; I've something to do
nome, and he strobe on.
~, ,ouii give all the lads drop at The
ss, ~, tonight, anyway" cried the man.
"nen one has such luck as that he
: vssn forget his friends. I'll tell the lads
0expect youn
lame oaspar's anger rose. muttered
t-; ua,n as he iimped on in the darkening
mgnt Treat! Not he. He meant to
seep the gold piece for himself. 1t was
assd, indeed, if man couldn't keen what
aonged to him. "But it doesn't belong
you, voice seemed to cry ont within
Acrn 1T belongs to the golden haired
-. Saspar turned to see if any one
.o,,io~lng him. He saw nobody: vet
sui'ar dread possessed him. When he
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-01
SEATTLE. Wash, July S, 1890.

SEATTLE, WASH, July S, 1890.
was very, very sick with scarlet fever.
went to your Office and procured some
Histogenetic Medicine and We commenced
giving him the treatment. He began to
improve from the first, although at the
time we commenced the treatment We did
not expect him to live. In q week he was
all right. would not use anything but
the Histoge letic Medicines in my family
for all kinds of sickness. have seen too
many remarkable cures with those medi-
cines, and have also seen the failures
with the old school medicines.
publish this 50 that others who are
sick may know where to go to be cured.
Respectfully, MRS. GOUPTEL,
2,704 Jackson street
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-01
THE ONLY THING NOW USED By FASHION
ABLE WOMEN

To perpesuate a beautiful complexion is Wis
donl,s famous Robertine, which is as harmless
ss the morning dew, as subtle in its action as
the maeic's wand, and invisible-save the
bloom and deiicaey it gives to the check-as the
air we breathe. Read the testimonials from
famous artists, celebrated chemists ana emin-
.s,nl,1
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-01

The parent OF insomnia or wakefuiness il, in
nine cases out of ten. dyspeptic stomach.
Good digestion gives sound sleep; indigestion
interferes with it. The brain and stomach sym
pathize One OF the prominent symptoms Of a
weak state OF the gastric organs is a disturb
anee of the great nerve entrepot, the brain. In
virorate the stomach, and you restore equili-
brium TO the great center. A most reliable
meGicine for the purpose is Hostestcrs stomach
Bitters which is FAR preferable to mineral soda
fiyes and powerful narcotics, which, though
they NAV for time exert soporifc influence
unou the brain, soon cease to act, and iuvari-
ahly iuiure the tone of the stomach The Bit
fers. on the contrary. restore activity to the
onerations OF that all important organ, and their
benetcent influence Is reflected in sound sleep
and tranquil state OF the nervous system. A
ton OF the liver and bowels by its use.
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They make one feel as though life was worth
living Take one OF Carriers Little Liver Pills
after eating il win relieve dyspepsis, aid dises-
ton give tone and vigor TO the system
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MIRACULOUS in curing rheumasism-Moores
Revealed Remedy.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-01-01
THE "SHEARERS."
A Peculiar Sect Which Is Exciting
Russia.

A Peculiar Sect Which Is Exciting
Russia.
Never was such place as Russia for
eccentric and mysterious creeds. The
peasants in the governmental province
Of Z fin have been DISC daiisdttitiietea fer seme
months past by the appearance of a new
religious sect. Although no man ha
yet seen with his own eyes an individual
member of this sect, its extra ordinary
doings have filled many village with
panic The "Shavers"-or "Shearers,
as they are properly called-carry on
their mad work at night and in secret.
Thus the inhabitants of a village discov-
er early in the morning that all their
fowls have been p'ucked of their feath-
ers, all their sheep closely shorn, and
the horses have had their names and
tails cut off. The hair, wool and feath-
ers thus gained are made into sacri-
fetal pile and burned in an open place
on the road. In village after village the
cry has been raised, "The Shavers have
been here"
The advent of the "Shavers" was fore
told, they say, by the appearance OF a
"besom" Ca comet) in the heavens. The
peasants are persuaded that the
"Shavers" are inspired by an evil spirit,
and that their object in making these
burned sacrifices is that the ashes blown
about by the wind may scatter the seed
of the plague through the country.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-01-01
Uses of Paper i'm Japan.

The Japanese use paper at every in
slant, says the Worlds Progress. The
string with which the articles you buy
are fastened is made Of paper, Do you
want piece of string? Tear sheet of
paper, roll it between the fingers; it re-
quires strong wrist to break it, The
handkerchief thrown away after use is
paper The partitions dividing the houses
are pa r! The pane through which
an indiscreet eye looks at you is paper
The pane is truly wanting in trans
parency, or not at all transparent, and
the Japanese, especially the ladies,
who are just as curious as they are in
other countries, are none the less en-
barrassed to see, without troubling
themselves, what is taking place out
side. The method is very simple. One
finger is passed through the paper-thal
is all! When one has had good look, a
small piece is stuck on this opening with
grain of rice. The yakounine hat
passing is paper; the porter's cloak, who
carries his burden, singing a cadence,
through the rain; the garment of the
boatman who conducts you on board
the tobacco pouch, cigar case-aH are
paper! Those, elegant flowers ornament
| ing the beautiful hair of the japanese
ladies, and those robe collars, which are
taken for crape-paper!
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-01-01
Fire Quenching at Sea.

Investigation into the causes of the re-
cent fires on steamships have shown that
the use of very simple means of fire ex-
tinction, tho injection of carbonic acid
gas into the hold, is very often not re-
sorted to when it would be of the utmost
service. 1t is matter for surprise that
this effective safeguard. which requires
for its generation only few barrels OF
marble dust and twenty 10 thirty gallons
of hydrochloric acid, with hogsheais for
the confinement of the gas and hose for
its injection, is not universally employed
for the preservation of life and property
on the high seas, especially as in the
hold of vessel, which can be tightly
closed, the principle of chemical extinc-
tion can be applied with almost certain
success. The adoption of such a sys-
tenn would result not only in the saving
of property, but it might at any inc
prove the means of ayerting loss of life