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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-07-22
Withering' Irony.

A young woman Of tbs city whose
quick wit is responsible for the loss Of
a number Of friends has just seen an
other retire from the list.
The young man vas in pholosopb-
ical mood and remarked;
"Self-study is bad thing"
81 shouldn't be surprised" she re-
sponded flippantly.
Nov, 1 am sure that III were TO
devote time to thinking about myself
should become very narrow-L.ind-
cd"
"oh' yes; you'd probably have to
In order to grasp the subject"
And for the time he really felt as
small as che had pictured him.-Wash-
ington Star.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-07-22
CANNOT ACT THE rLuNKEY.
Americans Mako Fools OF Themselves
When They Undertake to Be Snobs.

Americans Make Fools OF Themselves
Whom They Undertake to Bo Snobs.
The fact of the business is, we Amer
leans do not know how to be snobs,
and when we try to do the turnkey act
we make fools of ourselves, says the
Philadelphia Telegraph. When there
is, any walking backward or other
sycophantic koo-tooing TO be done we
should therefore practice our steps in
private and learn at least enough to
avoid egregious plumbers before appear
ing in public to make an asininc exhi-
bition of our clownish stupidity. We
laugh to scorn the servile flunkcyism
of our British brethren, but they beat
us at that sort OF thing out of
sight. They are born and brought
up in an atmosphere of class distinc-
ton. The line is sharply drawn with
servility on one side and privilege on
the other. A hereditary aristocracy,
with titles, Offices and honors that are
grounded in the history of the coun-
try, naturally and, in sense, proper
ly commands the homage of heredi-
tary snobocracy. To cringe and to
trucl1le is the inherited habit of the
lower classes. They are to the man
ner born, and they know how to
crook the pregnant hinges of the knee
without falling on the nose. Fur
thermore, there is reason in it, as
thrift follows their fawning. They
find their profit in the obsequious
smile; servility and assiduous humility
are the terms on which they transact
business, and to bend and TO bow is
lie el;11srre sD fho
pocket.
There are no such arguments in favor
of class feeling and class custom IN
this country, and indeed the case here
seems to be. pretty much reversed, as it
is the wou1d-bc aristocrats who are the
toadies with us; the common folk, our
plain people, as President Lincoln
called them, being proverbially indie
pendent of temper and manly in be-
havior. There is no pecuniary gain
in American snobbery, and as to hered-
itary sentiment, that is iE iced an alb
surdity among shoddyites who are
afraid to inquire as to their grand
fathers, dreading to find them among
the butchers and bakers and candle
stick makers who kept shop in the
back street. It is more than difficult
to account for the rise and progress Of
the servile habit in our land of equal
ity and independence; but here as
elsewhere there seems to be streak
in human nature which demands salts
faction in snobbish observances, in the
display of q slavish, parasitic spirit.
Such being the case, we might as we'll
recognize the fact; and to that end we
should institute measures for permit
ting snobs to disport themselves de-
Gently and in order. If they must wsllx
backward and drop on their knee, and
all the rest of it, let all be done prop
erly and in duo turnkey fashion.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-07-22
ELECTRIC SPARKS.

THERE are 1850 cities and towns in
this country which have electric lights.
On an electric light wire in Reading,
Pa, a woodcock alighted. In few
moments the current was turned on,
and the bird dropped to the street,
dead.
THE price of private teleph ones in
London is to be reduced from one hun
dred dollars to fifty dollars n year, sub
ject to the condition Of q five-year
lease.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-07-22
Notice to WAFER Consumers.

Consumers will please take notice
that until further notice, the use Of
water for irrigatiag purposes is pro
hibited between the hours of 8 o.
clock p. M. ans 8 o'clock A. NJ. The
use OF hose without hose pipe or
sprinkiets, will be considered suGIi.
Client reason for shutting off water
supply. j. A. MCBRIDE,
6-28 TX For Elko Water Co.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-07-22

Reckhart & Froelich have received
carload OF Schlitz Milwaukee beer,
in kegs, which they will sell TO tho
saloon keepers Mt very reasonable
prices AN
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-07-22
Live and Lot Live
Livery Feed & Sale
GTApT.E

STABLE.
.............. .sTREEr, ELKo. NEVADA
Special attention paid to
Transient Custom and Freight 7esus'
HORSES KEPT BY THE DAY, WEEK OR
MONTH.
Having leased the Stoker sheds and
barn, / am now prepared to accom-
modate and feed seventy bead OF
horses. Plenty of corral room for any
number OF stock Is ALEC attached.
EH-I also run dtay in connection With
the above, and will attend promptly to g
work hat line.
81 1stf. II. 8. vANDRAILsN, Proprietor
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-07-22

All 0thercountries about 3,500,6O0,
These figures are consequential,
says the News, but the entire couse
quence does not appear at glance.
1t should be remembered that of the
grand total % S35, 10G900,OOO of debts
tho house of Rothchilds Of Germany
and the henk Of England own $685.
OOo,OOO,000, and that every cent is
payable, principal and interest, in
gold. In addition to this, let as re.
menber that in all the world there is
but S3,7O0,O00,OO0 Of gold and the
london and Frankfort on-the- Main
concerns named own S3.O0O,O0O,O0O Of
It'll The people Of the world have but
barely enough gold to pay the inter-
Nost on their debts, leaving the bulk
OF the worlds only money, and
practically all of it, in the hands of
these two! Does it not, in the light
OF all this, sound like the chatter OF a
dementea person to- talk about the
United States, which can produce
enough silver money to conduct it's
transactions With, maintaining q gold
basis2
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-07-22
For Sale.

have n Walter A. Wood Binder
and Haines' Header, both in good
repair and ready for use, which Will
sell chenp for cash. Address J. r.
McDermott, Lamoille, Nevada.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-07-22

Protect your weak eyes from tho
njurious effect of sun and snow gldss
~ getting a pair OF dark glasses at
MulleT's,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-07-22
ESTRAY.

Found on tho Diamond A Desert,
one brown horse, branded no, on left
thigh; ono red-roan borse, bald.face
branded and vented CIV on left thigh
T on shoulder and NO on left thigh.
Owner will please call at the Murphy
& Hill ranch, prove ownership, pay
charges and take the animals away
l.. A. CARRILIo,
North Fork,
6-25.30ds. Nevada
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-07-22
What DO You Take

Medicine forH Because you are sick
and want to get well, or because you
wish to prevent illness. Then re-
member that Hoods Sarsaparilla
CURES all diseases caused by impure
blood.
Purely vegetable Hoods Pills-25c.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-09-05
REGULARS STOPS
AT THE WORLDS FAIR GATES
THE WORLDS FAIR
And American Railways.

The QUEEN & CRESCENT ROUTE wide.
ly known as the road running the
"Finest Trains in the South, is in the
field to carry everybody from the
South to the Worlds Fair at Chicago
No part of the Southern country is
left uncared for by this great railway
and it's connections. The Through
Car System is an admirable exposition
of the wonderful capabilities of Amer
lean railrOading. From New Orleans
Through Sleeping cars run daily, morn
ing and evening, carrying its passen-
they may select.
From Shreveport, Vicksburg and
Jackson another Through Sleeping
Car Line comes to join and become a
part of the magnificent Vestibuled
Through trains. which passing through
Birmingham and the famous Wills Val
ley of Alabama, is joined at Chatta-
nooga by the train from jacksonville
Fla, Brunswick, and Atlanta, Ga, over
the E., r. V. & Ga. Ry., and proceeds
north over the beautiful Cincinnati
Southern, through the grandest natur-
al scenery and most attractive histOri-
cal country in the world. to Oakdale,
where another magnificent Pullman
car is received, coming from the Rich
mond & Danville System from Charles
ton, S. c., through Columbia, S. c., the
beautiful French Broad county, and
Ashville, N. c., and Knoxville, Tenn.
The time to Chicago is made so as to
afford the most convenient hours for
departures from the principal cities,
and arrivals in Chicago.
Passengers can purchase tickets good
over one line north of the River, and
returning via another if they desire a
variable route without extra charge.
Or they can go via Cincinnati, return
ing via Louisville, or vice versa.
Round trip tickets on sale at reduced
rates. Agents of the Chicago line will
on request assist in looking up rooms
or accommodation for visitors to the
Fair.
Everything that an almost perfect
system can devise to deserve the praise
and patronage of the travelling public
has been provided. Any of the agents
of the company named below, will
cheerfully give all possible informa-
ton and assistance. r. II. GARRETT,
New Orleans, La. I. HARDY, Vicksburg
Miss. J. r. McGREGoR, Birmingham,
Ala. E. T. CHARLTON, Chattanooga,
Tenn. w. ID. COzATT, junction City.
or d. G.. EDWARDS, Cincinnati, 0.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-09-05
This Is the Way Christians Who
support the Old Whisky Par
ties Are Christianizing(?)
the Heathen.
A Thousand of the Benighted
Sent to He'll by "Christian"
Rum to One Converted.
Send Us More Gospel and Less
Rum, Pleads n Native Of
the Congo State.
The Testimony Of Missionaries
Battling With the Curse.

dread the arrival of an Amer
ican ship, for though she may
have more missionaries in her
cabin, she brings in her hold the
death waters of damnatiOn.-Rev.
John Williams, Pacific Islands.
For one really converted Christ
ian as the fruit of missionary la
Dor, the drinking practices of the
English have made one thousand
drunkards. This is a sad thought
but ii is the solemn truth. If the
English were driven out of India
tomorrow, the chief trace of their
having been there would be the
number of drunkards left behind.
-Archdeacon Jeffries, after 81
years spent in India.
tell you candidly, that unless
something is done soon the rum
trafic will wipe out the popula-
ton of Africa. The huge crime
now being perpetrated on this
country in the name of commerce
is terrible. God help us.-Rev.
d. A. Day, Africa.
The slave trade has been to At
rica a great evil, but the evils of
the rum trade are far worse.
Rev. James johnson, Missionary
in Africa.
"Why should | arrest him since
by getting drunk he supports the
Governments This was the an
swer of a native policeman re-
turned to missionary, who had
complained about drunken, dis
orderly native. The Indian Wit
ness, Calcutta.
1t is my sincere belief that if
the slave trade were revived with
all its horrors, and Africa could
get rid of the white man with the
gunpowder and rum which he has
introduced, Africa would be a
gamer in happiness by the ex-
change. Sir Richard Barton.
SEND MORE GOSPEL AND LESS RUN.
A Congo native who had been
taught to read and write, sent as
his first letter to the Archbishop
of Canterbury the following
Great and Good Chief of the Tribe of
Chfist, greeting:
The humblest of your servants
kisses the hem of your garment
and begs you to send to his fell
low-servants more gospel and less
rum. In the bonds of Christ,
UGALLA.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-09-05
ROOKIIAVEN MISSISSIPPI TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1898

1t is not found in Nature, mol
provided by her as a necessity OF
animal life.
1t predisposes to disease; de-
ranges the constitution of the
blood; unduly excites the heart
and circulation; paralyzes the
minute blood vessels; impairs the
function of the digestive organs;
disturbs the regularity of nerve
actions; lowers the animal tenn
perature: lessons the muscular
power; is not food; the highest
health and longevity are attaina-
BILE without it.
With so much evidence of the
evils of alcohol, and such scientif-
ic expressions against its use in
the animal economy, it is high
time that the profession of mcdi-
cine should speak about it from
the scientific aspect of the ques-
tion.
For man to say that he takes
alcohol because he likes it regard
less of the consequences to health
which it entails, or the possibility
of drunkard's grave, is at any
rate honest; but when he says
that he takes it as a food,
because his doctor tells him it is
so, and is a necessity, then he de-
fies science and brings a reproach
on the profession of scientific
medicine.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-09-05

and mixing them for the advan.
tage of the devil at that Sup.
pose, instead of adopting the sa
loon plank (for every man with
reason enough to be out of lu
natic asylum knows that is what
the anti-sumptuary' plank in
the Democratic platform means),
that that party had adopted q
Prohibition plank;-what would
have been the effect on the distil-
lers, brewers, saloon-keepers and
all other men in the party who
sympathized with the liquor traf-
fic
The answer to that question
should decide the attitude of every
Christian man and Prohibitionist
of America toward this or any
other party that is the avowed al
ly and champion of the licensed
liquor traffic. "CARTHAGO DE-
LENDA EST. And the way to
accomplish this is for Christian
men every where to unite in cast
ing their ballots for party and
men pledged to the saloons an
Inhalation. What is needed are
moro Joshuas, and Samuels, and
Eliiahs, and Daniels, and Johns
the Baptist among the leaders of
our Christian Israel. Ten Just
men would have saved SOdom. A
few hundred jealous, moral he
roes in America will save the ma
ton. And why! Because a soul
on fire spreads abroad the sacred
contagion of fire. There are mil
lions of patriots in America who,
if the fact of the national degra-
dation from intemperancc and po-
litical slavery to the saloon power
were brought home to them,
would rally as Americans twice
have against Il foreign foe-rally
as the moral heroes and patriots
of Louisiana so recently did to
throttle the Lottery octopus
and say "We will bare our
breasts to the battle; we will
make any sacrifice and die if need
be,-for the reign of this infer
nal, blighting, debauching liquor
curse shall cease !. >
Yours in earnest,
b. Il. HOBBS.
Brookhaven, Miss, June II, 'o3.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-09-05
Sensible Business Rule.

Clarion-Ledger will once again
"stop the press to remark that
it does not under any circumstan-
ces, publish obituary notices OF
more than ten lines.
1t is hard matter for Il news
paper to decline this class of con
tributions, but the Clarion-Ledger
does so invariably, and has so an
nounced.
The death of citizen, however
humble, is always published as a
matter of news, and that is suf
ficient.
When the deceased is man OF
woman of prominence, the chilc
of prominent parents, or when
there is any thing peculiar in the
manner of death, the management
feels at liberty to, and generally
does, make more than mere men
ton of the facts.
Obituaries and tributes of re-
spect are of no interest to any
but the immediate family of the
deceased, and hence, to keep such
matter out of its columns the
Clarion-Ledger has adopted the in
flexible rule to charge advertising
rates for all such matter. .-Clar
ion-Ledger.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-09-05
M ~ HAS 1T DONE
Nm CAN 1T DO

The original and only genuine Compound Oxy-
gen treatment, that of Drs. Starkey & Palen, is
a scientific adjustment of the elements of OXy-
gen and Nitrogen magnetized; and the compound
is SO condensed and made portable that it is sent
all over the world.
1t has been In use for over twenty years;
thousands of patients have been treated, and
over one thousand physicians have used it and
recommended it-a very significant fact.
compound Oxygen-Its Mode of Action and
Results" is the title of a book of 200 pages,
published by Drs Starkey & Palen, which give
to all enqiirers full information as to this re-
markable curative ageut and good record of
surprising cures in a wide range of chronic
cases,-many of them after being abandoned to
die by other physicians.
Will be mailed free to any address on appli
cation. DRs. STARKEY Il PALEN.
1879 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
100 Sutter Street, San Francisco, Cal.
Please mention this paper-novl2-6m
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-09-05
The First Gun, and Il Historic
Bell.
Cor. VickSburg Post.

Cor. Vicksburg Post.
The first gun fired at the com
mencement of the last war was a
four pound brass cannon used
many years before for the fourth
of July and at public gatherings.
1t was fired when Mississippi and
Virginia seeded from the Union.
When the steamboat came down
the river, supposed to be loaded
with powder and balls, the Gov
ernor sent fifteen or twenty
troops from jackson, and order
ed Capt. Horace Miller, of Vicks-
burg, to take charge of them, and
with the help of the Volunteer
Southrons capture the boat. The
soldiers camped on Wyman's hill
for three or four days before the
boat came. Mr.. Jim Oslin fired
the first gun. At first blank
cartridge was fired; and still the
boat came on; then u ball was
fired which almost hit the boat.
The Captain gave orders to land,
and Captain Miller went on board
with some soldiers and found the
boat was loaded with merchan-
disc, and she was allowed to 90
on. After which the troops aban-
doned Wyman's hill, and brought
the cannon to the city and stored
it away. 1t was never used in
the war and when Vicksburg sur
rendered some one stole the can
non end sent it home as prize.
There is another war relic here
worth more than all the cannons
fired in Vicksburg. 1t is the old
Catholic bell. For years it call
ed the people to church; then it
told the laborer when II and 6
o'clock came. When Mississippi
and Virginia went out of the I'm
ion, it was rung for high mass.
1t kept its good old sound though
thousands of balls and shells whis-
tied by its door, yet it called the
children there. But after the
States went back in the Union,
the old bell had different sound,
and when it was examined it was
found to be cracked. Several
tried to mend it, but failed. Then
| the members of the church
thought of having it moulded
over, but when they all met the
the word was, No, No . Prayer
was offered and they decided it
should be kept as relic for gen
erations to come. And it now
stands in the inclosure in front of
St. Paul's Church; its top is set
on the ground, and its mouth up
turned to the sky; it is used as an
urn, and the flowers growing i'll
it send upward sweet perfume
in lieu of sweet tones which it has
so often rung forth.
OLD CITIZEN
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-09-05
Information Wanted.

Does the Democratic party con-
sist of empty forms and ceremo-
mails! Does the fact that certain
men met in certain place and
did certain things make those
things Democratic! What is
Democracy. Is it thing with
out life, soul or spirit Or is il
certain well-understood doctrines
and dogmas Is it IA creed or is
it a lot of seeking politi-
clans? Is it men or is it meas
ures democratic Exchange.
Judging by their words and
acts, there are a good many so
called Democrats as badly "in
the woods " about now as this
befuddled brother. "Where am
| at -
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-09-05
She Will go Dry.

A letter from Mrs. Lavinia
Mount, President of the w. G. I.
L. of this State, gives the infor-
nation that there are now but
eight counties in Mississippi in
which liquor can be legally sold;
and an effort to dry up these will
be made through petitions to sub
NIT the question to the vote of the
whole State, in place of the pres
ent election by counties. When
this is done, the saloon is doomed
beyond all question, for the coun-
ties that are now probibitive will
of course vote for the general law.
1t is stated that a petition for this
general law was circulated in Hol-
ly Springs, and signed by every
man in the town except one.
Such law would play thunder
with the levee contractors who
find the profit of their work in
the liquor supply. -Greenville
Spirit.
Mrs. Mount is slightly in error
as to number of license counties
yet remaining in the State. Ac-
cording to The LEADERS, infor-
nation the number is at least II,
to-wit Grenada, Monroe, Jack
son, Harrison, Hancock, Wilkin-
son, Adams, Warren, Kinds,
Madison, Holmes, Leflore, Wash
ington and Tuniea. Possibly
there may be other Delta license
counties not included in this list,
but we are not certain. As the
Spirit says, if the people Of the
whole State were given vote on
the question, under our new fran
chise laws the traffic on Mis-
sissippi soil would be doomed.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-09-05

"Man never fastened one end
of chain around the neck of his
brother, that God did not fasten
the other end around the neck OF
the oppressor. History has,
times without number, proved
the accuracy of Lamartine's ut
terance, but it is rarely that i'm
patient humanity waits for the
retribution that has Divine origin.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-09-05

A young lady has recently been
appointed postmistress at Ray
mond, the county seat of Hiads
county.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-09-05

The local option election in Tu-
Mica went wet by II majority.
That wasn't bad beat.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-09-05

/. An exchange wants to know
why a mans system requires
more rest aud recreation so soon
after he becomes an office holder.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-09-05

The Tunica Independent is
strong against Congressman
Catchings for opposing silver.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-09-05

Many of the stranded National
banks are resuming business.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-09-05
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