davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-03-05
ROYAL ALLOWANCES. A

THE king of Bavaria has salary of
81, 1000 a year. 3
A FRENCH queen of the fourteenth
century received es00 year.
THE king of SaSony has $780, 900 a
year, out is very rich in his own right.
TIE infant king Of Spain receives
81, 100000, besides 100000 for family
use
TIE king of Italy receives S2,s5s, 900
as salary and s1S0,000 for his family, he
being a married man.
TIE emperor of Austria manages to
make both ends meet with IN annual
allowance OF S3,s75, 900.
HIs MAJESTY of Portugal, in consid-
GRAFTON of the small size of his king
dom, contents himself with SG34, ,440 q
year. So .-.
TIE king of Prussia has salary of
only S3, ,S52, 900, but then he is very rich
in his own right, SO docs not expect his
people to pay him as they ought.
The little king of Greece is paid by
his own subjects 100000 year. To
help him to pull through, England.
France and Russia each contribute So0,-
600.
TIE annual salary of the queen of
England is S1,9c5. 600; the prince of
Wales gets 100000, and the rest of the
royal family somewhat smaller
Amounts.
TIE ear of Russia receives no sal
ary. Ills income arises from 1000. 900
square miles of land that he owns,
comprising farms, forests, mines and
other resongces. He is estimated to be
worth Sic, COO, COO q year.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-03-05
A FEW EYE DoN.Ts.

DoN'T allow cold wind to strike tho
eyes. AfS
DoN'r try to do eye work with the.
light shining in the face.
DoN'T GO directly from awarm room
into q cold, raw. atmosphere.
~ Don't 0Fen the eyes under water in
bathing, especially in salt water.
DoN'T have colored shades on the
lamps; use white or ground glass.
Don't let any strong light, lilte that
from electricity, shine directly into tho
eyes.
DoT'r strain tho eyes by reading,
1cw:ne or cry like occupation, with IA
..arcr&G3t ....!t.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-03-05
PERSONAL MENTION.

A WESTERN pnper reports that cx-
Secretary Of Agriculture Norman ].
Colman clears $4,000 year from his
farm in Missouri.
JoHN I1ILI,~ of Derby; ENGLAND. is
thought to be the oldest living odd
fellow. He is nearly nincty-one years
old and was initiated in the order in
1923.
WILLIAM T.. Copy buffalo Billy is
said to be quite gtuy4 and to.havc lost
that appearance of robust health
which formerly distinguished him.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-03-05

Tho above balance stonds to the credit Of tn,
various funds as per iressurer's Ia anc
Sheet, dated Dec so, 1898:
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-03-05

NDEH3oN. President
20. HENpERsoN, vise-Presid.us
40. HENDERSON, - Cashier
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-03-05
"A BANK OF

DIsCOUNT -:
sss.ss ~. s'sssb. ,.-s. s.sses
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-03-05
WEEKLY INDEPENDENT.

Published every Sunday, end sent TO any ad-
tsEs tpoatngc paid, at The following rates,
la5Able In advance: - 49,. .-
phe year.. '.'..................s.. s.-.. - w
IL uon'hS. .'..... ...................-..' oO
For any period under aix months. Fifty
s'dts por month.
Entsred at the Elko, Nevada, Postofiice for
|snsmlssfon through tho Dsils as second
llsS mail matter. ..
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-03-05
ADVERTISING RATES.

VII be made a. low NJ ia consistent with
'sund busIness principles. Apply ut tho Of
% for terms.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-03-05
w. w. BOOHER,
EDIToR AND PRoPRIEroR.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

One copy, enc year. ......................S 8 90
oae copy. six months. Observation-Disclosures. %
For any pofiod under SIX months. one dollar
@ month. Payable In advance.
nSsVsd by carrier in Rlko ct IS cents week
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-03-05
JOINT STATEMENT
0F AUDITOR AND TIsEAsUREk
OF ELKO COUNTY.

For the Quarter Ending Dec. I
1884.
srATE Gasn91 OF - FfEE,XEaDA'I. E,Ea I....
AUDITORS OFFICE.
" Jan. 2. 1894.
To the Honorable Board OF County Commis-
sioncrs or Elko County, Nevada. 81.
GENTLEMEN: We herewith submit our Quar-.
teIly Report OF the Finances of tho County
for the quarter ending Dec. 81, 1873.
Respectfully submitted:
GEO. II. .MElGS,
Auditor,
M. H. MILLER,
Trensurer.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-12-27
THE NEW YEAR.

Everyone Should Start Out With the
Intention of Making 1t IL Happy
One.
Every one of our actions finds its re-
reflection in the life Of some one else.
No matter how humble may be our
surroundings, we have an influence on
some other life. Individual good cheer
means general happiness. If we are
bright we brighten our neighbour; the
neighbor is an emissary to the commu-
nifty, and the community, in turn, to
the great world at large.
Thus in the year before us we have it
pretty much il our own hands. Ma
tiOnal advanta res are ours; we need
only supply t. individual elements.
The past is valuable only for the les
sons it can teach; the present for it's Op-
portunities; the future for it's possibili-
ties. Whatever the past year may have
meant to you make it dead history.
But let the new year be living issue
With big, fresh sponge, dripping with
the clear water of forgiveness, wipe
clean the slate of your heart. Enter
the year with kind thought for every
one. You neeu not KISS Ine mana tnat
smote you, but grasp it in cordial good
feeling, and let the electricity of your
own resolves find it's connecting cur
rent-which very often exists where we
think it not. An ill-natured thought
often makes us unhappier than the per-
son to whom it is directed. A happy
mind is an elixir, and as are the spirits
of the wife in the home, so will be
those of the husband, who in turn will
carry them into the outer world. Do
nestle happiness often cOlors CONNER
cial prosperity. The hearthstone is the
corner of the counting room. An I'M
happy wife makes blue merchant rs
we men live at home, so we work in
the outer world.
Therefore, to the thousands, yea,
may say the million and more of
women to whom / speak with these
words, let me say: Nal the new year
a happy one in your hon be bright of
disposition; carry your ca 3 easy; let
your heart be as sunshine, and your life
will give warmth to all around you.
And thus will you and yours be happy.
Ladies' Home Journal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-12-27
RALF-CENT COINS DEMANDED
Boston Writer Thinks They Should Once
More he Put In Circulation.

A Boston Writer Thinks They Should Once
More lie Put in Circulation.
Some of the conservatives and the
long-headed are saying that this gov
eminent ought to resume the coinage
of the half-cent, dropped in 1857, as
an approach to the much smaller
coins of France, Germany, Italy-in
fact, all European countries. A
shrewd Boston manufacturer the other
day remarked to Transcript reporter
that at present he regarded the South
as the most prosperous part of the
country, simply because she was living
within her means and paying her debts
promptly in cash, or It's equivalent,
paper legal tender. At the North, he
said, all our present financial misery is
caused by our peoples extravaganza
standards, their feverish specializing
life and living beyond their means.
In the West it is the same. In San
Francisco copper is scorned; car con-
ductors refuse it, or used to. There,
as well as in New Orleans, nothing is
done for less than 'nickel." In
Philadelphia boy will scarcely black
your boots for less than two
nickels. In Vicksburg the planters
used contemptuously to throw coppers
on the floor or ground; even the
negroes refused to pick them up. But
if the wild war extravaganza is to
cease, if we are going to practice
some of the small economies of life
(Which are really the small virtues),
then it follows-as the night the day
we must no longer scorn the cent or
half-cent. A thousand times a year
you need the half-cent in your shop
ping. 81 make nothing when l sell
one copy of cent paper" said a Bos-
ton newsboy to the writer. Il only
make cent when sell two papers. :"
But these newsboys chow many are
there-50,000 of them in the United
StatesD should have the half-cent,
and should have the half-cent cake
and half-cent bun to buy with it, Give
us back the Democratic coin and let us
learn our sOrest needed lesson
economy. Let us have back
the old coin of our boyhood.
We don't want the centime, pfennig,
or centesimo leach of these coins of
the value of one-fifth of one cent and
current in France, Germany and Italy,
respectively, but we do want that
convenient half-cent of q generation
apO.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-12-27

A queer, hard look came into the
girls face. She did not hesitate,
though. She put her hand in her peck
ct and drew out letter.
Sarah ShCehy gave me this to give
William" she said.
Hand it here!' roared old Rafferty,.
He was fairly furious, stamping, foam
ing. "A fit descindint she of Tim
Sheehy-thryin' to inveighle my son in
to marryin' her. Hand it here!'
He snatched the letter from her. She
sat there white indeed, with painting
breast and glistening eyes, willie old
Rafferty, and his wife perused the brief
but loving epistle. When they had fin
ished they turned to Hanna. Both
were trembling with eXcitement-act-
ually speeches.. But suddenly old
Rafferty, jumped up and went spinning
around the kitchen like one possessed.
Il have it," he roared. 20, Ellen
Jane, o, have it! We'll make him mar
ry Hanna-faith we willv'
The blood came back with q rush to
the girls face. She half rose:
80, no, sor; 0, no."
HE must" still keeping up his fran
tic dance of delight. Eye must make
him, Hanna. Yell have the farm one
of these days. an yen live here with
the old woman an me, an Wen show
the Sheehys they can't come any of
their thricks over the Raffertys-not by
George Washington an the banshee of
the o. Rourkes! Wen show 'em, Han
ma! Be married on Twelfth Day. You
an VIII can drive up to Father Kisha-
lender at Hebron an be back by sup
per. Not a wurrd, Hanna; Wen show
the Sheehysr'
The day after Christmas old Rafferty,
told his son he must marry Hanna. In
vain the young fellow protested, en-
treated, refused. But his opposition
| added to his fathers anger. If he
wouldn't he must surely be disinherited
and the farm was worth $1,000, On
! New Years Day the father had succeed
ed in wringing from him a most reluc,
tant consent A blizzard blew up. The
roads We're blocked, almost impossible
| but no excuse would avail with old Raj,
{ ferty. Go to Hebron ON Twelfth Day
they must And go they finally did
| both silent, both pale, both evidently in
utter protest against the world, the
Rafferty's, and each other. The sixteen
miles between Bubble and the county
seat were traversed. They were mar.
/ ried. They drove home. At the kitch.
en- door they were welcomed by bright
lights, the congratulations of invited
neighbors, the steam of ROASTING turkey
and odor of pumpkin pies. More than
all by old Rafferty,. He vas positively
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-12-27

lid with pleasure. He was capering
Gund the room, laughing, shouting
aiming, now putting his head back
BAR the better, now bending double
Slap his leg and writhe in ecstatic
~ speecfless contortions.
V"Now, William, now! Wen let the
}Sheehys see-now! Thinkin' they could
thrap my son. I'm proud of ye, VIII
liam! Shake hands! Good girrul, Hanna!
Ouch, but the Sheehys can't come any
Of their thricks over ould Rafferty,.
He's too smart for them. The fight is
still on. Whatl they say? Oh, Hanna,
this is happy day! You amt changed
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-12-27

at the battle of ClOntarf Oulsanc6s-
thOrS were rival kings, / bleeye. How
ever. the feud grew downwards. Tim
Sheehy's fathers bull thrampled down
my fathers wheat, an my father had
the trespaSSer fined at the asSiZes. Then
there was Tim an me. / beat Tim at
hurlin', an wnativer does he do but go
an marry Sarah Connolly, q foiner
girrul we couldn't fond in the three
parishes-good enough fur his betthers.
Don't you talk of the. Sheehy's to me,
Hanna-don't"
Hanpa didn't. Her full red lips We're
set in a stubborn line, but her eyes,
genuine bluegray Irish eyes they were,
blaZed with mutinOuS Indignation.
West. aid, past the bare new Methodist
church, the square solemn school house,
u couple of little boX-like houses, then
they were out OF the town proper and
driving directly northward. When they
crossed a small bridge, and turning to
the right passed between two looming
haystacks into a great shadowy farm
yard, it was already evening. A wind,
the sudden chill. sharp wild which fol-
lows sunset in Nebraska, had sprung
up. Fading into fathOmless gray was
the one bar of dull rose which streaked
the Western sky. And overhead a sill
yer moon.
Lay out there like sickle for his hand
Who cometh down at last to reap the
world"
In the comfortable fire-lit, lamp-lit
kitchen Mrs. Rafferty, awaited them.
She was an American, a little, thin,
white-faced old woman clad in the in
evitable print wrapper of the Western
housekeeper. A brisk, quick, weary,
good-hearted little soul, worn out as
are most American women by over
work, burned out by over anxiety to
do more and do it better. And now
here was aid, here relief, here younger,
stouter arms.
80 this is HANNAH She went up to
her and kissed her. "How do you do,
my dear? I'm tickled to see you. You
are tired out, / expect. Is she like
your cousin, Pat?"
"Loiker' echoed old Rafferty,. Shes
his dead livin' image. She's as loike
my cousin Moike as a young cottonwood
is loike an old cottonwood
You remember William, don't you
HANNAH" Mrs. Rafferty, said, as from al
adjoining room came n spruce, trim
dandified young man. l. was dressed
for 1.-The dance" to be held in town
that night. Speckless his clothes, black
mirrors his shoes; he wore a white
shirt a white collar and sanguinary
craVat.
A year ago he had been in ireland
seeing after some property left his ia
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-12-27

cheer abundance and comparative con-
tent. So the farmers who logged in on
or ioltcd behind their hcavy-hoofcd
horses admitted the leading statement
with Il Supremacy satisfied conviction
that other towns were not booming
as was Bubble and an absolute indifrcr-
cncc to the probability of its being
Christmas eve elsewhere. A delicious
day it was too, although not the typical
winter one which imagination invaria-
bic associates with the dear old feast
There was no snow; the air was crisp,
keen in its frosty sweetness, eXhilar-
ating as wine; by 4 Sky of subdued yet
intense blue was the billOwing prairie
dOmed and bounded; against that Sc
rene and perfect background fields of
ritied but unrivcn corn flung out their
tattercd, taWny banners; the winding,
DrOWniSh roads rang like steel to every
passing sound; along those deSolate
country ways the sumac Shrank in
blasted beauty, and skeleton SuntlOWerS
reared alOft the bare, brown hearts
from which had fallen long ago the
disks Of gold. But the old man. who,
mounted on the front seat of Il ponder
GUS, Crealling farm wagon, drove over
the hill and down the one new, ugly,
buStling street which boosted the buSi@
ness, the barter and the commercial en-
tCrpriSe of Bubble, thought not ut all
of his surroundings, not even of the
day. He did not stop at either gen
eral store, at the tin shop, ut the saloon
or the drug store With an occasional
nod to familiar faces he steered his
team straight down the street, past the
prctentiOus hotel, the gaping livery
barn, the big, bleak lumber yard, and
drew up beside the platform Of the
railroad depot.
"Whoa-ah, thar! Train most due,
Tom? Hope it's. Owe n sort of a
niece aboard-me cousin Moike'S child
Did % know that?'
The station agents assistant smiled
back at him. Did he know that? Who
did not know that Old Rafferty, had
some months ago sent money to Ireland
to bring out Il young relative of his. A
queer character old Rafferty,. Seven
teen years Of his life had been passed
as a sailor. He claimed to be one of
the survivors of the battle between the
Mcrrimac and the Cumberland, and
that it was he who fired the last shot
on board the latter vessel, when, with
colorS still bravely flying. sunk beneath
the waves. Dearly did he love to tell
of the affair particularly of the part
which concerned himself, of the three
hours spent under the water before res
cue was effected. At the close of the
war he took up "A claim" in Nebraska,
and by slow degrees, in loneliness and
priyatiOn, had accumulated not little
wealth. Out Of perilousness he had seen
peace come A friendly and familiar
figure was he to all Somehow people
always smiled at old Rafferty-cordi-
ally, too. There was a cOmiCal kind of
fascination in the face visible between
the shabby felt hat and the huge com
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-12-27
Gratis.

The eminent physician was irritable.
Calling the janitor, he said: WHO is
it that keeps singing, Il would not
live always?'
''It's a lady in the apartment above,
SIR"
"Well, tell her that as professional
man, l am prepared to assure her tina I
she won't. and that there is conseque Mt
ly no cause for further agitation on
her part. Life.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-12-27


(D1llliam, why can't We take her,
| too?"
''Herr' in calm scorn, ITO a dance
| in Bubble! Why, she amt got gloves
nor no style to her-a freckle-faced
| little thing whose words curl up at the
end like a shoat's tail-no, sir" The
women within heard. Hanna Grim
| soned.
Don't mind, dear. Set down and
drink this tea. And now, Pat, ask
! Hanna if the boy obeycd YOU when he
was in Coolathogle."
Il want to know, Hanna, did William
see Sarah Sheehy's daughter much
when he was home"
His father told him if he spoke to
one of them he'd leave the farm, which
we hOmesteaded before the Indians
were out &c Nebraska, to some one
else
Should she tell? How he had spoken
of her! Why not?
HE wasn't ever away from young
Sarah Sheehy while he was in Cool
athogle!' she answered, deliberately.
''Ah, nown'
1.-THE young desavCr."
Hes engaged to her"
What"
He's a-going to go home next sum-
mer and marry her"
NEWER
Old Rafferty, leaped to his feet. His
wife sanb weakly into chair.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-12-27

l knew not then ~
unbidden
To make the closing hours
bright.
I only saw the drcary clouds unbrokcx
only heard the plash of icy ram
And in that winter gloom l 70
To tell me that the
again.
o dear old year, 1 wronge
kindness;
1 would not trust him with my loas If
care; &,.,,e,
I stumbled on in WEAKNESS and blindness
And 10! He blessed me with an an
swered prayer.
Goodbye, kind year, we walk no more
together.
But here in quiet happiness we part;
And from thy wreath of faded fern ana
heather
1 take some sprays and wear them on
my heart.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-12-27

forter" of purple, red and yellow yarn
"a shrewd, sallow Old face with griz-
zled beard, bushy brOws and youthfully
alert, bright eyes. Then his accent was
delightful, his own broad and hearty
brogue being favored with Western
infections wholly foreign to it.
ION time, sir"
A whistlc-another A puff of smoke;
a distant roar; Il vibration Of the rails
q Shrek of steam; gllre of light
then the train was laundering up-had
paused, painting. snorting, disgorGlng.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-12-27
A NEW YEARS WEDDING.
Old Rafferty, Plays an Important
R,Ie in Conspiracy.

u Il Il l. Il was
booming, and 1t
was Christmas
Eve in Bubble.
The certainty
of the former
accentuated the
pleasure of the
latter fact. The
crops had been
good, and the
festival meant
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-12-27
yer name though you air married"
Oh yes she haSp'

yer name though you air married.
Oh, yes, she llas!'
Wills voice had a peculiar ring. A
silence fell on the gay clamor. Blanllly
old Rafferty, regarded his son and heir.
Was that the dismal and frOwning
young fellow who had driven off this
morning; that erect, laughing. glowing
| checked young man? And was that
forlorn and frightened and protesting
Hanna? That lovely, smiling, crying,
blushing, altogether happy and win
| some little creature.
"Wh-a-ht do we mean, WilliamT
"Oh, jest that she did change her
name-that's all! She was Sarah
Sheehy, now she's Sarah Rafferty,"
"William!'
"Whatv'
But VIII put his arm around his pref
ty wife and bravely held his ground.
1--WE fell in love with each other
when L was on the trip to Ireland. l
knew you wouldn't hear of my marry
ing her, so we planned I'd get mother
to send home for Uncle Mikes Hanna,
and she, who was q great frienL of
Sarah's, would let Sarah come to her
place And we thought we'd wait till
you and mother had learned to love
her and then tell you the truth and
ask you to bless our marriage. But"
with Il burst Of irrepressibla laughter,
you wouldn't let us wait
"But, William" family and Devil
deredly broke in his mother, you said
an she heard-~an she said"
Ringingly he laughed again. "Of
course we did. That was the PLAN
I, 10 n11 Ia
lie old man, mute, Wild-eyed, dis
cd, looked at it in hesitation.
Nut,' he faltcrcd, "she is Tim
N, did, an Tim he went an
lh Connolly"
lrply cried Mrs. Rafferty,
- iply old Rafferty, jumped,
"whafN &c did that make TO you
20, 20, n, at all, ellen janet"
fervently Ait. I'll hardly
knew Sal inst by sight,
Ellen Jam ,de no differ
And Il III the bride, and
laughed "a his eyes, and told
the nci. ~JCg raw in to supper,
anC insisted 49, Juggling Ellen Jane
on the sly Iii smiled back at him.
May be-" she said to him when they
We're q moment alone, may be you
didn't bear that man Il grudge on ac-
count Of that Connolly gil; and may be
you only knowed her by sight, but amt
it kind O. queer that Wills wife is as
like your cousin Mary as a young cot
tonwood is like an old cOttOnwOod!'
Old Rafferty, looked at her. Then he
scratched his head. He looked at her
again, and cogitated awhile. Then he
chuckled and smiled-and smiled.
"BegOrraw he said.-Kate NJ. Ueary,
in Chicago Tribune
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-12-27
A Hint to Unknown Authors.

"Here's an article from famous
writer"
mot bit of it! He's entirely UNI
known"
Hang it! Don't / know be-
Hasn't he got Copyright. AL
reserved, over his article?n
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-12-27


80 % nlOSs~ IA now. What! mar
ried-an' ten child her! Bless me, Han
ma! An the Muir shys-hows the Muir
phys, HANNAH
They We're beyond the crush of coun-
try vehicles. The horses were slowly
pounding their Wy up the hill, which
might be the boundry line Of the world,
the jumping-off Place into infinite space
fGs all save sky she could see over it's
sweeping curve. A rabbit scudded
across the road and away through the
short dun grass. From the creek below
came the e eerful chirp of dqail.
"All well, so,H-the Murphys, the
MOranS, the Sheehys-"
Hanna" o.
Something - shrinking came into
| Hanna's fresh young face, but she
turned to him wholly questioning and
| innocent
"SOrT'
Hanna" and his voice was appalIingly
stern, almost threatening. 'niver let me
hear We mention them individuals again
| -niver! The Shcehys air the natheral-
born enemies Of our family Me
grandmother told me the GOODNESS began