Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-01-13
,FRoM WEDNESDAYS pA1LY.]
sALMAouNDl.


Col. Hardesty came down from
Wells to-day.
Logan Erwin left for San francisco
on tho carly train this morning.
&C. Wallace came in from the
West last night and returned to-day
Taylor Allen and Mr.. Holiday, OF
st. Louis, gave the INDEPENDENT a
pleasant call to-day.
1t costs 300, OOO, 600 to maintain the
army in Spain and only s1,5oO.OOO to
educate the children. 1t is the excep.
ton to find a Spanish farmer who is
able to read or write.
A Congress with a President ON its
hands is about as useless as a Presi
dent with u Congress on his hands.
Neither one seems to care u continents
al about the condition OF the common
people.
All members and those who con-
tribute to the support OF the Presby-
terian church are requested to meet at
the church this, Wednesday, evening
at Z o'clock as there is business OF i'm
Portance to be transacted.
The Philadelphia Press says that
common salt sprinkled literally on
coal, either in the bin or as it is put
into the stove, will prevent waste and
make it burn more evenly to a clean
ash, and will also prevent clinkers.
&. \. Watkins, the new Deputy
Sheriff, came down from Tuscarora
yesterday and spent the day in get
ting acquainted with the people Of
Elko. Mr.. Watkins Isl very pleasant
young man and the INDEPENDENT
predicts for him a successful term as
deputy sheriff.
The Director OF tho Mint publishes
a statement showing the coinage at
the United States Mint during De.
cember to have been s3,45G,G63, OF
which s2,012,0i2 was gold. sl,27o.O2S
silver and sl1i,593 minor coins. or
the silver coined. s25O,34l was in
standard dollars.
The statistics by the Department Of
Agriculture at Washington show that
during tho nine months OF 1894, end
ing September 30sh, the farmers and
s~tockraisers Of the United States
have exported to Great Britain more
than 200. 900 head OF beef cattle OF a
value OF over $4,000, 900.
Ncue Zeit.-A famous French doc
tor and professor OF medicine conten
ded that every disease was attribut-
able to a process OF inflammation. On
d~issccting N of his patients not a
trace OF inflammation could be found.
lie explained the circumstances to
his pupils IS follows: Gentlemen,
you see that our mode OF treatment
was thoroughly effective; the patient
is dead, but he died cured"
Moths a he successfully removed
from carpets in the following manner:
Wiring Il course towel out OF clear
cold water; spread it smoothly on the
carpet; iron it dry with u good hot
iron, repeating the operation where
c the moths are supposed to be.
There il no need to press hard and
the color OF the carpet will lot be in.
jurcd, rs the moths are DESTROYED by
the heat and steam.
Silver State: Paradise believes in
Keeping pace with the hard times.
To-day we were informed that drinks
are selling at two and a half Lants
Il piece, or two drinks OF any kind OF
liquor for five cents in two saloons of
the above mentioned place. No n
Knows the brand OF the liquor, but
our Paradise friends says il ANSWERS
the purpose rs the lushes can get
quite full with little money and not
much liquor
Tho Cleveland Plaindealer SAYS:
The whole trouble in our financial
System lies i'll tie unrighteous and
unreasonable discrimination which
the present and the former Admins.
tration exercised against silver moi
ey. There will be no cure for the
disease until there is a mental cure
OF the diseased opinion OF fiuanciers.
y gold cure will not succeed. We
have been trying it until the system
OF the poor patient is ~paralyzed and
it is pretty near time to stop and
make change OF medicine.
An exchange says that "a good way
for a parent to Keep a child on the
road to ruin ia to always complain
when the teaches has had occasion to
administer discipline. Tho child OF
such a parent will soon conclude that
no Is too good for reproof, and before
the parent is aware OF Ills mistake,
his own authority will be defed and
by the time the boy is grown, nine
cases out Of ten, the father can tukc
upon himself the credit Ut having
turned loose upon society an animal
that represents neither the laws OF
God or man. Prisons and aims
houses are fed by the victims Of such
mistaken notions Of parental fond.
ness"
a Remarkable Case.