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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-23
KITTEN AND THE LON ON
Pathetic story Of Love IN AAinaI
-, ~! Life ut the Zoo. Is

Pathetic story Of Love IN Animal
"a Life ut the Too.
The other night little, pnrring kit.
ten rubbed herself in friendly fashion
against the great iron bars of the den
of Old Paul, the zoos famed lion, OF
whom extreme age has made a pitiable
show these many. weeks, says the Gin
cinnati Enquirer It was the kittens
way of coaxing Paul to come to say
goodnight to her, for PauIand kittie
were the best of friends. She WIS the
only bit of outside life that Paul was
ever friendly with Every night for
weeks kittie has crept shyly up in
front of the bars of her old lion lovers
home, and when she mewed to him he
came forward and put his great shaggy
head as close to her as he could, and
they caressed each other.
The other night when kittie came,
and, rubbing nnNiously against the
bars, mewed all softly to her Jungle
lover to came and say goodnight, Paul
j0st lay still, his head between his
paws and didn't notice her at all. Tired
of coaxing him, the faithful kittie
stopped and, just looked and looked
az VIC HoOlS, SISdI ISdIoW. rlllully
keeper saw her do something that in
stinct never let her do before. She
shyly crept through the big, black iron
bars, and, going in, caressed the great
bowed head in her most loving way.
But there was no response. Then kit
tie slowly went away and Paul slept
on--the sleep that knows no waking.
Scores of people who had known, the
old lion for nearly 90 years had just
been visiting him, and hosts of tiny
children had tossed him kisses just as
deathwas comingon. He died exactly, as
Superintendent Stephan in the En-
quirer n month ago said he would, "as
if asleep, with his head between his
paws"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-23
Pointed Paragraphs.

A girl never tries to extinguish the
spark as long as man has money to
burn.
Some people are like one-legged.
milking stools-no good unless sat
upon. ...#
The man who never argues with
women, children or fools has but few
arguments.
a millionaire has a better show in
this world than the average theatrical
manager.
The swan always sings before it
dies and death often ends the mos
quito's song.
When Il wife puts on ton many airs
the atmosphere Of her home is not
what it should be.
An ounce Of prevention is not worth
pound of cure III the pork packing
business.
There Is something wrong with the
woman who talks only when she has
aomethiug to say.
An insurance policy often makes a
man more valuable after death than
during his life. s
Don't think because man is al
ways harTing on one idea that he is a
born musician.
Women may supersede men in many
pursuits, but the field in which a
brindle COW grazes IS barred to the
female 10 red.-Chicago News.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-23
EASTWARD. THROUGH
THE ROCKIES EywcSS

80 The traveller, tourist or business
man Is wise when he selects the Rio
Grande Western Railway aGreat Salt
Lake Route" for his route to the East.
It's the only transcontlnental line
passing directly through Salt Lake
City, and in addition to the gliIn pse
it affords OF the Temple City, the
Great Salt Lake and picturesque
Salt Lake and Utah Valley, it affords
the choice of three distinct routes
through the mountains and the most
magnificent scenery iii the world.
On all classes OF tickets stopovers
are granted ut Ogden. Salt Lake
City, Glenwood Syringe, Leadville,
Colorado Springs, Denver and other
points Of i1terest. Double daily
train service and through Pullman
and Tourist sieening cars between
San. EEancisco and Denver. Tourist
cars through to Omaha, Chicago and
Boston.
For illustrated pamphlets descrip.
tive of the sGreat Salt Lake Route, ("
write to F.. A. WADLE1GH, General
Passenger Agent, Salt Lake City.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-23
Greater New York, the political

Greater New York, the political
ceuter of the United States, in the
nativity Of it's citizens, is
foreign city. Two-thirds Of it's
population is foreign born. There
are more Irish in Greater New York
than in Dublin by double, and more
Germans than I'M any other city in
Germany. with the exception of Ber-
lin. There are 100000 Germans, $780,
600 Irish, 10000 English, 10000
Russians, 100000 Italians and $4,000
Scotch.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-23
FLY A SPIDERS uNDERTAkER.
Digs a Grave for His Dead Foe and
Carefully Buries Him.


Samuel Simon, Sr., weil-known resi-
dent of Eeshannock township, while
strolling near his home one day recent
ly noticed n fly about ha.f an inch long
and of a dark blue color. with slim
body, bearing large dead spider. The
fly crossed his path and laid his load
down. It then went about 1S inches
in another direction and commenced
digging hole in the ground, reports
the Newcastle (Pa.) Democrat.
After the fly had the hole dug about
half the length of himself he went to
where he had left the. spider and took
his dimensions. After going back to
the hoe he found it was rot big enough
and commenced digging again.
He did this eight times. and as often
enlarged the hole. After he had the ex-
cavation large enough for his purpose
he went for the spider and took it to the
mouth of the hoe. After he had the
body in he covered it with fine earth
first and finished by placing small
piece of cinder on top. When he had
finished the work he few away. The
whole time consumed was exeetly, IS
minutes, as Mr.. Simon says he sat and
watched the whole performances. ;
IN -
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-23
RANCH,
CATTLE AND
HORSES FOR SALE.
e~o

a fret class opportunity for
anyone wishing to engage in the
clattle business. Everything
needed for. conducting COW
ranch will be found on the
premises. ss
Bor further iniornation write to
Carat = Co., White Rock, Elko CO.
Nevada. NJ Sts
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-23

There are twenty five miners
working i'll Olinghouse district, near
Wadsw orth. The mines have
yielded so far about So 90.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-23

A politician is little human bee
who often makes honey FROM journal.
istic generosity, then hides it in his
narrow cen of base ingratitude.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28
The SKYROCKET
BY SIR WALTER BESANT.

critic set Down the fact to the bad taste
Of the reading public; the man who I'M
derStands that the bad taste of the
public never, by any chance, sends him
after feeble writer's, took up the book,
to find out for himself the reason OF its
popularity He read it through; the
magic of the book seized him; he for
got altogether his purpose in reading
the book; he forgot to ask why: and he
never stopped until he had reached the
end Then he laid it down with
a sigh. and left the task of an
swering that question to anybody who
chose. Every now and then such a
book appears; it succeeds; the only
explanation of it's success is that 1t
possesses q mysterious charm which
seizes upoA the reader and holds him
tight-even as the ancient mariner held
the wedding guest.
Every year at least two, and gener-
ally three regulations in fiction are
made. The writer of ''Ariadne' made
her reputation by that book. Nobody
had ever heard her name; nobody knew
anything about her at all. But her
book, which had begun by creeping,
went on to rUn-to leaD-tO Eanop-
through the editions. The publisher
who had begun by being grumpy, pc
came first cheerful, then beamlng; ne
had been overbearing at first with the
take-it-or-leaVe-it manner which be-
longs to one who conferS q doubtful
benefit and incurs g possible loss; he
became kindly, friendly, anectionate
even deferentiaI. He gave dinner
party one evening The author of 'Arl-
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I'm going to try itp' said Burton,
his lips set, and a resolute CLINT in his
big gray eyes.
Try ito"
Yes, Gates"
Burton buttoned up his blouse, turned
up the collar, pulled his black felt close
about his ears, then uubuckled his
sword and let it fall.
But what are you going to try?''
asked the puzzled captain.
I'm going to carry that wounded
reb i'm
The one by the tree?"
Yes
Hold up, George! The man must be
dead by this time. It's hot as the hob
of furnace over there. Then the enc
my's shells are falling short. They are
killing their own men. I'm ready to
help all we can but you mustn't be
reckless, old fellow. 1t isn't like you"
IF ! don't try it, Gates. I'll never
know another happy hour. Here goes!'
The captain reached out his hand to
restrain his friend but with the bound
of a staghound Burton had cleared the
| breastwork. The men saw him dashing
down the lurid slope, understood his
purpose and cheered to give vent to
their feelings rather than by way of
announcement. The two men, who
/ had been playing cards, begged the
/ captain to let them go to the lieuten-
ants help, but he refused. BY this
time all the rifles were On their feet
1t was dark to the right and left, but
\ the light of the torch trees flashed il
their eyes and glowed on their bronzed
faces in way that intensified the bat
tie expression. Midway Burton came
to = sudden halt. That he was no
coming back beaten was evident. HI
tied a handkerchief over his nose anC
mouth and dashed on again.
The branches of the riddled tree, I'm
der which the wounded confederate lay
had caught fire, and rain of spark
was pouring down. How Burton fel
or what he said to Major Shepard 0
Benning's brigade is not known. 1t i
certain, however, that the occasion wa
not conducive to extended talk. w
know from the act that every facult
of the rescuer was centered in his mer
| cifuI mission. Strong as an athlete an
active as a gymnast, Burton soon ha
the man on his back, and was facin
| the lines.
: Captain Gates waved his hat as hi
| friend drew near, and the rifles leape
on the breastwork and cheered as if 0
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several states so no further, in terms,
than to provide that no person who
has a former husband or wife living
shall marry another" Under these
statutes it would seem that it is not
unlawful for a single man to marry
as many single women simultaneously
as can place themselves within the
reach of his voice and the voice of the
preacher or officer who is performing
the c. emOny.
1t may be that a court to whom this
question were presented would, by
some refinements and subtleties, and
by considering the intent of the IeGis-
lature," and constituting the statute
according to its spirit" etc, devise
some means by which to interrupt the
wild career of conjugaI felicity which
our correspondent proposes. and send
him to Jail. Law Notes, constituting the
statutes as all penal statutes should be
construed, strictly, sees no offense in
the multifariouS marriage which he has
in mind. We feel indisposed to ex-
tend the language Of the legislature so
as to make it include cases not en-
braced IL it's terms. 1t is not unreal
Sonable to presume that the legislature
intended merely to protect innocent and
unwary persons from marrying others
already married, IL ignorance of the
previous marriage, and to prev mt wives
and husbands from deserving their con
sorts for others. We do not know thai
the legislature intended to prevent {
man from marrying more than one
woman simultaneously, when it coulC
so easily, and in such few words
have said so. This position ind;
strength in the fact that the Bdmund'
act (Act Cong, March %, 1892
! declares expressly. in addition to th
usual provision, that amy man VIII,
hereafter simultaneously, or on tn
same day, marries more than one WON
an. j. a territory or other place owe
which the United States has exclusiv
jurisdiction, is guilty of polygamy,
thereby recognizing that the usual pro
vision does not meet the case in cues
| ton
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adne" was the guest of the evening.
Her name, it appeared, was Arladne
Ascot She was still quite young, not
more than two and twenty; she was
full of animation; she was new to so
ciety and frankly owned her ignorance,
she could not talk of new books be-
cause she had read none; nor of poets
because she knew none; nor of art be
cause she had hardly ever seen any
pictures. She accepted admiration,
however, with evident joy. 1T is new
to me-" she said, like everything else.
You cannot tell me too often how you
like my poor little book" There was
in her face in her manner, caresslng
yet not submission, something Of the
glamour of her book
y reviewed it in the Daily Train"
said one of her admirers. Il fell to the
ground and w0rshipped it, as l should
worship the author. Miss Ascot, you
have made. believe me, the most
brilliant contribution to literature that
we have enjoyed for a whole genera
ton"
I suppose" he said to another man
at the club that night, that 1t IS all
right about the boom of Ariadne- No
hankey, eh? Because, you know, 1 have
heard
80 have I. In this case it is all right.
| know the printer
She'll make d pot of money
MY dear fellow, nothing to what
she'll make by her second book. ]
hear they are writing across the At
lantic to secure her at any price. Man
she's an heirass. She lives at the Lang
ham; got three rooms and a maid, and
is spending the money as fast as she
makes -
Thus, you see, heaven does sometimes
hear our prayers. Ariadne desired tC
see these worlds. Her desire was graft
fed.
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envy to try the red experiment again,
the captain sat up and said to his
lieutenant:
L think, Burton, the worst is over
for today. Thank God the sun will be
down soon"
He looks red enough to have washed
in the Chickamauga. Hello What's
up in the woods out there?" asked Bur
ton.
Il see nothing unusual" said the
captain.
Since the failure of the last charge
on the center the enemy had been keep
ing up d close and persistent attack on
the right. From this point came the
incessant roar and ring of cannon and
rifle. cutting through which haunting
yells and defiant cheers could be
heard Across the front cottony heaps
! of powder smoke rolled, growing lu-
minous and crimsoned as if being blood
dyed
Cant you see the black smoke,
| blending with the white, over there? 2"
And the lieutenant pointed to the
/ woods in front.
Yves; but what of it ?"
You know what it means
Like all smoke, it means fire,
laughed the captain.
e'That's it; it means the woods are on
fire They are as dry as punk. Just
think Of it, CAP
Il think we have in all our wounded.
What matters it to the dead?"
Nothing, cap; but the enemy! My
God! there are at least 200 wounded
men in gray along the edge of that
timber, Look at that splintered oak
about 100 yards to the right"
THE BURNING OAK TREE.
'I see it, and I've noticed, through
my glass, that there is a young officer
lying wounded at the foot. He'll crawl
in if the fire comes near him. said
the captain, as he scratched match
on his rusty sword scabbard and Iii
his pipe.
A few minutes, and mourning
wreaths of black smoke draped about
the barked trees and drifted across thC
face of the setting sun, hurrying The
night Tongues of flame Kissed GU
from the earth. Snakes of flame licked
l eup the powderdry leaves, and coilec
up the shot-riddled black jacks. II
the right and left, and back and forth
f the fire fell and rose and reared in ret
rage, under the whip OF the increasini
: wind Now and then a shell hurtlet
over from Bragg's center and burst be
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I'LL.

Sunday afternoon. Ariadne's room
was crowded with callers She was
standing in the midst OF a circle; the
room was filed with laughter and whis
pers and the buzz of conversation Sud
denly, as she looked round, she flushed
scarlet In the doorway stood, awk-
ward, embarrassed, her lover, Samuel
alias Cyril She stepped across the
room. Cyril" she said, this is very
good of you Come in and wait til the
people are gone and we will talk
He obeyed; he stood in the room, un-
noticed; he watched the girl trans
formed Was that Ariadne? his own
Ariadne, this vision OF floating lace and
white silk, holding her own, an equal,
among these fine ladies and these men
whose faces were not like the faces of
the counting house?
Presently the people began to so
away They all had something to say
as they went.
1t was her editor Miss Ascot, we
are longing to begin the new story
1t was a lady whose name was known
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a charge Those of the confederates,
who could do 50. Strengthened them
selves up to look and, forgetting their
sufrerings, in Burton's splendid effort,
they shouted:
Three cheers for the Yankr'
THE FATAL SHELL.
Two-thirds of the distance was
cleared, and the rifles began to breathe
easier, when an ominous roar rolled
from ove- the river. A devihsh scream
came down from the sky, whose black
vault was penciled by a curved streak
of sputtering sparks, that all under
stood
Here she comesr'
shell fall shortp'
Down in front, boySr'
MY God, BurtonI drop him and run
for your lifer This last from the cap
tain, who with his hands trembling
on the logs and an awful agony in his
eyes, bent toward his friend. Down, IS
feet in Burton's front, the shell crash
ed. For fully two seconds it seemed
that it would not explode. but STILL like
q little fire fountain, the cracking
sparks shot up from the fuse.
The lieutenant stopped and seemed
about-to turn to the right, when there
came q flash and crash and arrows
black or blazing, shot out in every oil
rection. An instant and the wind had
swept the smoke to the left, but the
man in blue and the man in gray on
his back, had vanished.
| Where are they?" cried the captain
| ''Out there to the left, sirP' and g
man pointed to dark heap, near tht
shell crater.
Without an order the two card play
ers leaped the breatwork. They were
followed by two others, and these
carried in the lieutenant and the mar
he had sought to rescue. The young
confederate's brain had been ploweC
through by a piece of shell and for
ever out of pain he lay in the light o
the nearing flames, with a peaceful
look on his fine face.
Did 1 save him, cap?" asked Bur
ton, when consciousness returned, ant
circle of tear-stained faces was abou
him.
You brought him in, old fellow
sobbed the captain.
How do you feel, George?"
''It must be the shock. II have n
pain I'm just dizzy like, and sos
sleepy. Let me doze a bit, and ca
me-if there's an attack"
The captain laid Burton's head bacl
and with q pleased smile on the hand
some, ashy face, he dropped to sleeI
like a child who hears the mother
grooming.
The carnage of Chickamauga wa
ended, but George Burton was called,
and he answered the mystic angel
summons, and crossed the black rive
; to the white tents of the silent.
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MARRIAGE BY WHOLESALE.
How Man May Marry Several Won
en- Without Breaking the Law.


Law Notes: A correspondent has
requested Law Notes to advise him
how many women q man may marry
at once without violating any law.
This being mixed question of law
and love, and our speciality being law,
We feel some hesitation in expressing
our opinion. There seems to be no rea-
son why he may not marry as many
as will have him, provided the cere-
mony be not performed lin a territory
or other place over which the United
States has exclusive jurisdiction" The
earliest statute on the subject of poly
gamy or bigamy q JAG. l., c. 1D en-
acted that if any person or persons
within England and Wales being mar
ried, or who hereafter shall marry, do
marry any person or persons, the for
mer husband or wife being alive each
offense shall be a felony" The statutes
So Geo. III, C. 81. and 4 Geo. 1, c. H.
have merely changed the punishment.
i East P. c., 464. The statutes Of the
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everywhere Dear Ariadne, you must
take the chair at the dinner of women,
that is agreed
It was the critic. re was the last
He whispered, And the answer-when
win YOU give me an answer"
Il don't know, indeed. When my
new story is out. You must wait till
then
"But-if l may only hope
We can all hope-Good bye"
The critic retired.
When they were all gone. Samuel
stepped forward. o. he said. IF you
knew how duh it is at home. Are you
never coming back, Ariadne?"
Look round you. SamueT'-she called
him Samuel. and it sank into his heart.
You see all these people. They are the
leaders in literature and art. Should [
give w their friendship? What have
you TO offer me in RETURN
Nothing" the poor young man
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story

numbers than is wanted So, while be
stands up for hire with the rest in the
statute fair Of Paternoster row. the
public go round and make their choice.
In the autumn of 1893 there We're pro
duced, among other works OF deathless
interest, 400 novels unnoticed at first.
With these appeared a story on whose
title page was the single name. '-Ari-
adne.''
If you were to read that book now you
would lay il down with a feeling that it
was a crude and early piece of work.
badly constructed. the dialogue man
aged without skill, and the story
naught. 1t is now four years since that
hook was written, ard the glamor has
quite gone out of it. The pages charm
no ore. It is not asked for. it viii
soon drop into the sixpenny box. Why,
then, oae asks, was there so great. SO
immediate. a run upon it? The smart
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tensive consumers, and the demand for
canaigre chips has grown so rapidly
that were every arid acre in south
eastern California and Arizona, the
native and favorable habitat for the
plant, set with canaigre, there would
be no danger of Cutting the market
The limited area in which the culture
is possible is only small compared with
the greatness of our country for thou
sands upon thousands of acres of des-
ert land, still government domain,
yield the wild plant, and the market
ing of the wild plant pays the first ex-
pense of the cultivation.
LOU V. CHAPLIN.
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washington STAR You orter to have
seen yerself smirl1in' an primin' when
We asked the lady fer a piece of = lie"
remarked Meandering Mike. Any
body I'D thought ye considered yerself
a beau IDEAL.
THAT'S wot l am replied Flooding
Pete. I'm hobo ideal.''
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Ariadne stood once more in the old
familiar side road leading off the main
road to the cheap suburb. The little
gardens III front of the houses Wsre
filed with laburnum, lilac and lime trees;
the time was June, the air was fragrant;
the leaves we're fresh and green; the
place looked pretty. The sweet breath
OF spring banished the associations OF
poverty and dullness and nonotony and
md the succeed fronts.
should be coming home" In fact at that
moment he turned out of the main road.
lie was walking heavily with eyes cast
down. When in the sweet spring season
his mind lightly turned to thoughts of
love, the vision of the lost Ariadne re-
Ariadne stepped out into the road and
met him
You? Ariadne?" he started.
Il told you she said, three years ago
that I wanted to go away and see those
other worlds-and then come back
"Ariadne" He hardly understood that
she was with him once more.
both PRAYERS" she said have been
granted l have lived among the other
/ people. l am deserted and forsaken. So
/ l have come back"
'tAriadne."
L have come back she said, ito a man
whose intellect | respect aboye my own"
20, but you are great author
Il wrote one book that everybody
praised; another that everybody abused,
and a third that nobody will look at They
are al three dead and buried and for
gotten. On the other hand, you are
still
Still in Humboldt's Cosmos. Ariadne -
He is an author who is abiding-sat-
isfying. They don't forsake their Hum
boldt. They don't call him skyrocket
have come back to read with you, Cyril
Hum bOldt'S Cosmos"