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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-11-07
FARM N HOME.

Good compost can be made by mix
ing dry dirt and fresh horse manure,
equal parts, keeping the mass moist
with soapsuds. 1t will be found ex-
ccllent for the flower beds
Renew the earth in the flower pots,
and when SO doing trim of the dam
aged roots Of the plants, should they
be injured during the removal, to al
low Of fresh earth. BY changing the
earth the plants will have new feeding
material and may get rid OF diseases
existing in the old earth.
When you can buy n COW Mt low
price it will be to your advantage to
make some inquiries regarding her, as
no wise farmer will sell his good COWS
IL he can avoid il. She may be Vi
cious, hold up her milk, diseased, or
have some other fault, which can only
be discovered when it is too late to rec
tify the mistake made in purchasing.
a pretty way to serve Strawberries il
in individual dishes with the hulls on,
and in the center of the dish u smaller
dish of powdered sugar, into which the
strawberries are dipped and eaten from
h stem. Strawberries are very fire.
quently eaten in this way in England,
where the fruit Is more solid ard sweet
er. If the berries nre piled closely
around the smaller dish of sugar, the
contrast of red and white Is very
pretty.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-11-07

Estimates made 10y the gold clique
~ 10 tie amount OF money per capita
in circulation are dcceivImg and
doubtless, intended to deceive.
These advocates Of gold monomctnl-
lism claim that there IL plenty Of
money and that the people OF the
United STATES have al per capita.
But i'll this estimate is included all
the money locked up rs II treasury re-
serve, over slUO.O 100000 and - per
cont ~ the national bank circulation.
which the law requires to he Kept in
the vaults.
Thus ubou; tT0 hundred million
dollars is us useless us a circulating
medium us il it were entirely wiped
out Of existence. In reality. there il
not more than sic per capita in cir
cula.ion. France has twice this
alnount. Germany 30 per cent more
than the United States, andEngland
with its small population. fully MS
much. How is this contraction Of the
circulating medium 10 be rcmcdicd?
Simply by the unlimited coinage OF
silver at the ratio of Ii to /.
Then there will he no elastic cur
rency issued by the banks and secur-
I'll 10y their Office furniture. as is sug-
gcstcd 10y tno Sound money reform
crs, but II currency OF gold aud silver
the best and safest money in the world.
Chicago Dispatch.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-11-07
CENTRAL AFRICAN HUNTING.

Big DirdH of Countless Kinds Ready
for the Gun OF the Sportsman.
There is great sport awaiting the
wild-fowl hunters who press across the
dry deserts OF the North Kalahnri to
the Botlctli or Lake river, rs ii Is usual
ly called. This is where the pelicans,
flaIningoes, ibises, storks, cranes, her
ons, fishing eagles, %jnconos. coots, rails
and other aquatic birds unknown to
most sportsmcn rub bills with ducks,
geese, widgcons and teal In countless
hosts, Offering bird shooting the like
of which can scarcely he found else
where.
The water fowl OF south Central Afri-
m when the Botlctli overflows during
the dry season, rs it does every year
from April to August, gather In the
great marshes. There arc also aide
shots to be taken daily with rifles at
giraffes, wilde best, gcmsbok, spring
box and other desert and woods cren-
lures. The camp Is mnde in an open
grove OF cnmelthorn and Inotjeerie trees
on n piece of rising ground. Near by
is n big lagoon, and ut daybreak wild
geese tell the hunters to get up, which
the hunters do, with loaded guns. a
little sneak, which need not be too care
fully made, brings the shooters within
range, mud geese fall Hopping to the
ground before the sun rises.
Rare lcchivc-n kind OF water birch
may he seen occasionally on still
hunting expeditions.
Near lagoons Egyptian geese, black
and white spur-winged geese, knob
billed geese, yellow-billcd ducks, red
billed tenl, Cape widgcon. Widow Tree
ducks. dark brown African sochards.
avoccts and lean plover may be seer
gathered on or about the water, with
other birds MS beautiful and M gume.
a Shot puts them to flight, and for
hours one mny shoot them as they come
md go In screaming nocks, md ono
mny travel from lagoon to lagoon md
shoot with no interval OF waiting for
the game. II Is all warm weather shoot
ng, with no cold rains to chill one
n. Y. Sun.
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Hallway Accidents,

The statistics submitted to tho In-
tcrstntc Commence Commission at
Washington show TINT tho mum Der Oi
railway employee killed during the
year ending Juno 30. 1896.
wna 1861. aud tho number injured
was 1860. These figures indicate Al
incrcnso of 30 in the number killed,
and 1878 in the number injured ns
compared with the preceding year.
Tho number of passengers killed wns
1871 md the number Of passengers in
jurcd 2,S73 being n n increase Of IL in
tho number killed nnd Of 400 in the
number injured. The number OF
persons other ihnn employee mud pas.
ecngcrs killed WINS 3,IHG, and tho num-
bcr injured 5.9i5. These figures in
cludo casualties 10 PERSONS reported
M trcapasscrs Of whom 3,Sll were
killed aud J,iGswcrc isjuIcd. From
si.-nihG-i'H showing tho ratio oi casu
nlticG IL Ia found that for every a.
men employed on tho railways ! was
killed. and for every ~ men employed
wan injured. 4 similar comparison
rs to truinmcn shows that | trainman
was killed for each l52 tra,nmon ON.
ploycd. aud TINT | ttainmnn waa in
jured for each 10 truiBmcn employed
Tho number Of passengers carried for
] passenger killed VIVA 2.82G.I7l. tho
number Of passengers carried for |
passenger injured was 1889. AZ
shown IN another way tho immunity
Of passengers from accident, tho re-.
port givcs ratios bascd upon tho
number Of milca Travelled from which
IL appears TINT 72,01o.0G3 passenger
miles wore accomplished for oycry
passenger killed, aud 4.5il,0i5 pms
ecngor miles Tor every passenger in.
iurcd.
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Argument for Meat Eating.

an exchange says: "No man who
lives on meat was over known to lick
his wife or ask Tor n divorce. Adam
got into Il row right off. because he
Ind no hog meat. butter or black
bass. Napoleon lost Waterloo be-
cause the allied forces had bacon for
breakfast the morning OF the tight.
Tho French had vegetable soup. Tho
South hal to give in ut Appomatix
hccauI 81 they were out Of meat! No
wal can he successfully wagcd with
out hog meat. Americans are the
most frisky people on earth, because
they cat the most hog meat. Ingalls,
would have gone back to tho senate
had lie not lived on oatmeal, baked
apples and blind robins. 4 9
table diet woman ID us cold and clam.
my and unloyable rs a turnip. IL you
wish To put roses in the checks OF
young girls, vitality in their @
motion and brains in thcir heads feed
them meat. II you want your boy to
get a job and hold it, md go to the
front and amount TO something, give
him bacon grease, ham fat or tallow
three times Il day. The world is full
Of cranks who are always setting up
some new fad about hay soup and
corn fodder tea"
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500 Reward 800.

Tho readers OF thus paper will DO
pleased to learn that there ia mt least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able To cure in all its stages,
and that ~ Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure il tic only positive cure known
10 the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being n constitutional disease. re.
quircs II constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh euro is taken inter
nally. acting directly upon tho blood
md mucous surfaces 81 tho system
thereby destroying tho foundation OF
the discnsc, and giving tho patient
strength by building up tho constitu.
ton aud insisting nature in doing its
work. Tho prOprictors Lave 80 much
faith IN its curative powers. that they
offer Ono Hundred Dollars for any
caso that il fails to cure. Send for
list Of testimonials.
F.!'J. CHENEY & co.
Toledo. Ohio.
Sold 10y Druggists, 75c.
| Halls Family Fills arc tho best.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-11-07
[FROM DAILY
ALMAGUND
George Grant is able to be out.

George Grant is able to be out.
Commissioners Reed and Woolver-
ton struck out for home this
morning.
c. +. Smur, traffic manager OF the
Southern Pacific Company. died
Sunday in San Francisco.
Hugh Sheridan, whu has been
quite sick the last week, WIS taken
to Sacramento for treatment today.
U. S. Marshal Humphreys term
having expired he has been reap
pointed to serve until his is
appointed.
The yellow fever situation in Mem
phis is Improving and the weather
continues such as to warrant uhsic-
inns to state that the end is near.
The attention OF boys under Is
years 81 age Is called to the proceed
ings Of the county commissioners.
There is something OF inter est to them
there.
AttOrucy-Gencral Fitzgerald OF
California yesterday submitted Il mo-
ton To the. U. S. Supreme Court to
dismiss or affirm the appeal in the
Durraht rasc. 90
Tho Virginia Enterprise publishes
the names Of 327 persons who were
on the Comstock when Nevada was
admitted thirty-thrcc years ago and
who still live there.
Kangaroo tails for soup have been
sent tO London from Australia. \
shipment OF twenty-five hundred
weight was sold at the rate of 81 u
dozen tails. In Australia they are
considered II great delicacy.
Elections were held in a number Of
states today. Party lines are closely
drawn in each and both sides claim
every thing in sight. The chief inter-
est ccntcr5 i'll Greater New York and
the states Of Ohio. lown. and Ken
lucky. The chances favor Van Wyct
the Tammany candidate, for Mayor
Of Greater Ncw York. the Republi-
ans iii Dino and Iowa and the Dem
ocrats III Kentucky. Nebraska will
be carried by the fusIonists against
the Republicans and the gold Demo
Gratis.
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Don't Undcrstnnd II.

1t il quito evident that tho Woman
Suffrage people do not understand
handling tho funds. They came to
tho Appeal Office yesterday and in
settling nm advertising bill insisted
on paying double tho amount OF tho
agreed price. on tho ground that tho
Appeal had done more for the woman
Sufrragists than it had agreed to-.
This clearly demonstrates that tho
ladies will never get tho hang OF poll.
tics. When men como to pay the cdi.
tor they invariably insist that no has
not donc as much campaign work as
bo agreed to aud they will have to
pay him lcss. They settle for 40 cents
on the dollar, deuouncc him as u pc.
litical leach and blood sucker, and
then tho sack bearer, after sinking
several Thousand dollars, builds a
house on tho proceeds aud poses rs n
purity leader. Tho press ought TO
help tho Indies secure tho right OF
suffrage, Tor IL tho ludics have u fin.
ger IN the pie they will insist on
having the printing bills paid.-Ap-
poal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-11-07
Once IInd Enrtbaunkcs.

Southern Scotland md northern Eng
land arc visited by multitudcs OF
strangers each year, and many get as
far as the Western Isles. Few Of them.
however. are reminded Of volcanic phe-
nomcnu. though columnar bnsnlts, such
as those Of fingal's cave, may m
times suggest the thought OF lava. Yet
for long periods OF time In the far
past this region has been covered with
volcanoes like ~1lecla, aud lava sheets
like those of the Snake river. japan
Is not more plagued with earthquakes
than England hns been, and the quiet
little island has had its Krakotoas. II
may have them again. but there is no
immediate danger.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-11-07

An Omaha diapatcl. of the 81 Gays:
The reorganization committee OF the
Union Pacific. which bought tho gov
crnmcnt lien, tho second mortgage,
on the property Of the Union Pacific.
today purchased tho first mortgage
on the same property, by which tho
construction bonds wore secured.
Tho price paid for the mortgage was
the amount named ns the minimum
bid TO 10 accepted. sj0,GjI.i35. Tho
property was bought M was tho Soc
ond mortgage yesterday, in thr nam ,
OF Louis Fitzgerald aud ALVIN Krctch
M purchasing trustees.
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FROM THURSDAYS DAILY.
SALNIAGUNDI.

Ike Griswoll is in from Ruby Val,
ley.
C.. a. Mathison got in from White
Pine county last night to mako ar-
rangemen:s for shipping his cattle 70
Omaha.
Castellane, the French count who
married Anna Gould, is said to be
living beyond his means. In fact he
Is squandering his wife's immense
fortune, which amounted to several
millions when dIey were married.
The LATEST people ON earth live on
the Sandwich Islands. None Of the
natives do any work to speak Of.
Nature gives them enough to eat
without any considerable labor, and
they seem contented with what they
thus receive.
Will Clayton, son OF W. S. Clayton
OF Mound Valley, was badly hurt at
the Dean ranch Sunday noon by n
horse falling on him. lie was un.
conscious when picked up and was
still unconscious at 8 o'clock Monday
evening. Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton have
gone to his bedside.
Journal:-There is Il sample OF to.
bacco in the Reno Drug Comrany's
window which WIS raised on the Asy.
lum farm and properly cured and
twisted. One of the inmates OF the
institution has put up quit, IA guam
hty OF it, and judges OF the weed say
it is excellent.
Journal:-The two Roberts girls
who were kidnapped at Plumas juno.
lion Saturday night we're found in a
cabin i'll LAST Chance Valley. They
were returned to their homes. The
two men Foss and McNaughten, were
not caught. but pursuers are still en-
their trail and it is quite probable
that il they are overtaken there will
oe no need Tor Il Jury.
In Judge Hunts court mt San
Francisco last week Il Jury gave a
verdict in favor of the Bowers Rub
Der Com ANY and against ex-Goyer-
nor II. G. BladeSdell OF Nevada for
~Sl.503.02, with interest from March
l. 1854. Tho debt WIS incurred on
account OF gutta percha belts for o.e
concentrators,
Treasure Mcbride is sending ont
invitations to the taxpayers to come
up to his Office and settle their taxes
before 6 o'clock p. IN. OF Monday, De-
cember 9th. II. You fail to be OIL hand
with the necessary coin before that
time, your taxes will be delinauent
and penalties and costs will be ud-
ded. Pay the full amount due before
the office closes on the 9th of Dccpm.
Der and ave trouble and expense.
The V. Il Il. railroad has been or
dcred to comply with the act OF con.
Gress compelling all railroads to put
automatic couplings and air brakes
on their cars. The couplings are
known as tie Sans patent" and
enable the cars 10 be coupled without
the brakeman going between them.
II Carson paper says that Tor six
weeks every m"nlder and machinest
IN thai city will be employed i'll the
Y. " /. Shops, moulding and con-
strnctmg the couplers upon all cars
belonging To the V. Il T.. the {. Il G.
aud the y. G. o. railroads.
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WEEKLY
[FROM SATURDAYS DAILY.l
SALSIAGUNDI

Oliver Lonkey aud j. l.. Conden
left for Verdi ON No. 4.
Lavigne knocked Walcott out in
the 18th round last night.
\. l.. Snider has been appointed
postmaster in TuscarOra.
Carson is soon TO be connected. by
telephone with San Francisco and
Los Angeles.
United States District Attorney
Jones came up from Reno last night
and returned today.
Mr.. Lounsbury has purchased the
Palace restaurant and can be found
there ready to feed the hungry. The
Grotto restaurant has closed. Sec
the Palace restaurant nd.
Tho X. Of p. ball, Thanksgiving
night. will he the event Of the season
Tho boys are making big preparations
for it aud MI who attend will be as
sured OF "a first-class time. See their
nd in this issue.
The English statistician, Mulhull,
gives the banking strength OF this
country at s5.l50.O 600, 900; that Of
England ut si.55O,OOO,O 900; France,
sl.3i0.000. COO. and Germany. l.l50,-
100000.
Thirty-thrcc years z today Ne
vadu was admitted into the Union.
Since then she has added millions Of
dollars tn the wealth of the country
and millions moro lie buried in her
rugged mountain sides and in her
fertile soil.
The Supreme Court has refused a
rchearing in the v. 7. -ailroad tax
case from Washoe county. The Ga
Zctte says il will cost the railroad
company s2.l2S.60 more than it would
IL the taxes had been paid without a
contest.
Our Information yesterday in re-
gard to the return Of Mr.. P~rimeaux's
checks does not agree with the ac-
count given by the Times Review.
1t says the checks were myLtcriously
returned ON the same day the were
taken and were found on the desk
very near the plRce where Mr.. Pri-
meaux had left them. 1t Is supposed
that the thief returned them after
finding how useless they would be
to him.
Pittsburgh Kansan:-The foreigner
pays the tax, says McDingiey, but
during the past two mor.ns the stu
pid fellow has fai'-d to pay S20,OO0.-
600 into the siclIanna treasure box,
and thee IL "A shortage Of that
am"..nt i'll the treasury. There
ought to be "a mandamus. or n gun
boat, or Il Federal judge sent to
Europe Rt once to compel the inso-
lent fellow 10 disgorge That $4,000
coo.
An experienced man who Inns Just
returned from Alaska tells tie Fargo
(Utah) Argus how to cure the Klon.
dixie fever. Pick out "A
this winter. he says. "whcn the mcr-
cury is below zero, shoulder II pick
and go INTO the woods before break
fast; Dig II hole sixteen feet deep.
come back To the house Mt night and
cnt Il small piece Of stcwcd buffalo
robe md sleep III tho woodshed. Re-
peat the dose rs often ms necessary
In order to satisfy those who may
believe the reports that the Press As.
s%ociatiOn helped TO defeat tho high
school bill in the Assembly. We wish
TO say that the report is without any
foundation in fact. Tho Press Assp
cation had nothing whatever to do
with tho bill. It's own cusscdness,
coupled with tho work ~ Mr.. McNfur
and this scribe and their personal
friends, put tho everlasting kibash ON
it. 1t il very dead now and it,
friends should let il sleep.
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tFROM FRIDAY'S DAILY.l
SALNIAG UNDI,

See those silk shirt waists at Rein.
harris. =
Just received, II new line OF dress
goods at Remnants. =
George Russell went down to Bat
tie Mountain today.
Black dress suits. in frock and
sack, Just received at Alexander's. =
One hundred elegant gents suits
and o%vercoats just received at Alex
ander's. \
a fine line OF furnishing goods;
also latest style neckwear at Alex
ander's. \
Three rooms, suitable for a small
family. for rent il the Webster
build, Inquire at the INDEPENDENT
office.
The sale OF the Kansas Pacific
branch OF the Union Pacific railroad
has been postponed until Thursday,
December 10th.
The shorthand course in the Ne
vada Business College begins next
Monday evening. Instruction for
SIX months SO.
Dave Casper has Just received a
new lot Of samples OF Fall and
Winter Clothing which will be made
to order from 1880 up. =
4 new line Of all wool ingram and
other carpets, and, in fact, most
everything to make a Winter home
comfortable, can be found at Alex.
ander's at bottom prices.
Miss Beck has some fine new fur.
niture, carpets, stove, toilet sets and
other house furnishings which she
will sell cheap for cash. Call at her
resideL.ce next door east Of the I'M
d~ertaking p~arlors.
The Baltimore base ball club and
the America club, composed o, the
star players from all the mines Of the
national league, passed west today.
The two clubs will play IA match
game in San Francisco on Sun1 lay
David A. Blake, who was sent to
The county Jail by Judge Abel for 90
days on the 25th. Of August, was par
donrd yesterday by the Board OF Par
dons. The pardon arrived this MORN
and Blake walked out OF Jail a free
man.
While you are LOOKING FOR a change
n the weather. examine the latest
patterns in vail paper Mt the Postof-
;"e. All goods first class and at the
'nwcst living prices. Call in and OK.
anime my stock. No trouble tn show
'rnds. |. n. SHERwood.
Don't II IN Any Risks about health
Avoid coughs. cold, fovers, pueu-
monia and all other similar ailments
by Keeping your blood nch and pure
with Hoods Sarsaparilla.
HOODS PILLS arc purely vege-
table and do not purge pain or grippe.
All druggists.
Charles G. Stiner OF Austin n men,
Der OF the Normal class OF 1898. No
vada State University. died in Reno
yesterday morning Mt the age OF II
years, Q months and II days. lie was
n very bright young man and stood ut
the head OF his class. Ills remains
were taken 10 Austin for interment.
Henry W~atterson's withdrawal
from his assumed leadership OF the
Kentucky Democracy ia not likely to
DO the u OF much mourning in
the party household. Ho has been n
dead weight on the party for many
ycars. and his getting out OF il now
will relieve it OF any responsibility
for his ~utterances. lie will now
doubtless become a camp-follower
OF the Republican machine where his
battle cry OF damn silver" will find n
ready echo.
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Following is "a report Of The Ar
thur school for the morth ending
October 20. 1897:
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The Tax Roll.

AUTHORIZATIONS has turned over
tho tax roll 10 county treasurer Nc
Bride. Tho total footings arc ms fol-
lowe:
Real estate and improve
mcntH $685. 31
Personal property ......... l0l. 100
Total valuation ........ 4 ,i50.g25
Total State aud Conn,y
tax $3.50 5Sl9
Tho treasurer will sond ou, Z 10
ticc next month to each taxpayer in
icrmuas Ian Of The amount no must
contribute toward the support Of tho
State aud county governments and the
time wien such contribution must be
made to avoid tho papmont Of penal.
ties and costs. Al should heed the
notice.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-09-03
The P..I'S Announcement.

''The control of the Post Intelligent
Ger Publishing Company has this day
passed to different ownership. The
Post-Intelligencer will hereafter be
conducted by George U. Piper as gen
eral manager, and Edgar B. Piper as
editor, although the latter will not as
sumo his position before October l.
The new owners are we'll known in Sc
attic and throughout the Northwest,
having had many years of newspaper
experience in this field. There will be
no change in the general policy of the
paper. The Post-Intelligencer, under
the new management, will be an ac-
tive champion OF all the interests of
Seattle and the state Of Washington,
and will, of course, continue to be Re-
publican in politics; but it will be in
dependent OF any clique, ring or COM
bination Of any complexion whatso-
ever. It will be newspaper conduct
ed by newspaper men on approved
newspaper principles."-P.-I.
Good!