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The herald., 1897-02-10

Queen Lili will find herself very much
mistaken If she thinks she can persuade
Mckinley to appoint a commission to
inquire into the how" Of the Dole gov
ernment. In this connection 1t IS proper
to remark that the present Hawaiian
government is little better than ar abso-
lutte monarchy-and the boys are getting
rich out Of the business, too.
The herald., 1897-02-10
The Woman's Day Nav Come

1t is an odd fact that the Colorado SEN
ate has issued an order excluding wom
en- from the floor during business hours.
The women of Colorado are full-f1edged
voters. and the day may come when they
will have a majority of the legislature.
The precedent established may then be
aWkward.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The herald., 1897-02-10
Rapidly Approac ching His Level

Mark Hanna knows little about poll
tics save that human greed on one side
and large amount of cash on the other
will accomplish results. He is type
of the most odious elements that de-
bauch American politics Such cattle
generally sink to their proper level and
Hanna is in fair way to do so.-Pitts-
burg Post.
The herald., 1897-02-10

There will be nothing new in bloom
ers this year" observes fashion paper.
OF course not. How could there be any
thing new in them? The same old things
viii be found thcre.
The herald., 1897-02-10

The police commissioners yesterday
summarily dismissed an officer for being
intoxicated while on duty. This action
would seem to indicate that the board
intends to enforce the rules and main
tain the discipline of the force.
The herald., 1897-02-10

And now comes the report that Grover
Cleveland was strongly inclined to in
vite Lyman ]. Gage TO take the treasury
portfolio when he was making up his
ca abinet. Mr.. Gage voted for Cleveland
in 1884
The herald., 1897-02-10

When Admiral Beardslee and his
squadron get through with their attend
ance upon the San Diego Water car
nival it might not be inappropriate to
invite the veteran to bring his ves-
sells up to San Pedro and Santa Monica.
The herald., 1897-02-10

1t is now said that the sum total Of
the cost of the Bradley Martin fancy ball
will be over $500, 900. How about the rich
man, the needles eye and the kingdom of
heaven?
The herald., 1897-02-10

A Kansas granger has introduced a
bill in the legislat ture forbidding the
state printer to use typesetting ma
chimes. He thinks it wicked to encour-
age the "pesky things"
The herald., 1897-02-10

by the supreme court of Michigan that
he may hold all the offices he can get.
Now is his time to organize an office
holders trust.
The herald., 1897-02-10

The milling business which Nevada
proposes to build is not an infant in
dustry, but it requires a great deal OF
protecting against righteous indigna-
tiOO
The herald., 1897-02-10

The new shah of Persia has dis
persed his fathers harem. The edict
says the old mans widows may marry
merchants, but not military or civil Of
ficprS
The herald., 1897-02-10

The worst thing that has been said
about Ananias is that he is reincarnated
in Weyler. There is no foundation for
the report other than Weyler's victory
bulletins
The herald., 1897-02-10

Weyler is said to have made SO 900, ,00C
on his private account since he was made
captain-general of Cuba. 1t is not often
that the butcher business is so profitable.
The herald., 1897-02-10

If Corbett and Fitzsimmons ever enter
the ring in Nevada, the miners and
mountaineers will see to it that finish
fight is pulled off.
The herald., 1897-02-10

Phoenix, Ariz., has a new newspaper
venture in the Saturday Evening Press
1t is too good a paper to fail to have
the support of the people of Phoenix.
The herald., 1897-02-10

The rains up to date are the most salts
factory that the orchardists of South
ern California have seen fall upon their
soil for long number of years. Three So
called dry years in succession had left
the orchards in precarious condition, es-
pecially in those sections where the
water supply is not over abundant, and
the generous rainfall of the past sixty
days has been most opportune. Although
we have had only some ten inches up to
date. the rains have all come so gently
that there has been little or no waste
and the heavy snowfall on the noun
tain tops gives assurance of an abund-
arce of water for irrigation during the
summer season.
The herald., 1897-02-10

The powers that be must not forget
that one of the things they were elected
to do was to establish frst-class water
plant under municipal ownership.
The herald., 1897-02-10

An English newspaper speaks of Illi-
rois as suburb of Chicago, and it is
not SO far out of the way. either.
The herald., 1897-02-10

The best Mckinley can do for Senator
Cullom is to let him keep on thinking
that he looks like Lincoln
The herald., 1897-02-10

Mckinley seems to prefer men with
whiskers for the cabinet, but that is no
sign that he is turning Populist.
The herald., 1897-02-10

Give all the nickels you can to bu
food for the poor of Los Angeles.
The herald., 1897-02-10
AN ESTRAY

Train robbing is neither profitable nor
healthy on the Santa Fe road.
The herald., 1897-02-10

Misfortune seems to pursue the United
States warships; possibly it may be
nearer the truth to say that mismanage-
ment seems somewhat to threaten the
destruction of the fleet. Before the
Brooklyn, damaged by grounding, can
be put into the dry dock for repairs,
the squadron ordered to Charleston to
take part in the blockade maneuvers
turns UP with list of dead and wounded
and a schedule of damages strongly re-
sembling the report of serious naval
engagement. Pending the report of the
committee of investigation, to be made
sometime, it might be we'll for the gov
ernment to buy few merchant vessels.
commission them as school ships, and
see that they are diligently used.
The herald., 1897-02-10

Dom Paul says: Let England come
II she wants to take fny country" which,
The herald., 1897-02-10

being translated. reads: II am bound to
blow my horn II don't sell clam"
The herald., 1897-02-10

packing and shipping are placing the
oranges on the market in much better
form than ever before, and less loss to
the shipper results from spoiled fruit
than formerly.
1t has been demonstrated in recent
years that the Washington navel of
Southern California is the finest orange
grown in the world, and it is almost the
only variety now planted in this sec
ton. The Seeding is a much heavier
producer, because the tree grows more
rapidly and has a much larger bearing
surface, but the fruit cannot compare in
weight, in juciness, in fineness
of texture or flavor with the
navel, and the latter commands the mar
ket. There are still few Mediterranean
sweets, a quite late ripening variety
and an occasional carload of the Malta
blood shipped to market, but inside of
five years nine tenths of our shipments
will be the navel variety.
Prices thus far are ruling very good,
and. while not as high per box as in
some years past, yet the magnitude of
the total shipments is such that the total
receipts which the growers will net are
much larger than in any former year.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-04-18
TROUBLE FOR TARIFF MAKERS.

II is reported from Washington
that President McKinley's currency
commission Tor the study Of the cur
rency laws during the recess OF con.
gress has not been abandoned entire
ly, according to the declarations OF re-
publican leaders. Ii has been deter
mined however, that the tariff shsll
have right OF way.
This means, OF course. that in view
Of what is beginning to look like a
desperate tariff emergency, the re-
publican professions OF favor for the
proposal TO promote international BIZ
metaIlism must be kept before the
federal lawmakers. All signs point
10 trouble ahead for the tariff makers
and it in thought to be wise not 10
LEI auy doubt as to the republican
poSition in SUPPORT Of The conference
proposition To c6n.situ,e gu additional
obstacle to the carrying out Of the
tariff programme. by postponing
and dispensing OF patronage and
keepins'to the trout the proie.sed
republican niehtion 60 do the fair
thing tr siIyes tEs administration is
doing all that it can to make the
road Of the tAriT bill as little rocky
"a possible. II
What effect tia policy will have on
tho silver Republicans in tile sen
nte can hardly bs t1Tet6!d. but It IN
not aGpiss 10 remember that SHINE ~
them yielded Ia the siren voice ni the
international agreement vocalist last
summer, and they may DO prepared
10 do il again. They arc nll protec
tionis,s. OF course. and they may con.
sent to aid in establishing the propos-
Cd protective policy. although their
pet vroduc, is not included in It's
provisions. In ti.ia they will bo in
Auenced, doubtless, by the hope TINT
their turn will come later. and no
moro dclusivc hope ever took up its
abode in the human breast.
1t is likely, however. that this at.
tempt to play on tho credulity - the
silverites, while il may achieve that
emil, will not operate Ia save che con.
d.mncd and ropudiatcd tariff bill
from serious trouble in the soDato.
That measure is too clearly n terrific
blow at the public interests to admit
OF any deception no TO its possibilities
and purpose. The patronage will be
withheld and tho silverites fooled in
yain.- -BinglRmt IN. " Lender.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-04-18
Pig. Versus Bicycle.

Gold Hill is becoming the metror-
oils O. trained hogs. The youths OF
Gold Hill are iIpre sing hogs INTO
servioe as vehicles of transportation
in lieu OF bicycles. Bicycles are not
adapted to the steep streets OF Tod
Hill but hogs are.
In a fair field a hog could not COM
pete with a bicycle, for even a boy
uonld prefer to riie a bicycle rather
than a hog. But when 4 boy wants
to ride something. and there u moth
INK but a hos around. he Is surely 60
Ing to ride the hog. There Is at least
one hog in Gold Hill which The boys
have trained TO do duty In place OF a
bicycle. Yesterday the boys rode him
up AID down the Gain street with
great success.
When some ingenious youth ndss
this swine through the town the spec
tacle attracts almost as much atten-
ton as tho first bicycle did i'll Viz.
ginil, but as other hogs are broken
to the bit and saddle the novelty will
wear oil. II remains TO be seen how
ever. whether the adult population
Will take to riding the pigs, aud the
first member Of the fair sex who rides
a Berkshire through Main street will
be hailed as a heroine among the new
women.-Virginia Chronicle.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-04-18
DEMAND FOR ~FLINTLoCKs.
They Are Made 10 Delight African AIT
other

They Are Made 10 Delight African \
other
Strange rs il may appear. hintlock
muskcts are not merely n record Of by
gone age, says the St. Louis Globe
Democrat. In 1895 no fewer than 1920,
600 gunnints were produced n the
Linchcath mines. Brandon, Suffolk.
England. These fiints arc chiefly 10 de
Light African and other savage, who.
having been SO long used TO iiintlocks,
are reluctant 10 give them up.
The method of manufacturing these
gun fints is very interesting. In the
OPERATION OF thanking" the worker
viii take q quarter" in his left hand
and placing it on his knee. around
which a protecting band Of leather has
been strapped, gently tap the flint with
= hammer. giving it each time a we'll
directed blow. At every tap a fake sin
inches long and one inch wide falls into
his hand and, if n good one, is deposited
in a pail by his side, all bad ones being
discarded. The hampers work these
finis with hammers with long, thiv
heads. often made OF old files. trans-
versely striking the "Trip OF flint % a.
ksl fixed in their beaches.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-04-18
No Nor, Land Advertising.

Tbs members oi the newspaper ira
ternity Of Nevada have decided moi
10 run any more land advertising I'M
ill the legislature al. Nevada repeals
the Law passed. last winter. Tho fol.
lowing IL tue section complained Of:
section 7. All applicants FOR pur.
chase OF lands not approved to tho
state at the time OF making applics-
zion shall deposit with the State Inud
register the amount OF fees required
for selecting the same III the United
States local land Office; also the
amount or fces required Tor ndYcrtis.
ing such selection, II the land so sc
locted, or n part thereof, DO si.uat.
ed within six miles OF a mineral
claim or location, tho amount Of which
eaid advertising fec IL hereby limited
70 and fixed nj two dollars. The ap.
plicant in every instance shall also
bear the actual expenses OF Mi non.
mineral snidavits required by law or
the regulations Of the United States
general land ofico. (Seo stats. 1897,
pages II and 72.J'
IlUuder this law, advertising the
legal rates Of which would be 500. is
cut down 10 o. by act Of legislation
and as two sfidayits have TO be mado
at a cost Of a dollar each II in easy to
zee that the advertiser ioois up a
dead loss for every advertisement no
Under those circumstances
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-04-18
How Allen Got the Fostonee.

The following storxas 20 how Con-
gresham Allen OF Mississippi. the
humorist OF the House, secured the
appointment OK Democratic post
masters in his itstric: during Cleye-
lanes administration is told by J. S.
Evans il the Times Herald. There
were ten Presidential rOstotaces in
his district filled by Republicans and
Allen was very persistent III uTGing
the President 10 remove them and
f, place his friends u Office. lie called
at the White Hunse f5eque..il! and
after telling the President IN emphat-
ic language that he wanted tie chang
es made. would bore him with some
I Of his funny stories. Cleveland
would listen 10 the stories. but rtfIs.
Ell TO make the appointments Allen
wanted and 4 coo!ness sprung up be.
tween them. The first enlargement
wa brought about i'll this wise:
Nov. see here, Mr.. Ci-y-llnd.' said
Allen one day, -shis Ii, | hold IL my
hand coatalas the names o, los;mas-
ter. Gown IN my secion ::ho ousht
70 he removed. want them chang
ed. and want them-badly changed
at that.
on, you do, do you:- bl4ndly smil.
81 the President. Want them--bsd-
ly changed, Ell: Well. Il | appointed
those men you have Recommended
the changes would DC bad. and -
bad at ;Liat.
Alien saw the point Of the Presi-
dents remarks and weat away.
Weeks elapsed and the Republicans
continued To handle the mails. Again
the Coug!es5uaO commenced hls VS.
it, TO the White iiOu5e, and again and
again did the President tire u his
stories for the reason that the listener
had no humnr IN him. nor could he
tolerate those who had. Allen heard
one day about the President being
weary with his yarns. One morning
~ he presented himself before Dan
Lamont he was informed that the
President dida't care 10 Roe him.
Tell him requested Allen Of La.
mont, that he reminds me Of the HAL
who saw a coon run up tree. lie
had no meat at his home. and he
sides he was especially fond OF coon
flesh. lie had neither az nor gun.
but he was determined to get Mr..
Coon. So up the tro. he started al.
ter him. The coon climbed ~ near
the top as de could and then crouch
Ell as near the body % the tree rs he
could. AS the man clinbe / near Nj.
Coon commenced to ;rUwl.
-'Oh, you needn't growl,' said tho
man, cause | got y"u. n you'se jos
grOwlin' cause you'so scared. you dad
blamed %rIng-tailei varmint, you!'-
Whether Lamont deli' cred the mes
sage or not makes TO difference. At
all events. the postoiices at Aber-
deem. Tupelo, Columbus and West
Point had nov prstma 'ters within =
month from TINT day.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-04-18
WEEKLY INDEPENDENT.
DECEITFUL DEALING.

1t will be observed that the ad.
1ocates Of the Dingley bill are careful
to speak OF the sugar diherentiA as
oue-sighth OF cents pound. or l2ii
cents per 100 pounds by the
.diferential' is meant the extra duty
put on refined sugar for the b=uent
Of the sugar trust. Refined sugar
under tho present Law pays l2IlI cents
per hundred more duty thar ra@
sugar. But this uean 1921 Genie
more than RS sugar Of the lowest Is
well as the highest grade. This
.diferental' ought not TO have been
in the bill. IL was put there b!
traitorous senators who called them
selves Democrats cooperating with
ihe Republicans. DC account OF 1t
the Republicans denounced the bill
a. q .tr--st biz because il had cut
down .he Mckinley difTereutisl on!g
IS per cent.
ln spite OF their Remuneration OF the
truS; bill OF 1884, they are willing to
admit that their bill contains the
same diHerential Us that Of 1891.
This however. is u DECEPTION. Tho
diHerential is larger in the Dlngley-
oil, and those gho understand the
subject know it The tax on raw
sugar testing 40 degrees by the
polEnEoopt Is u cent a pound, or Il
dollar per 100. The tax on reiiued
sug1- IL sls7h per 100 pounds, or in
seeinaik slsT5. Thus refined sugar
= Jared Eeyen-eighths OF a dollar per
100 pounds M than raw sugar OF
Va Lowest grade. Iadsr the present
law II Is Only pH CENTS per loo
po1EtS, Ii addition 10 ths 40 PER
cent. nd Taio,en O. zS sugar.
II r3e tn; the tar O. H- sugar
u tie Dugley bin = On = sliding
scale. Fog Zach d-gree Owes: 20 there
Z aided a tax ot 3-I06 q a ce0t a
rourd, - that by the time We get to
lO0 degrees, the tar amounts TO sl15
Ger 100 pounds. and i2h cents sdden
70 make the duty On refined sugar
SLST5. Bu, this takes no account Of
the smaller tax On sugar less than 100
degrees In point OF fact, IL ws go
back 70 1850. VIXEN this sliding scale
va In uss before. there was no sugar
imported testing 100 degrees, nor yet
n at % degrees. There Was a
small quantity at % degrees, but all
imports above q were comparatively
unimporiant. On the other hand,
there were imported 3J0,0c0,CO0
pounds testing 81 and s. degrees. and
nearly 4O0, 100000 pounds testing 30
degrees. Below 81 degrees the
qualities imported were smaller, but
still considerable, extending all the
way TO and including u degrees. The
rate Their ranged from slA0 to S2.I5
per 100 pounds. the latter for sugar
testing 100 degrees, but the average
tax on the whole WIS about two cents
q pound. or about equal 10 that i'm
posed 90 sugar at 90 degrees.
Let US apply this 20 degree tes. to
the diIerentials. Under the Dingley
bill sugar al 90 degrees uays Si.i5
per 100 pounds. Taking this IS All
average and suhstracting it from
els11S. we have 42li cents per loo as
The true diherentisl in favor Of the
charlottesville Courier Journal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-04-18
OLDEST RACE NAME.
Distinetion Belongs 10 the ChiAese
or MonKolians.

D%istinetion Belongs to the
or MonEolians.
The population of the globe may b.
said TO lie primarily divided into three
races; the yellow man the white maI:
and the black man. Any other race.
compared with these, is unimportani,
ard NAV be considered a modification
Of one or more of them. Anderson says
that the yellow men have inHScnortaI-
" occupied the great central and north
eastern plains of Eurasia, and are
therefore called Mopgols or Turan-
Chinese. For countless centuries they
far out-numbered all tie rest OF the
world, and even now the white men in
Asia form only q tenth of the popula-
lion. From their number, position and
other considerations, they appear TO
have first existed; the other two race-
being derived from them by emigration.
change Of climate and mode of living
The writer then goes on TO say later:
Thus the three great racial types MAY
have sprung from the Mongolian
stock Isawlinson seems to confirm
this view. and in that case the Egyptian,
for example. is not SO old rs the Nom
col. The term Mongolian does not
mean. as has heen supposed. thht the
race originated in Mongolia, but only
that the physical characters of the race
are prominently displayed in the Mon
c~olians. For this reason. thcretorr,
this race holds TO the ancient nane the
most ancient among many.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-04-18

LOUISVILLE, April IA special
from F'rankioT: Gays that at $40 this
morning Judge C'an,rill Of lie Frank
!iu circuit court ordered the grand
jury 10 report al once ON The bribery
charges which il ia. been inye.tgat-
ing. Later Judge Cantnll called the
grand jurors into open court aud in
stTuctei them rs To- their duty to
probe the matter Ia the bottom. In
eV doing command you not to show
any tayor!tsm.'
The first ballot 4 day resulted "a
follows: Hunter IS. Blackburn ~
Martin 10. Boyle i. Stone /. Leaving
Huute. still tao votes short OF election
Farther bAlotIng uaI ordered.
The second and third ballots re-
suited Is follows: Hunter 81, Black
burn ~, Martin IL. Boyle .. Stone /.
They then adjourned.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-04-18
OLEOMARGARINE
Former Deposition of the F~atssveD-
lnRs from Fur.

Former Disposition of the Fat ssSeD-
inEs from Fur.
Here is an echo from the dAys when
IL WA not rcckonc'i unlawful 10 asll
oleomnrgnrinc as butter:
1--WE 10 longer have the same proht.
able way of disposing of our waste prod.
ucts that VIC had n few years ago" said
a fur dealer the other day. lie looked
interpretive and n trinc rcgrctful, az
he continues: There was alwnya q
ready market then for every particle Of
the fat scrapipgs from the different
skins, Who took thcm1 Why, the oleo-
margarine manufacturers, TO I've sure,
They would send wagons up 10 my
place every day and carry away several
barrelfuls OF the fat and grcaac which
have 10 be taken OF tho under side OF
the heavy pclt,. I'D Skunks. opossums,
all kinds OF anipals contributed. II
all went into the butter. But That IL
over with now. Since this new law has
been In operation, that branch OF bust.
ness has been dead, People could cat
skunk and opossum grease, you know,
40 long ms II WINS called butter. but IL
tho dcnlcrs arc obliged TO come out
frankly with a description OF its real
character, their customers object"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-04-18
The Eamlnc In India.

In an article on the Famine In In
dia," in the North American Review,
Sir Edwin Arnold states that li5,O0O,-
M OF people Ia that vast country dc.
porSi on tho rainfall upon 1870. 600. 900
acres which falls upon tho whole dur.
Ing two cosons In the year. III fails.
thoro Ia n failure OF crope over the on.
tire nreo. In this country no drourh,
covers the entire country; there Il
dces. Equally interesting 10 us IL IL.
further statement that all tho good
ground hns tnnn taken UP in Indin-n
faet which should silonco tho fcars OF
wheat growers that lndln has many
millions OF uneultivnted wheat lands.
Brside", the customs OF the people nr..
vent larger and better cultivation, The
farmer uses n pointed stick as q rlow,
IA did hia ancestors 5000 years neo,
and tills only rs much land az can Inc
easily reached from his village real.
dence' morning and evening, By Ais
'low.moyinp cattle.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-04-18
Caring for Its Wounded.

The V. il +. company stands about
At the head u tho list when it comes
TO taking Gaze Of men injured in lite
employ. II always provides a soft
place for such Iueu to fall III, aud, by
giving them some character OF em.
plOyment which amounts virtually to
d pension, /: has never failed TO
make thca.. humane provisions FOR the
victims 81 accidents on the road. thus
mnuIFcstilS i consideration FOR its
employees. quite rare in the history
Of railrOadlng.
After McGluen's accident he was
quite deSpundent as he lay there
thinking OF how his family would
suffer from the loss Of his support.
when Mr.. A.Eiery called and said:
Don't be low spirited. &c. we'll old
boy and You will have da easy place
on the road and good wages as long
rs you live.
Tins information cheered up the
sick man and gave him new strength.
!. road that takes such excellent care
Of its employees. cannot be too highly
commended for it! fcrcthought and
humanity.-Carsun Appeal.