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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-11-21

or all Gods cattle, roaming at
large on the face OF the earth. the
b~ackcapper is the worst, says the
Mining World. He wages war against
the prosperity OF the community in
which he lives and performs the dog
i'll the mauger act whenever an oppor-
tunity presents itself. He is found
more or less in all vacations. but the
field in which he delights to rcvel-.
i'll which he can kick his heels the
highest and snort the loudest-is .hc
mining industry. Here his divcrsi-
tied talents for SANDER and m]isrcprc
semtation find ample scope. Know
ing that capital is timid; especially
when seeking investments on n large
scale, as IL usually the case in mining
deals, he recognizes his opportunity
to glnat. He oils up his honloo. sees
that every part of its delicate machin-
cry is iii perfect order. and tlieu gets
Il focus on the wOuli-be purchaser.
Usually he brings down his game. and
with "a large invoice NJ satisfaction in
stock. proceeds To hunt Cor another
victim. HIS most glittcriug triunphs
are registered when the sale of a min
ing property is almost contaminated
and when it's reputation is rs sensitive
to SANDER as the good nHfne 81 n pure
woman. 1t is then that he approach
cs the buyer with the statement that
lie hopes the seller will do well in
letting go OF the property. for he
could do nothing with it himself. on
account OF reasons known only tu
those on the inside. With language
OF this type, covert in inua'i0us that
may mean little or much. lac frightens
capital into indefinite delay and final
ly perhaps succeeds in preventing
the deal, thus a loss is inflicted up
on the seller who lacks the money Ia
work the propcrty-upon the buyer
who misses the opportunity OF a life
time to quadrupie lis wealth and
upon rhe community that loses the
industrial value of "A producing mine.
Tho bnckcapper. ia actuated by
n Of two mOtives-the hope that he
Can defect capital from it, arowci
purpose into channels more profit.
able to himself or to inhict injury
upon the would-bc seller. The first
nov he tries To justify on business
grounds; the second he never nc
knowlcdgcs. Human experience has
shown ovc and over again that no
man ever added n substantial prop To
his W business interests by pulling
down those Of his fellow man.; and To
inlict loss upon others 10 the dctri
mcnt Of the community. IL like dc.
railing n passenger train to got even
with the conductor.
There are fcw mining districts in
this State where the deadly back
cappcr has not operated with sue
ccs. Many districts have EurrcndIr.
cd to the virus OF its hoodoo aud
gonc into retirement. While the
wIldcatter is busy trying To swInIIc
the would.be invc 3tor. the backcap.
per il equally busy, in Il moro quiet
way. trying to prevent the sale Of de-
sirablc properties. Each IL, ~ his
way. a pest. Both nrc enemies
to tho communities in which they
operate md should become the tar.
gets for popular disapproval. With
higher standards III tho mining in.
dustry, tho wildcat,cr and tho back
cappor will be forced out Of the
iiold, and the waters of Oblivion will
close in V the tribe, for, like
Otllcllo, their o]ccupatiL0 WILDE gone.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-11-21
kLONDIkE
The Victim Always Sees somsthin,
Good to Eat.

The Victim Always Sees Something
Good to Eat.
The Seattle Times prints this inter-
esting letter from Klondiker:
Dear Friend: You can surprise the
dear people of Casper by telling them
that ] am worth $4,000, and that next
summer l will start back to buy the
town. Some people will want to kiss
me when / get back who wanted to
kick Inc when left. 1t is Il bad trip
up here, but it is worth making if
money is what n man wants. 1t is the
only place l ever saw where there is SO
much money that people don't seem to
care for ii.
1--WE sit around and talk about good
things to eat. That is what everybody
is thinking about. IL n man gets to
talking about fruit he is put on, OF
the camp. We can't stand il TO hear il
talked of. l have dreamed of seeing
peaches as big rs n car wheel. and they
say when n man gets the trcmcns up
here he alwayg sees fruit or fancics
that he is pulling radishcs or Smelling
peas. This is n hard country to a maa.
1t will make a young man look old in
W. years.
You have heard of the golden calf.
Well. l have something that beats that:
l have n golden dog. \ dog of mine
died and / have used the hide as a sack
for my dust. | have him rs fun of gold
as he was of meat. l sometimes lay NV
head on his body and dream Of what
I will do with my dough when | get
back to the states.
"My partner has ten onc-gallon strip
cans filled with dust. Pneumonia is
bad, and many die from il. The scurvy
is bad, too, but il don't kill many. nf'cr
all. II u man could ave what lie want
ed TO eat up here il would not he 50 bad.
You can dress warm and fight the cold.
! but it is hard to he hungry every day
and get nothing 10 eat but the things
you detest. My paper has run out, and
| there Is no more in camD."
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-11-21

nv @htsAOuTt Been IDcfHlne1g
Tho Impression is general that Mig.
snurl r1ver water is dirty; that the
big river flows ahOut two uarts O,
dirt and one Of mud. But the i'm.
preston IL erroneous, for the Missouri
MYERS water il purer than the water
OF any great river in the country, the
Platte alone excepted. 1t ia true that
when a b"ckct'nl OF il is picked TN il
appears to he dirty, but il the water
is left until il settles il will he found
that the sediment at the bottom is
fine, dark cOlored sand, ard not mud.
The Missouri rivers water is never
muddy. save during the spring high
water.
Colonel bill" Switzlcr OF Boone.
vile, Mo-, declares that the general
Idea that Missouri means "big muddy
or muddy water in wrong. Ifc saws,
and Colonel sBill7 Switzlcr ia nm
authority, TINT il mea wooden On.
noe Tho name, he sage. belongs TO
the Illinois dialect Of the Algonquin
Indiana. Tho name Missuris or Mis-.
Houri was applied by the Indians ot
the upper lake region 20 the tribe ~
Indians living west Of the Mississiuni
river. because the latter used wo,jc,
canoes instead Of tho birch bork
canoes that were usod by the for.
mer.
Wooden canoe Ind 10 bo used I'm
the Missouri river because IL was too
turbulant for the fraii birch bark On.
noes. mud IN this way tho big river PC.
cured it's name. But no matter
whether Missouri means 1muidy
water or wooden canoe tho fact 70.
mains that Missouri river water IN
not muddy. II does not flow
through mud, but through limo sand.
The Mississippi river water 10 100 per
cont diTticf than the Missouri,
II poets have ravcd about the beau.
tiful blue OF the Father OF Wa,crs.-
Omaha World Herald.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-11-21
DEPLEriSG THE TREASURY

The republican party organs are
still preclu led from Dragging about
what the new tariff Is doing for the
treasury and are forced TO conhhe
their Dragging to the great things it
is going to DO by and by.
Tie returns show that during the
four expired months Of the present
fiscal year the expenditures have ex-
eeeicd the receipts by S3S.GS.0lO.
This Is at the rate Of more than
snLCoo.oa1 for the year, Or si2,otO,-
coo more than II any year since the
disbandmen; OF tie volunteer aruis
after the civil war and over S1l.OCO,-
co more than ia an! fiscal year under
the tariff Of 1894.
According to the corrected figures
given b: the treasury bureau Of sta
tstics in the August summary the en-
penditures exceeded the receipts by
S6a.S8,a6l during the last fiscal year
under the Mckinley tariff OF 1890, by
Si2sG5,223 during the next fiscal year,
which was mostly under the tariff Of
1895: by s25.203.2GI during the fiscal
year l-9j and by only 3lS.G5225i dur
ing the fiscal year lS9T-tLe last
wholly uuder the tariff OF 1S9i.
But as above stated. the shortage
for one-third of the current year,
mostly under the DlnGley tariff, has
been over 3S,O0O,OOO. or mere than
double the shortage for the whole Of
last year. Once more 1t Is proper to
ask the republican philosopers what
has become of their cherished doe
triue that the only reaso why tie
country was not prosperous & few
months ago va because the treasury
Outgo exceeded the treasury income.
They nov claim that ue country Is
prosperous almost beyond precedent.
How do they account for that when
tile excess o! outgo over income Is
vastly greater than it was Il few
months ago or ever has been since the
stoppaGe Of the enormous expenii-
lures Of the civil war: Some exula-
nation is due to those Who have been
accepting their teachings with i'm
plicit faith.
But, rs has been stated. they make
up for the lack of Boosting about
what che DinGley law has done by
much bOastimg abOut what it is gong
TO do. But here the facts DO not bet
ter their case very much. Tie cx-
penditures last month exceeded the
receipts by S9,3l0.OJ7. or only $751; 5j
less than the average for the fGUr
months Of the fiscal year. At last
months rate the shortage for the ii5.
cal year would he over Slll,GpO.010
Perhaps they vii tell US that il
isn't fair to assume that the deficit
will continue at the same rate through
ont the year. IL that were rue PEG.
pie who persist. in season and out Of
season, in attributing a disastrous
panic and the consequent hard times
to a tariff which did not exist until
II months after the panic have no
sort OF right to complain Of unfair,
ness.
Nor have people who for four year,
~predched the doctrine that the one
thing needed to make the country
prosperous was to take millions OF
millions more from the pockets Of the
taxpayers to put in the treasury and
in the pockets Of tax enters and favor,
cd tariff bencficiarics. There is no.
the faintest semblance OF fairness
about this i'll either theory or prac
tice.--Chicago Chronicle.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-11-21

~ tapestry mnp Of Warwickshirc.
Shakcspcnrc's county, six Yards by
eight, made in 1903. has bccn ln,cly on
exhibition In London, where II was sent
TO be repaired. u is one Of live made hy
Flemish wcavcrs imported into Eng
land, and IL the largest and most mi
mute Typographical record Of tho time. II
once belonged to Horace WnlpOlc. but
IL nov the property Of tho York
museum.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-11-21
CAT IN A PIPE ORGAN.
Unusual Experience of a Hotel Cat
In a Music noI.


\ few nights ago. when the big acO.
liam at the Great Northern began It's
Usual evening programme il didn't
seem TO work just right. says the Chi
cago Chronicle. The acolian was doing
its level best to play the wedding march
from "~Lohcngrin," but made IN awful
mess of il.
The first strain. which everybody re-
members goes "RunI-lum-tc-tum," was
followed by "mcouw-wow-ow." An the
CrOwd looked up ut the organ and tried
to locate the spot where the unusual aC-
compartment came from. The next
strain OF the march was followed by a
sCrrcching yowl that was heard clear
up to the q floor. People at dinner
dropped their knives and forks and
looked ~ncrvOusly At each other and
then at the doors and windows. just ms
The third yell came cut of the acolian
Proprietor Eden was seen on the second
fiOOr Stcalthily moving toward the in
Strulncnt with "a ladder in his hand. Mr..
Eden Crcpt up close TO the acolian and
listened fora moment. Then lie put his
ladder against the right side and slowly
made his way Ia the top. When he rot
up he reached over and put his hand
down inside Of the T. fiat pipe. There
were no results ut first. Then he stood
on tipt0c and showed his arm to the
shoulder down the mouth of the pipe.
Then followed a terrible yowling and
scratching. but the colonel pulled and
with "a noise like the departure OF n
tight cork from the neck Of a beer bot.
tic he pulled the hotel cat out OF the
pipe and carried it down TO the bag
gage room, where it belongs.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-11-21

On Saturday evening Mrs. Annie
y. FEller called on ". - Jones and
charged T.. Il. Fuller. the Curtcz Stage
man. with II violent crime on little
Lizzie Sheets. Mrs. Fullcr's little
girl. Fuller was arrested and
plnced IN jail aud On Monday. had his
examination before Ju,lgc Weller
who held him to appear before the
grand jury with his bail fixed ut -.
300. Tho evidence shows Fuller t.
be a most dcpraved creature, and u
man very dangerous to bc Mt large in
the community -lReyeiIlc.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-11-21

DIR. j. Pcnta has studied the fingers
nnd toes Of $500 criminals. and finds II
deficiency in tho size or number Of toes
quite frequently among t5rm. although
very rare among ordinary men. lie has
also observed that prchcneilc toes.
marked by n wide space between the
great toe and the second toe. IL n rom
di'ion quite common among criminals:
also, n wcbbcd condition Of the toes,
nm approximation 10 tho toclcss feet OF
sOmr snynRes.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-11-21
A Household Necessity.

Cascarcts Candy Cathartic. the
most wonderful medical discovery or
tho age, pleasant md refreshing ia
tho taste, act gently and positively
IN kidneys, liver aud boweIe, cleans.
ing the entire system, dispcI colds,
cure headache, fcycr. labitual con.
stipaiion nd bilionRnoea. Plcaac
boy and try n box ~ g. G.. G.. todny ;
10. -, 80 cents. Sold and guaranteed
tocuro by all druggists.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-11-21
Grnycs of thc ZuIua.

The most curiously decorated graves
In the world nrc tho negro graves in
Tululnnd. Some Of these mounds are
Enrnishch With the bottles Of medicine
used by the departed In their final III
ness and the duration Of the malndy
Is easily gncascd by the number of
bottles,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-11-21
The Itomnn Coliseum.

The largest single structure in The
world for audience and spectacular pur-
poses is the Coliseum nj Rome. II is In
the form "f an cllipsc: It's diameter is
6i5 feet; lis short, so; the height OF tho
outer wall. 1Gi. The arena Is 2ls feet
long by no broad. The iicra 81 seats
accommodate 100000 sD~CCtators.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-11-21
SEN.NDA

&"1%*.> Go.Vvo+-
bookkeeping. Business Arithmetic. Bus.
mess Law, Practical Grammar, AM Cor
respondencc.
Shorthand and Typcwriting.
Send for circulars giving full intor-
nation.
c. T.. NESSE. Principal.
Exc. Nevada.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-11-21

william Stewart aud j.. T.. Rice
have bought Tobias Connors' ,nncI,
and personal property on Willow
Creek in Mound Valley.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-11-21

Edinburgh has $4,000 cowa. white
Dublin nm mex with 1000 and Lon
don stands ilird = ~ - cow population
Of 5000, ,c-- 60 - .-.a
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1897-04-09
EDDIE MERRICK.
The Youngest Telegraph OPP
orator in Kentucky.

There are not three more energetic
or more worthy boysin the state than
Ray, Eddie and Charles Merrick, of
Beaver Dam They are sons of Mr..
and Mrs, Harlem Merriek, agents Of
the Illinois Central road at Beaver
Dam, and are all born hustlers and
gentlemen. Charles, the oldest, Is
agent for the Louisville Post in his
home town, and he sells more papers
than the thee other Louisville pa
pers combined. Ray, the youngest,
is iarmer and sheep raiser. He eats
no idle bread, aud has a pretty nice
bank account. But Eddie, who is
now nearly thirteen years old, is the
marvel of the family.
over two years ago this bare bit of
a boy was telegraphing successfully.
In the absence of his father one day,
caused by illness, Eddie, when about
ten years old, assumed charge of the
Illinois Central, and not a dot or dash
went amiss He was at that time,
and is probably now, the youngest
operator in the South. He has al
most constantly since then acted as
train dispatcher and general CONNER
cisl operator at that point, and has
done his work so we'll as to receive
the unstinted praise of those who are
in positions to know of hts capacity.
-TPost.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1897-04-09

"The Bible tells us that whatsoever
the Lord hath Joined together, let no
man put asunder.' 1 don't believe
there ever was a marriage that God
had made and blessed that was fol-
lowed by an internal divorce. A
match that God makes is not unmade
"It's the DEVILS gang that's gets
ting the divorces, (Amens.) When a
young man and young woman love
each other and go to the minister and
are joined together by him with Gods
blessings, when these two lives are
joined together in this sacred way,
they become one; and l say the most
objectionable sin in this world is to
deliberately tear asunder a match
like that
"The legislatures of nearly every
state are digging and cutting at Gods
laws on marriage, and if they keep
passing their laws the whole structure
Of our society will fail. Every divorce
obtained is a direct blow at the foun-
dations OF society.
"If a man picks out girl he wants
from the 40, 900, 900 in this world in
this country and then in twelve
months is running up to the judge
and telling him that he has a direct
case OF incompatability, say there's
something wrong with our social
fabric, and l feel like saying to such
a man, You ought to be killed you
dirty dog you. don'tbelieve there's
a dirty dog in Atlanta who gets di~
vorce butt that the devil will get him.
l mean what / say, let the chips fall
where they will. It's the DEVILS
work-this divorce business, God
save the world when it becomes fash
ionable to get divorce.
81 understand that in a city not far
from here they are issuing marriage
licenses with divorce coupons attach
ed. If you marry a girl on one OF
those licenses and get tired of her all
you have to do is to fill out the di-
vorce coupon, tear it of and hand it
to a justice Of the peace and you'll be
divorced.
Take the marriage that's heaven
blessed. The man marries the girl OF
his choice and they go to live in a
little cottage that the man has bought
The man is a mechanic and makes a
good salary. Day by day he adds
comfort to his home and buys thing
that his little wife wants. In the
course Of years. God has blessed that
home with children-it's one OF the
brightest, happiest home in the coun-
try.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1897-04-09


The decision Of the silver men to con-
tinue their fight for the 5o-cent dollar.
despite the emphatic verdict of the PEG
pie in November, Is appropriately fol-
lowed by the organization In New York
Of a sound money league, which Is to be
national in its character and In the
scope of its work. From this time on
till the next presidential election tho
dissemination of money facts and cor
rect views as to money is to be contin-
ued.
The most efficient agency OF the last
campaign was the sound currency com
mittee Of the New York Reform club,
and its publications, each given to some
one phase of the currency question,
were invaluable to speakers and writ
ers. A sound basis for currency reform
was thus laid in the minds Of thousands
who were CROPPING after the truth.
These publications, II Is stated, are 20
continue. An effort Is TO be made 10
widen the field of operations by class
of writings of a more popular character.
In the south and west particularly hon
est thinkers are to be supplied with ma
terial for progressive thought toward
sound conclusions on the money ques-
ton.
Much was done In six months of 1905
to uproot the erroneous IDEAS planted
in flyeyears Of populist agitation. Err
rors had flourished simply because they
had not been confronted with fact.
Now monetary truth Is 70 DO a. sys-
tematically inculcated as fallacy was,
and the result cannot but be most
wholesOme.-Balt imore Sun.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1897-04-09
HARTFORD, KY, FRIDAY, APRIL g. 1897.

so small and scattered that / cannot
get around and collect it fast enough
to pay expenses" So he posted up
public notice and asked all those who
owed him to pay quietly. But few
came. The rest said: milne is only a
small matter and will go and pay
one Of these days" forgetting that
though each account was very small
when all were put together they
meant large sum to them man. Things
went on thus; the man got to feeling
so badly and rolled and tossed about
so mach in his efforts to collect that
he fell out Of bed and awoke, and
running to his gtanery found his
800 bushels Of wheat still safe
there He had only been dreaming
and hadn't sold his what at all.
MoRAL:-The next day the man
went to the publisher Of his paper and
said; Here, sir, is TIRE pay for your
paper, and when next years sub
scription is due you can depend upon
me TO pay it promptly. l stood in
the position of an editor last night
and know how it feels to have ones
honestly earned money scattered all
over the country in small amounts"
-[Franklin Qud. Democrat.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1897-04-09

= y: :IIi5!;is.Gm2zzx( 4 ~


Bill Nye once said: "Do not at
tempt to cheat an editorout of aytar's
subscription to his paper, or any 9TH
er sum. Cheat the minister, cheat
anybody and everybody, but II you
have any regard for future conse-
quences, don't fool the editor. You
will be put up for office sometime, or
want some public favor for yourself
or your friends, and when your luck
is thing of beauty, a joy forever,
the editor will open on you, and knock
your castles into a cooked hat at the
first FIRE. He'll subdue you, and then
you'll cuss your stupidity for driv-
illing idiot, go hire some man to
knock you down and kick you for
falling"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1897-04-09
NO. 81.
THE sAoa oFrLoUR.

Guilty, Judge, and I own the crime
I slipped away with a sack Off ,ut;
They nabbsd me just in the nick OF
time
I'd have had il home in hall IN
hour
Only, the constable on the hill,
Knew that | must have jumped
the bili
Knew as well as he could that
Hadn't the money with which to
buy.
larceny" that's the proper word;
There's never a crime but Law can
name.
Only, l wonder If law has heard
That anyone but the thiefs to
blame2
Say; did the constable on the hill
Tell you the wheels OF trade were
still1
Tell you when work was dull or dead
The wife and the child might go
yrA unfedp
Guilty, Judge-let the law be paid;
But if you had children four OF five,
As pretty as God has ever made,
And lacked the food to keep them
alive,
Lacked the method but not the will,
Their ores of hunger to stop and
still
And then saw oceans offood in View
For Gods sake tell me, what would
you dor
Say3 il you had a wife whose heart
Had fed your own for a score OF
years,
And never a moment walked apart
From all your griefs and hopes and
fears,
And now in that faithful bosom had
grown
A little life that was part your own
And hunger narrowed them through
and through,
For Gods sake tell me, what would
you dor
Dollars by thousands stacked away
Harvests rotting In barn and sheds,
Silk and ribbons and fine display
And children crying for lack OF
bread;
Wealth and Famine are hand in hand,
Making the tour of a heart-sick
land,
Half of a country's future veal
Crushed by the presents selfish
heel
Guilty, Judge-and 1 own the crime;
Put me in prison without delay
Only please work me double time,
And send my family half the pay;
And tell my children, If ever they ask,
That I was working my glooming
task,
Not for pleasure or money or GEM
But for the love had for them.
will Carleton.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1897-04-09

The impurities which have accumu-
lated in your blood during the winter
shall be promptly and thoroughly ex-
PEELED if good health is expected.
When the warmer weather comes
these impurities are liable to manifest
themselves in various ways and often
lead to serious illness Unless the
blood is rich and pure that tired feel
ing will affiict you, your appetite will
fail and you will find yourself call
run down" Hoods Sarsaparilla
tones and strengthens the system,
drives out all impurities and makes
pure, rich, healthy blood. Hoods
Sarsaparilla is the one true blood pu-
rlfer and the best spring medicine.
Be sure to get only Hoods