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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-10-18
AUTUMN WEAR.
Some SeasOnHble SuEgestiOns Con-
cerning the Latest I'm Ladies',
Costumes. =

Soft, clinging effects will have the
preference over all stiff materials.
Cashmeres still have a place in hand
some gowns, as do the henriettas and
albatross, as we'll as the fine serges.
Canvas cloths are made softer and
9show variety of open-wrought
meshes in all the new autumn tints
Poplins are still with us, and those of
high silken luster are much used for
very dressy wear, especially in the
shades of gray and green. For dressy'
black, either satin, poplin or some of
the line .bengaline weaves are shown
in preference to the brocades and
moires. Grape effects and crepons are
good, and show a tendency to pretty
silken gloss Ladies' cloth in every
conceivable shade will be worn, and
many black ones, made solidly or with
color, are designed for calling and aft
ernoon affairs.
Braids of all sorts, in both plain and
fancy weave, will be used in the great
est profusion, and will be. applied in all
sorts Of designs, as well as in straight
up-and-down and all-around effects.
Some of the dress skirts show the bot
tom edge cut in vandykes, either bound
or faced back with silk, and beneathis
placed a three or four-inch ruff1e that
may be either plated or gathered.
This, by the way, is an easy way of
lengthening a dress sl1irt.-August
Woman's Home Companion.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-10-18

turn To the halls of national legisla-
tion is Il logical necessity and a duty
Nevada overs to him and to herself
The candidacy Of Hon. a. G. Cleve-
land is not censured, nor. is the en-
dorsement of his friends to be con-
demned, as he Is a gentleman of
ability and no question can be made
as to his being fully capable of rep
resenting our Saate crejitably.
But the honor is due to Senator
Stewart, whose long years Of earnest
and indefatigable labors in behalf of
old Nevada's m ,st vital interests
prove his title TO reward for faithful
and untiring stewardship. No re-
preventative from this State has ever
been more thoroughly alive and
active in support Of every measure
calculated to improve its condition
or moro brave and untiinching in an
unceasing battle to keep her ques-
ton Of paramount importance in the
very van of national and inter-
national consideration. Having es-
tabished himself amongst the leaders
of the advancement of bimetallism.h his
retirement from service by his con-
-stituency at this time would not only
be the unkmdest ingratitude, but
would be taken as an evidence by the
world at large that Nevada was
grown weak and uncertain in her be-
lief i'll bilnetanism, and be hailed by
the gold bug press as certain indi-
cation that her people had become
converts to the monometallic faIlacies
of single standard blessedness.
Every consideration of Justice to
herself and fairness to faithful SER
want demands that the people Of the
Silver State return William M.
Stewart of the United States Senate.
Virginia. Chronicle.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-10-18
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To and from Chicago, st. Lonis
Omaha, Kansas City and all Eastern
points.
Direct line to the Trans Mississippi
Exposition. Stopoyer allowed Mt
Omaha on all tickets reading through
that city. . -..
Two through trains each way
daily. Vestibuled Buffet, Smoking,
Library Care, Pullman Sleeping Cars,
Reclining Chair Cars tSeats Free),
Coaches and Dining Cars operated
on the A la Carte plan.
Tickets at Offices Of connecting
lines. .'...r .,~a
W. /. MCMILLAN, Genl Agt.,
2t4 S. w. Temple St., Salt Lake city.
II. II. Ncslen,
b Trav. Pass. Agt. ....
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You Can't

get. good. tea for 50 cents. ;
. The price of SeAillIng's
Best is little enough; but It
is better tea than a. yyou can
get for anything like the
money. &. :, "a
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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-10-18
Stewart For Tho Senate,

The candidacy of no man before
the people for public Office should be
moro heartily and universally endorsed
than that Of William M. Stewart for
tho United States Senator. His re-
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-10-18
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Is never done, and it Is especially wearing
pure and unfit properly to sustain the vast
ing of nerve, muscle and tissue. The only
remedy for tired, weak, nervous women is In
building up by taking n good nerve tonic,
blood purifier and vitaIizer like Hoods Sar-
saparilla. For troubles Peculiar to Women
at change of season, climate or life, take
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Everybody
Knows .. y.

That for solid com tort, quick time
and all. round general satisfaction,
there is no Railroad on :. Earth that
appeals 70 the traveller like the gre at
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-07
Interesting inside Facts Given by an
ObServ0nt Visitor 10 the "Gdr-
den Spot of the World"

wrest it from the hands of the Dons.
Spain, however, has held it with but
Cne interruption, continuously from
the time it was discovered Porto
Rico has had but few years Of peace,
and these were spent in expectation.
Waited on the breeZes from the sur
rounding islands, and especially from
Cuba, come the sounds of revolution
and dissatisfaction, and the cry to be
liberated from the hands of oppres-
SIGN. The determination of the Gu
bans to gain their liberty and to gov
ern themselves, and the continual up
risings and revolutions in Haiti and
Santo Domingo unsettled the peace of
the Porto Ricans and turned their
thoughts to war ard revolution. The
fields were left untitled by the natives,
who met and spent their time most
unsuccessfully and unproftably in de-
vising means to find relief from the
tyranny of the Spa1iards, who ruled
them with "a rod Of IRON The DAYS
Of their strife and unsettledness are
over, and the island under it's new pos
SCISSORS must again become peaceful
and habtable.
CT the topography and conditions of
the islands since it last came into
prominence much has been written,
and the daily press has chronicled
events as they happened in this garden
spot since the first gun was fired from
an American man-of-war and the shot
took effect in the old fortress at San
Juan, tearing away portions of it's
moss covered masonry, leaving yawn-
ing gaps as a memento of the visit
of the fleet besides causing anxiety
among the inhabitants of one of the
oldest cities in the western hemis-
phere.
| will leave this phase and go into
the island, with its fruits, flowers, lux
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| more rapidly, and the new possession
Will be turned into an Eden.
As has already been stated, the
small Insects are many. They are 10
be found in all parts of the island to a
greater or less degree, and while they
are annoying they are harmless
Among these pests are the sugar cane
bugs. which destroy the young shoots
In appearance they are not unlike our
own reaches. excepting in size, and in
this they differ very materially, being
nearly four times as large, They seem
to be like the country In that nature
has treated them kindly. for they are
beautiful. These bugs are brown and
look as If they We're highly polished
Just back Of the eyes are two small
phosphoreSeent spots, which while thu
bugs are awake and active keep up a
constant sparkling. which added to by
the firef1les, with their numerous
lights, make the long evenings look
like fairyland. The bugs are harmless
and are used by the women for deco
rative purposes.
OF the wild animals of Porto Rico
the dogs and armadillos are the most
dangerous, but the island has become
AASS ltOiit Lutul, as ina
snakes and wild hogs, which are their
natural enemies. have DESTROYED them
1t is really wonderful sight to get ON
the top of the higher hills and watch
the panorama as the last RAYS of the
sun send their dying flashes above the
horizon and the shadows of the twilight
stea. along the shores and up the hill
sides, changing in colors as the sky
loses its brightness and night begins
Gaudy plumed birds dart from tree To
tree, calling to their mates while in
the lowlandS the tiretlies send out their
light, and along the coast the breakers
dash against the shore. sending In
their spray phosphorescent lights that
look like jewels. The sight is one
long to be remembered, but the charm
is broken when you descend into the
city and visit the Casino. Here the
men are to he found drinking and
gambling, while the women sit to-
gether in the plaza and listen to the
dreamy music of the fort band, which.
with the exception of an opera few
times year, is the only diversion,
aside from home amusements. they
have. They seldom go on visits or
leave their homes for any purpose.
The men as rule are indolent and
would rather spend their time prepar-
ing for the coming holiday or at theif
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from black to green and are seen to be
covered with forests whose trees album
dainty supplied with foliage, seem to
ned a welcome in the scent laden
breeze. AS the ship passes along the
warm winds from otfshore tell the
visitor it is time to shed wGolen cloth
ing for the cooler linen which is Worn
almost exclusively in the tropics.
From the hlltops to the shore the
blackness stands out between the sky
and sandy beach, the brightness of
which is made more dazzling by the
rays of the tropical sun streaming
relentlessly down on it and the lash
ing into foam of the breakers tumbling
over each other as they hurry to spend
their force. Here and there along the
coast are seen rocky promonotories
whose ragged edges and sides are COW
cred with moss until they reach the
wash of the sea. They are ugly look
ing things, and their Righteousness
has been felt by many sailing craft
which have been fouled by their edges
hidden below the water or dashed to
pieces against their sides in stormy
weather
Nature has been particularly good to
this little island in many ways. Be-
sides giving it an abundance of stores,
many Of which are yet to be brought to
light from the hidden Businesses of the
mountains and the valleys and the
beds Of the swift running streams
which are numerous throughout the
island nearly al the harbOrs are pro-
tected by high hills and landlocked.
The channels at the entrances to these
ports are Of sufficien. depth to admit
the largest vessels afloat, and while
some are very narrow most of them
are broad enough to allow several ships
to pass in or out abreast.
AS the vessel enters a harbor in
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+, turning at nightfall. There are but
! two seasons, the rainy and dry, and
| they come with equal regularity, bring
| ing with them their pests, che with
| animals and insects, the other with dis
| eases, for, although nature endowed
| the island generously with beautiful
+, things, she also left some to be
shurned.
| Strange as it may seem and al
though the interior Of the island is far
healthier than the coast. all of the
larger cities are on or near the waters
edge, where most of the population
live, leaving the interior with a few
sparsely settled villages strewn about
over the hillsides or near the main gov
eminent road. which runs from one
end of the island TO the other, dis
lance of about 100 miles The VIII
lagos that one does find in the interior
OF the country. however, repay the Wis
itor for his trouble in hunting them
out. There are but few railroads on
the island. and these are of the type
of early days. The horses are native
animals and, although small, are hardy
beasts, capable OF travelling great dis
tances without fatigue.
ACSC dle IOulu III great
numbers on the island, and when the
better class, who live in the cities dur
ing the dry season, go TO their sum
mer" homes in the hills during the
rainy season there is no hustling ones
family into crowded railroad train, to
be nearly suffocated with the heat or
blinded by cinders and dust for sew
eral hundred miles, to find ''brething
spot" during the heated term. Sum-
mer homes dot the hillside far above
the cities of the coast Some of the
estates are gigantic in size. while many
are small. The architect has had little
to do with making these places gar
dens Nature has provided for them.
and with the exception of constructing
the houses there is no work needed
from the architect to make the places
veritable paradises. To add TO their
charm they are but a few miles from
the cities and are reached over good
roads after short drive.
Like all the West India islands.
Porto Rico has many drawbacks.
Among these are the wild animals
snakes, which grow to an enormous
size, and mice and rats, which destroy
the rice and sugar cane. These, how
ever, are not to be compared with the
diseases. which include yellow fever,
elephantisis, marsh fever, tatanus and
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and nearly all the colors of the rain

| and nearly all the colors of the rain
bow.
Another striking feature of the
buildings is the absence of chimneys.
and hardly a window glass is to be
found throughout the island. There
are no frosts to make it necessary that
windows be closed, and furnaces and
stoves are unknown quantities. The
windows have balconies, shaded from
the glare of of the sun by awnings,
and the cooking is done in open ovens
away from the houses. What the
buildings lack in size and solidity they
make up in history. Many of the
houses in San Juan and other cities at
present occupied were built many cen
turtles ago, and it is claimed that some
of them that were constructed by or
der Of Ponce de Leon as early as 1912,
are still in existence in habitable con-
diticn. The native guide, however,
has a beautiful imagination, which sill
yer coins have a tendency to develop
to marvellous degree.
When the ship has come to anchor
off the city and the "sea ladder has
been placed over the side, she is Wis
tied by customs officials, and While
they are as little welcome as such Off
GERS usually are, they are more appre-
ciated than the visitors preceding
them, who begin to alight on the yes
sci as the land is approached. Usually
the customs agents remain on the ship
but a few minutes, while the others,
which come In large flocks and consist
of mosquitoes, sand flies, fieas and
gnats, remain with the vessel, causing
great discomfort among those on
board. These little insects, coming as
they do in large numbers, are the most
disagreeable arnOyances that visitors
have to contend with and in a great
measure detract from the charms and
beauties Of the place.
1t is not until one has set foot on
land that he really becomes impressed
with the quaint buildings and habits of
the natives, the wonderful beauty of
the island and its queer general make
up What seemed to be rolling hills
from the = a are now successive table
lands, gradually leaning toward the
center of the island as they Increase
in height In appearance the island re-
sembles four sided pyramid, with
its apex covered by the clouds.
Along the coast the climate is in
tersely hot and if it were not for the
refreshing sea breeze of the eastern
t.ade winds the island would be al
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ALand Flowing With Milk and Hon
ey, to Say Nothing of the Mos
quitOes and Gnats.
THE NATIVES ARE AN INCIDENT LOT.

as Porto Rico. 1t is not to be wonder
ed at that Ponce de Leon, who con-
quered the natives and established a
colony in the name of the king and
queen of Spain en- that little island a
little less than four centuries ago, gave
it the name of 'Rich Port" and was
loath to believe that the fountain of
everlasting youth, of which the natives
told him in order to be freed from his
tyranny and oppression, was to be
found in any other place, or when he
did start on a voyage the result OF
which was necessarily unsuccessful
that he returned to his first love.
This little place, for it has an area
of scarcely more than $500 square
miles, is looked upon at present Is one
Of the most valuable of the many
islands that dot the Atlantic ocean
near the very entrances to our great
country, not only for its vegetation
and wealth of mineral properties
which, thanks to the incidence of the
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favorite sport. which Is gambling than
work. They are born gamesters ara
cases have ever been reported where
the wives and children Of the players
were the stakes. Ii is not to be ex-
pected that the riches OF the country
would be developed by men who usu-
ally do not even till their own fields.
With the iLfux Of American energy
and capital matters will change. The
cities will be relieved of their pests
sld Improvements will be made. The
hidden treasures OF the hills and val
leys will be sought out and worked
and with the stars and stripes fiying
over the island Porto Rico win b 4
possession well worth having.
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dysentery. The first and las. OF these
plaques are the most prevalent. and
while they are continually lurking In
the lowlands few malignant cases are
found. The country has a natural
drainage, and If the cities were fitted
with modern sanitary appliances there
Is little doubt that these diseases could
be stamped out In little while. None
OF the cities has any sanitary appli-
ances, but are constructed on the plan
OF those in the other West India is
lands, and until they are reconstructed
disease will prevail. However with
that energy Of the Americans which
has placed them in the front rank as
sanitationists, these changes win be
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most uninhabitable These in great
measure relieve the suffering. The
thermometer has registered as high as
III degrees in the shade, but the aver
age temperature during the day is
about 81 degrees, while at night it be-
gins to fall until the average is about
6S degrees As one goes from the coast
cities into the foothills the heat begins
TO lose its fierceness. and in some of
the higher plateaus the climate is tenn
perate. Che advantage the Island has
over our northern country is that the
climate is steady, and one knows what
kind of weather to expect at all times.
When you go out In the morning, you
0eed not fea blizzard before re-
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inhabitants, have been left unde-
veloped, but also for its location.
which gives its possessors a strategic
advantage in the many projects and
improvements that are now being con-
templated and which when completed
will increase the powers of the nation
under whose flag Porto Rico will prob
ably be for all time
Although situated in peaceful
climate, it has had anything but a
peaceful existence, FOR from the time
the Spanish flag was unfurled on its
graceful hills and over its landlocked
harbors a continual strife has been
kept up either within its borders or bv
nations who ms lie every endeavor to
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Porto Rico the visitor is impressed not
only with the height of the surround
ing hills and the inevitable frowning
fortress looking down or the ship
through the muzzles CT the guns. some
of which were mounted many centuries
ago. but with the many odd looking
buildings with their gayly painted
sides and roofs that dot the shore and
gradually become fewer In number as
they reach up the hillsides. The
houses are very different from those of
our own country They are low struc-
lures and would make striking con-
trast with the skyscrapers of modern
times. While they are built Of stone
they are painted IN pink. blue. yellow
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uriant forests and quaint buildings
and people, all OF which so little is
known to the outer world.
As the visitor nears the island he is
impressed with its surroundings, and
especially in the dry season. when tie
cloudless sky and the sea are of the
same hue. Ginning along the shore enc
sees the little h2rbors with their
towns dotting the coast and backed
by the gradually rolling hills, increas-
ing in height as they go inland until
the highest peak, e. Yungen, of about
$500 feet above the sea level, is lost
in the mist All the hills have a
black, uninviting appearance, but as
THE coast is approached they change
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ness to make their homes among its
hills and along its shores.
"a land whose soil is so rich that it's
vegetation, fruits, flowers and forests,
with their oversupply of luxuriant To-
liage, grow in abundance, and a salu-
brious climate, tempered by the sea
winds have given it rightfully the
name of the garden spot of the world
Nature has provided largely of the
things teedful for the sustenance of
man without making him pay for her
generous gift by earning his daily
bread by the sweat of his brow"
This lis part OF description given
by q writer on a little islanfl in the
tropics, Just east OF Cuba and known
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Copyright, 1881


Porto Rico, though a secluded spot,
has been ignored in a literary way.
Much has been written OF it, both from
the standpoint of the historian, who
has discoA S. much interesting mat
ter within border, and by the nov
elist, who LAS found plots fer ro-
mances among its dark-eyed, hot
bltoded people and its beautiful hills
and valleys, covered, with luxuriant
plants and ever blooming flowers. The
writer looks at it now with different
eyes. With its natural resources and
hidden wealth be brouga. T. .iglt
and developed, its salubrious climate,
and under the generous government of
the United States, it will not only
continue to be the garden s3ot Of the
world, but the home for many Of
Americas energetic citizens. who no
soubt will take advantage of its rich
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-26
MORE ISLANDS WANTED.
Caroline and Pelew Groups Needed
By Uncle Sam.

New York, Nov. "a dispatch to
the Herald from washington says:
There is reason to believe that the ad-
ministration would be willing to pur-
chase from Spain, not only the Philip
pines and Ualan island, but ali Of the
Carolines and the Pelew group. Much
regret is felt in official circles, par
ticularly among naval men, at the fail
ure Of the president to insert in the
peace protocol a provision regarding
the Caroline and Pelew islands, similar
to that relating to the Philippines. 1t
is no longer a secret that during the
war the naval war board and Com
mander r. B. Bradford, chief of the
bureau of equipment of the navy de-
partment, strenuOusly urged upon Sec
rotary Long and the president the seiz-
ure Of the Carolines. In fact, one of
the monitors sent to Manila was Sc
lected by the board for this duty, but
the president failed to approve the
proposition.
Behind the proposition to buy Ualan
lies the hope in some quarters that
Spain will make a counter proposition
for the cession of the entire group and
the Pelew islands for an increased
COMPENSATION.
The occupation of Guam by this gov
eminent was based upon belief that it
an excellent stopping place between
Honolulu and Manila. The American
commissioners have now learned that
the harbor is exposed to monsoons; that
1t is shallow, and that the island is sub
ject to earthquakes.
In the Carolines most of the islands
have excellent harbors, which are well
sheltered. They are heavily wooded
and supplied with fresh water, and
earthquakes are unknown In addi-
ton they would, if acquired by the
United States. be the outposts for the
Philippines. They extend in a belt
along the ninth degree of latitude, and
are only 300 miles to the southwark of
Guam and $50 miles from the Philip
pines. The Pelews are about 500 miles
from Mindanao.
The belief prevails here that the Ger
mans will bring pressure to bear upon
Spain to prevent her from selling the
Carolines to the United States Such
action would undoubtedly be looked
upon as cause for a breach Of friend
ship.