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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-04-22

There is quite difference between
the joint resolution Oh the Cuban
question ms il passed tho Senate and
rs il was finally agreed upon by both
Houses Of y ,ngrcss. ''ho first reso.
LUTON us it passed the Senate was ms
follows:
"Rcsolve !, That tl,O people Of tho
island Of Cuba are, and OF right
ought to he, free and independent,
and that the Government oi the
United States hereby recognizes the
republic Of Cuba ns the iruc md law
ful government of that island"
Tho Conference Committee struck
out all after tho word "indcpendent"
in The above resolution leaving il as
follows:
"Rcsolved, That the people Of the
island Of Cuba are and Of right ought
to Do. FREQ and independent
The recognition Of the present Gu.
ban government, wns eliminated from
tho Senate resolutions. Tho remain
der Of the joint resolution was adopt.
cd ns IL passed The Senate.
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Cheerful, Though IIlInd.

doesn't il seem strange that tb,
average person afflicted with hopeless
blindness should have a cheerful dis
p"s'tIon?' remarked phiIosophic
citizen. ~ion'll generally find the
blind good. d.naturcd." "Did it eyer
occur 10 you that they're happier
tmht way than they would he il they
regainCd their srght?- asked his COM
pnnion. prominent physician. ~Let
me cite case in poiLt. Some years
ago was called n to prescribe for
AN csii nahlo old woman who w,s
suffering from slight cold. She
was utterly blind, and In been so
for forty years. tO"k look at her
eyes. md immedi hcly cnmc to the
conclusion that her sight could bc rc. .
stored. Her blindness had come
upon her when she wns about thirty
years old, and at that time the science
of opthalmology was in it's infancy.
"Shc was delighted Mt the prospect
oi rega,ning her VISION. and put her
self under tho care Of II specialist.
Her sight was soon re,tprcd to her,
but il made her u changed woman.
She had been cheerful and harpy bc.
fore, but now she bcramo misnn
thropic and pccvish. Everything was
changed for her. For forty years sho
had carried in her memory the bright
rosy faces Of her children. Now,
when she saw them MS gray haired
men and women shc was disappoini.
ed, completely disillusioniznd. And
so it was with many other things.
The beautiful dreams OF her blind.
ness wcro better than tho visual real.
itius.'-Philndelphia Record.
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WOMEN AS TEACHERS,

The proportion bnrgeHt In the United
States md smallest I'm Germany.
There are in the United States, rough
ly speaking, 100000 school teachers.
nnd of this number 1900 nre men md
100000 are women. In other words.
there are nearly twice as many female
ns male teachers, and the disparity In
increasing year by year. According
to the last official census of Prussia
there were 6s,000 school teachers in the
Kingdom. of whom 1000 were women
md $4,000 men. II is evident, therefore,
that the Prussian preference In for male
teachers. In all Germany there are.
including the government. church and
private schools, $4,000 teachers, and
the number of pupils is nearly 10 ,ooo.-
600. There nre 10000 teachers in
France, of whom G5,OOO nre mcn and
$4,000 are women, the number of each
being subject TO about the snme ratio
OF increase. There are, II Is supposed,
about 10000 teachers In Great Britain.
but authentic figures are lacking.
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WHAT SHAVING COSTS.
A Statistical FIcnd VINO Has FiRured


A Statistical FIcnd Who Has Figured
II All Out.
The statistician who had been busy
with his pencil looked up at the man
who hates figures and said:
Didn't have anything to do, and
thought I'd figure little. You know
that II l were cast on desert island
with bundle of flcad pencils and plenty
OF paper / wouldn't care n cent whether
sail hove in sight or not. saw TINT
you needed n shave, and that set me to
thinking. Why do you shave. anyhow ?
/ never do. Look here.
We'll suppose that you began shnv-
ing at IS years of age and that you keep
1t up until you are 30. That makes SO
years. You have heavy beard. Wen
suppose that you shave twice n week.
That costs Is cents n shave, and you get
rid OF one-eighth of an inch of hair.
That will be quarter of an inch n
week. or one inch n month. To get rid
of that inch you pay sl.20. An inch n
month is IL inches n year, costing YOU
Sl4.40. -
Now"-and the statistician drew n
long brcath-"l2 inches n wear for 90
years is 62+ inches. or SO feet. It will
cost you S7is.so TO get that nmount of
whiskers out OF our system. Then SUD-
pose you give a Iiickel tip every time to
the man"
But the fellow who hates figures had
fled
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DAUDET oErEsTeD ANIMALS
Fled from Any House Where He say
Lnp Dnn.

Fled from Any House Where He Saw
Imp Dog.
Daudet had lurking kindness for
sinners. lie piticd them. for he could
not see how in the long run they could
succeed in anything, says London
Truth. But the self-righteous were
more offensive to him. think he was
right in saying that men and women
who passed for never having sinned are
unpleasant companions. and, from the
day OF judgment standard. perhaps the
worst sinners of all. The scnsibiIitv
shown in Jack" and other works did
not extend 20 animals. Daudet. though
Cigaiier, was deaf TO the chirp of the
grasshoppcr and cricket. Birds have
no place in his rural sketches. He could
not understand the touching beauty of
the last friend" at the poor mans fu-
neral.
Animals were simply brutes to Dau-
dct. AT best they were warnings to hu.
man beings not to live merely to ent.
sleep and leave posterity behind them.
lhcy sometimes were vice incarnate.
Such were the fox, the serpent. the
scorpion. What selfish. heartlcss
thing the ant was. II had a head IL Won
viii, but il was the sort of head TINT
organizes labor in sooty fartory towns.
The dog was the bcnsilirgt Lenst OF
any. Daudet fled from every drawing
room where he saw n lap dog.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

hs'N w
DEPARTMENT OF THE ISTERIoR.
GESERAL LAND OrFICE
WAsHINGToS, ID. G.. MARCH II, %
Registers and Receivers, United
States Land Offices. Gentlemen:-
Paragraph 53 III the Mining Rcgula-
tioBs approved Dccember -. is here
by amended to read MS follows:
Tho claimant mt the time Of filing
the application FOR patent, or at date
within sixty days of publication, is
required 10 file with the register, a
certificate OF the surveyor general
TINT not less than tive hundred dol
lars worth OF labor has been cXpend-
OF improvements made, by the appli-
cant or his grantors, upon each loca-
tioE embraced III the application, or
il the application embraces several
locations held i'll common, that an
amount equal to five hundred dollars
for cach location, has been so cXpcnd
cd upon. and for the benefit Of the
entire group; that the plat filed by
the claimant Ia Correct; that the field
notes OF the survey. Hs filed, furnish
such an accurate description of tn,
claim as will II Incorporated III
patent serve to fully identify the
premises and that such reference is
made therein to natural objects or
permanent monuments rs will per
petuatc and Tx the locus thereof:
Provided, That as to all applications
for patent made and passed to entry
before July |, 1898, or which aro 10y
protest or adverse claims prevented
from being passed to entry before
TINT time. where the application en-
braces several locations held in COM
mon, proof OF an expenditure of tive
hundred dollars upon the group will
be sufficient and the expenditure Of
that nmnont need not he shown to
have been made upon, or Tor the BEN
eft Of, each location embraced i'll the
application.
Very Respectfully,
BINGEG llERMASN,
Commissioners.
Approved:
G.. n. Bliss,
Secretary.
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Nearing the Fighting Point.
Apprnved:
&. y. Bliss,
Secretary.

At an early hour this morning the
House "i Representatives by vote
OF 293 Ia ! adOrtCi the report 81 the
Conference Com uittce on the Cuban
resolutions. Tho report as adopted
IA told 10y the disrnich published
elsewhere indicates that the Senate
resolutions with the clause rorog.
nizing the prcscn: Cuban govern.
mcnt stricken ont has been agreed
to by the Conference COMMITTEES aud
will bc adopted by ;lIc Senate.
Tho fact TINT Davis. Morgan and
Foraker were the confcrcca on
the part Of the Senate makes this
certain. Davis ia the Chairman of
the Foreign Relations Committee
of the Scnnt" and IL II s,aunch friend
oi Cuba. lie il the author ~ the
Senate resolutions aud. although ho
opposed the recognition of the pres
cnt Cuban government, hc fdvOrs the
independence OF the isl md. Morgan
Hbh 'IhNtl UNIV Nv hl' 'lltltN lhN'i
cd the Independence OF Cuba and tho
recognition Of the present Cuban
government,
Tho House il composed of 357
members mud the vote shows that
only 20T of these were present aud
voted on the adoption ~ the confer.
cncc report. Those not voting wore
probably paired for and against the
report or were absent from the
House when the vote wns taken.
Tho House won't into session at &
O'Clock T. N. Monday io consider the
Conference report and remained in
session until tho vote was taken.
Tho Inter dispatches Indicate plan
ly that the report Of the Conference
Committee has boon adopted by the
Senate and ilmt il ia only maltcr OF
II few days when hosiiliiics will actu'
nlly begin. ......
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ELKO, NEVADA, FRIDAY, APRIL %. 1898.
4 War Measure.

WAsHrNGToS. April ls. = Tho Re-
publican members of the Ways and
Means Committee Of the House have
practically completed the preparation
OF the revenue measure which will be
passed to raise revenue sufficient to
prosecute the war. The members
propose that the present generation
shall bcar the burdens OF the war, and
proceeded upon that theory. they have
prepared bill that will raise between
Sl00,000,000 and Sl20.000,0D addi.
;ional revenue per an mum. The bill
will provide for IN additional tax OF
81 per barrel upon beer, from which
30.0Q0. 900 will be raised. On manu-
factured snuff and tobacco the inter-
nal revenue tax will be increased
from l to q cents. This If expected
to raise Sl5,0O0.O00 Of revenue. The
increase on cigars and cigarettes has
not been absolutely fixed. but it prob
ably will be al on all classes. From
this s5,0O0,0J0 is expected.
The proposition which .he Senate
placed in the tariff bill, but which
went out in conference, to tax all
stocks and transfers OF corporations
is embodied in the IN assure, together
with practically all the scheme of in
teTnal revenue taxation OF the act OF
1866. which includes "A stamp tax on
all checks, drafts and all Instruments
OF business, mortgages, loans and
bonds. \ tax on patent and proprie-
tary medicines und tax on telegraph
messages and express packages is also
incorporated IN the bill. This scheme
of taxation Is estimated To- raise S35,-
OUU,CGO. The tax on proprietary and
patent medicines will be . cents on
packages or bottles retailing at -
cents or under and cents OH those
retailing above that price. The tax
on telegraph messages will be cent
on a'l messages which cost - cents
aud > cents on all messages TINT cost
more than % cents.
y duty OF 10 cents per pound is
placed on tea and 3 cents per pound
upon coffee, with Il countcrvailing
internal revenue tax on stock on
hand. This latter will be in the form
OF a tax on the salcs OF stocks on
hand to avoid constitutional immbi
ton against direct tax. From tea
and coffee s2s,00OG00 are estimated.
Bottled waters are TO bear a tax sim.
liar to pitent medicines.
For the pressing needs of the G V.
crnmcnt the secretary of the Tren
ury is given the general power to Ii
sue certificates of indebtedness, pa,
able IN ono year and To bear not /,
exceed } per cent interest. The Sec
retary Of the Treasury is also author.
ized to borrow on the credit of tn,
Government by popular subscription,
II loan nf S5OG,' 00,O00. This loan is ic
he placed through the pohoiIccs Of
the country, the sub treasures and
government repositories, in low rat,
bonds, which arc to he spld ut par
They are to bear per cent intcrcs
and to he redecmabIe after five
years at the option of the Govern
ment and to be due in twenty years
Tho principal and interest are to be
payable in coin.
Tho measure will bc presented to
the full committee probably today,
and 1t will he brought into the
House as soon as tie war resolutions
are sIgnod 10y the President.
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Tho Spanish Minister at Washing
ton las asked for his passport aud
President Mckinley has given il to
him. This il suro evidence TINT
Spain means business.
An inventor has hit upon u method
of putting stone solos on boots and
shoes. lie mixes waterproof glue
with a suitable quantity Of clean
quartz sand and sprcuds IL over the
leather sole used as u foundation
1'heac quartz solcs ARE aaid TO he
very flexible and practically mdc.
struciiblo and to give the loot q iirm
hold even on The most slippery sur
face.
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VOLUME NXXII.
MINING REGULATIONS.

The Amcndr Law Relntiug to Pat
euts.
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TRUOoI'.u u",-..,,-, IN ITALY
First Pnir OF nifurrntcd Garments
Wna Wnrn hN n llnmnr I,rIannnr


First Pnir OF nifurrntcd Garments
Wns Worn by n Homnn Prisoner,
TcfTicue, the barbarian, was the first
gentleman TO wear trousers, SAYS the
boston journal. lie had no heart in
the Inauguration Of the now fashion;
he simply had to do IT,: Aurelian tho
Roman had captured Tctricus on one
OF his raids aud determined TO carry
him in triumph TO Rome ns one of the
Fpoils OF conquest. To make the cap.
tive appear ne ridiculous us possible, he
was nrrnrcd in two.part garment
which in Boston might have been called
phnts." Instead OF appearing ridicu.
Ious, Tctricus seems to have made n
hit for tic garment he wore slowly
but surely grew in favor with the pcopIe
OF Rome. We might find the origin of
many customs in the same way. tits
known that Charles WI. OF France wore
q long coat 10 conceal his crooked legs,
Not all the French were crooked, INT
coats became fashionable. ncvcrt hcless,
The process by which Peter the Grcnt
put civilized CLOTHES on his unciyilizcd
Subjects End moro method I'm H.. 'rLc
gates of the towns were hung with rnr-
mrnts OF tic rev fashion and the pco.
pic were obll"cd TO n,lopt them or Lc
publicly punished.
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ICEi iCEi ICEi

We arc prepared la furnish icc TO
bua incss houses and families in qlinn
titles 10 auit md deliver regularly ut
reasonable rates and no excessive
chnrgcs. Leave orders at the Office.
DfpOT IlOTEL Go.
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China IL mn example Of wlint may
happen to country which dovotcs
itself exclusively TO tho attainment
Of poaco and richca.
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JOINT STATEMENT

~ AUDITOR AND TIsEASUREis
OF ELKO COUNTY.
For the Quarter Ending Dec.
81. 1907.
HTE or NEYADA, 8.
cor-ty Of Elko. fr'
AUDITORS orFlLE
To the Honorable Board Of County CommI-
sioners OF Elko County, Nevada
GENriEHES: w"hcrewIth submit our Quar-
eriy Report Of the Finances Of the Comfy
Tor ths puNFter ending Dec. 81 1927.
Rs-pecrfnily submitted:
c. a. WATKINS
Auditor
}. A. MCBRIDE.
Treasurer
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Dave Casper has Just received q
now lot oi samples of Spring aud
Summer Clothing which will bc made
TO order from 1880 up.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-11
SCHOOL TEACHER A FoRGER.
L. NJ. KOOhm of Fleming in Jail Tn
der an Ugly Charge.

l.. NJ. Koohm, aged As years, a school
teacher az Fleming, was arrested by
officer Lilienthal and Detective Wealth
erhorn Yesterday, charged with forging a
draft for 500 on Mr.. w. W. Gill of Flem-
ing and passing it on Mr.. S. S. Friedlein
of Guckenheimer & Sons.
At first Koohm denied the forgery but
admitted it when closely questioned
hoohm came to Savannah Saturday and
called at Guckenheimer & Sons. where he
met Mr.. Friedlein. He said he was a
teacher at Fleming and that his business
here was to purchase a stock Of groceries,
10 open a store there. His duties as
teacher, he said, did not require all his
time and he intended to open the store
as side issue. He told the story in such
way as to impress Mr.. Friedlein
bill of goods was selected which
Koohm was to pay for and have shipped
yesterday. AT the same time he produced
the forged draft from Mr. w. W. Gill, a
turpentine man at Fleming. drawn on Ell
lis, Young & Co. of Savannah. and asked
Mr.. Friedlen to advance him $40 This was
done without question, and nothing fur.
ther was seen of Koohm until yesterday,
when he called early. and again began to
jolly Mr.. Fr.edlein, who seemed to have
had considerable confidence in the man.
Koohm told this time of a rich legacy in
the old country to which he had Just fallen
heir, and also said that he was married
the night before. On the strength of these
assertions he asked for an additional $40
on the draft, but only secured 81. 80, as that
was all the change Mr.. Friedlein had at
the time. In addition to the money how
ever it was thought well to treat a good
customer well, and a sparkling flask of
rye was given him as a bridal present.
Pockeling the money and whisky,
hoohm left with the understanding he was
70 return, settle for the goods and arrange
for their shipment TO Fleming
1t was learned from Ellis. Young & co.
before Koohm returned, that the draft was
a forgery. They said Mr.. Gill never num-
pefed ms drafts on them, whereas the one
presented was numbered S. Suspicion
was so strong in other ways that it was
determined to arrest Koohm and see If he
would disclose anything. A warrant was
obtained from Justice Naughtin, but the
otncers had difficulty in locating the man.
Detective Wetherhorn finally found him
in house on Huntington street, and took
him before the magistrate Koohm said
nothing except to deny the charges against
him. After some coaXing he admitted the
draft was a forgery, and expressed re-
grets for his act.
Justice Naughtin turned Koohm over to
the Superior Court. On the way to Jail
he told the officers he intended to com
init suicide in the JAIL if possible. Fear
ing that he might make an attempt to
shuttle off, the Jail officers took care to
leave no pencils or knives with him.
Mr.. Friedlein has written Mr. Gill about
the matter The fact that Koohm con-
fessed the forgery however fully indi-
Gates what the reply will be-
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ANOTHER TRIED TO DIE.
Lydia Roberts Wanted to Suicide,
But Failed.

Lydia Roberts, who lives on Oglethorpe
avenue, attempted suicide yesterday by
taking an overdose of laudanum. She was
walked and pounded for an hour. after
which she recovered from a stupor Her
act seems to have been caused by a mis-
understanding with man.
This is the third case reported since
Sunday, one of the attempts being sue
cessful The frequency of suicides gave
rise to the opinion among physicians that
poisons, and especially laudanum and NOR
phine, are sold carelessly and indiscrimi-
nately by druggists.
The law governing the sale of poisons
seems to have been for the double purpose
of preventing suicides and locating pur-
chasers OF poisons in case crime is com
mitted Among the things required of
druggists is to keep book in which all
persons purchasing poisons are to regis
ter their names. This enables officers TO
locate the buyers, and if any one is pois-
oned, reference TO these books readily fur
nish clue to detecting the guilty Then
too, people bent on suicide, and especially
among the more ignorant, often hesitate
when asked to sign their names.
All druggists do not keep the books,
however, and while some discretion is
used, little trouble is taken in many cases
~ investigate the purpose LOT WnlCn the
poison is wanted.
While there is no way of determining
prospective suicide it is the opinion OF
many druggists that the use of a sound
discretion would help to stop the practice.
The attention of Health Officer LeHardy
was called to the statement of a city ply
stefan that deadly poisons are being free
ly sold by the druggists of the city, not
wlthstanding the law governing this mai
ter. The statement was made in connec-
ton with two attempts at suicide to which
the physician had been called, one of
which was successful
"The law regulating the sale of poisons
should be enforced" said Dr. LeHardy.
"Poisons should not be sold except upon
a physicians certificate
DIR. LeHardy was informed that the
druggists were in the habit of selling
laudanum and other common, but poison
GUS remedies without a physicians Ger,
tiicate.
81 am not fully posted on this matter"
said DR.. LeHardy, but l will look up
the law at the first opportunity and in
form myself. Posons should not be sold
except upon a physicians certificate"
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TO CONTINUE SLANT WRITING.
The Adoption of Vertical Writing to
BE Further Considered.


Vertical writing was the theme before
the Board of Education last night About
an hour was occupied in discussing wheth-
err or not it should be adopted for the
schools. There was some opposition to
changing from the present system Of
slant writing, and it resulted in pOstpOn-
ing further action for six months, during
which time the members of the board
viii seek information on the subject
The vote of the teachers to whom the
matter was referred to the December
meeting showed that two-thlrds were
in favor of the new system, the vote
being 50 in favor of vertical, q for slant,
doubtful, and not voting. The May
nard & Merrilr' system received % votes.
the Normal Review Z, Natural Method 6,
CHM & Co. S 3. There were fourteen sys-
TENS of vertical writing submitted to the
teachers.
The action of the board will give the
members and teachers a breathing spell
for a while.
Superintendent Ashmore read his report,
which was largely devoted to the subject
of vertical writing. The recent cold
weather he said, afforded a test for the
heating apparatus in the Henry Street
School, about which there had been much
complaint, and the test showed that the
conditions had very much improved, and
he thought the defect had been remedled
and that the building can now be made
comfortable in the coolest weather.
The president reported chat the trustees
of the Chatham Academy had under con-
sideration the laying of a new sidewalk
on Bull street, from Oglethorpe avenue to
Hull street. t....t
On motion of Mr.. Denmark, the trustees
were requested that in building the new
sidewalk they allow the grass plat along
the edge to remain.
Three applications for free scholarships
in the High School We're granted.
On motion, the treasurer was instructed
to pay a bill of Messrs. ID. Appleton & Co.
amounting to So which was contracted in
1894, but by some oversight had not been
settled.
A notice from the city marshal that the
board was in default for the assessment
for paving Oglethorpe avenue was referred
to Hon. p w Meldrim, as Mayor and as
an ex-officio member of the board The
bill for paving Abercorn street was also
referred to the same committee.
Capt. Blum moved that the subject of
adopting the vertical system of writing be
postponed for six months.
Mr.. Denmark offered an amendment that
the question be postponed to the February
meeting. The amendment was lost by a
vote of to 8, and the original resolution
was carried by the same vote.
Capt. j. r. f. Tattnan was unanimously
reelected treasurer.
The members present were Col. c.. A
Mercer, president, and Messrs. Saussy
Denmark, O'Byrne, Blum, Myers, TattnaH
Meldrim and Estlll.