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The Advocate and news., 1898-11-09

they must cut wages or go out Of busl-
ness. The miners promptly laid down
their tools and all efforts to settle the
controversy were futile The miners at
length offered to arbitrate, but this prop
osition was rejected by the operators.
During the summer the State Board Of
Arbitration went to Pana at the request
Of the miners and made an investigation.
The operators refused to participate, and
when the board reported a compromise
scale slightly less than the Columbus
scale they declined to abide by 1t. They
purposed to pay their own figures or
keep the mines idle. Both sides were
firm and matters remained unchanged
until a month ago, when the operators
determined to resume mining with ne
groes imported from the South. There
has been trouble in Pana since the first
car load of negroes arrived, but until
last night no serious outbreak Of vio-
lence. Stockades were built at the PEN
we'll and Springside mines and the ne
groes were housed within them. Depu-
ties were sworn in by the sheriff to pro-
tect them. The situation became so
threatening that the sheriff made a call
on the Governor for troops to preserve
order, but after extensive correspondence
by wire the executive declined to send
the aid asked for and censured the OPP
orators for bringing Southern negroes to
the mines. For two weeks the situation
has been reported as critical, the bearing
OF the blacks being such as to exasperate
the people of Pana, as we'll as the strik-
ers, with whom they sympathiZed, and
it has been said that only pretext has
been needed to preClpitate a conflict"
The Advocate and news., 1898-11-09
Ills Memory Was Too Good.

From the Detroit Free Press.
1T isn't often" said the well-known
attorney, as he smiled to himself, that
a witness gets the best Of a lawyer. But
/ remember that one got the best Of me
in way that caused the shivers to run
up and down my back A good many
years ago l was retained upon line
fence suit between two old farmers. 1t
had been in the courts for ten years, and
bid fair to be there for ten more unless
the parties became bankrupt in the mean
while. 1t was my first appearance In
the matter, having taken the place Of
one of the lawyers who died. was very,
very young. In fact, 1t was my first case,
and l felt my Importance more than do
now after thirty years of hard grind
Among the witnesses was an old farmer
that knew personally, having been born
and brought up in the same neighbor-
hood. He was put on the stand to swear
to some facts that happened ten years
back, and when he was turned over to
me for cross-examination proceeded to
test the value of his memory dating so
far back.
"'Do you mean to say, / began stern
ly, that you can remember mere Incl
dent that happened ten years ago?'
Yes, sir he answered.
"'Then you mean to say that you can
remember that on a certain day ten years
ago Farmer Dunn drove a black and
white cow into his back pasture?
Yes, sir, kin, he answered
"'Then, perhaps said, sarcastically,
you can remember something else that
happened upon that particular day?
"'Yes, / kin, he put in eagerly, 'jes'
after l saw Farmer Dunn drive that cow
of his'n into his back pasture wuz go
in through my apple orchard when l
saw We an two other kids stealing apples.
When We saw me comm ye tried to git
away; the other kids did, but l cotched
The Advocate and news., 1898-11-09
The New Story OF An Old Song,

The first time that tender lyric, Home
Sweet Home" was sung in public was
when an Indian, broodlng over the death
of his beloved squaw and papoose, com
mitted suicide on the spot where they
were buried
It was time when the boundary lines
between Georgia and Tennessee were In
dispute, and the half-breeds were con-
stantly making trouble. In order to har-
monize opposing factions our govern
ment established a trading post there.
When John Howard Payne appeared on
the scene he was arrested on suspicion Of
melting the Indians to insubordinatlOn,
and he was carried to the council house
With others he witnessed the burial OF
the brOken-hearted Indian. He began
softly to sing to himself the song which
has since echoed through every land on
the face of the earth. The sequel is told
by the Atlanta Constitution in these
words:
General Bishop, who had kept a close
scrutiny on his actions, heard the song
and called Payne to him.
Young man." said the stern old In
dian fighter, where did you learn that
song"
II wrote that song myself" replied
Payne.
And where did you get the tuner"
IL composed that also"
Would you let me have copy Of it?"
Certainly, will"
well, a man who can sing and write
like that Is no incendiary. Appearances
are against you, but l am going to set
you free. l shall write out your dis
charge Immediately, and pass to carry
you any where you choose through the
nation"
Payne had been housed in the home Of
a family near by, and on his return there
he exhibited the pass and related the cir
cumstances. That was the first time
Home Sweet Home" had ever been sung
in public.-Ex.
The Advocate and news., 1898-11-09

railroads is indispensable to insure the
best and needed protection for the indi-
vidual and local communities. These two
ideas, instead Of being contradictory, are
supplementary of each other It Is to
protect its political liberties that Switzer-
land, with Just sense of the social evo-
luton we are just witnessing, refuses to
permit the growth Of monopolies which
would be menace to her independence
1t is for this reason that she has decided
to nationalize her railroads, but she does
not intend to confer upon her central
government a political power which
would render 1t invinclble, and therefore
with the initiative and referendum, which
in the hands Of the people are incompar-
able guarantees, she jealously preserves
the treasures Of her local liberties.
The Advocate and news., 1898-11-09
A French View Of Swiss Government.
BY A. MILLERAND.


Translated from La Petit ProvenCal by Eltweed
Pomeroy
The Swiss people have just decided by
referendum vote in favor Of government
acquisition Of the railroads. This is
news of Importance, but when we think
of ourselves we cannot resist feeling
with regard to the little Helertic demOc-
racy, our neighbor when we compare her
constitution and free institutions with
ours. Republican France is still tied up
by the fetter of the constitution Of 1875,
adopted by q vote Of the monarchial
majority out Of hate for the republic.
Every four years universal suffrage is
appealed to, to express by the ballot box,
| through the names Of individuals, It's
desires and aspirations. Once elected,
it's agents become in reality It's masters.
They can vote as they please. They have
no account to give until the day on which
the ballot boxes again appear. Between
the beginning and end of legislation, the
electors have only the right to complain
and this on condition that they do not
grumbIe too loudly. This is the consti-
tuition of republican France.
Let us look at Switzerland. What a
contrast! There, too, the people elect
their representatives, but they do not
divest themselves Of their sovereignty.
They must be consulted on all important
laws. 1t is not sufficient that the repre-
sentatives of O people have voted on a
question that it should become a law.
Before submitting to it, the citizens are
appealed to to express their opinion on
It. yes or no. It is for them to say
whether they accept or reject the reform.
This opinion is decisive. The people
armed with such weapon have in
reality the right to call themselves SOW
ereigns.
Moreover besides the right Of ratifying
or rejecting the laws passed by their rep
resentatives, they have the power Of
making the examination Of any question
obligatory when the representatives have
left it unnoticed.
The right Of the initiative and refer
endum are the two institutions without
which it may be justly said that the SOW
ereignty Of the people is only farce.
The Swiss people have just used this to
apply an economic theory, the truth OF
which we have 0tCen asserted-LnaL Gne
state should own and operate the rail-
roads. This theory is being furiously
combatted by all orthodox economists.
Its social and political consequences are
Of the first order.
Before the Swiss people adopted it they
heard the pro and con. For many months
It has been placed before them in all
forms They have decided with full un-
derstanding of the question. Their YER
dict is an undeniable success for social
istic ideas. Some newspapers are at
tempting to see in it step toward po-
litical Capitalization, menace to can
tonal liberty. Nothing is more inexact.
The Swiss cantons are closely attached to
their autonomy. They do not wish to
exchange the federal system under which
they prosper for centralistic one But
administration Of business is different
thing from government. The centraliza-
ton OF capital, the progress OF science,
the development OF machinery are 30
rapid that a federal operation OF the
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ye when ye kim a-slidln' down the trunk
Of the tree
Like fash my memory went back
ten years to very painful experience,
and | tried to stop him, but he went on.
And took ye across my lap an gave
ye the all-fredist spankin' that ye ever
had, he concluded.
II didn't question his memory any fur
ther."
The Advocate and news., 1898-11-09

Smlth-"Brown isn't working very
much this summer, is he?" Jones'
"Why, he told me the other day that he
had been working for all he was worth"
smith-"Well, 1t amounts to the samo
thing" Chicago News.
The Advocate and news., 1898-11-09

Travelling statesmen must take their meals whenever
and wherever they can get them They bolt their food
one minute and hustle to catch train the next Hasy
meals and continual otng in railroad trains bring in
digestion and dyspepsia. A druggist at Bridgeport,
Conn, says he has long had quite trade for Ripans
Tabules among travelling and it is becoming prac
tice with them to carry supply in the grip. One Of
these takes day and declares they have helped
him good deal. After evening session with jack
pots tobacco and whskey nothing clears the head in the
morning so early or SO thoroughly as Ripans Tabue
taken just before going to bed matter how late the
retiring hour may happen to be.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-10-08
CONCERNING YOUR FLOORS.

II it is preferred a hardwood floor
may be stained to correspond with the
walls or furniture in a room.
w. M. Roberts, of Red Springs, N. c.,
raised this year 17H bushels Of wheat
on less than half an acre. 80" Il.
A tile or brick floor looks well in a
room furnished in Flemish style, but
only large houses can stand this
method of treatment. 4,..... ..-rg =
In country houses q very good idea
is to paint the floor and woodwork one
color. sharply contrasting with the
walls. .t-.
If the floor is Of soft wood and car
pet is necessary, the effect may be i'm
proved by laying few small rugs
down over the carpet to break the mo-
notony. .- .. ...
Give the floor covering q beautiful
color, but beware of designs which are
confusing to the eye. AS n carpet or
rug must be walked on light color is
not suitable. something rich, deep
and cheerful being preferred.
Many people make the mistake of
beating the rugs which cover their
floors. AS rugs are never SO closely
woven as carpets they should only be
brushed or thoroughly swept. If care
is taken an ordinary rug will outwear
any carpet.
1t was at Antietam that Lieut.. Grieg,
OF this city, won the medal of honor
for his capture of a confederate flag.
He was in the Sixty-first New York.
Gen. Nelson a. Miles old regiment
when he saw just in front confeder.
ate battle-fag planted firmly in front
OF the Fourth Alabama. Leaving his
command he 'sprinted' for the flag,
shopping low MS bicypii:t to avoid
huiieta. rsiore the oth';m quits re-
allied his ia:eat he hal r.,.tc.:rd the
fog. W.; 49,. = i.'3ia ~ .n~.7 %:...
turEcd to a.: =. lack ia !....2:,.. l..
hen .. - ;"@n I.
bin O. ~ :. Grein 3" -.
rcGci'' -. ''..i. .'.'cf a lr,.'.,s 10 .. =
bol:%h :. ~ w.. VIM" 81. -.
bril- , ~ 'hu reck lrs
fiic'i""' D.. e.. .... t...' rot In ~
wor',
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-10-08

we condemn the traitorous cont.uct % troso
Official wherever espo EiLility may re I to
whose durability Is due the death by starva-
ton anu cease Of Beve al Thousand of our
Len. We demand that the awful scandals in
volved i'll the conduct OF the war be impa TALLY
ami com lotely invest gated and thu adequate
pun shrH"nt Ice melted VIII revcr duo.
Tic peoi 10 of Nevada ere Just proud Of
th"ir University. We commend the efficient
m7na GeInont which has Eadei it an inst tuition
Oh ILiinite us fulness and widening possibilities
81 fucncc io III 2aGy cit 8 e. potent factor
for the intellectual aud economic dsv, Iopmt mt
o tie State. We pledge to It generous sup
ort AID hearty co O Grafton along every lie
. NJ VII tend TO ma n ain its present high STAN
Aird. or coHducB to its improvem mt.
This conve ticu pl. seS its no hinee for Gov
crnoi nat he vi rprove such legislation
n viii carry into effect the 81 9Th te =
ton OF Article IL Of tho st to Con-
t"trt.on which provides that tie Leg
lature shall provide u special tax VIII IN
tall not exceed two Tills on the dollar
of q taxable property in the st tie in addition
to the other means PROV dod for the sup ort
ind maintenance of the State Univ lty and
common schOuJ. This convention recon-
noI all ounty nv nti MS of the Silver
party to rle re their omirees for tin StatS
esi lature to ca ry into effect the state
stIC to.I 10y raS '.Ig a bill levying O tax VI one
mill on the dol f.r or all taxable property in this
State in addition to tn ohYr III now pro-
vided by law for the SUI, ort and mar :enan o
4 the suite University and conmoI hools Of
ills State.
We Ivite comparison OF The four yeas dur
ing VIII h the SiIve P.rty hi been in ontrol
OF tho State Governmen; with the last foLr
years of the Repub ic..n regime. The expen-
seso the last Republican Lee stature amount i
to s5l.O H. that Of the last kiIver Party Legi la
ture, $50 Tho erse of the Ike. ;utive
Department. 70 tho IL year Immediately pre-
coGing C::.ver Tar y contr amounted to
over 81 ,5UO, while put $751; o were II exren.
scs Of the xecutive Department for 1897. For
tie last four years of Republican management
$500 yer expended In pL. Jlic builu ing. as
sRuinst SH 10 by the Silver Party. And dur
Ing the periods In comparison, in support Of the
publ; no Is Of the State, the Silver Party
ex nded S57T,0 90 rs against s. 9 5OJ by the Re-
publ an party M one CON Famine tue fore
going anu many other facts and a ures which
might be add ICED without the RESULT g on
Nictlon that the Silver Party has fulfilled its
Ir'tmise of retrenchment with reference to ~ =
aries State OFF 'iElS Id I, D rurtailmenL Of
unnece Sary expenses, while, on the other
Ian 1t has generously fost roll the educa
toIal and chart able ms .itutlons Of tn, State
and wisely contributed to its public lmpro. g.
ment
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-10-08
Platform.

The 81 ser Pa"ty OF Nevada pledges its I'm.
TavrI inG devotion to the primo pls of govern
mont aid down by jefferson and Line IN:
Thatth highest duty of COVE nment is to so
Segulato it's laws that the spirit Of equality
4han follow men through life, giving zach amp
lost OppO tunity to work out to the ullest
measure his possibilities, unrestricted by law,
and unaffected by tho conquest Of his domin-
lon of orportun ty by other men. We indorse
as express ng the demands Of the American
people in consonhnce with the foregoing, the
p,atform Of tho National Silver party 70 mu-
lated q st. Louis, July % 1876, and tho fnan-
Stal plank OF the National Democratic party
Adorted Rt Chi ago. July7, 800.
Tho history OF the movement for the resto~a-
Don Of bmctallism Is the glorious story of Ne.
yAdA's leadership. The educational work 90
eAtriotically undertaken six vars ago has
pread throughout the entire country. On the
pnd not Qualta i've, tho intellectual and politi.
al forces OF nations arc now battling Mind.
{ul OF her glorious record Nevada will take her
Slaco again In tho co hict. not as the ally OF
Gold, but ON the side Of those who struggle il
pbe folds Of adversely.
We reAfirm .ur devotion to the free and I'M
Omitted coinage Of silver ut thu ratio Of 10 to I
6y Tia independent ton Of the United States,
ana We arc una terably opposed to he Repub-
eoan policy Of increasing tho bonded debt Of
ernmont TO issue money TO banking institu.
lions: OF contracting the circulating medium
70 the single gold standard, and of increns q
esxation while contraction is diminishing the
means OF payment.
Our faitn in the loyalty. ability, and wise lead.
ErsEip Of William J. Bryan is undiminished
and We p odi for tho silver forces of the Uni
ed Statos with 18 to 1 a. their motto. and
William J! Bryan az thor standard besi or. an
overwhelming victory In 80.
We invite the cooperation Of tho Republican
party OF Nevada who declared in their plat
torm Of May ~, g o. a. follows:
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-10-08
SILV Err PART I
State 1

oIdL C "
For United States Senator
WILL ~ ;: VII
or Ormsby
t'or -
Franc Q ..t>'..
Or Washoe
For Governor
REIN o. ~
or Eureka
For Lieute ."raor
JAMES JUDGE
For Associate Jusli,,- ..,.,.,. .... .,...t
CHARLES II BELkNAP
or OrJr ID.
For Sccretar! If State
EUGENE :iONELL
OF VIM" t'me
For State Treasurer
DAVE RYAN
VI Storey
For Sat .. uil-r
SAMP .t,VI~
Orr,py
For Attorney General
WILLIAM - .JONr.>
or Lander
For Star srini+r
ANDREW N.UrE
ON"
For Surveyor Genera
EDWARD l. KEEL. Ely
or Wast.r
For Superintendent Public Ir,.'.
HENRY q CUTTING
Or i.EDm,a::.,
For Reg MT S,a.' Univerrry
(L'ng Ter,u)
. W FttIAL ...
or Store
For Regeut Star UNIVERSITY
90 ($llort T rm)
~ IOISL1
OF Lander
For District Judges
First District
CHARLES E MA X
OF Storey
Second District
BIZ CURLER
OF Washoe
Third District
A L FITZGERALD
OF Eureka
Fourth District
G TALBOT
OF ElKo
Fifth District
SAMUEL j 30 WINFIELD
OF Humhnldt.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-10-08
Political announcements.

Announcements under this head will bt
published up to the g neral Election for
eiJ. payable invariably in advance.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-12-17
Trespassing Geese Punished.

How the Hodkins geese were kept
of the Podkins premises is an inter
esting story related by the Philadel-
phia Record and condensed below:
The geese strayed for forage, as
geese will, and sometimes invaded the
Podkins front lawn.
Mrs. Podkins, kindly soul, said she
"didn't want ter git tn men folks
a-scrappin' and a-mixin' things up
over a passed. O. geese" So she Or
ganized board Of strategy, consist
Ing of herself, her daughter isis" and
her boy "Joe."
The result Of their deliberations and
certain preparations, wherein figured
needle and thread, some grains Of
corn and some bits of cardboard, be-
came evident the next morning. The
Hodkins geese appeared as usual, but
returned home quickly, squawklng so
noisily as to bring the Hodkinses in a
body to the front door. What they
saw astonlshed them.
Depending from each fowls bill was
a bit of thread, the inner end anchored
to grain Of corn in the birds interior
department, while to the other end OF
the string was attached card bearing
this inscription: "Plese Kepe YuI
Gooses Home" The Hodkins water
fowl are now reconcentrados upon the
Hodkins home ranch.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-12-17
Adaptability of the Rat.

Confronted with the difficulties
which modern builders and house
holders put in the way Of rats in
drains, floors and skirtings, the black
rat would probably be bafaed, but the
sagacious gray rat remains more or
less master of the situation. The
case of the rat is typical of the value
of brain power. Routine, which is
the usual condition of animal exist
ence, does not exist for them. They
have to force demonstrations" OF
their common surroundings at any
given moment, and their resources and
adaptability have seldom been found
wanting.
Ship rats have survived the era Of
steam and steel, ana recently thrived
so successfully in big ironclad as to
make it almost uninhabitable. House
rats have learned how to cope with
gas fittings, lead pipes, brick drains
and cement floors. Sewer rats
have made for themselves q name
coeval with modern urban sanitation,
and others are now learning to live in
"coId stores" and to eat chilled meat
and game in an atmosphere where
breath turns to snow.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-12-17

fates don't seem to know. And not a
person in the house had penny
mamma, nor Cousin Jen, n0r the sec
Ond girl"
He reflected on suburban etiquette
that allowed one to borrow money
from servants with whom one might
not share a railroad train, while sne
continued: And we shook Cousin
Jen's baby's bank, but nothing came
cut except nickels, and Cousin Jeh
leased me dreadfully over wanting the
penny for you, so that / ran back INTO
the library and shut the door haTd.
You see you are not the only one VINO
suffers, in spite of your railroad sta
| ton officials. And sOmeWay | took
your picture out of my desk and it re-
minded me of you, and you seemed to
be smiling, and thought Of that last
moonlight evening in the canoe, ana
the silver-plated look of the water, and
the dreadfully affectionate couple I'M
der the willows playing the banjo,
whom you said you enVied, and it was
all so beautiful and the scent Of the
lilacs in the air, and while | Thought
of them-and you-the las went by
He gave with his own hand the con-
VulsiVe clasp that he would have CIV
en- to hers had it remained where he
wished 1t. Then reason readVancec
with the usual grim visage.
"The lilacs were not in bloom" HI
said, stifiy. They are only budding
now, and that evening was three weeks
since"
Which is about the length of time
that will epalse before I keel
another appointment with you," sh
said, with such dignity as coulC
acord with Quivering lips AM
trembling chin.
Fancy struggled with fact, and tn
latter was thrown.
: Never mind the lilacs," he whis
pered. There is yet the 2:1O and tn
315, to say nothing Of the 4:06."
"The 2:10," she replied concisely
went by while was putting on thi
! hat. A plain sailor will do very we
before noon, and even up to 2 o'clocl
J but later it is apt to make one loo
l like typewriter girl on her way HON
t from the Office"
e He was slightly staggered, but mai
i aged to murmur. Still, dear, it does
mt take you twenty minutes to put o
s your hat when we are going to tt
a theater."
g mo, not if I have merely to put
: on. But, you see, this is my chang
: able hat. These rosettes and loops Q
l. the side come out, and the flowers al
: pinned in. I wore it yesterday wit
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-12-17

YOU allow me to see you to the 6:53!
AS they walked he reflected bitterly
on the large disasters that follow small
mischances. After she was on the
G:53, and the G:53 was on It's way to
a suburb that was nicer than Waltham'
he continued to reflect. Their last
words had been mutually cutting
She had said grayely, at has been
mistake I could never be happy win
q man who used the same letters IA
spelling mathematics and love- Goou
evening"
He had said words of obvious polite
ness and intentional sarcasm. NOW
however, he recalled the look in her
eyes, and it troubled him. Quite sud-
denly new idea came to him, IN ]uH-
Imposition with telegraph office. Step
ping in, he called for a blank ana
wrote:
Miss Ethel Beebee,
Rose Villa, The Highlands.
| James u. Blaine Is deau. NeAt tlnl7
take the Hop.
William Van Rensselaer, Whitney.
1t was brought to the girl before .
o'clock, and she smiled once more as
she read.
Dear boy" she murmured, II Will
remember that. With such a knock
down argument for papa he can never
keep the mileage And after ALL Will
lie is right. If I had only got the
HOP I don't think we would nave
equaled at ALL" When she had conslo-
cred this idea for time, with the all
of feminine Isaac Newton making al
important discovery, she added, AFTER
all, | believe Sue is wrong. he mas III
tuition. Edith Miniter IN boStoI
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