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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-03-02
Causes for War.

There is nothing new in the Cuban
situation. Spain is actively prepar-
ing for war. More ships will be sent
to Havana this week and it is report
ed that others will follow as rapidly
as possible.
The news from Washington sim.
mered down means that there are
three things i'll sight, any one Of
which may cause war with Spain.
First, is the Maine disaster. If the
Court Of Inquiry finds that the Maine
was blown up by the Spaniards, the
administration will find it a difficult
matter to prevent the American
people from wreaking vengeance on
Spain. This alone would be just
cause Of war.
Second, is the failure Of the plan of
autonomy in Cuba. When that plan
was put out by the Sagasta Ministry
this country delivered to the Madrid
Government through United States
Minister Woodtord, a note giving I'M
til March LIST, for trial of the
plan. If it failed the United States
was to erterv.ne. 1t has failed and
Spain is now pleading for an extern
sion OF time. IL additional time is
granted trouble on that will be
averted. If it 10 not granted, inter.
vention means war.
Third, is the reports on the condi-
tons OF Cuba sent to the State De.
partment by Lee. Congress has
asked for these reports, but they have
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-03-02
A SCIENTIFIC -oPINIoH.

The Scientific American treats Of
the blowing w of the Name and at
some length discusses the probabili-
ties OF the disaster having occurred
through accident. The American
says:
"If the explosion was due to causes
within the ship, it was either inten-
tional or accidental. That any agent
Of either Spain or Cuba could have
placed explosives within the chip,
either in coal bunlsers or magazines,
is rendered extremely unlikely by the
extra precautions which would be
taken to safeguard the ship. The
magazines themselves were inspected
at eight o'clock that night, or only
about an hour and half before the
explosion occurred, and the keys we're
hanging at the time in the captain 8
stateroom. The coal in the bunkers
had been brought from home ports,
and it is stated that only necessary
supplies III the way OF provisions had
been taken on day by day in the har-
Dor. The accidental causes may have
arisen from fire, due to spontaneous
combustion of coal in the bunkers, or
from short .circulted electric wire,
or there may have been an explosion
due to the decomposition of the high
explosives on board. There are coal
bunkers ON three sides of the 10-inch
magazine, and it has happened more
than once that fires have occurred in
the bunkers Of our warships which
have become fierce enough before
they were discovered to make the
steel plates Inclosing the bunkers
red hot. Ii such a fire occurred in
the adjoining bunkers, it is incon
ceivable that it should not have been
discovered when the nightly inspec-
ton, to which we have referred, was
made. The brown powder, however.
OF which the 10 inch ammunition is
made up, can be heated to nearly 600
f. with IMMUNITY, and the guncotton
Of the torpedoes can only be exploded
by defamation. There remains the
theory that the boiler which was sup
plying the electric light dynamos ex-
ploded, and set off the magazines.
This would fully account for the
double reports spoken of i'll many of
the accounts by eye witnesses. If
this was the first cause of the disas-
ter, it will he a difficult matter to
prove from the appearance of tho
wreck whether the boiler or the mag
azine was the first to explode"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-03-02

White china for ferns and flowers is
ever popular, and there is a growing
tendency among young housekeepers
to buy the pure white china, as a table
never grows tiresome If declted in spot
less ware with the necessary color added
in centerpiece or bit of wedgwood.
Great is the variety of china and glass
set forth on fashionable tables. The
thick, .diamond-cut crystal or nodded
glass can be had for the asking-tube
flower vases adapted to the long stems
OF chrysanthemums, shell-shape bon
bon dishes and china with graceful
curves, and designs. ' VIZ 'p'''A ;
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-03-02
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

joseph HattOA Discusses His Pleas
az 81 yntGpTlHSHt. 81
Pers,$thH Pr$sil{ ritS pf zriq's
humokfstf Gs.rSs-- AA...3sc,
"Do you recall what . pleasant, tan
ta1izing stntter~ Mark Twain has2 It Is
really not a SHUTTER, nor sfammer, but
Just q qFavl Snqn he$itftio9!, CaaFlss
Lambs was a real stutter. Lord Dun
.dreary's was q good .imita ton.
"The most captivating impeachment
was that of Mr.. Travers, of New York.
Why, Mr.. Travers.' said a lady, you
stammer more in New York than you
did in Baltimore sB-b-bigger place.
stammered Travers. "A chestnut YOU
say? Well, what Of it? There are
chestnuts and ,chestnuts. If you have
heard Mark Twain lecture, you know
with what effect he uses his little pc
culiarity of speech. The point that
broke the general litter into hearty
laugh when first he appeared in town
was concerning that very cold noun
tain in Fiji, where, he said, it is so cold
up there that people can't speak the
truth When the audience had done
smiling, he added: I know because I
have been there The wit of story
should be in the tail; American humor
has often the peculiar artfulness of a
double-hinged tail; and you get two
laughs instead Of one"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-03-02

been held back. 1t is underst God
that Mckinley will soon make them
public, however. and they are of such
a nature that they will force Congress
to act. 1t will be seen that this conpi-
Gated mess makes very threatening
outlook.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-03-02

1t is the verdict of every arrival
from the outside, who takes the
trouble to inform himself, that EIko
has more money per capita in actual
circulation than uny community Of
like size in the west.
The times., 1898-09-25
Better Days.

Better to smell the violets cool than to sip the
glowing wine;
Better to hark hidden brook than to watch a
diamond shine.
Better the love of gentle hearts than beauty's
favors proud;
Better the roses living seed than roses in
crowd.
Better to love in lonliness than bask in love
all the day;
Better the fountain in the heart than the foun.
tain by the way.
Better be fed by mothers hands than eat alone
at will;
Better to trust in God than say, my goods my
storehOuse hll
Better to be little wise than IN knowledge 10
abound;
Better to teach child to love than Al perfee-
tion's round.
Better sit at masters feet than thrill listen
ing state;
Better suspect that thou art proud than be sure
that thou great.
Better to walk in the realm unseen than watch
the hours event;
Better the ''well done at the last than the air
with shouting rent.
Better to have quiet grief than hurrying de-
light;
Better the twilight of the dawn than the noon
day burning bright.
Better a death when work is done than earth's
most favored birth;
Better child in Gods great house than King
George Macdonald
The times., 1898-09-25
The "Te1. and Tel. Company -


Aug. 70, IS9S.
THE poles of the Telephone and Telegraph
Company, of New England, thus Inscribed
saddened and gray the Summer sky,
Dim TO mine eyes the August shore;
The throbbing wire hangs dark and high
Before my door.
Quivering, it thrills the weight to bear
OF half thousand settling birds
That dip, and cling, and listening, hear
Strange, unknown words.
Impearled throat elusive wing
Oriole and swallow, gold and gray
Sparrow and robbin What the thing
That you would say9
Cuddling, they murmur each 10 each;
Tell me the mystery-fair or fell!
Translate the language and the speech:
''We tell! We tell!'
All, gentle whisperers, could We say
How long across our land shall flow
The blood-red river, hot today,
OF war and woe!
How long our heroes, writhing, lie
Scalded beneath tropic sun!
How long our women kneel 10 cry:
"God. Spare this one."
But close the birds upon the line,
Preserve their secret-ill or well;
Mocking they answer, scornful, fine:
''Might tell! Won't tell"'
All. harkl Loud calls the silent bell:
Articulate the electric fire;
What the birds knew, but did not tell,
Burns on the wire.
The word flies flashing far and near,
From eager heart to anxious home,
From trembling lip TO joyous ear:
''Oh Peace has comet
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward, in the Youths
Companion.
The times., 1898-09-25
Other New Rooks.

1.-THE Lust of Hate by Guy Boothby,
is the odd title of a romance of love and
revenge, whose scene ranges from South
Africa to England and back again. The
hero, robbed of valuable mine by his
mortal enemy, follows the enemy to Eng
land, determined to obtain revenge. He
there meets with sort of Mephistophe-
les. called DIR. Nikola, who agrees to give
him his hearts desire, and who is the
author of some mysterious and horrible
murders which have shocked all London
The murdered man in every one of these
cases has been found lying in the middle
of the street, evidently killed by the use
Of an anesthetic, and with the left eye
brow cut completely away. This DR.. Nj
kola is decidedly the most interesting
character ip the book, and the way in
which he is finally disposed of is unsat-
isfactory. He disappears as mysterious
ly as he has appeared, and we are not
told why he is going about killing people.
although it IL limited at that he is an
The times., 1898-09-25
The Women Who Wait.

He went to the war in the morning
The roll of the drums could be heard,
But he paused at the gate with his mother
For kiss and comforting word.
He was full Of the dreams and ambitions
That youth is so ready TO weave,
And proud Of the clank OF his saber
And the chevrons Of gold on his sleeve.
He came from the war in the evening
The meadows were sprinkled with snow,
The drums and the bugles were silent,
And the steps of the soldiers were slow
He was wrapped in the flag of his country
When they laid him away in the mold,
With the glittering stars OF captain
Replacing the ehevrons of gold
With the heroes who sleep on the hillside
He lies with the flag at his head,
But, blind with the years of her weeping,
His mother vet mourns for her dead.
The soldiers who fall in the battle
Nav feel but moment OF pain,
But the women who wait in the homesteads
Must dwell with the ghosts of the slain.
-Minna Irving, in Boston Pilot.
The times., 1898-09-25
ID Ij|IzaE11t|[11ll[l 3 1t|[11 1

'dout his hep, cause rs old. But dat amt
what hu'ts me. I dom keer muffin bout mysef
rs willin' to sta've ef ! could jes' sen fu dat
boy an bring him home SOS could nuss him.
OATS de reason rs a-'vestn dis money.
Solomon Ruggles fingered the bills nerVously.
s'You know when boys sick dey amt no.
bidy kin LAX his own mothah KIN, M she
nussed him when he a baby; he's pat o
huh, an she knows his natur. 70 mothah nVin I,
a'Yes; way down south-she's ve'y or."
al reckon some O. US OF folks does live too
long pas dey times"
''No. you don't; you couldn't. l wish to God
the world full of ies' such oil people as you
an my mothah is"
''Bless you, honey, / laks to hyeah you talk
dat way bout yo' nanny ] amt fred to trus
his mothah' The old rose to go. Rug
giles followed her to the door. He was trembling
with some emotion. He shook the investor warm.
ly by the hand as he bade her goodbye: i snaii
do the ve'y bes' l kin fu' you," he said.
Perhaps the most striking quality in
Mr.. Dunbar's work is the simplicity of its
effects. He seems to have the power OF
taking a hackneyed theme and getting a
new view of ii. One OF these stories is
woven about that old, old plot of two
young men planning duel for the sake
of honor" but the outcome is most un-
expected. Another Is the story, familiar
to the South, Of a bereaved father who
lAFeu III nuehlolioe VI Inc uoSS pSioiS '-''
war;" and that also is treated In new
way. There is a tale of q wooing by
proxy which was not, in the end, happy
for the go-between, and another OF
young colored preacher and his work
among the people of a shiftless little ne
gro settlement. There is no effort TO
teach a lesson in any of the stories;
facts are presented with gentleness, can
dor and accuracy, and the reader is left
to draw conclusions. To anyone, North
or South, who enjoys studies of negro
life, this book will be delightful. (New
York: Dodd, Mead & Coz
The times., 1898-09-25
The Oldest Song of All.

When life is youth and skies are glad,
And everything is young,
Oh, listen, lass and lad,
Unto the song that's sung,
When every sound you hears tune
That seems your heart to call,
When every gift Of Gods boon,
And loves the best OF all!
There's green around and blue above,
Wherever you are bound;
'Tis then that first you feel tits love
That makes the world so roundl
But when your world grows gray and sad,
When care the heart has wrung,
Oh, listen, listen, lass and lad,
Unto the song that's sung!
When smiles have turned to tears and signs,
When hands you clasped are cold,
And those whose love has been prize,
Are weary, worn and old,
If dear gift, the rest above,
Still by your side be found
IT'S then you know, indeed, it's love
That makes the world go round!
Clifton Bingham, in London Mail.
The times., 1898-09-25
The CoyvIells.

Not because OF their own music
As they tinkle down the lane,
But from memories interviewer
Would hear the bells again.
With their jingle. jingle, iangle
As up from woodland tangle
Bess and Moll come home.
Melody I've heard that's sweeter
Swelling from the thrushes' threats;
But there's country peace and quiet
Mingled in the ecwbells' notes,
With their jingle, jingle, jsngle,
As up from woodland tangie
Kate and Nell come home
Possibly because I'm weary
OF city's ceaseless strife,
That my heart swells out in longing
For the quiet rural life.
Where with jingle, jangle, jingle,
From lowland, dell and dingie
All the COWS come home.
Elizabeth d. Preston
The times., 1898-09-25
CURRENT VERSE.
Sentenher.

Purple asters here at lasti
And thistle seed a-blowing
And what is this in the blackbird's song?
The locSst pipe is shr.ll and long,
Over and over, past-past-
The summer days are goingp'
Stay, chattering squirrel! Why this fret
For hoard you're sure to gather?
Apd cunning spinner, why so soon
yhroud TO weave-a last cocoon?
The Aitter frost is far off yet,
Though summer days are going.
Perhaps (who knows?) to grass and fern
Comes bitter pang iii turning
From youth TO age. Perhaps the wood
Rebels against a faded hood,
And would escape if it could;
And that with wrath the sumacs burn,
When the summer days are goingl
Jane Marsh Parker, in the Outlook.
The times., 1898-09-25
A Ghost,

Love, will you let me in?
am knocking al the door.
Love, can / shelter win
Close beside you as OF yoTe?
OF my grave ! am aweary,
Narrow, narrow. dark and dreary;
Wildly from its clasp l few,
Love. Just 10 look at you.
! am so white and chill;
Love, Will you shrink away7
II you viii not kiss me still
Do not let me in, ] pray.
] have cross'd the mighty river;
Will you fear met Dc you shiver?
If your arms refuse TO WOO,
Death is more kind than you.
Love. IL you were ghost
And / were alive and warm
All, perhaps will not boast
] might shudder at your form;
might fee before the presence
OF an unembodied essence.
Hush! hush. ii is not true,
Love, / should know twas you.
-Longman's Magazine.
The times., 1898-09-25

The second issue in the American ex-
plorer series, of which Francis p. Har-
per is the publisher, will be Forty Years
Fur Trader on the Upper Missouri"
the personal narrative of Charles Lar
penteur, edited by DR.. Elliot Coues from
hitherto unknown manuscript. The
work will be In two volumes.
The times., 1898-09-25

to get up any emotion over the spectacle
of a straw baby dangling from q hook
in the wall The comment of most crit
ics on this latest work of Miss Corelli
VIII probably be that resigned remark
of Lincoln. that IL people like that sort
of thing. that is just the sort of thing
they like. philadelphia: ]. B. Lippin-
colt Company
The times., 1898-09-25

Which is the heavier, tin or aluminium? D
Does aluminium work easily? 3. What Is hy-
dEogen gas2 j. \ K
Tin, whose specific gravity is 72S to go
for aluminium. 2. Compared with tin, no.
3. The iightest substance known and one
Of the most plentiful IL is found in water
and all organic substances.
The times., 1898-09-25
LITERARY NOTES.

A dictionary of the proper names and
notable matters In the writings of Dante
has been compiled by Mr.. Paget Toynbee,
of Oxford, and will soon be issued by the
University Press.
The times., 1898-09-25

The National Library of Belgrade has
had a most unfortunate experience, which
indicates that either the inhabitants of
Belgrade are very hungry for knowledge
or that their honesty is a missing article.
A few years ago the institution possessed
10000 volumes, but the borrowers have
run off with all of them, and the libra
ry is now closed.
The times., 1898-09-25

Is it true that fresh water can be secured by
diving, or by any other means, under the level
OF the salt waters Of the Red Sea or Of the
Persian Cuff c. F. S.
1t seems not to be true. In fact, is be-
lieved by those who have studied the
Red Sea that the lower strata OF water
are more salty than the surface strata.
1t is the same way with the Persian
Gulf There may be springs Of fresh
water along the shores. but if so they are
local
The times., 1898-09-25

Among future Lark Classics will be
Kipling's Departmental Ditties." pub
lished in the same volume with The
Vampire" and other poems. The book
will be ready this month.
The times., 1898-09-25

The American edition of Henry James
book, In the Cage is to be brought out
in November.
The times., 1898-09-25

Which weighs the more, pound Of gold or .
pound OF feathers? % "a
A pound of feathers; 1t is weighed bv
9voirdupois weight, which has 1908 grains
to pound, while a pound of gold is
weighed by Troy weight, which has on
ly $3.50 grains TO a pound
The times., 1898-09-25

the next be7
The last leap year was 1896; the next
leap year will be 1904
The times., 1898-09-25

Did the United States Treasury issue % 20
gold piece about 1S4O? 2 What values Of stamps
are issued in connection with the Omaha Expo
sition. HKR
The United States began to coin two
dollar-and-a-half piece in 1895, under the
provisions of the act of April 5, 1892 This
piece. known as the quarter eagle. is still
coined 2 One cent, two cents, four, five,
eight, ten, fifty cents. and one and two
dollars.
The times., 1898-09-25
please give short biography Of Cen. shafter.

Please give short biography of Cen shaiter.
J. A c.
William r. Shafter was born in Mary
land, on October 16. 1885. He entered the
volunteer army on August q 1861. as first
lieutenant of the Seventh Michigan In
fantry; there he served just one year,
and on September 5, 1862, became major
of the Nineteenth Michigan He was
promoted colonel on June 5, 1868, and was
mustered out on April IS, 1864; the next
day he was made colonel of the Seven
teenth United States COlOred Infantry,
with which he was mustered out on No
vember 2. 1866 Meanwhile he had been
appointed lieutenant colonel of the For
ty-first Infantry of the regular army,
and on April Il. 1862 was transferred TO
the Twenty-fourth Infantry. On March
t. 1879 he was made colonel OF
the First Infantry, and remained in COM
mand of that regiment until promoted
brigadier general on May 3. 1891 He was
breyetted brigadier general Of volunteers
on March Is, 1865. and colonel in the reg
uIar army on March .. 1861. for gallantry
at the battle of Spottsylvania- Since the
civil war he has served in Indian cam
paigns on the Rio Grande, and in Texas,
New Mexico and Arizona He is now
brigadier general in the regular army
and major general of volunteers.
Please give the origin of these national songs:
''Hail, Columbia star spangled Banner"
''Dixie." Yankee Doodle Maryland Ny
Maryland" and Conquered Banner" J. r. F.
Hail Columbia" was written by Jo-
seph Hopkinson, in 1883. 10 be sung by
an actor at a Philadelphia theater on his
benefit The President was expected to
attend. and the actor wanted some nov
city A German musician named Fayler,
wrote or adapted the music. The Star
Spangled Banner was written by Fran
els Scott Key, while he was detained on
a British vessel off Baltimore. watching
the bombardment of Fort McHenry, Sep
tember u and 13 1874 When Mr. Key
came ashore after the bOmbardment he
showed the poem. which he had writ
ten on the back of a letter as he walked
the deck watching the bombardment, TO
his uncle, who had 1t printed and sung
The tune was composed either by Dr.
Samuel Arnold, an English composer, or
by John Stafford Smith. later English
composer. Dixie was written by Al
bert Pike. Yankee Doodle. like Top
sy, lest growed." 1t is probable that
the words were written by Dr. Shack
burg. a British army surgeon, In Albany.
about 1855. The tune is common to many
countries-to Hungary. TO England, 10
Germany, to Spain. > James r. Randall
| wrote Maryland. My Maryland"
The times., 1898-09-25

What are the different classes Of revenue stamps
OF the latest issue, and the denomination OF each
class? s
There are two kinds of internal rev.
enue stamps OF the present issue-docu-
mentary and proprietary. OF documents
airy stamps there are one cent, two cents,
three, four, five, ten. twenty-five, and
fifty cents, one, three five. ten. and fifty
dollars. OF proprietary stamps there are
one-eight cent, one-quarter cent three
eighths cent, five-eighth cent. one cent,
one and one-quarter cent, one and one
half cent (this stamp not issued yet), two
cents, two and one-half cents, four, and
five cents
The times., 1898-09-25

The Macmillans will publish History
of Philadelphia, by Agnes Repplier.
written along the same lines as Grace
Kings charming book about New Orleans
The times., 1898-09-25

The literary editor of the st. Louis
Globe Democrat, in commenting on the
new book by Mary e. Wilkins, Silence,
and Other Stories" takes occasion to
revive some of the old reproaches against
the Puritans. He says that the hard life
of the New England colonist impelled
him to treat the Indians as the Indians
treated him. Perhaps he did, but 1t Is
not recorded that he ever scalped, tor
tured or burned any of his Indian cap
tives, though doubtless they would some
times have preferred that treatment to
the spelling book and the plow handle.
Indian wars are not by any means con-
fined to New England AS for the perse-
cution of the witches, it is as we'll to re-
member that witches were hanged, tor
tured and burned in England a hundred
wears after the Puritan had repented in
dust and ashes over the brief madness of
the Salem persecution, and that there
were fewer victims of this craze, in pro-
portion to the population, than in Eng
land two generations later. The Salem
horror was an outgrowth OF bad SEED
from Old England, brought overseas,
and even when superstition and intoier>
ance were at their worst no man or wo-
man was ever burned at the stake in New
England. Finally, it is well to remember
that persecution and misunderstanding
do not, except in the case of unusually
pure and gentle natures, tend to sweeten
the disposition, but rather to develop
sternness and self-repression. The Puri-
tan was, on the whole, more just to 9TH
ers than others had been to him. but it
was only justice; he was not often i'm
PEELED by kindly feeling to do good to
his enemies. That is not characteristic of
human nature at any period of the world,
or in any country.
The times., 1898-09-25

Please inform me Of your knowledge of any
event in history, wherein the vanquished were
allowed free transportation 10 their country SIN
liar 10 the conditions granted BY the United
States Government to the Spanish troops VINO
surrendered at Santiago? Is il true that az the
close Of the War Of Independence the British SOL
diers were helped in some way % reach their
homes by the Government Of this country?
III
We know of no similar case. After the
Revolution the British and Hessian pris-
oners were supported while they were
taken 10 the ports whence they were TO
be shipped back to Great Britain, but
they were not shipped out as We havs
shipped Gen. ToraTs men
The times., 1898-09-25

Jane Austen is becoming fashionable in
France A translation or "Northanger
Abbey is coming out in the Revue
Blanche" and Emma" will probably fol-
low.