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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-02-09
SNAKES PICKED. THE HOPS.
Why an Indiana Farmer No Longer
PayGfH1Fed Men.

Why an Indiana Farmer No Longer
PRyStHIfed Men.
The most remarkable STORY which
has recently found its way into print
comes from Versailles, Ind, a y the
Atlanta Constitution! In 1896 the hop
growers of that neighborhood, accord
ing to the story which:is now goingthe
rounds, had some difficulty over the
question Of what amount of hire should
be paid to laborers for picking hops.
AS a general proposition the matter is
still"unsettled except by one hop grow
er, Mr.. Jacob Presley, who resides in a
district known as Deer Lick Bottoms.
He did not hire any pickers at al this
year, and yet his hops are all picked and
cured. Toexplaini this mystery, it seems
that Mr.. PRESLEY during the year previ-
had noticed two yellow snakes. His
first impulse was to kill them, but their
actions were so odd that he stopped to
watch them. The snakes would climb
the hop poles and pick every blossom,
throwing them upon. the ground. Then
they would extract q certain amounto of
hop from the stalk and pass on to the
next one. This set Mr.. Presley think
ing if the snakes could not be utilized
instead of men and women. In tn.
spring of 1896 he found a nest of 13 yc!
low snakes down by the creek. and,
capturing them alive, he took them
home. In the fail he tried them on the
hop fields while the men were absent.
and with such success that he deter
mined to use them this year. Accord
ingly he hired no hands, to the great
surprise of his neighbors. Instead he
turned the snakes loose, putting $50
baskets on the ground to catch the hops
as they fell. The experiment was &
great success, but Mr.. PRESLEY has in
Cured the deadly ermity CT the Lor
pickers' union, the president OF which,
Bob" Habernut, promises to put r
boycott on Press,ey's snake picked
hops this winter. OF course it is bare
ly possible that the author Of this stor"
may have been under the. influence of
hops at the time" writing it.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-02-09
MESSAGE IN SHARKS STOMACH.
Captain of nm English Man-Of-War
Makes a Queer Fluid.

Captain of nm English Man-of-War
Makes a Queer Fluid.
While strolling along the shores of
the Delaware bay near Fishing creek
five years ago, says the Philadelphia
Record, Miss Beulah Bate and three
young women companions wrote their
names and addresses on four slips of
paper, sealed them in as many bottles
and cast them far out into the bay. For
days and weeks they watched and
waited for tidings of the bottles, but
none came, and they had almost forgot
ten the incident. A day or two ago Miss
bate received a long letter from the cap
tain of an English man-of-war stating
that while coasting along the coast of
England one of the seamen fell over
board and narrowly escaped being de-
roured by a huge shark. After haul
ing the man aboard the sailors secured
he shark and found in its stomach the
bottle containing Miss Bates message.
Miss Bate is now a student at the state
normal school at Trenton and has be-
come quite a heroine among the more
romantic of her classmates.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-02-09
Too High ms Compared with Advnn-
tngcs Secured.

tnges Secured.
Germany n scarcely be considered
as successful in her efforts to secure
fame as a colonizing power, says the
New York Tribune. The estimated cost
of colonies for the coming year is fixed,
according to the imperial budget, at
$2,O00,000, in return for which she is
able to point to 1903 colonists, all told,
of"which number half are soldiers and
officials. With regard to the trade,
Germany's exports to her colonies do
not amount TO $500, 900 per annum, SO
that from n business point Of yieyVthe
u~ndert0kirr can scarcely be considered
MS n profitable one. 1t is evident that
the fault lies with the German govern
ment rather than with The German
merchants. The latter thrive and pros
per to o phenomenal degree in the
United States, and in all those English
colonies where initiative, enterprise and
commerce ore not submitted to all the
vexatious and hampering restrictions
that.seem to be inherent to Germany's
notions of colonial administration.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-02-09
JOINT STATEMENT
IF AUDIEoHsANP EttEAsUHEK
OF ELKO COUNTY.

IF AUDIT0HSANp. EtsEAsUKER
OF ELKO COUNTY.
For the Quarter Finding Dec.
~ a., 1897
TATR OF NEVADA,
County Of Elko.A O.. .'..sr
AUDITORS oEFICE-
rothe Honorable Board OF County Commis
siohers Of Elko County, Nevada.
9~ENSLBGRN: We herewith submttour Quar-
-Srly Report or the Finances Of the County
TOR Gthe quarter ending Dec. 81 1897.
Respectfully submitted: Hr
C. A. WATKINS
>',!I -. Auditor.
J. A. MCBRIDE,
f.. Treasurer. peg.
: RECEIPTS FROM ALL SOURCES
Bal in treasury Dec. 81 81. Sl4,5l9 81
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-08-09
could be maintained?

could be maintained?
1t seems to us that Mr.. Crosby begs
the question in his talks. He says
that the operations of single tax will
set things right just because they will.
Our present system of taxation, es-
pecially that of Ohio, doubtless needs
trimming but the people will be 10th
to resort to such radical change as is
suggested by the single tax man.
The right to own piece of ground
may be God-given, just idea, but we
fail to see how the single tax will
bring the rich and the poor closer than
they now are, or how only by con-
stant and hard scratching-keeping
everlastingly at it, we may continue
to eat and have roof over our heads
Utopia will not be with us until
noon of the millennium, and only ef-
fort by expense of brain or Drawn will
allow us to at present enjoy piece OF
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-08-09
Village improvement Associatio
THE VALUE OF BARNARD MA
NURE.

A year ago the Ohio Experiment
Station began comparative test be-
tween COW manure, taken directly from
the stable to the field in the spring,
and manure of the same sort which
had been allowed to lie in the open
yard during the winter. The plan of
the experiment is to apply both kinds
of manure to land intended for corn,
follow the corn with wheat and clover.
without any further manuring. Four
duplicate plots are treated with each
kind of manure, applied at the rate of
eight tons per acre, the treatment for
each paid of plots being exactly alike
in all other respects. The result thus
far is that corn of 1897 gave an in
crease of thirteen bushels per acre
from the stall manure, and the wheat
crop following has given an increase
of ten bushels per acre for the yard
manure. Valuing the corn at thirty
three cents, and the wheat at eighty
cents per bushel and the straw and
stover at three dollars per ton, the in
crease from the yard manure in the
two crops has amounted to fifteen dol
lars per acre and that from the stall
manure to seventeen dollars, an aver
age of two dollars per ton for the ma
nure, with further effect probable on
succeeding crops.
The experiment is not yet quite fair
to the stall manure, because the latter
has been taken from bulls which had
but little grain, whereas the yard ma
nure was from COWS that had been
much more literally fed.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-08-09
ANNIVERSARY.

The seventy-fourth anniversary of
the Marietta Baptist Association will
be held with the Little Muskingum
church August 2S. "a and 25. Persons
coming by boat will get off at Reno,
four miles above Marietta, where con-
veyances will be provided to take
them to the. church. Those who
come by rail TO Marietta will also take
the boat to Reno. All messengers and
visitors are requested to send their
names to ]. B. Beach, Netop, Wash
ington county. o., the week before the
Association meets.
A. X. M'CALL, Pastor.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-08-09
WHAT HE DRANK.

Mr.. Bartender" said Speeler, give
me glass of water"
What? W-a-t-e-r?"
Eyes, water. It's new drink to me
boys, I'll admit, and it's scarce art
icle around here, l expect But let me
tell you about it. A few days ago a
party of us went fishin'. We took a
fine share Of whiskey along and had
a jolly good time. Along toward
evenin' l got powerful drunk, and
crawled off under tree and went to
sleep. The boys drank up all the
Whiskey and came back to town.
They thought it good joke cause
they left me out there drunk, and told
1T around the town with big laugh.
My son got hold of the report and told
it at home. lay under that tree all
night, and when / woke in the mornin'
my wife sot right there side of me.
She said nothin' when / woke up but
turned her head away and could see
she was cryin'. 4 wish 1 had suthin'
to drink, says l. Then she took cup
wot she fetched with her, and went to
a spring that was near and fotched it
full.
Jest as she was handin' 1t to me
she leant over to hide her eyes, and
saw a tear drop into the cup. l took
and drank, and raisin' my hands to
heaven l vowed, God helpin' me, I'd
never drink my wife's tears again. as
had been doin' for the last twenty
years, and that was goin' to stop.
You boys know who it was that left
me. You wass all in the gang. Give
me another glass of water, Mr.. Bar
keeper. Rams Horn.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-08-09
CARD OF THANKS.
Marietta. O.. An.

Marietta, o., Aug. 8, SO.
The committee having in charge the
/. o. o. F. Wildey Picnic, held in this
city Thursday, Aug. 4th, hereby tender
their sincere thanks for the aid and
assistance furnished them by the City
Council, Mayor, Police Force, Fire
Department, railroads and steamboats,,
in fact, any and all that in any way
contributed toward making it sue
cess. GEO. sTORCK, Chairman.
H. SCHUFF, Secretary.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-08-09

blue" and their girl companions who
daily climb the hill would not be will
ing to form themselves into an annex
to the Village Improvement Associa-
ton and care for the stretch from
Fourth TO the top OF the hill?
An experiment in the way of orna.
mental shrubs might be tried, shrubs
which would crafty the taste, not
only in Towering time, but which, by
reason of graceful form and beautiful
foliage or berries, hold their own thro'
many months. Wnen they have laid
aside their summer beauty, the spirit
of winter would sometimes be very
glad to decorate them with snow flakes
and frost gems.
ppESC NONMTTTEN
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-08-09
SERIOUSLY BURNT.

Mrs. Phil Bachman Receives Painfu,
Injuries From Gas Explosion.
Sunday evening about six O'Clock as
Mrs. Phil. Bachman was lighting the
gas in the kitchen stove preparatory
to getting supper, the gas unexpected
ly exploded and she received painful
burns about the left hand and arm.
She had lighted the gas, but for
some unknown cause it went out, and
she was in the act of again lighting il
when the explosion occurred. She re-
ceived very painful burns, but med
ical aid was Immediately summoned
and she was relieved as much as DOS
sible of the pain.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-08-09
"Wanted.n

Wanted. wife who can handle broom
To brush down the cobwebs and sweep up the
room,
To make decent bread that fellow can eat,
Not that horrible compound you every day
meet.
A woman who cooks, washes, irons and
stitches,
And sews up the rips in fellows old
"britches." -Saxby.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-08-09

The "Iterator," product of the
printery of Messrs. Frost and Mills,
Second street, finds its way to our
desk, and it has in it much that is fit
to print-though not great deal of
news. May it thrive and enjoy much
usefulness!
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-08-09
County Ticket.

VUUnty IIVktt'
For Sheriff
JOHN S. McCALLISTER, OF Marietta.
ORLANDO TKoTTER, OF Palmer.
For Commissioner
HENRY STRECKER, of Marietta.
For Surveyor
LEVI BARTLETT. OF Muskingum
For Infrmary Director
WILLIAM CRANSTON, of Liberty.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-08-09

We will consider It great favor II
subscribersl Will report any failure
70 get their Leader, or any careless
moss on the part Of the carrier
Subscribers Will please not pay
the carriers unless the carrier
punches his credit tag In subscrIo-
0r's presence.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-08-09
Local ne VS. on first page.

Umbrellas, which have taken a fest
for the past few days were again put
into use Monday.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-08-09

The Philadelphia Record remarks
that the Irish soldiers of the army
should be given at least one shot at
Port O'Rico.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-08-09
Judicial Ticket

For Judge of the Circuit Court OF the Fourth
Judicial District.
THOMAS CHERRINGTON.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-08-09

Hostilities have ceased in Cuba, yet
the Maine is being remembered by
licking revenue stamps.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-08-09
TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1898
REPUBLICAN TICKET.

For Secretary Of State
CHARLES KINNEY.
For Judge OF Supreme Court
WILLIAM T. SPEAR.
For Clerk OF Supreme Court
JOSIAH B. ALLEN.
For Food and Dairy Commissioner
JOSEPH E. BLACKBURN.
For Member Board OF Public Works
w. u. JOHNSON.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-08-09
Congressional Ticket.

For Member of Congress Fifteenth Distric,
II. G. VAN VUORH1S.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-08-09

Before the battles at Manila and
Santiago many foreign naval experts
thought that from the lack of hom-
ogenous nationality among the en-
listed men in our navy there would be
missing, when fight came, that spirit
of unauimity-"team work" they call
it on the football field-which is es-
sential to true courage and victory.
That they were mistaken is clear, for
the striking feature of the battles has
been the courage and fearlessness of
the men under fire. This is we'll
shown by the way in which nearly all
the men of SIMPSONS feet volun-
teered to go on the Merrimac with
Hobson to almost certain death.
Constantly recurring victories has
naturally brought about a great deal
Of enthusiasm among our fighters.
DR.. John S. Crosby, the single tax
orator, delivered his final lecture on
his favorite subject Sunday evening
at the Auditorium.
There was fairly good audience
assembled, and those who went were
treated to an interesting discussion of
subject that has in it not a little of
fascination.
Mr.. Crosby possesses the elements
that go to make an orator-a splendid
presence, voice of great beauty and
power, and infinite grace-but as for
his subject, we are impressed with the
idea that he is endeavoring to over
take delightful phantom--a will-o-
the-wisp. He claims that the plan of
the single tax will do just about every
thing that will conduce to the pleasure
and happiness of mankind.
1t seemed to us, as we listened to his
alluring assumptions, that he seemed
to forget that though all men are cre-
ated equal, that they are bound to find
themselves afoat in such stratum of
happiness and ease of condition as
their ability and energy entitle them.
He Jailed to make clear to US how the
possession of land, which must of
course be of good, bad and Indifferent
quality, can justify and even up mems
conditions.
The lecturer said that men by the
single ia operation would never be-
come land poor'-that all that was
unproductive of good return would
be abandoned-then how would the
man who squats on the abandoned
land make it productive?
Everything in real estate that is
good now for the owner must out of |
business sense be held by him under |
single ax,and that which would be cut |
OF would do no one good.
The rich man and his great product
i've improvements would not be taxed. |
except on his land. Much-an almost |
infinite amount, would thus under sin
gle tax come of the duplicate. Would |
not this throw a heavier burden on |
the many middle class land own
ers by increasing their taxes so that
the funds required by the government
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-05-06
STATE NEWS.

$50. H--...LH aaBEH." N-.
Bottineau has seventy-6ve or a humid
red volunteers it wants to enroll.
Major Britton. of the Bottineau
Courant had a severe hemorrhage OF the
lungs.
Property valued at $4,000 was de-
stroyed or the Folsom farm near San
born.
DR.. F. D. Pease of Wahpeton was
made happy Tuesday night by a tele-
gram stating that the governor had APP
pointed him surgeon, with rank of
major, of the first regiment of North
Dakota volunteers.
There's a funny how-de.do at Dray-
ton. Most Of the officers elected at the
last election failed to qualify in the pre-
scribed time. Among them is mayor
elect; police and city justices and two
aldermen. The city council declared
the offices vacant and will call a special
election.
DR.. Swanson of Devils Lake applied
for a position as army surgeon, and re-
ceived word that there were 1,6OO APP
plicants for a total of twenty five posi-
tions, and that all who desired to COM
pete must pay their own expenses to
New York to take an examination. Not.
withstanding all these Heterogeneous,
Swanson is going.
George Prentiss, a Dickinson Klon-
diker, writes the Recorder that Murphy
the Dickinson man who was caught in
the big slide on the Chilcoot Summit a
few weeks since, and where so many
lives were lost, is in bad shape. He was
buried in four feet of wet snow and after
finding him it took four hours to bring
him to. His chances of recovery are re-
ported slight as he has an attack of
pneumonia and congestion of the lungs.
For Sale.
My Lake Ethel ranch in Mclean
county, N. D.; will sell everything, in.
Guiding. the necessary machinery for
running a first class ranch; 100 tons of
hay, etc. Buildings are all in good CON
dition. large and roomy; barn will &C.
commodate $50 head Of stock; water in
barn, good pump and tank. I also have
30 head of stock which I will sell il
desired. j. A. MERRY,
Ethel, Mclean county, N. d.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-05-06
$50 p. m.-OfHcers' call.
2:8O p. m.-Battallion drill.
4:3O p. m.-Recall from drill.
$50 p. m.-Dress parade.
6:3O p. m.-Supper.
8 p. m.-Tattoo.
p. m.-Taps.
Bears til. The Kind You Have Always Bought
''F' e &MzNzZm
Supreme Court Advises District Courts
to Look After Divorce Residences.
MUST GAIN RESIDENCE

Supreme Court Advises District Courts
to Look After Divorce Residences.
The supreme court Friday handed
down a decision in the appealed divorce
case of Charles L. Smith Va. Malvina w.
Smith, reversing the lower court of
Stutsman county and Diminishing the
case. This is the first divorce case that
has been appealed on the ground that
the plaintiff in the action had not
secured a bona fde residence in the
state, and may put a check on the
wholesale divorce business in the state,
as the court held that the term resi-
dence must be construed to mean domi-
cile in divorce cases, and district courts
were advised to look carefully into the
matter of residence where parties from
other states established legal residences
here for the purpose of taking advantage
of the divorce laws, and particularly
where the application is made on a
ground which is not permitted in their
home states. The evidence in the case
tried shows that Smith had been in the
state only seven days when he took up
a residence here, and had at no time
lived in the state, and it was also shown
in the deposition of one of his witnesses
that he cam to the state for the express
purpose of taking advantage of it's d.
vorce laws. Upon this showing, the
supreme court holds that the district
court had never acquired jurisdiction
over the case, and it must be dismissed.
Especial interest attaches to this case
from the personality of the plaintiff,
who is a clerk in the treasury depart
ment at Washington, where he has been
employed since 1871. Smith served in
the civil war and has the reputation of
having been the worst shot man in that
war who survived his injuries. Doctors
all over the country have united in pro-
%nouncing his case a wonderful one, he
having received five or six ordinarily
fatal wounds at Gettysburg, after which
he lay out on the battlefield for three
days and nights, and finally red,
practically without medical attendance,
as the doctors gave him up to die.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-05-06
THE DREADED
CONSUMPTION

T. A. Slocum, M. c., the Great Chem
list and Scientist, Will Send Free,
to the Afflicted, Three Bottles OF
His Newly Discovered Remedies to
/, Cure Consumption and All Lung
Troubles.
Nothing could be fairer, more philan-
thropic or carry more Joy to the afflicted,
than the offer of T. A. Slocum, NJ. c..
of 1873 Pearl street, New York City.
Confident that he has discovered an
absolute cure for consumption and all
pulmonary complaints, and to make it's
great merits known, he will send, free,
three bottles of medicine, to any reader
of the Bismarck TRIBUNE who is suffer
ing from chest, bronchial, throat and
lung troubles or consumption.
Already this "new scientific course of
medicine has permanently cured thou
sands Of apparently hopeless cases.
The doctor considers it his religious
duty-a duty which he owes to human
ity-to donate his infallible cure.
Offered freely, is enough to commend
it, and so is the perfect confidence
of the great chemist making the propo-
sition.
He has proved the dreaded consump-
ton to be a durable disease beyond any
loubt.
There will be no mistake in sending
the mistake will be in overlooking the
generous invitation. He has on file in
his American and European laboratories
testimonials of experience from those
cured, in all parts of.the world.
Don't delay until it is too late. Ad.
dress T. A. Slocum, NJ. G., SO Pine
street, New York, and when writing the
doctor, please give express and postofice
address, and mention reading this article
in the Bismarck TRIBUNE
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-05-06
Sheriff Notice of Tax Sale-Personal
Property.

State Of North Dakota..County Of Bqrleigh,ss
Notice Is hereby given, that /. r. @. Taylor. as
the sheriff Of the county Of BurlelIgh, State Of
North Dakota, did on the Srd day Of May,
section sixty (eeo) Of chapter one hundred twenty y 4
year 1851, seize and take into my possession the
following described personal pprro ,l,e,1ty to,w II;
wagon, two hundred t2OO) bushels of wheat.
The same being the property OF one CYRUS
Dreamer, of Burleigh county, state of North
Dakota. That said seizure was MADE ,de, to qo satisfy
with the interest and penalty due thereon from
said Cyrus Creamert to said county, OF Burleigh.
And that shall on Tuesday the. 18th day Of May,
1895, at the hour Of 2 o'clock. p: M. 9, at the
ranch of the aforesaid Cyrus Dreamer. In said
county and state proceed to sell the aboye de:
scribed personal property, to satisfy the Her, St
Cyrus Dreamer f0fisaid. delinquent taxes as fol
lows. to-wit: 1891, s. .so; interest y II cents; ,Ipl, eh1a! ny
accruing costs Of seizure and sale. at public
auction, to the highest bidder for cash.
E. C. TAYLOR.
Sheriff Of said county
Dated at LoganTwp. this 3rd day OF May, lSvo.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-05-06

Summons.
First publication April q, 1881
CTATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, COUNTY OF
- Billings. IS. In district court, Sixth ju-
dicial district.
MARY j. WILLIAMSON
Plaintiff,
VS.. ummOn
JUDSON C. WILLIAMSON,
Defendant.
The state of North Dakota to the above m
defendant.
You. Judson G. Williamson. are hereby sum
mOned to answer the complaint In this action,
and to serve a copy of your answer upon the sub.
scrlber within thirty days after the service OF
this summons upon you, exclusive of the day OF
or answer Judgment will be taken against you
by default for the relief demanded In the
complaint.
L. A. SIMPSON,
Plaintiffs Attorney, Dickinson, NJ
To Judson G. Williamson, the above. named
defendant; You are hereby notified that a tas
summons and complaint in this action was ltled
in the office of the clerk of said court. at Medora,
North Dakota on the Goth dayof April. A:D. 1898
LA. SIMPSON,.
Attorney for Plaintiff.