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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-10-03
Democratic
State Platform.

The Democrats Of Nevada1n Con-
en,IUn assembled declare as fol-
lows:
We endorse every line, word and
syllable OF the platform adopted by
the Democratic National Convention
at Chicago in 1896. with particular
emphasis upon the resolution advo.
eating the free and unlimited coinage
OF both gold and silver and withnnt
the aid or consent OF any ration on
the face Of the earth. w.
We glory in the achievements of
the Army and Navy, in the late war
with Spain and we commend the
Democratic congressman IN their
course upon the prosecution Of the
war. as patriotic, statesmaDlike and
compatible with the honor and dig.
nifty OF our nation.
We agt. q with Senator Teller. An
ardent Prot ecti61est. that the DINGHY
law was form ulated and PASSED. not
t,r protection OF A Amefiesp iI&oef, nor
for the purpose OF revenue Tor the
government, bEt exc. IsfveIy in tho in
terest Oi the LionopoIies and trusts,
which furnished tue corruption money
to carry ON the Mckinley campaig q,
We furthermore declare without
fear Of successful contradiction, that
any or all Of the provisions OF the i'm
famous law do not, directly or midi
rectly benefit. to the amount Of Tar :
thing one hundred actual residents
| of Nevada while the entire people of
the State are additionally taxed in
| increased prices Of the necessaries OF
| life to an amount more than sufficient
! to defra1 the entire expenses OF the
| State govel nment. And it is with
shame and humiliation that we point
| to the fact that this measure 40 dis
| tressfulto tile people Of Nevada was
| passed by the aid Of our Senators
without which it could never have
become q law.
| We demand Home Rule for the
people OF Nevada. Our National
! Government iDaugurated u bloody
and extensive war to insure Home
RUE Tor the Cubans, and yet the
Sovereign State OF Nevada has FOL
yesrs, and still is, under more abjecI
| servitude to the Southern Pacific
Ranroad Company, represented by
non. residents Of tn. State than were
ever the Cubans made subservieDt X
the Suauish Crown. We insist and de
r man6 thai our State shall be repre-
sented at Washington by actual resi-
deute OF Nevada, instead OF 10y met
whose sole interests 10 our Common
wealth consist in it's use TO them 10
Office seeking purposes ana whos'
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-10-03

S'"' contributions to the people Of
rh' Stat" are limited TO the money
or uptly used to secure their own
elections.
We recognize the Democratic rs
the only Silver party in the Nation,
and upon whose success in 1900 de-
Dends the reesta bli~hm ment of silver
to its former place in the monetary
system nf the Republic. We regard
all local political organizations, pro
Tossing % favor bimetalIis m. as not
only useless. but absolutely obstruct-
i've rs ne cause they pretend tb fos-
ter. The so called Silver party "
Nevada is especially detrimental to
the silver interest. Its State dmin-
istTatian III the last few years has
been replete with candals which are
It's continued existence is an insult
to the great Silver party OF the Ma
tiOh which in 1895 pnIled nearly six
millions OF Votes for the bi.metallic
couse, and it's deaf b would be mnnrn.
ed only by a few Office seekers who
have maintained It ~ the hope of be-
ing elected ~ positions which they
could not obtain from any other
party iii the State. 80 ..@ :.
Ne favor .the election of United
States Senator by the people in,
stead Of Legislatures. We b, ieve
that Nevada has suffered more from
the present cyst EN- than any other
State in the Union. and we most Earn
estly demand auch change M will, To
a partial Pxtehf. at ieast. prevent tht
CRIBS frauds and corruption as lIa,
and which Is now prevailing in orr
Senatorial elections. ..
TIE ''emOcrAtlc party OF Nevada j.
in favor of utilizing and deyeInpint
the natural resources OF the State:
We, therefore advocate policy a.
internal improvements 10y Which tb'
surplus water Of 0nr rivers may b.
imponnded IN reservoirs and used IL,
reci&imfhR and ifrigating the uhoc-
cupied agricultural lands Of the State
s,h opening the same to settlement
and cultivation, thereby inducing
inmigratiOB for the development "
the agricultural products Of the State
and increase Of onr population, and
we favor liberal Legislation, aud tie
appropriation Ok State funds for such
purposes.
We demand that our National Grv-
ernment hold possession Of the Phil
ippine Islands. 30 that the products
and trade OF these islands may be
brought to onf shores, as such pol
icy woul result in great profit and
commercial advantages to the Paci.
tic Coast.
We most earnestly advise the DEM
ocrats in every county in the Stat to
organize aud forU Comfy Central
Committees and to nominate full leg
islative tickets unpledGed upon the
mftter oi u. s. Senator aud to adopt
All means Of strengthening the De'h-
ooratic party which will in 1900 rep
resent the honest and sincere silver
element in the state.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-10-03
COLDS AND COUGHS.

Healthful exercise taken in modera-
tion, as walking. riding, wheeling or
gymnastics. Is useful means Of hold
ing in check the tendency to catarrh.
1t is always advisable chat children
Of marked catarina tendencies should
wear woolcn unGcrclothing varying
in thickness with he change Of the
seasons.
In regard to the treatment Of colds
prevention rather than cure should be
the motto. Ha-hing in cold water is
or. TO speak more accurately. in rem
dcring the body sufficiently hardy 70
withstand the effects Of chill: but In
this practice discretion must be OBJ
served.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-10-03

Hep is Wanted when the nerves
become weak and the appetite fails
Hoods Sarsaparllla gives help by
making the blood rich, pure and
nourishing. Got only Hoods.
HOODS PILLS are easy TO take
easy TO Operate. Cure indigestion
sick headache.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-10-03
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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-11
An Attack ON sevastopol.

From where l was stationed could
see the dense masses Of the attacking
columns advance up the slope. Then
the torrents of grape which met them
would obscure their ranks for mo
ment and hardly man would be seen
to remain. i at one time saw body of
men many hundreds strong SO complete
ly swept away by one discharge that
only few of the rear rank remained
when the iron storm went past The
dead and dying could be clearly distin-
guished lying in piles on the hillside
and over their PROSTATE bodies fresh
troops crowded on to meet the same
fate. Many manly heart and nervous
arm went down in the. deadly struggle
on that green hillside. No valor avail
ed. The lannon's force was greater than
the strength of man.
How many ardent hopes were extin-
guished How many home circles de-
stroyed and lives rendered miserable by
the havoc of that hour none can tell.
no more than they can imagine the
bodily agony or the grief for home and
friends which was there endured ! What
would be the value of what is called
glory" if weighed on the field of bat
tie among the dead?-Good Words.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-11
The trouble. of a propn.,.

How hit happen, Brudder Johnsing
dat yo' dun quit preachin down in Al
albany a'reddy2"
IVY, my oh'ch quit payin tenshun
to ennything say an dun shet off my
salary"
"Dey mus be mighty bad lot o. broth
erin an sisterin down dar. "
"No, dey hain't SO pow full bad, but
after l went to profsyin lost all man.
ner O. control o. the entire gang"
''Dat sop
Yaas, you see dun bin profsyin
bout whut comm to pass an whut
gwine to happen to all dem mean mig
gers whut wudden pay de preacher, an
collections wuz jest comm in fine twell
one day de sisterin ak me whut kind o.
weather we gwine to hab fur de possum
supper festiful, an I tell UNI hit sho
will be de fines sort, fer bekase wuz
mighty hongry an wanted de supper to
sho cum off. But, sub, hit rained an
sleeted an cum two er three skykoons,
an den seed my 'fuence wild my way
ard brudderin wuz sholy busted. De
salary collections tuck de drags, an no
matter how l exhausted my flock ner
how profsyed dey wuz sho fer de blaz-
in lake, dey jest sot dar an LATED at me
an wuddent pay me hurry red cent ner
gin me de turkey dinner, ner nuthin."
Atlanta Journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-11

"How can learn the rules of the
house?" asked newly elected Irish
member of the late Mr.. Parnell. by
breaking them, was the prompt reply
of the Irish leader, who, as is well
known, spoke from experience on the
point. But few members would care tc
adopt that heroic method of obtaining
the desired knowledge, and their task
in mastering the rules is rendered all
the more difficult by the curious fact
that many of these regulations are un-
written.
Some will be found in the standing
orders. or permanent rules; but those
that deal with etiquette and decorum
have not been officially recorded any
WHERE save in few quaint and obso-
lete regulations to be found in the old
issues of the journals of the house or in
the minutes of proceedings taken by
the clerk and published daily during
the session.
For instance, strange rule for the
guidance of the speaker is set down I'M
der the 18th of February, 1920, "The
speaker not to move his hat until the
third congee. - Propriety of carriage in
leaving the chamber is thus enforced,
"Those who go out of the house in a
confused manner before the speaker to
forfeit 10 shillings" This rule is dated
the 18th of November, 1910. Again we
find that on the 23d of March, 1898,
it was ordered, ''No member to take
tobacco into the gallery or to the table
sitting at committees. Nineteenth
Century.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-11

Catching at the strangers coattail be
murmured in deprecating tone could
you give me a little assistance sir?"
The stranger turned and looked him
over His eyes were bloodshot his
clothes dirty his whole appearance de-
cided the worse for wear.
"What do you want?" was the reply
to the tramp.
"a job after l get square meal, !"
said the tramp.
what can you do?' asked the stran-
ger.
81 can keep books, sell goods, drive
. delivery wagon, compound prescrip-
tions, set type and do farm work. F"
The stranger scribbled few words
on card, handed the tramp 81 and
said: "Take this card to this address,
and think it will get you work. Take
that dollar, get bath, shave, hair
cut, something to eat and a drink of
whisky. That will brace you to meet my
friend. So longi"
There's just one thing more" said
the tramp Chow do you happen to
give me just 81 and all these directions
with itP'
Because I got 81 from man on this
very corner about ten years ago" said
the stranger, Just as you are getting
it from me. and I'm passing up his ad-
vice and his money just for luck. p
Chicago Chronicle.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-11
entertaining the Copper.


It was a bitter cold night, and a
night policeman in Lombard street no.
ticed light in the bank window, and,
going to the door, raped.
lis that you. policeman" asked q
voice from within.
"YeS' was the reply.
"Oome in and have q drink, said
the voice.
The policeman stepped inside and en-
countered dapper little fellow sitting
at desk.
''I've been detained tonight straight
ening up accounts.
The policeman warmed himself at
the rousing fire that blazed on the
hearth and went out again on his beat.
An hour after the policeman came that
way and, still seeing the light through
the window, raped again.
lis that you. policeman"
Yes
Come in and warm yourself.
The policeman accepted the invita-
ton.
''It's bowling cold night" said the
clerk.
YOU'RE right, sir. said the police
man.
So he got another drink and returned
to his beat. He was rather surprised
next day to find that his friend of the
night before had got off with some $50,
900 of the banks funds. London Sue
ROSS
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-11

Comfort in travelling is an important
consideration, and the newest idea for
journey is one worth regarding. Dodg-
ing railroad cinders and dust is some
thing not to be thought Of. When a
thoroughly clean railroad trip is posi-
BILE, the millennium will have arrived,
and this period is still, according to all
beliefs long distance off. But. owing
to simple thought Of practical man,
the traveller can now protect his or her
hat, which was out Of the question be-
fore.
A humble paper bag, obtained from
the nearest grocer, is the god of the ma
chine. This is folded compactly and
slowed away in the pocket Gin the hand
bag or purse if the traveller is woman
and is pooketless). Before the cars start
the bag is opened, the hat placed there
in, the bag pinned across its mouth and
the whole laid in the rack. Thereafter,
until the destination is all but reached,
the traveller need have no thought Of
his headgear, for no dust or cinders can
reach 1t. 1t will be found in the best of
condition upon opening. So simple is
this device that it is wonder it was
never thought of before.-New York
Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-11

Any one who has visited Canada real
ICES the difference between Yankee
hustling and the easy going way they
do things up there. II should love to
go visiting in Canada, says a tired
wanderer, "if the people there ever
went to bed "They never go to bed,
and they never get up" commented q
Hibernian who had been there.
Something must be wrong with the
old axiom of how to be healthy, wealthy
and wise, for the first at least these
Canadians are, and they rarely go to
bed much before midnight, nor break
fast much before o'clock. 1t is an old
country custom handed down and COM
fortably enjoyed. The $3.50 p. m. bed
time Of American domesticity is there
unknown, and the 7:30 breakfast be-
longs solely to the lowest laboring
classes.
ooh, yes, feel splendid this morn
ing. 1 got to bed early and had a good
sleep" said young man, who had
been complaining of WEAKNESS and lack
of rest. "What time did you retire?
asked the inquisitive American. ooh,
real early was the reply. "Soon after
the clock had struck ~. Troy Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-11

At dusk in the wilds of the gloomy
Brazilian forest you will think IL
strange to hear the clink of a hammer
on an anvil You would imagine that
you were approaching some settlement,
and the picture of the rudy glow of
the forge would come up before your
eyes.
But If your guide were native. he
would tell you that the sound was made
by campanero, as they call it, al
though to foreigners it is known as the
anvil bird.
This bird is little larger than .
thrush. The plumage is perfectly white,
the eyes are pale gray color, and the
naked throat and skin around tho eyes
are of fine bright green, while its
more northerly relative is orange and
black, very much like our oriole.
1t is generally in the early part Of the
day that the campanero sends forth the
wonderful note that can be heard at a
distance of three miles. Marvellous in
deed must be the mechanism of the vo-
cal organs of SO small bird to produce
so farreaching a note, but there is no
doubt Of the fact, for many travellers
have heard the strange sound uttered
by the bird when perched on the top
most branch Of some withered tree. -
Our Animal Friends.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-11

One day topthless lion, whose mus
cles were unstrung by age, lay in a
shady place by the streamlet SIDE
He set up dismal groaning, which
soon drew a crowd of hyenas around
him.
"What is the matter2" they asked.
He explained to them that the days
of his kingship were over, and with
tears pouring down his face protested
that he was unable to defend himself
against even the weakest of his enemies.
On learning this the hypocritical
sympathy before shown by the hyenas
changed at once to open malice. They
threw themselves upon the PROSTATE
monarch and worried him with their
teeth.
Inside of five minutes they all lay
rigid in death.
"Golly," chuokled the lion, ''I'm
glad took the precaution to dust my
hide with strychnine before tested the
kindness of these good friends A fell
low learns something by having been
in politics.
So saying he calmly went to Sleep
Criterion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-11
THE NAMING OF JOHN BULL
DR.. ArbuthnOt Was the Man Who
Thxs Dubbed Great Britain.

DIR. ArbuthnOt Was the Man Who
Thas Dubbed Great Britain.
DR.. John Arbuthnot, one of the many
royal physicians to whom the Scotch
city of Aberdeen has given birth, was
the author of John Bulls being. AL
most forgotten now by all but the
erudite, who remember him as the init
mate of Pope and Swift, Arbuthnot
ohristened the British nation in bulk as
John Bull in the political strife Incl
dental to the dismissal of the Wing
ministry of ITO, when the able and
Rvaricious Marlborough saw the begin
ming Of the decline of his brilliant for
tunes
1.-THE History of John Bull" was q
satire on the political events preceding
the treaty of Utrecht in 1918, written
by Arbuthnot. In 1904 he had been Gre
Rted physician extraordinary to the
queen in recognition of his services in
saving the life of Anne's husband,
Prince George of Denmark. He had be-
come the queens medical attendant.
position of no mean Importance at a
time when so much depended on the
succession to the crown, and he was
closely in touch with court life.
"For the better understanding Of the
following history the reader ought to
know that Bull in the main was an
honest, plain dealing fellow, oholerio,
bold and of a very ineonstant temper
He dreaded not old Lewis, either at
baoksword, single falohion or cudgel
play, but then he was very apt to quar-
rel with his best friends, especially If
they pretended to govern him. If you
fattered him, you might lead him like
a child. Johns temper depended very
much ON the air; his spirits rose and fell
with his weather glass.
"John was quick and understood his
business very we'll, but no man alive
was more careless in looking into his
accounts or more cheated by partners.
New York Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-11

A Chicago politician-a veteran in
the ranks-was recently accused by a
former henchman Of having offered him
a bride of $500 to do a job for him.
The willy "seoond fiddle" kept the $500
and afterward brought 1t in evidence
against his former chief. While the
scandal was being blown about town an
acquaintance of the accused met him
one day and slapping him good natured-
ly on the back said chafingly:
"Well, John, SO you were going to
drop $500 in Bills way, were your
The politician oolored, or, to speak ac-
curately. his already horid complexion
took on purple tinge. as he said by
way of explaining his agitation (his
original language is revised):
"Now. don't give hang for the
talk about bribing him. That ain t
nothing. But it hurts my reputation to
have my friends think was such a
clam as to give that heller $500 when
I could have bought him with ham p
New York Commercial Advertiser.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-11
A soot.man VINO Ruled Russia.

Although not generally known, 1t is
a matter Of history that an alien, a
Scotsman, once held the reins of gov
eminent in Russia, and to him that
country owes her civilization, govern
ment and present position among the
nations Patrick Gordon was born in
Auchleuohries, Aberdeenshire, March
81, 1885, His father was of the Haddo
branch of the Gordons, and his mother
was an Ogilvie. He went to seek his
fortune in Russia and became a soldier
Of great bravery in the Russian army
in the time of Alexis I and had now
attained the rank of colonel By his
bravery and success he gained the love
Of the army and the esteem of the whole
nation and had under his control IL, 900
newly formed soldiery, who were un-
der foreign officers in the town Of Mos
COW. Gordon himself had the czar's
command not to leave the capital, but
his authority extended over all provinces
except those in which the southern army
were engaged under General Shein, yet
the latter had express orders from the
czar not to undertake anything Of mo
ment with General Gordon's advice
Scottish American.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-11
Useful siwash Dogs.

If you are going to prospect in Alaska
and expect to travel much, pair of
good "Siwash" dogs are very essential
almost indispensable. These dogs
greatly differ from our domesticated
dogs, taking to the harness like duck
to water. They do not bark at stran-
gers. They are kind and affectionate,
showing the wolf in them only among
their kind It seems to be against their
principles to get off the trail to let an
other team pass.
This means fight, an exciting cpl
sode If the teams number five or six
dogs each In an instant the widest
confusion takes place. Dogs, harness
and each driver with club in his hand
form one grand tumble from which or
der can only be restored by some of the
dogs being knocked senseless. The dogs
are trained to tgee" and ''haw," like
an OK and stop at the word whoa I"
"Mush" is the word used generally by
the whites to indicate go ahead, per-
version of the Indian word "husoh. !"
The dogs prefer their master, but if
lent for use they work as faithfully as
for their master. San Francisco Ohron-
inla
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-11
Both EYES to Business.

He was typical street gamin, with
a blacking kit slung over his shoulder,
and as he walked boldly into the store
Of Wabash avenue optician his head
scarcely reached the top of the counter
.'Say," he asked of an elderly gen.
tleman at the desk, "are youse de guy
wot runs dis jointP'
81 am the proprietor" was the re-
ply. "What can do for you, my boyP"
Den I've got one O. dem resserpros-
ity propositions ter shy at youse, said
the urohin. Gimme one o. yer chairs
an let me open up shoe shinery in
front O. yer winder, see?'
"Not exactly" replied the optician.
II fail to see what benefit would de-
rive from such an arrangement.
"Well, it's like dis, answered the
youthful schemer, Eyer see, puts SIGH
a dazzlin shine on me customers kicks
dat it ruins dere eyes, an dey'll haf ter
come In and buy specks O. youse.
Saveyp"-Chioago News.