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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-06-17

by turning up alive after he had been
reported dead as an April fools Joke,
Steve Brodic didn't deceive the country
half as much as he disappointed H.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-06-17

Several thousand counterfeit cents
have been discovered in New York City.
TO the average man It would appear
that the countcrfcitcr who IL working
that game must have mighty poor
ccnfa
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-06-17

The Philadelphia Inquirer says that
"thc poet laureate OF Pennsylvania Is
Col. Lum Cogburn, of Punxsutawney."
We don't doubt II: the name Itself sings
like n ryulct.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-06-17
Germany's Bicycle Makers.

In Germany 10000 workmen were
employed In bicycle factories In 1896.
This does not include those making
only separate parts, such ms rubber
tires. etc. who would probably bring
the number up TO 100000.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-06-17

There IL n deep and abiding impress.
zion that any man who Is so degenerate
ms to commit murder Is just about de
generate enough to hang.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-06-17

A London papers says that "the gen
uIne Yankee dialect Is never used save
by illiterntc Americans" And by III.
Informed English writer's.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-06-17

A New York paper solemnly warns us
not TO Ice our champagne. That doesn't
bother w at all; but how about our
drinking watcri
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-06-17

We're living IN exciting times. but II
means no particular spread Of national
suspicion that the very hens are laying
for the farmers.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-06-17

Said the married man who likes to be
svmpathized for: MY wife Is never
happy unless she has grievance
~How happy she must be-" said the
pretty girl, and then the married man
grew strangely silent.-ClncInnau En-
quirer.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-06-17

~There were two distinct halos
around the moon last night. what does
that meanr' asks Washington paper.
Whisky. probably.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-06-17

A far West town has elected a single
woman for Mayor. There was a time
when the highest ambition or the sex
was to be brideelect.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-06-17

Robert Lincolns son-in-law has left
baseball for the railroad business.
Quite change Of base
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-06-17

docs ngc narrow mcnr nsks m CT
change. Certainly. for It invariably
brings them TO the vanishing point.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-06-17

''What shall we do with the minor
poetr asks the st. Louis Globe Demo
GRAFT Get him TO enlist II possible
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-06-17

Speaking OF military bluffs. what's
the matter with Gibraltar?
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-06-17

The middle aisle Of church Is often
used as bridal path.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-02-11

The TfansM Mississippi ana International Congress is composed of dele
gates from every State and Territory West Of the Mississippi river. The
idea OF this exposition originated in that Congress at its session at Omaha in
1895, and the project has become a National enterprise and the National
Commission has been organized and 10 in active service; there being one
commissioner for each Of the several departments OF the Government. Most
hibits from their respective States and many ofthem have made liberal ap-
preparations, while others are preparing exhibits through private enter
prise. -@T-w&Ss ".t#a#. sH#E' .@rr""# .@#|%s>
Vice-President II. b. Maxon Of Reno. has made arrangements whereby he
can get Nevada exhibits shipped from any point in the State along the line
of the @. p. r. r. to Omaha and return, and he requests all persons who
wish the interests Of the State advertised, to cooperate with the ExpoG-
prepare some product OF his county and send it to the nearest point on the
returned to the same pr INIT at the close Of the exposition. free Of expense TO
.hibition. Before sending anything to the line OF the railroad q full de-
who in turn will notify the Vice President, who will notify him what action
County Representative for further information, and don't lot thB oppor-
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-02-11
The License Question.

AS the steps taken by Sheriff Ma
teer in regard to the stud horse poker
games, running without a license.
have caused considerable comment,
the following letter Of the Attorney
General to the District Attorney OF
Lincoln county will be of interest:
CARSON CRY, New, Jan. s, 1893.
+. R. McNumee, Esq, District At
torney; DEAR Sui am in receipt
Of your letter OF recent date in which
you say: awe are having some diff
Guilty III Lincoln county and espec-
tally DeLamar, in regard to gaming
licenses. II is contended by some
that the dealing Of round table stud
horse poker, where each party deals
and the sole percentage is the salo of
drinks, cards and cigars, does not
come under the act Of 1886, page 12
Others who have been taking out Ii
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-02-11
She Takes Naturally to Up-tO-Date
Ways.

If tie Indian braves do not take
kindly to civilization, it does not follow
hat the Indian women. don't. Lucy
Nicolar is the. daughter Of the late Jo-
seph Nicolar, of the Peuobscot tribe,
which has it's reservtion on am island,
known as Indian island, in the Penob-
scot river i'm Maine. Lucy is just com
ing into her teens, and is a bright miss
of marked beauty, and wherever she
goes with baskets or Indian exhibits
y many a young American who looks
upon the Indian maiden feels that the
land of the Penobscots must be :'the
Land of handsome women" Just now
Lucy is receiving private instruction
that she may enter high school. Ter in
structor says that shei Isl bright in her
studies and that mathematics is her
forte. Lucy is perhaps the: most pro-
ficient piano player on the island, being
the owner of an instrument. She also
sings pleasingly. But the, skill Of the
tribe Is not forgotten by this young
member, for she can make baskets, ETC.,
as well as some of the older ones Lucy
is also am accomplished bicycle rider,
and has bought a wheel out of her saw
ings. The mother of Lucy, Mrs. Martha
Nicolar, is one of the finest-lookinp
members of the. tribe, a woman respect
ed by all who know her. She is presi-
dent Of the Wa-ba-naeki, the only Indi-
anwoman club in the country,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-02-11
LlssoN's
A City TAat Ii RAISED over q ssIal-
cher.

A City That Ii Raised over q SODnl.
cher.
It Is impossible to be long in Lisbon,
even nowadays, without meditating,
vainly enough, about the great earth
quake. The city is far more massive
now than it was in 1755. The thickness
of the granite walls Of its churches and
houses is laudable from many aspects.
But this same substantially would
prove incredibly murderous if the
earthquake of 1755 were to repeat it
self. Perhaps they do we'll to have con-
fdence; perhaps they have done amiss.
Viewed from the Tagus, Lisbon of 1897
seems to offer tremendous scope for
new seismic ruin. How her churches
and palaces on the hilltops and slopes
might be overturned upon the houses
and palaces between her hills! With
anything like the same destructive
force as in 1755, Lisbon would now be
rendered a scene of almostirredeemable
chaos, and the loss of life would, of
course, be appalling. But these are,
one may hope, mere dreams inspired by
the skeleton ribs of the church of the
Carmo on one of the city's hilltops. The
earthquake wrecked this church, like
so many others, and it is preserved as
a ruin, says Chambers Journal.
Some one estimated the loss of o
erty here in the earthquake at $780,
100000. The figures do not seem mod
est, when one remembers that Portugal
was then a, rich country. They include
also the solid little sum Of $4,000. 900,
the value of the kings diamonds, which
went with one of the royal palaces.
Thes diamonds alone would now be en-
tremely acceptable to Portugal's. i'm
poverished exchequer. If ever a city
was raised over a sepulcher, modern
Lisbon was. But, OF course, it is late in
the day to be- piaintive on the subject,
even ri it were worth while at any time.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-02-11
THE STURGEON CATCH.
Canadians Say We Are to Blame for
Depletion I'm Lake of the Woods.

One OF the most valuable of the Cana
dian island fisheries was the sturgeon
catch in the Lake of the Woods. 1t is
now learned that this splendid fish is
nearly eXterminated in the lake as a
result of the unchecked ravages of
fishermen during the last few seasons.
1t is reported that as much as three or
Jour carloads of offal and eggs fire.
quently pass over the Canadian Pacific
railroad from Rat Portage in one week.
Five or six years ago the eggs of the
sturgeon were worth $40 to SIS a key.
The demand has now increased the
price to- $50 a key, says the New York
Sun. &c.,. E.
Dominion officials say that the decline
of this fishery can be traced directly
to American depredations. A small
corner of the Lake of the Woods lies
within American territory, and while,
the Canadian authorities say, they al
lowed only 40 nets altogether in the
lake itself, the Americans hadl not less
than 200 or 800, and were catching, in
their w territory, a much larger sup
ply than their Canadian competitors.
Therefore, when the dominion govern
ment saw that their efforts were. futile
to cope with the depredations of the
Americans, they gave their own lessees
a free hand to take all the sturgeon they
could capture.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-02-11

cense previous to this time refuse to
take out the same unless those who
are dealing round table stud and
draw poker for percentage such as
cards, drinks, etc, are compelled to
take out license also"
Section 1857 General Statutes Of
Nevada, designates all games subject
to gaming license and reads as fol-
lows:
each and every person who shall
deal, play, carry on or cause to be
opened, or who shall conduct either
as owner or employee, whether for
hire or not, except under a license as
hereinafter provided, any game Of
faro, monte, roulette, la nsquenet'
rouge et-noir, roudo, keno, ~fantan,
twenty.one, red-white- and -blu red
and black or diana, percentage or
stud horse poker, OF any banking or
percentage game, played with cards
or dice or any devise, whether the
same be played for money, checks OF
credit, or any other valuable thing OR
representative OF value, shall be
guilty of a misdemednor and on con.
viction thereof shall be punished by ii
fine of not less than one thousand
nor more than three thousand dol
lars, or by imprisonment in the
county not less than three months nor
more than one year or by both such
fine or imprisonment" ....
AS 1 understand your letter, the re-
fusal Of certain persons engaged in
conducting and carrying on percent
age Or stud horse poker games in
your County, to pay the gaming Ii
cense required by section 1860 Gener-
al Statutes Of Nevada, is based solely
on the ground that the only percent
age they derive from the conduct of
the game is In the sale or furnishing
Of drinks, cigars and cards to the
persons playing or taking part i'll the
games.
This being the case it is, in my
judgment, clearly within the Ian
guage and provision of the Statute
above quoted requiring the payment
or the license when the game is play
ed for money, check or credit, or
other valuable thing representative
Of value" and the person or persons
conducting or carrying on such
game without having first procured
the license required under the Act,
approved January %. 1885. Stats 1885,
p. IL, should be prosecuted as in said
Act directed.
Very respectfully
JAMES +. JUDGE,
Attorney General.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-02-11
THE SECRECY OF THE PENSION
LIST.

This ID from the Kansas City Jour
nal, a Republican newspaper:
Some of the Republican journalist OF
the large cities have committed them
selves in favor of the publication OF
the pension rolls, but the great ma
jority Of the party papers are either
silent or are outspoken ON the other
eide.
sThe position taken by the Journal
some weeks g is the one which evil
IDENTIFY impressed Republican editors
generally as the right one, to wit: II
the Government knows Of any indi-
vidual frauds, the pension papers are
all on file N the department, and they
can be investigated thoroughly with
out publication. II there are no
known cases on hand, but only a gen.
eral suspicion launched against the
whole body of pensioners, then the
assault embodied in the publication
proposition is a gross outrage, and
should he vigorously. condemned by
the friends of the old soldier every
where.
@The Government has no right to
suspect the honesty OF any veteran
whose case it has passed on and to
whom it has granted a pension, with
out specific cause; and it there be spe-
citic cause it can go after suspected
persons without any aid from printed
lists. In fact, such publication would
be wholly useless in the investigation
of suspected frauds"
The foregoing opinion is based on
the two great fauacies which under
lie the whole pension business in its
perverted and corrupting aspect,
namely:
First, the assumption that there is
only one kind Of old soldier, the hon.
est, worthy veteran, incapable of mis-
representing his physical condition
or exaggerating his maladies for the
sake Of any number of dollars a
month out of the public purse; and
that any measure like that which
Pension Commissioner Evans favors
as the first step toward separating the
worthy from the unworthy, is an out
rage and nm insult ato the men who
risked their lives for their country"
Secondly, the assumption that the
pension is not merely Government
aid to the actually disabled, incapable
of supporting the mselves, but u sort
OF gratuity or bounty bestowed in re-
turn for patriotic services, and not to
be inquired into too closely, either as
to the absolute soundness of the PEN
sioner'S case, or as to his actual need
Of the money that is paid to him.
Public opinion is fast changing in
regard to the idea that it is an outrage
upon the old soldier, or an insult to
him, to remove the cloak of secrecy
which covers an annual expenditure
Of Sl50,0OO,O00, and a peusion list OF
100000 names, a third of a century
after the war,
Shame on the argument that it is
an insult to the pensioned veteran to
permit his fellow ciGizen3 ID SCI -
roll of honor!-N. Y. Sun.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-02-11

Take a good look at the streets and
then study up plan for their i'm
provement and give it to the people
through the columns of the INoEpEN-
DENT.
The Van Buren press., 1898-03-12
REMOVES cINDERs FROM EYES.
Kansas City Man Has Lucrative
business Removing the Particles.

Owing to the opacity of the atmos-
phere in Kansas City, due to the brand
of smoke elected from the chimneys,
il is no uncommon thing for persons
to get cinders, dust and other foreign
matter Ia their eyes, as well as SCOT
Oh other parts of their faces. This is
especially true OF persons who ride on
grip cars.
Now particle of foreign, or even do
nestle, matter in the eye is no pleas
ant thing, and it is not easy to remove
it, Indeed 1t is almost impossible for
person to take the mote from his own
eye, especially if it is a Kansas City
mote and gets up under the lid. Nor
is it easy for a person unskilled to roll
back the lid and remove it, although
ii is really a very simple operation for
one who has performed it frequently.
The other day a man coming down
Grand avenue on a grip car got some
thing in his eye which he could not
remove. 1t was exceedingly painful
and the eye became greatly irritated
and infamed. When he got down town
he stepped into the office of an optdcian
and asked to have it taken out.
The opticians clerk placed a lead
pencil on the lid, deity rolled it back,
and in an instant had the offending
particle removed on the point of a
camels hair brush. 1t was a simple
operation in comparison with the relief
il afforded.
This suggested to the man an idea.
Why does not some young man with
the requisite skill undertake the office
Of mote remover from his brothers
eyes? There are, no doubt, many per-
sons passing through the streets every
day with cinders and other unpleasant
things in their eyes who, on the spur
and pain of the moment, have said they
would give a dollar to have the offender
out. A little sign would soon attract
persons to the right place. Something
like this, for instance: "Cinder in your
eve? Remove it for ten cents" 1t
would be a little adjunct to a druggists
OF opticians store, and ten cents would
amply pay for the operation, while per-
sons who are afflicted, and now wander
around rubbing the painful optic,
would soon learn where to go.-Kansas
City Journal.
The Van Buren press., 1898-03-12
MEMORIES OF LONG AGO.

Come here, my lady in the satin dress,
And let me tell you of maid knew.
Her hair, like yours, was golden, confess,
Her eyes were just the shade of speed
well blue
As these you raise so sweetly to my own,
And you seem speaking with her very tone.
She Wore a dress like yours-a blue brocade
With silver threads inwoven, and her
shoe
Was much the same-I think you could not
trade
Without twas even-yes, buckle, too
FLASHED on her dainty instep as she came
Adown the stairs in answer to her name.
Grandmothers slippers, say you? Yes,
see.
Grandmothers gown refashioned, dear.
for you?
If but one hour I young again could be
I'd lend myself to dance measure, too,
AS on Christmas eve long years ago
| led the ball with one l used to know
What pretty smiles and bushes! Ay, he's
Think you he cannot wait-this lover
true2
Nor was l pleased at any waiting, dear
When l was young and grandmother like
you.
Go, get such greeting as my heart still
gives
To her who ever In my memory lives.
Mary Clarke Huntington, in Ladies'
Home Journal.
The Van Buren press., 1898-03-12
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New ErilIs I'm Vogue.

Bayaderes are in high favor this sea-
son, and will be seen in the spring nov
elites and lightweight goods, such as
mousselines, gauzes, satin and chiffon.
Brocade and jacquard weayes are held
in popular memory rather than pres
ent favor.
The demand for taffeta is una bated.
The fayorite shades are Cardinal, on
blood and cherry, and they are tritle
more expensive than other colors. The
national blues, violets and greens are
also popular tints, aud plaid taffeta is
appearing.
Among the latest styles in ribbons
are the colored failles and gros grains,
satin-blacl velvet. with either violet or
mode backs, and black double-faeed
sains, with raised flowers on one side.
Otter, emerald, ruby and tawuy brown
lead in colors, and are much used for
dress and Blouse trimmings. Harle-
quiu blacks and printed failles are also
much IN fav0r.-Chicago Record
The Van Buren press., 1898-03-12
WIT AND WISDOM.


docs your wife jump at conclu-
slons?" No; she jumps at bargains"
Detroit Free Press.
-Hibson-"How much did Daubre
get for his academy eanyas@ GARNER
-"Don't know. Three years would be
about right."-Tit-Bits.
-"Your extemporaneous talk on art
was grand, Miss Goggles" "Well, it
ought to be; | put in three solid weeks
getting it up."-Chieago Record.
-Ap Easy Way out.-Teacher-"But
can't you define 'bieycle?' Suppose
some one asked you what a bicycle is,
what would you say?n Pupil-"Td say:
Don't you know what bicycle is?"-
Puck
-"Experiente is er mighty good
teacher" said Uncle Eben. But some-
times er man makes de mistake o. try
in ter learn mo- lessons dan he'll evvuh
hab a chance to recte."-Washington
Star.
Gould I sell You a Bible?" asked
the agent. 81 guess not" replied the
real estate dealer. "You might try
Hebbardsbee, in the next Office He has
sort of mania for rare books."-In-
dianapolis Journal.
One Better.--"I have doctors GER
tificate here that l cannot sing to-
night" said the prima donna. "What?"
roared the manager; 'T'll give you
certificate that you never could sing"
Detroit Free Press.
The Mutations of Time.-De Short
-"You notice, perhaps, that have sold
my gold watch, and now carry a silver
one Harduppe-"Yes, old man, it's
only another proof of the old saw: Cir
eumstanees alter cases. you know
Life.
Romance and Reality.-First Col
lege Girl-"What is to be the title of
your graduation essayP Second Col
lege Girl Beyond the Alps lies
Italy," "What's the title of yours?"
First College Girl" Beyond the altar
lies the washtub.' Judge.
-=Biggs-"Why, old man, you look as
though you had lost your best friend.
What's wrong% Diggs-"T fear my
good name is forever LOST Biggs--
Your good name!' What do you
mean?' Dggs-"Just what l said.
1t was on the handle of $40 umbrella"
Chicago News.
Social Longings.-'I see," muttered
Tuffold Wanderer, who had found a
piece of an old newspaper, and was
4 IL
umn, that Mrs. Kelawndike gave a
luncheon yesterday, assisted by Miss
Daisy Butterfly Great seottl How I
could assist at luncheonl'-Chieago
Tribune.
The Van Buren press., 1898-03-12
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Miss Mildred Howels, daughter of
the novelist, excels in book illustrating.
She has illustrated her fathers poems
very finely Nor is she unknown in lit
erature, having begun to write stories
when quite young.
Maud Wilder Goodwin's two ro-
mances of Colonial Virginia.. "The
Head of Hundred and White Aprons"
have been put up in fine style, with
handsome illustrations by Howard Pyle
and other leading artists,
Miss Mary N. Murfree's new book
THE Juggler," is said to contain much
needless tragedy. though the talk and
customs of the mountaineers are given
in the authors best manner, with more
than her usual vividness and humor.
Lucia A. Palmer in her book,
"Grecian Days." has given an entertain
ing account of the Greece of to-day,
and has also shown herself well versed
in ancient Grecian history. The book
is record of tour through that
plucky little land.
-1dull0e DFduluTu Mdckle udS lssutu
a historical romance. "Mademoiselle de
Berry," dealing with the year 1878, in
which an American officer falls in love
with the ward of an English officer.
One can easily imagine what eompliea-
tons might arise.
When Nine. de Stael was driven
from her beloved Paris by order of Ma
poleon she took with her into exile her
chatting dish, as one of her most pre-
cious household possessions. This
shows how popular the ehafng-dish fad
was in those days, as well as in the more
ancient times of Egypt, Greece and
Rome.
Anthony Hope Hawkins, during his
three months tour in this country and
Canada, delivered more than so lee
lures. He gave his last reading in New
Haven. He confessed that he had en-
joyed his entertainment and the people
he had met, but will reserve the further
expression of his opinions, fearful of
being misunderstood.