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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-03-19
No. IS.


Water VIII not spill out of 4 new COM
bired spence cup and ra3Gr-w ."ht.
the receptacle for the sponge being
co.:!c-;c;. ii tEe bottom. With Il COM
rrcss.Ele bulb which can Ee filed Y. ith
water 10 ct the spcrgc when the bulb
is squeezed, the reaction drawing eff all
the water rot taken up by the sponge.
y r2"c"d.y patented paper-hanging
'''%"!.:c { is or pCscG. Ct Il taElc hangers
fc"cr;:irg thcrefrom. rarer-roller
a3jGs::bly jcurTaled in ;Ec. hangers, q
paste-distrihut;ng roller and a paste
pan supported by the hangers 10 pre-
pare the paper as fast as, it is unrolled
and pulled up on the table for cutting.
Time lamp:ighters which can be used
in connection with an ordinary alarm
clock have a hammer which is drawn
back and set and match slipped into a
casing on a line with the wick to be
lighted, the alarm mechanism releasing
the hammer, which pushes, the match
through corrugated passage and
igrites it.
Hungarian woman has patented an
ice bicycle which has runner attached
to the front fork. with n f1uted roller
supported by pair of rods extending
to the shaft OF tho rear wheel and held
in place by Il brace attached to the crank
h&rger. the roller being revolved by a
chain geared to the crank axe to propel
the bicycle.
In Il recently designed writing desk n
tHTc restiEr CT the floor carries I single
pillar which supports the top, consist
inr of fat section with y Slidinp
double back. having clamps at the outer
edges to held an open book, the back
beng formed so it rests on level with
the desk "hCr not in use. \ side pro
jection ccrrics another book holder and
a second pillar at the back Of the desk
supports n CODY holder.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-03-19
RICH MEN OF THE PAST.

Samuel ]. TiIden left $5,ooO,OoO.
George Washington was worth $780,
600.
William II. Astor, who died in 184s,
left $2O,000,0Oo.
Peter Cooper was worth $4,000, 900 al
the time OF his death.
Johns Hopkins, who died in Dalti-
more in 1879. was worth 100000 900.
James Lenox gave $1,OO0,oOo to the,
Presbyterian hospital in New York city.
Stephen Girard gave $2.OOO,OCO to Gil
rard college in Philadelphia. lie was
worth $9,O0O,ooO.
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To Whom it May Concern,
STATE LAND OFFICE,
n-w nwonwr No nA- nT 90

STATE LAND OFRICE,
CARSON CITY. New, Dec. 81, 1897.
Notice Is hereby given that the State Of
Nevada. under the ACT Of Congress approx
ed June 10. 1880 (2l Stats. 2S7), has flied in
the United States Land ONCE at Carson
City, Nevada, List No. 1914 of lands selected
under said Act. and has applied for 2 pat
ent for said lands; that part Of said list
Is open TO the public for inspection, and q
copy thereof, by descriptive subdivisions,
has been posted In convenient place in
said United States Land Of1oe for tho in
spection Of all persons Interested and the
Within the next sixty days following the
date Of this notice protests or contests
against the claim OF said State Of Nevada
70 any tract or subdivision described in
the list, on the ground that the same is
moro valuable for mineral than agricultural
purposes. will be received and noted by the
Register and Receiver Of the United States
Land Oilce At Carson City, Nevada for re.
port TO the Geneia al Land otilce at Wash.
ington. d. O.
The following are the subdivisions de-
soribed, 70 wit: q. ". u OF q. W. y and n. o.
4 Of 9. ". u, SEQ. 38, n. o. y OF n. o. 4. n. o.
4 of n. ". u and q. W. q Of 8. W. y, and n.
W. i n. Q. y sec. 35, and n. ". y OF 8. o. y,
SEQ. "a, TIA N. r. Sc e. M. ID. b. q M.--2SO
acres. .r'
A.C PRATT,
State Land Register Of the State
Of Nevada.
Date OF first insertion, Friday, Dec "a, 1897
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DAILY INDEPENDENT.
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prietor.


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ton on the way back but every time
he'd come in he'd say; "No news yet"
and l wished he wouldn't say II quite so
often.
Billy tried to "cheer me" by telling all
kinds of stories. He said he was certain
Tod had either been stolen for ransom
or else she'd been carried off SOS to sell
her hair for wigs, like story he'd read,
or she might have been sold somewhere
for n slave.
anyhow, she's a goner, Jimmy" said
he at the last station before IIarristown,
land Pm sorry for you, cause you're
most sure to get licking"
That's bout the way l looked at it,
but somehow felt the worst about Tod.
When we got to Harristown we saw
mother and father standing on the sta
ton platform. The next minute the
train had stopped, and Billy said: I'm
glad Tn not in your shoes, Jimmy"
And then he sneaked out of the rear
door and was gone quicker'n you could
wink.
Well, when got out, / just rushed up
to mother and put both arms around
her, and said;
"Oh, mother! what shall we do?"
She Rugged me just as tight and
kissed me,
"My poor dear, careless boy!" said
she.
"oh, Jimmy, we was so scared bout
you!" said somebody else.
And looked up in a hurry, and there
would you b'lieve it?-stood Tod!
"Why-why, mother!" was all could
manage to say.
Then father asked me some questions
and seemed as glad to see me as if I'd
been lost stead Of Tod.
Then we went over home. I felt so
tired and sleepy l could hardly walk,
and as soon rs we got there ! laid down
on the lounge and was made much of by
everyone, stead of being in disgrace, as
/ supposed I'd be.
Tod sat in her little chair close to me
and held my hand in ore Of hers and her
doll in the other one. and ] never saw
her look so pretty, and she explained
the whole thing.
"Why, Jimmie" said she, 81 woke up
in just little while and climbed out of
the car. And Norah was at the back
door and I went right in. SO wasn't
lost at ALL"
Nobody scoldcd me the least bit
Mother said she thought I'd be punished
enough, and she hoped I'd profit by it,
Then she kissed me.
After Jerry came home l heard her
say one day to father:
81 b'lieve you're right bout James, l
really see signs of improvement in him
at last"
And think that's the most remark
able part Of my story, don't you?-Chel-
sea G. Fraser, in Detroit Free Press.
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A WAR EXPERIENCE.
Phe SeIf-sacrince of Southern
Woman Who Cared for
the Soldiers.

The sister of prominent st. Louis
physician recalls this story of war ex-
perience:
81 was living on plantation in North
Carolina when the war broke out" said
she. 1--WE were miles from railroad,
and the army did not camp within 20
miles Of us. Indeed, our little valley
was quite free from the ravages Of the
soldiers. 1t was none the less true,
however, that we suffered. Our sup
plies from the outside were cut off, Of
course, and we had to live on what we
could raise on our own plantations. Be
sides, we felt that it was our duty to
save everything we could in the way Of
ratons for our own men.
"My husband was dead, and my in
valid brother, my son and myself com
posed my little family. OF course, we
had numerous slaves, and they were
faithful servants. Our supply of coffee
gave out just as the second year of the
war commenced. My brother and re-
GREETED it deeply, as did many others.
We supplied the deficiency as best we
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could with chicory, parched corn and
parched sweet potatoes.
"One day had occasion to ransack
the storeroom thoroughly. Our salt
supply was getting low, and ] thought
remembered seeing another sack
somewhere in the storerOom. After a
good search I found the salt and what
was still more welcome, 1. whole bag of
coffee,
"The instinct of seIf-sacrifice is
strong in woman. you Know. 1 had
been doing without coffee for months,
it is true, but thought could do with
out for awhile longer. had an old
uncle a few miles away. He missed his
morning coffee very much, and had
often heard him wish that he could OBJ
tain the real coffee once more. de-
cided that he should have my new
found treasure. Reserving part of my
find for my brothers use, D wrapped the
greater part of the coffee up and pre-
pared to take it to my uncle.
"The next day ordered the carriage,
and taking my small son, his nurse,
coachman and boy | started for my
uncle's plantation. AS we drove down
the main road several miles from my
home, we came up with the boys in
gray. A detachment of the confederate
army had been camping at Reidsville,
and they were marching to the main
body of the army. l ordered the coach
man to drive to the side of the road, so
as to let them pass in order.
"They marched by spiritedly. The
band played, and the flags waved, and
as they passed me they saluted gallant
ly. I waved to them heartily. My en-
thusiasm grew to excitement. WAVED
my handkerchief; L stood up and
clapped my hands. My little boy
initiated me, and we were cheered by
the men. Suddenly l thought of the
coffee. 1t is the instinct of every south
ern woman to give away good things
to eat. 1 had nothing but that coffee,
and the soldiers must have that. Beck
oning to the sergeant, pulled the bag
of coffee from under the seat, and
handed it to him. The soldiers cheered
again, and went on.
"When they had passed, and had
given orders to the coachman to drive
on, l realized suddenly that my uncle
was deprived of his treat. Then my at
tention was caught by the boys nurse,
who held the little fellow on her lap.
cts a good thing the sojers didn't
want you, Mars Rob- she exclaimed,
'else misses done glib you away
"The negro girl had touched.the right
spot 1 would have given anything and
everything to the soldiers that they
needed if could. "-St. Louis Republic.
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of these returned farmers, where 20
teams and so men, old and young, did
a seasons farm work in a day, and split
enough wood for year. AT such times
the women would bring big baskets of
provisions and long tables would be set,
and there were very jolly times with
cracking of many jokes, that were
veterans, and the day would end with
pitching horseshoes, and at last with
singing Aud Lang Syne. 1t was at one
such gathering that ghost appeared
"a lank, saffron ghost, ragged as a
scarecrow wearing foolish smile
and the cape of a cavalryman's over
coat with no coat beneath it. The APP
partition was youth of about 20, with
downy beard all over his face and
countenance well mellowed with coal
SCOT, as though he had ridden several
days on top of freight car that was
near the engine. This ghost was Hiram
Snyder.
All forgave him the shock of surprise
he caused us-all except the minister
who had preached his funeral sermon
Years after 1 heard this minister re-
mark in a solemn, grieved tone: Hiram
Snyder is a man who cannot be relied
on."-Elbert Hubbard, in Philistine.
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Youngest Union Major General.

The youngest major general of vol
unteers during the war for the union
was Charles Carroll Walcutt, of Column
bus, O., who died in hospital at Omaha,
Neb., few days ago. His death was
the result of his service, for, going to
Omaha to visit a sister, he was attacked
by acute gangrene in wound which
had troubled him a great deal, and al
though his leg was amputated the dis
ease had advanced too far. He was a ma
tive of Ohio, in his Goth year; his
father had served in 1912, his grand
father in the revolution, and he entered
the volunteer service in the spring OF
1861, and went to war as major of reg
iment he had raised. He was made
brigadier general for gallantry at At
ianta, and major general by brevet for
bravery at Griswoldville, where he was
wounded by shell; he was then in his
9th year. After the war he became
warden of the Ohio penitentiary, and
was internal revenue collector 1S69-S3;
later he served two terms as mayor Of
Columbus; for 20 years he was mem
Der of the school board of that city, and
its president for some years.-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
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pick her up and carry her out of the
front door quick, torpedoes and all.
1t was a fine day, glorious Fourth
or maybe l should call II Fifth, only
that doesn't sound right.
No one was around 'cept the men
at tee station, who were getting the
early train ready.
Billy Crocker had promised to meet
me, and l was going to provide him
with frecrackers, cause he spent his
money for lemon balls and felt deli
cate bout asking for any more to cele-
brate with,
Blu; no Billy showed up. So let Tod
fire off a good many crackers, and she
only burned her dress in one place. 1t
was new one, and I'd forgotten the
apron mother said she must surely
wear, but l took some consolation in
knowing that If Tod had had on her
apron it would have been burned, and
now it wasn't.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-30

That toward tho sunset lie
Our banner in It's glory waves
Without a missing star
Ger happy homes, DER patriot graves
UTmarred to-day by war.
The bells OF Liberty ring out
Er0m sounding shore to shore,
And loud and lofty Is the shout
Our land for evermore!"
Through every sea our navics glide
Their sails kissed by the sun,
hAud Honor lays her wreath beside
The sword of Washington.
Thc winds that sweep the icy gorge
or bopndless freedom sing,
and patriots TO Valley Forge
Their votive on'rings bring;
Aye, thro the mlsts that dim the years
We see the early day;
And not loyal freeman fears
A foe from far away.
The mountains bare and rugged peaks
Our Nations worth proclaim,
land every lucent river speaks
The story OF our fame;
Der oil the land our fathers gave
And blessed with prny'r divine,
I'm peace rejoice the free and brave
From orange tree to pine.
UnCettercd soar the thoughts of all
Where'er our standard flies,
Aye. Right must rise and Wrong must fan
Meath Freedoms azure skies;
with laureled progress In the van
We march with pride to-day;
Before us newer hope for man,
Behind us old Cathay.
Then. let the anthems that we raise
From swelling sea to sea
Fill every heart with peace and praise,
Beneath our banner free:
For man is man where'er It flies
In spIendor, near or far;
No evil in its shadow lies,
No stain on stripe or star.
IT. g. Harbaugh. in Ohio Farmer.
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54!.g,Y,tly,,lEd;I5
[RlEz.Il.!II)fI13II.E}S'g.ll'Is7z2
II i T,I ~ v
THE VOLUNTEER.

The band was playir' Dixie" when he
marched, marched away;
An never any lilIclier lad slept time to it
that day;
"The finest fellow of EN- ALL" heard the
town-folk say.
The band was playin' Dixie" as he
marched-marched away
How hast my wild arms held him--Iny boy
who would not stay
The likelest lad that answered to the cap
tain'g call that day!
"The finest fellow Of 'em ALL" An in the
red array
or flags that ripped over them they
marched my lad away!
But a mothers fears, and prayers, and
tears are nothing. War must slay,
And the draped, deep drums were muflied
as they brought him home that day.
1.-THE fines! ec'lcw Of EN- ALL" heard the
town-folk say,
And his mother bendin' over him-dead at
her feet that day!
Frank L. Stanton, In Atlanta Constitu-
ton
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-30
NOT TO BE RELIED ON.
Hiram Was Reported Among the
Killed In Battle, But He
Didn't Stay Dead.

The wartime months went dragging
by, and the burden of gloom in the air
seemed to lift; for when the Chicago
Tribune was read each evening in the
post office, it told Of victories on land
and sea. Yet it was a JOY not untinged
with black, for in the church ACROSS
from our house funerals had been held
for farmer boys who had died in prison
pens and been buried in Georgia
trenches, One youth there was re-
membered, who had stopped 10 get a
drink at our pump, and squlrted a
mouthful of water over the fellow who
was with him. He was very gay and full
of jokes.
One night the postmaster was reading
aloud the names of the killed at Gettys~
burg, and he ran right on to the name
of this boy. The boys father sat there
on a nail key, chewing straw. The
postmaster tried to shuttle over the
name and on to the next,
Hi! Wha--what's that you said?"
"Killed in honorable battle-Snydery
Hiram," said the postmaster, with a
forced calmness, determined to face the
issue.
The boys father stood up with a jerk.
Then he sat down. Then he stood up
again and staggered his way to the door
and fumbled for the latch like a blind
man.
"God help him, he's gone to tell the
old woman" said the postmaster, as he
blew his nose on red handkerchief.
The preacher preached funeral SER
mon for the boy, and on the little pyra-
mid that marked the family lot in the
buryng ground they carved the in
scription: "Killed in honorable battle,
Hiram Snyder, aged 49,
Not long after, strange, yellow,
bearded men in faded blue began to ar
rive. Great welcomes were given them;
and at the regular Wednesday even
ing prayer-meeting thanlksgiyings were
poured out for their safe return, with
the names of company and regiment
duly mentioned for the Lords better
Identification. Bees were held for some
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-30
Go right after her." says l. come

go right after her" says l. "Come
along"
Got any changer" says he.
lie always thinks of that, p'r'aps
cause he's usually hard up.
Eyes, / have. Hurry up and get in"
So in he tumbled, and none too fast,
for the engine pulled off right after,
Hardly anyone was in the train, and
the conductor seemed to be taking a
holiday, too, for be didn't come round
till we got most 10 New York,
We didn't talk much, cause after
Billyd asked me what was going to
do, there didn't seem to be much to talk
about.
We didn't stop anywhere, for it was
an express train, but we heard lots of
Fourth of July noise and saw lots Of
boys and girls having good time. My,
how | wished | could change my place
with them.
And then l thought: Poor little Tod,
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He is certainly FAR from poetic,
But when from his frolic he turnsS
He seems-'tis a thought most pathetic
A modern edition of Burns,
Washington StaT
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now it wasn't.

Anyhow, l don't see how boys can be
expected to remember aprons, not wear
ing such things themselves.
just as mother said, Tod began to
be sleepy in no time. But I'd prom
ised to take care of her, and knew she
would go in the house and go to sleep
again. 1t was really pretty early for
a tive-year-old to get up. She wanted
to cause l did so, so mother said she
could try it.
like to please Tod, She's my fa-
vorite sister, too. She's nearer my age,
and the others are so grown-up-p'rtic-
ularly jerry. Then, besides, I'm Tod's
fayorite brother; at least, l should be
if she had another, which she hasn't.
To proceed: I told Tod to run in and
take nap, and to do it softly, SOS not
to wake 'em up; for it couldn't be six
yet, as the early train hadn't started
Billy Crocker came along then, run
ming like mad.
"IIello!" says he. Guess I'm late"
Guess you are, lazy-bones," says l,
handing him some crackers and punk.
but now you're here, so blaze away"
Jimmy" cried Tod, touching my
arm; and the cracker I'd lighted went
off rather quick. However, it didn't
hurt much. l put my finger in my
mouth to cool it. Jimmy, can't open
the front door; it's locked"
That's sol" l says. How stupid Of
me! l forgot to fiX the night latch"
"Oh, Jimmy, I'm awful sleepy" says
Tod.
1t wouldn't have hurt her a bit to
take a nap on the nice warm grass, but
mother had warned me specially
'gainst that. If Louie had been home,
could have called her quietly. She was
away on visit, though, and hated to
disturb mother and father.
LET her take nap in that empty
car" says Billy.
1t had stood on the side track several
days, and | thought it a capital idea.
So went across the road with Tod and
she laid down on one of the cushion
seats.
1t was pretty warm, but didn't want
to run any risks, so Billy rolled up his
coat for pillow and put mine over
her, and she was fist asleep in minute.
We had fine time after that, Billy
being a boy with ideas. What we didn't
do with firecrackers isn't worth men
tioning. But after the bad luck we had
setting off some in front of the chicken
coop-we nearly killed two of our best
chiclens-I drew the line at firing any
near the setting hen.
Billy thought it would be fun to see
what she'd do, but somehow l felt it
would be better not to. Besides, that
hen was Jerry's.
never thought once of Tod till most
breakfast time, when mother put her
head out of the window and called
Come, Jimmy; it's time to get ready
for breakfast. Bring Tod in
"All right" 1 shouted; and Billy and
I ran over to the track
And no car was there!
Billy and I just looked at each other
and l felt kind of dizzy. He stuck both
hands in his pockets and said "Whew!"
with very red face.
"The cars gore!" said I, though
p'r'aps it wasn't necessary remark.
The next. minute we were rushing
| into the station and asking il the ear
had gone with the six o'clock train.
The agent said it had and asked me il
l felt sick Well, did, sort of; but
hadn't time to tell him so, and Iran, full
tilt, out of the station door and got into
the 1880 that was just ready to start.
what are you going to do9" says
Billy.
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wbere He Made n mistake.

AREN'T you sorry that you mixed
corn flour with your wheat flour,
now that you have found out?" asked
the Jobs comforter.
"I should say I am" the miller adj
mitted. "In the first place, ought to
have called 1t health blend and to
put 1t on the market at higher price
than the pure uff."--Cipeinnati En-
quirer. a