Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-08-26
WESTWARD no:

Ssale sararts who have made Z Ian
gusge from the herocly phics left up
on fhe monuments IN Yucatan. assert;
with great positiveues. that nnrs I
o tie new. bat the Cd World; that
:be era lie 81 ciriliz zion vas frs.
rocked upon the soil ofthis continent;
tia; it Was first carried Eas; instead
Of West; that through it the Wild
tribes OF Eg!p'. 81 Syns. md Assyris.
Eers isued and made reasonable be-
incs: that tie last words spoken by
| TIE Savior oi :br world ahen his
spirit was about to take it fight from
ihs cross. were IN 'ha; language which
/ inst was reduced 70 intelligent aud
written iUrm IN what il row Central
America. To prove shsir words I!ey
bold ~ ihe tablets % stone. upon
which 'hc record IS written; they
| trace The cycles 81 ;he relrs hack 70
Il time viIcb van 81 many thous nds
u years before the first page Of his
tory. sacred or proiaue. WIS written.
that in contemplating e the human
mind becomes confused. and when
We attempt by any measurements OF
earth. to comprehend the breadth OF
the ocean OF space between our little
earth and where Sirius keeps his sem
tinel nat Ia on 4 lonely outpost u ,be
universe.
II this Is al ;:uc. il because OF a
wcrn-out soil. or because Of the vices
and crucltes OF man. it ~as dctcrmin.
al nat the race should be swept
away and even She presence 81 the
cOntineH; be hidden for centuries
eH1ug1 20 permit it TO r. cruit il its
savuceucz. II was 10; more strange
than many another secret that has
been made known TO mortals IN their
later years.
But ~ tie mind b.Oois over these
possibilities OF the pet. il Ia prone to
ty TO fa;aom the design which Was
hidden beLird al these phenomena.
Since our Republic vas fUnuded. It
has been 4 Fayor.;e speculation with
Unth writers and speafCrs. to assume
that orr continent wE5 reserved Tor q
place where u1HD. turning AWAY fru-n
the tyrauDies Of the Old WUrll, might
WORK out here d higher aud greater
civiEZItiou. and where the oppressed
might az las; find respite from their
wroDg5. That though, has taken a
broader range during the pas, one
hundred days. We expected. u
conc, 30 triumph over Spain: Cc ex-
pec.ed rhGt OF hgiJ .ea and land our
cause would triumph. but none 4 Us
expected that two powerful fleets
wou.i be sapk 10y our G;ile uay, .
without the l,ss % o siig 90 cur si!e
and with tie death % bul one m.au in
hattie Ola all our tLifF. When tie
Greeks were threat NED by uu over
whcluim% vLeu. lali WIS 2~pviuach-
ing, the oracle advised them 20 tru.:
their fat "a !Leir feet. and deere Las
hsen ~uu@uutei sacryjLo t.chcd
IN the victory q Eylauis ever firr-.
Those who Try - read the - ubrl=
p LIch events reveal. -ss 10 tue ray.rg
= all nGr ship, Ihe very finger 81
God, ind e such po1plc that hngcr
seems 30 point q ueE destiny for orr
people. Not to sail E-tfo plant a
uew civilization beyond the yilarz u
Hercules, INT West 10 Leg.a tie re-
dr'Dp'iOU u tie millions On Ire o.ner
shore ~ til Pacific. To them the
ship tbrmsslye- Ee-u to pint iAe
way. Tic @O!ynpia- wa western
born. ;Ed i led The way across the
t"rpcdrcs sunk il the entrance Of
Manila harboF to victory. In lha
same La:bor It was auothc. wes:cTn.
born slip. the ~-Iipu'c.ay.- rL,i spup.
del the 10 It ~sgicn.a note uf doom
when the DAY caae Tor tie nnrl
breathing II ihc am 81 .;paiu in the
Pacific. another Sc-taru barn shin
tht SChar'es,Uu.' took the Lllrouc-
Bot the signal triumph waE when ifts
''a -'iHA -H'I 81 NIE lftl
un~eary after her 1890 mile race
%as gwen rein IN battle, only 10 ex.
coed her designars' and her buillnrs
estimates aud in pursuit oi the 70,
ran . knot and "a quarter over ;ilc fur
inus speed 81 her irivI trp. The
faies n'e pointing this people to tie
ship. al the Fa'sD time tlIuy ar.
pointing to the wes, az though If
iIiat direction las duty and empire
The signals 'nus: not be Ignored
See almost lie mir Iine hat between
San Fraucis'o anl Hlau,l!4 cro.sa.
iaTnii Hud tie L7i-omc=. WHO .a,f
that EuB not mcaut Tor the hishWur
Tor II H'iips TIA; wcsc savci from
Use accidents 81 battle: Since tbi
tihcis lmdci on rIymDn'h R,,l
and on The Jamos. W." currra Of cn
pirn hn' been oiLc West. The ycuri
has 40; sioppci the mai .lir procrs
Ei"I, and 10 7iLHIl Thai tsu q Ia on.
people, ur from under oscry bniill
Clnui orr ships emerged without q