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The times., 1899-09-17
Sunday Thoughts.

II is sometimes well for a busy COM
munity, the men of which generally have
had little chance TO look into themselves
to review the events and thoughts of even
week The seven days just passed offer
a good illustration. The week has included
one day which large number Of our citi-
zens venerate as reminding them of the
death on the cross Of Saviour. To an
other honorable element OF our society il
has covered the Day of Atonement, when
good Jews make confession and mutual
forgiveness 70 each other for the sins and
misunderstanding OF the preceding year.
AT such a iuncture, when Friday and
Yom Kippur come together, and the great
principles Of two grand but divergent re-
ligions seem to tangle themselves in one
message of love and humanity. il would be
wrong in US not to take advantage Of the
occasion and say word for the splendid
brotherhood that forms a link between all
good people in this country of religious
tolerance and mutual charity.
Yesterday many of our religious people
Eorshiped God after the precepts of their
fathers. Today great army of men and
EO-%fcS 8S AoA6 AbA AAAc OiCS-lBE
upon their lives and iabors will ask il for
themselves. Over all spreads that glorious
Eagle. whose pinions are wide enough TO
cover the rights and privileges of all.
How happy we should be TO think that
the aegis of our institutions overspreads
al our religions, all our liberties. and guar
antees US in their enjoyment
ioyment of these mercies today. il would be
wrong for us to forget that in another land.
10 which. in times past we have been wont
20 look for accomplishments of civilization
and humanity. We are compelled TO recog-
nize hideous developments Of national de-
generacy and dishonor
Il is matter of modification to the
American people to conclude that France.
that country which, under the generous
Louis XVI. helped us in our struggle with
Great Britain, has become SO lost 10 de-
cency and honesty that, under a so-caiIed
republic, IL does not dare TO do justice
to a loyal and innocent man,
We could excuse many things for the
sake OF promoting true freedom as
s@b~@A4nN s-%N-o4NAloA-l Al TIGECts HleE
We see the sacred idea of Democracy sub
Terted to cover treason and persecute
honor and innocence, we are forced to the
conclusion that an honest despotism is bat
Ter than a hypocritical and corrupt repub-
lie.
Il all comes 10 this. The French Gov
ernment knows that Dreyfus is innocent
II knows that the proofs OF his Innocence
and Of the guilt Of his traducers are in the
archives Of the War Office at Berlin Il
knows that these proofs would be produced
upon the most perfunctory official request.
Why are they not forthcoming?
Must guiltless man rest forever under
the imputation of crime because the Pres
fdent OF his country and its Prime Minis
ter and its Minister Of War are towards?
These are the things that viii ill every
American soul with grief and anger today.
as the millions wend their way to the
house Of prayer.
The times., 1899-09-17
Past and Present.

(From the New Orleans Times -Democrat1 y
81 greatly interested the other day y ua;J
passenger conductor who runs INFO New OrIaans
''in looking old schedule OF the south
Carolina Railroad. printed Just fortv-seven vesrs
ago, in the fall Of S. II is hard to realize Sb,t
tremendous changes have taken place within tbr
memory OF people who are now alive and bearfT-
In the sos the South Carolina line was considered
one Of the best equipped and fastest roads i'm the
country. l find by the old schedule that ths night
express between Charleston and Columbia vrb7eb
is n distance Of about 130 miles made the trip.
when II had good luck, in twelve hours and ff-
teen minutes, but the public was warned not 10
expect such feat every day. The freight SER
vice between the tive points was scheduled 10
cover the run IN twenty nine hours there or
thereabquts- That a shade better than four
and one-half miles an hour. and was considered
so fast that there is special order to trainnen
10 stop at the first siding in dense fogs and wait
for same to lift IL to me that order
gives one wonderful picture of the good old
times. Think of a through freight roosting on
a siding waiting for frg to lift NOWADAYS the
passenger trains make the run from Charleston TO
Columbia in four hours exactly According. t0
the 81 schedule, there was an express that left
Charleston az p m and arrived in Hamburg. at
the following morning. The distance Is IsG
miles freight for Aiken 100 miles awav left
at the same hour. and reached its destination at
9:iO next night. Ten miles an hour was consid-
cred remarkable speed fer passenger trims in
those days. and an old inhahifaut told me that
many people declined to risk their neeks AZ sieh
gait From what hear nt the rolling stock and
equipment they showed their good sense
The times., 1899-09-17
Home Rule for Porto Rico.
From the Philadelphia Times. !

Ireland has long and vainly pleaded for home
rule--for the inalienable right of making laws on
purely domestic matters, leaving TO the Imperial
Parliament the determination of imperial ques-
tions The United States, unlike England, will
not only not refuse ii to the Porto Ricans or the
Fillpinos. but viii give it with willing heart
Uncle Sam has not taken the West Indian island
or the Oriental archipelago as in
vastment He rescued them from the blighting
domination Of Spain to give them liberty and all
the blessings and benefits that the word implies
He stands ready TO fulfill all his promises and
the system of seif-government that President Nc
time will convince the islanders and the world
alike that the war with Spain was not war OF
conquest, and that our idea of Imperialism is not
the old-world greed of land or lust of power
but the earnest wish to give freedom and peace
and prosperity to the countries that, by the
force of circumstance, are now ours.
The times., 1899-09-17

Sahibs nowadays that they have ceased to
be wonderful. And they are not all Ike
the old Sahibs: there are little Sahios,
country bred Sahibs hardly better taan
Eurasians: giobe-trotting Sahibs whom
child can deceive and who let you come into
their presence with shod feet. And then
remember the other side-fhat the babu
has often been to England The Europe
returned" as they proudly call themselves.
are usually of the inferior native races
and are OF small account even among them
Yet they have been received in London
at Oxford or Cambridge. as equals--sonie-
times on the strength OF bold and unde-
tected claims to social Importance IA India,
almost as superiors- They have lost all
respect for the European as a master and
acquired no affection FOR him as friend
Every young Hindoo who returns from En-
gland is fresh stumbling block to gov
ernment in the interests of the Indian
people.
Fer the babu does not govern for the
people, whom he despises from the height
OF his intelligence, and whom IL is his
inherited instinct to fleece all he can. but
Tor himself. his relatives and his class To
MN mainly-heiped by British pedantry-
india owes the impenetrable buffer OF files
and dockets and returns which interposes
/ itself between the white ruler and the
brown millions Of the ruled The irst
4 Impulse VI tuc native MuO gets an dU-
| pointment-you may deplore but can
hardly condemn it's to get some Of the
swarm OF brothers and cousins who live
/ IN the same house with him to fatten
under his shadow. He cares nothing for
/ efficient work-why should he?-but he
! cares very much for his family. Instead
OF making less work. he strives always to
make more. He sits lifetime in the Of
nee, and knows its working as do few of
! his Meeting European superiors. Every
thing-in the public offices, the army. the
railway offices, it is all the same-must be
copied out in triplieate. in quadruplicate,
IN quintuplicate- II a new and energetic
european attempts to cut away the ham
per, We cannot do this he murmurs.
under rule No. 12345 section $780, The
briton sighs; but life. he thinks, is not
long enough to try to move the Iimpet
baou But babu. when he likes. can east
ly make out a case for the addition OF sub
sections $3.50 a, b, c--..z-and there is
more work for his nephews Your ac-
counts have come up quite correct" (" wrote
the leading clerk at Calcutta to the lead
ing clerk in provincial government; do
not let this occur again"
SO the white man in the district sits at
ms desk writing papers which babus will
docket and nobody will read And. out
side his underlings oppress the poor
London Mail
The times., 1899-09-17
Money Did Not TnIk.
(From the Cleveland Plain Dealer

IFTOfh
Philadelphia hearty in its welcome and gen
erous in its provision for the comfort and enjoy
ment Of its veteran soldier guests. The best was
not too good for them and they were given the
freedom of the town. The municipal authorities
made generous provision for the decorations and
other purposes, and it was expected that volun-
tary subscriptions would flow in TO meet the ex-
penses to be incurred in caring for the veterans
who could not afford hotel rates and who had
no friends eager to receive them. That
expectation was disappointed. The hospit-
able Philadelphians were rejoiced to receive
the veterans and gave them the glad hand but
their hands busy graspng the palms of
the old soldiers that there was no time to put
them into their pockets. The voluntary con-
trbutions did NOT come in to the extent neces-
sary and as a consequence the members of the
executive committee, who gave their time and
labor for nothing, fear they will be $4,000 out.
The times., 1899-09-17
pbe phtIippine situation.
From the indianapolis News.)

5fF rom the inuiarapoHs NeWs)
In the interest OF the peace of the world in
the best interests OF the Filipipos themselves 1t
seems to US that our present duty is absolutely
plain-namelY TO go forward with the work of
reducing the insurrection, of restoring order, OF
establishing our sovereignty. When that has been
done, we shall consider calmly what ought then
to be done o One thing is certain. No American
desires TO see the islanders treated harshy or un-
Justly, or would tolerate an administration that
oppressed them. In any event, they are not to
be "enslaved' or robbed of their possessions. II
Congress shall decide that it is wisest to retain
the islands as dependency. there is not the
slightest doubt that the largest degree of local
seif-goyernmsnt consistent with the maintenance
of peace and the observance of international OBJ
legations will be- accorded TO them. Meanwhile,
we hope thai the autumn campaign will be yigor-
ousy pressed; that peace win quickly be restored;
when the larger problem OF the final disposition
of the country toward the islands can be taken
M and intelligently discussed.
The times., 1899-09-17
We Mny he yegetarians.

VFIOH lHt FIIlIautIIIIId LtuRtIJ
The Beef Trust, whose existence strenu-
ously denied by itself few days ago, has no.
titled all of the butchers of New York OF decided
rise in the prices of meat. The butchers, Of
course, will raise the retail prices to correspond
the hotels and restaurants will have TO follow
suit, and the $500 600 visitors whom that city
expects Dewey day will have their expenses
correspondingy increased. 1t might not be 80
bad if the rise were confined TO New York, but
it cannot be put into effect there without being
felt here and TO a greater less degree, all over
the country. Yet II seems to be in which
the public is powerless, for the trust is well or
ganized and comprehensive; it handles nearly all
the meat that goes to New York, and people must
eat
The times., 1899-09-17
The Pension Commissioner,
(From the Kansas City star)

Vioiu lily star
The President can well afford to stand by
H. Clay Evans, the Commissioner of PEN
sions. AS a soldier in the war for the
preservation of the Union Mr. Mckinley
ought to esteem it high privilege to ex-
ert the influence attaching to his position
to discountenance the practice among pen
sion sharks of making patriotism matter
of bargain and sale. The President must
know that the Government is honoring nu-
merous demands for pensions which are
fraudulent, and that deserving and worthy
veterans have been injured by spurious
claimants for Government aid There are
few taxpayers in the United States of
America who are hostile to the payment of
pensions to veterans who were disabled in
the army. The liberaiity of the nation to
It's sick and wounded soldiers is without a
parallel in the world. but this spirit of
bounty ought not to be extended to the
limits of imposition. That is the idea of
Commissioner Evans, and he could not do
a more friendly act to the G. A R. and TO
all honest veterans than to protest against
an extension Of the raid on the United
States Treasury for pensions that were
never earned. 1t is nothing more than be-
coming for the President to approve of that
sort of honesty.
The times., 1899-09-17
Certain Americans

The United States Is not like Russia, falling
upon other nations because they are weak and
helpless and stripping them of their possessions.
England, France, Germany, and Russia con-
templating the partition of China. The United
States stands indignantly aloof So American
can indulge in the comforting reflection that all
the European powers, save those which are feeble
and impotent like Spain and Italy, are behaving
after a fashion which does not comport with
his ideas OF honesty and good government
But these degenerate American pessimists who
praise every country but their own" say there
is no good government here, and, therefore, this
country is not ht to govern the Philippines
Americans cannot govern American cities de-
Gently, therefore they cannot rule distant ISL
snds." Thus do gentlemen who have more wealth
than intelligence attempt to settle great ques-
tions by brief phrases.
The times., 1899-09-17
why Americans Like Dewey

IFrom the Chicago Tribune.
Americans hold Dewey in high esteem because
he has given abundant evidence that he is more
than sea commander. During his long stay at
Manila he shone diplomatist and a manager
of men. He maintained his dignity and that
of his country. He got his Government into no
disagreeable complications. He curbed the bump
tiousness of the German admiral without disturb
ing the amicable relations OF the two nations He
won the respect and confidence of other foreign
officers, naval and civil. He did not commit him
self with the Filipinos, and he did nothing to
estrange them. He displayed during long and
trying months those qualities of caution, pru-
dence, and adaptability to and to circum-
stances which one does not expect to find, as a
rule in the blunt sailor.
The times., 1899-09-17

that Mr.. Dewey probably inherited his
disposition from his father.
If there is to be kissing epidemic when
Admiral Dewey comes home, SO that the
Admiral is likely to be assailed at all his
public appearances by osculatory hordes,
it may be well to consider how the thing
can be stopped. Perhaps it could be ar
ranged so that all kissing would have to
be done to proxy, selected by the Ad-
miral. 1t would be good way for him to
settle an old score with some one.
The times., 1899-09-17
Cockran's Advice.

VIUH tIlt HarttUTu UOUFuIt.J
Mr. Bourke Cochran has advised the President
o; the United States to make "a proffer of friend
iy mediation to London and Pretoria OF
course, he assumes that the Transyaal is an in
dependent and sovereign state-the very point in
dispute. According to the British view of the
matter the Queens Government might with just
as much propriety tender its good offices to ar
range an unpleasantness between the United
States and the FIVE civilized tribes OF the Indian
Territory. We have no doubt that the President
win give to cockrans advice all the consideration
il calls for.
The times., 1899-09-17

Mr.. Bourke Cochran failed in his ami
able advertising scheme to get himself on
the platform in joint discussion with Mr..
Bryan at Chicago. We are sorry for the
brilliant son of Erin in his disappoint-
ment; but if he yearns for fame in that
way perhaps he could attain his object by
hiring a hall in New York and asking
Richard Croker to debate with him the
reason why be left Tammany Hall on a
famous occasion with mysterious sudden
ness. We think the grand sachem would
accept such an invitation with consider
able alacrity and cheerfulness.
The times., 1899-09-17
Already orer,rorked.
From the PniIadelnhia I.edger.

tFIVIII IIIe 7 INIIltItiIlIIIl I-lt-tT.I
Bourke Cockr1n's proposition that President
Mckinley shall offer his good offices as mediator
between England and the Transvaal Republic, has
merit in IL; but does not Mr. Cochran think the
President has his hands pretty full alrcadyY What
with the prosecution OF the in the Philip
pines the preservation OF the peace among hit
immediate suhordinates sDd the anxiety az.
tending his hopes Of reelection. not % mention
the ordinary duties pertaining to the Presidency
it does not seem possible that he can have much
time to spare to attend to the affairs OF ether
countries
The times., 1899-09-17
Where Ignorance Is Bliss.

(From the Philadelphia North American.)
Standing with one foot on a barrel OF oil and
the other on barrel of sugar. Governor Stone
announces to the country that the trusts are all
right, and not political issue. Then he mis-
takes the blowing of railroad whistles for popular
applause and bows his thanks.
The times., 1899-09-17
What has become of Griggs? And, lik

What has become of Griggs? And, like
wise, where is Carter? The Transyaal diff
icuIty and other interesting things have
tended to obscure these persons for some
days. But Mark Hanna is home again,
and we may expect developments.
There is a final act in the Carter farce
comedy to be written. and the country, in
that line, has confidence in Griggs.
The times., 1899-09-17

Again we must observe that our Cuban
friends are making rapid and even rabid
advances in the arts of civilization. They
not only have large and gaudy race prob
lem. but they are in the. enjoyment of a
first-class labor situation. Exhilarated by
the knowledge that President Mckinley is
now a union stonecutter and bricklayer of
lurid proportions, all of the trades in Ha,
vana seem about to signalize his accession
to the ranks of organized labor by going on
general strike. Thus the campaign for
the union label candidate in 19O0 spreads
To the wilds of Weylers old capital, and
may even reach the morasses of Matanzas
made glorious by the deeds of our only
Sampson!
The times., 1899-09-17

The Baltimore Sun says This fact,
that the war upon the Filipinos is an unau-
thorized war of aggression, carried on by
the President solely, deserves more atten-
ton than it seems TO receive Consider
ing that it is not war, but municipal
mutiny against our authority, just as riot
would be in Baltimore if it affected the
United States mails in their movement the
remark of the Baltimore SUM- is ridicu-
lous. No war has been declared by the
President. Congress accepted sovereignty
of the Philippine Islands. and looked to the
Executive TO enforce it. Mr.. Mckinley has
endeayored to do SO, at least ostensibly.
He has made a failure of it, but that has
nothing to do with our national duty in
the premises. Another President might
do better. The archipelago is ours for
good and all. A given Administration may
wish to exploit the possession for the glory
of an Otis or the profit of DENLY, but the
people will ultimately see to it that the
Eastern Empire won for US by Dewey shall
be pacified and developed in way to in
crease the trade and glory of the United
States.
The times., 1899-09-17

The flagship New York is to go out to sea
to hunt up Dewey. 1t is reasonable to
suppose that Sampson will accompany her.
We trust that he will not take the torpedo
boat Porter along. He knows how nearly
he came to being blown up by that mos
quito because he was unprepared for emer-
gencies in the West Indian campaign, TO
which he contributed his distinguished in
efficiency and timidity
The times., 1899-09-17

Mr.. John G. Carlisle, formerly we'll
known in Washington, has for day or
two returned from his political grave to
Coyington, to stick a ghostiy knife into his
old aw-partner, Mr.. Goebel. Democratic
candidate for Governor of Kentucky. OF
him the late Carlisle says that in 1896 he
was thoroughly committed to the gold
standard" Alas poor ghosti
The times., 1899-09-17

1t is the opinion of the late Thomas
Bracket Reed that nobody ever feared
humiliation who did not deserve to be
Reed withdrew from Congress because
nothing could be more certain than that
he would be "humiliated'' in seeing him
self showed under in the next Speakership
contest.
The times., 1899-09-17

be working out at the moment; the busi-
ness faculty requires man TO be cognizant
of what is going on around him, and ready
to serve or to coerce the outer world at any
minute. The two are hard to reconcile,
but some authors do manage to do it after
a fashion, and then they are called mer
cenary. But there is really no reason why
the author should not be mercenary, SO
long as he does not allow it to affect his
art. He is a traitor to his ideals if he al
lows them to be debased for money-if
he does bad work because it will pay or
allows himself to overwork through greed
of gain-but If he honestly puts the best
of his brain and heart into his work. as
suredly he has a right to sell it for as
much as it Will bring, and to secure it, if
possible, against misunderstanding or un-
dervaluation. One of the things which we
need, and need badly, is adequate protec-
! tion for writer's against the schemes of un-
scrupulous commercialism. They should
not be required to fight this fight all by
themselves. 1t is even more in the inter-
est of the public than of the author that
| such protection should be given.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-11-13
QUEER DIETS.

Cannibalism still exists in the Poly
nesian islands.
Ancient Romans ate caterpillars and
some Africans do the same to-day.
The Chinese dine Off monkeys and
cats, while in many countries people
eat horseficsh-ltussia, Bavaria, Aus
tria, Prussia and France being among
them.
The natives of Guinea love to devour
clay and are pale, listless and ambitlon-
less. 1t is supposed the clay contains
arsenic and hence the delight in eat
ing it,
Sick people frequently have strange
icsires for foods. One man suffered so
from gastralgia that he was on the
verge Of death through starvation. The
smallest quantity of food caused ex-
treme suffering and all methods of
treatment failed. Suddenly he ex-
pressed n desire for onions, which he
detested when in good health. He was
finally given few onions and no bad
results followed. For three weeks
onions were the only food that passed
his lips and he got we'll.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-11-13

Good taste like common sense liz q
natral gift.
Writers whoze only aim il to make
us laff, are short lived.
A frislly old man il sure to be very
thin package.
Fiddling on enc string IL funny az
long az lasts, but il don't last long.
Luv makes us commit mcnny follys,
but they are generally innocent ones.
in old man desperately in luv il an
ohiekt ov distress; he IL as onsartin az
lost dog.
Thare liz nobody makes emmy more
bunGers than he who thinks he doesn't
make emmy.
Thnre IL nothing so delikate az repu-
tashun. Yu kant even defend it with
out injuring it.
The person who is anxious to take o
Sckret to keep, IL the last one who ough,
10 be entrusted with it.
Thare IL nothing so rare as good iudg.
ment, nor nothing which most people
think they hav got so mulch ov.
The strongest things about mankind
il their habits. They will sakrafice their
interests, and everything else, for them.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-11-13
JOINT STATEMENT
a .
Auditor and Treasurer of
R1kO County
STATE OF NEVADA, }
COUNTY OF ELKo. b.
AUDITORS OFFICE.
For Quarter Ending Sept. 80 1899.

AUDITOK'S OFFICE,
ELKo, July 3, 1899.
To the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners of Elko county, New. !;
GENTLEMEN:-We herewith submit
our Qarterly Report Of the Finances
OF the county for the quarter ending
Sept. 80, 1899.
Respectfully submitted,
G.. A. WATKINS, Auditor.
A. G. DAwLEY, Treasurer.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-11-13

The above balance stands to the
credit Of the various funds as per
Treasurer's Balance Sheet, dated
Oct. l, 1899: