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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-26
DID NOT DREAD DEATH.
suiciae became q Moral Epidemic in
the Later Days OF the Ro-
mAu HmDiRe.

Among the cultivated men and wom-
en- OF the later Roman empire suicide
became sort Of moral epidemic. says
the London Spectator. The fashionable
Stole doctrines, acting on Il race which
had begun to degenerate and decline
and lose its grip on life, killed the dread
Of death. Men left the world for a
whim, only on the thought to do the
same thing over and over again" The
Christian doctrine that self-slaughter
is a sin did not affect them, and the no.
ton that there was something base in
quitting ones post was not yet born.
Dryden, in one Of his dramas, contrasts
timely the feeling about suicide Of the
ancientpa and modern world. The Rom
ans, he says, might 'sdischarge their
souls" andtgive them leave to enter the
other world. But we, like sentries, are
compelled to stand "'neath starless
skies and wait the appointed hour"
DR.. Goodhardt, speaking OF the dread
Of death, says: II am never tired of
saying, because am sure it is as true
as 1t is comforting, although in Sbo-
sition to the general belief. that death
has no terrors for the sick man. To
the living and healthy man II Is quite
otherwise, but the sicl; man upon whom
death Laws his hand rales gently and
hnrercc"t'''' III ? "fp."
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-26
BRAVE JAPANESE WOMEN.
no" Count Ito's Wife Saved his
Life During a Rebellion
Many Years Axo

"A Japanese lady is noted for her
courage, her strength Of mind and her
selt-possession. 1t is wonderful to
think what physical trials and dangers
these fragile little creatures will under
go III an emergency. The late prime
minister's life was saved bv the cour-
age and presence CT mind of his wife.
Many years ago, when quite young
man. during rebellion, Count Ito was
hldlng from his enemies, who, having
tracked him to his house, send a band
OF soshls' TO assassinate him. On
nearing his enemies approaching, and
trapped like rat in it's hole, the count
drew his sword and prepared to die,
but the countess whispered: DO not
die; there is hope STILL" and, removing
the "hibatchi," or fire box, and lifting
up the mats and the planks beneath, she
induced her husband to conceal himself
In the hollow space which exists under
the floor of all japanese houses. The
murderers broke into the room lust as
the fire box had been replaced and de-
manded of the countess their victim.
In vain they threatened and cruelty ill
treated her, dragging her about the
room by her long black hair. But it
was OF no avail; they could not shake
her resolute fidelity. Thanks to her
courage Count Ito escaped and has
hyed to give to his country new con-
Stitution.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-26
INGRATITUDE AND MURDER.
How an migrate Laid the Plans which
Resulted IN the killing OF
His Friend.

Adetectivetold story a few evenings
ago which illustrates the ingratitude of
criminals. The migrate, says a Chica-
go exchange. was one { { the principals
in the MrGec murder, which was COM
mitted little over year ago. His
name was w. j. Willows, q well appear
ing youth, but the man who decoyed
the aged creamery agent into the In
diana avenue apartment building where
Jacks killed him. Willows had "been in
trouble" before that, and the man "who
came to the front" for him was the
keeper of a lunch counter near the Grim
inal Court building. The mans wife
had known Willows in his days of re-
spectability in a small Michigan town.
She urged her husband to do what he
could for him, and, with money for at
torney's fees and few we'll placed
words of commentator, Willows was
hel ped to get out of the scrape. The
lunch-counter man was close personal
friend of the old man MCGEE, and liked
him much. He talked to Willows about
him in their short acquaintanceship in
the days of Willows trouble, and the
lunch-counter man told his acquaint-
ance how much this friend had done
for him, yet, while in jail, Willows met
Jacks and the two of them formed the
plan of robbery which led to McGee's
murder. The lunch-counter man lost
his best friend through a needless and
useless murder and Willows earned a
sentence In the penitentiary.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-26
Uncle Sans Welcome.

What? here at last! Come in, come in.
Well, Admiral, how be yer?
Yer're welcome home from cross the
foam,
We're mighty glad to see yer.
1t does seem good ter have yer back
With us, yer blood relations,
Yer've been away 30 long, ter stay
Amongst them furren nations.
We've heard from yer quite frequent
since
Yer took our Eastern tiller;
We read it yit, that note yer writ
So plain upon Manila.
We liked that message that yer sent
Them folks who riz yer dander,
1t showed direct, we'd git respect
Where you was our commander.
We sent yer off, a commodore,
Few knowed or cared about it;
But now yer name is bright with fame
And all the world can shout it.
Sh "Oub away III lluhuOWn man,
Yer public praise was-zero;
But now it's flung from every tongue,
You're back agin, hero.
Yer actions show us what yer be
A plain man, though a bold one;
They show us that yer wear hat
No bigger than yer old one.
We love yer, not alone because
Yer fought fight and won it;
1t seems ter me lots more ter be
The manly way yer done it.
No use, we Yankees like man
Who's there all kinds er weathers-
Who doesn't shirk, but does his work
Without the fuss and feathers.
That's why, George Dewey, we're
here terday,
Ter clasp yer hand and shake it,
With this address, aIhe hull u. s.
Is yourn; step in and take it."
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-26

1t requires skilled labor to turn
out billiard ball. One-half OF it is
first turned, an instrument of the
finest steel being used for the work.
Then the half.turned ball is hung up
in net and is allowed to remain
there for year to dry. Then the
second half is turned, and then
comes the polishing. Whiting and
water and good deal of rubbing are
requisite for this. 1t is necessary in
the end that the ball shall, to the
veriest fraction of a grain, be Of a
certain weight.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-26

Stars and Stripes. There is no geog-
raphy in right and wrong. The ethics
of God are eternal and an-embracing.
To do or permit evil under the spec
ions plea that good may follow is the
criminal sophism of all ages. From
it have sprung wars and prosecutions,
the crimes and follies that have dark
ened the history OF church and State.
AS surely as from good comes good,
30 from evil comes evil.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-26
YOU TRY 1T.

II Shiloh's Cough and Consump-
ton Cure, which is sold for the small
price OF % cts, so cts. and 81 90, does
not. cure take the bottle back and we
will refund your money. Sold fer
over 30 years on this guarantee. Price
70 cents and 30 cents. For sale by
Elko Drug. Co.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-26

r.. b. Turner, Compton, Mo-, was
cured of piles by DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve after suffering seventeen
years and trying over twenty remed-
les. Physicians and surgeons endorse
IT.: Beware Of dangerous counterfeits.
Elko Drug Co.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-26

BY order of the Board of Coui
Commissioners of EIko County, sd
of Nevada, made this 9th day
February, 1929, notice is herd
given that all persons who are cha,
es upon the county must come to [
County Hospital, or all claims
their support will be disallowedl
said Board except i'll cases OF extreI
emergency.
Attest: A. g. DAwLEY
County Clerk
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-26
MANY A LOVER

Has turned with disgust from
otherwise .lovable girl with an of
sive breath. karl's Glover Root
purifies the breath by It's acton
the bowels, etc., as nothing else 4
Sold for years on absolute guarau,
Price % cts. and 80 ts.-:For sal ]
Elko Drug Co.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-26
Dissolution of Partnership

Having purchased the interest ~ Fam
Howard In the Pioneer Saloon, the partner.
snip heretofore existing under tho name Of
Robinson & Howard is dissolved by mutual
consent. All claims against tho old firm
firm arc payable 10 me at the saloon.
FRANK ROBINSON.
ELKo, Nevada, September 5, 1899.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-26

The strongest propensity OF
woman's nature is to want to kO
everything that is going on, and
second is to boss the iob.-ChiN
News.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-26
Honso for Sale.

The house on Missouri Flat, lately
occupied by John Vargas, is for sale.
The house is comfortably furnished
and will be sold with or without the
furniture. For further particulars
call ut the INDEPENDENT Office,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-26

For wounds, burns, scalds, 90
skin diseases and all irritating on
tons, nothing 80 soothing and b
ing as DeWitt's Witch Hazel So
Mrs. Emma Bolles, Matron En-!
wood Nursery, Chicago, says OF
When all else falls In healing
babies, it will cure" Elko Drug
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-26
SICK HEADACHES.

The cure of overworked wopI
kind, are quickly and surely cured
karps Glover Root Tea, the g!
blood purifier and tissue buih
Money refunded il not satisiacta
Price Is cts. and so cts. For sale
Elko Drug Go.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-29

was coming money. this time by lectur-
ing and writing, as before. but without
engineering the financial bark himself
He is making money and IL rich man
again.
The people of the United States have
never felt that it was right for Mark
Twain to take himself away from the
land which had given him so much ana
which was SO fond OF him. and tor
some time his many friends have been
urging him to come back
This he has at last decided to do and
Lawrence Hutton. his most intimate
friend. announced a few days ago that
Mr. clemens would be back in this
country before November. He is TO
live at Princeton Inn. and should he
feel like writing he viii frs new
fund of humor in the student life OF the
college. Truly, Mark Twain is on his
feet again.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-29

so frantica,ly is heard far up and down
the river or to the farthest limits OF
the pOl4d. Almost before the hunter
IS ready to receive his prey a black
ugly head appears on the water the
black, deadly eyes moving slowly from
side to side, as if searching for the
vOciferous infant. Up to This time he
has been moving slowly, but as soon as
he catches sight of the tempting NOR
sci on the shore he increase his speed
until he is moving very rapidly toward
the spot where the infant is raising his
voice in loud lamentations
1t is It's moment that tries the nerve
of the hunter. The alligator has ewes
only for the screaming and kicking
child, and the hunter realizes how i'm
pOrtant is the position in which he has
placed himself A miss would mean
death for the baby, but il is pleasing
dom made. On the other hand. some
of the hunters are such crack shots
that they allow the monster to come
within a few feet of his prey before
they send the single shot that causes
instant death, directly into his eve.
Some of the babies that are rented
out as bait in the alligator regions %
Florida have been shot over so many
times that they do not mind the eV-
perience, but when e child has never
baited a gator before il is pretty Lhor-
Oughly frightened when the ordeal Is
over As q rule, however, the sound
of the firearms scares the baby worse
than the presence of the mouelruTrs
jaws and the rows of sharp and zlf=ter-
ing teeth, but with gentle handling a.
ter the alligator has been killed the
youngster quickly RECEIVERS his normal
condition OF careless rHpoze-
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-29

that nights his light burned Icte in the
green library on Fifty-seventh street;
and days he worked steadily and ate
little He was all ready for the stroke
of paralysis which was slowly creep
ing over his system. If ever man was
a living exponent of the theory that
paralysis is gradual. eliminating IN
final severing of sensation called
''shock," that man was Cornelius Van
derbilt that day. Even his eyes showed
it; for he looked long before recOgniz-
ing
OF spotless character, of faultless in
tegrity, of great Industry, none had a
harder life than he An old friend of
the family seated in the office that day
told me how Mr.. Vanderbilt had reared
four sons and two daughters, and how
sad had been his lot. The child of
wealthy but penuFiOuS father, he had
worked over a ledger on a small salary
until some years after he became of
age, then, at his fathers death he had
suddenly come into unmanageable
wealth. His sisters. Mrs ShaDherd,
Mrs. Twombly, Mrs. Sloane { nd Mrs
" NIB
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-29

Il property of his brothers, William
a. ana George, was in his hands. His
to him. Never had man so great a re-
feel it.
AS AS the sons grew to manhood the eldest.
" " IMAM Il, was the most promising.
ne Ne was his fathers constant companion
W men he left to go to college Cornelius
sotad9 Ildo9 PIT PIT was as inconsolGble as a
school boy without his chum. Later
the boy was brought home from college
with typhoid fcver. He lived a week.
men Cornelius, Jr.. grew up; but he
Ia MS father never hitched- They
StN things differently How many
Doys do see things differently from
thelr fathers Young Cornelius was one,
ana II wasn't always his fault. When
cornelius left college he was engaged
20 Miss Grace Wilson, one of the Orme
y. ilson family, and Cornelius, the elder,
dlu not approve. The young lady had
Deen out In society some wears and
young Cornelius was very inexperi-
enced- That was the only public knoWl-
edge of the basis of diSapprovaI
Ihat night before the stroke of para
lyslS Cornelius and his father had it
out, and after the young man left the
library the father sat there stunned
Ihat autumn, while the father strug-
rled and the two. father and son.
agreed to go different ways Who shall
say which vas riSht2 Can one blame
the dead? Yet is not the living q vvorfl7v
man. upright, hard-wOrking, steady!
ALONE AT LAST
When Cornelius Vanderbilt died the
other night in his mansion, the most
expensive in New York, there were
only those around him who had been
summoned from bed at midnight He
arrived home from Newport in the
evening; at u the household was
alarmed There had been another shock
IIom which he never rallied. Reginald
tne youngest son was called. and Miss
gladys, girl of sixteen, and Mrs Van
aerbilt- Alfred the elder son was io11r-
neylng around the world: Mrs. Harry
Payne Whitney, the Oldest daugbfeI
was st1lI at Newport So. in the man
sion which might have sheltered a sc0ra
OF SIandchildren, and which was nm
doubtedly built for the FAMILIES 0f an
the sons and daughters, the mfllionaire
passed away with his two vOunpeet
children at his side
The writer well remembers a remark
made to him by Mr.. VanderbiIt some
years ago It was Young man Ii1-e
quietly Try to go to church: trv to do
your duty; walk in the right There iS
happiness there-and if You DO right
always intelligently, the money viii
come. Don't worry, don't quarreI-and
the money will comei"
CLARENCE S. RUSSELL
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-29

ems house, to be met by Mark in under
clothes and fur Overcoat, a costume
much affected by him when at leisure
in his own house, to be ushered into the
library to write.
Here Mark would insist that Bret
Harte take the desk: Where win you
write?" Harte would ask
HARTE AND TWAIN.
upon a barrel" Twain would
promptly reply; and sure enough from
a corner he would roll out a sugar bar
rel and upon the head of the barrel he
would write, and no other place.
Well, the play never was written.
Day after day the two famous old
writer's would meet and get to chat
ting and smoking. There were so
many points of interest in common,
throughout the world; so many charm
ing books to be discussed; so many
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-29
AN ALLIGATOR HUNT WITH THE SOLDIER BOYS.

Those who are up in crocodile lore
are well acquainted with the fact that
in Asia and Africa babies are rented
for bait to crocodile hunters, but there
are few, unless they have had the act
uaI experience, who would believe that
similar practice was in vogue in the
south of Florida. 1t is a fact, how
ever. as any experienced hunter viii
attest
The alligator is like the crocodile in
this respect. He likes to eat babies,
not his own awkward offspring, but
nice human babies, fat and dimpled. To
obtain such a delicacy for his palate
an alligator will travel far and risk
much. This fact is so well known that
it has become the practice for alligator
or crocodile hunters to use babies as
bait to lure the reptiles to their death.
A nice, fat baby is rented for the oc-
casio1 from the cracker mother to
whom a half dollar is ample recon-
pense for the risk that her child is to
run. The baby is then taken to the
shore of some pond or river, where it
is attached to a stake by means of a
stout cord that has been tied around
its waist, while the hunter conceaIs
himself in the brushes or swamp grass
near the place. This method of treat
ment is usually too much for even the
self possession of a cracker baby. He
is used to being neglected and even
ill-treated. but being tethered to
stake and then left alone is rather
he voices his indignation to the full ex-
tent of his lungs.
CALLING THE ANIMAL.
This is just the part that he is ex-
pected to play in the game of alligator
hunting. His voicing of his emotions
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-29

income from their books. And, know
ing nothing of business, he went down
steadily, it was said, from the start.
Anyway in a few years the publishing
house came to grief, and Mark Twain
went abroad a ruined man, yet not pen
niless. Mrs. Clemens, who was a rich
young woman of EImira, New York,
still had her income; and it is said that
upon this sum the entire Clemens fam
lily, including the clever Mark, lived
abroad.
At that time, you win recall, there
We're subscriptions started for Mark
Twain But Mark, on hearing of them,
returned the money with the character
istic argument that his family would
not allow him to accept it. He would
have liked it for himself, he said, but
the family did not want him to take it,
80 please give it back to the people,
he said. And it was given back.
Bret Harte who has long lived in
London, is a friend of the Clemens
family And between the two writer's,
Mark Twain and Bret Harte, it was
agreed that a play could be written,
one that would delight the world. The
plan in writing was for Bret Harte to
visit Mark Twain and the two, after a
discussion of the plot, were TO word the
dialogue together.
At first it worked well. Bret Harte,
himself the soul of method and pune
tuality, promptly arrived at the Glenn
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-29
CORNELIUS VANDERBILT ON
HOW TO TREAT LABORING MEN.
Talk With the Millionaire the Before he Stricken
With his Terrible Illness Of two Weary Years

The last time I saw Cornelius Van
derbit was TWO years ago last August.
He stood in the big centre Office OF the
Grand Central Station pulling on ms
gloves and preparing to get TO WORK
The next day they were strewing tan
bark in front of his house, that stately
pile erected by himself at the corner OF
Fifth avenue ana Fifty seventh street.
and the solemn butler in HVeried green
at the door said that Mr.. Vanderbilt
was slowly sinking
The August day was ideal; yet the
head of the house of Vanderbilt, the
owner of hundred millions or more,
looked singularly worried HIS race
W IS very white and he had the plncheu
look around the mouth that presages
illness. and which always comes with
death. If you had pinched him by the
nose until it was white and biOodleSs,
and had taken pencil and with heavy
lines drawn the burrows in his brow,
you would have made his face as 1t
was that day Truly. thought l. money
does not bring happiness-
I had gone to the Grand Central to
Interview Mr.. Vanderbilt upon the sub
ject # strikes There were strikes in
lie land. and WOrkmen and people
wished to know how the largest rail-
road employer in the world viewed the
railroad striker
A PERSONAL TALK
It was with some difficulty that I saw
MT Vanderbilt. for Mr. Du Val his sec
retary- said he was very busy" and
another secretary came hurrying out to
say that Mr Vanderbilt would see no
one But just as they We're talking.
M Vanderbilt came walking in hur-
rying because he had been delayed
past the hour for the directors meet
ing
he stood facing me minute pulling
on his gloves with a slow. wondering
look in his face, as though he did not
understand. Then he held out his hand
and said in that very low tone charac-
teristic of him: How do you do? Glad
TO see You. Can do anything for you %
Only an Interview 1 said, I want
your opinion on strikes
A weary look passed over the face Of
the millionaire as though he were tax
ing up a veEatious subject. You know
i DO not talk for print" said he.
Yes, know But you viii talk for
your employees What would you do if
they were to striEe2''
don't think they will said he
quietly In fact 1 am sure they will
not. You see We are differently sftu-
ated- We give the men what they
want they get short hours. good Dav.
ana nne treatment. That makes a
man out of workman. They would
not strike; or at least, before doing so
Ahey would see me-
T do not understand"
M Vanderbilt smiled his slow
smooth smile Maybe not said he
out you haven't grown up on the road
as have When I was a young fellow
tne men got in the habit of telling me
thelr troubles and when became q
middle aged man they kept it up. Some
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-29
USELESS DOORwAYs.

An unnecessary doorway in a small
apartment may be made use of for
books and bric-a-brac so as to be verv
ornamental Place two uprights and a
few shelves inside the door casing. and
stain or paint them the color of the
wood work. With brass-headed nails
fasten on the edges of the upper shelves
narrow leather trimming such as
may be bought for the purpose on
the second shelf from the bottom ar
range brass rod and hang pretty silk
or cretOnne curtains upon it that will
reach the floor. This will be found an
excellent place to stow away old maga-
zines and newspapers.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-29
Bettered in Health

people to be criticised. Finally Bret
Harte got impatient and it all ended
in one of those pleasant little SQUAD
bles Of genius which are so apt to oc-
cur.
1t has been said by every correspond
ent who has visited Mark Twain m
London that he received them in bed
in his night shirt, sometimes slipping
his coffee; for Marks breakfast is a
movable feast and is served when he
wakes, be it 9 or L. The present writer
remembers distinctly a morning call
early this summer. when the head or
the Twain family reposed between
sheets his shoulders we'll bOlSUered aud
his long thin arms clasped outside the
cOverlid. Mark was as wide awake as
full of ideas and as taIkative. aroused
from Slumber at IL in the morning as
he is later in the day when he presides
over a family feast And TO more than
one person it has been a wonder how
he wakes up 50 lively. so fun of wit 81
keen as if he had been sharpening his
senses overnight or had drunk wine
that moment
Fortune changes. like the tide: and
somehow, though nc one predicted that
it would be so. the fortunes Of Mark
Twain changed; and he has found him
self on his feet again 1t is something
like a year ago that a business friend
announced that Mr.. Clemens had paid
off every cent of his indebteGness. and
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-29

people said that I would have to stop
my familiarity with the men after
became president, but it has gone on
Just the same If they had a grievance
they would tell me about it before
striking, If they were near enough to
New York to do So
Smiling again that slow serious
smile, the man of millions held out ms
nauu again and passed on into the di-
rectOrs' room.
A SAD MAN.
After he had gone 1 learned that he
whose money could purchase many a
nation Of lEurOne was beset with or res;
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-29

AF5 GREAT DEAL or gRGIN c MARK T N ErJF TO THE
COMPLETE HIS BOOKS AND HIS LIFE uEIlE