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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-08-25
His PIr.t Marriage Ceremony.

An exchange gives tho following M
tile first ceremony performed by n
Pike county justice OF the peace:
Young lady, will you PROMISE to
take this helpless yourg gosliug you
hold by the hand and SEQ thn, he
wants for nothing? Will you cunt.
hntee to stand between him aud the
poor house, fan him when he il sick,
provide him with a new SUIT OF clothes
twice n year aud always SEQ TINT his
supply OF stove wood is dry aud con.
venient until the divorce court shall
i~nterveneY II you feel like under.
taking q little matter like this deposit
s2 with mo M guarantee that he will
be well cared for and take the Roslinp
md light OUT
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E.. OSeIl

Has just received a new lot Of gents,
suits, shirts. underwear, comforts and
blankets. All styles Of hats. All TO
be sold ut tho lowest possible figure.
A complete line OF boots and shoes,
guaranteed beet made. All boots and
shoes purchased from Inn will DO 70.
paired FREQ Of charge u tIloy rip.
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NOTICE.

By order Of the Board Of County
commissioners Of EIko County, State
OF Nevada. made this 9th day of
February, 1890, notice is hereby
given that nll persona who are cburG.
CO upon the county must como To tho
County Hospital, or all Claims foI
their support will 10 disallowed by
said BnnrG except in cases Of extreme
emergency.
Attest: 4. @. DAwLrY,
County Clerk.
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ON EVERY BOTTLE

or Shiloh's Consumption Cure is
this guarantee: "All we ask OF you is
to use two.thirds OF the contents OF
this bottle faithfully, then IL you can
say you are not benefited return the
bottle to your Druggist and he may
refund the price paid" Price - cts,
30 CITE and sl.00. For sale by ElkO
Drug Co,
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DO 0 KNOW

Consumption is pro~ventable2 Science
Inns proven that, aud also that neglect
is suicidal. Tho worec cold or cough
can DO cured with Shilob's Cough
and Consumption Cure. Sold OH pos.
tive guarantees for over fifty ycats.
For pale by Elko Drug Co.
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One Minute Cough Cure quickly
cures obstinate summer coughs and
colds. Il consider it a most wonder
full medicine,-quick and safe."-W.
W. Merton, MAYHEM, Wis. Elko
Drug Co.
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Irritating atingp. bilcs. acratchcs,
wounds aud Cuta suolhcd mud hcnlcd
by DcWitt's Witch IIazol Snlyn.-
a sure and safo application Tor tortrr.
cd licah. Beware oi counter fails
ElkO Drug Go,
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ny order OF tho board Of Comfy
COmmisaioncrs, all bills against the
1Onhty to DO acted upon by the
Board. must be filed on or before tho
Saturday Immediately preceding tho
Monday upon winch The Ronrd nccta.
otherwise the bills will not be acted
upon until the next meeting of the
Attest: a. @. DAwLrY
County Clerk.
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'Wi s&f"Ei'WTTTisH ioTifE7WTeHsrBisx 49,
You cali be benefited with
correctly adjusted frames at
L. MATHEMATICS
JEW STORE.
SEALED

will be received ut tho County Clerks
Office for the delivery to tho comfy Of
Fifty Cords Of No. { Cedar Wood
for use at tho Courthouse. Jail and
Hospital. to be delivered prior 10 No.
yembor !. 1899. Bids received for the
delivery OF the FUN amount: or n
portion IN lots Of not Ices than ten
c2ris.. Said proposals. to DO filed
with tho County Clerk OF or before
The second day Of September. 1891
Bids to- 10 opened and noted upon
Scptcmbcr 4, 1899. by order OF the
Bohrd OF County Commissioners,
ATTEST: a.. q. DAwLEY, Clcrk.
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Ranch for sale. Address
Samuel McMullcn, Deeth,
Nevada, or the Independent
office.
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y little boy named Peter at Il pub
lie school saw his teacher faint and
fall. In the general confusion it was
impossible to keep So many curious
heads cool. and the little mes locked
around the prostrate woman and her
sympathizins colleagues. But this
small boy kept both his color and his
cooiness. Standing on u bench and
raising his hand he cxcIuimed:-Please
teacher, n | run home aud tell my
father to come? lie makes collins"
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EDGAR REINHARr

Tho Wyoming iosail hunting party
claim To have discovered the cnrly
adccstor Of the Gle, hani. the akclctOn
OF which shows IL to havo been but
little larger than u mouse.
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ing done at tho Station and its value
to the people OF the State.
At the conclusion of Prof. Wilson's
remarks the meeting sd!ournei.
The record-union., 1899-08-07
When Funston Was Neither Alive
Nor Dead.

That Brigadier General Funston can
be original even while in a semicoma-
tose condition is testified to by mem
Der of the Engineer Corps just home
from the Philippines.
THE most characteristic thing I ever
knew Funston to do" said the engi-
neer, was before the battle just out
side Caloocan. He had had no sleep
for two days, and was in bad shape. He
therefore rolled himself UP in some
leaves and went to sleep. Meantime.
the division received orders to advance,
but Funston could not be found. Many
scouts had been killed, and it was fear
ed that the Colonels curiosity-for he
was a Colonel then-had led him into
trouble. Presently, however, a glimpse
was caught of his red hair in the tangle
and later they found him shrouded in
leaves. AS this is the way bodies are
prepared for burial in that part of the
world, we got more and more apprehen-
sive with each step until, at length,
some one shouted:
Colonel, are you dead or alive?'
Neither grunted the Colonel as he
rolled over for another nap; I'm Sleep
ing philadelphia Saturday Evening
Post.
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Famous American Privateers.

Early in the war of 1872 most of the
American privateers We're small pilot
boats but it was soon found that they
were too weak to capture many vessels,
as most of the. English merchantmen
were too heavily armed for them. This
led to the construction of powerful
swift-sailing craft, mounting twelve,
eighteen, twenty-four and even thirty
three Founders, and manned by 12O and
16O men-veritable corvettes-which
were sent to sea a private expense. OF
this class were the privateers Paul
Jones, Rosamond, Saratoga, General
Armstrong and yorktown. Perhaps the
most formidable of all was the frigate
built ship America, a privateer which
was purchased in France in 1875 by
George Crowninshield.
Many of our merchant vessels, trans
formed into privateers, proved to lie
formidable craft. In fact, a large pro-
portion of our merchantmen were built
with a view to speed; for, thanks 10
British interference in our mercantile
affairs, the American shipowner had
found it preferable to sacrifice a little
carrying space in his ships to addi
tional speed, as it would enable him to
outsail the British cruiser and thus
avoid disastrous delays and degrading
mpressments.-Satu Evening Post
Philadelphia).
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A Perfect Little Home.

Among the writings of that rare wo-
man and gifted writer, Helen Hunt
Jackson, there is a picture of home
as it ought to be, drawn in such fair
and graceful lines that it deserves
to be hung up in every family gallery
where all may see, heed and learn it's
lesson, says christian Work"
Here is the picture: 1.-THE most per-
feet little home 1 ever saw was little
house into the sweet incense of whose
fires went no costly things. A thousand
dollars served as a years living for
father, mother and three children. But
the mother was the creator of the home.
Her relations with the children were
the most beautiful I have ever seen;
every inmate of the house involun-
tarily looked into her face for the key
note of the day, and it always rang
clear From the rosebud or clover lear,
which, in spite of her hard housework,
she always found time to put beside our
plates at breakfast. down to the story
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Our. Trade Possibilities.

THE United States, as a nation"
writes w. r. Corwine in "Ainslee's
Magazine" has only of late years
awakened to the fact that it is one OF
the great manufacturing nations of the
world, with possibilities which are
really staggering when one looks
at them in the course of the develop
ment that is natural to ensue unless
some untoward circumstance intervene
The Government, however, has never
done anything in any special way to-
ward finding means whereby the sur
plus products of the country might be
placed advantageously. The nation as
a body has been too busy with politics,
and the men who run the machines
have been too busy concerning them
selves and their own future to have
given to this subject, upon which the
prosperity of the nation largely de-
ponds, any more than the most cursory
sort of attention. Other nations which
have become largely populated have
done everything possible to the mind Of
man to relieve the countries of the bur-
den of overproduction, and the flags
of nearly all nations of the world, ex-
cept of the United States, may be found
floating at the stern of vessels in al
most every known port. The Ameri-
can flag, however, is a rare sight, if
one goes off the beaten paths of travel,
and the Merchants Association of New
York is doing what it can in connection
with other bodies of like nature
throughout the trade centers of the
country which will have the effect of
forcing those who are at the head of
political affairs, and who are entrusted
with the management of the nation, to
consider these questions more earnestly
than they have been considered in the
past, to devise ways and means for the
relief of the country and it's export
trade, and to bring to bear the powerful
machinery of the Government through
out the entire world for the benefit of
the manufactured products of this
country"
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A WrestIe with Rudiments.

Old fashioned ideas of what consti-
tutes business education have not
entirely gone out. There is a drug
gist in the city whose young son want
ed to learn the business. The father
consented, but insisted that the boy
must begin at the bottom of the lad
der and climb up. In this same store
Is another boy who has known the ex-
perience of a neophyte, and who, with
malice aforethought, took the young
apprentice under his wing. He al
lowed the understudy to sell stamps at
cost, to pass out cough drops under
supervision, and to do the bone labor
in making pills.
One rainy morning trade was slack.
The boy did not want the druggists
son to lose valuable time, so he took
him into the rear room, told him that
he had earned a promotion, brought
out pestle and mortar, threw some
dark substance into the former and
ordered 1t ground to a fine powder 1t
was hot, but the future druggist worked
like Trojan. Piece by piece the boy
dispensed with coat, vest, collar, neck
tie and cuffs, suspended his suspend
ers, and used the office towel as a mop.
In his zeal he took only half an hour
at noon, and at p. m. was keeping up
the motions. though in a state ap-
preaching total collapse. 1t was then
that the chief pharmacists and pre-
scription interpreter. happened along
He stopped, examined the contents of
the mortar, hunted up the other boy
and was just discharging him, when
the old gentleman interfered, learned
the situation and then managed be-
tween laughs to veto the dismissal
His son had been struggling all day
to pulverize chunk of rubber.-Detroit
Free Press
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knit and darn stockings, and how to
repair towels and bed and table linen
skilfully. She crochets lace and other
things, and makes all Kinds of cross
stitch work Most German girls OF the
upper classes have some musical edu-
cation. AS a rule, they play better on
the piano than they sing. After the
girl has finished her school course she
goes to boarding-hous of the better
class to learn how to cook, and keep
house, and to acquire the ways of re-
fined society outside of her own home.
Here she remains for several months
and watches the process of the cooking
and other work, often lending hand
herself It will be seen that her cdu-
cation presupposes that she will marry
some time in her life, and it is in a
measure preparation for that event
Consequently, when she has been con-
firmed she begins to prepare her trous-
seau. She crochets lace, makes table,
covers, works long tides in cross
stitch, and by degrees collects a large
supply of towels and bed and table
linen. Everything that is available is
put away in the chest holding her trea-
ures.-Ladies' Home Journal.
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Lincoln and the Hair Restorer

Here is story of President Lincoln
from the late Judge Carter, who was
member of Congress from Cleveland
during the war and one of Mr.. Lin
coins most intimate friends. 1t relates
to a Quaker philanthropist from Phila-
delphia who did not have a hair on his
head, but took a great interest in pub
lie affairs and was constantly calling
at the White House in behalf of some
body or other who happened to be in
trouble, and took up a great deal of Mr..
Lincoln's time. The President treated
him with great courtesy. although his
patience was frequently tried. One
day when the philanthropist was par
ticularly verbose and persistent and re-
fused to depart, although he knew that
important delegations We're waiting,
Mr.. Lincoln suddenly rose, walked over
to a wardrobe in the corner of the
Cabinet chamber and took bottle from
a shelf. Handing it to his visitor, he
remarked:
did you ever use this stuff on your
head?"
No. sir; never did,"
Well remarked Mr. Lincoln, IT ad-
wise you to try it. and if at first you
don't succeed. keep it up. They say
it's a good thing to make the hair
grow. Take this bottle with you and
come back in six months and tell me
how it works.
The astonished philanthropist covered
his polished pate with his broad brim-
med hat and left the room, while Judge
Carter, coming in with the next dele
cation, found the President over in the
corner doubled up with laughter at the
success of his strategy, and before he
could proceed to business the. story had
to be d.-Washington correspondence
of the Chicago Record.
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Very Good Reason.

In one of the rural districts of the
Borough Of Brooklyn is a little church
which pays to its pastor a salary of
fewer hundreds year than the aver
age city clergyman gets thousands. His
woman parishioners, especially one who
poses as the Lady Bountiful of the
church, but whose contributions scarce
ly fit the part, attempt to make up to
him in cordially what he lacks in
financial support. They surrounded him
at the picnic of the Sunday school of
the church the other day, and urged
him to eat dainties from their bas
kets. Finally Mrs Bountiful pleaded
with him to try piece of fruit cake
that looked as hard as the heart of a
summer girl in October.
II really can't" said the minis
ter. MY teeth are not good"
''Oh, why don't you get your teeth
filled?" burst out the sympathetic
architect of the cake.
The underpaid clergyman fastened his
eye on her and said, with a voice as
dry as Long Island truck garden at
the end of a drought:
Generally I have a hard enough time
to keep my stomach filled. New York
Tribune
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AT THE BUTTS.
Scores Made by Companies e and G
and Troop B.

The usual practice at the butts was
done yesterday by Companies E and
G and Troop B. and some good scores
We're made. They are as follows:
Company Foo yards-Sergeant
Thompson 81, Corporals Perkins "A.
Moore SO, Nutting SO, Privates Bair 81,
Lothhammer 80. Mitchell 30, Bishop 80,
c. Gardner Al, F. Gardner IS, Holton 81
Pool shoot-Lothhanme SO. Thomp-
son SO, Adams 50, Perkins Al, C. A
Gardner AZ, T. A. Gardner AZ.
Company G-Captain Zithinger 80,
Lieutenant Defiennes Al, Sergeant
Guth 43, Sergeant Klein 81, Sergeant
Klees 81, Sergeant Milliken SO, Corporal
p. E. Brown AZ, Corporal Finley 10.
Corporal Schardin 81 Corporal Bates
A. Private Maggie 40. Private Stack
ford Al. Private Cook So. Private Kelly
81, Private Lucy 80. Private Phimson
81
Extra score-P. E. Brown 40, Guth 40,
j. Zittinger 80, P. Cook 81, A. FRANKIE
S6. Coy SO, Major Wallace SO.
Troop B-Captain S. w. Kay AZ, Lieu
tenant A. Boden A. Lieutenant G.
Lindenfeld A, Sergeant F. Hunt AZ,
Sergeant J. Bauquier "a, Corporal F.
Kelly Al, Corporal s. Jennings 40, w.
Everett Al, A. Fish 49, w. Manning SO,
j. Calvert 30, W. Huber 35, A. Owens
80. G. Calvert 80. C. Weeden 33, P.
Nelson 80 A. Hooke %. D. Bush 20,
w. F. Evans %. c. Bastian 20.
Pool shoot-Lieutenant Lindenfeld As,
Lieutenant o. Boden A. Corporal f.
Kelly AZ, A. Fish Al. W. Everett Al,
Major Maxwell "a. w. Huber So, w
Weeden "a, P. Nelson %
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SHAKING DICE FQR A MINE.
Joint Owners Settle an Old Quarrel
About Working q Claim.

General Charles S. Warren, a pio-
neer of Butte, but now a resident OF
Spokane, and Miles Finlen shook dice
in the summer of 1882 for a copper
mine then valued at $75OOOO, and now
at cool million. The mine adjoined
the Anaconda, and was held Jointly by
Warren and Finlen. The latter is at
present a wealthy mine operator at
Butte, and is noted everywhere as a
plunger in stocks. on horse races and
and in political campaign. In the
latter amusement he makes the mil
lionaires of Butte hold their breath
when he offers to wager reckless sums
on his favorite candidate.
Warren and Finlen had owned the
property for some years, but had been
unable to agree upon the method in
which it should be worked. They met
one day in Lynch Brothers saloon and
the old wordy quarrel was at once re-
newed as to the relative values of diff
ferent methods of working the mine.
TIL sell you my interest for what it
cost me- said Finlen.
Il don't want your interest" replied
the General
We'll, I'll buy your interest" said
Finlen.
Don't want to sell.'' retorted the
General
We'll, I'll shake dice with you to see
whether you or 1 own the mine,'' Fin.
len rejoined with some warmth.
Warren hesitated a moment. Hia
friends believed Finlen was bluffing,
but Warren knew the man.. The mine
was valuable one. After considering
No
of his trousers pockets and remarked:
Miles I'll go you"
Give us the dice box!'' yelled Fin,
len to the bartender. The worries were
produced.
What do you want to shaker" asked
Finlen.,
ANY way will do me- replied War.
rem.
ANY way will do me. too,' said Fin
len. Now name your game"
Name yours" CURLY replied War.
rem.
''One flop, acres high. them said Fin.
len, as he ratified the dice in the box.
Aces high goes" said Warren, "the
winner to set UP the wine for the
house"
THAT suits me. Here goes" said
F1nlen, as he spilled the dice on the
bar.
Two SKIES. 1 got you this time.
Charlie as he passed the box over to
Warren.
THAT looks good, but I think I can
beat it, Miles," said Warren, as he
tossed the dice out.
There was not pair in sight.
Ace high is a good hand, sometimes.
but it loses this time, Charlie" remark
ed Finlen as he threw a 500 bill on
the bar, and added: Give the boys
what they want. bartender"
The next day Mr.. Warren made out
the deed.
The mine was later sold to the Ana
conda company by Mr.. Finlen. Three
years ago the adjoining claim was sold
for $4,000 to Marcus Daly.-Spokane
Spokesman Review.
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DRESSER ARRESTED.
SPECIAL OFFICER CARROLL's
SUPPOSED ASSAILANT.
Carroll Came Near Making Him a
Subject for the
Coroner.

yesterday morning Officer Douglas
and Special Officer Brissel arrested
Charles Dresser on suspicion of being
the man who on the night of June 9Th
shot Special Officer Carroll who had
placed him under arrest, through the
neck
On the night mentioned Carroll found
q man back Of the Mebius residence, on
twelfth street, between N and 0, who
was evidently trying to force an en-
trance Carroll arrested his man, but
the latter said he was we'll known to
ex-Chief of Police M. M. Drew and
other persons, and that he was only
hunting for a place to sleep, and the
officer, thinking he had probably made
mistake, walked him up to Toland's
store, at Twelfth and o streets, so as
to ring up police headquarters for in
structions
While standing at the telephone, Car
rolls prisoner stepped behind him and
fired shot through his neck, and while
the officer was lying on the floor
snapped his revolver three or four times
in his face. He then made his escape
After Carroll had recovered he recog-
niZed the picture Of Charles Dresser in
the rogues' gallery at police headquar-
tiers, as that of the man who had SO
nearly murdered him, and since then
the police have been keeping on the
lookout for the suspect, with the result
that Officer Douglas yesterday located
him on K street, between Second and
Third
After Dresser was taken to the sta
ton, Special Carroll was informed of
the arrest and went to the station to
see if he could identify him as his as
sailant. Dresser was brought out, and
when he looked at Carroll, turned away
with a sheer, saying: IT don't know
him"
well, know you," shouted Carroll,
springing from the chair in which he
was seated. and as he arose he whipped
his revolver from his pocket. Officer
Maley saw the move and seized Car
rolls arm before he had a chance to
pump Dresser full of lead, and the lat
ter was hustled back into his cell.
Carroll subsequently said that Ores
ser was positively the man who shot
him, and that he intended, when he
drew his gun, to put an end to him.
II might have sat still and looked at
him." said Carroll, eff he had not turn
ed away with that devilish sheer on his
face. Just think of it. He came UP
behind and shot me and then tried
three or four times to shoot me while
I was down and helpless. I was mad
all over, and 1 guess it's a good thing
that Maley got me by the arm"
Dresser is we'll known in Sacramento
and has a reputation with the police of
being bad man. He claims that he
has for some time past been working at
Antelope.
He will probably not be charged for
several days, as the officers wish to get
sufficient evidence together to insure a
conviction.
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Unable to Use the Piano.

An American who visited the Steven
sons at Samoa relates that the Samoans
have practive of begging. They bold
ly ask for whatever they may covet
wherever it may be found. The nov
elist became tired of this practice, and
therefore said one day to a Samoan
friend who had acquired from him a
necktie, handkerchief and some other
trnket: rs there anything else you
want?"
The Samoan made hasty survey OF
the room.
There is the piano." suggested Mr..
Stevenson, ironically.
"Yes," replied the native, II know,
but he added apologetically, II don't
know how to play t."-Saturday Even
ing Post.
The record-union., 1899-08-07
Testing His Love.

Harold" she said, you once told
me that you would be willing to do
anything in the world to please me"
Yes" he answered. with hope fam
ing up anew in his heart. land although
you said you did not love me then save
as dear, dear friend. am still ready
to do whatever will give you happi-
ness"
"Ah," she cried. think again! Think
again, Harold. and then tell me If you
still are willing to do this for me. I
have been deeply troubled since I told
you that night that I could never look
upon you except as a friend. I have
been afraid many times since then that
I may have spoken harshly to YOU
mo, Evelyn" he eagerly replied
you were not harsh with me. Oh, are
you going to say that may still hope:
Are you"
But" she interrupted, "I told you
to think again and tell me whether you
were still willing to do anything in the
world for my happiness?"
Yes, dearest, yes" he declared, Il
will do Notwithstanding you ask il
it is in my power"
Then she said II wish you would
quit sitting there cracking your finger
joints. 1t makes me nervous" Chi
cago Times-Herald.
The ignorant are more skeptical than