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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-12
A COWBOYS ADVICE.
He Gave . shOw-1truclE YOUNG Miss
. MuehiNeeded, Fathsrly

One of the principal riders of the
wild west show whose dashing and dan
gerous fcats in the ring won the plaud-
its of thousands of people daily is a
great .favorIte with the matinee girls.
This young man one Saturday figured
in a little scene that was not down on
the bills. says the Chicago Evening
News. -., ..., 49,. -..
1t was after the regular afternoon
performance and this modern cavalier
was preparing to make some change in
his costume that he might appear in
the street, when the flap of his tent was
drawn timidly back and young girl,
pretty, and not more than 1S years old,
stood inside gazing with admiration on
this handsome cowboy.
"Welll little girl. is there anything
can do for you?" he asked, as he un-
buckled the revolver belt from his
waist. The girl stood for a moment too
frightened to speak, but at last she
burst into tears and confessed her ad-
miration for the rough rider. She fur
Their said she had attended the show
every afternoon and several evenings
since it had been here, that she wanted
to run away from home and go along
with the show. ..'
During the recital the crack rider Of
the wild west show sat on the end Of
box quietly smoking a cigarette. "See
here! You need some good advice
said he, when she had finished. you
are at just that age when some one
ought to give you n lecture. You seem
to have fallen in love with n man you
know nothing about. SO just fall out
again and remember you've been little
fool. Why, I've n daughter of my own
just about your age"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-12
A Few Specimens Have Been Found
in the Central Part of the
Dark Continent,

From time to time it has been ru-
morcd that girafres existed in British
Central Africa, on the Loangwa river,
but, although that river valley has been
frequently visited during the last ten
years by Europeans, no authentic in
formation on the point has ever been
obtained, says the British Central At
rican Gazette. Recently, however, a
giraffe was shot on the east bank of the
Loangwa, in the Marimba district, by a
European prospector, and it's skin lin
tcoTnplete) sentin to- Capt. Chichester, in
t9Mpe2epi's country, The Binder half of
the skin is being sent, tonthS British
thlussenm, ana iit is, Hoped. tRSt a com
ipiete specimen may how bsbbtained
The existence Of giraffes in Matimba
is remarkable; the area in which they
are fonhdiis extremely restricted, and
their number appears to be very few.
The one shot, however, was in herd of
about IS. The nearest country north
OF Marimba in which giraffes are known
to exist is north of Mareres, where the
Elton-Cotterill expedition met with
them many years ago. To the south
Matabeleland is the nearest giraffe
country.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-12

N. P. Guldagger, at Jones' old
stand, is prepared to do blacksmith
ing in all Of it's branches at prices to
suit the times. Horse shoelng and
wagon work a speciality. All work
guaranteed. Take your work to Mr..
Guldagger's shop if you want it done
well and at reasonable prices.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-12
FRENCH TANSY WATERS, the

IVI1t'O OH T thKNEOI w II It UIVIoJ GIIG
worlds famous remedy for irregula
and painful periods of ladies; are
never failing and safe, rejuvlnate the
system and brighten the eyes; restore
health and beauty to the faded;
French Tansy WATERS are the only
reliable female remedy in the world;
Imported from Paris; take nothing
else from the druggists, but insist on
the genuine; in red wrappers with the
crown trade mark. Price, 81. For
sale by all druggists, or sent by us
direct ON receipt Of the price. La
France Drug Co.,importers, BOG Turk
ST., San Francesca.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-12
SICK HEADACHES.

The cure Of overworked woman
kind, are quickly and surely cured by
karPs Clover Root Tea, the great
blood purifier and tissue builder.
Money refunded if not satisfactory.
Price % cts. and so cts. For sale by
Elko Drug Co.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-12

"lf you scour the world you will
never find remedy equal to One
Minute Cough Cure says Editor
Fackler, of the Micanopy, Fla, Hust-
Ter. 1t cured his family Of LaGrippe
and saves thousands from pneumonia
bronchitis, Group and all throat and
lung troubles. Elko Drug Co.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-12

The INDEPENDENT has made a com.
bination with the San Frar cisco Bull
letin by which both papers will be
delivered to subscribers by carrier
for one dollar a month. Every sub.
ecriber to both papers gets set of
beautiful sun burst photo.engravings,
~ x 70 inches, OF Dewey, Schley and
Sampson, Americas great naval
heroes. These pictures are works of
art and will ornament any home.
Subscribe now and get these beauti.
ful pictures and the latest news of the
world in the Bulletin and the local
and State news in the INDEPENp DENT,
Su descriptions received at this office
or by the solicitor.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-12

Joseph Stockford, Hodgdon, Me-,
healed sore running for seventeen
years and cured his piles of long
standing by using DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve. 1t cures all ekin dis.
eases. Elko Drug 90. ...
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-12

BRING your Job Work to the INDIE.
PENDENT Office. Low prices.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-10

an enormous difference Is made in the effect OF
street decoration when you have your resources
increased by a material that makes temporary
statues, groups. arches and pillars possible and
not too costly.
THE other development which has vastly i'm
proved matters in this direction is the tendency
to recognize one color or combination Of colors
as specially appropriate to a given occasion
The Society Of Mural Decorators, as you know,
has tried to push the claims Of blue and white
the colors Of our Navy, for the Dewey reception
That idea of appropriate colors. | believe, grew
up out Of the use Of badges for personal decOra-
ton. II it is stuck TO at all consistently II
makes an incalcuable addition to the feeling
and meaning Of the effect introducing what
we call "A note that unihcs and strength
ons the whole You can hardly exaggerate
the artistic importance Of a dominant color
note in decoration. You can only fairly APP
preciate it if you look attentiVely at some dec
grafton on a large scale whore the principle has
been fairly employed 1t a fortunate in
spiration whether or not it came from political
clubs or factions, that brought out the idea Of
distinctive colors for badges and 50 led up 10 the
.dea Of dominant cOlOrs in street decorations.
Those are two of the principal particular
causes. / think. that have helped on the i'm
provenent Of American street decoration in re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-10

cent years OF course though. there must nave
been general improvement IN an artistic sense
going on all the time. and this development OF
street decoration is only particular phase OF
it. though it is especially striking. because as a
people We are fond Of street parades and public
demonstrations which give scope for this KIND
Of art effort
AS to whether the Dewey celebration is going
to be conspicuously marked in this respect 1t
will not DO for me. in my position. To speak too
confidently You must remember that the Mural
Decorators have 10 contend with one great
difficulty in the mere fact that along Flfth ave-
where our jurisdiction it, the owners and oc-
oupants ol houses are mostly away from town at
This time Of the year: some Of them may come
back a week or two before the celebration and
set 10 work at decorating in the spirit Of our
recommendations but most Of them will only
come to see the parade and then. perhaps. go
away again until the winter season begins.
"Anothcr very serious difficulty is character
istic of New ork-or Of all America. if you like.
In Paris when they got ready for the great
Victor Hugo celebration on the demonstration in
Ecnor Of Gamhetta's memory the authorities
skctched out everything. including the line Of
march. a long time in advance and everybody
knew that that was settled beyond alteration.
Here everything seems subject to revision Any
body who is dissatisfied because the parade is
not scheduled to pass his windows writes let
ter to the papers. clamoling for a new plan.
The result is some uncertainty up 10 the last
minute which has a bad effect on the public.
who ought to DO a great deal Of the decorating
individually
But. however it may hr with the visible re-
suits Of the municipal efforts when the great
day comes and | am not saying that those
results will not be satisfactory may be
sure OF one thing that this occasion has al
ready, merely in the preparations. clearly
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-10

based on recolections for the most part merci-
fully obscured by time-of damnaby iterated
star spangled calcos stretching for miles along
machine made corniCcs which should have been
pauiated rather than emphasized. An artist
whose part in the current preparations Of Dewey
decorations is no small one. member OF the
Society Of Mural Decorators and a designer OF
some note. had more definitely thought out ideas
and more securely founded reasons to give
.In tho first place" he said. lit is useless to
cxpect people Of a Northern race like us To eN
hibit that feeling for bright and a'm"nl"us
coloriues which is natural 10 the Mediterranean
neoplos III Italy they make the streets b'Auu-
full on festive occasions by hanging rlchil COZ
ored tapestries from the windows OF the houses
Won can hardly expect spontaneous efforts Of
individuals like that in this country il """' ''
visionary. But if YOU ask whether the Amer
lean Icople are showing any MAJ ked chahse l"i
the better IN the matter Of street decoration
answer decidedly yes. just look at the pubhc
spjrit shown here in connection with this cele-
hration The people are Weakening to artistic
life in their own way. The natural course OF
events has led up to this in two special ways,
which DerhaDs have been more apparent TO
professional artists than to the general pubic.
cone very long step in the direction of more
satisfactory street decoration was taken when
the Chicago exhibition called attention 10 the
advantages OF staff. staff, you know, Is a
mixture Of plaster stifened with tow 1t IS very
inexpensive and can be easily worked into stat
nary or architectural designs. and these de-
cions will take any surface you please-bronzed
or colorcd or marbed. 1t viii stand exposure
~ the elements long enough to serve the pur-
noses Of temporary decoration once brought
into public notice by the Worlds Fair stan vas
employed again at the Nashville Exposition ana
again at the Philadelphia Peace Celebration
You have only to think a moment to see what
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-10
STREET DECORATION.
THE DEWEY CELEBRATION MARKS THE
BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA OF
POPULAR TASTE

Any one who likes to draw historical parallels
may please himself by watching the develop
ment OF art feeling and expression in the United
states, particularly in New York. within the
last and the present generation. The approach
Of the Dewey celebration affords special oppor
tunity for such interesting contemplation. To
the mere amateur who may have watched for
years and wondered at the nfantile crudities
Of the average American street decoration there
is an air Of serious thoughtfully directed effort
about the decorative preparations now being
made in this city which contrasts strongly with
the bygonc frolicsome, happy 20 lucky, red
white and blue rcNcls of bunting and calico
The historical parallel lies between sturdy
Rome. dragging herself out Of barbarism by
Hellenic conquests and rough young America
awakening to the consciousness Of her own
aesthetic shortcomings through an acquaintance
with those older countries to which she has in
PRODUCED herself somewhat in the character Of
holy terror"
So much for the impressions Of 4 mere anna
tour rhey are general vague and conjectural.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-10

are ragged brigade with faces heavily creased
with care, and blackcned and toughened with
toll. Every woman looks prematurely old and
haggard under her worm eaten shawl. and every
tattered child is barefoot 1t is Poverty Fair
held in beautiful valley. where the Kenmare
nuns have taught lacemaking as fine art and
where there is a magnificent panorama Of noun
tain and ford. and neither refinement Of art nor
charm of scenic environment can cast a glamour
or sentiment or romance over the real Ireland
Swallowed by hopeless struggle and awful
pathos. l. n f
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-10
PISTOLS ARE PRETTY THINGS.
ORNAMENTATION OF SMALL ARMS At AN
ADVANCED STAGE THESE DAYS

ADVANCED STAGE THESE DAYS
A peep at the showcas. whore the gttcring
beauties Of the most modern American revolver
are displayed in any Of the great firearms stores
OF lower Broadway. suggests strongly tho mag
nltude Of the change that the last decade or two
has brought in the vital art Of killing. one is
struck especially by the increasing slimness Of
the barrels which appear to he approaching
without limit the diameter Of ~ ordinary foun-
tain pen
do You sell these things principally for de
fence against burglars" the inquisitive one
asks
I'VE don't ask any questions ~ customers"
replies a salesman who has been selling fire
arms for forty years. II dare say most of the
revolvers bought by peaceful citizens are in
tended as protection against burglars. Then a
good many peope-both men and women-en-
joy target shooting"
The latter information threw an interesting
light on the progress Of the fair sex toward
emancipation But in view Of recent discus
sions at The Hague and all the world
anent the stopping" powers Of the dun dun
bullet the question presented itself How would
these pretty things do in a sudden tete-a-tete
with determined burglar? Would such bull
Jet stop" burglar so that he would be be-
yond the power of replying in kind?
certainly it would" said the veteran sales
man. OF course. everybody knows that the
larger the bullet the greater the shock But
these are quite large enough. You think
ing Of what they talk about the military rifles,
aren't YOU? Stories about soldiers being shot
through and going on as if nothing had hap
pened? You are leaving out II account the diff
ferent powers of the powders used. The Krag-
Jorsensen and the Lce-Metford drive their bull
lets at muzzle velocity away beyond any
thing YOU get from one Of these revolvers and
that is why the bullet can make clean little
hole through a man that he Will hardly notice.
The revovcrs We sell now are mostly 80 and
% callhres Wei that is much larger calibre
than the Army and Navy rifles have and the
powder used does not give nearly as high
velocity The consequence is. the wound IS
much moro lacoratcd."
From which il appeared that the strength Of
the common domestic revolver u.s. Ike a
womans in its weakness The smokcloss pow
der Of the Army and Navy is so powerful and
produces such a violent impact on hrcech-
blocks that a standing order in the two ser
vices cautions all who use rcyolvcrs not 10 fill
empty revolver cartridge shells With long range
arms powder The smokeless powder used in
the trade for revolver target practice and anti
burglar cartridges is a much loss violent com
pound
Il may he that the steady improvement in
the appearance Of revoycrs has charmed
women but. upon inquiry it turned out that
women are beginning 20 buy revOlvers for pur-
poses less sportive than target practice in
this show case, among the pearl handled arti-
clcs Of offensive and defensive luxury, with the
chased barrels and plated fittings. were one or
two tiny things that could not have been made
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-10

brought out the fact that the people OF New
York at least arc as a people making ana
have made distinctly important advances in
this direction OF public rsthetic culture. can
not speak for cities further inland. but here the
age Of meaningless, crude outbursts Of gaudin'ss
has passed away"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-10
4 r1BBY THAT LIVES IN TREES.

Farmer u. " correspondence Of The koch-
ester Post-EXpress
4 remarkable case Of animal eccentrcity has
been discovered in the rear If The cottages Oh
r p Hause Del Bennett and T. ". Grant at
Warehouses; Landing on Cayuga Lake. IN a
hiph tree a large white cat, when WOuIu "eIsh
rroballv twenty five pounds. has taken up us
abode and from all observations has been mere
Tor several years. 1t is seldom seen IN daylight
INT prowls about AT night after food, living on
birds SQUIRRELS and other animals that IL can
master II is shy % any Of the human KIND, ana
l.,,,,t he aprroaChcd the only one VINO mas
ever got a meow" in recognition Of her calls OF
TX nv KITTY" being Mrs =. +. iause, who one
TIC Sot within about thirty feet OF the cat In
It's rnt0nieht peregrnatiOns IT VISITS the cottages
and ANYTHING catable left outside generally dis.
aur,earc Frank Grant 4 few evenings ago Icl'
sllcral fine nsh lying in a box in the rear OF ms
cottage In the morning three OF the iaIsest
FISH had mvsteriOusly disappeared bul Sihye
t.fbv bse hcen discovered the mystery Is solved
A few davs ago r Z Hausc saw the car ylhs
stretched out on a limb, like a squirrel any
when he threw a stone at it the cat rose up anu
iunDcd like q flying squirrel from imp 20 IliiiU
and tree TO tree, until II disappeared WneIe u -
came from or how long 1t has been In its wl'u
state no one knows. and unless person. uSeS "
gun II is impossible to capture II
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-01-11
A Newspaper Worth Reading.

With circulation showing a graft
flying increase as compared with a year
ago, with more extensive advertising
patronage than ever before, with add
ed press facilities which permit of en-
larged editions whenever necessary
The Pittsburg Times comes to the pub
lie for 1899. 1t modestly claims to be
a good, all-round newspaper, neglect
ing no opportunity to get the news ac-
curately and promptly. While ii
is Republican in politics it endeavors
to be fair in discussion. Overlooking
no field of human interest, it is care
fully edited and courts the favor of the
fireside rather than the applause OF
sensation mongers. For reference il
submits to the unbiased judgment OF
newspaper me nanywhere in the terri
tory in which it circulates. Three dol
lars year or six cents a week.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-01-11
Next Door"

The Brothers Roger have found in
Next Door" a gold mine that can
safely be compared with the wonders
of the Yukon. 1t is without shadow
of douOt the funniest show on the road
Next Door" csontains a plot discov-
cradle perhaps with a Lick Telescope,
but the stars play havoc with their
lines by their art of delicious foolery.
1t Is mostly pantomime with swift and
truly legitimate appeals to ones sense
of humor without the excessive fustian
SO many farce comedies insist upon
flinging at an unoffending public.
There is a lot of trick properties, trap
chairs, pivotal doors and windows,
and mysterious contrivances. The
burlesque absurdities of the acrobats
follow one another like clock work, and
one wonders if he is ever going to
stop laughing, but long after the final
curtain he is still wondering. Audi
torium Thursday night, Jan. 18th.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-01-11
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY II, 1899.

Speaking OF the announcement that
General Grosvenor would be candi-
date before the Republican State con-
vention. a well-known Republican said
to me yesterday: HAS ii ever occur
red to you that the Eleventh Congress-
ional district has been pretty well car
ed for in the way of elective state Of
fees. Judge Bradbury, of Meigs, who
is a candidate for third term on the
supreme bench; Judge Minshall, of
Ross, who is now serving his third
term in that court, and Hon, 81 Allen,
who has been elected clerk of this
court for a third term, are all voters
in the Grosvenor district. / am not op-
posed to Grosvenor, but this is a con-
dition of affairs lhat is certainly wor-
thy of some attention and thought 1t
strikes me that the Eleventh district,
like late Mr.. Reilly, is doing quite well.
Ohio State Journal
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-01-11
Our National Gallery of Great Men.

Great men are beginning to crowd
each other in the old Statuary hall at
the capitol. Statuary hall, as most
visitors to the big white building
know, was formerly the chamber of
the house of representatives, and the
congress has devoted it to the exhibi-
tion of the effigies of great men, each
state in the union being privileged to
bronze to make representation. A
very few years ago the hall was occu-
pied by only few statues. Then in
terest in the matter developed in sew
eral of the states at the same time, and
presently there was an increase in the
number of the effigies and an almost
equal diversity of scale adopted for the
statues. Almost before it was realized
the hall began to look as if it were
crowded Unless some new arrange
ment could be made of the marbles
and bronze, it looked as if it would be
necessary to set up a double row of
them, which would give the men in the
front row an unfair advantage.
The architect of the capitol has dis.
covered way of making room. He
has determined to move out into the
rotunda under the great dome, the
statues of national characters hither-
to forming part of the collection in
statuary hall Indeed, the work has
already begun, and visitors to the ro-
tunda have been surprised to find such
eminent personages as Hamilton, JET
ferson and even Washington entangl-
ed in coils Of rope and suggesting the
disagreeable possibility that all are
presently to be hanged. But the ropes
were about their heads and necks sim
ply to enable the workmen to lift
them to their pedestals when those
foundations were ready
The necessity of putting in some
eleceric wires to light up the rotunda
had not bee nthought of in advance, so
that the exhibition of statesmen in
coils of rope was continued for several
days. Houdins statue of Washington
a plaster copy of the original Rich
mond, the original being mathemati-
caIly correct as a reproduction in size
of Washington's proportions, is to oc-
cupy the center of the rotunda 1t was
originally intended that it should be
placed there.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-01-11
Electric Light Plant,

Why should the city and its people
not enjoy the cheap water power that
lies right at its door? All that is
necessary is for the right persons to
say I'VE will" and the thing can be
done. Did it ever occur to the readers
of the Leader that just above the mill
on the Ice Harbor lot is just as good a
site for another mill as the one where
the present mill is located? The new
electric light plant could be located
There and run by water power at such
a slight cost for power that it would
surprise the most sanguine
II located out there on the edge of
the mill race. it would be so far away
from every building that no one could
hear the racket of the machinery, and
the site would cost nothing and its
location there would not interfere with
The use of the public ground in front
for any other purpose. If 1t should be
thought impracticable, ask some COM
petent hydraulic engineer and find If
entirely practicable. 1t would be the
greatest stroke of economy this city
ever made.
is 1t worth trying to accomplish, or
shall we sail along in the same old
ruts? No other user of power can ever
occupy this site because it is public
property. Very few cities with sucb
an opportunity TO obtain a cheap now
er would hesitate in utilizing same.