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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-12-29
SATURDAYS DAILY
SALMAGU NDI

There are iorty-four school districts
in Elko county.
Ed. Mead lett for Salt Lake last
night to spend the holidays with his
family.
General Lawton's remains will be
brought to the United States Oh a
government transport.
Antoine Picanso continues to i'm.
prove at the county hospital and the
indications are that his wound will
o o heal. Everything is favorable
go far.
Tho Christmas number OF the Wellc
Herald is Il splendid edition and a
credit to the ladies who had the work
III charge. 1t il filed with good
things and should bring many pieces
ot silver to the church treasury.
An ISDErESDENT reporter took IA
look through the store OF the Engler
Co. today and WIS surprised to See SO
many Christmas goods displayed.
They have nearly everything that one
can wish in the shape OF Christmas
presents, dry goods and clothing.
Dwight L.. Moody. the famous
evangelist, died Mt Mortified, Massa-
chusetts, yesterday noon. The cause
Of death WAS u general breaking
down due to overwork. He was born
in the town in which he died on Jan.
uary D, 1897.
Chris. Guldagcr, the cx.typo and
all around rnnchcr. - III from Skcl-
ton today. When work OH the ranch
Is slack, he takes his saddle bags and
practices medicine umoug the In.
diuns. Some Of his cures are truly
wonderful aud he is now the big med.
icine mar Of Mound Valley.
Before another issue of the lNDE-
PESDESTChristmas will have come aud
gone. II is therefore meet AMI prop.
cr that it extends To all it's readers
and friends Il merry Christmas. II
by any chance any one Of It's for cc is
called upon to ept turkey on that day.
he will be III no condition to assist IN
getting out the paper. As none Of
the force can be spared. the whole ca.
Doodle will take IA lay-oiT Monday.
Col. Maxson Is III town gathering
up specimens for the Paris Exposi. |
tiOn, talking politics and otherwise
behaving himself. While the com.
missioncrs have succeeded IN getting |
together Il very good exhibit OF Ne
vada's mineral resources, it is not
what It might have been II the mine
owners had taken the proper interest
in the matter.
According to official adviccs re-.
ceired by Assistant Secretary Meik-
eljohn Of the War Department II band
OF counteIfciters has started opera.
tiODs i'll Cuba, but to what extent IL
not disclosed. Tho officials Of The
government succeeded i'll locating
their plants and managed to secure a
set OF plates intended for the printing
OF U. 5. currency OF the denomina-
tious OF g., siO and go.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-12-29
The s.ok.r-royn wedding.

MIR. George c. Stoker ana Miss
Annie E. Toyn were married on
Wednesday last, at the hour of noon.
by i;ev. George +. Plummer OF Elko.
The ceremony was performed at the
residence OF the brides parents and
was witnessed by u Goodly number of
invited guests. The day was perfect,
such a day a. only the sunny climate
OF Nevada n furnish. a happicr
company it would have been hard to
lind any place. All seemed to think
that n very worthy couply were equal.
y mated. Tho feast that followed the
marriage wGs replete with all the del
icacies and s~ubstantials that loving
thought and money could provide.
1t was the first. matrimonial break in
the Toyn family and the hosts and
guests seemed to vie with each other
i'll making it a memorable event.
The happy couple were til, recipi-
ents of many and valuable presents,
and only the lack Of space keeps us
from giving them in detail.
The following Is u list Of the guests
who witnessed the marriage cere.
mony and added TO the cheer:
Mr.. and MH. George Moody md
family, Mr.. md MB. Merkley, j. j.
Hylton and family, Mr.. and MH. j.
Sanguinctte. Mr.. and Mrs. Balling er,
Mrs. Lindsay. Mrs. Bryant. Misses
Mamie Carville, Pearl Lindsay, RUBY
Lindsay, Katie Riordan, Clara
Brown, Mabel Brown, Lena Belmont;
Messrs. Robert Porter, S Young, G..
Connolly, Ellis Gooding and Fred
Blank.
Mos o' the guests remained until
II late hour and passed the time with
music aud song.
The bride and groom will be in FL.
ko Saturday, leaving for Loyelock
noon.
The INDEPENDENT extends it con.
gratulatlons 10 Mr.. and Mrs. Stoker |
and wishes them n long, prosperous
and happy life. MaY JOY be with
always.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-12-29

The following letter from Major
General Shafter speaks for itself.
The object for which it appeals is n
worthy one and the people Of Nevada
will doubtless respond literally:
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT or CAL.
IFoSIA.
SAN Francisco, Cal, Dee. %. 1899.
DEAR SIR:
The Adjutant General Of the Army
has appointed me, as the representa-
tive 81 the War Department. Ia RI
ceivc contributions from the people
Of the Pacific Coast for the benefit OF
the widow and children OF the late
Major General Henry W. Lawton.
killed in action before San Mateo
Philippine Islands. December 20
1899, and | respectfully solicit your
assistance i'll making the contribu.
ton from the coast II generous one.
Tho history Of General Lawton's
splendid military career is too well
known to need rccounting here. Ills
life has been n Of devotion To- the
military service and he fell in battle
while defending his cOuntry's flag.
Ills widow anG four children will
hc LETT in Strengthened circumstances
unless The mortgage covering his or
ungc grove at RcdIands. California
bc Populated.
am COntiiunt that the patriotic
md grateful people OF the Pacific
Coast will respond generously ia this
most worthy object. and that enough
money will he raised, not only to pay
the mortgage. but leave u substantial
margin in addition for the use Of the
family.
Rcmittanccs should be sent to tho
undersigned at Army Headquarters.
San FrunCisco, which will be nc.
kn%owlcdgcd 10y letter and through the
columns of the newspapers. Tho No
vnda Bank Of San Francisco has been
designated ns tho depository for the
fund.
Very Respectfully,
WIN. Il. SKATER.
Major General, U. S. Volunteers.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-12-29

This from tho Burlington, IN. j.
Gazette is gospel truth: Ever since
Mckinley has been President OF the
United States a gang or Republican
mnnipulators has been pumping wind
aud water into all Jalues TINT they
could affect. Now they are near
high-water mark. And this is what
they call prosperity. Should the
elections go Democratic next year
the watering process will cease and
prices will become somewhere near
normal. Then you will SEQ tho Re-
publican wiseacres pointing their
fingers and rcmarking, ave told you
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-12-29

Tho committee on regulation OF
text books for the schools OF the
State adjourned yesterday afternoon
after adopting several new text books.
Prof. Cushmnn OF tho Department OF
Literature OF the University propos-
cd a system OF English literature
preliminary to tho work OF the Uni.
ycrsity and which will be hereafter a
requirement for entrance IN that in
stitution. Tho new catalogue which
will be issued III Il few days, will
bear this MS IN entrance requirement.
-Gazctte.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-12-29
lFRoM TUESDAYS DAILY
SALMAGUSDI

Tho receipts OF the State Land
ollice last week were sl.4s7 s..
Nick lessen was down frola Mariis
Saturday. He reports everything
quiet up that way.
The ice men are busy putting up
frozen water for next summers use.
The ice Is clear and nice.
John Rourke and MIR. Ford brought
III w mules und Is horses Sunday for
shipment. The mules have been pur.
chased by Uncle Sam for shipment TO
Cuba. They are splendid animals.
II Masons are sparing no expense
to make the dance tomorrow night an
event to he remembered by the PEG.
pie OF Elko. From what We can
learn there will he a big crowd at the
dance and You will miss il il you are
not there. Get Il ticket and pass a
pleasant evening with the Musons
Christmas pissed of very quietly
ill Elko. The only thing that occur.
red to mar the pleasure of any one
was the robbery of Mrs. Lanes house
Aside from this everybody seemed to
be happy and the best Of good feel.
ing Prevailed. May we all be here to
celebrate Christmas next year.
The Christmas tree at the Episco-
pal church last night was Il decided
success, The exercises opened with
singing after which Rav. Plummer
delivered an interesting address to
children. During its delivery the
INDEPENDENT man thought the Rev.
gentleman got BILL" the teller OF
whoppers, and staid old Santa Claus
badly mixed. but all OF his stories
proved to the children. that Santa
Claus WIS IA generous old fellow that
always responded to their prayers at
Christmas time. After the address
the presents were taken from the
tree and the children OF the Episco.
pal Sunday school went home happy.
Miss Lou Lane proved herself to
be Il first class thief catcher yestcr-
day. This the two young men she
followed and trapped no doubt real
ize fully by this time. But few
young would follow house
breakers and stop them and converse
with them until she had made Il men
tai note Of their clothing and appear
IN Miss Lane did with Wright
and Steele. II they escape doing
IN the Carson pen, i. II be
through no fault OF hers. The ISDE.
PENDENT comments Miss Lanes
pluck and energy and hopes ehc will
be rewarded b.. seeing these thieves
sent to the pen.
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when du"s the Goth Century Conn
mcnCc:


mcnCc.
An authoritative answer to that all
absorbing question when the new
century begins has just been given
by VI Camille Flammarion, the dis
tinguished astronomer and author.
An authoritative answer his statement
may well be styled. since this is a
subject Oh which he is particularly
fitted to speak with authority. ChIu.
nology and astronomy are closely
allied aud beng an adept astronomer
NJ. ELIMINATION is necessarily also
specially well quail fled to grapple
with any problem the solution o.!
which depends IN Il right understand
my Of chronology.
From his statement. which covers
the ground thorou !hly, the following
is taken:
III we look back at tile past, we
find documents Of the ycr-s 1899, 1899
and 1899 in winch this subject was
discussed, and Il century hence, IN
1859 our descendants will he discus
ing the same old subject. \ century
ago the discussions were unusually
lively, and extended even to the the.
ntcr. In lSuD a play appeared with
the title Dear God, in what Century
are wc Living?' This very question
we of today are again asking.
"Frnncisquc S~arccy,the distinguish
ed critic, says the year 1900 will be
the dawn Of the twentieth century.
iIo is mistaken. The dawn OF the
twentieth century will no.: come in
1900. yer though we constantly hear
that the Exposition Of 1900 will com.
mcmoratc the / irtn Of the new CEN
fury. On the contrary it will COR.
melnorate the end 81 a century. The
year 1900 will bc the evening before
the new century. and the dawn will
not begun until after midnight.
This seemingly difficult problem
is really very casy OF solution. a
dozen consists Of IL units. Tho num-
Der ~ is purt Of tho dozen. One
hundred consists Of 100 units and the
number 100 is II part thereof. Now
it 10 clear that there never was a year
0 in tho Chrisiinn chronology. Tho
first year was No. /. aud the tenth
year was No. 10. and tho huudrcdth
year Of the first century wa tho year
100.
"What lins probably led many per.
sons asiray was tho change OF the
first two figures ~ the year M we see
i'm tho casc Of lf0D.lSOO. 4 similar
change is made however when the
iigur" q bccOmcs u 10. ar when 30 he.
comes 100. II any ono gives mo iU0
cents ! In We u dollar, but the hun.
drcdth cont is just rs necessary Ia
make my first dollar ms the niuctictlI
My hundred and first cent il the be.
! ginning OF my second dollar. Tho
hundrCdth ia. III fact,a necessary TOR,
ton oi tho dollar,
"In like manner the hundrchtl
year belongs to the century that Il
dying, Exactly, therefore. at mid.
night Of December 3lst, 1900. will tho
hour glass Of the nineteenth ccntut,
run out mud at that moment tho
twcLticth century will start on il,
career
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-12-29
ON EVERY BOTTLE

or Shiloh's Consumption euro is
this guarantee: "All we ask OF you Is
to use two.thirds OF tho contents OF
this bottle faithfully, then IL you n
say you aro not benefited return the
bottle to your Druggist and no may
refund tho price paid" Price % cts,
80 cts and Sl.0O. For eale by Elko
Drug Go.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-12-29
ARRIE

tho residence OF
the brides parents, Shelton, Ne
vada, December 81, 1899, by Row.
George T.. PluInmer, Mr.. George G.
Stoker Of Loyelock, Nevada, to Miss
Annie r. Toyn of Shelton.
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Only q Few DAYS.

Don't wait too long to select a
nice suitable present for for father,
mother. sister, brother, sweetheart, or
dear friends. Our beautiful stock is
replenrshed every day with new at
fractions at ENGLER's.
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+. J. CHENEY zoo.
WV
Toledo. Ohio.

s'lll''
We. the undersigned, have known T..
j. Cheney for tho last 10 years. and
believe him perfectly honorable in
all business transactions, and linnn-
ciallv able to carry out any obliga.
ton make 10y their firm.
WEST & TRUAx. Wholesale Druggists.
Toledo, Ohio.
WAiDiSG, KIHSNE 4 MARVIN, Whole.
salc Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halle Calnrrh Cure ia taken inter.
nally. and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces Of tho system.
Price i5c. per bottle. Sold 10y all
Druggists. Testimonials FREQ.
Halls family Pills arc the best.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-12-29

l.. L. Travis, agent Southern X. r.,
Selma. Ga. writes. 81 can not cay too
much in praise OF One Minute Cough
Cure. In my case it worked like q
charm The only harmless remedy
that gives immediate results. Cures
coughs, colda, Group, bronchitis, and
all throat and lung troubles. Elko
Drug Company.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-12-29

The modern aud most effective cure
for constipation and all liver troubles
the famous little pills known as De.
Wits Little Early Risers. Elko Drug
Co, y"
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No offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward Tor any casc OF Catarrh that
cannot bc cured by Halls Catarrh
Curn
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-04-27

civil day, lasts from midnight to mid
night-24 hours. In order that the civil
day may have the same number or
date the world around the leading ma
tons have agreed to use the date of the
days as they begin on the one hundred
and eightieth meridian.
Thus with every place its dates are
counted from midnight to midnight,
and each day takes the same date as
that given to the latest new day on
the one hundred and eightieth merid-
ian. We may think of the new date as
travelling westward with the midnight.
The date is given to each place as soon
as th" r;s!n,slINqenches it. When
midnight again occurs in the one hun
dred and eightieth meridian another
date begins its journey around the
earth.
When vessels cross the one hundred
and cightieth meridian they either drop
n day or add one to the calendar. AS
the new date begins on that line. a
vessel sailing eastward across the line
goes out of the area having the new
date and must therefore go back day
Sailing westward the vessel enters the
area having new day and must there
fore add day to the calendar Thus,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-04-27

when sailing eastward across the line.
Monday is dropped for Sunday; but
sailing westward over the line Satur-
day at once gives place to Sunday The
medium of $50 degrees. at which all
new civil days begin. is called the lin
ternational date line"
AS a matter of fact the International
date line is an arbitrary line and does
not conform strictly to the one hun
dred and eighteth meridian. Many isl
which are in close commercial touch
with Australia. use East Greenwich
time. though geographically they lie in
west longitude. But our faroff Pacific
possessions are not of these.
Guam. then. is well ahead of New
York-more than 14H hours-so that
when it is noon at the city of New
York it is 9 o'clock, 3S minutes and 81
seconds in the morning of the next day
at Guam. Manila presents n similar
phase of the question of day and date,
Our newest and maybe our richest pos
session Is situated in longitude 100 de-
grees SO minutes 3 seconds east. In
other words, it lies eight hours, II min
utes and seven seconds east of Green
witch, and since New York is five hours
from Greenwich. Manila is IL hours. Al
minutes and seven seconds distant
from the city hall in New York.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-04-27
MORTAR LOADING POSITION.

lenses with an effective range of eight
to ten miles, and is calculated to open
fire upon blockading fleet the momcn:
1t comes within reach. The mortar bat.
terry is concealed well away from the
big guns, where it cannot he reached
except accidentally by the fire of the
enemy, nor is this battery intended to
he brought into play until the rifles in
the main Notifications have been com
pletely or partially silenced by the
enemy.
The mortars have Il limited range of
about four and one-half miles, and their
tremendous bursting charges are fired
plunging into any vessel occupying n
plotted position upon Il chart which is
in the possession of officers eU,lipDed
with range-tinders of delicate precision
located ut Il considerable distance from
the concealed battery. This chart Is
divided into minute squares. and as tn,
eneny's ships cross the intersections OF
imaginary lines the men handling the
mortars although they cannot see the
vessels. aim. load and discharge with
the certainty born of long practice that
every shot will tell.
These new mortars. of which 1000
are provided for in the existing scheme
of national coast defense, and of which
800 have already been mounted in posi-
tons commanding the entrances of the
principal harbors on the Atlantic coast.
fire a Pinch shell weighing 1000
pounds. This. following high ira ice
tory, is intended to fall upon the unar-
mored decks of vessels and. by eXplod-
ing. dcmoliSh the machinery. destroy
the crew. and perhaps sink the vessel.
These weapons each weigh about thir-
teen tons. are II feet o inches long. and
their 12inch rfled bore is 10 feet i'm
length. Their great diameter at the
breech is ) feet inches This great
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-04-27

rms is the blood purifier" and
may be used any time-at meals ou I NV
tween times, during the day or at
night. 1T should be taken until tho
complexion or skin is smooth and c,ea,
Sassafras forms the basis of the hest
patent-medicine purifiers. To maks
,he tea' 10 one teaspoonful of the
broken bark add one generous mint of
cola water, steep about 20 minutes
longer sleeping will not iniure tad.
ding more water if the first has boiled
away enough to leave the tea bitter
Woman's Home Companion.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-04-27

Native Parrot Nearly Exterminated.
The only parrots native to the
United States-namely, the so-called
Carolina parroquets-have been all but
extermnated. Formerly they ranged
in immense numbers all over the south
ern states, as far north as New York,
and as far west as Texas. At present.
what few survivors there are can be
found only in Floi ida and in the Indian
territory. Their destruction has been
due largely to a peculiar lack of the
instinct of preservation. They in
dulged misplaced confidence in man,
and could never learn to protect them
selves in any way. Moving in great
focks, they would sit on tree, as
thick as berries on a brush, so as to
offer special invitation to persons who
delight i'll bird-murder tor the mere
sake of slaughter. The wiping out of
thousands was an easy matter for man
with gun and a Little powder and
shot. These parroquets have been
utilized to a comparatively small extent
in the millinery trade, their destruction
having been accomplished mainly for
no other purpose than to crafty mans
instinct to slav. Parrots, unfortunate
ly. are not prolific, the female laying
only two or three eggs, and so this
beautiful bird has been hunted to
Observation-Disclosures Saturday Post.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-04-27

Greenwich, though, according 10 our
ndopted standard time, it is regarueu
commercially as only eight hours us
tant. Honolulu. in the Sandwich ISL
ands of the United States. is distant ny
sun 10 hours. 81 minutes ana 80 sec
onds from Greenwich. 1t would GER
tainly be more convenient to drop .he
minutes and seconds and consider the
Hawaiian group as round ~ nun
distant from Greenwich. or two hours
from San Francisco or five from New
York.
So far, this question of time has been
comparatively easy. We have peeh
following the sun to the WESTWARD
taking our date and day with us. the
came with which we started lrohi
greenwich or New York, but after we
move off from the Sandwich group ana
head for our tight little island of Guam
wa encounter difficulty that is decid-
odIv nuzzling to the landsman ana
oron the nautical man has to sit down
and work 1t out.
Tbe difficulty lies in the adding or
draining from our calendar or an en-
tire day, according as we may DE go
;ro IN the east or to the west or that
meridian of longitude called $50 de-
grees. . IN
longitude 144 degrees 80 minutes 30
soconds east. In time this is nine hours,
% minutes and 81 seconds east OF
greenwich This means that the sun
risos over that island II hours. 81 MN
,,tos and 3S seconds before that lumi-
nary shines over the island OF Mill
haitian. ,,oa 4ho
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-04-27

A Russian officer has been maxine
experiments with very successful re-.
suits, In the use of falcons instead of
pigeons as carriers. 1t seems that thew
can ny very much faster. A pigeon
covers ten to twelve leagues an hour
whereas falcon can do fifteen, It can
also carry with ease fairly heavy
weight.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-04-27

The late Lord Randolph Churchill once
put the cost of this blood tax forciby:
"Out of the life of every German. every
Frenchman. every Italian, every Austrian
and every Russian. the respective Govern
ments of those countries took three years
for compulsory military service"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-04-27
BIG MORTARS FOR DEFENSE.
Uncle Sam Will Build One Thousand
Terrible War I'm plements.

The type of heavy breech-loading
motrar relied upon by the Z. S. army
for inner-line harbor defense is one of
the most terrible implements of war
that have been devised. The high-pow.
cred rifle is mounted in the coast de-
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-04-27

mass of metal is so nicely balanced that
ii can be loaded. aimed and fired by two
men. The loading is performed by sim
pie mechansms, and with a trained Gun
company of six men one accurate shot
can be fired every two minutes.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-04-27

Professor r. W. Wood, instructor in
physics in the University of Wisconsin.
has originated the idea of thawing out
frozen water pipes with electricity. and
has made two successful experiments
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-04-27

degrees I minutes % seconds west.
This reduced from arc to time by divd-
ing by 10 gives four hours "a minutes
and 30 seconds. Here again, perhaps,
Eastern time will be adopted when
ands and the ports along the Atlantic
seaboard has increased to the great
volume which is sure to come with
peace and prosperity.
Now for the great West. San Fran
cisco lies eight hours. nine minutes and
80 seconds distant in time from