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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-04

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-ejS, middsings, sacks -, hay, tons.
SO; wool bales. $50. wlne. gallons, g.
SIS, brandy gallons l 80
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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-29
Southern Elko.

Prof.. Wilson, in an interview pub
hshed in the Reno journal, speaks as
follows concerning the water supply
and agricultural possis ilities OF the
southern valleys Of Elko county:
10 Starr valley enough water is
wasted to largely increase the cult
waited area. Streams rush down from
tie perennial now fields Of the Ruby
mountaiDe and there are lakes that
could be tapped and splendid fites
for storage reservoirs.
Clover valley Is not so well water
ed, but Secret valley is well supplied.
In North aud Central Ruby the
ranches extend IN a line along the
foothills and each has its W source
Of supply from one OF the many
streams winch How down the canyons.
The farming land slopes away to the
bed Of the valleys where the subsoil
water raises and make fine pasture
laud, but these meadows are too wet
for agricultural purposes.
In South Ruby the water runs to
waste in a broad. shallow sheet OF
alkaline water known as Ruby Lake.
There Is a beautiful stre9m in thus
valley known rs Cave creek which
issues from chambers followed out
by nature in limestone cliffs.
Huntington Is not well watered,
but Smith creek furnishes a strong
supply for Mound valley.
The south fork OF the Humboldt
river provides abundant water for the
South Fork valley.
There is also a shortage in the
Fort Halleck country. while Lamoille
valley is fairly well supplied.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-29
Odd Marriages In the Philippines.

The marriage custom Of the Necu-
los l. peculiar. The young man who
seeks abnde. first obtains the con-
sent OF her parents and then pursues
her, catching her in his arms. She
breaks loose and runs and does not
yield until lie has captured her sever
al times Finally he leads her in tn
unph to Der home. IIers her father
drags the youth up a ladder 20 the
floor OF their hut and the mother
drags up the maiden. They are the
made to kneel and the father then
pours over them a cocoanut shell full
OF water. He then bumps their heads
together and the ceremony Is com.
plete. They spend their honeymoon
IN the depths OF the mountains and
for i've days and nights are lost to
sight, after which they come back to
every day lie.
There Is another custom which il
worth describing. Instead Of the
youth and maiden being dragged up
the hut ladder, they are made to
climb two saplings that grow near
each other. Then an elder OF the
group grasps the saplings and draws
them together until the heads OF the
young people touch, with a kiss or a
bump, according to the force used.
This makes them mar and wife. Tho
Forum.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-29
The new Money Order.

The new style OF money order Ia.
sued 10y the p~os;ofice department
will gradually take the place OF the
old form rs the latter is exhausted at
the various postofices througboutth the
country. The new form is somey what
smaller than the ono nov in use md
about the size OF a bank draft. Its
color is blue, with fine. closely inter.
laced lines in a darker shade. The
two tints prevent imitation, while the
uater mark, y. S. NJ. o., wrouyb, in
the paper will he another safcgu lard,
one good feature OF th, new order il
the manifoldina or duplicating OF the
notification to the paying postma Ter,
By this method the name, payce.
date, amount and place ne written IN
the order are duplicated and made n
appear the same III both. Thus tho
liability to mistake ia greatly less.
encd. end discrepancy between orde,
and advice. which has hitherto been a
source OF annoyance TO both the de.
pattment and post masters, is prevent.
ed nm absolute uniformity betwe e
tho order and sdvicn Ia established
The secoip; issued 10 10 tho remit.
ter viii tend to p~opularizc tho none
order, Tor hitherto u receipt Inns no.
been practicable.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-29
MoI.Gey Courtship.

4 friend who was ercamped in the
woods recently witnessed the follow
ing Occurrences:
\ troop OF monkeys which seemed
to be a picnic party under the charge
OF ~chsperoDs, came to cross a creek
by the camp. They came along. trav-
cling as usual from tree to tree by in
terlscIng limbs, and at the creek side
soon found some i~pterlacrng vines
which made a suspension bridge.
There IVES considerable skylarking
going TN in the procession, but the
cliaperons msrshalled all across the
bridge, except two. These two had
lodged behind trees and palpably
deliberately got left on purpose, and
when the rest OF the picnc was out Of
sight, they selected a nice narrow seat
where they sat extremely close togeth.
er, apparently deep in conversation
and as happy rs could be.
After some time the larger one saw
a fruit hanging down below him and
began reaching down trying to get it.
his reach proving too short he took a
twist around the limb and swung for
it, but even his tail was too short and
the fruit still hung about a foot below
him. His smaller companion saw the
difficulty aud at once solved it. She
grabbed the tail firmly ,loosed it from
the limb, and at tho same time her
own tail took a turn around it. let
her companions tail twist around her
wrst and then all securedly braced
and anchored, she reached down I'M
til che lowered him within reach OF
the fruit. He gathered it and in a
minute was back by her side and
they ere eating tbs fruit together
Forest and Stream.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-29
L1HE COMIC OPERA.

Tho State. published at Columbia.
South Carolina, thus discoourses on
the Presidents treaty with tho Sui
tan Of Sulu:
.In truth. nothing more bizarre than
our Sulu policy was ever put into a
comic opera. We buy the island OF
Spain and then proceed TO negotiate
with a local sovereign for the night to
style them ours, paying him an an
nuIty for the privilege. We are a
democratic republic, yet we seek to
embrace a despotic sultar US a fellow
citizen, a subject, a p~ensioner, and a
coequal sovereign all rolled into one.
We cheerfully accord hun absolute
power over the lives, liberty, and the
property Of a couple OF hundred
thousand newly created wards of the
nation while in neighboring islands
we endeavor to suppress with shot
and shell other wards OF the nation
who attempt to govern themselves
under republican laws and forms; for
We cannot trust Aguinaldo with any
power, but we can trust a Mohanme-
dan emperor with all powers. We re-
fused for many years to one OF our
own territories the night Of sell gov.
ernment, because it permitted polyg-
amy, and made it change its religious
creed in that respect and outlaw plur-
al marriages before We admitted it to
the Union; Jet We seek to assimilate
the MoLammedan Sulus with all their
practices unrestricted. We profess 1t
a duty that we owe to Christianity to
subiugate the Catholic tagals Of Lu-
ION in order that We might convert
then to our ideas Of religion; but we
make u treaty with the Sultan OF SUI
lu excluding from his island any
American missionary who may want
to go there and convert the NOLAN
medan inhabitants thereof. We make
it a bosst-the dominant element,
among US at least-that We fought
each other Tor fou years, sacrificing
hundreds OF thousands OF lives and
billions OF dollars worth OF property
in order that the reproach Of slavery
might be removed from our territory
but We recognize slavery in our Sulu
territory and protect it.
Tho n thing which We insist up.
on is that the flag OF the Sultan, which
Is probably a bsndana handkerchief.
shall t- derurousiy folded away, and
that over this curious combination of
imperialism, Mohauedtsm, polygamy
and slavery there shall float the flag
which our amiable President regards
as a porous plaster for all public and
private wrongs 1t Is all very funny
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-29
Which Was who:

An interesting Missouri exchange
has this to say: 1.-Two brothers from
a north Missouri county appeared
one morning at the portals OF the St.
Joe insane asylum, one to be incar.
cerated as a patient aud the other
having him IN charge. They were
dressed very much alike aud the OBJ
server on the train wouid not have
detected signs OF insanity in either.
The asylum man was in a qunndary.
He chatted with the visitors until a
late hour and then locked them in a
room together. Then he teIegTaphed
to the town where the brothers lived:
Two men arrived here from your
town today, botD dressed alike. One
calls himself Bill and talks OF con-
structiug An air line to the moon; the
other goes by the name of Dave and
advocates the gold standard. Which
shall | keap?'-
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-29
Indians Act SuspIcIousIy.

The Gardnerville Record SAYS: IA
a sequel to the killing Of Will Dang.
berg by an Indian, and the fruitlees
chase after the murderer. the threat.
ening attitude Of the Indians M we'll
as their failure to bring in Joe Pete,
Is causing widespread alarm.
Last Friday night a strange Indian
attempted to enter a barn on Chris
Dangberg's ranch, and vas driven OF
Saturday night II new hand employ.
ell on the ranch rushed to the family
residence and woke Mr.. Dangberg.
lie asked for n gun ms no esid he had
eecn two men in tho enclosure acting
suspicionsly. IIo was given a gun
aud got back just IN time to SEQ two
Indians skulkipg along the side OF q
pile OF cordwood. lie fired on them
and seven shots we're fired after Their
retreatinR forms.
Tho family M we'll us the ncighbor,
are greatly alarmed at these occur.
renccs. From here and there come,
word Of threatening talk Of the In,
dams who claim tl,nt they will Kill
jim Jack the faithful Indian who
tried to end tho career Of Joe Pete.
Every Indian in town or ont now car
nee a rifle or shotgun, aud whom ask
Ell why they do II thoy invariably 70
ply; 'lninn go hunt urn deer"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-29
rneinr Counterfeit.

The tracing of counterfeits back
to tho shower is curious and exciting
work. said an eI-government en-
ploye. -One day back in the seven
ties q bank clerk in Cincinnati de-
tected n queer go bill i'll the deposit
OF a small retail grocer. He sent for
me and l started TO work. l found
that the grocer had received the bill
from a shoe dealer, who had it from
a dentist, who had it from somebody
else, and so on, until I finally traced
It to an invalid woman who had used
It to pay her physician. When ques.
toned she said the money had been
sent to her by her brother, who lived
In New Orleans. / looked up her
brothers pedigree and vas certain l
had my man, He had a bad record,
was the proprietor OF a dive, and WAS
just the sort OF person likely to be a
confederate OF oounterfeiter. |
came here with the handouts in my
pocket, but rs things turned out l
was a little premature. The man
proved to my complete satisfaction
that he had received the money as
rent for a small house he owned IN
Pittsburg. That was discouragInG,
but ! couldr't give up after going so
far, and took the next train for Pitts
burg. The tenant OF the house turn
ed out to be 4 travelling oculist, who
spent most Of his time on the road.
He WAS then away in the west. but |
saw him on his return, and he ut
once recognized the bill. 1t had
been given him by q patient in Gin.
crnrati, the very point from which l
had started. The patient was a boss
carpenter. got his address from
the oculist and made a bee line for
the city. l had a premonihon that
something very strange was going to
happen, and l wasn't disappointed.
Tue carpenter wac an honest old fell
low. aud told me without hesitation
that he had received the bill from Mr..
- for repairing his harm. Mr.
was the small grocer i'll whose bank
deposit the counterfeit had turned
up. / flew for his store as fast as a
cab could carry me, and found It
closed. He had skipped. Afterward
it was shown beyond question that he
was the regular agent OF a gang. His
shop was a mere blind. That the
bill which he gave the carpenter
should get back again into his own
TILL after travelling all around the
continent Was n OF those miracles
OF chance for which there is no ex-
planatioD.'-New Orleans Times.
Democrat.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-29
THE NEWSPAPER LAW.
All SubscrIbcrs SHOULD Read the
Following Law and Avoid Trouble.

All Subscriber should Head the
Following Law and Avoid Trouble.
1. All subscribers who do not
give express notice TO the contrary
arc considered wishing TO continue
their subscription.
.. IL subscribers order the discon.
tinuance OF their periodical the pub
Usher may continue to send it until
all afrtarages are paid.
,. II subscribers refuse or neglect
to tase their periodicals. from the
Office TO winch thcy arc directed, they
arc responsible until they have get.
tied their bills md ordered them dis
continued.
4. Subscribers moving to othe
places without informing tho pub.
Usher, and the papers arc pcnt To the
former address. they arc held re.
ponsihlo.
D. Tho courts have decided that
refusing to take periodicals from tho
office or removing and leaving them
uncalled for. is prin,s tdcic evidence
OF intended fraud.
@. II subscribers pay in advance
they arc bound to give notice ut the
end Of the time they do no, wish TO
continue taking IL, and the subscriber
will be responsible until mn cxprcs
notice with ali nrrearagcs are sent TO
the publisher.
L. The lntcgt postal laws are such
that newspaper publishers can arrest
anyone Tor fraud who takes a papcr
and refuses to pay for it,.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-29
Episcopal Church.

Service next Sunday, morning and
evening.
Holy communion at the morning
service.
Congregation is requested to OBJ
serve that the hour for the evening
service has been changed TO 7 o'clock.
The young ladies Connected with
the st. Paul's Episcopal church
met at the Rectory on "Wednesday,
and organized a young peoples Guild
for religious and social purposes.
The Guilds officers are: Miss
Daisy Ernst. President; Miss Hattie
Clark, Vice President; Miss May
Gardner, Secretary; and Miss Nettic
Johnson, Treasurer. We ehall hear
from this Guild during the winter.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-29
After Hope Thieves.

On the night OF the 18th OF this
month Sheriff Campbell and George
Bruce, secretary OF the Cattle Asso-
citation, received word that four horses
had been stolen at Deeth. The sher.
i'll left that night for Deeth and in
vestigated the matter. He returned
on the night OF the 10Th and started in
pursuit or the thieves the next morn.
ing. On the 2lst word was received
here that the thieves and horses we're
seen at Mormon Station, White Pine
county. Sheriff Campbell was mott
fed OF their whereabouts. On the
night OF :he 2lst the sheriff passed
through E!ko and went to Eureka.
From there be started in pursuit OF
the thieves on horseback. Nothing
was heard from him until today when
be wired from Ely that the thieves
were at wahwah Valley, Utah, $50
miles ahead Of him. Sheriff Scott OF
White Pine vas notified when the
thieves were at Mormon Station, but
failed to do anything toward .heir
capture. The Cattle Association to-
day wired points in Southen Utah Of
fering 2 reward Of 200 for the arrest
and delivery Of the thieves to Sheriff
Campbell at their nearest Jail. Three
OF the horses With packs are 10 poses
sion Of the officers at Ely. Sheriff
Campbell is on his way home by way
OF Eureka, with the captured proper
"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-29
When the next Century Begins,

Hundreds Of people contend that
the twentieth century will begin on
January l, 1900, while others contend
with equal Positiveness that the cor
rect late Ia January /, 1901. writes Ed
ward Box in the Ladies Home Journ.
al. The 1860 contingent argues that
the new century begins with its nu-
mericai date, and go Oh to figure out
deity that with the last day Of the
year 1899 the hundred years will have
run their course. The, argue that il
the first year ended with December
3lst of the year OF one the nineteenth
hundred year must Of course end
with December 3l,1S99, and that the
iirst day OF january 1900 ia the first
day OF the new century. And curious
ly enough this latter fig IRE is correct
but only in a numerical sense. These
statisticans overlook a very important
fact. however: that it takes a hun.
dred years to make a century, and il
takes no expert mathematician to fig.
ure out that tho full hundred years
Wiil.noi have run Intercourse until the
Dist OF December, 1900. Numerical.
ly We enter the twentieth century on
Jan. ], 1909, but we must complete
the entire year Of 1900 before the
actual 1900 years have RIM THAR
course.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-29
WHITTIER WE DRIFTING.
Four Dollars for War to on. for Civil
Expenses.

Expenses.
For the first two months Of the new
fiscal year our government has expen-
pended sl02, 959, 900 80. OF which s2l,.
0S6,469 81 has gone for the support OF
tho civil and miscellaneous establish
ment and all the rest for military OK.
penses OF oue kind or another. The
army got s3i,26a,os0 CO; the navy, 60.
6ss,245 40; military pensions, s26,055.
gu so; and interest on war debts g..
s53,sio IS a total nj the military side
OF the ledger OF sT9,l59,s45 Ga, or at a
rate OF s47i.9o9,0T3 81 a year for war.
like outgoes, while the total cost OF
the civil establishment WAS at The an.
nual rate of sl26.3sa,93s So.
At the present time not quite 50
per cent OF the expenses Of carrying
on this peaceful country are on &C.
count Of wars, past, present and an.
ticipated, but the ratio is nearer to 50
per cent than to any other round
number. Is there any other countr,
free or despotic, which spends a larg,
er-proportior OF its income on war: ]
do not know, for | have not had the
opportunity to look up the statistics.
but / should be surprised TO find that
any country of high civilization, or
pertaining to high civilization spends
Tour times a much on war and war.
like preparations as it does on all it's
civil expenses put together. II Is
difficult TO comprehend that, with
hardly a realization OF it by the peo-
pie, that we are becoming tie most
warhke OF nations, so far AS military
matters go.
Moreover the taxes are largely tax.
ING on Z new form. They are coming
home to mems business and bosoms
more closely than ever. The indirect
taxes Of the tariff. which lave
from the beginning Of the repub
lie been the mainstay Of the fed.
eral government. are so no longer.
For the first two months OF the new
fiscal year the receipts from the tar
i'll were s37,5ls,l5l %. while the re-
ceipts from the indirect taxes OF the
internal revenue were S52,59a,6l396.
Washington Letter TO Buffalo Er-
nrc=-
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-29

Farmers who live IN the vicinity OF
Muokego lake. III southwestern VIA
consin, derive a profitable income
from the lakc each winter by harvest.
ing hay on the ice. The shallownesa
OF the water in the lake bod causes
tbs grass growing on the bottom 10
project above the water, and when the
ice forms the hay can be cut will
great case though Il cannot be got Of
the rest OF the year OH account Of the
DOGGY nature OF the lake bottom-
FIR.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-29
YOUNG MOTHERS.

Group il the terror OF thousands Of
young mothers because its outbreak
is so agonizing md frequently fatal.
ShIloh7s Cough and Consnmption
Cure acts like magic in cases OF
Group. 1t has never been known to
fail. Tho worst cases relieved i'm
medihtely. Price - cts, 30 eta. and
sl.OO. For sale h. Elko Drug Co.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-29
E.. OSeIl

Has just received II L lo,'oi gents
suits, shirts. underwear, comforts and
blankets. All styles Of hats. All TO
be sold at the lowest possible figure.
a complete line OF boots and shoes,
guaranteed best made. All boots and
shoes purchased from HIM will be re-.
paired free Of charge il they rip.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-29
WHAT is SHILOH?

\ grand old remedy for Cough,
Colds and Consumption; used through
the world for half a century. has cur
ed innumerable cases Of incipicnt
consumption and relieved many in
advanced stages. II you are not sat
isiied with the results We will refund
your money. Price - cts. 30 cts.
and sl.O0. For sale by Eiko Drug Co
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-29
MANY 4 LOVER

Has turned with disguet from nm
otherwise loyable SRI with m oGcn.
sivc breath. Karl'e Clover Root Tca
Purifies the breath by its action on
the bowels. etc, NJ nothing else will.
Sold Tor years on absolute guarantees.
puce p cts. and 30 cts. For palc by
Elko Drug Co.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-29
Too Many Dogs In Kansas,

Kansas has suffered in years past
from ah over.productiou OF grasshop.
pers. 1t is now afflicted, it appears,
with a surplusago Of dogs. 1t is long
on dogs. but short on sheep. The
Secretary OF the Kansas State Agri.
cultural Society deplores this fact in
n recent report. He shows that there
are but 100000 sheep in the State.
while the number Of dogs is 10000.
Two years hgo the sheep outnum.
bered the dogs by 90 per cent, while
last year this percentage was reduced
to II. In n county there were 900
dogs to each sheep, and in l2 o, lected
counties there were2 200 dogs to each
sheep. II a similar investigation
we're made in other States VIZ doub,
not that some OF them would show
an equal disproportion Of dogs and
sheep. But il is not q good sign
anywhere. Prosperity for the farmer
docs not lilo along tho way OF an in.
crease IN the dog crop. -Leslic'e
Weekly.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-29

DcWiit's Little Early Riscrs pcr.
manently cure chronic constipation.
billiOusncss, nervousness aud worn
out feeling; cleanse and regulate the
entire system. Small, pleasant, never
Rripe o r Sicken-"famous little pills
Elko Drug Co,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-29

Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Is a scien-
titic compound having the endorse
ment Of eminent physicians and the
medical press. 1t -digests what you
eat and positively cures dyspepsia.
NJ. 4. Kctron, BloOmingdaIe, Tenn.
says it cured him OF indigestion of
ten years standing. Eiko Drug Co.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-29

Tho Virginia City Report says tha.
any observer passing through G
street cannot fail to be Impressed
with the amount Of new paint tina,
shines on The various business houses
More improvements have been made
and are being made than for many
years past.
Best on The market for coughs and
colds and all bronchial troubles; Tor
Group It has no equal writes Henry
II. mhittofd. South Canaan, Conn.
OF One Minute Cough Cure. Elko
Drug Co.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-29
SICK HEADACHES.

D cure OF overworked woman.
kin1, are quickly and surely cured by
harls Clover Root Tea, the great
biood purifier and tissue builder,
Money refunded IL not satisfactory,
pnce y cite. and 80 cts. For salo nv
Elko Drug Co. W