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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-08-12
A BABY'S VOICE.

matter OF self.sale and barter most
women can be wicked very gracefully
Having received through Hymen, agent
the awards Of Mammop, they smile and
wear good clothes, and only few die Of
broken hearts, while none is 30 register
ed in their burial certificates. But,
once IN while, with all good intention
to be gracefully, contentedly and smil
h ingly wicked, some woman breaks down
in her role.
Such a catastrt phe overlook Corinne
Jamieon in the fifth year Of her married
life. She had gone into it with heI
eyes wide open and she had meant te
march on bravely to the end. She had
detested old Sergius Jamison from the
first time che knew that he had pitteG
his gold against her beauty and birth
and poverty, and she rad fairly loathed
4 him when he took her hand at the
! altar to slip thereon the little link thai
was to chafe and fret and weigh down
until it was more CALLING and heavy
than hundred weight Of iron chains.
But-she had married him. and CT
his part he had paid royalty all that she
had asked. He had dressed her like q
queen; her home was the most elegant
10 a city OF elegant homes; her servants
were numerous and well.trained; bel
carriages and horses beyond criticism
He had given her brother Herbert hit
course at Harvard and sent JENNIE tc
Paris to March where Jenne had
basely turned her back on Song anG
welded an English lord, a proceeding
OF which her generous brother. in-la "
highly approved, and testified thereunte
substantially by the magniflcsnce o.
her trousseau.
Thinking over all these things i,
almort seemed as il he had done enough
to be forgiven being-himself. What il
he did cay Il seen" and pick bis teeth
at table in an emphatic way and adver
tise loudly that he was taking soup
what il his entire conversation was on.
of amending recital Of what he had ant
how he had made it; what il his joke
were coarse and his anecdotes vulgal
and his caresses after wine we're nause
ating 10 their lewdness? He had pait
and paid royalty. nobody could deny.
But there was something on her side
too, she thought; she, too. had paid
The boy, four years old now-he hat
squared accouuts; it was in the hope o
such compensation that the man hst
made the bargain. She knew that. ant
he had had his desire granted. Their
was an heir to all the wealth Of Sergiu
Jsmisop; a con whose every feature
duplicated his father; son who. at fou
years old, fairly revelIed iu display ant
who bid fair to spend bis father
millions in no quiet fashion. Their
had been very little Of the mother feel
ing IN the birth of her son; she had fel
crushed under the humiliation OF tn
terms of her sale and had feverishly
yearned to balance the ledger Of obliga
ton; through months che bad agonizet
lest the child be not con and her 10.
10 his advent was only the Joy OF :
woman who had cancelled debt. o
the spontaneous maternal love, which
even mare displays toward her colt o.
lioness toward her whelps, she hst
felt not throb toward the boy. HI
was his father incarnate and the at
mosphere Of the father that envelopes
the child repelled the affection that tn
ordinary mother would have felt II
spite OF environments.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-25
WAS 1T A STEAL?

Was it steal, asks the Elko INDIE
PENDENT, that the Legislature in
tended when it appropriated two
thousand dollars for three men con-
stituting the Board of Equalization?
We are not prepared to answer, but
will say that it was dam fool legisla-
ton and does not reflect any great
credit upon the intelligence of law
makers who would merely pass a
short section in a revenue bill an.
propriating $4,000 without comforting
right or authority upon the Board.
The probable truth is that what the
powers intended to pass was passed,
and that the effect Of the legislation
was destroyed by not comforting
power upon them.
Nevertheless, Sadler and Davis are
to be commended for the stand they
have taken and the determination
with which they have entered upon
the expose Of tax matters in Nevada
1t Ia regretted tnat the redoubtable
Billy Jones, the Attorney General,
did not accompany them 80 as to give
them legal advice. Davis and Sadler
will have gathered information which
will enable them to 60 before the
people through tho Legislature and
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-25

demand that Board Of Equalization
b created. that TIE farcicsl system II
taxauon be abolished, that valuations
be raised. and the rates lowered.
AS the INDEPENDENT wisely OBJ
serves, EIko and Humboldt pay most
OF the taxes. It is great graft for
bankrupt counties to let these coun.
ties with their wealth support the
State. The State rete is being grad
ually raised 80 that these counties
will have to stand the raise.
A State Board of Equalization will
obviate all these errors and inequali-
ties. This is an agitation which. the
trainers Of the little two thousand
dollar joker hardly toresaw when
they pu: it in to fool the people. The
so-called Board have started out, and
there is an agitation which ought to
be kept up, kept before the people,
and it is hoped that the INDEPENDENT
will keep putting in body blows and
thoroughly arouse the people of the
eastern part OF the State upon this
question, and make it an issue in the
next campaign.
The rich and poor must be taxed
alike in Nevada, and the corporations
do their share toward paying what
they ought to pay.
If the papers Of Nevada will fight
for this reform, it will be accom-
plished and there will be commenced
a series Of reforms which will go
long way toward removing from Ne
vada's escutcheon the stain Of rotten
borough.-Silver State.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-25
TRIBUTE PAID BY ENGLArlD.
Tribes Near the hrahnaoutra, In
India, Hired Not to PLUMBER
the PiantationG.

They are strange people who inhab-
1t the valley of the Brahmaputra, the
largest tea-producing tract in India.
This territory is bounded on the north
by range upon range of mountains,
starting with hills which rise to few
hundred feet above the level CT he
plains, and eliminating in the snowJ
peaks Of the Himalayas.
In these hills, between Thibet ard
British territory, live a, number OF ihSe-
pendent tribes, of Monaghan @. IGN,
who, secure in their rocky Businesses,
owe no allegiance to any civilized
power.
At the beginning Of the century, when
the Assam Raj was breaking up, and
the rajahs were unable TO protect
their frontiers, these tribes used to de-
scend from their hills and levy black
mail upon the villages near the border.
In course of time these exactions OBJ
tanned the sanction of custom, and when
Assam was added to the domains of
the company Hahadur, the hillme1,
claimed the right to levy a tax in kind
on settlers in the submountain tracts.
The directors consented to acknowl-
edge this claim to blackmail, but de-
clined to allow the borderers to be their
own taxgatherers, and committed all
these claims for payment to be made
i'll cash by government itself, thus OBJ
tanning a power Of control over the
tribes which has since been frequently
used to good effcctb
1t is easy for a body Of freebooters to
slip down. harry village, and retifrn
long before the alarm is given; and q
system OF outposts along the frontier,
which would render such raids i'm posi-
bic. can be maintained only at great
expense. while punitive expedition is
even more costly. the tribes retiring
quietly and leaving nothing but u few
huts to burn.
The gentle savage is. however by no
means free from gold hunger and the
reflection that little outbreak by che
OF the young bluoCs means the stop.
page OF government revenue for the
whole tribe has a most deterrent effect
Every cold weather. the hillmen come
down to the plains to receive their
"posa," as it is called, or government
grant. They report on the character Of
the snowfall in heir hills during the
previous year-information which is
taken into account when" forecasting
the coming rainfall-and OF the exist
ence of disturbances amongst them, and
offer to government a paltry gift Of
few bamboo bows and arrows in re-
turn for alarge bag Of rupees.-London
Sketch.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-25

Down on Pine creek. near Camp
Verde. Arz. is natural bridge that
ID probably greater than any other in
the world. 1t is nearly five times the
size OF the natural bridge OF Virginia,
and has span Of more than 500 feet
across Pine creek, which ls dry 300
days in the year. The height of the
bridge is about 80 feet, and it is
about 600 feet wide.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-25
MEANEsT OF THEM ALL.
This Very Close Man Lives in Chi
engO and In the Champion
of ClOHeness.

There are lots Of mean men in the
world. There is one in Boston who
will never tell anyone the time of day;
there is one in Colorado who never
lights cigar in winter because his
breath upon the frosty air gives the
same satisfaction, and there is another
in Pillsbury, Wyo., who never has fire
in his house because the smoke might
wear the chimney out. But the mean
est of all men lives right here in Chi
cago.
The other night he came along Ran
dolph street and stopped at little
sidewalk stand whereon were displayed
such trinkets as collar buttons, shoe
laces, combs and pocket mirrors. He
took up one Of the latter, and the pro-
prietor's eyes frightened at the pros
pect of q sale.
"How much?" asked the meanest
man. ...
Five cents" answered the propri-
etor Of the stand.
The meahest man looked the object
carefully over, .Illtgiy you three"
The other shook His HStd. i
The rieanest man held 'out, "Too
much, !" he said. Setheh how. between the
two outstretcbed hands, the pocket
mirror fell and broke into several
pieces on the pavement. The Imeanest
man picked, up the remains, retaining
one fragment Of tie glass. i'fhe propti.
etor lamented. The meanest man
passed on up the street. At the corner
he stopped. and. holding the little piece
of mirror before him. ran small comb
through his whiskers.
"A man doesn't need whole pocket
glass for small beard" he muttered.-
Chicago Inter Ocean. $50. ...
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-25
THE RIGHT OF NAN TO DIE.

tn Say something new on such an
old, old subject is really remarkable
achievement, but that is what has
been done by Judge Simon E. Bald.
win of the Connecticut Supreme
court. The glst of Judge Baldwin's
discourse was that man has a right
to die when nature signifies that his
time has come and that meddling
physicians ought not to be allowed to
prolong the sufferings of those whose
natural course is run. Said Judge
Baldwin:
ain civilized nations, and especially
OF late years, it has become the pride
OF many in the medical profession to
prolong such lives at any cost Of
pain or discomfort to the sufferer or
Of suspense or exhaustion to to his
family.
at is great responsibility, this,
that rests on modern medicine. 1t has
the power to hold us back from the
grave few days, few weeks, a few
years, to which the physicians of an
tiquity we're strangers. But are we
sure that the course 1T nature with
mankind ID really ut fault? May not
she know best when she has enough
OF us in this state of being? Or, to
rise to higher and truer level, may
not God over all, who has ordained
these laws Of bodily decay, though he
has also ordained these laws, later
discovered by us, of scientific physi-
ulogy, be safely left to name the time
for calling his children home? Is
life on earth for every individual
merely brief chapter of long BIZ
ography?
@If that future life which we con-
meet with the name Of heaven be one
Of activity in endeavor, of energy, of
achievement, Of the strong helping
the weak, the wise instructing the
simple, are we sure the anaIogies of
life here are 30 far deserted that tn. re
is always work for all appropriate
for eachP
"Or may not, in a certain sense,
time in the due order of succession in
events, have it's reign in other worlds,
and positions Of usefulness in this
planet or In that, be assigned to new
corners, as vacancies arise, and only
then?
"If 30, natural death coming in an
ordinary course, may be the divine
way Of calling one up from a condi-
ton OF existence to which he is I'm
fitted or in winch he is not needed to
one III which he is needed and needed
at once"
Is there not much solid mental
food in this?
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-25

BY order of the Board of Count
Commissioners OF EIko County, Std
OF Nevada, made this 9th day
February, 1899, notice is hereb
given that all persons who are char
es upon the county must come to q
County Hospital, or all claims d
their support will be disallowed
said Board except in cases of extre1
emergency.
Attest: A. G. DAwLEY
County Clerk.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-25

There's always hope while there's
One Minute Cough Cure. "An at
tack OF pneumonia left my lungs in
bad shape and I was near the first
stages OF consumption. One Minute
Cough Cure completely cured me"
writes Helen McHenry, Bismark, n.
d. Gives instant relief. Elko Drug Co.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-25

e. e. Turner, Compton, Mo, 4
cured OF piles by DoWitt's wiz,
Hazel Salve after suffering seveDtt1
years and trying over twenty rens
les. Physicians and surgeons endo1
1t: Beware OF dangerous counterlep
Elko Drug Co.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-25
SICK HEADACHES.

The cure Of overworked wop1.
kind, are quickly and surely cured
Karls Clover Root Tea, the GA
blood purifier and tissue build
Money refundedif not satisiactdI
Price 25 cite. and 30 cts. For sale
Elko Drug Co.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-25

DeWitt's Little Early Risers per-
manently cure chronic constipation,
biniousness, nervousness and worn
out feeling; cleanse and regulate the
entire system. Small, pleasant, never
grippe or sicken famous little pills"
Elko Drug Co. ... = :.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-25

For wounds, burns, scalds, soA
skin diseases and all irritating era
tons, nothing 80 soothing and BE-
ing as DeWitt's Witch Hazel Sci!
Mrs. Emma Bolles, Matron EDG
wood Nursery, Chicago, Gays Of
When all else fails In healing q
babies, 1t will cure" Elko Drug Y
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-25
YOU TRY 1T.

If Shiloh's Cough and Consump-
ton Cure, which is sold for the small
price OF 25 cts, so cts. and LOO, does
not cure take the bottle back and we
will refund your money. Sold fer
over so years on this guarantee. Price
70 cents and 30 cents. For sale by
Elko Drug. Co.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-25
MANY A LOVER

Has turned with disgust from
otherwise lovable girl with an Of.
sive breath. Karls Glover Root
purifies the breath by 1ts action
the bowels, etc., az nothing else u
Sold for years ON absolute guaraD'
Price % cts. and 80 cts. For sale
Elko Drug Co.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-25

Chester III. Brown, Kalamazoo
Mich, says: aKodol Dyspepsia Cure
cured me Of severe case of indiges.
ton; can strongly recommend it to all
dyspeptics." Digests what you eat
without aid from the stomach, and
cures dyspepsia. Elko Drug Co.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-25
Dissolution of Partnership

Having purchased the interest OF Sam
Howard In the Pioneer Saloon, the partner
ship heretofore existing under the name of
Robinson y Howard is dissolved by mutual
consent. All claims against the old firm
will be paid by me and all debts duo the
firm afe payable 10 me at the saloon
- ..E.E. FRANK ROBINSON.
ELKo, Nevada, September 5, 1890.
Iron County register., 1899-12-21
OBSERVANCE IN NEW YORK.
An Interesting Service and Ceremo
ninI Mt ST. PauI's Chapel.

An Interesting Service and Ceremo-
ninI mt ST. Paurs Chapel.
New York, Dec. 14.-St. PauI chapei
where George Washington attended
services while he lived in New York
was elaborately decorated for the
most important feature of the COM
meIuoration of the one bnndredth an
niversary of the death of George Wash
iDgton.
At HAS a. m. a procession moved
from the vestry house to the church
through the church yarG, representa-
tives of various revolutionary societies
following a detail from the Seventh
regiment, n. Y. \. G. preceded the in
vitcd guests, who were followed by a
detail from Squadron \, dismounted.
Then came members of the Society of
the Cincinnati and the Sons of Revolu-
ticn. Rev. DIR. Morgan Dix conducted
The services, assisted by several in
vitcd clergyInen, and the sermon was
delivered by Rev. DIR. Mancius II. Hut
ton, of Rutgers college. DIR. Dix is
chaplain of the Sons of the Revolution.
Minute guns were fired at Castle Will
liam while the service lasted
At 2 p. m. memorial exercises were
held at the old Jumcl mansion
Iron County register., 1899-12-21
FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY.
Centennial Ceremonials by Masons
and Red Men at the Tomb
of Washington.
FITTING PLACE FOR THE CELEBRATION.
The Exercises Attended and Partici-
pated I'm by President Mckinley
aud Members of His Cabtnet-Ob-
servances at Night I'm Washing
ton.

Washington, Dec. 15.-With solemn
pomp and circumstance, with cere-
monies beautiful, impressive and APP
prOpriate, in the presence of dis
tinguished assemblage, and in the full
Epiendor of ideal autumn weather, the
centennial of the death of George
Washington was commemorated yes
ferday at Mount Vernon.
Fitting Place for the Ceremonies.
That Mount Vernon should have been
selected as the scene of the exercises
was peculiarly fitting. There it was
that the happiest incidents of Wash
ington's life occurred. In other parts
he endured his trials, on other fields
The won his triumphs; but there, sur
rounded by those whom best he loved,
were spent the restful, quiet, studious
hours of his life. There it was, too,
he sickened and died, and there all
that was mortal of him was laid to rest
i'm a mausoleum overlooking a broad
sweep of the picturesque Potomac.
Origin of the Movement.
Yesterdays ceremonies were elabor-
Rtely planned and successfully carried
to fruition. They were conducted by
the Masonic bodies and by the Red
Men of the United States, The move
Iron County register., 1899-12-21
TIE LATEST FROM GEN. OTIS.
a Brier Resuu,e OF the EfeseHe Sfsu.
alton in the Phflippines-A
Fight iu NeErOs.

Washington, Dee. 16.-The war de-
partment received a cable message CIV
ing the latest developments in the site
uaticn in the Philippines. The cable
gram was as follows:
Manila, Dec. 15.-Batchelor, with his
Twenty-fourth infantry battalion, re-
ports that on the 18th inst, he had an
engagement at the junction of Magat
and Ria Grande rivers, Isabella prov
ince, the enemy leaving four dead and
five mortally wounded in the trenches.
Our loss was one drowned and four
wounded. Says he is in need of cloth
ing, provisions and money. Win reacn
Tuguegaro, Cagayan province, shortly.
Doubtless the navy relieved him yester-
day. Four hundred and seventy-five
Spanish prisoners arrived this morn
ing, among them the sick at Vigan,
numbering 120. Young at Banqui,
northwestern LuZon, reports that bis
troops are still pursuing the remnant
of the insurgents, who have 23 Ameri-
can prisoners in their possession. The
country is exceedingly rough. Our
men are without shoes, but are still
persistently pursuing. Few Spanish
prisoners are now in the hands of the
insurgents, probably 1000, mostly in
the south. Expect to effect their re-
lief in a few days. Negros reports
Sergt. Alfred Roeder, of the Sixth in
fantry with 20 soldiers and is native
police, attacked 400 insurgents at Mad
rigal, Negros, this morning. No cas-
ualties. Enemy's loss % killed and
many wounded.
Iron County register., 1899-12-21
THE NEBRASKA sENAToRsHIP.
The Legality of MIR. Aliens Appoint
n,ent to Succeed Senator Hay
ward Questioned.

Omaha, Neb., Dec. 16.-The question
has been raised as to whether VIM. ".
Allen, appointed senator from this
state, can be seated. The contention
OF some is that. Hayward, never hav-
ing taken his seat, the whole matter
is in the same position as in states
where the legislature failed to elect ut
the expiration of the term of his prede-
cessor. The question is said to have
occasioned Hayward considerable wor-
ry before his DEATH Several lawyers
who have been interviewed did not
care to express a decided opinion. Some
were of the impression that the legisla-
ture having made an election the fail
ure of the party elected to qualify
would not deprive the state of right to
representation. Others of equal prom
inence were in doubt about it.
Iron County register., 1899-12-21
TROOPS KEPT UNDER ARMS.
A Cuban Mob Threatens Prominent
Spaniarls-More Concealed
Arms Captured.

Santiago de Cuba, Dec. 16.-Capt.
Particle, commanding at Manzanilla,
has had troops ready for immediate ac-
ton since December s, when three
prominent Spaniards, Seniors Rodon,
Mestre and Ferrit, gave a banquet in
honor of friends from Spain. The Gu
bans claimed that the Spaniards were
celebrating the death of Antonio Ma
Geo, and a mob, led by the mayor, at
tackled the house and demanded the
expulsion of the offenders.
Capt. Particle interviewed and re-
stored order for the time being, but
the mob returned daily until yesterday
when the Spaniards, fearing violence,
came to Santiago.
The Spaniards assert that they had
no intention whatever of sighting the
Cuban commemoration in honor of
Maceo. They believed the mob leaders
were endeavoring to cause trouble with
the Americans and to stimulate an up
rising.
Another lot of concealed arms has
been captured near Guatanamo by the
rural guards. A party of colored Gu
bans was preparing to distribute the
weapons.
Iron County register., 1899-12-21
CONTRACTORS SURRENDER.
The Men Indicted With Capt. Carte
at Savannah, Ga, Surrender to
the Government.

New York, Dec. I'D. B. Green, Col.
John F. Gaynor, E. H. Gaynor and VIM.
L. Gaynor, the contractors with whom
Capt. Oberlin M. Carter was associated
in the Savannah river and Cumberland
sound improvements, have surrendered
to United States Commissioner Shields.
The men were indicted, last Friday,
by United States grand jury at Sa-
vannah, Ga, for being concerned in q
conspiracy by which the government
was defrauded out of $575,949. Michael
A. Connolly, who is also a member OF
the Atlantic Dredging and Contract
ing Co., and who was indicted at the
same time, is said to have left the
country.
Iron County register., 1899-12-21
AN IMPORTANT CAPTURE.
Ten Thousand Rifles, n Large Qaantity o
Ammunition and Three Cam
non Secured.

Santiago de Cuba, Dec. 15.-For some
months it has been suspected thai
large quantities of military stores were
in the possession of Cubans at some
point in the interior.
Yesterday the mayor of Tunis, a
small town in the district of Holguin
voluntarily disclosed the location and
surrendered three effective field guns,
10000 rifles and a large amount of am.
munition to the Americans. The guns
had been stored in an obscure place in
a rough country, under palm Leaf
blinds.
1t would have been almost impossi-
BILE to find them unless their where.
about had been voluntarily re.
vealed. The Holguin district is one OF
the widest in the island, and has been
regarded as probable starting point
for possible uprising.
Iron County register., 1899-12-21
To Honor Capt. sigrbee.

Key West. Fla, Dec. 16.-An effort
will be made by the committee in
charge of the undertaking to have the
monument in memory of the Maine
sailors, which is in course of erection
here, unveiled at a time when the bat
tleship Texas, with Capt. Sigsbee ccrn-
lnanding, can be present. 1t is pro-
posed to have the battleship touch at
this port on her return from Havana to
Fortress Monroe with the bodies of
the Maine victims aboard, and the navy
department win be asked to grant this
request.