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Tombstone epitaph., 1899-01-08


 F. J. Hartman, oeur, foes. .... 10 G E. A. Eiohol-, medicine to in- l diRent, w,llco1.. .... 1 3i Fl. P. Walter. attend smallpox
 ps'isnts B4irhsnt ..... 3l0 0t A. H. Emanuel, cl, rk fees dis-
 tict court. ..........-... 3So 5a
 At4 80 p. m. board stasds adjourn ed to Dee. 90. lSss .. 10 .. -.
 N. J. J.BRowx,
 Clerk. Approved:
 JOHN McsIanAkRY.
 JAhEs F. DUNCAN Chairman.
 Deputy Clerk.
 To- B TONE, Deosmbsr 30. 1898. | Board met psrssaRt to adjourn- nsnt of meeting Dec. g, 1898. ss 10 .. tn.
 | Pr.sent-John Montgomery chair man; J. IT. McPh-rssn and Thos Al. tsire. supervisors. Board proceeded with routine work examining biils. Board s,ands st reeess to 2p. m. 2r. n. D ard met pursasnt ts adjourn ment.
 Same menb bers present. It is hereby ordered tha, the county Treasurer receive the sum 0f $49.l Is fron F. R. L.nxford. and spply it to his t.xes of lS96 aud tho rem Aiaas, of said txxss charged o E. K. Lang ford in tho year lSs6 is hereby as- clsred void and the treasurer is furthsr instructed to cancel said re- mAining taxe., as it app' srs to ihs bosrd that the ssid [. K. L.nxford did not end never did own sns pro, erty as sss' sssi ts him.
 The following bonds were approved: W. c. rh,nn. jus:ioA of the
 peace Fsirbsnk district. eio0o O. K. A. Nys, constable, Fair
 bank district. .......... .. 1000 % The following bills were audited ana allowed:
 VI. ?. Nichols. jn.tics fee. A.h
 quarter 1898, Willso1. .fl44 90 \. Ashmsn. gas court bouss
 and cabinet fer court
 DOuse.. X1A w r. II. Hughs., interpreting as
 FoAr0e.. " " A. \. CAsteuads, slsy,isn sup
 pliss, BsRson n............ e5 VI. D. Mcnnonisr, telrgraph-
 lng Keafee. eS Burt Alvord, con- stable Willc,x
 $a9e.S0, di.sllowsd t77.4O lls 40 A. k. ,HaydeA, rsPsirisg jail
 Wilcox. x....-...........- " Tom Young, n<sls ts priren.
 CTS Wilcox. SU oO Soto Bros.. bedding for jail
 wlllcox.. ................ o0 Horse. E. Dunlap, printing.. { D J. A. Rock:sllo~, surveyinE
 I0sd. 1j VO Wm, HaI,irh. SPA O0 disal-
 loved $s co al owed. ..... ll2 0O 8. C. Perrin, justice fess. Bis
 Dce.. ~ VI The following bi.ls were di.sl!owsd NIcholssn Bros. bill l5e. usdis,n~s |" indigen,s $l350. No authority to collect from county. Dr. NJ. J. Nicholson attending in | tli g-nts Willcox bill Ne ls3 tor @37 Oe Indixsn ts should have been sent to i the crusty hospital. At 1: AS bard stands sdjeurnsd to Dee. 3lst at 10 .. m.
 TOMBSTONE. De. 3l. 1898 Beard met psrsu-nt so adjourn nsns of meeting Dee. 30th 1898 ss 10 .. n. Pressnt-John Montgomery, chair mas supeFvlscYs, Joseph MePhsrsun
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declared . public yoaI. bo bs forever free from ell obstruction.
 12n. Board et,nas at recess Co 1: 90 9 a,.
Tombstone epitaph., 1899-01-08

TOMBSTONE. De. 3I. 1898 Beard met psrsu-nt so adjourn 1 nsns of meeting Dee. 30th 1898 st 10 i .. n.
 Present-John Montgomery, chair
 mas supervIscYs, Joseph MePhsrson
 apd Thos. Ailsirs. Niuuts. of meeting Dee. 29th a.d 3osh approved ss al. B,uds approved in the following amounts:
 Walter Fife, ja.,ies of the peace g.. David. .&l0e0 % c. L. Ainsworth, eoustable st fesree.. lVVV oV 4 certain rssolution sf this beard made Jsnuasy 6;h. 1897 allowing the shsrif is casss of fsi 'urs, certain fees for kooaGhe attempt ,s serve erin,nsl prscsss is hsrsby revoked.
 h shs matter o' the claims of G. W. Swain and W. H. Bsrrss for $s50 saoh for servicss rendered in crimisal prosecutions by appointment oi the honorable district court ss iss ssptsn- bsr sitting. the hoard holds that shs sprointing power having scc'ss to all the facts. aud eins aequaiatsd with the eireus.sssnees is eompetsnt so sl.ow e is i,s usual custom the smousss due. if any, to sl.iman's. rhis board therefore ssclinss te sllov said claims.
 4 public highway ssnmsnsing st the cospsf of ssetions { and on the north hSundsriss ei 1swnship Is ., Range 2l E. shss nee South O z wsss ous mile to ths corners of ssetions {, :, 6 and . snd sf legal width is hsssby
Tombstone epitaph., 1899-01-08

TOMBSTONE. Dee. 39, 1898. Board of Supsrviro-s met peSsuart to adjournment of meeting Dee. 3S, ct 10 .. m.
 Pr~.en, John Montgomery. chair man; sup-rvisors, Thos. Ailsirs. and ]. Fl. MoPhsrsop.
 Minutes of m. ting December 2s, sp- proved as read.
 The board proceeded with routine work.
 l2m. B. ard -tspds ss r.cs.s io 3p. m. Board met pursusnt to sdjourn- mont.
 Same member. psssent. Board. .foceeded with routine work. The following hssds were approved hy the hoard: Scott Whi,e, sheriff. .... $1oos0 co Jshs A. Rockfsllov sonnsy
 surveyos...... -...... 1000 % c. 6. sspdsrs. notary public
 O~hseu wv VV The fous quarterly rep",ss s: Wm. Huxhss. rosd ovsrsses of Bi.bs. road district exsn ssi anG found ss show tbss inss<sd when balanced cod ssm- pared. that shs said Wm Hughss h.s ahslsncs on h.nd after ell sxpsndi- tsrss si &I7S 76 of rosd dissries funds issss~d oi eyo% S1 e by bic balance iu l'h aasr,sriy report.
 F.llowing bills were ssditsd and allowed.
 Nsisas 0.borps, conveying
 iadigest sick from John
 sep so Tonbsso.e ts
 sssasy hssPissl..........$ 10 O
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a HILL PRAYER.

We quote from the December Century
the opening stanzas of "A Hill Prayer. 80
poem by Marian Warner Whitman. Inc, nc
won the first prize in the Century colIeSo
competition this year. AS published III
the magazine. it is embellished WIN u0O-
orative designs by MaXfeld Parrish
Here where the light falls shimmering Oh
Whose long green blades are bending to
the breeze; .eio,
Here with the flowers and butterlneS
Here with the fair, slow-drifting CLOUDS
And change Pas3s the wavering light to wa
vering shade;
Here, where my ancient oak trees risins'
Their organ musings to the strong SOFT
wind 5 70
Here, o thou Soul my soul has tried 10
In man-made temples. in the open f doIdn-
Down the hushed forests leaty coiOii-
made;
Thou for whose footprints have searcleu
That ttf lies s!i9 along the ever-caIling sea;
o Thou to whom L prayed that niisii'
But once Thy truths Truth, know what
l adore
Here with Thy creatures, flower and leaf
That share with me this holy hillside
Grant me from my Ions questioning re-
And hear my new prayer-leave tine rest
unheard.
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HE MERELY DIDN'T THINK.

Used to let his poor old mother go and
carry in the wood,
She was just Il packhorse for him. but he
never understood;
Never thought of bringin' water from the
spring down by the lane
Or of helpin' her to gather in the clos
before the rain;
Let her keep a waitin' on him, though
her back was achin So
TwaSn't cause he didn't love her-he
just didn't think, you know.
Then he went away ard married-left her
Twin there alone
Course his wife she didn't want her-she
had people of her own
And he carried in the kindlin and he
built the fires, too
And, 10 tell the truth. / dunno what there
was he didn't do
Had to hustle now. tell youl Go. to
thinkin'. too. at last
That he might have been a little mite
more thoughtful in the past,
After while the weary mother put her
burdens all away
And he. Went and heard the preacher
-, praise,the poor old soul one day.
And stood and looked down All her when
they puzzled the lid aside
Poor Old ha SIS! l didn't wonder that bar
BOY set there and cried
just as II he couldn't bear it-iust as if
his heartd break
He had kind of got to seem what sba,d
suffered for his sake. wa siie u
fhere esq lot of kinds of sinnin' that the
- good book tells about
Sins concernin' which a body needn't over
be in doubt
But there's one. sin that | reckon many
man who doesn't think
VIII De netd to strict account fer when he
goes acrost the brink
er the wrong that s done a person by an
others lack of thought
Hurts as much as though the injured was
the victim of a plot!
Chicago Times-HeraId.
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what was best to be done, and ex-
pressed a fear that the ice would not
bear cur weight.
"'Oh, l am sure it WILL, said 1. We
all came over safely a few days ago,
and Lafayette said that the ice was
three feet thick. Oh, go over, please;
we can then find our friends, and if we
remain here or attempt to return we
may lose our way and be frozen to
death, or perhaps be torn to pieces by
wolves.
He did not reply, but urged the
ponies forward. The ice, though show
ing assures here and there, sustained
our weight until we had gone about
one-third of the distance between the
banks. Here a view was afforded Of
the river beyond the cliffs alluded to,
and as we looked a terrible sight burst
on our fascinated gaze.
The ice had yielded the rising
waters had forced themselves through
their imprisoning barriers, which, in
their full strength. enormous thickness
and rock-like solidity, were rent asun-
der with loud, crashing explosions and
hurled up into ragged mountains, which
were borne onward before the raging
torrent with inconceivable force,
spreading devastation along the banks
in its course. AS far as the eye could
the long. white, glistening column of
ice, mountain high, and driving down
towards us with fearful rapidity.
AT this critical moment, when this
startling scene burst upon us, the icy
ruins came rolling round the screening
point, and at the same instant, with a
deep and startling report, the broad
sheet of ice where we were had invol-
UNFAIRLY paused, burst asunder, parted
nd Of n a
With an Involuntary impulse at the
fearful shock, I sprang out on the large
cake of ice on which the sleigh and
ponies were resting, while the fright
ened animals made Il sudden and des-
perate lunge forward | could hear the
sleigh crack like some toy between two
immense masses of ice. The ponies were
bsrne struggling onward with the cur
rent, and their crushed and mangled
bodies were, several days afterward,
washed ashore some twenty miles be-
low.
What horror was crowded into the
next few frantic moments, every one
of which 1 believed would be my last!
/ shrieked aloud in anguish as l looked
on the swirling gulf around me, in
which 1 thought each instant would
find me swallowed up.
MY companion had flung away the
reins and sprung out beside me to save
me or share my fate, without thought
of himself Courage he said; keep up
heart. If it is Gods viii and man can
accomplish it, l will save you; if not,
let us try to prepare ourselves for that
awful presence in which we soon shall
stand, and looking upward, he made
again that sign with whose sublime i'm
port l was yet unacquainted
He seized g long pole which, among
the debris. was providentially drifted
towards him. Fortunately the broad
solid crystal block on which we stood,
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which 1 pointed out for an hour dur
ing which we saw no trace of them
q AT least, said I, as we came in
sight of the river, we can make Tor
that and cross on the ice as we did in
coming. Once across we cannot be far
out of the way, and will find some one
who will direct US to the tavern where
we are TO spend the night
Il spoke more confidently than l
felt, for L knew that in the thinly set
tied country the chances were against
our meeting any human being. We had
not encountered one since we had left
my grandfather's, though we had heard
the baying Of wolves and had caught
sight of deer several times. AS the
thought came over me of spending the
night in the forest. [ could not re-
strain myself and burst into passionate
tears. The road, 1 noticed, had become
soft and slushy, and the ponies dragged
us YEARLY along. How l wished l had
listened to the voice of prudence which
suggested that 1 should remain with
my brother but my foolish vanity and
desire for this strangers society had
overruled the dictates of sense. Now I
could easily see that though he treated
me with the Kindly courtesy of a
brother, he had not a trace of the feel
ing which l had dreamed of awakening
in his breast Perhaps, indeed, he had
seen through my articles to attract
attention and despised them.
However, he did not show it By
word or deed, but tried in the lindest
and gentlest manner to soothe my agi-
tation and calm my fears. At last we
reached the rivers bank, and he
brought the ponies to a halt, anxiously
looking across. 1t was at a bend in
the river, about fifty yards above where
the steep, shaggy sides of high cliff
obscured our further view over the
ice flowed a few inches of water show
ing that, unless arrested by a sudden
change in the atmosphere the con-
gealed mass would soon break up and
float down the stream. Beyond the
stream we heard ominous sounds, now
like the report of a pistol and again
like the crash of falling towers. Had
either of us been more experienced we
would have known that these sounds
indicated that the ice had already
broken up above and was on its way
downwards. but the Marquis evidently
was ignorant of our changeable north
ern climate, and 1 was so anxious to
cross and rejoin my friends that even
had l known it to be the case, l would
have felt like Drawing the attendant
peril.
THE Marquis turned to me, inquiring
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ne halt swan and half sprung from one
cake to another, gaining, after a few
frightful moments, the little bay.
THE Indians had gained the banks
above before US Quick as thought they
tore up a wild grapevine and lowered it
over the side of the cliff. felt my COM
panion struggling against fearful odds
to maintain his footing on the ice, fast
en- it about me, and felt myself lifted
slowly into strong arms and laid on the
bank
II tainted when I found myself on
the solid earth again. When I awoHe
[ found myself in an Indian wigwam,
with the dusky faces of squaws kindly
regarding me-
Soon after a figure in the dress, then
unfamiliar to my eyes, of q Jesuit
priest, entered. In gentle, kindly tones
he soothed my agitation, telling me he
had sent word to the tavern where 1
was expected / soon recovered from
the prostration induced by my terrible
experience and before many hours l
was among my friends"
And the marquis, grandmamma? %
4 never saw him again. Freed from
his burden he clanhered up TIE banks
and, joining the Indians, bore me to
the wigwam. Recognizing an old ac-
quaintance in the French Jesuit mis-
proceeded to fulfill the vow which he
made to God while we were on the ice.
1t was that if we were saved heSwould
devote the remainder Of his life to the
service OF God. He became a Jesuit
missionary labored among the indians,
and afterwards gained the crown of
lnartyrdom in the Far West"
Then it wasn't grandpapa?' said Jo-
sic. But, true, he was not the Mar
quis du LuEne.''
No, my darling; this, you know, is
true story, and no romancer's dream.
j did not meet Your grandfather till
two wears afterwards. Before then
had gained the priceless boon of faith,
and had been EMBODIED in the church
whose strong arms upheld the marquis
i'm his frightful peril and to which he
afterwards sacrificed his rank and his
wealth. choosing the hard but glorious
lot of a missionary"
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The leafless trees, so lone and sad,
Are bending in the blast:
Nc more for them the flame and gold,
Their day of spIendor's passed.
And, as I watch the falling rain
Ger city. sea and void,
A thought steals DER me fraught with
The year is growing old.
Thus, year by year, the flowers fade
As seasons come and go;
A few short months of tribute paid,
Then comes the Winters snow.
But Hope foretells that coming Spring.
With grateful sun and showers.
To saddened earth again will bring
It's former wealth of flowers.
As life draws near it's Autumn days,
Each season shorter seems:
We're borne along Ger stormy ways,
Eeaving our cherished dreams.
And when our year has reached it close,
And we have gone to sleep
With loved ones in sweet repose,
No one for us should weep.
For God is Father over all:
he gave us life and breath;
Through Him, when passed beyond recall,
Well triumph over death.
jean Patterson in The Rams Horn.
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by the submerged masses rising be-
meath, was gradually and evenly forced
upward to the top of the column, with
! which 1t now was moving swiftly down
the current
THE Marquis. with sublime presence
of mind, which in our terrible situation
! could only be conferred by higher
than mere human will, steadled our
! terrible boat as coolly as though ne
were sculiing on a tranquil stream, at
the same time addressing encouraging
words to me-
" Let us pray together, said he. Per
haps God, who for some purpose OIL Hls
own has permitted us to encounter this
peril, may hear us in our extremity.
And then, in a clear, beautlful voice,
he began what l since learned were the
prayers of his church. How sublime
seemed the words in the midst OF the
raging elements. How they Gained and
comforted me, and how little and trlv-
ial seemed the schemes and ambitions
which had occupied my mind few
hours before in the presence or the
great destroyer. 1 learned from the
glorious example before me the full
meaning of the words, oh, grave,
where is thy victory! Oh, death, where
is thy sting,'
Getting my eyes upwards, 1 now saw
~
shoes, who had espied us and were en-
deavoring TO kseo abreast of US, ges-
ticulating violently and trying evident
ly to direct US to some point below.
There were none now but friendly In
dams in that section, and the sight was
a welcome one. Down the stream, IN
the direction in which they pointed /
saw that about half a mile below was
another bend in the stream, to which
they wished to guide US. Ny compan-
ion gave hopeful signs that he under
stood them, but my heart sunk, for
could see from the commotion of the
ice around us that our hitherto I'M
broken and level support was growing
every moment more insecure and ua er-
tain. It rose and fell or was pitched
forward and thrown aslant in the
changing volume and it required his
utmost skill to save us from being hurl-
ed into the frightful chasms constantly
opening to receive US.
"On the eastern side of the river, at
the bend below, was a small bay with
steep, precipitous banks, and to that
the Indians now pointed. As we came
opposite it the ice on which we stood,
by the pressure at the curve, was sud
denly thrown into a perpendicular po-
sition, and I felt myself suddenly seized
in the strong arms of my companion as
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The Star Of Bethlehem.
(The New Lippineott's.l


1t was a cloister fancy of the Dark
Ages that "the Star of Bethlehem
was some especially. created star-Iike
designed wholly for the leading of the
wise men. The law of parsimony re-
jects such exploitation, and science,
with silent scorn, turns its back upon
the bauble star, for in the glorious
depths of heaven are matchless orbs
which, swinging on their way into NOR
tai ken for a while, meet all the de-
mands of the poet and of the prophet
for the Star of the King
History affords us data. for deter
mining this wondrous star.
When the magi arrived in Jerusalem
Herod was within few weeks of his
death. The massacre. of the babes of
Bethlehem was orc of the last of his
tragic deeds. Herod died in the; year
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of Rome $50 When "Herod inquired
diligently what time the star appear
ed, the reply was evidently such that
he thought it safe to exterminate al
baby sons of Bethlehem from two years
old and under, showing that the star
had been known to the wise men TOT
at least two years before their ARRIVAL
in Jerusalem. and whether its appear
ing had marked the conception or the
birth of the King" Herod could not
decide. Recently discovered tablets at
Zidion give the date of two enrollments
for taxing. made under Cyrenius, gov
ernor OF Syria. The first of these, dur
ing which Christ was born, was maze
five years before the date A. u.
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THE DYING YEAR.

Scaut leaves upon the aspen
Shake golden in tie sun;
Old Year. thy sins are many,
Thy sand is almost run.
The beach tree. brazen orange,
Burns like a sunset down:
Old Year. thy grave is ready.
DOff scepter, robe and crown.
The elm. a yellow mountain,
Is shedding leaf by leaf.
The rains in gusts of passion,
Pour forth their quenchless grief;
The winds, like banshees mourning,
Wall in the struggling wood:
Old Year, put off thy splendor,
And dot thy funeral hood.
Lay down thy golden glorieS;
The bare boughs bar the sky,
Skeletons wild and warning,
Quaking to see thee die.
Thou hast lived thy life. remember.
Now lay thee down and rest;
The grass shall grow above thy head
And the flowers above thy breast.
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Miss Emma Siboni of Milwaukee. who
has been commissioned by the dowager
empress of Russia TO paint a miniature
of her on ivory, was born in Denmark
twenty-five years ago and came to
America when her parents died. She
first established herself in Chicago as
a portrait painter. but latterly has con-
fined her attention to miniature work
Erich Siboni. her father. was music
teacher to the dOwager empress, and
her sister. now the Princess of Wales,
before their marriage.
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THE PASSING YEAR.

The sobbing wind. the lowing sky
The trembling withered leaf.
Now mourn the Summer days gone by
All natures robed in grief.
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At the convention Of the Priests Eu-
charistie League held in Philadelphia.
st. Louis was named as the place for
holding the next convention
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-12-26
CRIMINALITY OF THE SEXES
Statistics Show That Women Are Not
Mems Equals in Lnw-
leHhneaH.

In an article on "Women and the
Emotions" by Prof. Mantegazza, in the
Humanitarian, there are some interps:
ing statistics showing that those moo
crn sCciolOgists who hold hat women
are mems equals in the field OF crimina.-
ity are wrong. Here are some Of them:
Man bears false witness 100 times to
"a woman'S II.
Man for forgery and counterfeit
coming was convicted 100 times TO n
woman's II.
In France women are summoned be-
fore the tribunals four times less than
men.
In France in 1880 women delinqucnts
were II to 100 men.
In Italy in the same year they were
only nine per cent.
In Algeria we have 06 male delin-
quents and only four women.
In E1GiaLH and Wales between IT,
and 1882 thC"e were "a women to 10"
men, all for the more serious offenses.
In 1871 DR.. Nicholson found in the
prisons in England 8,21S men and ,217
women.
In Bavaria from 1863 to 1866. in a pop
ulation consisting solely of peasants,
the women who were condemned were
in proportion 20 to 100 men.
In the prisons of Turin from 1871 to
1884 the women in respect to men are
represented by n figure of 1867 per cent.
Taking the whole of Europe, women
are, the professor says, five times less
guilty than men.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-12-26

Belgium has the largest amount of
railroad in comparison with its total
area, the amount being 1922 miles to
each square mile of area.
Railroad travelling is becoming more
and more safe. Much honor is due to
those determined and enthusiastic men
who for years have been Trying to solve
the problem of controlling trains by
self-stopping devices.
Railroad managers are investigating
tn" adrisability of using telephones liz
stead OF tclcgraphs to transact business
from station to station. The New York,
New Haven & Hartford has adopted il
with much success.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-12-26
JOINT STATEMENT ME-: II /
Auditor and Treasurer of
E1ko County
For Quarter Ending Sept. so 1899.
STATE OF NEVADA, }
COUNTY OF ELKo. 3d.
AUDITORS OEEICE

AUDITORS OFFICE,
ELKo, July 3, 1899.
To the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners of Elko county, New. :.
GENTLEMEN:-We herewith submit
our Qarterly Report of the Finances
OF the county for the quarter ending
Sept. 30, 1899.
Respectfully submitted,
G. A. WATKINS, Auditor.
A. G. DAwLEY, Treasurer.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-12-26

TREAsURER's BALANCE SHEET.
Cash in treasury to the credit of the
various funds, Oct. l, 1899: