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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-03-13
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That ouch fight rs this should
have been waged. with the result Of
attracting so large vote, is evidence
nf too strong a pnsition to be enr.
rende eel at the bidding of the enemy
or in consequ nee Of bogus issues set
up ny the enemy. and ia not for one
moment to be considered The
Democratic party, IN national con-
ventinr, has declared its faith. which
has been Endorsed nv Il larger vote
than WAS ever cast for I'emocr, tic
issue before. When the people meet
again in national convention they
will meet with full knowledge Of
their strength and 81 the righteous.
ness OF their cause, and it ia safe to
say that they will meet the enemy in
the campaign Of 1900 on the same
ground upon which they we're met in
1896, and TINT they will win
Chairman J.mes. therefore, IN max
ing the statement which he does,
does not need the gift Of prophecy for
40 declaring, because the issues are
now so fixed ns to be beyond the
power Of any man to ch1nGe them.
Those who want the COL STANDARD
will have to 'te for the Republican
nominee to get it, while the DEMO
cratic platform will stnnd as already
writen.-A tlanta Constitution.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-03-13

Edmond Repnbli 'nn:-An Okla
homa farmer wrote to n friend in
Mime giving him some idea Of the
country. lie sail they have to NOV
the grass off the sod floor to find the
baby. One family near him had
twin babies with one adle, and the
kid who had to sle'p on the floor
grew twice rs fast rs the other.
Where the soil is richest man dara
not stand on one foot any length of
time lest one leg becomes longer
than the other and bothers him in
walking.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-03-13
THE ISSUE FOR THE NEXT YEAR.

The views Of Senator J. K. Jones,
Chairman Of the National Demo.
cratic executive committee, are
simply in the line Of national devel-
opmeEt.
The great ISIS lie before the people
OF any country is that of the greatest
internal importance. In the shrink
age OF valu NJ which have taken place
in thus country during the last 90
years the people have recognized the
hand of adverse financial Legislation.
According rs the currents of money
supply were off, paralysis spread into
every line OF business, first attacking
the productive Industries and the
firm. ana finally destroying the pros.
perity ct cities and large financial
institutions. 'Spurts NJ prosperity
have come t" the Country between
times. owing to the wonderfully -.
Operative character Of our country.
but still in spite Of abundant nature
and intense individual industry, no
permanent prosperity has come
The political par ties VIII ch started
ont handicapped by tie leadership o,
Wall street on both sides have
fin ly taken position rs to wla, tbe
remedy must be. The Rerubl;cun
party, after period Of dodp;pp
un Ter the cover Of internatio, nj
agreement, has finally drifted AWAY
int" the extreme gold &, andard policy.
The Democratic party, having effect
ually shaken Off the cold Of man FIN.
sea- who were weighing it down,
has declared Tor a Wholesale md
thorough financial reform, which can
: only be brought about by a return To-
the money Of the constitution. Not.
withstanding the Entertainments n,
The money power WITHIN its rapks. il
succeeded in casting them out and
polling nearly 100000 votes.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-03-13
FiLE:YOUR:BILLs.

BY order Of the Board Of Cot
Commissioners, all bills againa
County to be acted upon BY
Board, must be file d on or before
Saturday Immediately preceding
Monday upon winch the Board p'
otherwise tho bills will not be a
upon until the next meeting Of
Board.
Attest: A. G. DAwL1
Comfy Clrd
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-03-13

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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-03-13
E1kO Drug
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y
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Patent Medicines, Toilet Articles
PerfImery. Liquors, Cigars, Etc.
Orders by Mail will receive careful
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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-01-12

a favorite with railroad supply men or
with dismissed railroad officials either.
But it is that policy which has made
the name of Hill credited in financial
circles all over the world. And Incl
dentally, the credit of Mr.. Hill has
done more than any other factor--or
all other factors together-to maintain
the credit of this section of the cOun-
try. At no time was this more mani
fest than in the late panic of '93
When all other securities crumbled like
a mud bank before 6-inch stream, the
Great Northern stocks bravely held
themselves above par, and the financial
support of this one man enabled many
an old house in both St. Paul and Min
neapolis to weather a storm, which
otherwise would have wrecked them.
When man is dead he may be Justly
estimated. Perhaps in the future some
time the people will awaken to the
fact that James j. Hill was a grand
man. ED.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-01-12

like tactics with the hat, he lifted at it.
Thin he lifted it again, this tonne look
in hard at tn hat. Thin he looked in
tn, lnsoide av tn hat an lifted har-r-rd.
But tn hat niver boodged. Thin he
putt his finger on tn top av tn pecan
nay an looked at it. Shure an twas
fresh vanished.
Casey" sez he.
casey was in tn barroom an he
KEN out.
"'Casey,' sez Sixspot, your domned
ould ratthlebang av pee-an-nay has
gone an StOOck itsilf to me fOine silk
ploog hat thot cost me twilve dollars
lasht wake
"'You mane,' sez Casey, that you
have stoock your domned ould paper
hat with fuZZ glued on to it to me
square, grand, conchert, operay, $4,000
pee annayp
"'I mane,' says Sixspot, 'thot / wore
thOt hat into this anteroom to hell
inta a. aact-t-t, an thot l name to wear
it out, top, bottom an soides, in tn
same cOndishun, av have to wear your
domned ould fiddler's grand pecan nay
on tn top av itp
"'Thin,' sez Casey, 'av you want your
ould paper ploog why don't you pick it
up an go? Shure I've made no OBJ
jectshuns. Av tn pee-an-nay goes, too,
sayin' it must go on tn top av your
Imply head, I'll say nothin'. Take
your domned ould hat; it's glad I'll be
to say tn back av you
with thot me bunkie grabbed tn
axe that hoong rorninst Casey's wall.
Shure, there's no woodchopper's medils
thot's given be tn governmint, but if
you be stayshuned at Spokane you soon
learn tn thrick av it. Whin Sixspot
put tn axe back in it's sockut on tn
wall, which was liss than wan minute,
he had cut a squart fut out av tn top
av Casey's pee-an-nay, bein' av coorse,
tn part thot had stoock itsilf to his
ploog hat. ManewhiIe Casey, regrettin'
his consint, had rushed up an accident
ally runnin' forninst tn butt av tn
axe, had fallen down across tn lovely
forum av tn gur-r-rl, who had tainted
from freight an was moanln' for whis-
ky lOike soockin child.
''Sez Sixspot, pickin' up his ploog hat
with tn square fut ay Casey's foine
rosewood pee-an.nay stickin' to tn
crown av it, seZ he: Wed betther be
gOin'' An we Wint."
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-01-12
SIXSPOT.

The following tells how Sevenspot's
bunkie, Sixspot, recovered his plug
hat. Seyenspot was a Irregular" at
Santiago:
"'Twas at tn Spokane barracks thot
we were first bunkies. Shure, tits a
good town for soldier, with plinty av
drink an singin' an gamin' an fight
in. There was black-hearted gin.
dayier there, wifi a black south-av-
Oireland face OH him an backroom
an pee amy to it.
Av coOrse, ye know, thOt it's aginst
tn regilayshuns for a privit to wear
onythin but his uniform whin he's
out on permit for a coople av days
cavOOrtin'. 'Tis only on furlough he
may wear civilian clothes. Bein' a
volunteer, ye don't known that a
soldier always has a civilian shut
slowed away in tn town mare which
he's stayshuned. Shure, me bye, whin
man takes out a lady av illigance he
don't want to atthract all tn ATTN
shuns to himself be the wearin' av
uniform.
"Me bunkie, Sixspot, had a foine
civilian shut an a ploog hat concayled
at tn house av frind in Spokane.
Wan day we wint to tn town on per-
nit to wonst. Twas tn day afther tn
paymaster. Sixspot put on his civilian
shut an cooked his ploog hat over his
rOight eye an afther much crookin' av
ilbows, we wint to Casey's.
"Casey was tn blackguard with th'
backroom an pee-an-nay. He's been a
railroader an had an axe, loike ye Say
hoong up in tn passenger cars, with
red paint on tn idge av it. An he'd
stoock it up forninst tn wall av his
back room, with soign thot read, NO
Distoorbance Av You Pleasep He was
a big bluffey an had lost his immor-
thai sOwl about tn time whin he lost
his first tayth. He'd confolded in some
woman an told her thot he'd killed
man wonst an tn storekeypers would
Wolh oOuIlu q UloCh W hdpc lIOIu
matin' him.
"Whin Sixspot an l KEN in there
were foine gur-r-rl doin voIleys an
thin fOirin' -at-will an sich like on tn
pee-an-nay. Me bunkie goes into tn
back room an looks at her with an in
sinooatin' eye. Slxspot had tn effron-
thery av governmint inspector con-
dimin' cavalry oats an thin buyin'
thin in at governmint auction. He
sthrutted up an putt his ploog hat on
tn top av tn pee-an-nay. Thin he
crosses his fate, koind av gentale loike
an sez he, 'Tis foine day, this
noightp {
eth gur-r-rl said she thought so, too,
an sort av smiled like. Thin they wint
aver an, sat by table an dr-rinked an
talked. Afther while me bunkie, Six
spot, wint to tn pee-an.nay for his
ploog hat. Me bunkie took hould av
his ploog hat an sort av lookin' from
tn corner av his eye, to say that tn
gur.r-rl were observin' his fashionable
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-01-12
Special Correspondence to The Mirror.
WASHINGTON LETTER

Everybody knows that Tom Reed
rides wheel, but everybody does not
know all there is to know about that
wheel. To casual observer it is an
ordinary safety, and this is just what
Tom Reed would have you think. But
it isn't, and hereby hangs a tale. When
Reed began to ride he took his first les
sons in secret. 1t was his custom to
drive out in his carriage to the old Ben
ninger race track where his man had
preceded him with the wheel Here
he made his first attempt at scorching,
but his first attempts were not very
great successes. The enormous weight
OF Reed was too much for the pneu-
matte tires and they would invariably
burst before he had adjusted his feet
properly to the pedals. This repeated
ly occurred and was well nigh discour-
aging Reed from continuing, but he
did continue, not however until he had
procured set OF solid cushion tires
made in imitation of the pneumatic
tire, in fact perfect counterfeit. Now
this is why Tom Reed never has
punctured tire, the wonder of the
small Washington boy with his hand
full of tackS.
Washington is just now full of army
men. You meet them on every block
and conceivable place. To democratic
eyes there is something particularly Of
fensive in the military strut with which
these trained assassins parade them
selves before the public. The military
man is only tolerated in this country
as a necessary evil. He never was
popular and is fast loosing the popu-
larity which he may have enjoyed.
Verify the world doth move and with
it public opinion.
The season in this Capitol only really
began with the state dinner given at
the White House last week. Your cor
respondent has invitations galore for
many swell dinners and receptions.
Will hope to send you some very dain.
ty morsels of society gossip in the near
future.
ICONOCLAsT.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-01-12
Written for The Prison Mirror.
ACQUA TOFANI.

One of the boys in the Pontiac re-
fOrmatory asks the question through
the Pioneer, "wbat is the drug acqua
tofani?" No satisfactory answers
were given. will therefore try to en-
tighten him. This poison, now best
known as the "Acqua Tofana" or "Ac-
qua de Perugia," is said by Hahnemann
to have been compounded of arsenical
neutral salts. Garelli says that It was
crystalized arsenic dissolved in largo
quantities of water. Both agree that
it caused the death Of a person by
gradually weakening the respiratory
organs and undermining the appetite.
About the beginning of the eighteenth
century the discovery was made of
secret organization in Naples, Italy,
headed by an old woman of seventy
named Toffania, who manufactured a
poison and sold it extensively in Ma
Piles, even sending it all over Italy, un-
der the name of "Manna of st. Nicola
of Bari" This was the poison now
known as Acqua Totfana. After hav-
ing caused the death, it is estimated, of
over 600 persons, Toffania was at length
arrested, tried, convicted and strangled
in 1719. 1t may bs said in explanation
that this method was mainly used by
ladies who wished to be rid of their
husbands, there being no convenient
North Dakota within reach. A similar
epidemic of husband poisoning had
ravaged Rome a half-century previous.
The supplier of the poison in that case
being the infamous Hier0nyma Spara.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-01-12
SOLD HIS BOY.

A farmer drove up to the scales with
load of corn and asked to have it
weighed. He had on the load of corn
with him, his ten-year-old son. The
load of corn was weighed and the weight
recorded, and the farmer drove away
and sold and unloaded the corn; then
he sent the boy Off on an errand and
then went back and weighed the wag-
on. The public weigh-master did not
observe that the boy was not on the
wagon when it was weighed the Sec
ond time, and so the farmer got pay
for the weight of his boy.
He drove away home in the evening
chuckling to himself at the smart trick
he had played. He had sold his boy
for corn. The public weigh-master
had not observed it; the man who
bought the corn knew nothing about it
and his neighbors were all ignorant of
what had happened. He had played
his little trick successfully, and no one
knew thing about it but himself and
his boy. He had sold his boy. He on
ly got about so cents for him, to be
sure, but then it was such a sharp trick
and the farmer laughed aloud, ha! hal
ha! ha! He would little rather the
boy had not been told about it, "but
then he is young and will soon forget
it,"
nd
criminal stood up in court and received
a sentence of long term in the peni-
tentiary. He had committed a burg
larry, and in attempting to avoid arrest
had wounded man almost to death.
Just behind the criminal sat his aged
father, his head bowed in shame, and
his heart almost breaking with grief.
After the sentence was pronounced,
the prisoner turned to his father and
said:
"Father, twelve years ago, when L
was but a mere boy, you put me on
load of corn and deliberately sold me.
You thought you were selling me to
the corn merchant, but really you sold
me to the devil. I, of course, consented
to the wickedness you taught me that
day, and L have felt ever since that
belonged to the devil, and have been
his faithful servant.
"Father, you sold your boy to the
devil for the paltry sum Of fifty cents
You are responsible for my ruin"
All how many parents have sold
their boys, sometimes for mug of
beer or glass of whiskey; sometimes
for the fendish pleasure of showing
how infant lips may be taught to pro-
fame the name of God Alas they have
sold sheir boy to the devil, and after
few years the devil has come to claim
his own, and they have gone to distruc-
tion!-The Signs of the Times.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-01-12

In that case the attention of the Pope
Alexander VII. was called to it
through the extraordinary prevalence
OF young widows in the city. 1t is
thought that Spara used the same poi
son as Toffania. She was hanged to-
gether with thirteen others, while a
large number were whipped half naked
through the streets of Rome, and many
of high rank were fined and banished.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-01-12

The warden of the Connecticut pen
itentiary faced sad duty when he
was compelled to receive his own son
as prisoner on four years sentence
for embeZZlemeut. In this case also
the downfall of the son rebounded on
the father, as he considered it his duty
to resign his position as warden on ac-
count of the fact
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-01-12
Vol. XII. 25.
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Life S Scars.

They say the world is round, and yet
L often think it square;
So many little hurts we get
From corners here and there
But one great truth in life I've found
While jOurneying to the west,
The only folks who really wound,
Are those we love the BEST
The man you thoroughly deSpiSe
Can rouse your wrath it's true;
Annoyance in your heart will rise
At things mere strangers do;
But those are only passing ills.
This rule all lives will prove;
The ranking wound which aches and thrills
Is dealt by hands we love.
The choicest garb the sweetest grace
Are oft to strangers shown;
The careless mien the frOwEing face
Are given to Onr own.
We tlatter those we scarcely know;
Wepraise the fleeting guest.
And deal full many body blow
To those who love us best
Love does not grow on every tree.
Nor true hearts yearly bloom,
Alas for those who only see
This cut across the tomb!
But soon OF late the fact grows plain
To all through SORROWS test!
The only folks who give us pain
Are those we love the best.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-01-12

A little st. Paul boy who was taken
by his father to hear political speech
by a certain Judge, listened in wonder
foa while, and then turning to his
father, he asked: "Pa, does he make
that funny noise on purpose?"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-10-13
WOMAN POP The" "QUESTION.'
Glorious News for Widows and Girl Bachelor
Goes From the UntrammeIIed West.

Glorious News for Widows and Girl Bachelors
Goes From the UntrammelIed West.
An audience of young widows and
girl bachelors at the Berkeley Lyceum
was thrown into a fiutter of delight
when DIR. Hartland Law, of San Fran
cisco, said that the day was not dis
tant when women would be free to
propose marriage. There was no dis
sent.
DIR. Law said that in the far West it
is not infrequent for women to make
the marriage proposal, and that such
unions are usually attended with great
felicity. He is corroborated by recent
reports from Siskiyou county, CAL,
which declare that it is a rapidly
growing custom there for young wo-
men to propose. Among the elite of
Modoc county, CAL, majority of the
fashionable weddings are effected
through the insistence of the young
bellies, who refuse to accept "no" as
an answer from the bashful young
men. The new mode has also found
favor among the upper classes Of
Apache and Mohave counties, Ari.
And the custom is spreading East
ward. DIR. Law thinks it will be here
before next leap year!-Er.
Why, bless your dear soul, women
have been proposing for 5000 years.
The kindling OF the eye, the soft tones
OF the voice, the rose tint of the cheek,
all say, "Shall we be comrades-we
two, together?"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-10-13
Prices Under the Trusts.

A recent dispatch to the dailies told
of the warfare of the commercial
travellers on the trusts and on Hanna
as the head and front of the coil. 1t
was stated that they claimed that the
trusts, instead of lowering prices in
creased the burdens of the consumer.
Recently the American Antitrust
League had representatives call on
500 manufacturers in New York city
rs to the effect of the trusts on the
prices of commodities. The agents
turned in reports at the time of each
interview, many of them signed by the
person giving the information. No
commodity was discovered as having
been decreased in price. The ad-
vances ranged from to so per cent.
In the list are the following articles
which nearest touch daily life:
Dressmakers' supplies, advance in
everything from Is to 25 per cent.
More capital needed to carry stock.
Envelopes, 40 per cent, and notice
out for a further advance.
Enameled ware, so per cent.
Builders hardware, As per cent.
Iron beds. 35 to IS per cent.
Brooms. 40 to so per cent.
Copper wire, 100 per cent.
Chairs, 25 to 80 1-3 per cent.
Furniture, 25 per cent.
Flour, 80 cents a barrel.
Glassware, 20 per cent.
Ham, delicatessen, 3 cents a pound.
Iron, 100 per cent.
Knit wool, 81 to $1.50 q dozen.
Photo paper, nearly ITO per cent.
Plumbers supplies, 30 to 60 per
cent.
Rubber, everything greatly advanced.
Ranges, 90 to 80 1-3 per cent, and
another advance expected.
Shoes, advance in all grades 10 to
20 per cent.
Spool cotton, 8 to 25 per cent.
Salt, 10 to Is per cent.
Stoves, 25 to 80 1.3 per cent.
Tinware, 20 to 500 per cent.
Wall paper, 25 to so per cent.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-10-13
Cost of the Gun Defender,

A correspondent of the Army and
Nary Journal, having applied to it
for information on the subject, that
paper answered that the cost of the
building of the Columbia has been
variously estimated at from 100000
to $4,000 and for the Shamrock at
from $15OOOO to 100000. 1t then
adds:
ga summary of the cost OF the
Shamrock, based on estimates from
various sources, is as follows: Con-
struction and rig, $500, ,OOU; pay roll
officer and men, including -sail-makers
and carpenters eighty men) for four
months, at average of $40, $l2,S00
provisions for men and officers at S. a
week for eighteen weeks, $1,000;
clothing for crew, $1,000; for dry
docking twice, 5000; tender at $3.50
day for sixty days, $4,000; tugboat
at $50 day for sixty days, $500;
derrick and lighter service $500
lighter for storage of spars for six
weeks, 5000; freight for spars and
sails by steamer, $500; passage for
thirty workmen, riggers, ETC., $l,SOO;
general expenses, incidentals, ETC., $5,.
600; total, $242,6OO. If the special
services of the designer, Mr.. Fife, and
of Sailmaker Ratsey, who came to
this county, are charge against the
account, the sum would, of course, be
SO much augmented.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-10-13
Rats Sink q Steamer.

The Oriental liner Olympia, arriv-
ing at Victoria lately, brings news OF
the loss of the steamer White Cloud, a
paddle steamer which was proceeding
from Hongkong to Manila under an
American charter. The vessel foun-
dered when about 80 miles from Hong.
kong and seven men were drowned.
The crew had just time enough to get
away from the steamer when she went
down. The mates boat, containing
six beside himself, was drawn into the
vortex with her. The captains boat,
containing six people, was picked up
by Chinese junk and taken to
Shanghai. The disaster is said to
have been due to the ravages of the
white rat. The vessels seams opened
out and she simply collapsed. The
loss is estimated ut $4,000.