Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-12-01
WEDNESDAYS DAILY
ACT


cold and disagreeable to be on the
streets.
\ scientist has calculated that tho
eyclids or the average man open and
shut no fewer than 4,000,00O times
l II tile course Of u single year Of his
existence.
n. +. Dawson, a clerk in the office
OF General Miles, has been dropped
from the rolls ON account OF letters
he has written to officials OF the gov
ernment rejecting upon the Presi-
dent.
y fire in the willows aud sagebrush
south OF the river, west of town,
caused some excitement on the
streets this afternoon No danger
need be feared unless the wind
should change to the south and blow
the lire across the river.
\ large paper house, with l6 rooms
has been erected by a Russian noble.
mar on his country estate ut Padolia.
Ii was constructed by au American
engineer and cost $4,000 rubles. It's
ar"hitec: d~elalares that it will last
longer than stone. To make the tri.
umph for paper more emphatic the
owner has resolved that all the fur
niture shall be OF the same material.
SOME mischieviOus persons make
a practice Of monkeyIng with freight
trains in the yard at night. They
uncouple the hose and turn off the
air cndnngermg both life and proper
~. The railroad company is getting
very tired OF that kind OF work and
Will take steps to catch and severely
punish the guilty parties.
AS tomorrow will be Thanksgiving
Day, and the INDEPENDENT force ex-
poets to fill up on turkey, they will
be in no condition to get the paper
ous on time and, rather than have it
late, we have concluded TO take a lay
III the afternoon to give the turkey
and other good things a chance to di-
gest. Printers like everybody else
enjoy n rest once in a while.
This was what Colonel Ingersoii
snid about protection: Il believe in
protecting infant indu str ies but when
the infants get to be six feet high
and grow whiskcrs, and when they
threaten o kick the end out OF the
cradle II they don't get more pap, /
think it's about time TO take the bot
tie away from them"
According to the Chicago Chron.
icle, Mr.. Z. Joubert desires to ac-
knowledge the solicItious INQUIRIES
his trends occasioncd py reports OF
his demise. Mr. Joubert Is still in
the enjoyment of robust health, aud
recommends the vicinity OF Lady,
to British tourists in search OF
II warm climate.
Nothing is known in official circles
at Washington to warrant the pub.
llshed prediction to the effect that nm
uprising on a large scale is set for
Thanksgiving day i'll Cuba, directed
against the Americans. On the con.
trary, all advices from official sources
to the War Department go to show
that generally conditions in Gu Il
are most satisfactory. The story is
nscribed to discontinued members Of
the Cuban War Party.
a Tennessee moonshiner writes
thus from Jail to u friend: "Bill, The
Government havin run foul ov me, /
am in here to stay a while an bein'
here want to DO as comfortable rs
possible: Sen me my fiddle, two
clay pipes tho Songs OF Zio,' three
gallons o corn liquor, IN Bunyan's
Pilgrims Progress. An Bill keep the
oil still goin' till | kin tackle her
ugin,"
a San Francisco drummer dropped
in on us this morning. lie is a Re-
publican, OF course, and had a great
deal to say about Mckinley prosper
ity, while trying TO soil us paper ut
three.quarters OF Il cent per pound
more than wo havo been paying Tor
it. This is tho Republican stock ar.
gumcnt. Tho more you have TO pay
for articles OF necessity tho greater ia
your prosperity. II makes no differ.
cncc, according 10 them, whether
Your business increases or not. II q
man hasn't n cent to buy q pair Of
shoes, and no credit. he is prospecting
il tho price OF shoes goes up.-Silvcr
State.
Tho transport Manaucnsc, with
Colonel Webb Hayes and throo com.
panics OF tho Thirty.ilrst Infantry Oh
board arrived Mt Manila yesterday.
During tho voyage the transport
sprung Il leak ind her engines broke
down. In this helpless condition clio
was caught in n typhoon aud all on
board narrowly escaped going to the
bottom. Tho pumps would not work
and the officers and men who could
DO spared from working the ehir
we're organized into Gvo shifts and
stripped and forming liucs began
bailing the water. This was kept ut
Tor twelve days until tho transport
landed Mt Manila. II ia claimad thai