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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-10-06

Frank Fernald discovered several
days ago that a lynx had made its
home IN the old fish hatchery. This
morning he and Henry Crane went
to the hatchery and rs Henry opened
tho door two young ones run out and
went under the reservoir. They
came back to town and George Bruce
headed n party Of about sixty, armed
with ell sorts of weapons, and led
them up the hill to the reservoir.
Pickcts were put ont aad George
led tho main body valiantly up the
hill. The kitteno we're finally dIscov.
cred and after a perfect fusilade of
shots they were riddled with shot.
The victorious army gathered up the
fruits OF victory and returned to
town. The kittens were hung in
front OF Bruce's meat market as evil
dence OF the bravery and endurance
of the army he led to victory. The
INDEPENDENT does not know how
George will dispose of the meat.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-10-06
See tho Point.

Marriage is the hereafter OF court.
ship.
Money talks-and poverty also has
a way Of telling.
The genealogical tree il nothing il
it isn't n pair tree.
Too mnDy people are troubled with
palpitation OF The tongue.
Lives OF great mon remind us that
VIC all have our troubles.
Tho embarrassment resulting from
great riches is easily overcome.
Tho man who strikes you for n loan
usually makes Il short story long.
When n mau whistles all day long
either his heart or head IL light.
It's a wise cmploye whose opinion
always comedies with that OF his
boss.
a man who bad the toothachc
doesn't know the bliss OF not having
il.
y pun is merely II play on words
but it's hard work to understand some
Of them.
Tho father OF seven marriagcablC
daughters speaks OF his parlor ne Q
courtroom.
This may he n horsoless ugc, bu,
money continues to make tho mare
go Just the came.
Tho trouble is when Il man reaches
tho top Of the ladder he seldom la,
anything TO look forward To-.
II Ia tho easiest thing IN tho worlC
to forgive nm enemy WHO IN lafg,
enough TO command your respect.
Tho candidate who drums on m
empty "bar1" soon discovers bte :iE.
ability 10 make effective campaign
iGuaic.
Tho average man thinks lhmsel
fairly good because il il so ensy [,
find u man that is considerably worsc
Chicago News.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-10-06
HORN.
WIHrETMAvTEL-In Elko, Nevada.
October j. 1890 to the wife Oi l.
WinteTmantcl, a son.
Hot Springs Hotel.

Tho new hotel at tho IIot Springs
ia rapidly nearing completion and will
DO rcndy for occupancy before
Thanksgiving. Mr.. Gardner took tho
INDEPENDENT man to the Springs ycs.
tcrday md showed him through the
building. Tho roof is on and work is
progressing on tho interior.
Tho main building is Six35 with mn
l. l3X2I feet. Tho first floor OF tho
main building IL divided into n bur
room. a dining.room, sitting room,
parlor, live bedrooms and live bath.
rooms. Tho upper floor has four.
teen bedrooms and live bathrooms.
Each oi the bedrooms and bathrooms
has n brick chimney and q window so
that the guests may he vol supplied
with warmth and light. a wide hall
runs through the center Of tho main
building both below mud upstairs.
Tho lower floor Of tho l. will DO the
kitchen and the upstairs portion will
no u Iino bedroom. Tho l. bedroom
has no connection with tho upstair
rooms OF tho main building.
\ two.story porch, eight feet wide
will sot or the front OF the main
building. a rallied platform will OK.
tend along tho north Gilc Of tho
building To the parlor door, whicl,
will he tho ladies entrance to tho no.
tel. This will be Il great improvement
over tho old building M ladies' will
avoid going through the barroom Ia
got 10 tho baths,
Tho whole building will be la;liod
ard plastcrcd throughout, and when
completed IL will 10 tho iincst hotel
in tho county.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-10-06

Ghicssra IA t0 the rCeults Of the
coming census are being made IN
various quarters. Tho total popula.
ton 0f Tho United States in 1890 was
G2,G22,26O. Whnt will il DO Mt the
opening of the new century? Tho
official statisiicinn at Washington cs.
timated tho population Of the coun.
try on August |, 1899, at 7G,2s5, coo.
and his estimate for 1900 10 77.G75.OOO.
rho Boston GIobc has put itsclf on
record with the prediction that the
population shown 10y the next census
will not exceed 7i,iS0,SG0.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-10-06
4 Young wintcrnnntci.

a reporter Of tho IHDErEHDESr
wont into WiDtcrmantcl's jcwclry
store today and found him tumbling
things around ag IL he were dealing
in horscRhocs instead Of watches and
diamonds. lie paid no attention to
the reporter for awhile, but finally
looked up nnd asked how long the
reporter thought tho nov storm
would continue. II took several min
utcs OF the rcportcr'a valuable time
to convince him that il was not
showing and showed no signs OF il.
Ifc finally looked ut tho bright sun
and said: II am no proud md happy
today ] don't caro- whether II shows,
rains. blowa or docs anything clso.N
Asked the causo Of SO much joy he
replied: IL am tho proud father of n
young jcwclcf. Tho young man ar.
rived last night and lc and his
mother arc dong nicely" With this
ho grabbed a handful o. diamond
rings and throw thcm nt the reporter,
muttcripg ma no did So, SIN papa
nov; I'm papa now" This was too
much for the reporters nerves and
no skinned ont, wondering what
there wns about tho arrival Of u baby
in q h%ongnh0ld to cause 20 much JOY.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-10-06

Some time last winter Jim Gut
ridge received II package by express
from Victoria, British Columbia. The
package was deposited by sSwiftwat-
er Bill" and was valued at $500. Mr..
Gutridge took the package ont OF the
Office here and paid over Sl3 express
charges. He showed it to his his nd
miring friends and called it his4Klon-
dixie nugget" but refused to open it.
He opened it yesterday and found a
chunk OF substance resembling Stag,
worth about two bits a ton. 1t is
different from any stuff ever seen by
our local experts. Gutridge says it
probably came from Bills little find
ON the Big Yukon and was all no had
left when he got to. Victoria. The
nugget is on exhibition at the Club
Saloon. Mr.. Gutridge will take
pleasure in showing it TO anyone. He
will take an hour il necessary to con-
vince you that there's millions in it.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-10-06
Endurance no Lonrcra virtue.

y janitor in q neighboring school
threw UP his job tho other day. When
nskcd what was the trouble, no un.
swcrCd:
am honest and I wont stand being
slurrcd. II find II pencil or n hand.
kcrchiof al ont tho floor when I'm
sweeping hang it up. Every little
while tho teacher or someone that Is
too cowardly to face me, gives me n
slur."
ain what wayY7 naked mn officer.
"Why, n little while ago | saw writ.
ten on the board, Find the common
multiple Well, | looked from gar.
rot to cellar and | wouldn't know the
thing il | mot it IL the street. What
made mo quit my jobY Last night in
big writing on the board IL says.'liind
tho greatest common divisor.' We'll
says TO myself, both Of them daruet
things arc lost tow and III be blamed
for s%wiping'cm, SO III quit" -Stoubor
Republican.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-10-06

FRENCH TANSY WATERS, the
worlds famous remedy for irregula
and painful periods Of ladies; are
never failing and safe, rejuvInato the
system mud brighton the cyes; restore
health and beauty to the faded;
French Tansy Waters nro the only
reliable female remedy in the world;
Imported from Paris; take nothing
else from the druggists, but insist on
the genuine; i'll red wrappers with the
crown trade mark. Price, 81. For
sale by all druggists, Oh sent by lus
direct on receipt Of tho price. La
France Drug Co,importers, 300 Turk
St.. San Francisco.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-10-06
lFRoM MONDAYS DAILY
SALMASUNDl.

ON No. 4 today.
MB. Mead. Oracle ard Frank re,
turned from San Fraucitco last ni.h,
John b. Scott returned SaturIn,
night from his tnp TO Italy. lie is
looking well and reports II pleasant
visit with the old folks at home.
We were unable to get the proceed,
ings OF the board OF equalization to,
day as the commissioners were IN
session and the clerk was using the
record.
John LOWELL warns all hunters to
keep of his ranch at Ten mile creek
Those who have hunted there in the
recent past will do well to read his
notice elsewhere
An envelope trust. Il paper trust, Il
type trust, and al ink trust now
forming, not to mention the olu-fash.
toned kind OF 4trustIng,7 are evil
dences that tho printer "has troubles
OF his own.
The county board OF education has
employed Prof. Nesse rs special teach
or OF bookkeeping ut u salary Of s2j
per month. lie will have charge OF
the work OF the middle class in book
keeping and will teach them one hour
Il day.
The Gazette says Congressman
Ncwlands will not 60 east until late
in Novembe. He proposes visiting
every section OF Nevada in the mean
time, in order to better understand
the States Congressional needs.
Joe Lang has taken the stationary
engine from the horse-killing plant
to ms coal mine. Joe has faith in
the future Of his mine and the INDIE.
PENDENT hopes he will be richly re-
warded.
Tho commissioners passed an ordi.
nance today making it a mlsdemenn-
or to play ball on any Of the public
streets OF the town, except the base
ball ground. The officers will now
sec that the nuisance is abated.
Constable Triple;t returned Sa:ur-
day night from taking 4. 4. Day, an
insane passenger to Reno. Day gave
him considerable trouble until he
went to sleep after passing Lovelock.
When Reno was reached, Day WAS III
a helpless condition and was taken to
jail and placed i'll charge cf the shor-
III. lie has IA brother living III Min.
neapulis.
Word was received from White
Rock this morning that the office OF
Agent at the Western Shoshone In
dian reservation had bocn abolished
and that the agency had been put in
charge OF the future Superintendent
OF the Indian school. The change
will take effect ill about two weeks
and Mr.. Mayhugh will then become II
private citizen.
Two new pupils from the country
entered the high school today. Sew.
cral more ar" i'll prospect and the at
tendance for the term bids fair To be
the Inrgcst i'll the history OF the school
Prof. Start has begun well and the
people should give him their hearty
support. Petty jealonsies should he
laid aside and all should mite in an
earnest cndcavur Ia build up the
school.
Frank Winship, an old map go years
OF age, was convicted mt TuScarora
last Friday Of selling WHISKY 10 In.
dinns. Justice Waller iincl him $500
with the alternative Of serving 100
days in The county Jail. lie took the
latter hid Constable Way brought
him down Saturday. Winship has re-.
poatcdly violated the law. but Inns
managed heretofore to escape con-
victIon. Five months in tho cooler
may convince him Of .hc error Of his
ways.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-10-06
FROM THURSDAYS DAILY.
SAIINIAGUSDI.

Stanley raber arrived from Butte
City on No. 1 today, to visit relatives
The Guild will give u social in the
near future. The date will appear
later.
y fire broke ont in the sno sheds
yesterday and before it was got TN,
Ter control about two miles OF the
sheds were destroyed. The track was
repaired today and No. 3 will arrive
between - and l o'clock tonight.
Judge Talbot held court today to
hear the petition OF Marsh Fuller,
confined in the county Jail to await
the action OF the grand jury, on the
charge OF cattle stealing, for a writ
OF habeas corpus. Attorney Dali
rymple Of Tuscarora represented the
defendant and the district attorney
appeared for the State. The petition
for the writ is based upon the insult
ticiency OF tho evidence. The case
was i'll progress when wo went to
press.
In was shown some time ago from
investigation that bribery in Connec-
ticut elections was most prevalent
among the native population of the
rural sections. Now ONE a state
ment from one OF the eastern counties
Of Maryland that the ~purchasable vote
has increased to 1000, nearly half OF
the total electorate. The evil is so
widespread says the Worcester Advo-
cate, that a jury is rarely ever drawn
that does not have one or more men
ufon it who belong to the v~ote-selling
class.
\ beautiful little New York girl
has the distinction OF having her pic
ture On every 81 bill issued in the
United States in 1896. Her name is
Rosa Marstop, and she ia lG years old.
On the 1896 81 bill there is a group OF
five female figures. Tho one which
represents Rosa Marston is that OF
the girl kneeling on tho left OF the
group. 1t is said that Miss Marston
earns $50 a week as a model. In
spite of her success she is a child in
feeling and is still fond OF toys and
pets.
Texas is in the midst OF a silver
famine. Many OF the banks in that
State have had to telegraph eastern
banks for silver dollars. The eastern
banks have no silver and reply that
they can ship gold but no silver. The
assistant treasurer at Washington
telegraphed the Dallas banks that
they would have To furnish silver GER
titicates i'll exchange in order to get
silver dollars from the Government.
And still the Republicans clamor,l less
silver, mOr gold.
Yesterday forenoon MIR. Osircicher
hitchcd ms team to n heavy wagon
at Bullion and started to town. While
going down a steep hill in the yard,
The brake Jared loose, letting the
wagon run Oh the horses. The result
was Il runaway in which Ostreicher
wa thrown from the wagon and had
two ribs broken and n badly bruised
face. Vim. Roberts who was also in
the wagon was thrown ont and con.
siderably bruised. Charley Eager
came in yesterday afternoon for DIR.
Hood. The DR.. went out and attend.
ed to Ostreicher's Injuries. Tic re,
turned this afternoon leaving Mr..
Ostrrichcr doing rs we'll as could be
expected.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-10-06

Tho fires in the snow sheds were
started by incendiarles. Tho fires
wore started ut both ends Of a 100
foot bridge between Cisco and En-
igrant Gap. Tho railroad track was
damaged for u long distance ard
about GiN feet OF snowsho ls were
burned. The loss will not DO lees
than 100000.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-10-06

President King, Farmers Bank
Brooklyn, Mich, has used DeWitt's
Little EARLY RiHers in his iamily for
years. Says they are the best. These
famous little pills cure constipation,
billiousness aud oil liver and bowel
troubles. Elko Drug Go. t,,,s
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T.. j. CHENEY & co,

Toledo, Ohio,
We, the undersigned, have known f.
j.. Cheney for the last 10 years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in
all business transactions, md finan-
clallv able to carry out any obliga-
ton made by their firm.
WEST a TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, Ohio.
WALDING, KISNAS & MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, and acts directly on the blood
and C surfaces Of the system.
Price Toe. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists. Testimonials!free.
Halls family Pills are the best.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-23

tercourse with the outer world. They
carry oil and copra in open boats to
Apia or Page Page for barter.
All of these new possessions are free
from dangerous animals. In the
mountains exist a few wild dogs, be-
lieved to be descendants of domestic
species left by visiting sailors. Wild
hogs also roam in herds in the forests,
and the natives say that they antedate
the first white visitors. Other fauna
are the vampire bat, the flying fox,
sometimes four feet from tip to tip
of wings, and the remarkable tooth
bill pigeon, with three teeth upon each
side of it's lower mandible. The prin-
cipal fishes are the dolphin, monte and
mullet.
The most valuable commercial prod
uct of Tutuila, Annu and Manua group
is the cocoanut palm, from which CO.
pra, used in the manufacture of cocoa
nut oil, is obtained by drying the kerr
mel of the fruit. While the cocoanut
crops of the two large islands coded to
Germany has been greatly reduced
during the native wars, that of the
islands now belonging to us remains
unframed. The breadfruit tree, grown
in great abundance, will always sup
ply the natives with their staple article
of diet. The fruit furnishes their staff
of life, while the wood furnishes the
framework of their dome-shaped huts.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-23
SLY OLD MULE.
Made the Soldiers Shrek with Laughter

Made the Soldiers Shrek with aught
Had His Own Way.
"a pack mule that has seen service
gets very cunning" said an %ex-soldier
in the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
81 remember we had n old fellow
who had been in the army for twelve
Or fifteen years, and he knew as much
as most of the men. He was OCCASION
ally used as leader, and was very fond
OF that job, because in that case he
had no load to carry. To see him
maneHyering to get to the front was
very comical. The regulation pack
weighs 200 pounds, and the mules soon
learn to size it up to a nicely, refusing
to carry anything more. For that
reason they are blindfolded while be-
ing loaded, otherwise they would be
continually looking around to see
whether the pack was inside the limit.
On one occasion we received a coffin
to be sent to Siboney, and the old mule
referred to was selected to carry it.
The coffin weighed only twenty-five
pounds, but the mule must have con-
cluded from its size that it weighed a
ton and he Immediately began to groan
in the most pitiful manner, exactly
like a human being. When the coffin
was put on his back he pretended to
stagger and sagged down as if he were
carrying a ten-inch gun. At the same
time he turned his head and looked at
me with a mournful expression that
was as easily read as so much print.
Good heavens he seemed to say, are
you going to allow me to be crushed
by this enormous burden?' We were
shrieking with laughter and tried to
make him take his place in line, but
not an inch would he bulge. Finally
he deliberately rolled over and knocked
the coffin off. That settled it. We
let the old rascal take the bell, and 1
could almost hear him chuckling as
it was Topped around his neck. An
other mule was then blindfolded and
took on the coffin without trouble" .
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-23
SMALL TEMPTATIONS,
ARE VERY VExATIOUS TO
"DEAD-BROKE" PERSONS.
A Victim Whose Conscience Smote Him
Tells the Story of How He Was
Saved by Two Dollars He Stole from
a Gambler. y

New Orleans Times-Democrat: "A
small temptation coming in the midst
of great need, is a severe strain on
%anybody's honesty" said a young man
who recently found a job, after look
ing for it all summer I'VE know, OF
course, hat you wouldn't pick a pock-
ct or crack a safe, but suppose you
discovered that the restaurant man
gave you a dime too much change
when you were down to your last
quarter-would you go back and re-
turn it? Don't answer that too hastily.
| used to think myself bullet PROOF,
but | had a little revelation on the sub
ject one day last month. 1t was just
before l got my job, and the only thing
that kept me from being broke was a
nickel l was hanging on to for luck.
You may we'll believe that | was feel
ing pretty blue, and l was debating
whether l had better jump into a box
car and beat my way to Baton Rouge
or jump into the river and beat my
way to the morgue, when l happened
to wander into a cigar store and no
ticed a couple of slot machines standing
on the end of the counter. Here goes
for a last chance!!' l said to myself on
the impulse of the moment, and
dropped my lone nickel into n of the
boxes. 1 gave the lever a jab and
stood there, with my heart in my
mouth, waiting for the wheels to stop
spinning. They showed a pair of fours
about the meanest, measliest hand in
the whole combination-and, silly, as
it may seem, the incident depressed me
since l got out of work. 1t seemed to
set the seal on my bad luck, and l was
standing there glowering at the cards
when the proprietor, who had been in
the rear, walked forward, glanced over
my shoulder and threw down a couple
of dollars on the counter. For a mo-
ment 1 was dumfounded, and then I
understood. You see, the other box
was showing a king full, which some
body had evidently left standing, and
he naturally supposed l had played
that machine. Did l hesitate? Not
for the t%housandth part Of a second! I
gathered the two dollars and walked
out, feeding my conscience with the
sophistry that all gambling devices
were fair prey, and although I had
been guilty of an act that vas more or
less on a moral par with stealing a
watch or tapping a till, it never oc-
CURED to me hat there was anything
irregular in my conduct until l was
out of trouble and drawing a good sal
airy. Then 1 realized suddenly that I
had no right to the mans two dollars;
SO l sauntered in and made restitution.
My victim laughed heartily and said
that l was a chump-or words to that
effect"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-23

DR.. Newman, in his recently pub
lished volume Of the Progressive Sci
ence series, gives a popular statement
of the present state Of our knowledge
of bacteria, especially as they are re-
lated to the economy of nature, to in
dustrial processes, and to the popular
health. In discussing the biological
treatment of sewage he states that the
cultivation beds have an injurious eff
feet upon infective bacteria, and hence
the final effluent is practically free
from disease germs. He also describes
Shattock's experiments, which show
that sewer air does not necessarily
increase the virulence of the 1owly
virulent bacilli of diphtheria. The
sewer air, however, by depressing the
vitality of the individual, may allow
lowly vrulent bacilli already present
in the throat to develop their full viru-
lence. DR.. Newman says that, though
the typhus bacillus cannot multiply in
| milk, yet it can exist and thrive in that
fluid.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-23
Future Of Austrla-Hunrary.

Bitter race quarrels raging in Aus
tria-Hungary have led European poll
tics to predict the ultimate absorption
Of the two parts of Germany and Rus
STA. There are many people who be-
lieve that the Kaiser and the Car have
an understanding on the subject. At
present the Germans and Slavs hate
each other so cordially that they are
held together only by their common af-
lection for Emperor Franz Josef. He
is old. and when he dies the differ
ence will become more keen. In Aus
tria itself the Czechs and Germans are
at daggers' point all the time. The
Austrians are Germans and in SYM
pathy with the German empire. On
the other hand the Czechs and the
Magyars have more in common with
the great Slavonic nation to their north
and east. At present the situation is
not ripe for a dissolution, but when it
comes, as is likely after the death of
the Emperor, the general belief of Eu-
ropean statesmen is that independence
of the parts would be short.