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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-13
Caravan Parties.

Caravan holidays are in England re-
placing the house boat fad. A caravan,
be it understood, is gypsy cart, got up
i'll the style Of comfort one can afford,
and driven from place to place with its
occupants and accessories. All that
you want is nice, roomy caravan, with
good, strong horses and dining tent,
carried on the roof, to put up when q
halt is made. Two vans are needed
one for the kitchen and servants and
the other for the rest Of the party.
Bedroom space is, of course, limited,
and, therefore, the number Of guests
must be small. But if there is IN inn
in the near 'neighborl,ood your sur
plus friends can sleep there and spend
the rest OF the day With the caravan.
This kind Of gypsy life III a pretty part
of the country presents endless oppor-
tutfities for amusement In. 81. World.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-13
BARD FIGHT WITH SHARKS
rye califoEnia Fi.h.rn.s Have .
fThElnins ESperAehce and Nst-
row Escapes t"'

Guy Ames and w. A. Graham, two
fishermen ut Newport Beach, Cal, had
a thrilling experience the other day
with two monster sharks while fish
, ing with heavy lines fastened ashore.
The men were cruising about the lines
in, small siiiGf, when they discovered
that two of the lines had hooked two
sharks, one fully IL feet and the other
more than 20 feet long, Having no fire.
arms, the men concluded to try to stun
the monsters by rowing close to where
they had risen to the surface and stri1x-
ing them on the head with a heavy
club. This was done to the larger one,
but 1T was almost fatal mistake for
both fishermen. One Infatuated deep
sea monster dashed and churned the
,, water about the boat, striking it sew
eral times with such force that the
fishermen expected to see it rent into
splinters. At every opportunity the
club descended upon the head of the
shark, for the fishermen then realized
that it was life or death fight.
The blows from the club came so
hard and so fast that the efforts of the
sharks were redoubled, when the shore
line gave way. Finding themselves
free, the man-eating sharks both start
ed seward with the small boat in tow.
The craft shot through the water at
terrific speed, estimated by Ames aud
Graham at 50 knots, but they steadied
the skiff, momentarily expecting to
reach Honolulu, wien finally the larger
of the two sharks, with an extra squirt,
tore loose from the book and disap-
peared.
The smaller shark stopped, appar-
emily exhausted, when the fishermen,
taking advantage of the opportunity
offered them, rowed alongside. dealing
it terrible blow on the head With he
club and stabbing it several tines in
vital spots with a lance Ike d On TIC
end of a pole. The s,.3r': w@s to big
to tow back to the sLo"" 81 l3.ey cX-
tractcd its liver, wlir' yielded. So gal
Ions of oil. The H." were 'hrcc hours
rowing badk over H. 'ni-. which the
team Of sharks haG 'ow,u = \ il less
than eight minutes. Both the Een
aver that with tC;.,:. OF trained sharks
they believe they could run over to
Manila with hurry order" in less
than three days.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-13

A need is one thing; want" is an
other thing. We want a great many
more things than we need. a good par
cnt wants the child to have whatever he
needs, and is ready to secure such
things for him if within his power. He
would be culpablc parent who would
give his child whatever things he want
cd, whether he needed them or not.
parent is, in fact, set to the duty of
keeping his child from having many
thing that he wants, as well as Sc.
curing for the child whatever he needs.
Our Heavely Father is truest and best
of parents in this same discrimination
of gifts to His children. He knoweth
what things we have need of before we
ask Him. We tell Him the things that
we want. We ought to be grateful that
God will not give us the things that we
want unless He knows that we also
have need Of them.-Detroit Free Press.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-13
JeI1ied suesthrenda.

Parboil a, pair of fine fresh sweet
breads. Put them between two plates
to cool. When cold cut them in Slices.
Have some aspic jelly melted, dip each
slice in it,. Cut some uspic jelly in snail.
squares, form in a circle in dish, ar
range the slices of sweetbreads on this,
fill the center with chopped celery
pour mayonnaise round and garnish
with aspic icl'v.-lTousewifc.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-13

N. P. Guldagger. at Jones' old
stand, is prepared to do blacks NTH
ing in all Of it's branches ut prices to
suit the times. Horse shoeIng and
wagon work speciality. All work
guaranteed. Take your work to Mr..
Guldagger's shop if you want it done
we'll and at reasonable prices.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-13
Notice tC Hunters.

All persons are hereby forbidden
to hunt, or in any way trespass, on
my ranch on Ten Mile Creek. Any
person found bunting or trespassing
on said premises will be arrested and
prosecuted to the full extent of the
law. -. JOHN VOWEL.
ELKo, Nevada, October 2, 1899.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-13
WHAT is SHILOH?

A grand old remedy for Cough,
Colds and Consumption; used through
the world for half century, has cur
ed innumerable cases of incipient
consumption and relieved many in
advanced stages. If you are not sat-
isHed with the results We will refund
your money. Price % cts, so cts.
and S1.00. For sale by Elko Drug Co
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-13
SICK HEADACHES.

The cure of overworked woman
kind, are quickly and surely cured by
karPs Clover Root Tea, the great
blood purifier and tissue builder.
Money refunded if not satisfactory.
Price % cts and 80 cts. For sale by
Elko Drug Co.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-13
YOU TRY IT.

If Shiloh's Cough and Consump-
ton Cure, which is sold for the small
price of % cts, so cts. and 81 90, does
not cure take the bottle back and we
will refund your money. Sold fer
over 80 years on this guarantee. Price
% cents and 80 cents. For sale by
Elko Drug. Co.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-13

"When our boys were almost dead
from whooping cough, our doctor
gave One Minute Cough Cure. They
recovered rapidly" writes P. B. Bellies
OF Argyle, Pa. 1t cures coughs, colds
grippe and all throat and lung troub-
les. Elko Drug Co. =
, 1899-06-16

and made disgusting charges against
the Earl. She could not prove her
charges nor obtain her divorce, but a
a man whose name she had dragged
into the scandal sued the Countess for
libes and obtained damages against her
to the amount of $4,000.
Earl Russell got a divorce from his
Countess, and for q time the public
heard no more of the unhappy pair.
But the Countess and her mother, Lady
Lena Scott, began soon to circulate
most horrible stories about the Earl,
and finally, in 1896, the Earl had Lady
Scott arrested for criminal libel. After
a trial which brought out many sensa-
tional things concerning the family,
Lady Scott was convicted. In the evil
dence produced at the trial was a letter
from Lady Scott to a bookseller, who
had prepared, at her order, the printed
libelS which she circulated. She said
in this letter: Il wan you to find me
a rich American gentleman to help me
bear these expenses, with a view to
marriage. I have had plenty of good
offers, but l must have riches"
Though no "rich American gentleman
was found to furnish funds for Lady
Scott, she got enough English money
to enable her to continue her fight
against her son-in-law and to send her
scandal broadcast. Lady Scott and
those arrested with her for the libel
utterly failed to prove the charges
which they made against the Earl.
Lady Russell was always fond of
dancing, and some years ago appeared
at the Royal Theatr, London. She Is
now determined to remain OF the stage
and earn her own living by her wit and
her beauty.
, 1899-06-16
Deciding a Point.

Two men, a German and a French
man, had a heated argument over
the question whether the wife of a
State Governor had any official title or
not.
One contended that she should be
addressed as Mrs. Governor So-and-
So" The other stoutly insisted that
she was simply Mrs. Blank, wife of
Governor Blank" They finally agreed
to leave the matter to the first man
they met. He proved to be an Irish
man. They stated the case to him, and
asked for his decision.
"Nayther of yez is right he said.
after a moment of severe e%ogitation.
''The wife av a governor is a COVER
ness"
, 1899-06-16
NAMING OF MEDICINE HAT.
Queer Appe11stion of the Champion
Cold Weather Town.

Queer A~ppe11stion Of the Champion
Cold Weather Town.
Yes, sir, I can tell you how our town
came to get It's queer name." said
George W. North, of Medicine Hat, a
guest at the Palmer. Poor Lo 10 re-
sponsible for the name. Now, the In
dian is the most superstitious chap
alive. Nobody believes In luck half SO
much as be does. Good medicine with
him is anything that brings hin good
luck, and bad medicine is just the re-
verse. Every inJun that amounts to
anything has his medicine It's his
lucky penny so to speak, and he de-
ponds upon 1t largely for good LUCK.
Often he carries it In a little buckskin
bag round his neck, and just as like
as not he won't tell you for love or
money what 1t is. Again he will make
a fuss over it and insist on letting ev-
erybody know all about it. I knew one
buck whose good medicine was the
top of a tomato can which he wore on
his breast.
We'll, to get back to Medicine Hat,
there was a famous Blackfoot chief
who lived somewhere around in that
part of the country. He divided his
time between hunting and making war
on the Crees. This chiefs good medi-
cine was a most gorgeous headdress of
feathers. He called it his medicine hat,
and 1t was the luckiest good medicine
In all the region around. Well, one day
he fell upon the Crees just about where
our town now is, and he smote them
hip and thigh. He was in a fair way
to wipe the Crees out of existence
when along came a gust of wind and
lifted the magic hat off his head. That
was bad enough, but worse was to fol
low. The wind whirled it up on high,
carried it faster than he could chase II
on his pony, and finally dropped it In
the Saskatchewan River. That was too
much for Mr.. Blackfoot. He lost all
confidence in his luck. Instead Of re-
turning to the fight and pressing home
his victory he turned tail and ran for
dear life, followed by all his tribe.
That's how our town on the south
fork Of the Saskatchewan got its name.
Personally, l hope 1t will neve be
changed. It's a hundred times more
desirable than the one thousand and
one inane names that one runs across
all over the eontinent."-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
, 1899-06-16
No Evidence.

There Is always something new in
courts Of justice. If there are no new
crimes, there are new ways of escap-
ing punishment, One of the latest of
such novelties finds a record in the
San Francisco Post.
A Chinese fisherman was on trial at
Sausalito Oh a charge of catching
striped bass that weighed less than
two pounds. The constable who had
made the arrest testified to catching
the Chinese with the fish in his possess
sion.
Where are the fish," asked the at
torney for the defendant.
"Why, they wouldn't keep" answer
ed the officer.
what did you do with themT'
ooh, 1 disposed of them"
"What did you do with them?"
swell, 1 knew they wouIdn : keep,
so I-I-disposed of them"
But what did you do with them?"
"My wife. cooked them"
"And you ate themT'
"Yes." 1aar this cas-
, 1899-06-16

and had begged to be taken up on the
high seat by his fathers side.
The harvester was one of those won
derful labor-saving machines of which
fa.4ners use SO many in these days.
1t cut the wheat, swept it into sheaves,
bound them, and tossed them aside.
For q time all this was very interest
ing to the little fellow. Then he grew
tired OF sitting still, and began to
squirm, and before the father knew
what was going on, the boy had tum-
bled off.
He screamed as he found himself
going; but before the horses could be
stopped, the machinery had caught
him, rolled him up in a bundle of
wheat, bound him about the legs and
the neck with Irvine, and there he lay
on the ground.
He was not hurt. A little skin had
been scraped from one of his shoulders
and he was, or thought he was, almost
choked. That was all; but he was very
much frightened.
, 1899-06-16
some Kentucky superstitions.

1t would astonish you to know the
number of persons in this State "who
are not superstitious but who do be-
lieve in signs" While returning from
Western Kentucky recently l sat talk
Ing with a party Of sever gentlemen
in the smoking compartment of a Pull
man car, when one of them pulled from
his pocket a graveyard rabbits foot"
which, he said, had always brought
him good luck. Another Of the gentle
men exhibited the feather of an old
gray goose which had been given him
by a negro charm seller in the Pur-
chase. The owner said he knew the
thing was a mere trife, but he wouldn't
part with it for any amount of money.
A third member of the party had an
old steel pen which had been used by
the Governor Of a Southern State in
writing the pardon of a condemned
man. This non-believer in strange
signs said he priced the omen higher
than anything he possessed, as he had
succeeded ever since he got 1t. The
sleeping car conductor carried in his
pistol pocket an Irish potato, shriveled
to one-third its former size, which "nev-
.er failed on a rheumatism case" A
fifth gentleman had this to say: EEL
lows, I'm no believer in those meaning
less emblems, but 1 can't help feeling
badly If 1 fail to see the new moon owe
my right shoulder"
The only other two members of the
party who had not spoken left the car,
smiling at the "vapid follies" they, too,
were doubtless believers In If they had
only expressed themselves.-Louisvill
Post
, 1899-06-16
Much Better.

1t is a popular, but evidently an In
correct, notion that Indians have little
tenderness of feeling toward 'the
brute creation" An Indian agents
story, printed in the New York Tribune.
shows that one Indian at least might
teach his white brother a lesson.
Out in the country where the Indian
agent has been staying, rabbits are
hunted for sport, and every precaution
is taken to preserve this game, that the
sport may not be interfered with. The
eagle is the rabbits greatest enemy,
and hearing that n of these noble
birds had a nest in the neighborhood,
the agent undertook to destroy 1t,
John, an Indian who often accom-
panied him on his hunting expeditions,
was asked to go along.
, 1899-06-16
QKaYwW oMsr's
GrotiYudo

81 LETTER TO mrs. rIakHAK NO. ss,7ssl
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After first confinement 1 was sick for
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weak and tired that I could not do my
work. 1 became pregnant again and
took your Compound all through, and
now have a sweet baby girl. 1 never
before had such an easy time during
labor, and l feel it was due to Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I
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thank you enough Mrs. Ed. EH-
LINGER, DEvINE, TEX.
, 1899-06-16
A COUNTESS AS A GAIETY GIRL.
Divorced Wife of Earl Russell Creates
a Sensation In London.

Wife of Earl Russell Creates
a Sensation In London.
One Of the social and dramatic sensa-
tons of London was the appearance
during the season Of a real live Count
ess as a ''gaiety girl" The Countess
Russell furnished this sensation, and
incidentally she has raised more than
furore during her dramatic life.
Countess Russell is the daughter of
the late Sir Claude Scott, a ~well-known
London banker. Mabel Edith Scott
was young and pretty when she mar
ried the grandson of the great English
statesman, Lord John Russell, IN 1890,
and became the Countess Russell. They
had not been married a year before
there was an e-strangement which
grew from a family affair to a public
scandal. After a few months of mar
ried life the Countess sued for divorce
, 1899-06-16

head Of each, and then placed the white
head ON the gray pigeon and the gray
head ON the white pigeon, after which
the two birds, each with the others
head on, few away alive as II nothing
had happened-or appeared to do SC,
since of course 1t is a necessary infer
ence that Bellachini in some way man.
aged a substitution of live pigeons for
dead one
The sultan liked this performance
very much, and having ordered two of
his men, a negro and a light Berber, to
be brought forward, he commanded
Bellachini to cut off their heads, and
to exchange them as he had done with
the pigeons.
Bellachini was much taken abach by
this proposition. He was unable to
perform any such "trick," of course,
but he did not like to confess it. He
said to the sultan, through the inter-
prefer:
Pardon, your most gracious maJes-
ty, my apparatus to-day is arranged
only for pigeons, not for men. l re-
quire at least fourteen days to prepare
for the performance you desire. Will
your majesty grant me an extension of
that timer
"Yes," the sultan answered, "the ex-
tension is granted"
Bellachini left the palace, and imme-
diately took flight from the country
Youths Companion.
, 1899-06-16
SAFETY DEPOSIT BUSINESS.
Husbands Statement Concerning His
wife's Appearance Causes Trouble.

HusDand'e statement concerning HIS
Wife's Appearance Causes Trouble.
The growth of the safety deposit
business since 1892 has been enormous
in all large cities. The boxes in these
palaces of nickel and steel and marble
rent by the year from So for a small
one to $50 and upward for the large
n The renters cover every grade
and walk of life. Women are often
renters, and In many of the vaults spe-
cial accommodations are made for the
gentle lex.
They are encouraged to go there, not
only on business connected with the
vaults, but for social and business pur-
poses. IN some of the vaults, beside
the private retiring rooms, which are
provided in which to examine the con-
tents of the boxes, there are reception
rooms in which women who rent boxes
may meet their friends and have a cup
of tea or chocolate or a lemonade, says
the Chicago Chronicle.
The renters of boxes In these vaults,
besides giving the officials all neces-
sary information concerning them
selves, such as full name, signature,
residence, business, age, hight,
weight, color of eyes, hair and general
complexion, are also required, If they
desire their wives to use the second key
to the box, to give similar details con-
corning her. The manager of n pop
ular vault says that the ignorance of
most men concerning the general phys
ical characteristics of their wives Is
amazing. The majority are uncertain
as to her complexion, and not one In
twenty can tell the color of the wife's
eyes or hair, although probably rs per
cent. of them wrote sonnets to both
when they were counting.
They are equally at sea as to her age
and weight, or at least they appear to
be. Not long ago a man who had
given very uncertain answer concern
ing his wife brought her down a fort
night afterward and introduced her to
the manager. She was shown about
the place and the requested to put her
signature at the foot of the page which
her husband had filled out. The hus-
band was looking over his box in a pri-
vate room. She put her name in the
book, and then looked over the page.
Her eyes began to dilate and her lip
quivered; then she burst into a torrent
of tears. She snatched at the page and
before they could prevent her she tore
it from the book and threw it on the
floor, trampling it under foot. AS she
did SO she said between her sobs:
'T-t-t-t-thirty-seven years old! The
brute! Hair auburn! T-t-the w-r-retchl
1 wonder who he was t-t-thinking of
Weight, ~ 100 p-p-poundsv' and she
swept out of the building to settle with
the husband when he came home.
, 1899-06-16
A Bad Country for Jugglers.

Most of the current stories about
conjurers are at the expense Of the
public, some one of whom is commonly
made ridiculous by the juggler. A story
of Beliachini, a famous conjurer of an
earlier time, goes the other way.
Bellachini, who had travelled almost
all over the world, found himself at
last IN Morocco, where he gave a per-
before the sultan.
W WaY of climax he Snow
, 1899-06-16
Beauty rs Blood Deep.

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar'
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all m
Danish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets beauty for ten cents. All drug.
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, l0c, 25c, SOC.
, 1899-06-16
He Did Not Understand.

Mammal hope you have not been
quarreling with your little cousin from
New York.
Little Waldo-It was impossible to
avoid 1t, mamma. He Is such an un-
truthful child. He promised faith
fully not to do a single thing to me If
I recited Browning to him. and when
I did he beat me most hnmercifully.-
New York Journal.
, 1899-06-16
Are You Usina Aliens Foot Eass7

1t is the only cure for Swollen,
Smarting, Tired, Aching, Burning,
Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions.
Ask for Aliens Foot-Ease, a powder to
be shaken into the shoes. Sold by all
Druggists, Grocers and Shoe Stores,
Csc. Sample sen FREE. Address, AL
len S. Olmstead, Leroy, N. Y.
, 1899-06-16
Wonderfully strengthened.

az have been taking Lydia E. Pink
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Purifier and Liver Pills and feel won
derfully strengthened. Before using
felt like fainting every little while. I
thought 1 must surely die. But now,
thanks to your remedies, those feel
ings are all gone.'-MRs. EMILE
SCHNEIDER, 1914 HELEN AVE, DETROIT
MICH
, 1899-06-16
Peculiar Elopement Case.

An clipping couple arrived at a hotel
in Ell Reno, Okla, and registered as
man and wife. In a week the husband
and wife of the fugitives came in pur-
suit, and the clippers, from Kentucky,
met In FL Reno, became interested in
each other, and they eloped, leaving
their former spouses undisturbed.
, 1899-06-16
Enforcing the Rules.

'The gentleman from Squedunk is a
thief, a liar, and
"BangT' went the gavel, and the pre-
siding officer exclaimed: 1.-The gentle
man will please address his remarks to
the chair. "-Philadelphia North Amer
can.
, 1899-06-16
Old Chinese Coins.

There are in circulation in China at
the present time coins bearing the
names of emperors who lived 1000
years ago.
, 1899-06-16

Time is a fiction and limits not fate.
Thought alone is eternal, time thralls
1t in vain.
, 1899-06-16

With a man of 80. the rattle is over,
and he knows he hasn't won anything.
But a young man of 10 or 20 is just
shaking the box foN- s-s-
, 1899-06-16

Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness alter first days use of DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restoi er, 81 trial bottle and treatise free
DIR. II. II. KLINE. Ltd. 93l Arch st. fhila. "a.
, 1899-06-16

What makes a heap of trouble in the
world is hat so many people spend
their income before they get it.
, 1899-06-16

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reducing intiamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, 2oc a bottle.
, 1899-06-16

The man who can say all he has to
say in a few words is an ugly customer
to handle.
, 1899-06-16

Your personal history doesn't have to
repeat itself; your neighbors will at
tend to that.
, 1899-06-16

Halls Catarrh Cure is a liquid and Is taken
Internally, and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Write Tor teS.
timonials. free. Manufactured by
f CHENEY q Co. Toledo, V.
, 1899-06-16

Some girls get married just to let
others know that they can.
, 1899-06-16

If there is a man who thinks it is an
easy job to be strictly honest, just let
him try it.
, 1899-06-16

nifty may be above display; a defect in
the first demands an example exhibit
ton of the second.
, 1899-06-16

Mrs. Pitt-Has Mrs. Oakland any
children?.
Mrs. Penn-She has two-a boy and
a girl. The boy is a 80 model and the
girl a 97."-Pittsburg Chroniele-Tele-
graph.
, 1899-06-16

Most of our misfortunes are more
supportable than the comments of our
friends upon them.
, 1899-06-16

There is no crime so common, and at
the same time so very detestable, as
ingratitude.