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the Readers Of tbe Sunday Call oD Why the
tury Should Be Appreciated and Made Day
Thoughts and Wishes Of Leading Patriots.

rious fight. That is surely a cause Of
celebration
While we are still engaged fighting
the Filipinos, Cuba and Porto Rico
been added to our already magnificent
country, and absolute peace will be
with us ere long. We have gained more
glory as nation in the space of one
short year than we had any reason to
expect at the outset of hostilities.
| know that the policy of expansion
is condemned by some of our people,
who seem to think that in departing
from the beaten paths of precedence
we are making a great mistake. Upon
that head | shall say nothing. But it
seems to me that since, by the unani-
nous consent and will of the people,
war was precipitated it would
be only just TO commemorate the ma
tiOn's anniversary by voicing senti-
ments Of loyalty to the administra-
ton.
The policy that has been pursued
could not to my mind have been rea-
sonably different The responsibilities
we have assumed are the growth of
circumstances. 1t may be good poll
tics to hamper and embarrass an ad-
ministration, but it certainly exhibits
but very little patriotism We should
present solid front to the enemy un-
til he is vanquished and then adjust
our differences among ourselves. The
Fourth of July observed in the proper
spirit can only serve to accentuate our
unity.
In that has been our strength, and
we should guard 1t well. AS to the
manner of celebrating Declaration day
L know of no better way than to fol-
low me-honored custom Young
Americans should be taught it's full
significance and the duty of fittingly
remembering it.
WILLIAM r. SHAFTER,
Major General U. S. A
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SHOULD THANK 1776
FOR OUR FREEDOM

1t is sometimes said that Fourth of
July celebrations have lost their inter
ests. This can never be until civil and
religious liberty cease to be cherished
by mankind. But for the events which
we to-day commemorate, those of you
who were born under a foreign flag
would, in all probability not be here:
and instead Of being surrounded by the
comforts, the prosperity, which distin-
guish our land you would still be amid
the iniseries and the poverty that are
the fruit Of ages of despotism.
And you, my fellow citizens, who
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THE day defeated to martial mu-
sic, bursting bombs and patriotic
expression is now close at hand
i the great, the grand, the glo-
rious day that gave US our ma
tional independence.
The clamor and enthusiasm of recent
battles have vitalized the spirit of jubi-
lation in citizen and soldier to almost
national frenzy.
The preparation for the Fourth OF
July, 1899, emphasizes the fact that
patriotism is a living thing and gives
a promise to the future welfare of the
Union. What the natal day means to US
this year and how we can best spend
it has been discussed by the leading
rnen-statesmen and soldiers of the
nation. and here are their opinions;
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A GREAT VICTORY,
GLORIOUS PEACE

What does independence day mean
to us this year? 1t carries a greater
significance to the civilized world than
ever before. On Fourth of July one
year ago we rejoiced at the annihila-
ton of the Spanish navy by SIMPSONS
fleet, and since that time we have left
no vestige Of naval or military pres
tige to our erstwhile antagonist We
have won a glorious peace in glo-
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A Personal Expression Of OpiDion for
Last Fourth OF July Of the Nineteentb Cep
Of National Patriotic Celebration The Best

boast of a long line of American an
cestry, were it not for the events of
1875. you would not be American citi-
zens, but you would still be British sub
jects. and instead of governing your
selves and making and unmaking Gov
ernors, Congressman and Presidents.
instead Of retiring to private life of
ffcials, high and low, when they do
not carry out your wishes, you would
be humble supplicants of the throne of
Great Britain; you would be humbly
petitioning at the bar of the British
Parliament.
JOHN P. ALTGELD. Illinois.
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, eSv ~oeo9o9o9o9o Q oaoaas
AS 1T IS NOW.

The sons of Seventy-six
have lived up to the creed of
their fathers.
Brightness and prosperity
are before US. Our lands have
broadened until now the flag
of liberty waves from ocean to
ocean-and beyond. Our great
strength, hardly realized even
by ourselves, has been more
than demonstrated by the sue
cesses of the last year, both on
sea and land; and we can now
feel with pride that Am erica's
sons ha1 : proven themselves
worthy of their forefathers.
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OUR
PRESIDENTS
SENTIMENTS.

What a mighty nation has
been erected upon the immortal
principles Of the great declar-
alton, the signing of which we
celebrate the day! We have in
creased from thirteen to forty
five States-from 100000
to 100000 people. We
have arisen from slavery to
freedom.
Liberty, labor and love have
accomplished it all. Labor has
been dignified and. has vindi-
Gated the truth that the best
citizen Of every community is
its best citizen. All men have
equal rights, and that equal
ity must ever be preserved and
strengthened and everywhere
recognized.
We are all Americans; we
are all sovereigns, equal in the
ballot, and that citizen is the
best who does his best; who
follows the light as God gives
him to see the light; who con-
cedes to all the races Of man
kind what he claims for him
self; who rigidly respects the
rights of others; who is ever
ready and willing to assist
others; who has the best heart,
the best character, the great
est charity and sympathy, and
who withholds from none of
his fellow men the respect,
privileges and protection he
claims for himself. This is
the citizenship that is the need
Of every age, and to which we
must educate ourselves and
those who are to come after
us. This is the citizenship and
hope of the republic, it's Sc
curity and permanency; which
is the hope of mankind, our
own best hope; citizenship
that is faithful to home and
family, devotedly loyal to
country, that encourages the
truest and broadest national
spirit, the most thorough and
genuine Americanism, that is
ever moving onward and up
ward toward the highest
ideals of modern civilization;
a citizenship that respects law
and constituted authority, that
Loyalty upholds, guards and
supports the Government of
which it is part, in whose
administration it has a voice,
and that rests upon the free
choice and content of the ma
jority of the people.
These are the characteristics
which possessed the souls of
the men who landed in the
Mayfower, who resisted Brit
ish oppression, who promul-
gated the immortal Declara-
ton of Independence.
WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
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y Gee 9o@U9o9o4o4o . Q 4u@e0,
AS 1T WAS THEN.


The end of the war of Sew
enty-six saw us free coun-
try, but in struggling in
fancy. Our possessions were
small, our debts large.
The men of Seventy-six had
won a hard battle from the
mother country, but the great
er struggle was ahead-to
plant the flag of freedom on
the shores of the Pacific as
well as on the Atlantic, and
to show the world that Ameri-
cans could govern as well as
fight.
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the first time in all our lives that you
did not switch us all on the Fourth for
blowing up a pet tree
]. STERLING MORTON,
Ex-Secretary of Agriculture, U. S. A.
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and shade. Tie next day at Ga. IN.
we reached Paranaque, and there the
troop remained for eight daye, gunrd-
ing ammunition and ration trains
and the Paranaque bridge. On the
Nth OF juno we were attached to
General lWheaton's brigade and moved
tolmoo with the ith and9th u .Rcgu.
larlnfantry and camped on thegruund
with but half Il shelter tent to rest
on, and the rainy season having set in
with all the fury capable in the Phil
ippiDcs, we were afterwards quarter
ed III the native huts about the town,
While there we had scouting trip
and one days skirmish with General
Wheaton in which we captured
town called Dos Marinas. after "A
brush with the natives, n which the
1th Infantry lost one man killed and
two wounded. The troops III the Is
land are in the most deplOrable con-
diron imaginable, owing tn the con-
stant exposure aud the rainy season
having set in, the diseascs seem To
take iirmer hold on the mems con-
stItutions. The average company
here Of 81 men have only from 20 to
- men for duty and some have been
reduced tO IA cOrpnral's guard. Strong
healthy men who enlisted for the war
and were sent here are being turned
out of the hospitals mere skeletons Of
the forms they once possessed. physi-
cal wrecks Of the worst order, aud
still, these mon who have given their
very lives IN protection Of their ma
tiOn's honor aud flag, are forced to
remain here long after they have full
iilled their contract with their ma.
tons people. and suffer Iii ;casc aud
climatic conditions to carry them to
nm early grave or render them bur
den forever to themselves aud their
families at home. And all this for u
Few Wall Street money sharks ana
army officers who i'll time OF war
draw big salaries and live ut ease.
We hear OF several Stftcs that have
requested the return Of the their vol.
untccrs,bu have failed to see where
Nevada has taken the slightest inter
est III the little troop Of Cavalry that
she has here. The only Volunteer
Troop ofCavalry in the service Of .hc
country, who have done their duty
with the best, remains unthought of
through 1t all. Certainly they should
he proud Of their native State. We
have been mounted for the past
month and during that time have
been dong mounted duty exclusively
We have had Il detachmcn out on an
exploration trip with Lieutenant
King, son Of Gen. King, who is max.
ing map Of the country held 10y the
Americans.
Well. friend Booher. think
| have already taken up good
denl OF your valuable time and rs !
have given yon every thing OF impor-
tance that can think Of at present.
| will close with best regards.
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An Australian Cattle stampede

When u cattle rush comes in the
blacklist nf the night, among thick
standing, low limbcd trees. with the,
nature OF the country unknown aud
invisible, requires the finest and iicrc.
est qmnliiy OF horscmanship. As he
dodgcs. swerves and Clings to the
snddlc to avoid mutilation from tho
rushing trces, he must sec to il also
that his horse wins in tho lead Of that
laundering multitude beside h,m, il
hand and epur can compass il. And
when Inc does the mnddcst oi the dan
ger is Ia come. Tho riders hands
must do double duty now ns no let's
looso tho whip and guides tho horRc
rs we'll. Tho route must he turned
md directed against itsclf. Tho horse
ia dragged inward, tho whip hisscs
and falls; the nnn silent until now
opens throat and lunga III tho stock.
meme battle cry. II the leading cat.
tic swerve and turn, carrying confu.
sion among tho rest, breaking tho iii.
rectncsc Of the rush. il il the iicrccst
moment of the drovcr's life. hs tho
beasts that come rushing blindly on,
feel the scOrchiug Of the thong OF
head mud TANK, aud hear The note of
the mans supremacy that they have
feared since branding time. tho Eddy
spreads.
The blind rush becomes n macl.
strom, the mnclsirom sprcadl into ed.
dies of confusion clash of horns
and hugo muttcring sounds. Then
tho herd settles down aud sprcadn
ont. When the sound arises of the
big mu2zlcs blowing and nibblmg
tho grnss, tho hofscmau knows tint
lris danger Ia past. Low down in the
cmbrazurO of tho woods IA white
planet burns. II is tho herald OF the
dawn.--llarpor's Magazine.
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The child is crying for food" "But,"
SAID the mother, ait has all the food il
will take" "Thc question of starya-
ton" replied the doctor, "is not how
much food is taken but how much is as
simulated and goes 10 nourish the body."
Pain III the body is often only the out
cry OF starvation. You eat crouch but
the stomach is not doing its work, and
tie nervous system is starving. Put the
stomach right and the pains will cease,
together with the uncomfortable consc
qucmces of the condition. There is no
medicine made which can equal Doctor
licrcc's Golden Medical Discovery in
the quickncss OF its action OH the stom-
acll. II cures diseases of the digestive
ana nutrItivc system, increases the ac-
ton OF the blood making glands, and
so induces proper and perfect distri-
button OF the necessary nourishmeut
TO blood and bone, nerve and muscle
throughout the whole body. There is
no alcohol, opium or other narcotic Coll
tanned III Golden Medical Discovery"
wish TO say TO the world that DR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery has proved n great
blessing 10 me writes Mrs. Ellen T. Bacon OF
Shntc-huTy franklin Co, Mass, las / firmly
had not taken it. PriOr to September Isq-. / had
doSinicd for my stomach trouble for several
years going through a course Of treatment with.
ouI any real benefit. In September, $50 | had
Eciy SiSs spells aud grew worse could eat lat
hiilc. 1Cpmmcnccd IL September Iso7 10 take
Dr. Iicrcc's medicine and iii n short time. coud
two months"
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

y kind word to the cook never spoils
the dinner.
Ndam was undoubtedly the first man
To wall; with q Cain.
The more you pay for experience the
more it is worth TO you.
Kissing may hc unhealthy, but moth.
ing riskCd. nothing gained.
The sun rises in the east, but bread
rises with the yeast in it.
The more tickle a woman is the more
it-sccms tO hurt her when told of il.
The man who is continually harpine
on his virtues has ut least one vice.
II you know n man To he a liar YOU
can trade horses with him understand
ingly.
II the drcssmakcr doesn't give the
customer fits the customer gives the
drcssmakcr hts.-Chicapo Daily News.
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Tho Overton company received yes.
tcrday what is probably the largest
order OF the sort ever placed. 1t was
for 10000 orange boxes for Southern
California. The capacity Of the ,nill
is two carloads Of 1900 boxes each
daily, SO thls order will amount to 222
carloads md will keep the mill run.
ming ] IL days.--Journul.
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Thero's always hope while there's
One Minute Cough Cure. Am ut
tacs K Of pneumonia left my lungs in
bad shape aud I was near Tho first
stngcs OF consumption. One Minute
Cough Curo completely cured mo-
writes Helen MclTeury, Bismark, n.
u. Gives instant relief. Elko Drug Co.
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TREAsURER's BALANCE SHEET.
Cash i'll treasury to the credit OF the
various funds, July l, 1899:
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hhSiolucu IL
aS looked for
pis.s. Nothing
was hurting il.
She looked TO
he baby's $
food. 1t was
S W e ct and
W II olcsonc
But the baby
still cried and
walled. Then
she called the
doctor. He
examined the
child and said
80 tGt,.,..,. -
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JOINT STATEMENT
-oF THE
Auditor and Treasurer of
ElkO County
STATE OF NEVADA,
COUNTY OF ELKo. e9'
AUDITORS OFFICE.
For Quarter Ending June 80. 1899.

~ Ia Wv - vi Il 1NIEL,
ELKo, July 3, 1899.
To The Honorable Board of County
Commissioners Of Eiko county, New. !;
GENTLEMES:-We herewith submit
our Qarterly Report OF the Finances
OF the county for the quarter ending
June 30, 1899.
Respectfully submitted,
{. 4. WATKINS. Auditor.
\. q. DAwLEY. Treasurer.
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Elko. Nevada, Friday, September Is, 1899.

She was the fond mother of a fine
oaoy. But 1t was crying baby. She
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The above balance stands to the
credit Of the various funds as per
Treasurcr's Balance Sheet, dated
July |, 1899:
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DISBURSEMENTS.
Judges Salary Fund. .....S....
State warrant Hrmory rent l2O 90
State Trcasurcr's receipt. lOl 50
State Fund. -. 9,lS9 20
General County Fund. ..... 4.65i 80
Officers Salary Fund. ..... Bis 10
INDECENT Sick Fund .. l,l65 ~
Contingent Fund. ....... g26 %
FROM SCHOOL FUND.
County High School. ...... CIT ID
General School ............
BOND Redemption. 49,. E. .....
Arthur. ........ 100 90
Bryan.... ............ 156 80
Bucl...... .............. l2O co
Butte Valley. ey............. 35 90
Bishop. ................ 81 co
C"rlin. ,...... 27S 60
Cope e-.......... ............ 100 90
Clover. r....-.............. 2S2 80
Dceth 100 %
Elko...-.. ........ ..... 76i 50
Fort ltuby y................ 1I3 SO
hnileck ................ ITO 90
huntington. n............... lCi -
Harrison ................. G6 20
llumboldt...... ......... 81 -
Island Mountain.......... l62 81
jackson ..... ........... 20 90
Lalhuille. -. l0I 80
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[1l4Q1Qa8

the land. This lien shall be superior to
all other liens except taxes. The COM
misSoners' court of any county where
prairie dogs exist may employ men to
destroy the dogs on the lands of nom
residents, and the cost of the work shall
be charged against the owner of the
land. There are vast tracts of land in
the Panhandle and west Texas that are
owned by railroad companies and nom
residents, and representatives of these
interests tried to defeat the bill. They
said that the expense of destroying the
dogs would be very heavy. The resi-
dent land owners said that unless the
law included the nonresident owners
its efficiency would be greatly impaired
for the reason that the dogs would null
tiply on the lands of nOn-resdcnts and
migrate to the lands of the resident
owners, thus preventing their eXtermi-
nation from ever being effected.
1t is said by residents of the prairie
dog region that it will be a compare
lively easy matter to eXterminate the
animals and that they will be able to
wipe I am out of existence in Texas
within one year. The most efficient
methods of destroying them is to place
poison near the colonies. The animals
are greedy eaters and fall easy victims
to poison.
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WAR CLOUDS IN EUROPE.
Political Events of Dangerous Magni-
tude Are Preparing.

New York March 1.-THE special cor
respondent of the New York Herald ca
bes as follows from London:
The week now closing is crowned with
indications that political events of dam
gcrous magnitude are preparing. The ma
chnery is mostly out of sight, in the for
egn office and in the underclirrent of
popular passions, but none the less it is
real.
There is no news from South Africa. but
crisis is preparing for which the Trans
wal is arming under the instructions of
German officers.
England is quietly strengthening her
garrisons on the borders of Natal, ana
Delagoa bay will shortly become either
Boer or British. for the Portuguese have
long ago ceased to command respect at
that port. the best in South Africa.
| have learned from good authority that
Russia has l00 coo men at Port Arthur and
900 more in that general neighhorhood
whose principal business is to discourage
others from building railways in North
ern China and gradually to famiiiarizc us
with the idea of Pekin as the residence of
a Russian governor.
The Muscovite protest against railway
extension to Newchang. in which consid-
cradle American capital is embarked,
proves that Russian steps in China arc not
in the line of an open door.
eign minister. Baron Won Buelow, are far
from satisfactory. SO far as the United
States is concerned. For if his words are
true We are compelled to question the We
racity Of competent witnesses at Ma
Mia and elsewhere.
There are many forces making for war,
and the cars proclamation seems To
have been the signal for rcdoublcd mill
tary energy.
England is conscious that she may soon
he called upon to fight against a coalition
of Russia and Germany. and that it is not
beyond possibility that France may make
third in this coalition,
| believe to-day that the English army
and navy are in a better state of equip
mcnt, organization and fighting spirit
chan at any time since Cromwell
There has been a silent revolution in
both services, which cannot be apprc-
cha ed until put to the test.
And along with all this it Is manifest
to-day high and low that politically and
morally, there must be no future differ
ences with America, or if there are, they
must be settled peacefully by some inter
national supreme court.
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Special Dispatch 10 the standard.
Belt, March 10.--The Miners union
election of officers on Tuesday passed
off very quietly. Ususally these cleo
lions are accompanied by more or less
excitement, the friendly rivalry existing
inspiring candidates to make an ener-
getic campaign Tuesdays election,
however, was unaccompanied by any Of
the old time vim, and but very few
of the lodges members took the trouble
ITO vote at ALL The following officers
were elected: William Forsythe, presi-
dent Gethin Thomas. vice president;
r. Jap. treasurer: William Bowen,
financial secretary: T. Riley, conductor;
d. Gethin warden; D. J. Williams. trus-
tee, long term; T. Riley, trustee, short
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Union Passenger Station.
TIME TABLE

Trains leave Anaconda for Butte as fol-
lows:
No. 2. Great Falls and Helena
local, via Great Northern Ry... $40 a m
No. L. Butte Express ..............11:50 a m
No. 6. Butte Express ............. 300 p m
No. s. Atlantic Express. via
Great Northern Ry. for St Paul
and all points East and West. 7:20 p m
Trains leave Butte for Anaconda as fol-
lows:
No. |, Anaconda Express ...1o:oo a m
No. B. Anaconda Express ......... los p m
No. 5, Great Northern Ry.. Great
Falls and Helena local ....,..... 500 p m
No !. Great Northern Ry., Pa
enc Express ........ ,........... .lO.aV . m
Train No G connects at Silver Bow
with the Oregon Short Line fo- all points
East, West and South.
Northern Pacific Ry. trains leave Ana
conda as follows:
No. 1O2, Pacific Express for Port
land and all points West........ $50 a m
No. 10i Atlantic Express. for St.
Paul and all points East ........ Sis p m
conda as follows:
No. 101, Pacific Express. from St.
Paul and all points East. los m
No. 103 Atlantic Express. from
Portland and all points West. .1o:05 p m
All trains arrive at and depart from the
Butte Anaconda & Pacific Union Passen-
ger Station at Anaconda.
Tickets for sale for all points, local and
through, on the Great Northern Railway,
Oregon Short Line Railroad and Northern
Pacific Railway and their connections.
Steamship tickets for sale to all points
in Europe via the above lines.
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Couldn't BE Helped.

From Tit-Bits.
Mistress Ito nurse girD-I hear that
you are seen quite often speaking to
the policemen in the park. l can't allow
that.
Artful Maid can't help it, ma am.
All the policemen in the park admire
the baby so much-they will stop the
perambulator to speak to him. They
all say that he is the handsomest baby
that comes into the park.
The maid was forgiven.
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Medicine for a Scratchy Pen.

"All pens are alike to me, said the
clever young woman land all pens would
be alike to you if you only knew how
to break them in. Don't mnisten YOUR
new pen between your lips before you be
gin to write. Don't say charms over it
or squander your substance in gold pens
Take your cheap steel pen, dip 1t into the
ink then hold it i'll the flame of Il match
for few seconds wipe it carefully. dip
it into the ink, and you have n pen that
will make glad the heart within you. 1t
is ii process [ have never know to fail"
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Montana Central Ry.

New fast time between st. Paul, Min
ncapolis, Helena, Butte. Anaconda. Spo-
kane. Seattle and Portland Close con-
nections for Kootenai country, oregon
and California points. Alaska, Japan and
China Connections at Twin Cities for all
points East and South.