Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-12-14

a. SNhtCo uho
revolutiUpized the orange industry.
1t has brought the orange yield OF
California up to 1909 carloads q
year, and tn. amount Of money in.
invested. directly and indirectly, in
it is over 500, 0OO, 900.
The Medical Record says that the
rate OF suicide mortality in the United
States isl i'll 3 5000 DIR. ID. K Dewey
finds that in the New England states
since 1860 suicide has increased
abont b per cent. In Massachusetts
it has Increased in thirty years. 1860
90, from 10 to 30 to the million living,
and i'll Connecticut from 81 to 1O3 per
million, \ steady increase OF SELF
destruction ia comnIo to the whole
civilized world
a large band OF coyotes raided
Whceler's sheep herd III Newara Val
ley II night this week. aud sue
ceeded ill cutting out a bunch ri SEQ.
running them into h neighborIng
guIch, where they we're rapidly
Strengthening them when the herders
came to the rescue. Only about
fifteen Of the sheep were killed at
that time, but the coyotes are said to
be giving considerable trouble, and
are very e and daring this
sensOu.-Eureka Sentinel.
In his annual report; which Was
made public on Tuesday, Secretary
Gage makes the following remarkable
statements: 1rhe truth is that. safe
and desirable rs il our currency
system III many respects, it Is not
properly related. The supply OF
currency il but remotely. il Ht all, in
tiuenced by the ever changing re-
%quiremeuts OF trade and industry. 1t
is related most largely, i. not entirely
to the price OF Government bonds in
the market"
Work will begin immediately en-
larging the Central Pacific Railroad
yards at Reno. Several new side
tracks will be laid, and steel for this
purpose is already arriving. After
Christmas II veral hundred men will
be hrought here and put 20 work
grading the cutoff from the reduc.
ton works to the head Of the gulch
below town. \ rOundhouse will also
TO built for the mountain power,
which will then start from here
Reno journal.
\ German scientist with all kinds
OF knobs ON his head has discovered
that va ninG is Il healthy pastime. IL
il wholesome, like oatmeal and brown
bread. fawning, it is said, stretches
the muscles Of the brain, maybe, or
the tcndunS Of the head, sends the
blood to the jaws and sharpens appe-
lite ana intellect. Ii is n cheap rem
cdy, accessible to young and I'D, rich
and poor. and il il ie rs ~eficacious as
our Teu;on says health is surely with
III the reach of every one in this coun-
try,
II is rather a surprising fact. consider
ing how enormously they have grown,
that Mt the beginning Of the mnc-
tcenth century there was not q saw
lngs bank III the world. The Rev.
Henry Duncan, rector of a very poor
English parish, noticed that when
the people wished to lay by a little
money they would buy Il pig OF a COW
with it, having no other way to find
investment for small sums. lie
founded the first real savings bank
III 1910. Two or three which mad er-
istcd before that time we're practically
charitable foundations.
Women are nothing il not per.
sistcnt. While the mems campaign
clubs fell to pieces after election,
those formed by women are going TO
continue in many places for political
study. One OF the largest organiza-
tions OF the latter il the Wuman's
Democratic club Of Cleveland, Ohio.
II secured over fifty Republican
votes for Bryan The leading spirit
is MB. Louisa Southworth, SO widely
known for her bcncfdctIOns. She is
said to have given more money to the
woman suffrage than any one
person in the United States. Tho
club holds many OF its meetings in
her pnlatinl home on Prospec, street.
and has now thoroughly r~eorgnnized
Tor permanent work.
When n boy, about thirty years ago
| used to read OF" The Wealth Of Ind"
and about the gorgeous richness OF
Indian Princes. Now / read about
"Tho Indian Famine Thirty years
o, English rule did it. 1t is no won
der the Beers arc still lighting. The
next years crop in India is already
sold, and contracted for delivery, To
pay the English owner and mortgagee
and we will sec the sad spectacle
seen il IrclPnd IN 1913. OF a famine
stricken people shipping away their
corn. But the most disgusting spec.
taclo OF all il tho frantic appeal OF
England to the United States for re,
lief for the sufferers. which In scarcely
exceeded 10y their " pitcous wall
| repeat. that | do not wonder that
the Philippines aud lIocrs are iigh.
ing, with "Christian Benevolent AZ
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