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GENERAL NEWS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD.
News of the Stage, Social, Political ana
Otherwise, Culled From Our
Daily Exchanges.

It took the British 237 days to get
rom Cape Town to Pretoria, but
they are there to stay.
The ambitious war correspondent
had better pack his buds and take
the first train for China if he wants
to keep up with the procession.
With what a variety of feelings
and expressions the people OF the
several hundred congressional dis
tricts will greet their returning rep
resentatives.
The selection of Senator Wolcot,
of Colorado, for the temporary chair
manship of the Republican national
convention is a distinct concession
to the sporting element.
Everybody thought that Mrs.
Jam s Brown Potter had been di-
yorced years ago. It is seldom safe
to Judge by appearances.
President Kruger's declaration
that he intends to keep up the war
indefinitely is either a bluff or evil
dence that he has little of the states
imanship that his admirers have cred
tied him with.
Platt had his man Hazel confirmed.
Hanna promised him several weeks
ago that he would fix it, and what
Hanna says has never yet failed to
go, either at the white house or in
the Senate, since the 4th of March,
1897.
An impressive warning comes to
the North Carolina farmers in the
report that a Missouri farmer, while
feeding his chickens a few days ago,
dropped his $500 diamond stud and
a pullet gobbled it up. Our farmers
should sec that their diamonds are
securely inserted in their shirts.
We have been fighting the Fill
pinos over a year and have killed H.
900 of them. If we keep up the work
of benevolent assimilation at this
rate and Filipinos cease to be born,
we will be able to finish the job il
something like one thousand years
Senator Platt, of New York, il
said to be in feeble health, not be
cause of illness, but on account o.
his age, which is over 70 years. His
lieutenants are in more or less of
furry over the situation. The mantle
of the great machine leader may fall
on Chairman Odell. of the Republi
a State committee, though many
still believe that L. E.. Quigg, despite
recent %reverses, is the coming man
Fanny Ward, the American &C
tress, who served as a barmaid at tn
opening of the National Bazaar il
London, succeeded in selling a Man
haitian cocktail at what is undoubt
eddy the record price. It was a mat
ter of thirst and a great crush of pa
irons, and when Miss Ward founc
SO many waiting to be served sh'
said she would wait on the highes
bidder first. When the price wa
run up to 1926 the gentleman offer
ing that sum got his cocktail first.
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The Modern Beauty

thrives on good food and sunshine, with
plenty of exercise in the open air. Her
forms CLOVIS with health and her face
blooms with beauty. If her system
needs the cleansing action of a laxative
remedy, she uses the gentle and pleas.
ant Syrup of Figs, made by the Cali.
10 rnia Fig Syrup 90. only.
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The Hustler
Is Bound to LeadI

Tobacco All S1lff :-[h.1e jl.t 2oaghs a big 10. of Tobacco
have also got a full line of figured goods atcut prices. Also snuff from s5ct.
Drv Goods -Whise and checked honespuns. &c a yard and up
icoes. Worsteds only &C.. Mattress tick &C IN up Bed tick 1c and !. Biz
lot of Pants Cloth from SIC W CbeVos. demins and canton fanneIs. Rad
Flannel 1c, all wool. Job lot of children, woman AMI mems stockings ad
soz, only Sc &C con@s, suzpenders, handkerehjefs. and purses Shirts: extra
drawers. Oil cloth and table clothsc cheap. Knitting and spool cotton, ETC..
GrOcariaS Starch C a pound, soda &c h. Sugar sc alb. Coffee
oloseileo' Sic 10 Vinegar SC a quart a W: Molasses SOC a
gallon, also fine syrup, 2 bars horsesh shoe soap only &C. Flour, meat ad meal,
lard, pepper. spice' powders and canned goods as low as cal be sold. Fine
and Wiloware. Patent Medicines, etc.. We viii 10 be undersod. -;
F. B. EdmundSOn. THE EHEr = =
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Bad Blood is a bad thing. It is re-
.sponsible for scrofula, salt rheum, hu-
mors and many other diseases, includ-
ing rheumatism and that tired feeling.
Bad blood is made good blood by
Hoods Sarsaparilla.
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Maiah Rathbone is mad 'sclear
through, "and so are the American
people.
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BOY GETS
$1,000 for Loss of an Eye i'm a
Cotton Factory: Supreme
Court t'Iied.0

from Iredell, which was disposed
of last week, the Supreme Court
was unable to reach a decision
and the verdict of the lower court
stands.
The plaintiff, who is an eleven
year old boy, gets $1,000 dam~
ages for the loss of an eye, which
was injured by machinery in the
cotton mill of the Odell Manu-
featuring Company, where the
boy worked.
Justice Fsurches having been of
counsel did not sit on the hearing
of this case. The court was evenly
divided, and therefore the judg-
ment of the lower court stands as
the decision in this case, but not
as a precedent. Judge Montgom-
cry one opinion, in which he took
the ground that a new trial should
b e.had, while Judge Clark wrote
the other opinion, holding that
there was no error and that the
judgment of the lower court should
be affirmed.
It has been a good while since
the court has "tied'' on cases in
this manner and singular enough
there were two such last week. In
the case of Boone VS.. PEBBLES,
Justice Clark, being related to
some of the parties, he did not sit
at the hearing.
The case referred to above is
that of Ebbitt Ward, by his next
friend VS.. the Odell Manufacture
ing Company. The plaintiff lost
an eye, while working IN the
cotton factory of the Odell Man
ufacturing Company, and was
awarded $1,000 damages in the
Superior court of Ire3ell county.
An American Novel Wanted.
Birmingham (Ala.) Age-Herald.
There is complaint that the typ
ical American does not appear in
literature-that the American
novel remains to be written. The
complaint is we'll founded. There
is no reason why the typica.
American should not appear ir
literature-the American with 6
deep sense of humor, who is as
patriotic as he is unconventional
Such an American is common tt
all of the States. If one be COM
PEELED to select a representative
American, who better fills the bill
than Abraham Lincoln, Southern
and Western bred, serving at las
in the efete east?
1t is idle to say that breadth O
territory and numerous dialect.
and local circumstances forbid
There is not a word of truth il
these excuses. The dialects of tn,
country are far less differentiated
than those of little England itself
or of almost any other country
that can be named. Immigration
has not swamped the typica
American and never will, and tn,
t vastness of the country only serves
to make the American more typi
cal.
The trouble IS not that he doe
t not exist, but the trouble is tina
American writer's do not under
stand him, or at any rate hav
not had the genius to embody hin
, in poetry or fiction. He standi
neglected. He does not even ap
pear in the studies of Soatherl
novelists, who are especially &C
t tive, and who number, accordin,
: to Professor Benjamin W. Well
. Of the University Of the South
twenty-four of acknowledged pop
ularity. But Professor Wells see
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Sick headache is cured by Hoods
Pills. 25c.
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RAMBLES OF THE RAMBLER
BREEZY NEWS, VIEWS AND
COMMENT
What He Sees and Hears While
Roaming the Streets.

The editor of the Frog Pond
Bender will be married to-mor-
row to the woman of his choice,
and thus will come the supreme
happiness to him who has waited
long and been deserving of joy
through every hour Of his wait
ing. He has been a slave of the
graphite pencil through a gener-
alton of faithful labor, and that
pencil has never been dulled in
malace or SANDER, scandal Or un-
charitableness; but 1t has ever
traced upon stainless paper
truth and kindness, good will and
good fellowship. It has been
guided by a brave spirit, soften
ed in that gentleness that knows
not spite nor rancor, jealousy nor
covetousness; a spirit given to
fairness and tolerance and JUS
tice in it's merciful garb. For
more than twenty-five years he
has been amongst the best known
and most honored workers on
the newspaper press of this
country, aud in the day when
bullet marks were visible in every
sanctum he still remained at his
post with his old shot gun cooked
and primed all the time. Not
long ago he quilted the sand hills
for the low grounds of Frog
Pond. Now he returns northward
to claim the bride whom he has
known changeless through the
changing years!
The Rambler has nothing in his
heart but pity for him. It was not
enough that he should die with the
curses of his fellow man on his
head. He must add to this the
many words which a woman can
say in such a short time, for he
has not long to live. What a pity
be was not allowed to cash in his
checks before this last calamity
befell him. We hope yet that he
may be spared and turn up his
toes in stsingle blessedness.o
! When Mayor Peterson took his
seat In "Tribulation Hail. this
morning he had a distinguished
: offender before the bar of the
court. The mayor eyed the pris-
Toner and the prisoner eyed the
mayor. The mayor finally began
to look Gill at ease' and TUNED
to the officer of the day and asked
who the prisoner was. Without
waiting for the officer to reply the
prisoner stood up and said:
5 "Your Honor, you have the
pleasure of making the acqualnt>
aEce of the mayor of Frog Pond,
3 who stands before you, and | as
sue you, sir, that this meeting
affords me no less pleasure than il
fdoes yourself. The somewhat pc
%culiar, and | may say embarrass.
| ing circumstances which brought
as face to face shall not for my
part detract in the least from ths
: pleasure | find at being in your
city and in being favored wit,
your august presence this morning
You and l, sir, have interests i.
common and we have troubles O
. our own, which the world knows
I not of. Are you the ruler of
) great city, bearing the burden o
municipal affairs on your shout
: ders and having to contend will
numerous violations of the law
Then, sir, you have none the adj
> vantage of me. L am the chic
; magistrate of Frog Pond, who's
8 people are ever restless, angry
and turbulent and are never s.
happy as when violating the law
Did the Woman's Club haras
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%Fypewriting: Stenography

Lessons given to a limited num-
Der of pupils. For terms appl y to
MRS. HATTIE S. GAY.
Goldsboro, N. @.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-02-16
same Inventions Greatly Needed.

s"inc Inventions Greatly Needed.
y non-tcloscopinH railroad car.
y locomotive turntab!e adapted to
be turned by the motive power OF the
locomotive thereon.
a pneumatic cushion device FOR the
trucks Of railroad cars which would
take the place OF springs now en-.
ployed.
:: street q So constructed as to be
employed as a closed car in winter
and converted into mn open car for
summer use.
y seat for sleeping cars so ron
structcd that the seat will form the
l1wer berth and the back Of the seat
the upper berth.
y burglar proof express car proYid
cd with NEAR Tor giving alarm when
an attempt is made to force an en-
trance thereto.
a sanding device for street cars,
provided with positive iced mechan.
ism and means for preventing tho
freezing Of the sand during the cold
weather.
y simple and effective apparatus
for receiving and delivering mail
from aud tO cars while in motion ad.
npted to automatically fold or assume
an imperative position after being
used.
Simple and effective means for pre-
venting the wheels Of cars from slid
ing after tho brakes have been ap.
piled. a device OF this character
would DO especially desirable for
electric care.
y car for transporting fruit provid.
cd with a means for preventing injury
to the fruit while in transit. and also
with M automatic temperature regu.
lator operated by the rise and fall Of
the temperature in the car.
y running or sidcboard step for
street care. provided with n means
Tor turning il up parallel with the
sides Of the car. Such Il device is 90.
seDtial in cities where the strccts are
narrow. Ia prevent tho board from
coming in contact with vehi clcs.-
indianapolis News.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-02-16

Hon. +. y. Schouumakrr. who lee
tured on China in this city Ia: Fri.
day evening, gave Nryadt land own.
ers a pointer tina; they will 10 well TO
remember and act upuu.-ays the Car.
o Appeal. lie said:
Il speak advisciiy from q thorough
knowledge of the situation when !
say that the Pacific coast Will in time
outstrip the Atlantic sea!oard IN
wealth mud advancement. l have
lived III China over twenty years and
| know that the nee lands Of that
country are exhausted Toy reason OF
centuries 81 culture. and the supply
OF rice, Chiua's staplc f0nI product.
is falling every year. The problem Of
how To feed the months II Chiua'S
millions Is the serious Question Ia
that land today. Ii Hang Chang.
the greatest statesman that China or
any other country hu- over Produced.
is preparing to fccICmiua with amer
lean whctt It. When the Chinese lie.
pend upon bread instead IT rice 10
sustain life 1t will require more
wheat than the world nov produces
1t will cause such q icmaa { for
wheat that every az i.In.c acre Of
land on the Pacific coast and in the
Western States must be pressed into
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-02-16
THE BOERS.

Winston Churchill, who was cap
tured by the Beers and aiterward
made his escape, says that in his
opinion one Boer. for fighting pur.
poses in the present war, is equal to
from three to tive Englishmen. He
pays the following tribute to tue Az
rikanders:
what men they were. these Boers!
| thought OF them rs l.had seen them
i'll the morning riding drought the
rain--thousands OF independent rifle
men, thinking for themselves. possess
ed Of beautiful weapons. led with
skill, living rs they rode without com.
missariat or transport or ammunition
column, moving like the wind and
supported by iron constitutions and
a sterr, hard Old Testament God who
should surely sInite the .Amalekites
hip and thigh. And then, above the
rainstorm that beat loudly on the
corrugated iron, heard Il chant. The
Beers were singing their evening
psalm. and the menacing notes
more full OF indignant wal than love
and mercy-struck a chill into my
heart, SO that | thought after all the
war was unjust and that the Beers
were better men than we, that lIeav-
en- was against US, hat Ladysmith,
Mafeking, and Kimberly would fall,
that the Estcourt garrison would per,
ish, that foreign powers would inter.
vene. that we should lose South Afri.
ca, all that that would be the begiu.
ming Of the end. So for the time
despsired for the empire; o was il
till the morning sun-all the brighter
after the transforms, all the warmer
after the chills-struck i'll the win.
dows that things assumed their true
colors and proportion
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-02-16
Suit Con

The tax Suit OF Humboldt vs.. Ian.
der county, which has been III the
courts for several years has been
compromised by the Lander commits
sioners paying V to the Humboldt
board the sum OF si1Oi. Tho money
was turned over last Monday by Com
missioner Lemaire OF Lander to Com.
missioner Trousdale, representing
Humboldt.
Tho suit OF which the transaction
is IL final settlement was brought by
this county several years ago to re.
cover taxes collected by Lander
county upon Il strip Of railroad land
claimed by Humboldt. The suit was
decided in favor Of this county but
has been in allegiance on account Of
disagreement rs to the exact amount
due under the judgment. 4 compro.
mise was reached by Lander agree
ing to pay tho amount named. Sill
yer state.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-02-16
wEAK-KNEED DIPLOMACY.

The so-called Hay-Pauncefo,e
treaty recently signed at Washington
should not be adopted 10y the Senate
without material notifications. 1t
relates entirely to the Nicaragua
canal ana is designed to take the
place OF the Clayton-Bulwer treaty
which has long been a dead letter.
Tho new compact embodies the gra-
cious permission Of England for the
construction Of the canal by the Unit
ed States or under the auspices OF
the United States Government. In
return for this concession the neu-
trslity Of the canal is guaranteed, and
it is farther provided that tho water
way shall not be fortified by this
country. So without spending d dol
lar or giving any substantial cousid.
Grafton, England becomes entitled to
the equal use OF the canal for naval as
well as for commercial purposes and
Uncle Sam cannot mount u single
cannon for its defense. In the event
OF wal with this country, English
battleships and cruisers would have
the right OF way through the canal
even though their manifeSt object
were to attack American ships or
American ports. English cruisers
might even pursue American vessels
through the canal and so overtake
and destroy them.
No such treaty should be made
with England or any other foreign
Power. The canal is OF supreme nav
al as well us commercial Importance.
Kept absolutely under American con.
troll, it would give the United States
an overwhelming prestige among the
nations, because it would be the key
to two great oceans. IT should be
built with the express object OF at.
fordrng a speedy passage for our
navy between the Atlantic and Paci.
iic, as we'll MS for the benefit of our
commerce, Let the nations that die
like such mn exhibition OF indepen.
dence and military spirit OIL the part
OF the United States, pick n quarrel
over it il they choose. But OF this
there is no danger. England certain.
ly has her hands full at the present
time and is not in n position to die
tate terms Of constr uction.
There is need Of more stalwart
Americanism at Washington. 4
weak-kneed Difference to British di-
plomacy prevails IN what is called
Administration circles" The same
sort OF subseryiency to English in
huences was shown under the Cleve.
land regime This kind OF diplomatic
debility or anacmia Is not confined to
one political party. 1t is an out.
growth OF the fashiona' le American
tendency-a melancholy decadence,
to ape things British and truckle to
English arrogance and national greed
1t begins with livery and brass but.
tons and winds up with signing away
for nothing the naval gateway OF two
oceans.
To guarantee the neutrality OF the
canal is bad enough, but to bind this
country not TO fortIfy 1t is to leave it
exposed to Immediate seizure by Eng
land on the outbreak Of a var. The
canal should be fortified impregnably
at both ends and from end to end il
need be. so rs to make its American
control absolute and unquestionabIe
IN my emergency and for all time.
Tho jcllytish craftsmanship RESPONSE.
bic for this compact IL contrary to
the sentiment OF the people OF this
country and should be repudiatcd 10y
the Senate.-Pacifc Bee.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-02-16

For wal Is tho surcst way for this ma.
ton to maintain peace. That il the
opinion OF the wiscst statesmen. II
il equally true that to 10 prepared
for spring is the best way TO avoj
the peculiar dangers Of the season.
This is n lesson multitudes aso learn.
ing, and nj this time. when the blood
Ia suro To DO loaded with impurities
and to 10 weak and sluggish. the mil.
lions begin TO take Hoods S%aranpnr.
lila, which puriGcs, cnrichcs aud vii.
alizes the blood. cspeis all disease
gcrms, creates u good appetite. gives
strength and energy and puts the
whole system in a healthy condition,
preventing pneumonia, fcvefs md
other dangerous diseases which are
liable 10 attack n weakened systcm.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-02-16

The exact location OF the historic
scenes before and after the ucitix-
non has at last been definitely idcnti-
fled by Il map recently found among
d lot 81 mrsty manuscript in the
British Museum. The discovery has
excited the utmost interest among
Bible scholars in England aud on the
the continent Where was Calvary?
Where was The Cuenaculm, or place
of tie last supper! Where WIS the
Temple Of Solomon itself. These
and similar questions have puzzled
the students Of the Bible for many
centuries in fact ever since the de-
struc;iun oi tile temple by the fo-
mans in the first century. Expedi
tious have been sent out To dig, men
have devoted their lives and their
wealth to the solving Of these prob
lens, ~ vitality interesting to all con.
corucd. Today the latest book on
the subJcc. cannot state the exact
place veu where Calvary was. Can
on Tristram says in his widely pub.
llshcd volume ou Bible place.: Ills.
torians. archaeOloglsts aud divines
have been exercised over the site Of
the crucitiNion and OF the holy Serul-
chre. II the church and holy Sepul.
chrr he within the second wall. il
cannot be the scene Of the cruciiiNiun
of Him who suffered without the
gate
GucsseS without end have been and
are still being made about the sites
of all Of these sacred scenes. This
map. however, which dates back Ia
the seventh century. sho#s c"c.y ~:
portant place i'll Palestine and Jcru
salem. or curse, this is not the
first century. but when it is cousid.
cred that its author WAS more than
twelve hundred years nearer the de.
stTuctlOn 81 Jerusalem than we, it is
easy To- see how valuable his man be.
comes. filed. as 1t is. with the fresh
traditional Of his day. The map and
ITS rude drawings were made los
Marine Sanudo. the elder. Il Venetian
noble who made five journeys 10 the
Enst for the purpose of rcrtrcting
hl~ maps. The aim Of Sunutu was /,
rouse Christcmdnm for a crusad,
against the MosIcm invaders WHO had
taken possession Of Jerusalem N li3t
under the leadership Of Khalir Omar
The care with which SauuGu's man.
wcr" draw to scale is shown by ia,
cI-hiy-"nc equal spaces into which
the length Of Palestine Is divided
aud the twcnty-three Spaces in width
What his units of measurement w.r,
Is not yet kuo" n, but the proportion
Is IN close correspondence with mod
crn surveys. Many Of the identified
lions OF historic spots, such as tn,
scenes Of the v~ari1us battles. In,
tomb5 of prophets and kings are i'm
proFemcnts upon the maps Of on
day.-EX.
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Notice To Creditors.

Notice Is hereby givrn that the under.
siSn"d has been duly appointed nnd quail.
He'd by the District Court Of the Fourth Ju.
dicial District Of the State Of Nevada. in
ana for the County Of EIto, rs ndministra.
Tor with the will annexed Of the estate of
Mary a. Black, formerly Mary \. Moore.
deceased. All creditors having claims
against said estate are required To flo the
same, with the proper vouchers attached.
with the Clerk Of the Court. within forty
days Of the first publication III This notice.
Dated, ELKo. Nevada. February 2. 100.
CH,HLES ~. IIESnEnsoS,
Adminigtrato with the VIII annexed ~
the estate OF Mary 4. Hack, deceased.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-02-16

Coal from the Presbyterian church,
We gather from the minister that
it occurred in this way: An nppar.
emily well dressed and kindly dispos.
ed person entered the church Oh q
Sabbath evening expecting to hear n
80 sermon. After listening attentive.
ly through the discourse, he decided
1t was worth 81 - and concluded TO
take the rest ont in coal.
This was wrong. The sheriff il
now in hot pursuit aud will rim down
the culprit. who will bc tried aud
punished; not primarily for cribbing
the coal, but Tor lack Of appreciation
OF n cool Discourse.
Elko may forgive the theft, but
cannot look with indifference upon
the crime 81 iao: Of literary apprccia
ton, otherwise why d. we have a
high school?