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New-York tribune., 1900-08-12
He WON THE SALOON.
THEN LUCK TURNED AGAINST THE 'coUNT' AND
he LOST TIE PLACE IN a WEEK

he LOST TIE PLACE IN A WEEK.
From The New-Orieans Times Democrat
u see by the papers, said local sporting
who formerly lived IL the West. that
old and one tine noted gambler. known as
Count Boughman died recently at a sana-
torium in Southern California. l knew the
Count over twenty years ago in Colorado. He
was a well educated German. whose title was
given him as joke, and, being willing at all
times TO stake everything he had on single
turn, his history a long succession of as
tonishng ups and downs One of his most
picturesque adventures in that connection Oc-
crrred at Lea -y-lla in rs or 70 when the great
silver boom was al ITS zenith. The Count was
JUS, then in Of his temporary periods of
fiji ancial depression, ana had walked into camp
il the wake Of a small army OF other adVentur-
eTs with q lone hal5 dollar in his trousers pocket
\ little while after his arrival he strC!led into
d ulg saloon on the man street and noticed the
proprietor lOungnE al the bar, playing idly with
4 dice box. IN throw you once for % cents
said the Count fShlng out ms solitary COIN
All right. stranger replied the saloon man, and
rolled out the dice. He lost. and in ten minutes
the Count by perSisJen;Iy doubling stakes. was
passed by ard invited him 70 come along and
get some supper. Cant do II, boys ne replied
absorbed in the game, but III wait here until
you get back They walked away. joking about
q who would rather gamble than eat. and
II upward of couple of hours before they
reappearcd The game was then apparently
over and the Count was leaning against the
har. alone at the same place they had left him
The other man was waiting on customers Wei
how did you come OUT they asked. Pretty
well said the Count; won the saoon.' They
thought he joking. but II a simple
sta atement of fact His phenomenal run of luck
had stayed with him. and the saioonkeeper, get
ting desperate under repeated losses, kept rails
inE the stakes until finally the entire establish
ment changed hands. The last bet included the
fixtures and license, and, when he won. the
Count promptly took possession and hired the
late proprietor as head bartender. The affair
made lot OF talk. even in these wild and
woolly days; but to the best OF my recollection
the Counts ownership lasted only about
ii a
and the place slipped out Of mis- fingers almost
as easily it slipped into them
New-York tribune., 1900-08-12
0EIETIEG HIS FEARS

IRON The NeW " OK v tthl4-
p. Cfgrer-Vgur boat is fast sailer-
T. skinner OBired catboat-You bet s7e's fasL
. Tbsrfs hecause her bottom is smooth Sne :
smooth as bottle JUS chock up another
sandbag er two. please tn wind Is treshehlH
I guess ,.z1.-9
G1Iter-FIave you examined the bottom lately :
CE-frrer-OrIv las week. / was out with a
y,arrv an we upset an jus tel YOU that there
bottom was 50 smooth not one Of US could hold
onto -
New-York tribune., 1900-08-12
A POOR BROOM.

From The Brooklyn Life.
Don't you hire any servants at all TO keep
this hotel clean2 MY room Is in an awful dirty
condition. complained the victim Of the sum
hotel "ad." THAT is the fault Of the wind"
declared the proprietor blandly. You know, We
ADVERTISE Swept by ocean breeZes! %
New-York tribune., 1900-08-12

pcshlon 'ns normal
H~c or three years ago observers called a.
oN 70 me fact that the equatorial bright
- possessed rich orange yellow colar Mr.
I" mans says the zone is now white 7, $500
the southern dark belt had . -
nue. lhan The northern, but now the conditions
are said TO be reversed The color of -, =
Lha1 OF iron rust Similar differences ba+yr.a
tAe TWO dark belts in the plenitude of er,ar
IA OF white spots, protuberances from the
e16es' olagonal riffs and other rinutise are oh
served from year to year and il has been sus
pected that there are variations in the ro+a-
Ina Ne'oe'ly ot certain regions. but on this
point there Is no agreement among the a,,tbori-
'4eS- II has also been asserted that in these
manifestations Of activity there is q periodcitv
spots
IT'S NATURE A MYSTERY.
ne nature Of the great red spot. which is
JEST now increasing in visibility is yet uys-
tery- Jupiter is believed TO be in 2 state half
way between that Of the earth and the sun
Since it was detached from the latter in the
formative period of its history it has cooled
down great deal, Of course yet i Is proba bIv
stil molten mass Partly because II Is at onIv
RED heat and partly because il appears to be
pretty Wei clothed IN clouds it is thought that
Il has ceased 10 shine by its own light Mr.
Aaunder expressed the opinion a few years ago
that Il the vapors that enveiop the planet
could De swept away Jupiter would exhibit
surface Of uniform redness like that Of the big
spot And M Barnard remarked in 1852. just
, after temporary revival IN distinctness that
TIE phenomenon seemed to him TO be shifting
@ an everything but very thin. veil. There was
q disposition fifteen or twenty years ago 10
suppose that the SPOT was a newborn continent
lifted Up above the level Of the adjacent terri
tory by some internal force. But if as Mr
Williams thinks, the spot shifts its position that
theory would be unteuable. On the other hand.
L che in-ag-nes that he is merely looking down
through a hole ii the clouds II viii be neces-
sary as Nj Maunder has pointed out, 10 ex-
plain Why that framework remains so nearly
stationary and SO Interchangeable IN form. For
tie present The problem Is insolubIe.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-12
e 5aazsg THE EzeBBUNES |
S1F7Tg 7<ARI" I"zDlPECEORy.
GS>$z A&75ffz19d AaS9gSg9S 1NeH. YORK.

School Of APbii5d Design for H"6msn, 200 ~, 23d S.
F. Gshler 8 Sons (Co!or Skstehes), ~ Union S. E.
r, Getssler memorials in ersry forn 56 w. 8t ST.
Wm J. Sba10, ll6 Vest 39tb St., Hard Wood FInishsr
Y4maHaka 9 Co. (ChiHsss Porcelains), 254 9TH Avs.
Restored TO original bsanv 81 R0ckw0od 144O Br01dy
NJ. KHosdiey 8 Co, (4rtistic Framing 355 5h ACs
New-York tribune., 1900-08-12
EXPERIMENTS WITH FROG

II we divide the spinal cord Of frog and lrrl-
tate the foot the leg will be moved. after the
fashion in which the uniniured animal would re-
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-06-15
Are You on the Roll?

The following from the Supervisor
OF the Census should be acted upon
by those whom the census enumera-
tors have missed:
EDITOR INDEPENDENT; Dear SIR
Will you kindly state in the local
columns OF your paper that il the
names OF any persons or families have
not been entered on the population
schedules, that by calling the atten.
ton OF the Census Enumerator TO the
omission the correction will be made.
and the names entered thereon; or by
sending the names to Earl w. Ire.
mont, Supervisor, Eureka, Nevada,
they will be entered on the schedules
OF the district i'll which the omission
occurred.
Every effort is being made to Sc.
cure a complete and thorough enum-
Grafton, ard local and State pride
should induce all persJ to SEQ that
their names are enrolled ON the popu.
lation schedules. Omissions FREE
quently occur by the enumerator not
being able to find anyone at home, at
the first and repeated visits.
Thanking you for the courtesy ex-
tended, am, very respectfully,
EARL w. FREMONT,
Supervisor.
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Commencement Exercises.

Tho graduating exercises Mt the
high school Inst evening drew a large
crowd. The program as previously
published was carried ont. The play
was a success from start to finish.
All tho actors were we'll up in their
parts md over! thing moved with tho
smootbness and regularity OF vol
oiled mnchiEcry.
AZ tho conclusion Of the play Scnn.
tor Ernst addressed the graduates and
gave them some good advice. County
superintendent Wilson followed md
presented the diplomas in a noat adj.
dress.
Tho exercises wcrc n grand success
throughout and showed plainly TINT
teachers md pupils were carnc.t aud
faithful in the work Of the school
year.
Tho orchestra disc0urqcd sweet
music during the exercises and adj.
dcd much to tho pleasure of ;he oc.
casion.
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She IL IL, but Ambitious.

An energetic woman is Mrs. Cath.
erIne V. Waite Of Chicago. who for
fifty years has been n teacher, farmer,
author. real estate dealer. contractor
md lecturer, aud now, in her seventy.
first year, thinks OF entering the legal
profession. She owns 1000 horses,
1000 acres Of land M n big block OF
Chicago real estate, but feels that she
should do something to earn a living.
Her husband will he taken into part.
nership, and the firm will DO cstab.
lished in Denver. She is going to
Colorado because there a woman is
eligible to hold office and the atmos.
phero is made for both man and
woman.
al am not going to run for Con.
gress, but | am going to have n vote
in creating tho government that
taxes my property" slo suid.-Ncw
York Commercial Advertiser.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-06-15

The Enterprise says that Jack
iiaggiu, a pIutc Indian. made AN at
tempt Saturday night to commit
wholesale murdcr at the Indian
camp near the Divide reservoir. lie
slhshcd his Equaw across the breast,
abdomen md arms with u knife and
she will probably die. Thinking that
he had killed her. he went to anothcr
camp and shot four squaws and Il
buck, and struck another squaw ~
the head with his gun. One Of the
squpws was peppcrcd with shot
across the stomach, mn OLD squaw
named Maggie WIS shot in the left
arnI, which IL so badly shattered
that il will have Ia be amputatcd.
Annie Smith was shot III the left arm
stomach aud leg. Billy Dan, dncphew
OF Annie Smith, was shot in the right
arm. back md neck. lligEin male
his escape after doing his bloody
work. IL" served u term III The State
prison for horse stealing aud was re-
leased about three years ago. All
the wounded Indians were taken Ia
Storey county hospital.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-06-15

Tho only doubled barrel canton in
tho world was cnst by Il citizen OF
Athens, Ga. during the civil war.
Tho unique ilcn OF tho inventor
WA Ia connect two solid shot by
means of a chain, md then to load
The cannon with these balls. Both
barrcls were to he shot at the came
limo aud then II was expected that
tho chain would tighten and NOW
down whole companies Of mon. This
cnnnon was Iircd but once, when ono
charge exploded before the other. 20
TINT II hall hai u start. aud the two
lett tho gun with II rotary motion.
tearing up trees and earth for quito a
distance. AZ the closo Of tho war
this cannon was lost sight Of. but re-.
Gently II wNs recovered, ani has been
mounted M u curiosity III the city Of
/ Athens,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-06-15

by local applications as they cannot
reach the diseased portion OF tho eur.
There in only ono way to cure deaf.
ness, and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by M
inilamed condition OF tho mucous lin.
ing Of tho Eustachian Tube. When
this tubo gets intlamcd you have a
rumbling sound or IMPERFECT hearing
and when IL ia entirely closed deaf.
ness il the result, and unless the In.
Illumination can be taken out aud this
tubc restored to its normal condition
hearing will be destroyed forever;
nino cnscs out Of ton are caused by
catarrh, which il nothing but nm in.
ilamcd condition Of the mucous sur.
tacrg.
Wa will give One Hundred Dollars
for any caso Of Deafness (caused by
catarrhl that cnDnot 10 cured by
Halls Catarth Cnrc. Send for cir.
Culnrs, free.
Address, j.. J. CHENEY co,
Sold by Druggists, Toe.
Halls Family Pills arc the bcst.
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Porto IiiCo to 80 Fitted.

The Porto Rican cOnsumcr-by the
juggling oi the administration barred
~ II citizen Of the rcpublic-must
import from the United States all
articles entering into his daily life.
The DIugley law prevents him i'm
porting from elsewhere. and il
charges him this toll: Corn 3 cents
per bushcl; oatmeal, - mills per pouud;
oat", J cents per bushcl; brooms,cdch.
! mills: cotton cloth, per yard, valued
nj - cents, q mills: wire nails, per
pound, IL mills; boots and shoes,
valued at 81, .t3T Ccnis; clocks. each
dollar Of value. q cents: lard, each
pound at q cents, > mills: butter.
zach pound valued ut II cents, G
mills; soap. on each pound valued ut
10 cents. 3 mills; bcans. per bushcl.
7 cents; h~ousehould furniture, ON
each dollars value, .CG7 cents; earth.
cnwarc, common. on each dollars
value, .0S2 cents, glassware. common,
on each dollars value. OCT cents:
dried herring, per pound | mill.
MacIctcs, it is pleasing to note. 90 in
FREQ Of duty.--The Verdict,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-06-15
with Compound Interest.

\ little knot Of local rnilorad men
stood over in front Of tho Paxton
the other day and by some unexplain-
cd course tho conversation fell upon
the subject Of snakes. Some Lood
snake stories were told, but George
West took the prize.
"AbOnt six years ago." said West,
81 went baok East nn n visit to my
old home. and while IOafing around
IN tho orchard | caught a little garter
snake. Just for FUN | forced II pom
ny down tho snakV's throat, and after
making II mark on itR tail 80 ! would
know il again | lot il go. Last sum
me- won't back Ia tho CID home
ngain. and while walking through tho
orchard | stirred up u snake that had
a familiar look. | caught It aud found
that il was tho little snake ] hal
played with five years before. II had
grown 10 be quite II respectable
sized reptile, but there was my mark
on il. und II acamc | Ia recognizes mo.
! ha,cd to kill The reptile. but | In !
10 do it 10 SOC II my penny WA still
in eaic Keeping. Af,or killing II
cut It open, and there found
"Your penny" interrupted "Billy'
Brill. "NO; 81 course not replied
West; "only u penny in these times OF
prosperity? Wen, guess not. found
two silver quarters, three dimcr, clev.
en- DC pieces aud u check OH The
Omnha National for s2i0.- Omahn
World Herald.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-06-15
tFROM MONDAYS DAILY
6ALMhSUNDl

Paul Schillerstrom and wife arriv.
cd from San Francisco this morn ny.
Mrs. +. Hudson and Miss. Hattie
Hale returned from California Sat
urduy night.
Peter Carat got in from White
Rock Saturday. lilo saya the coln.
try up that way liz looking sp!endidly
Professor Start will leave Wednes
day morning for IL trip to the Paris
Exposition. May good luck attend
him.
Thomas Brennan has been ap.
pointed postmaster at Blaine. lie
will doubtless take good care of
Uncle Sans business.
Dan Boyd. county treasurer, re-.
ccived through the mails yesterday u
check Of Sl5,ON, payable in college
Currency" and to he devoted to pay.
ing OIL taxes on the University. Poor
Farm and Asylum. Tho one who re-
united this neat fortune is t. perman.
ent resident at the Hospital for Men.
tai Diseases. journal.
There being but a small attend.
ance at tho courtroom Saturday, the
Fourth OF July meeting Wa adjourn.
cd Until So'clOck this The
committee OF arrangements have pre-
pared a programe for the celebration
which they will submit to the meet.
ing tonight. All interested should
he ON hand to have Il voice III its
adoption.
Ii Il load of coal is left out OF doors,
exposed TO tho weather, say, a month,
it loses II third Of its heating quail.
ity. III IL ton OF coal is placed on the
ground and left there, and another
ton Is placed under a shed, the latter
loses abont % per cent OF its heating
power and the former about a per
cent. Hence il is Il great saving OF
coal to have 1t III Il DIR! place, covered
over aud on all sides. The softer the
c"al the more heating power it lOses,
because the volatile and valuable
constituents undergo Il slow combus
ton.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-06-15
IFROM TUESDAYS DAILY.l
SADMAGUSDl

Thomas Griffin NJ Cnrliu mas in
town today.
Don't forget the graduating exer-
cises at the high school This evening.
Sam Ba"hman is in town. lie re.
ports Ruby Valley looking better
than be ever SAW it before. There il
plenty 81 water for everybody and
everybody is happy over the pros
poets for excellent crops.
Sheriff Watt OF Austin pas scd
through last night in charge OF Alex.
W. Mitchell, arrested at Bay City,
Michigan, for IN bezzling $1,000 from
the estate Of his brother in 1898.
Those connected with the prospec-
tive smelter have succeeded in rais-
ing the subscription list to $1,000;
New York capitalists will put up the
balance, and steps are being taken to
push the enterprise rapidly forward.
Reno Journal.
\ severe electric storm visited
Reno Sunday evening. Tie Gazette
says til, lightning played FRANKS
around every telephone instrument
on the circuit, rang the bells and
play Ell hide and seek in great shape.
The result WIS that every telephone
in town WIS burned out. For an
hour or more tie rain poured down
i'll torrents.
The remains Of John Il. McDer-
mott will arrive ON this evening"
train. AS soon as the remains arrive
they will be taken III charge by the
members OF Humboldt Lodge No. 23,
\. o. U. W, and escorted to their
hall, where the funeral service Of the
Order will be conducted. All mem
hers ot the Lodge and friends OF the
deceased are cordially invited to be
present. After these services the re.
mains will be taken to Lamoillo for
lnterment.
Lieutenant w. o. Wright OF the
First Nevada Cavalry is IL receipt ~
a letter from Uigan. Philippine
Islands, saying that william Bruce,
who 1t will be remembered Was taken
prisoner by the F~llipinos while ont.
side the picket liucs at MGniIn, III
company with ilonyman, died on
May lth. Bruce was running a
saloon ST banquet, =. /. lie had
been sick ever since his return from
captivit
Last tuesday Il mimic cyclone
swept Owe Pieiy Hill and vicinity
that played queer pranks. 1t took n
pair Of boomers from n clothes lire
III one place and they sailed away tu
distant lands and other scenes. 4.
skirt from the same neighboThoOd
was found on the courthouse steps.
but the boomers. alas! where are
they! FrCm another place a pair Of
ladies' unmenuOnHhles was taken
from Le line and carried To the rear
of the courthouse, where the owner
recovered them after the cyclone had
passed by. 1t WAS a bad day on
Pioty Hill and vicinit! for bloomcrs
and lHdic,i' underwear.
The section boss ut Carlin this
morning found an Indian lying 10y
tho side of the track about Il mile
east Of that place. He stopped the
passenger tram and the Indian was
taken on board and brought to the
hospital. IA near ns can he learned,
the Indian WAS riding ON a freight
train running ahead Of the passenger
and fell Of. Ills right arm WIS brok.
IN III two places between tho wrist
and elbow, his face was badly cut
and he had Il deep cut on his head,
extending from the Crown to the fore.
head. Tho Indian is badly hurt, but
will probably lie is ut the
hospital i'll charge Of DIR. Gardner.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-06-15

Since 1871 the population III the
German Empire has increased from
iO,O0o.OOO to nearly jj,O0O,0J0 which
is about lj,09O,OOU more than the
United Kingdom and l7.OUo.DJO more
than France. EmigmIon has now
sunk to iusjgniti 'an proportions, and
the annual excess 81 births over
deaths III Germany is 5000 as
against 10000 III the United King.
dom, aud only $1,000 in France.
Tins stupcndous contrast between
the ~fccuHdiiy Of Germany and France
affords tho clue to that change Of
French foreign and military policy Ia
which va have constantly called at
tcntion. II is essentially Il question
Ot ~babics-ono French baby cannot
he expected to fight tweuty.four
German babies, Of whom all the
males become soldiers. II il safer,
therefore. To challenge twelve British
babies, ut whom barely any become
soldiers National Review.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-06-15

All liver ills nre cured by Hoods
Pills. DC.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-06-15

A London special from Shanghai
says: The position OF the legations
ut Pekin is most critical. According
to this dispatch 10000 Chinese troops
are drawn up outeide the gates OF the
city to oppose the relief force, and
guns are trained on the American,
Japanese and British legations. The
American. Russian and japanese min
isters have sent couriers to Tien Tsin
asking for 1000 troops of each nation.
atty.
In order to close out u line of
regular stock Of decorated English
porcelain dishes, in which the sets
are broken, You will have a chance to
buy what pieces you want at n bargin
OF the W. L. Smith Company. Call
around and see them before they are
all gone.
Written in Blood is the record of
Hoods Sarsaparilla-the pure, rich,
health giving blood which it has
given to millions Of men, and
children. 1t is all the time curing
diseases Of the stomach, nerves, kid
news and blood.
All liver ills nre cured by Hoods
Pills. DC.
Judge Belcher OF the Superior
Court OF San Francisco filed ar opin-
ion yesterday. in which he holds that
marriages OF divorced persons in CAL
fornia consummated within twelve
months after the decree Of divorce has
been made are invalid and that, in
the eyes OF the law, such persons are
un married persons. IL Judge Belch.
er's opinion is upheld by the Supreme
Court OF California, it will be a blow
to the hundreds OF couples from that
State who have been married in Reno
within the past two years under the
belief that n marriage outside of CAL
ifornia nulliied the law, inasmuch "a
the marriage vas not performed
within the Jurisdiction OF the courts
OF California. 1t will also kill one OF
lteno's most prosperous enterp r: Sci
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MARRIED..

iiAHDIsoS- DUNLAr-At the residence
OF MIR. G. c. Tructt, Dcoth No.
vada, June II, 1900, by Rev. Mr..
Smith Of wclls, Mr.. John Harbison
to Miss Emma Dunlap. both OF
Illinois.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-24
CHICAGO MARKETS.


CHICAGO. April 23.--There a whole bunch Of
beafh consideration presented for view In the wheat
pit At the beginning Of trade. Gables were easy
worlds shipments heavy. There was an increase on
passage and the weather continued favorable. 1t
expected that there would be considerable liqu
dalton Of May this week. but II did not materialize
early Prices fairly firm for a couple Of hours
after the initial concession Of about OF cent
Later the stun began 10 out. however. and
there selling in sympathy with the break IN
corn May had hesitated early. baking at the CSC
mark. but the liquidation carried the price through
that The market was very weak at this time. hut
this paved the way for reaction. which began during
remain In that condition night. and bought
back some Of their early sales and turned what
looked like bull rout into retreat in good order
The cash business slack and the export inquiry
rather discoufaeng 70 holders. Trade duh in
spots but the session furnished considerable anima-
tion most Of the time. May opened at csc, sold be-
tween 65lc and 6ise, aud closed D. under Saturday
at s5Ae6sc. July opened at eaic to 6ske66ac ranged
from 66lc to eac. aud closed sate down. at 6sac.
The market active and lower. The bulk
81 the business In the way Of changing. May
closed o. under Saturday, July closed beic down.
Provisions active and fluctuations. for the
greater part Of the session. wide Hog receipts
were liberal and prices at the yards lower. May
pork closed Hlc under Saturday; May lard. I'M
ehanged. and May ribs &c lower,
The oat market held its own despite the weakness
displayed early by corn. May and July closed a
shade higher.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Wheat, No. = Opening Highest Lowest Closing