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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-09-19

The passing OF the old black NANNY,
like the passing Of Il great many other
things, attracts but little attention; nor
will her worth be known until she Is no
more.
To the children Of tho souther n states
the old black nanny, in many cases, Is
nearly as dear To them as their own
mothers. and yet in the north CON.
paratively little ~ known OF her. Some
OF the OK the great men of the country.
q few decades ago, were nursed ut the
breast OF an old black nanny and
good and brave men they were when
they cached their maturity.
In the old days Of the south, when
prosperity perched on every banner.
the old black NANNY was much sought
after. To her lot fell the important
duty Of first teaching little feet To walk
She watched over her charges and
cased FOR thom ne none hut an old black
mammy knows how, unless it be the
mother. Ii "my iii chiie,7 ~ she called
the babe. was i'll. the heart OF tho old
D'"Nh mummy "Ho touOltu. UNI u utttl
came no one mourned more sincerely
than she.
Tho other day the dispatched told Of
the burial of nn old black mamny, in u
Southern town-ouc which wus. ycnr=
ago, the seat OF war between the Ouniry
Hho loved mud the one which sought Ia
make her FREQ. There were many IT,
mour this old black NANNY, but none
who she'd more tears than two strong
men who journoynd from the north to
500 her laid tn rost beneath 'bc cypress
and magnOlias. Tho old black mammy
had nursed tlom both and. although
they had not seen her IN years-perhaps
not since they wore boys at tho knee.
yet they remembered her and travelled
hundreds OF miles to answer her last call
which was 81 want to see my Ill boya
ag'in.
Many mon Of the north md south loved
the black NANNY. She was tlirir friend
when they needed friends; che stood by
thom and cared for them IN their
infantilc days. That they should loyc
her In manhood aud w%omanlIou1 ia but
human.
But tho old black mammy In last pas.
ing away. In n few score year she will
only DO Il memOry.-Omaha World
Herald.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-09-19
THE MlDSHIPMAN OF TODAY,
"n'" landing In Irish Forts Isa1h
jeetsd TO Treatment. Damaging
TO Dignity.

The mid%shiprnan who p~res.nt. him,
SELF To most Of Ills hns n flavor OF
Marryht's Immortal creation of lfy
Easy. In Irish ports. where Mr.. Mid.
siipmnh EnSy IL not 80 familiar +,
s'ght MS in England, orr coming Mol.
sons have sometimes n littlo Difficult.
~ In preserving their gravity. 4
no"t comes Ia tho stairs OF u pier.
The MILDLY In charge Ia possibly more
vigorously got mp thnn usual. TO I'm.
press The natives Of the snvnyo land
Hiddy iE looking nj him. "IIol Nj.
ter sailor, will NO sell TINT choild p.
In bow, Way nun. Forward thcreI
clear tho stairsi Liberty mon To
InnhI" SO hnils young Nelson, but
lihdy will not lot him have tho divnI.
tY "f bis position. "IInnd me- IN tL,t
pretty boy wild tho roses In his checks
u" him ! want to kiss. Awny wild
yc' hr"wn dcvilsl M. me, Miss Kntr
mccartney. nttindint OF this pIor
slhc" George the Fourth was kim
- won't kiss me. boy7 Then you
shall not land" Midshipmnn Rodney
N"I'"h CnmpcrdOwn has Ia suh,tnIt IN
siightS OF this kind. snys Army md
navy. u 10 on record Tint ono OF IN.
E""d breed which makes our admiral,
"hs once cnrried along the decks ~
"hhg'hip under the arms Of neprs,.
VINO wished to complain 10 the cap.
tain That this diagraceiul boy Ind moi
paid his washing bill.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-09-19
ABOUT POSTAGE STAMPS

a young Chicago stamp collector
snys that two Of the teachers in hi.
school are encouraging their pupils t.
Ink" nm interest in stamp collecting by
Offering prizes "f packets 81 cheap
stamps I" those scholars gaining the
best records in gc' "raphy.
The new revenues seem to be we'll
calculated TO defeat the mnnipula.
ti"ns 81 ~" stamp washers through the
extreme Susceptibility of tic black ink
In which the figure is printed. Col.
lcCt"rs VII" hnve tried To- s"parate the
stamps from pnper 10y Enumeration In
water hive dcspoiled many of the
stamps II the blnck Impression
through the action ~ the water.
Vicer"y Chang Chi Tung. 81 the Chi
nese empire. has withdrawn his opposi.
ton 4" ia" extension to tho interior OF
China of the postal system under the
imperial maritime customs service.
Ih" system ia being rapidly extended.
400 branch offices already being omen.
The postal rates are the chcnpcst In
the world In a very short time IL will,
be possible tn send from one end Of
China to the other n letter for one
Mexican cent Ocss than half a United
States cent?. The registration foe 10
five Mexican cents.
a new ten-cent Honduras stamp,
which WINS issued the end Of January. il
OF ~cxc""ti"nnl intrrcat. innEmuch az
II Ii. :" fnr lie is known mp to the pren.
ent. the very last stamp Ia he Issued
bearing the r"rtrnit of Queen Victoria.
This stamp differs from its predrcea-
""rs In having the inscription altered
to "P"s'nr" and Revenue" nnI they
were ""'"'ci to hr Of the new TYNE.
with King Edwards hend. but either
through - misunderstanding. or want
Of tim" in preparing the new dies, the
new stamp was engraved In the old
type.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-09-19
story ~ wUdrkind Miu" D~IsCoyrry

George W"d"kInd, discover ar ~ the
famous nine OF hal name uor,h II
Reno tolls this story 81 how it came
ub0ui; While eating his lunch ono day
hc Noticed Il yrilowish iloat roct. hat nc
thought was orr, md ho gathered up
one or more pieces and sent them to Mr.
Ramsay. his son in-law. then resi- ing
at Corlcz. Eureka county, for nssay.
After scvctul weeks no learned that the
ore assuyrd $li00 to the ton. Ito com
moUcod follow ~ 'lc llnat up tho hill
and within about 10 or lt0 foot found.
wha, Is now generally known ~ the
WcdCkiuu mine.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-09-19
The Game warden.


A few days ago the following squib
appeared III the INDEPENDENT:
~As the close season FOR all game, eS-
cept deer aud mountain sheep expired
on the first Of September, the lNDErEN
DENT would like to know what use Elko
county has for a game warden at et' per
uouth. Last year the commissioner
removed the game warden when iHc
close season expired and they should
remove the present warden at their next
meeting. The people who pa! taXcv
should not be compelled to pay I'M.
necessary officials"
The publication OF the above reused
the ire Of Game Warden Wilson and he
vades through over a column Of rot il
the Wells Herald in trying to make it
appear that a game warden at so Il
month is a necessity to the people o!
Elko county. There il little in his article
worthy Of notice as We do not feel called
upon to refer to any Of his slurs. Tie
people who pay the taxes IA decide
upon the merits Of the controversy with
out our following the game warden into
the devious ways marked out i'll his
article,
One or two things in his rot. however,
deserves notice, One is that portion in
which he tells OF the amount Of fees
collected by him since hehas held down
the position Of game warden AT SO per
month. His claim that he has collected
$3.50 III fees is probably correct but we
Ina We had ne time To verify 1t from the
books Of the county treasurer. Blu
admitting that it is correct. how Ices il
benefit the people Of EIko county ii
nancially? Not one cent OF the fines
collected by The game warden goes into
The county treasury. All OF it goes to
the State and the county foots the bill
at the rate 81 80 per month for an OF
fetal who is wholly unnecessary.
Another thing that deserves notice il
TINT rot about the amount of taxes we
pay and The value OF property. Last
year we paid taxes on s5I40 and this
year We will pay on $3.50. In bis zeal to
prove that we are Il FAX dodger. he says:
Il have Il buyer that will pay hun three
times rs much for his property as he
pays taxes on. Now, that sounds pretty
and we are going to put the gnme war.
den to the test, Three times S53i0 is
$1,000. Bring around your man with
the coin and the property we now own
will DO decided to you. But don't come
with jawbono, not even tue jawbone of
u game warden at 275 per month rs tina;
won't pass current i'll the INDEPENDENT
office.
In conclusion we will submit this
problem 10 the game warden and will
charge him nothing Tor publishing the
answer. IL ia this: Ii the squib quoted
mt the head OF this article will cost us
sixty votes in Elxo connty, how many
will this article cost us?
While he is solv ng the problem. we
will patiently wait Tor the man who
wants to swap slGC2O for our Elkc
property.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-09-19

Tho District Court q vcncd this
morning, Hon. @. T.. Talbot. prcsiIiug.
The roll of grand jurors WA called and
the following were cmpanuclod with
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-09-19
Some Foolish propic,

Allow n cough to run until it Rctf
beyond the reach oi medicine. They
often say, "Oh, II will wcar away but
in most cases II wears them away. Could
they DO induced TO try tho successful
medicine called Komp'a Balsam. which
To cold on a positive guarantee TO cure,
they would Immediately 500 the excel.
ent effect after taking tho first dosc.
Price DC. aud J0c. Trial eizc tree. For
sale by Elko Drug 90.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-09-19

=. CARAT as foi rman:
w Grcnthouse. J ~ Tahcr.
Morgan Shcnrcr, Cleo " I~.,ti"u.
} Tripi"tt. I'D K"yecr.
\ " Scwcll. Vim Willis.
" Srronlc. Dillon li"brrjs.
~ " Por'h, i GHrut.
Wcalcy Jnhu.on. Ed Todd.
Mel - Hndi. Sam Davis.
} " THOMPSON.
The Court ticn took u recess Ia await
the action Of the grand jury.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-09-19

There arc tImCe when yOiIr liver needs
Il tonic Don't give purgaiiyce that
lripr nud wctkru. DnNItl's Little
Early Riscrs "xpoI all p,isor from the
system anil act ms tonic 10 the liver. W,
Scott. 81 Highland ave-. Mutton. Pa
snya: "l have carried Dcwuu's Little
Early RiserR with me Tor several years
and would not bC without them" Small
md eaBy To take. Purely vegetable. They
never gripc or diatrcsa. EikoDrug Co.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-01-25

Even in the royal household the post
of house maid is apparently no sine
cure. and l remember long ago hear
ing story of "A lady who. while engag-
ing new servant, naturally made the
inquiry as to why she had left her
last place 1t came out then that she
had been last employed at Buckfng-
ham palace, and that she had left be-
cause really her majesty 1.-THE late
queen) was that particular that after
you had done busting everything, quite
as much as necessary. she would pass
her lace handkerchief across a table
or chair and notice even the tiniest
speck." Even buckingham palace is
not good enough for servants nova
days ii seems.
1t was told of the late queen that
she was so difficile as to the making
of her bed that it took the chamber
maids two hours daily to make II, as
the undersheet had to be most care
fully and smoothly stitched to the
lower mattress. so that there never WAS
the slightest wrinkle. which story re-
calls the fairy tale of the princess and
the crumpled rose Ieaf-LOndon On
locker.
x Z =
Some women may forgive cruelty.
but none forgives Indifference
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-01-25

and it is likely that Mr.. Rosewater got
the idea into his head that MeseTve
whom he does not like any too well
was slated for the fusion nomination.
Ii will be possible to drag along the
prosecution of Mr.. Meserve until after
the state conventions have met. and
with that hanging over him Meserve
could not be named. The con
stitutiOn prohibits the state treas
urer from receiving interest on
public moneys and the Grim
inal law buttresses this with ade-
quate punishment for violation there
of. 1t has always been understood that
state tTeasuTeTs took most of the in
terest money as perquisities of their
office. a practice sanctioned by preCe-
dent but unauthorized by law. and if
Meserve is to be prosecuted maybe
there will be others placed in the same
boat
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-01-25

however. All of which indicates that
it won't be long before things are
doing in the congressional line.
4
The friends of Ernest NJ. Pollard, of
Cass county, want it understood that
he should not be omitted from the list
of aspirants for governor. Mr.. Pol
lard has been doing some travelling
the past fortnight and has been meet
ing with considerable encouragement
He was a member of the legislature
four years ago. and in 1900 had charge
of the organization of republican clubs
throughout the state. This gave him a
wide acquaintance. He is a graduate
of the state university, and this, too
gives him some strength among the
alumnae. He does not come from
part of the state, however. that gives
him any strategetical Importance and
unless some powerful influence bestirs
itself in his behalf he will have to de-
pend upon the turn of events to land
him. There is some talk of R. B.
Windham of Cass taking shy at the
governorship himself, and this would
mean trouble for Mr.. Pollard right at
home.
4
The attitude of Governor Savage in
the matter is something of a puzzle
Some one ran across a copy of a Kan
sas City paper the other day, wherein
In that interview he said that the gov
ernorship did not have very manv at
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-01-25
A Wise
Landlord

Gets the best talent that can he secured
in placing his order for inside decora-
tions for his houses He desires the
best material used, and something that
will stand the wear and tear of the
tenant. My experience Of twenty
eight years has taught me how, when,
and where To Use economy. Ny prices
are reasonable. Estimates cheerfully
furnished.
Carl Myrer,
26I2 O Street. Phone 1892.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-01-25

Congressman Burkett's dream of be-
ing the. Dave Mercer of the First con-
gressional district, that is, of being
congressman for an indefinite period,
will not be realized, if realized at all,
until after a warm fight. Mr.. Burkett
has neglected no opportunity of max
ing himself solid with the people of
the district and has endeavOred to
keep in the very closest touch with all
classes. He has been made member
of the committee on appropriations
and it is said has sworn that he won't
come back to Lincoln until he has
given her new federal building. He
realizes that it won't be sufficient to
introduce a bill and have it on the
calendar, because there is always
large number of carping critics who
would say that he was playing them
So he is putting up the pins for quick
action But his opposition is not to be
placated. There is a well defined feel
ing that if Mr. Burkett gets third
term. he will not be again headed for
al
state the laying away of the ambi-
tions of a number of worthy young re-
publicans. and ambitions are restless
things.
Here at home it is regarded as GER
tain that Judge Holmes will contest
the county with Mr.. Burkett. The
Judge has not yet said he would make
the fight, but that is probably be-
cause the hour is not yet come. He
has a host of friends, all of whom are
political workers and influential. His
nomination would go far to heal the
breach between local factions and end
an internecine war of considerable
bitterness. His ability as an organ
izer and as an orator will stand him in
good stead: he is an excellent mixer
and as judge has made good rec
ord. There might not be any de-
termined opposition to Mr.. Burkett
here at home were it not for the fact
that all the signs point to trouble In
other parts of the district, and if that
is to be the case local embryonic con-
gressmen desire to be in it. Down in
OtOe county it is understood that
Judge lessen will certainly enter the
race, and already Judge John Stull of
Nemaha county is out for the nomi-
nation. The judge was candidate
two years ago and remained in the
fighting until after the balloting
Then there is George NJ. Spurlock of
Cass county. ex-cOunty judge. Mr..
Spurlock is one of the most popular
young republicans in the district. and
is equipped with all of the facilities
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-01-25

fractions for him. that he was ranch
man by occupation. did not care much
about being governor and would be
glad enough of the day that would al
low him to return To his old tasks on
the ranch. This is a little strange in
view of the understanding that one of
the reasons why the governor granted
the BARLEY pardon was that he
thought il would make him governor
again. In explanation of this inter
view, however, ii may be stated that
it occurred the day he left Nebraska
and he was then suffering from the
effects of the first whitening blast of
Indignation from the republican press
and was just before he met Mrs. Saw
age, who was much opposed to the
granting of the pardon.
4
Governor Savage is going to have a
pretty hard time of il if he does stay
in the fight, but the opinion is some
how taking root that when the time
for the convention comes around the
governor will chuck the whole thing
over in disgust He will. however. be in
position to have his desirers in the
matter of his successor recognized. al
though he will not possess the power
to name him. A Lincoln man who is
vastly interested in the game Of poll
tics made the prediction this week
that the man who will be named for
governor next fall lives in Lincoln and
that his name is Charles III Morrill,
Mr.. Morrill, has twice refused the kind
ly crown. that is. he could have been
named for governor on two different
occasions if he had said the word. He
refused, but he may not this time.
x
Senator Currie is authority for the
statement that Governor Savage will
be unable to secure the Custer coun-
ty delegation for denomination Mr..
Currie and Mr.. Savage both live in
the very small town of Sargent. and
as is natural when two great men hail
IL VIII 'hC SSihlt sinai pltte tnefe Is al
ways more or less rivalry between
them. In the case of these two gentle
men, although Outwarily they are
friends, in fact they are at war There
fore the senator's declaration must be
taken with the customary grain of
salt. At the same time Mr.. Currie
says he is a candidate for congress.
He will naturally need the Custer
county delegation in his business. Just
how he is going to get this with Saw
age in the opposition is a problem he
must solve. If what drifts in to Lin
coin is true neither man will be able
to get what he wants unless both are
good.
The Indictment of former State
Treasurer Meserve at Omaha for
receiving interest on state money
in his hands is pretty certain,
no mater what the outcome. to retire
him from the list of gubernatOriaI pos
sibilities. Mayhap this is the object of
ii. The prosecution is understood TO
have had its inception in the Bee office.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-01-25
IN THE REALM OF
. POLITICS =

for making a hard fight. A Richard
son county man in Lincoln the other
day said that his county was for Spur
lock. Mr.. Spurlock has made no sign.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-01-25

Discussion - Haymarket Tragedy;
Paterson Settlement
Observation-Disclosures.
4 4 x
The New Book Review club met at
Mrs. w. NJ Widener's on January 10.
Mrs. StOnebraker read an interesting
paper on The Little Minister and cur
rent events were discussed by the club
Some well rendered musical numbers
We're given by Mrs. Maddox on the
piano and Mrs. Williams. Out of town
guests We're Mrs. Jerome and Mrs. L.
b. Shidler of York, Neb. Elaborate re-
freshments were served and the after
noon proved one of the most enter
tanning meetings of the season.
4 4 4
The Womens missionary society of
the First Presbyterian church will hold
its annual praise service Friday after
noon.
Mrs. G.. w. Rhodes entertained the
LOtOs club Thursday afternoon. The
usual literary program was given.
4 q x
In Excavation
He is an unmitigated liar, isn't he?"
We'll, there are eXtenuating circum-
stances-his father was a weather OBJ
server and his mother a society re-
porter"
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-01-25
Servants Had No Easy Time

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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-04

Then the round, brown, freck1ed face
of small boy peeped over the rim of
the basket. A woman screamed and
tainted, and Mickey Emmett, the small
boy of Elwood, Kan, went sailing to-
ward the zenith alone in a slender
basket, swinging by four taut cords,
with the upward sweeping bulb of yell
low silk lifting him beyond the sound
of voices and into the measureless
space where the winds are free and the
world is but a silver-striped ball of
green and yellow.
'When looked over the edge of that
basket" said Superintendent Emmett,
telling the story yesterday: 81 didn't
realize that was going up. For five
minutes or more it seemed to me tina
the earth had suddenly dropped down
ward into space. I heard my mother
scream and was va guely convinced that
she had felt the earth dropping under
her and was frightened. 1t didn't oc-
cur to me that I was in danger. I
rather felt that I was lucky to be in
balloon at the very moment when the
world fell from its place. speculated
upon what would happen when the
globe went crash against the moon,
and selfishly chuckled at the thought
that I, at least, wouldn't be in the
smash-up.
"The only breeze I felt seemed to
come straight down from above.
dropped my cap out and it fell like
pound of lead. Then, for the first time,
I began to realize that was going up
and the earth was standing still, doing
business in the same old place. For
quarter of an hour the ground below
me looked like a concave basin. The
horizon seemed like the high outer
rim, and below me. so far that the peo-
pie looked like small bugs, was the
bottom of the hollow dish. To the
| west, like a yellow ribbon, winding
among green fields and forests and
squares of golden harvest field, the
Missouri river lay flashing in the sun.
Lake Contrary, sheet of water four
miles long, looked like the half-closed,
blue eye of a woman. ST. Joe, smokeless
and spangled with tin roofs and glass,
seemed almost beneath me, like toy
village on checkerboard, its hills fiat
tened and its streets merely dotted
with crawling specks.
at must have been past six o'clock in
the evening when the balloon let go.
The sun was low, and yet before it set
beyond the Kansas plains the world no
longer looked. fat. Just as the sun,
monstrous in size and brazen with the
dull color that you have seen at sun
set, struck the horizon, the world sud
denly assumed the appearance of a
| globe. The lake below me, now look
| ing like a silver dime, seemed like
the apex of the sphere, and then,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-04

Sunday school and the teacher told us
about feeding five thousand with five
loaves and two fishes are you going to
send me a box of fireworks like you
did last summer. / saw box kite in
store yesterday and the man said you
can send it up with bunch of crackers
on it at night and make a fine sight
would like to have a box kite for the
fourth. We are all well at present &
hope you are enjoying the same great
blessing what are roman candles worth
in Omaha.
81 must close don't forget the dollar.
Kiss mamma and the baby for me when
will you send the money. Goodby.
From your loving son.
Of course the boy will get the dol
lar if papa had to sell his coat off his
back. The small boy must have big
time on the Fourth, no matter what
happens.