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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-12-25
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EDIroR INDEPENDESr:-It 5 a citizen
and a taxpayer that asks the privilege
OF using a little Of your space to express
hia sentiments in regard to tie work be-
ing done at the Jail.
This looseness on the part OF the com.
missioners IN t%ransacting the business
OF the county should not be tolerated
without comment. The editor OF the lS-
DEPENDENT in pleading the cause OF the
taxpayers de serves the support OF every
taxpayer in Elko county.
The writer was assured by one county
Der meeting that he knew nothing OF the
work that was being done. When u
small job Of painting or papering the
courthouse was done, it =as let by bids.
and all county work OF any great cI.
pense should be thus let. Every busin-
ess man in the county should receive his
share OF the countH's trade. One man
engaged in that line of work requested
Of the commissioners an opportunity to
put in a bid I0r the work, but his re-
queSt was more no KNOWS Uut Ce
might have presented a loser bid than
the work is nov being done for: Who
knows what the work will cost?
The commissioners have not ordered
it done. One, at least, pleads ignorance
OF it. Who 10 having it done! Who is
to pay the bill when it is done, the COM
nissioners or the taxpayers, or the COM
Dissioners for the Taxpayers?
Should we not be informed as to what
is being done? Certainly every taIpay-
err, except those who are to receive the
benefit OF this work, protest against this
unfairness in ~transacting the countI's
business.
TAXPAYER.
Elko. Nevada, Dec, n, 1903.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-12-25
Sugar Beet Factory.

The Reno Chamber uf Commerce has
Interested itself III securing capital for
the construction Of II Sugar beet factory
for Nevada.
Tho location has not yet been sci, cted
although it IL lntimated that the money
is now available. The proposed plant
will have II capacit! nf $50 tons Of bGcie
per day.
The two most available places appear
to be either III the Lovclock Valley, or
nenr this city; both places having been
growing OF beets, nnd both having great
acreagos availabIc.-Cnrson Ncwa,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-12-25
San Francisco, Cal, Dec. 81, 1913.
One Hundred DoIIars y Box

Is he value II. \. Tisdale, Summer:on
5. G., places on DeNNitt's Witch Hazel
Salve. He says: Il had the piles for
20 years. ! tried many doctors and
medicines. bu: all failed except DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salv". 1t cured me" 1t
Is a comblnatun OF the healing prop
critics OF Wisch Hazel with antiseptic.
and emollients; relieves and permanen,s
Iy cures bird, bleeding, itching and pro
truding piles, sores, cuts. bruises. eczna
salt rheum and all skin diseases Sold
by Elko Drug Go.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-12-25
Death Dealing Machine.

y new machine gun invented 10y Il
young soldier named Eugene Dumor.
tier Of the One Hundred and Forty fifth
Infantry Regiment is receiving the close
attention OF tho committee on new i'll
yentions at the French War Office. Du.
mortier claims that the gun will com.
pletely sweep a given zone, leaving no
intervening space in which it would be
comparatively safe for any body Of
troops to move. While one battery Of
the gun is firing at Il range of 100 yards
another will simultaneously fire at 800
yards, increasing or diminishing it's
range as may be necessasy. The gun
rests on a tour wheeled carriage and
works OH an adjustable swivel steel
platform, 30 that il can he turned in my
direction. Each Of the two batteries has
ten barrels, and the magazine is loaded
automatically. II il said that 400 Lcbcl
balls can he fired per minute New
York Commercial Advertiser.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-12-25

The leading newspaper of Elko county. and the best adver
Using medium in Eastern Nevada
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-12-25
Episcopal Church.

Early Communion Christmas morning
at 7:30.
Sunday service IL a. IN.
Sunday school l:30 p IN. and Bible
class for men and women.
Sermon and Service at 700 p. III.
Special music every Sunday even
ing.
AL cordially invited.
f. b. MEREDITH,
Rector.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-12-25
JOINT STATEMENT
Auditor and Treasurer of
ElkO County
F"r the Quarter Ending March 81, o

srt edd.9 OF .; S EHxe! IS
AUDITORS OFFICE.
ELKo. Apri. 6. 1903.
To the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners Of Eko county, New;
GESrLEAEs:-We herewith submit our
Qarterly Report OF the Finances Of the
county for the quarter ending Mar. 81.
1903.
Respectfully submitted.
G. ". GROVER. Auditor.
A. G. pA~EEY. Treasurer.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-11-06
The Future of shorthand.

The erection of a tablet to the mem
DRY of Captain Thomas Lloyd, 'the ia
Their of shorthand reporting in Ameri-
ca" suggests a glance at the future of
that system of writing. When we are
trying in so many ways to expedite
methods of doing business and save
time and labor it is not to be supposed
that the old method of writing will CON
tinue to be used universally The
printing press was hailed as a relief
from the tedious task of writing and
reading manuscript; but while it did
much, it did not fill the entire want.
Then came the typewriter, and it filed
another large gap.
At present the typewriter and stenO-
graphic system of writing go hand in
hand. They supplement each other.
But the time is coming fast when the
typewriter will be retired. to a great
extent. because letters and reports
written in shorthand will be used d.
rectly. without being translated at
length on the typewriter. That will be
because so many people will be able
to read shorthand that the translation
will not be necessary. And then every
body will wonder why it did not come
long Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-11-06
HINTS FOR FARMERS
Interest Helpful.

There is no line of business that will
make man an honest living that is all
fun or even largely fun. All business
is struggle to the man who has to
hustle for a living and upon the ear
nestness he shows in his work his sue
cess depends. But there are means to
make any business less wearisome, to
relieve it Of the drudgery that accom-
panies it. Farming is no exception. 1t
can be made interesting or it can be-
come year after year the same round
of hard work and mental stagnation.
Which 1t is going to be does not de-
pend on the farm, the crops, the stock
or any other material thing, but on the
mind Of the man. To the alert. studi-
GUS man farming is problem of never
failing interest. 1t is always pre-
senting new subjects; it is never who'll
ly mastered, but has the perennial fas-
cination of the unknown. 1t demands
more than the stupid routine of piece
work in the factory, and it is well that
this Is so. Every man who studies to
infuse interest into his occupation is
making it easier for himself and others,
is developing himself and Is raising his
work to higher level among the occu-
pations of mankind.-Stockman and
Farmer.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-11-06

"Why should join the Apple Con-
sumers' leagueW says farmers wife,
II do not travel much. usually carry
my own lunch when l do go, and !
cook so much at home that l would
like to try new food when l get a
chance" The most effective mission
aries are not those who go out and per-
sonally tackle the heather. Those who
work at home are no less important.
The farmhouse kitchen is a college of
apple eating. The love of apple is
spread in pie, sauce, dumping, fry,
baked, and every guest or member of
the family should go out with apple
on the tongue to spread the glad It'd
ings. Why, the farmers wife Is the
handspring of the whole league. The
takers are the hands on the clock
she is the works" - Rural New
Yorker.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-11-06

The hay farmers through their ma
tional association are making good
fight against the outrageous conduct of
the railroads in connection with freight
charges. Rates on hay were advanced
from sixth class to fifth class. making
the cost Of shipment from, say, Mich
1gan to New York nearly So per ton.
which is about as much as the western
farmer gets for growing, harvesting
and marketing the crop. The case was
taken before the United States inter-
state commerce commission, the adj
vance was pronounced unjust and the
railroads ordered to restore the former
rate, which was 81 less per ton. The
railroads, however, refused to obey,
and the hay producers have taken the
case to the United States courts. The
refusal to adjust rate pronounced
unfair by the highest authority on the
subject shows the extortionate dispo-
sition of the railroads. What is need
ed is a national law that will give the
interstate commission full power to
quickly enforce it's own decisions.
American Cultivator.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-11-06

There can be no fixed rule for the
number Of times a crop should be cult
waited or plowed. This work should be
done whenever 1t Is needed and not
whenever the farmer can get around to
it. When the crop is growing and rain
comes along run the cultivator as soon
as the soil is dry enough. Never leave
the water formed crust one day longer
than is necessary before breaking it up
into dust and keep it dusty. When this
dust surface is dry you cannot stir 1t
too often. Once day may not be nee
essary, but it would not do any harm,
provided shallow work is done. Deep
blowing is for preparation and not for
cultivation. Good cultivation is easy
these days with our broadcast cultiva-
tors and harrows to begin with and
implements made to finish the work
going once to each row. Every farmer
should have a good supply of these
great labor saving contrivances, and he
should keep them going whenever
wind and weather permit, and when
not in use they should be carefully
protected from rain and sunshine
Farm and Ranch.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-11-06
THE SIXTH SENSE.
Scientists Claim One Human Percep-
ton Has Been Overlooked.


tion Has Been Overlooked.
1t is commonly supposed that hui
man being has five senses-sight hear
ing, feeling, smelling and tasting. 1t is
now held, however, that to these must
be added sixth.
The sense of muscular tension that
we experience when we sustain or
raise a weight Is really distinct from
any or all of the so called five
senses" and is entitled to be called a
sixth sense, says Success. Psychologists
who have tried to measure it, however.
are confronted by numerous difficult
ties, Not only is it hard to separate its
indications from those of the sense of
touch. as experienced by the skin on
which the weight rests, but the feeling
of heaviness differs when the sustain
ing member is moved in order to
"heft' the weight, as the provincial
term has it, A recent French expert
menter avoids all this trouble by caus-
ing the subject to hold the weight sus-
pended by thread between his thumb
and forefnger. When the weight is
suddenly supported from below by
raising a board till contact is made
with it the person who holds the
weight feels a sensation if the weight
be sufficient, and this is entirely indie
pendent of all the elements that have
hitherto proved troublesome. The
smallest weight that is necessary to
produce the sensation is the measure Of
the muscular sense in the person exper-
imented upon.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-11-06

There are two reliable ways to can
celery. The following is more gener,
ally used: Scrape the celery, using the
tender white stalks; cut in lengths to
fit half pint glass jars with large
mouths, pack the pieces in closely and
set the Jars under the cold water fau-
Get and let the water run over the cell
cry for at least twenty minutes. Then
screw down the covers tightly and set
away in a cool, dry closet. The other
way is this: Wash and scrape the ten
der white stalks, cut in lengths to fit
the Jars, set the jars in a steamer and
cook for forty-ive minutes. Then put
them in salted boiling water and cook
thirty minutes longer. Screw down
the lids and cook ten minutes more,
and there you are. One good house
keeper cuts white celery into inch
pieces and preserves them in spiced
white vinegar as little white onions.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-11-06
Hor to Choose HATS.

Consider, o fair lady, your profile
when engaged in the fascinating occu-
patton of choosing hat. If your fea-
lures be sharply prominent avoid hats
that are set back from or off the face,
Choose one that comes we'll forward
and make your hair as fluffy as pos.
sible. A hat with a soft outline will
be much more becoming than one with
sharp angles. If you are of the saucy,
heavenward tilted nose style, then Sc
lect brim crushed here and there. For
a prominent nosed woman, severeness
of outline should be avoided and the
hat worn well forward The small fea-
tured woman should never wear a pic
ture hat.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-11-06
KITCHEN POINTERS
How to Keep This Part of the House
In Good Order.

How to Keep This Part of the House
In Good Order.
Spotless as well as dustless should be
the room in which the cook reigns SUI
preme, says the New York American
1t can be kept in this condition without
the ruling genius being a drudge. III
well ordered households it is the true
index to the character and condition Of
the rooms ''aboye stairs"
Upon every kitchen floor should be
an oilcloth. Nothing is more labor saw
ing.
SKINNED milk gives new look to
old and faded oilcloth, and a bath of
this now and then is an excellent thing
70 clean greasy dishes and pots and
pans a teaspoonful of kerosene should
be placed in a small painful of luke
warm water. The utensils should then
be thoroughly scalded.
Old pots and pans can be well
cleansed by boiling a few ounces of
washing soda in them.
Finely sifted coal ashes and a coarse
cloth are the best means of securing
kettles and ironware.
New tin dishes are apt to give a dis
agreeable taste to everything placed in
them unless water and ammonia are
first boiled in them.
Every few days the coffeepot should
be thoroughly cleaned by rubbing salt
on the inside, This will remove the cof-
fee and egg that adhere to the pot This
should be well rinsed after the salt Is
used.
Nothing makes tins look as though
just from the tin shop with as little
effort as whiting does.
If lard Is rubbed over every part of a
new tin it will remain bright and free
from rust for an indefinite time.
To keep the nickel on the stove bright
make thin paste of ammonia and bak-
ing soda and rub it with wooden
cloth.
A little salt dissolved in buttermilk
will quickly brighten copper after it is
applied.
Turpentine mixed with the stove pol
ish gives an added luster to the stove.
SCOT may be removed from the chin
ney by burning piece of zinc in the
stove.
To avoid unpleasant odors from the
sink keep gallon of water in which a
pound of copperas has been boiled on
hand and at intervals clean with this.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-11-06
The Family Orchard.

The varieties of fruit suited for a
family orchard differ from those for
shipping to distant markets. For home
use succession is wanted from the
earliest to the latest, and no great
amount is needed at any time. For
market not more than three or possibly
four periods of ripening should be pro
vided for-early. medium, late and per-
haps very late-and the entire orchard
should be thus punched as to time of
ripening, so that large quantities can
be placed on the market at one time.
saving labor and freight charges.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-11-06
Raising Onious.

Onions should not be planted on land
containing large quantities of seeds OF
weeds and grass, because the addition
al labor they entail consumes too much
of the profits of the crop. The best
preparation for onions is to cultivate
at least one year and, better, two hard
crops to destroy weeds, and then plant
the onions. Onions can be grown year
after year on the same ground with
ever increasing yield, provided fertiliz-
ing is properly attended to. If insects
or diseases invade the onion patch 1t
will be necessary to change the loca-
ton.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-11-06

Savarin's famous recipe for cheese
fondue is worth preserving. Take
first as many eggs as there are guests
and then about a third as much by
weight of the best gruyere cheese and
half of that of butter. Break and beat
up the eggs well in saucepan, then
add the butter and cheese, grated or
cut into small pieces. Place the sauce
pan ON the fire and stir with wooden
spoon until it is Of a soft consistence,
put in salt according to the age of the
cheese and a strong dose of pepper
that being special attribute of this
ancient dish-and, finally, let it be
brought to the table on hot dish"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-11-06

If new shoe does not conform com
fortably to the shape of the foot, put or
a smoothly fitting stocking, fasten the
shoe and put the foot into as warm
water as can be comfortably borne
covering the instep, says the Chicago
American. Hold the foot in the water
until the leather is quite wet, then keer
the shoe Oh till thoroughly dried. This
treatment will not harm the finest pat
ent or other leather and makes any
style of shoe fit with perfect ease.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-11-06

A tooth paste is generally more salts
factory than a powder. Here is good
formula if you want to mix up some
thing yourself: Eight ounces of pre-
cipitated chalk, four ounces of pow
dered white CASTLE soap, four ounces
of powdered orris root, forty drops of
oil of sassafras, eighty drops of oil of
bay and sufficient honey to form a
paste
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-11-06
The Most Beautiful Complexion in the
United States. Who Has Its

We do not wish to state, but we do
know that any lady can attain purity
and smoothness of skin by avoiding
soap and using Orris and Almond
Teal for toilet and bath. 1t is so
charmingly perfumed as to render it
delightful. Price 25 cents. Sample at
Henry NJ. Smiths pharmacy.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-11-06
HOW 10 Remove Stains From Hands.

HOW TO Remove stains from HANDS.
A little lemon juice will remove near
ly all stains. For whitening the hands
the very best thing is the plain glycerin
and rosewoter sold at all drug stores
Rub it in after washing, but before
entirely drying, the hands. Glyeerin
alone Is too drying
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-11-06
The most popular pentistlln your town

If he is abreast of the time, will tell
you that Peroxide is the best antisep-
tic for the mouth. III he knows Flo
rafOam, he will advise you that it is
the perfumes Of flowers with Peroxide
combined, making a. preparation frag-
rant and refreshing. Price 25c. Sam
pie at Henry NJ. Smiths pharmacy.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-11-06
HOW 10 Keen Parsley.

Instead of keeping parsley in water,
which often turns it yellow, put it in
an air tight jar in cool place. This
will keep it fresh for some time.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-11-06
HOW to Prevent Bed sores.

To prevent bed sores rub little
methylated spirit every day into the
parts soonest affected, using the palm
of your hand and rubbing very gently
till the spirit evaporates.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-11-06

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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-28

ance Of women Accordingly he took
the boy to a hut upon mountain top,
and dwelt with him there alone, teach
ing him to love the gods, and to fear
those evil spirits and devils that modest
mankind
TN this manner the boy grew into
early manhood. He was not aware that
women existed. He knew nothing but
the precepts of the philosophers of old
time. He reverenced all the gods; he
hated all the devils
Then, one day, his father took him
part way down the mountain, and by
i'll chance three maidens appeared in
the distance. They drew nearer. They
passed close by. The youth regarded
them with profound interest.
"What are they, father?' he asked
"They are devils, my son. Hate
Them the father replied.
. From that moment the boy became
melancholy. He sat for long hours
motionless, gazing far away. He would
eat little. He sighed often. He grew
thin and pale.
+" My son. his father asked him final
ly, what is the matter with you?
"Sighing, the youth said only this:
"'Oh, father, that tallest devil! that
tallest devil!'"
The late Harris Cohen (the only or
iginal Cohen, of Baxter street. New
York;, used to tell how he once won a
bet of $50.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-28

over a rebuke that sentry of one of
the departments administered recently
to the Russian ambassadors coach
man.
The coachman, 1t appears, wished to
drive his masters carriage along a
roadway that for some reason, was
barred. When the sentry refused to
let the carriage pass, the coachman
demonstrated. N '-oN ~
Il drive he said., re Russian min
ister."
Il can't help It," returned the SEN
try.
Let me trough" persisted the
coachman; my minister is re Count
Cassini, re ambassador extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary of re car
of all re Russias" tx @~e vs
"Frenchy," said sthe sentry. 1T
wouldn't let you through even If your
master was a free born American citi-
zen." -
Though WI Ting-fang is no longer
resident of the United States, MEM
cries of him still continue to augment
the gayety of the nation. At a dinner
party the other night q guest recounted
a speech Of Mr.. Wu's:
He was discoursing," said the guest,
upon love. He spoke POLITICALLY. 1t
was delightful to hear him. we've
He told how a certain mandarin
once determined to bring up his son
In perfect innocence, in perfect ignor-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-28

II was on cunning trip with some
friends of mine,' he would say, land in a
field close to the house where we slept
a jackass pastured. This jackass kept us
awake with his braying good part of the
night. My friends, do what they would,
could not put a stop to his noise.
II happened to know good deal about
jackasses. They abound, you know, in
Posen, the country where came from. So
said to my friends:
"'I bet you $50 that I can stop this
animals noise, so that tonight he won't
bray once
They took the bet, and that evening 1
treated the jackass for a minute or two.
The result was that all night long he was
as silent as the grave.
MY friends, in the morning. paid me
what was due. and they examined the ami
NAL. They found a heavy stone tied to
his tail. That was all.
''They could not understand why this
should have kept him from braying, so I
had to explain the reason to them. Do
you know the reason? No? Well, it was
this: A jackasS, to bray has to have his
tail elevated till it is level with his back
bone. AS long as it hangs down he can
make no sound. My heavy stone therefore
served the purpose of first-class gag"
Congressman James A. Tawney, Of Min
nesota, has complained much Vt late
about the inadequacy of public school edu-
cation This gentleman once had the good
fortune to bring out very admirably the
difference between the English and the
American temperament.
He was travelling abroad; he was about
20 board an English steamer. A nail