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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-02-05

Pension Commissioner Ware received
u letter from Il man III illinois. recent
ly which read: IL am pow getting n
pension OF So a month. Recently he
Lord has prospercd me and I do not
think | should get so much money. |
gave my service to my rnurtry ard |
think $50 II montl 10 60" much. Is there
any way | can have my pension redu,,d
or suspended wh'ic | enjoy the BROS.
perlty that ls mn" nj present? This il
the only rcqucs, for IL reduction Of peu.
sion ever received by the bureau. /,
was referred to the pension examiner Of
the district III which the man lived, who
reported ~ fOllnwa: II have the homo,
to inform you TINT the person who m.
piled for Il reduction in his pension ia
now III the insane asylum at this pInce
aud has been Tor some time
The Worthington advance., 1904-09-23
THE CANDIDATES GLAD HOUR.

I do not mind the shaking hands,
Nor introductions right and left.
Nor bang and blare Of busy bands
By which the trembling air is cleft
But, o, I have to smile and smile,
To scatter sunshine every place!
Tn thankful for each little while
When I may partly rest my face.
The delegations come and go,
Committeeman drop In to chat
A smile I've always got to show;
l always must remember that.
Although this constant smiling lends
To ones campaigning work zest,
I'm happy when good fortune sends
A ch4nce to give my face rest
Shake hands and smile; smile and shake
Arise Saa1s and bow with winning smile:
Smile, to the footing Of the bands!
I feel just like crocodile!
The We ary muscles Of my cheeks
Seemed stretched to hold my mouth
agape-
I'm bit slave who thus bespeaks
A chance to get his face in shape.
Ail morning ana all afternoon
!. And half the night my smile is on.
Until think of what a boon
~sTwould be were It; forever gone.
Alas! Not mine to question why
My duty is to smile, and wait
And pray that the long hours Nay ny
So that my face may soon get stfais11.
Each dream that haunts N.Y. slumber
sS.Eess4 ASsOSsA4D sT]y& - -. %rJ..,
The Worthington advance., 1904-09-23
Going East This Summer

Get tho vacation habit. Drop your work
and take trip to some Of the Famous East
,ern Summer Resorts 80 easily and quickly
reached by the Nickel Plate Road: Stop
overs allowed at Niagara Falls and Lake
Chautauqua on all tickets. Three elegant
" equipped trains made up of modern Day
Coaches, Dining and Sleeping Cars. running
thru from Chicago to Fl. Wayne, Cleveland,
Erie, Buffalo, New York. Boston and in
termediate points. The Dining Car eerv-
ice of the Nickel Plate Road is up.to-date,
inexpensive and as good as the best. 1ndi-
vidual Club Meals are served at prices rang
ing from IS cents to $l0o. Meals are also
served "a la Carte" Passengers using the
Day Coaches Of the Nickel Plate Road, re-
gardless of the class of ticket held, may be
assured of the most courteous treatment by
our Colored Porters in Uniform, who are
instructed to give every attention to the
welfare of our patrons. Tickets via the
Nickel Plate Road are from 50 cents to
$500 lower than tickets of the same class
between the same points via other lines.
All trains arrive at and depart from the
New La Sale Street Station, Chicago. For
full information regarding tickets, rates;
routes, sleeping car reservations, ETC., call
on or address j. Y. Callahan, General Agent,
No. Ill Adams St., Chicago, III.
The Worthington advance., 1904-09-23
Good Butter Has Good Flavor.

Good butter always has a good flavor.
The flavor counts for great deal more
than anything else in the judging OF
butter. One observer Of the scoring
process says that it may be accepted as
a quite general rule that the higher the
flavor the higher the score. 1t is prob:
able that the Judge is sometimes pre-
JUDGED in favor of butter by its high
flavor even to the extent Of not marking
it of very severely on color, grain and
salt. In flavor the chief quality is what
the butter judges call clean flavor. Just
at this time of year we hear complaints
of q weedy flavor in butter, which IL
evidently due to the dry conditions IN
which some Of the pastures have been re-
Gently. The clean flavor spoken Of above
can. be secured only when the. milk 10
made from good, succulent feed and 10
handled under perfectly clean condi"
tions.-Farmers' Review.
The Worthington advance., 1904-09-23
MADE HIM UNDERSTAND.
Least Intelligent Membsr Of the Au-
disucs Pleasantly Acknowl-
s$ MI. 4sSs q. ~ edged the Truth.

A famous scientist whose early home
: had been in q country district had long
promised to visit the scenes of his boy.
hood and deliver . lecture in aid of the
funds Of ono of the institutions of the
place. At last he fulfilled his promise,
and the lecture was given, relates London
Nt.Bits.
When, ~ IL close, he was converting
with some Of the principal promoters Of
the affair they warmly congratulated him
on the facility with which he made his
rather technical matter interesting and
clear to his somewhat uncultured audi
enco.
II invariably fix my attention upon that
member of my audience who strikes mo
% having the least intelligent face, and
continue to explain any subject upon
which I touch until l see by that per-
sons expression that he understands it,"
Almost directly afterwards the leading
public official of the little town came into
the room and made his way to where tho
scientist was standing.
"Sir, he exclaimed, "you cannot pos.
sibly believe how much real pleasure you
have given me tonight. It seemed to mo
oil the time as if your eye was never away
from me, that you spoke to me alone, and
that your whole wish was to make me
understand every word you said"
The Worthington advance., 1904-09-23
EDUCATING
BENSON * *
Copyright. lsoa. BY Daily Story Pub. Col
0y o. l.. SaEPARO

~"-"~ 0~O-s
YIE HAD not seen her since that bright
June day, over three years ago.
when she had given him q last kind
smile with her great blue-gray eyes as
the car window moved slowly away
from him. He had on that day watched
the end of the last car shrinking away
up the shining lines Of steel, with the
bitter knowledge in his heart that ne
should never see her again. He knew
it was hopeless.
Benson had not threatened suicide or
self-ruin, for gentlemen do not promise
more than they can gracefully perform.
He did not even swear to remain single
He was just thoroughly disguised with
himself for being hasty. He had known
her scarcely three months, but as 1t was
his last term at college, he felt that he
needed to take away with him into the
world some definite inspiration besides
that afforded by his diploma. Moreover,
she had been very. very kind to him, and
he had been fascinated and flattered by
her interest.
ooh, you have spoiled our nice friend
ship" she had said. And thought you
were different from other men"
Benson was as sensitive as any man.
but he had an iron will, so he calmly
said: "Never mind. I'll not refer to 1t
again, and everything will 60 on just as
before"
How kind she was to him all the rest of
the ride How her little fingers fluttered
regretfully on his sleeve at times! She
would not let the matter rest. but in
The Worthington advance., 1904-09-23
DO NOT FORGET THE SALT
Milk Yield Is Decreased II the Cows
Are Kept Without the Min
eral They Crave.

1t ls very easy matter to forget
to salt the cows, as every person that
has had the care Of dairy COWS knows.
Many a farmer realizes the need of
the animals for salt and intends to
give them salt at regular intervals.
Frequently he does not awake to the
fact that the cows are not getting
enough salt till he notices q fiat fresh
taste In the milk, and he at once con-
meets this with the absence of salt.
This f1atness is supposed to be the
only detriment to the non-salting of
the COWS. But tests made at different
times show that the volume of the
milk is decreased by this Withholding
Of the mineral that every animal
Graves. At the Mississippi Expert
ment station the experiment was
tried Of keeping cows without salt
for q number Of weeks. Three cows
were deprived of salt for four weeks.
The first two weeks the milk was
not weighed, as it was likely that the
cows would not at first notice the loss
Of the salt by decreasing their milk.
During the two last weeks of the
period. however, the milk was
weighed and was found to be 454
pounds for the period. The salt was
given to them again and the milk
weighed for the ensuing two weeks,
when it was found to amount to 564
pounds. This was q gain of 110
pounds of milk due to the sailing.
Doubtless the best way to give the
salt is to place large Jumps of rock
salt where the animals can lick them
at leisure. There will then be no
danger of the animals eating too much
at any one time or of poultry getting
at it and eating enough to kill then.
The love Of all animals for salt is
shown by the habit they have of fire.
Quenting places where salt is to be
found. In the early history Of the
country, when hunting was business
as much as any other, the hunters
used to lie in wait in the places where
salt streams flowed from the noun
tains and left crystal deposits on the
rocks, for the hunters knew that such
places were frequented by animals
from far and near for tho purpose of
licking the salty rocks. The processes
Of digestion require salts to 70 assist
them. They can be carried on without
salt, but always at q disadvantage
Farmers Review.
The Worthington advance., 1904-09-23
BITTER FLAVOR, IN CHEESE
A Difacult Problem Which Many
Dairy Authorities Have Tried
20 Solve IN Vain.

In discussing the means Of getting
rid Of bitter favor in cheese, At q
conference Of dairy instructors at Ot-'
tawa, Canada, Mr.. PublOw said
when the whey Is delivered back
to the farms We follow this plan: We
have the tanks thoroughly cleaned ard
then the day when the whey does not
60 back. the farmers have an oppor-
tunity to thoroughly clean the cans.
Where this has been done, there has
been no trace Of the bitter flavor at
the factory the next day. We have tho
bitter flavor - in some factories from
which the whey does not 60 back,
some Of them being the cleanest fac
tories we have in eastern Ontario. In
one factory, I think the cleanest vis-
tied this year in eastern Ontario. out
of the milk Of 81 patrons only that Of
four patrons had this bitter flavor.
and the curd made from their milk
was as bitter as bitter elm. The -curd
broke down quite soft and would
pucker your tongue. Three of these
patrons had their cans under trees,
and the other had cans in the yard
with no tree near it. but they MIXED
in q stable that was not clean, and
the yard where the milk stood was not
clean. When the cans were removed
from under the trees and thoroughly
cleaned, and the stable of the other
patron was whitewashed and the milk
taken care of, the trouble ceased right
away.
1--WE find the bitter flavor il the
most difficult thing to handle in the
making of cheese. 1t seems to be Diff
ferent from the ordinary bitter and
open cheese. The more the acid de-
veloped in the curd, the more open
the cheese would be. We get the best
results by having the milk come in
sweet. But the milk from one section
was Sc ripe that the curd showed acid
when it was soft, there was bitterness
in the cheese, and they would open up
no matter what We did. The open
ness was in little circles or Sits across
the cheese. and in every case the taste
was a little bitter.
In going through tho country I
have been surprised to see how many
cans are under trees. But there are
many cases in which the cans are
kept away from the trees, where the
people are clean and the milk cared
for in flrst-class fashion, and yet We
find this bitter flavor. Unless tho In
fection is in the grass as we'll as In
the trees, do not understand how It
can infect milk under such circum-
stances
The Worthington advance., 1904-09-23
PLAN 70 EXCHANGE BABIES
Clearinghouse in Europe by Which
Different Nationalities Are 11.@
to Be Traded.

One of the curious things run across in
Europe is the scheme Of Frenchman
named Michael Breal. broached as long
ago as 1886, and which Is being again
taken up.
It consists of q Wholesale exchange,
swapping Of children, from one family
to another, says . recent report.
Here is q Partisan father in modest %.
tate, with son. This man has an ambi-
tion that his child shall have a thorough
knowledge Of German. The proper
thing would be to place the child in some
German family for awhile. But tho dim.
Guilty for the father is to discover just
the right sort of family-one who would
receive the child, one that he could trust
with the child, and, above all, one who
had child to swap. The Partisan father
would be spending no extra money in
housing the German child and teaching
It French, while his own was eating at O
German table. Meanwhile two nations
were understanding each other better.
1t was splendid scheme, if only it could
be carried out.
What was needed was a baby broker,
as 1t were, an exchange, a clearing
house for children, an agency to keep
tab of families willing to swap children
and to engineer the swap. A man named
Toni Matthew saw the chance, and i'm
proved it during the vacation period last
year. He had prejudices to overcome.
After deal of letter writing he won the
Indispensable, not to say inevitable,
sanction of college professors, of great
authors, prominent lawyers and men,
bers of parliament. He even succeeded
in placing an order Of five children ON
trial. He devoted whole year to
booming the enterprise. And it was
heart-breaking work. He would win the
approval of lot of English or German
or Scandinavian families, only to find
in his own land no readiness of trade
And yet, in spite of everything, he has
succeeded in measure. The scheme Is
working and Mr.. Matthew has decided
to found society and push the idea for
all it is worth.
This society is to be known by the
solemn title of international Exchange
for Children in the Study of Foreign
Languages and Customs" For honorary
president it is to have M D'Estournelles
De Constant; for acting president, Pierre
Baudin. former minister; for vice presi-
dents, MN. Firmery and Edouard Petit,
inspector general of public instruction
Matthew himself will serve as general
manager, with the backing of deputies
of the chamber if necessary. Jules Sieg-
fried and lot of others will look after
the financing.
An elaborate system of correspondence
has been drawn up already. There is a
precautionary exchange of photographs
first and a severe cross-examination Of
all concerned. The closing details of the
railroad journey. under suitable escorts
in the case of girls, are easily looked
after by the exchange.
The Worthington advance., 1904-09-23

sisted on having all the details. "Why
not feed her woman hearth" he thought
II owe her that much anyhow" So he
discussed his love calmly and phiio-
sophically, as BELTS friendly discourse,
and she discharged her responsibility
by explaining just how and where he had
misunderstood her. They parted good
friends, with an agreement to write.
So they wrote. All through her last
year at college, he received letter
every fortnight. 1t was plain, square,
and was covered with queer, indecisive
pencilings that in no way resembled the
clear, forcible thoughts that they stood
for Nor were the thoughts familiar.
The Dora he had loved had always
seemed an airy, irresponsible creature,
with face prettily odd, and manners
childish and winsome. In the letters
he read a woman with ideals immovable
as granite hills, principles fully
and thoughts lofty and beauti-
full. 1t was an entirely new Dora
to Benson, and he gradually grew
to like her. Meanwhile the dainty but
terfly of his senior year futtered and
faded, and became memory.
When spring came again, she invited
him. formally and informally, to be pres
ent at her graduation. She really wished
his presence, and counted on it. But he
made a polite excuse, and did not 60.
And the reason was simple and human.
He felt that if he went he would owe it
to his sense of gentlemanly propriety
himself to make love to the new Dora.
The dear, charming old Dora was dead.
The Worthington advance., 1904-09-23
EARLY Maturity Is Desirable.

It may be that we have put SO much
stress on the early maturing qualities
of swine that we have reduced their
vitality; but If that Is SO, we have
gained some things in its place. One
of the things gained is the perfection
of desh that makes it possible to mar
ket pig at almost any age. This IS
not true with some of the common
stock of swine that have little i'm
proved blood. The pure bred animals
caa be disposed OF at almost any
time; In the case Of the near~ap-
proach of cholera this 10 q desider-
atum. as it ma es it possible for the
owner to escape the disease by the
quick marketing of his hogs. As this
kind of swine brings good prices young.
hA is not held back by the certainty
that the animals must be disposed Of
at a great sacrifice.-Farmers' Re-
view. :
The Worthington advance., 1904-09-23

My weary face, with mad ming guile;
A nightmare Of ballot box
Demands that I keep on my smile
So, one dull ache from ear to ear, i:
go my way from place to place, .
And finer far than shout or cheer
Would be a chance to rest my face.
w. D. N, in Chicago Daily Tribune.
The Worthington advance., 1904-09-23

sTERILIZING AND BOTTLE RACK.
make steam tight. No floor or threshold
is required. Drainage is supplied
through the floor.
introduce the steam by row of jets
8 to IL in apart from steam pipe laid
near the floor on two sides and con-
nected with live steam pipe. Inside
pipes are capped, allowing steam to es-
cape only at short nipples or holes drilled
in pipe. A flue four inches in diameter
Is placed in top of oven. This is closed
during sterilization and opened after
ward to hasten cooling and dying OIL
bottles. Place bottles ON inclined rack
as shown at c. This permits drainage
Of bottles without further handling and
prevents dust entering.-F. w. Moss
man, in Farm and Home.
The Worthington advance., 1904-09-23
How Edam Cheese II Made.

Edam cheese is made in Holland and
Is pressed in round balls of four or i've
pounds each. When ready for ship
ment they are colored with annotto or
beet root and wrapped with tinfo.A
Edam cheese IL made from milk not
very rich in fat. Often some skimmilk
is used. The curd 10 made very dry and
the curing process is rather slow. so
that the resulting cheese is very mild
and will keep unchanged almost inden-
nitely. 1t is, however, very digestible.
The Worthington advance., 1904-09-23
REFUSED HIS OWN REMEDY
Noted Baltimore Surgeon Resis*s Use
Of Knife for Appendicitis
and Hecovers.

A noted surgeon Of Baltimore was re-
Gently attacked by appendicitis. This
surgeon performed last year 500 opera
tions and lost but two, but when he was
told that he had to be operated upon ho
objected, although the operators were
also noted surgeons and intimate
friends.
mot on your life," said the patient.
Urging was of no avail, and finally
remedies unaccompanied by the knife
we're used.
The surgeon was sick some weeks,
but he finally recovered, and only re-
Gently has been chronicled as having
performed an operation for the disease
with which he, too, was afflicted, and for
which he would not: undergo siege 1t
fellow professionally hands. -: ;.
The Worthington advance., 1904-09-23
Pixies Peak Record.

The record for climbing Pixies peak
was made recently by H. H. Robinson, Of
Colorado Springs, Col. The mountain
is 14,147 feet above sea level, and tho
former record was made in three hours
and five seconds Mr.. Robinson made the
ascent in two hours and Sc minutes. He
wore q heavy pair of shoes, carried an
umbrella, and the last mile walked in
two inches of snow. :
The Worthington advance., 1904-09-23

cemented inside. These silos are built
in q frame addition to the barn, the
roof serving as a roof for the silos.
On account of the time consumed In
their construction, only two Of the
silos were filed this year.
The owner expects when all four
silos are full to be able to run . 40
COW dairy the year round with them
in connection with his summer pas
ture. They appear the best silos l
have ever seen. They are nearly all
above ground. I want to watch these
silos, and will report results at some
later time. There is a single stone
silo on the adjoining farm that has al
ways given satisfaction.-Orange Judd
Farmer.
The Worthington advance., 1904-09-23
BH(}AE4 4W(
@E$ E@|dEE$k2ez:.:
GOOD IDEA FOR .DAlRYMEN.
.aow to Construct . stsrilising Oven
with Rack for Bottles and
Other Utensils.

have In use sterilizing oven with
rack for bottles and tlnware that may
be made by any capable carpenter and
timer. Letter q represents the steriliz-
ing oven with door opened to receive
truck shown at b. The oven is made OF
matched lumber on q light frame, the
inside lined with zinc. soldered ut the
joints The door is double, with beveled
edges, having felt, asbestos or rubber
packing ON the four edges outside to
The Worthington advance., 1904-09-23
FRUITFULNEss OF FADs.
Outdoor Sports and Pastimes That
Benefit Both the Mind
and Body.

To the eye of one scoffer the ancient
sport Of golf is chasing a quinine pill
around ten-acre lot" Another is like
the small boy who watched gray
haired man making bad mess of put
ting" on a green which lay in little hol-
low, exposed to all the heat of sum-
mer sun, and then asked the red-faced
and perspiring victim of bad aim and
worse judgment of force: mister, do
you get paid for doing that?" Yet golf
gives new health and life to many man
at the time of life when such open air
exercise and such novel contact with
mother earth mean more than youth
can understand, says the Cleveland
Leader.
So to other eyes angling is inspired
idiocy. Does It not lead sane and able
bodied men to stand or sit for hours
catching nothing, hoping against hope
that bites will come from the water in
stead Of from creeping and flying things?
It seems to many outside the charmed
circle of the angle, to wrest geometry a
trifle silly to do nothing, hour after hour,
but watch and wait, and agitate string
at the end of a pole. Yet how immeas-
urable the Joy and tonic of fishing to
those who love to be lured away into the
enchanted wilds where nature hides her
secrets of refreshment and inspiration
for the sons of men.
It is the same with unnumbered fadA.
The true test is not from without. Per-
sonal experience is what counts. Tho
only reliable evidence is given by the
faddists. They know what fads mean.
It is q question of inward light. The
outsider has no right to be dogmatic. He
simply cannot get the point of view. He
has a blind side turned that way. He
feels the essence of his own fads, but
Others like unto them might as we'll be in
another planet, for all they know of their
meaning. Fads are self-justifed. They
cannot be brought into court and tried
like law-breakers. Without the fads
and the faddists the world would lack
half the life and zest of the human COM
edy.
The Worthington advance., 1904-09-23
Cost Of Raising q Calf.

The cost Of raising calves from birth
to maturity is treated in q recent farm
ers' bulletin. From record of the
amounts and cost of food consumed, It
has been reported by the Alabama sta
ton that the average cost Of the first
years growth Of calf is about $12, or
$40 until the time Of calving. The sta
tion in Connecticut gives $33 as tho e.
,timated cost of raising q calf until Two
years old.
The Worthington advance., 1904-09-23
In Manchur1a.

First Correspondent-Say, old man, Two
just got bundle of newspapers from
home.
Second Correspondent good
ness. Now we'll be able to learn some
thing of what is going on at the 'front.'
Houston Chronicle
The Worthington advance., 1904-09-23
Proper Qualification.

"He has undertaken to edit society
paper, I hear.
Eyes. and he should make a success
Of it,. -. -. ::
'why. he can't write at ALL"
mo; but .you know how snobbish
he s."-Philadelphia: Press.
The Worthington advance., 1904-09-23

When it comes to backing down in
diplomatic argument the czar is allowed
to take as much of the responsibility as
possible.-Washingto Star.
The Worthington advance., 1904-09-23

" The Ohio farmer who named his baby
Roosevelt Parker is taking no chances.
Atlanta Constitution -~-'
The Worthington advance., 1904-09-23

Fits stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DR.. Kine's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free q trial bottle Il
treatise. DR.. Kline, 93l Arch st., Phila., Pa.