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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-07-29

y pound Of pig iron costs the maj
u%iacturer about i cents. Tins is work
ed up into steel. Of wuich il made til,
little spiral spriug that moves the bal
lance wheel OF a watch. This it'll,
spring weighs a tenth Of Il grain ant
sells as high as 50, so that out OLA pouc,
Of pig iron 5000 Of these springs ma,
DO made, and a substance worth but q.
cents wrought into u value Of S2IQOOO.
One Of the Cinnamon arrested at Beo.
wave for being unlawful, in the coun.
try attempted suicide ut Carson the
other day. lie had produced the neces.
sary certificate Lefore Commissioner Ed.
wards and had been discharged. Being
without means 70 get back to Beowawe,
he thought II best to end his trouble by
taking opium.
Both Roosevelt and Parker are over.
run with visitors these days that cluim
everything. According to those who
visit Parker. Teddy won't run any bet
ter than a blind, spawned mule. But
according to those who visit Roosevelt
the snge OF Esopus won't get anywhere
near the distance pole i'll the November
race. So there you are.
After Il legal battle last ug several
yeare, Admiral Dewey and his men who
fought the battle Of Manila, have been
awarded their prize money for the cap
ture OF the Don Juan de Austria and
other Spanish property. Tho value Of
the property was finally placed Mt Sl,-
G57,3o5. One half goes to Dewey aud
his men and the remainder will be
placed to the credit OF the Navy pension
fund.
The relative importance " Il name
duty to a secret order and his duty as a
citizen seems to he pretty we'll indi.
Gated by the decision OF New York eu-
preme court. that a man fined and i'm.
prisoned for contempt because he re-
fused II Of the lesser judicial bodies
information on the ground that he was
bound by IA lodge oath not to give it,
may purge himself OF contempt only by
stating the required facts. 1t is "a pity
such discipline should be necessary III
an enlightened republic.
BE ware how you speak OF woman
character. Think how long she has
been building it. of the wounds receiv.
ed, Of the tolls and privatiors endured
and let no suspicion follow her action
The purity OF woman is salvation OF the
race, and hope OF future greatness and
the redemption of man. Wipe out her
purity and mar sinks beneath the wave
OF despair, without a altar to guide his
life into IA channel Of safety. Think
then before you speak and remember
hat any hog can root up the fairest
flowers that ever grew, so the vilest can
ruin the purest character.-Ex.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-07-29

on the plains as Il broncbo buster and
his b.oodless career in Cuba, are subjects
Tor many witty paragraph TINT will make
the cold chills run up md down the back
bones Of the Republican editors before
the campaign Is over. How they will
enjoy il!
DIR. Pat;erou Inns sem in his resig.
nation us Superintendent OF the Hoe
pitnl Of Mental Diseases to the As,lum
Board. Ii will probably take effect as
soon rs his successor can be elected
which will Dc at the next meeting of the
Board. There are "A half dozen appli-
cauts for the position. The Carson An
peal in commenting on DR. Patterson's
resignation says that after accepting it,
the hex. thing To do is To make the Asy-
lum straight Fusion from the top to
the bottom. II is claimed that there are
several subordinates there whose party
loyalty is not sound. These people
should be walked out AS soon rs the
Board can take nm inventory OF them.
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Thomas Taggart is a great politician.
Illus election rs chairman OF the national
Democratic committee is rs advanta-
geous to the organization rs it is com.
phmentary to himself in recognition Of
his strength aud shrewdness.
Mr.. Taggart is known us the man who
Keeps his word. lie has never broken
n political promise made to anybody.
Ills almost phenomenal success in his
" state is n demonstration that he has
IA large individual following, and the
the qualities which have entreated other
men unto INN in Indiana will swiftly
draw to him similar elements through.
ont the United Ststes.
IT, was no mistake to select Thomas
Faggart. Under his generaIship the
campaign will he won.--Utah State
Journal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-07-29

butchers and craftsmen who arc out Oh
sympathetic strike closed aud That nm
der TO circumstance will they he re
opened. All hope Of a peaceful settle
ment OF the great strike has been aban
doued.
Notw1tbst anding the great prosperit,
OF the country that our Republican
frieuds pirate about SO much, the great
man ufacturinp concerns arc reducing
wages and strikes are the result. Up
wards Of $4,000 operatives Of the t'all
River, Massachusetts, millt struck Mon,
DAY to protest against IA reduction oi
l219 per cent in their wages. The cost
OF living goes up and the wages OF
skilled workmen 20 down. This is Re.
publican prosperity for the manufact-
urers, but whe,e do the laborin9 people
come in?
The governments special land com.
mission. including Secretary Wilson,
will meet representatives Of the western
states in Denver, August 81, ith and 9th
wv NV Pun I'~t " coNSlitTlHp kEe UT:u
land and forest reserve questions. Presi
lent Stubbs received IA telegram this
afternoon frOn Clarlce +. Martin, sec.
Rotary Of the National livestock Asso.
citation requesting his presence at the
cOnference.-Gazette.
The preliuiin ny examination OF Lon
Burkhart III the charge OF burglary
came up before Justice Morgan this
forenoon. Tho State presented it's evil
dence and the defendant waived his
night to make n statement. Justice
Morgan held Inn to appear before the
grand jury and fixed his hail at $500.
Failing to give the bond Burkiart went
to Jail.
\ freight train in the Winnemucca yard
was broken INTO Friday night and a lot
Of valuable goods taken, Sheriff Lamb
was notified and soon dug up five gunny.
sack filled with boots and shoes. lie
also tOund TINT a white man had visited
a camp nf 1tatian railroad laborers and
aold fix and one.half dozen pairs Of
shoes for $3.50. Beside the shoes and
boots taken, the thieves got away with
about a thousand pounds Of choice gro
ceries. The white man who sold the
shoes and his colored partner were ar
rested and locked up.
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Hot Rolls,

hot. mullins, hot cakes,
made with Royal Baking
Powder may be freely
eaten without fear of
Indigestion.
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FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
Salmaqundi.

4 little rain this afternoon lowered
the temperature several degrees.
The formality OF notifying President
Roosevelt ~ his nomination was gone
through mt Oyster Bay today. Tedd,
doubtless made Il great spiel for votes.
Iieno's city council has pnssed M
ordnance authorizing the oiling oi sew
eral st reefs. The Remedies will soon be.
gin paving their streets with gold.
Governor Peabody issued "a proclana-
tioh ycster lay calling oil military rule
and placing the Cripple Creek district
i'll charge OF the civil authorities.
j. p. Raines, the Pine valley rancher,
has his eix-lcgged calf on exhibition nt
st. Louis. The calf is said to be coin
ing money and its owner is spen ling it.
James NJ. Budden. IA Spanish war
veteran, died nt the county hospital.
Reno, Monday morning, He WAS a na-
tive OF California, aged 30 years and G
months.
John j.. Ryan, owner OF racchorses,
was arrested in New York este day on
"a warrant charging him with The larceny
III 100000 by means Of nm alleged got
ri~ch-quick scheme. The warrant was
sworn ont III ST. Loust.
Tho railroad to TonOpah was complet.
ed Saturday night and the first through
train from Sodaville arrived Sunday
morning. Tho Tonopahans are having
Il big time this week celebrating the
event.
to II notice OF meeting elsewhere for the
purpose ~ selecting delegates TO be
voted for Mt Saturdays primaries. II
you want to 90 to the convention or wan
someone clso to go. be suro and attend
the meeting tomorrow night.
Thomas }. Taggart OF indianapolis
liz tho chairman Of tho National Demo
cratic committee. This iDsuree a hot
fight for lndiana'e electoral vote. Tag.
gnrt is n tighter who never knows whcr
to quit. He's never whipped.
A pair OF scissors seven feet long ia M
exhibit in tho Palace OF Varied Indus
tries ut the Worlds Fair. Tho blade,
are OF nickclel steel aud the handle.
arc Of solid gold bronze, very massive
and designed i'll the Gothic style. The
scissors were especially made Tor e1hibi
don at Il coat 81 $1,000.
Ex-senator George q Vcst, one oil
the Nations greatest and puroet men
ia critically III Mt hia homo nj Sweer
SrrinRs, Missouri. Tho latest reports
SAY That no ia still c%oncions, but Iii
mind wandcrB ut times.
In tho matter 81 eight hour law, which
has been in the hands Of the Suprcm,
Curt for n number u weeks the Cour
yesterday asked Attorneys Chartz snt
Sweeney to submit additional author
itics upon certain points to bc ready 10
September 2th.-Carson Nows
Tho Chicago packers have Issued
statement 10 tho public in which tho
! declare oil negotiations with tho q rikipl
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FROM MONDAYS DAILY.
Salmagundi.

f.. 4. Fulkcrrnn nf BE-" vnwc Wan III
town this forenoon.
Mrs. Joacrh Phillips and son Of BuI
lion arc in town. They report every.
thing quiet in that s"ciion.
Tho White Elephant Hal0on nj Ogden
was held up by three masked mon Snt'
urday night mud $500 taken. Several
elIOta we're fred. Int no ono waa hurt.
Rcv. @. II. Greenfield writes the In
DErESpEHT that no will return from
Glrdnervillo on tho 30th and hold bic
regular Sunday acrvirca on the 3lst
Charlcs Wallace convicted of obtain,
ing money from Reno husimss men by
means Of bogus checks. wne given aiS
Yaars in tho pcnitcntinry by Judge
curlcr Saturday.
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FROM THURSDAYS DALI.
Salmagundi.

Oullluuunul.
Senator Williams of Churchill county
is in town.
Judge Talbot came up from Carson
this morning. lie is looking well.
Mr.. Robinson OF Ruby Valley is in
town for a day two.
Miss Lizzie IIOugh ia visiting Mrs.
Maggie lIough in Carlin.
u. S. Attorney Sarils Symmetrical
and wife have departed for Il trip to
Alaska.
Rev. George ii Greenfield has return.
ed 10 Elko and will hold services next
Sunday at he re ;ular hour.
Ilie Nyr md Ormsby County bank
has declared II dividend Of 81 per share
Tins is Mt the rate of 10 per cent per
annum
Democrats should remember the meet.
ing. Turn out or hold your peace after
the delegates are selected.
Joe Miller, who buncocd n Swede
out Of so in Reno about two weeks ago
by means Of the lock trick. has been
sentenced to Jail for fifty days.
Robert Brooks convicted at Reno OF
robbing q store Mt Sparks has been SEN.
fenced to the penitentiary for five years.
Brooks is said to be Ramsey. an rx.con.
vict.
The delegates from Nye county to tho
Democratic State convention arc said
to favor Bartine for Supreme Judge.
Tho caucus TINT selected them instruct
ed them to so vote in the convention.
Zen L. SheGrer, recorder and auditor
OF Washoe county, has filed his ~resigna-
ton with the clerk. lie has held the
office for several terms. His present
term would have expired Oh the first Of
January next.
III. G. Lawrence. tho Ilazcn postmas.
tor, who is in jail mt Fallon. charged
with assault with intent to kill. is Gus.
pected OF making way with James
Eagle, n Churchill county farmer, early
in February. Eagle left Fallon to go to
Wadsworth to pay George Burton sGCC
which he owed him. lie WIS last seen
at Hazen.
The ex~Cursionists who left this cit,
Sunday to go to ronopah, says tho Car
son News, did not arrive in the mining
camp until 8 o'clock Monday morning
II appears that a carload Of ice aud two
OF beer which wero attached to the pas
sengcr train on the Ton1pah liue wer,
too much Of n load for the locomotives
but The Carson people refused to 20 OF
without the ice, whilo the Comstockcrt
vowed they would never got foot II
Vonopah il tho beer was left behind.
President Roosevelt's speech in re-
pponso TO the committee notification
claims That the county is enjoying III,
greatost prosperity II over Inns enjoyed
M tho rcsult Of Republican rule. Aut
this Notwithstanding the fact TIM
thousands OF laborcrs arc striking foi
wages sufficient to ckc ont u mere cxis
tence. Bnt perhaps. Roosevelt Ind oll,
the truets in mind whom no mnde hi,
speech. They are coming money on
OF the wage earners and email business
mon Of the country.
Some of our Republican, exchanges
enjoy poking fun ut Senator Davis, Par
kcr's running mate. because Of hia nd
vanced years. 1hoy scem to forgot tina
their candidate Tor President 10 over
moro vulnerable than Davis. Teddy,
teeth and his blood curaling cIpericnc,
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here who will be %saddenned by the news
OF his death.
Mrs. Nettie Cravens, who claiued to
be the wife OF ex-senator Fair is in a
hospital at st. Louie. She is under
treatment for a shock to her nerves re-.
ceived IN II street car accident several
months ngo. She is carried no the hos.
pitnl record rs Mrs. Ncttie Fair,
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BORN.

FRANK-ln EIko, Nevada. July 10Th.
1911, to the wife OF Thomas Frank OF
Ruby valley, a con.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-13
ABOUT "oUITTERs."

cs+andine IN for your rights is COM
mendable, but when baseball man
ager thinks he owns the game, the
c1,,hs the park, the league and the
time of the fans, a liberal application
of cold cloths should be applied to ms
head to reduce the swelling. The pom
hastic assertion of 'I am it, of Cap
tain Dud Risley of lola when he order
ed his team from the field in Wednes-
davis game with Topeka, because the
unpire's decision did not suit him. IS
referred to in the preceding lines.
Coming right down to the facts IN
the case, why does not Mr.. Risley and
those like him get off in dark corner
and ask themselves this question;
who pays the salaries? Who is 1t!'
There is but one answer: The people,
Then Mr.. Risley would better ask him.
self another question: Am L TO De the
whole thing, or am under obligations
to give the people what they are pay
ing for?" And he can do anything but
affirm the last question. Victory il
sweet. and pleasant the fruits thereof
hut diving in the last ditch with defeat
lvoking your shoulders, wins mort
hearts from the American baseball pub
lie than all the rowdyism and quit
ting can propagate. The umpire Il
maid to run the game. Manager Rislel
is maid to play the game. When he hai
done his pErt, and the umpire seems
unfair and incompetent, his recourse L
to the management of the league Blu
first he must do mis- part. He must no
ask for a bed of roses in the first inning
and falling to find it, run away tn
crowd does not pay for that 1t pay
; for a baseball fight. 1t pays for a hgh
: between prowess and science. on on
f side. and prowess and science on tn
? other. 1t can find mouthy hydrophobi
: disturbances without going to a base
ball park. 1t doesn't care thing aoou
Mr.. Risley's opinion of the game am
; the umpire If the latter is wrong tn
crowd finds it out in hurry and pay
$ him in compound interest for his error:
q demonstrations of a practical natur
!. iaIong that line have been given owe
I the league recently. One umpire wa
$ hit in the head with a brick, anothe
t with a bat, Topeka mobbed two, LeaN
e enworth followed Topeka's lead in re
= gard to another. and SO on.
= President Sniveley did right In finin
A Risley $50 for his act. The nations
e agreement rules say that it shall
8 done. Therefore Risley ought to
e given another fifty for he did the san
h thing at Joplin. Incidentally Presidel
o lTholen of the lola team should be con
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Rebnked by a Child.

Row Rolfe ellison is fond of telling OF a
little scene which he once witnessed at
s.T vas coming out of the door of the
postonice,' he says, land noticed a niue ne
girl just ahead of me. she was PEI I "a a. :
Checked, and clearly well able to take
cars Ut " ecross the narrow street was the
oo,nty fail As the girl stepped on the
sidewalk she slipped and fell forward, ne.
gmartly. A prisoner standing at DarTe1
window of the Jail set up loud GERS feet
"a ln ne face afiame Turning toward the jan
she shook her little. fist and cTied tia,, z
voice vibrant with righteous inoif ,td,,sd
haer rood you wouldn't be where you
are. New York Tribune
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-13
JIM BLUDso OF THE PRAIRIE

Wall, no! can't tell whar he lives,
Because he don't live, you see;
Ae of iiviS Ike nes you sS1 a aud me.
Whar have You been for the last three
That you haven't heard folks tell
How Jimmy Bludso passed in his checks
The night of the Prairie Belief
He weren't no saint-them engineers
Is all pretty much alike; u,u
One wife in NatcheZ- under-the-Hhl,
And another one here, in PIKE;
A keeriess man in his talk was JIM
But he never funked, and he never lied
I reckon he never knowed how.
And this was all the religion he had;
To treat his engine well;
Never be passed on the river;
And if ever the Prairie Belle took fire.
He'd hold her nozzle agin the bank
Till the last soul got shore
All boats has their day on the Arississip.
| And her day came at iastI
The M9vaSt aii was S w pe5Iep f be passed
| And SO she come tearin' along that night
The oldest craft on the nne@-. ,,,1,s.
| With a Niger squat on her safety VdlVe.
And her furnace crammed, rosin ana
pine.
The fire bust out as she clared the bar,
| And burnt hole in the night.
| And quick as a flash she turned ana mace
For the willer bank on the right. III,
There was runnin' and eursln' put Jim
| yelled out,
/ Over all the Internal roar:
4 HI'u hold her nozzle agin the Dank
| Till the last galoot's ashore.
Through the hot, black breath OF the
burnin' boat
| lin BIudso's voice was heard,
And they all had trust in his cussedness'
| And knowed he would keep his word:
And sure's you're born, they all got or
| Afore the smokestacks fell
And Bludso's ghost went up alone
| In the smoke of the Prairie Belle
He weren't no saint-but at 1edgment
I'd run my chance with Jim,
'Longside of some pious gentlemen
That wouldn't shook hands with nlm'
He seen his duty, a dead-sure thing-
And went for it thar and then;
And Christ amt a-goin' to be too hard
| ON a man that died for men. . -,
I-John Hay, Pike County Ballads, 1871
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-13
a11AKER REFLECTIONS.

From the Phfiadelphla hecoroI
The motto of the bill collector should
be: Dun not, that we be not done.
There's nothing like marriage TO cure
the fellow who thinks he knows IL all
man never realizes how uninportant
he is until he attends his own wedding.
No man is so jolly that sooner or later
he doesn't stack up against a joiner.
A mans earning capacity is seldom as
great as his wifes yearning capacity.
The skeptic doesn't believe everything
he hears even when he talks to himself
Even the glove manufac turer doesn I
like to have his stock thrown back On MS
hands. -
IT is human nature to sympathize with
the under dog, but sometimes he deserves
all he gets.
AS a rule the young fellow who boasts SIS
of his vices isn't as dangerous as the olo
chap who parades his virtues.
Tt is the average girls ambition TO
change her name, but she doesn't always
succeed because she changes her MIND TOO
often.
..Most of us have an. ak to grind re- re.
marked the Wise Guy. Well doeSnl tne
earth remove on its axis?" asked the Sim
pie Mug.
De Tanaue-"what's the matter witt
PHONES? He used to be a good fellow.
OSSoaoue-s'I hear he has turned over a
new leaf and reformed
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IAYHAWKER JoTs.

Five course luncheons are ABOUT
right for Girard society events
Cawker City claims to have the
most rubber tired buggies OF any town
of its population in the state
Owls. snakes and prairie dogs are
still a nuisance in Stafford county.
luckily they all dwell in one den.
The Green ELM correspondent OF
the Pittsburg Headlight says: Ihe
threshing machine is in our midst TINS
week.
For life preservers when they go
swimming Emporia girls take pillow
sins. wouldn't a buoy be more ap-
propriate.
A Lyon county musical composer
has gotten out a piece of sheet music
which he STYLES "Buster Brown" But
how about the tonsils of Mr.. Jones
and Mr.. Smith?
A wichita woman has sued nelgh-
hor for $4,000 A woman wants a
lot of things in this world she doesn
get. and a man gets lot of things
he doesn't want.
| At Kingman local ball games are
started off with Hail the Conquer1ne
Hero Comes by the band IL the
other crowd gets the most scores a
mob will look after the umpire.
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Things Were Twisted

.In crossing from Liverpool to New
York I met a Spanish officer, SAID an
Anerican traveller land knowing that he
could not have fellow feeling I,fs for FL me 9ne
Ia st dav of the voyage, however, ne came
to me and held out his hand ana san ~.
" Mr.. Blank / should have been gIa1
70 have seen more of you during the
week.
:. .There were things and people want
L = Ana nd I should have been glad to give
YOU any information ,v, that
Would you? wish had known n s,ns
You see, Mr.. Blank, our respecllvtgh e - Gu
tries unfortunately disagreed on the Cu-
han question and war resulted
Yes, unfortunately. .. 70
lick YOU out of your boots, Mr.. Biank'
didn,f know but you still cherished Z
grudge against my nation. l am re3 REQ -
fo hear that you don't and that you aTs
one of those men who knows when ne Il
yell licked and bears no hard feelings.
s1T,here was a chance for argument over
his remarks" said the traveller, out a.
he had gone along for five or SIX year.
relieving one way, I felt it would be voc zoe
had to disappoint him and therefore Aep
still.
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spent Part F1ooiishIy.

At a reception given recently to
General Chaffee by the mihtiamen at
Poughkeepsie the general told tnls
mot long ago soldier. in the regus
lar army stopped me on the street anu
asked me to lend him quarter
why, yesterday you received your
months pay, did you not?' L asked
him.
Where is your money now!
ITS like this he went on. Ieit
the most and crossed to New Z ork
y,ith that $3.50. 1 met a friend ana
we had dinner. I was nightly sur
prised when the bill was IS. men ve Z
hourht 81 worth of cigars ana We
.,,enf IN the theater for 81. After the
th heat We went down the Bowery'
and T snent So there.
aha .r 4 SIS replied. What
happened to that other so Genus .z,sd
1.-THE old fellow seemed puz1ieu
Finally he answered:
rln !. = must have spent that foolish
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