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with flowers fresh and ,s,Y

with flowers frcsh and gay2
l see the vet'raua gather IN their button.
Cd coats Of blue,
With here and there an empty sleeve to
prove the weare true;
l hear them talk Of battles in their
youthtime long ago,
Where side by eide they stood and met
the onslaughte Of the fee;
And now the voice is client, and each
soldier bowe his head,
For we'll they know this sacred day
Columbia crowns her dead.
The flag halt-mast is flying and the air
is filled with praise
Ofthose who by the Nation stood through
out her trying days,
When strobe the God VI Battles in his
fury Ger the land,
And crimson grew Poton,uo's tide and
red the Rio Grande;
When tile cannon tore the cedars III Tue
green wales OF tue South, -.
Where now the blue-bird builds her nest
deep in the mortor's mouth;
But ah! the snowy wings Of Peace above
those tel is are spread,
And Columbia, like II mother. comes to
crown her gallaut dead.
No more l hear the rumble OF the bat
ties brazen car,
have to part the flowers fair to lind the
wounds Of war;
hear d robin singing where the colonel
bravely died,
Aud a butterfly Ii hov'rng where the
iegions multiplied;
The bugle is no longer heard ON fields
we love to name,
And tho roses bloom iii beauty in the
sacred camps Of Fame,
And down the street a marching, with
OLD Glory at the r head,
Come the v%et'rans, for Columbia bids
them all salute her dead.
Sleep en-. o wearers Of tbs blue: the
need OF pruise you've won,
Sleep ON the long, long summer thro' IN
shadow nud i'll sun;
Ii sweetest bloom tim Nature yielde
lice Oh !he soldiers breast,
And nevermnre wars clarion DC shall
break your peaceful rest;
The battle echoes vanish like u distant
c%anuon's boom.
behoIa! Columbia gently lays L wreath
upon ID tomb
My children! Peace be with yUuTspeaks
h o. with dropping head.
Then she kiss es All the ros.s sb. haa ln;I
upon her dead.
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how the cotton mill operator gets any
benefit from it. Laborers in many un-
protected employments get more than a
dollar a day. Moreover, the owners Of
cotton mills import lsborers free from
foreign countries. II the protective
tariff makes prices Of commodities high
-as We know it 6oos-why is there not
a tariff on imported laborP That is the
logic Of protection to labor by a tariff, il
it ID to be done at all, but the fact of it
ID that it is not intended to make labor
high. The men who make this argu-
ment IL order TO get labor support are
the ga me men who import foreign labor
to keep down the prices they ust pay
TO labo;ers at home. They are the men
who sell 10 customers i'll America steel
rails for SIS II ton, and sell them abroad
at go to S22, making u big profit On IN
article that confessedly costs about SIG.
The argument tint protection makes
high wages il a ridiculous fallacy. :.
They have always been hig her in
America than in Europe. But in
Europe the highest wuges are paid i'll
tree-irade England und the countries
where they are the lowest have the most
rigid systems Of protection.
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GAYNOR'S POINTED VIEW.

Justice W. j. Gdynor uf the appellate
York, in II recent address in Kansas
City, Mo-, rs reported by u newsgsther-
ing association, made John D.. Rock
Teller the object Of an ATTACK without
specifically mentioning his name. fle
puintodiy called attention to his ST.
00c 600 gift and told how tue great
fur;uue had been built up through re-
bates and determinations by railroads.
lie characterized these as the greatest
crime OF the century.
He also criticised judges who had
used passes. Turning to the railroad
situation, he declared that government
ownership was not such a long step, cit
ing that under she law the railroads
we're public highways. He said:
al. then, certain individuals in a
short lifetime become possessed OF so
much property that they can make alb
normal gifts to charity;ii one man can
get so much ont OF tbs 1;rision II; =
total products Of prosperity while others
are getting 30 little, that he can give
away, for instance, the vast sum OF
$4,000. COO without feeling 1t or missing
it, 30 colossal is his wealth, any mors
than you would misc 80. wo make u fatal
mistake il VT ascribe such a condition to
prosperity. Rather let us pause and in
quire whether such colossal fortunes
could be acquired in a state of prosper
ity, which r, sts on Il Just division OF the
pro5ucis Of pros pority.
at we find the publ, highwIys Of
the country, the railroads OF the coun
try, being used to allow u few 10 acquire
such fortunes at the expense of their
fellow. men, their ireights carried at a
lower rate than others have to pay, and
80 much lJwer that they are enabled to
undersell and destroy their rivals in
business and hereby create monopolies
in themselves, our condition is not only
not one OF prosperity, bnt it ia dangerous
TO the perpetuity Of onr free govern.
ment.
"Just think for n moment OF these
public highways beng used to enable
a few men TO destroy their business
rivals, by mean OF iavoritism in freight
rates. 1t is the bastsl crime of our
generation.
~An Of our legislatures and public
officials, fron constable and assessor up
whose aid and good will were service.
able to those who controlled the rail.
roads, and who would accept, passes
were given themselves and friends and
corrupted by them And oven some OF
our judges -'tell it not in Gath; publish
it not in the streets Of Askalon'-had
their passes or rode in private cars
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THE DAILY INDEPENDENT
CHILD LABOR
STATISTICS.

1t is a Q hat uncomfortable thing
TO know that, according TO the United
States census retarns there we're l.fN,~
l78 child wage earuers in 1900 i'll this
country between the aEes Of 10 and 10
inclusive. OF this number, however.
one-third had attained their 18th year,
and 5:,8 per cent, or over over one half,
we're either IA or Is years OF age. About
60 per cent of the number were employ
ON farms.
or the whole number about 100000
are Chased as working ut occupa-
hons that are wholly or partially obiec.
tionable, md the number 40 engaged
between 10 and IL years OF age are as
follows.
Bookkeepers, clerks, stenographers,
etc., EGGS; boot and shoe makers and
repaires, 9ls; draymen. hackmen. team.
sters, etc, 2,240; glass workers ], I33;
laborers mot specified), 1926; laun-
dressee, 1855, messengers and errand
Office boys and girlp, 0,826; metal work.
ers, PASS; miners and quarrymen, 5000;
packing and porters, 1913; painters.
GLACIERS and varnishers, 343; printers.
photographers and pressmen, 800; sales
boys and s~alesgirls, 1914; servants and
walters or Mattresses, 3l,462; textile
mill operatives, 26.74i; textile workers.
400; tobacco and cigar operatives, .,
628, aud wood workers, 2,3lS.
There are three great objections to
child labor; it prevents the proper
physical and mental development OF tine
child, often subjects him to immoral
surroundings, and keeps him from
obtaining n proper education.
The children on the farms may be
counted ont. Their surroundings are
seldom sucL rs to hurt them. and they
attend school on the whole to a very
great extent. varying with the require.
ments Of the several states in this
matter.
The greatest evil is found III the
cotton mills. sweat shops, and mines.
Recent statistics are not available but il
is computed that in 1902 the cotton
mills Of the south employed 80, 00O
children, and there were 5000 under ten
years OF age. Think Of that, babies
almost, some Of them receiving only 10
cents a day!
Ii is those OF less than ten years Of
age who constitute the most pitliul part
OF the whole national shame. No
statistics have been compiled OF them
but they are believed to number in the
thousands.
The passage OF anti. child labor laws
Tor which union labor is largely respons.
IDLE is rapidly lessenIng the evil,
but still much remains to he done, and
it ID u question how many generations it
will take to get rid Of the harm already
done, for the evils cntailed are handed
down from generation to generation
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Ely's Increasing Population.

1t bias been estimated by those in a
position to know, that the increase in
population VI this ecuop is now averag-
ing from eight hundred to one thousand
per month.
Thus does not mean that Ely is grow.
ing with such rapid strides, for many Of
the arrivals are making their homes at
the emelter and the various mining
camps surrounding the city.
The arrivals at Ely will doubtless
average from seventy five to one hun
dred daily, may " whom belonging
here, and are returning from trips to
other sections. There have beam days
when the arrivals we're from one hun
dTed and :%enlysHYe 10 one hundred
and fifty, but thess a5o exception al.
However, the travel is Decreasing stead.
lily. and will probably continue to in.
crease during rhe entire summer and
fall.
or the arrivals it is sHfe to s,y that at
least ffty per cent, remain to become
citizens ether Of lS!y or some part Of the
dist
1t Is ~son bly, safe 10 predict that
the to Sn will have population Of not
less b a five thous"ni before the clos.
ing OF the year, Which represents II
steady. whoIee0me growth.
Zeal estate tranaau .luI,s have not been
as active during the pnal f"w weeks Hs
tosmely, hut II lHrger number OF build.
ngs arr beng erected than ever before,
and uf IL better class. They are bea.g
built ON properly purchased during TIL.
winter uIonths, and will have ii tendency
TO strengthen all property values, and
will shortly create an InGreased demand
for lots. Mining Record.
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A PALAPABLE HIT.

In an editorial entitled, "Wuges Dii
fusion tho Louisville Courier Journal
mhkee mn interesting answer to u republi.
can paper that claimed that the cotton
mill operators III North Germany get
only sl9lGi n year. while ~ America
;liey yet 30I.57.
The Courier journal says. sIt looks
q little queer to gee arguments Tor
protection made on the grounds that IL
gives our labotcrs s30i.57 u year There
are 3l3 working days IN u year. barring
holidays with pay. az that the wage il
less than a dollar a day. Now, n farm
mt $50 q month and board, gets
s240 in MONEY, and tho hoard would,
even Mt q low rate, bring the total up as
high as that Of tho cotton mill operator.
In we'll known that tho farm laboror
Ias no protection, and II IL hard IN seo
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GIANT CRACKER WAS REAL.
Lawyers Great Joke on Friends In
Court Room.

Assistant Corporation Counsel
ways ready to play II joke on any
If his friends. and, according to gen.
inl. Lum Harper. chief assistant 10
Clerk Potts, he seems to take special
delight in "deviling" him. According
to Mr.. Harper, about the worst MIR.
Pugh eve did was some years ago,
when Judge Miller was on the bench
and Gen" CoXey's army was In town.
The court had received several let
tiers stating that II the general" was
sen down to the workhousc that the
courthouse would be ~"dynamitcd."
one morning after CoXey had got
ten what Judge Miller thought was
coming to him, Mr.. Pugh came into
the lower court room with a giant
ilrecracker. which looked all the
world like "A fake" for the reason
that II was covered with advertising.
He laid II on the clerks desk. Mr..
Harper contemplated II for a moment
and as II was before the opening of
the lower court, he was smoking q
cigar. In Il moment he touched the
light to the fuse and watched It burn.
while Mr.. Pugh just stepped back
and LATED" Balin Cole was stand.
Ing with his back to the desk and Mr..
Harper. not watching, when the
cracker exploded like u cannon or.
iicers rushed into the court room,
thinking some one had been shot, and
word WAS brought downstairs In a
moment that Judge Miller, who had
bccl hearing n case from the bench.
had Jumped about six feet" II Is
said that he thought the place was
being blown mp by tie friends OF
CoXcy. and VIXEN Mr. Harper came up.
stairs n new moments later to OK.
plain that II was not an anarchistlc
attempt. but a prank OF Jim Pugh.'
lie said he felt much relieved and
hoped II would not occur again. Now
ndays, II the prosecutor comes in
with II shooting cracker Mr.. Harpcr
says he IS going It look inside he.
fore he applies any lights to the fuse.
RULE THAT WORKS WELL.
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Neyada's Increased Gold Output.

WASHINGTON. D.. g, May :5sh-G. l..
Roberts, Director Of the United States
Mint and AN unquestiuned authority Oh
finance aud gold and silver production,
has authorized the Journal OF Finance,
through its Special Representative
Henry ID. Barker. to print the following
advance statement, preliminary to the
regulation official report which will not
be published until about Doc. /:
Director Of the Mint George Il.
Roberts, in M interview accorded today
to Il representative OF the journal OF
Finance, stated that no considered
Nevada likely to show greater Increases
in gold production tho next few years
than any other regiDn OF the world
He figures the Nevada production this
year will amount TO S~l5.O00,0CU OF nj
least oue.hRlf again more than last year.
"Our report on the production OF gold
for the United States in l00G. which iP
now being compiled he saiu, but will
not be ont for six montbs, will show u
production for Nevada Of approximately
Sl0,0O0,OOJ as against 81, $50, 100 the
previous year.
But last years figures do not do
Justice to present production, which ls ut
IA rate at lrast one.half greater. | focl
confident TINT Nevada in 1907 will pro.
duce at least Sl5, OOO. 600 gold, aud will
rank close to AlnTka, Colorado and
California in gold output.
sTho gold mining industry OF Nt vada,
ns it exists today, at pinces like Gold.
field, TODopah and Rhy olite, is only in
infancy. There liz cviieutly almost a
limitless amount Of gold under the
desert lloor ~ tbie state.
-The gold pro lUc' ion ~ tho United
States III 1906 WIS alb mt Sg6. 600. 900 as
against 1888. $780, 100 III 1905 believe
that III 1907. Trunks chiefly to The iu
cfeas : IN N"vadn, the production will be
above sl0U, 600, co.. Such gains in gold
%productiop are the i~inaLCial salvation of
this country. lind it not been FOR the
enormous increase ~ our gOlI supply,
enabling q large safe cEpnnsiop OF
credite, wa would have Ind "A seriyus
~reaction lopv ago"
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SCANDAL IMPENDING.

IL the present administration has any
high claim ON the support OF tho lnde.
pendent vote, it has been on the ground
OF reforming political abuses. But we
now ace thu means adopted by practical
politicians TO hold power and place are
being openly and brazeDly put in
practice by President Roosevelt md his
cainbet officers to gain control Of tho
next republican convention. Civil
service rules and regulations have been
thrown TO the winds and efficient officials
are being asked to resign because the,
belong to tie opposing faction and IL
their resignation In not Immediately
Forthcoming they are removed @for the
good Of che service" and their places
filed with administration men,
But this obnoxious for IN Of political
activity Ia now outdono by another and
worse political evil. II ia conceded that
First Assistant Poet master General
Hitchcock has been touring tho southern
states Tor rthe purpose of lining up the
federal Office holders for the admiDietra.
ton program and probably. 10 there 10
any doubt Of their fidelity and activity
for that purpose they will be dismissed
and others found who are more capable
or trust worthy In corrulliuR the darl y
voters that viii elect The delegates To
the republican national con yentioD. IL
the southern states those republican
voters who are not feeding at tho fcdcrnI
are VIGOROUSLY "agin" the ad
ministration. aud as only a small minor
ity can be supplied with government
there In a continual s9ieaIing by
The "ouie" 10 got their noses In the
In place Of their more fortunate
There 10 always fierce competition to
DO elected delegates 10 the republican
convention, for experience has
.hown tho negro politicians that when
here is a factjonal fight for control
4 the party, both factions are willing to
ontributo for expenses aud votes. or
ourse, the admin s m.iob expects The
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Business Locals.
Proofs Of Labor on mining clnim- 10
sale at this office.

Proofs Of Labor on mining clnims for
sale at this office.
Wanted Board and room, III r tie
family, Apply at l~NDEpEHpENr Office
S. Jacobs has IA beautiful line Of
ready made clothing.
Blank Options to Purchase Mining
Claims Tor sale ut this office.
\ good prospecting team wanted
Apply to the Club Saloon for further
particulars.
The cIgle will sream in Lnmoille on
the Fourth. Watch out for further an.
nOrnccments.
Save those natural teeth, thereby r..
tain your facial expression. DR.. Gill.
land she dentist" Office over Drug
Store. Elko.
a tine line Of S,otsun hats ut s
Jacobs.
A splendid line Of shoes at s. Jncoh,s+
For salc.-i nov | loIl lrcub i,or
capacity, 30 cggs, toge tier With brood
er. Will sell cheap. Inquire at Ixpr.
PENDENT office.
Ramsdcll. the photographer. will leave
Eiko un Il business trip about the 10Th
OF next month. All persons wanting
pictures should call OH him before TINT
time.
Tho safe, certain. reliable little pills
Tia do not grippe or sickcn are Dade's
Little Liver Pills. Brst Tor SICK head.
achoe, %billiousness aud lazy liver. Sold
by ttIkO Drug 60,
Piles are dangerous but do not sub.
NIT to mn operation until you have first
tried Man HaD the Great Pile Remedy.
IT If put up in colIapsiblc tubes with a
nozzle That allows it 10 DO applied exact
" where It ia needed. II you hive
itching. bleeding or prOirudinp piles md
Man Ian docs not relieve, money r..
funded. Soothes aud coola. RrIiycs M
once. Sold by Elko Drug Go.
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Wonderful Eczema Cure,

Our little boy Ind eczema for five
,eara,' writcs n. a.. Adamp. Hen rieita,
ia. "Two Of onr home doctors paiJ the
case WA hopeless, his lungs being affect.
cd. We then employed other doctors,
but no bcnoIlt resulted. by cbnoce wo
read about Electric Bitiers; bought q
bottle and eoou noticed improvement.
We continued tbs medicine until several
bottles were used when orr boy was
completely cured B,st Of all blood
medicines md body building health
tOnics. Guaranteed ut tlko Drrg Coz
drug store. SOC.
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NOTICE TO SHEEP MEM,

AT a regulnt meeting NJ the State
Board OF Sheep Com Dissionprs OF Ne,
vada, held ~ Reno On April 9Th, il vgs
ordered tins MI sheep IN Nevada must
DO dipped before July IT,, 1907, Tor
Spring dipping, II @ II clean, mud twiap
II infected with scab The emo rule
will apply /" Fall dipping before sheep
are allowed to 10 10 winter range. An
dipp'nH musi In done under inspection.
This order Ia necessary 10 eradicate
scGb existing on the Nevada ranges
tmd !" have the existing quarantine
raised.
by order Of the Beard.
OHM WAHB, preg.
IL l" NIc9Ls, SeGty,
Doied,-Rcno, Ncy., April I, 1907,
Office. Overland Hotel,
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Office holden-white or colored-to q Q
that the delegates to the national cor
yention are branded and delivered
without any extra cost. This is no easy
job, when plenty Of cash is in eight
from the opposing faction, add darby
delegates are known to have sold ont to
both sIdes in the Sherman-Aleer efforts
Tor the nomination u few years ago.
Those who think the Roosevelt ad.
mtnistration is opposed to such practical
efforts TO perpetuate it's power win
arrive ut a different conclusion il they
watch the course of events for the eelec-
ton OF delegates To the coming republi
n national convention. That a big
scandal is impending a. the reeuIt Of
this strife Tor control OF the republican
party is plainly apparent to all CO se
observers OF tile means being employed
Tor succt S. Exchange.
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Sleep aac Old age.

There IS no question that the quan
uty OF sleep required steadily dimIn.
ish"s from infancy ia I'D age. This
Is a rather interesting exception to
the general rul" that, as In SO many
matters. Old ar returns to the needs
OF Infancy. As regards slccp. old ago
IL more rcmu!" IN It's needs from In.
fancy than In any other period OF life.
II elderly rCurlu obtain good slccr
during the first few hours. and II they
hhy" not lost tIut delight In reading
which va all had IN youth, hut which
so many Of NJ c]urIuusly lose. their
cas-" Is not To b" gricycd over. The
special value 81 the earliest hours Of
sleep by th" way. has been proved by
psychological experiment. The pnpu.
lar phrase beauty sleep IL well war.
Tantcd. 1t Is the early Chc dccpcst)
hours Of sleep that make for health
and beauty.
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My Best Friend.

Alexander Benton, who lives on Rural
Route l. Fort EDWARD, y. \ SAYS: -Dr.
hrnIa New Discover! is my b, st earthly
friend. IL cured mt Of asthma six yan.e
ago. Ii has also. performed "a wonder
tuI cure OF inciplrnt consumption FOR
my 'Un's wife. The first bottle enued
the terrible cough, anu this accomplish
ed, the other symptoms left one 10y one.
until she was perfectly well. DR.. Kng's
New Discovery's power over coughs and
colds is simply marvellous" No other
remedy has ever equLrd it., Fully
guaranteed hy Eiko Drug Co. 3pc and
800. Trial hottie ire-.
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curious fact that statistics have shoS an
that man Ii moro dangerous ut this
period Of life than at any other. The
majority of criminals in the state Of
New York have for some time been Of
this age. The general ]euppositiop Is
that men have attained the higheyi de-
velopment Of their mental aud physical
powers at %, and they are supposed to
be able to distinguish between right
and wrong and to realize the conse-
quences liable to follow the indulgence
Of either. Next to the age OF 20 the
greatest number Of criminals have been
81, q or 10 years Of age. The interven.
ing years in which men do not commit
rs nnny crimes, nave not been expluin'
ed by expert criminolcgis:s who have
made Investigations proving the above
statements to be true, aud who are still
working on a solution OF the problem.
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MEMORIAL DAY

Tomorrow b Nation will pay tribute
TO it's soldier dead. GnzzIed veterans will
march With unsteady step to the GEM
oteries where their comrades lis eleeplng
and put flowers ON their graves. Tho
deeds OF those who served their country
ON the battle fields Of the Civil war will
be recounted from many roItruns. All
honor will be paid to the men who wore
the blue and fought for the Nations
life.
The struggles on the Peninsula, Nal
yern Hill, Antiotsm, Vicksburg, Gettys-
burg, Charlottesville. fredericksburg,
Atlanta, Cold llarbor, and the man
other bloody contests on land and sea
viii DO rebearsed by those who took
part In them and live. Year after ysur
tho ranks ~ these veterans grow thinner
and thinner. in years, none will
remain TO take part ~ these memorial
exercises. But tho Who enjoy the
heritage their Wi " won viii Der
their pacriliccs und keep their memories
green. All honor 70 The gallant men
who wore the blue from III to 60.
Tho people Of Elko will honor this
day. Exercises will he held ut T.. o. o.
l.. Hall by Eikn Lodge No. 10 {. o. O.
H., beginning at $50 q. NJ. After the
exercises, a procession will be formed
and march 10 the cemetery, where the
Of those who rect from their
will be strewn with beautiful
AL aro cordially invited TO