Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-07-19
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Sa1maqundi

Salmaqundi
Miss Blair returned from Ogden last
night.
Lack liardesty returned from san
Francisco last night. lie is abont the
same us he was when he went to the
city.
Crazy people never act together, de-
cia:es the superintendent Of a large
'-! lum for the insane. III one Innate
attacks an attendant, as sometimes
happens, tue others would look upon it
as no affair OF theirs and simply watch
At out. The moment we discover two
or more inmates working together we
would know they were ON the road TO
recovery"
The lecture at the Presbyterian
church tonight is sure to be interesting
and instructive. Mr.. Greenfield ls Il
close observe and he has the faculty OF
telling things 60 that they can be under
stood. The lecture and the musical pro-
gram are cure TO be interesting. The
proceeds will go to the Presbyterian
church fund.
The Alabama legislature meets only
once in four years, holding the record in
this respect; it's sessions aar limited to
forty days n its members receive on
ly si Il day. Still the state seems to be
worrying along about as well rs others,
whose Legislatures meet much o~ftener,
whose members get more money, pass
more lnws and change them more fire.
quently.--EIy Erpositor.
We have been intor med hat there is a
a good deeal Of danger in the use OF
dynamite TO kill squirrels as set forth in
the article published last week from
the Spokesman-Seyiew. Those famil-
iar with dynamite and the danger from
it's careless use advise extreme caution
in handling it. Perhaps LIZ would be
better for the ranchers to kill ground
squirrels by some less dangerous meth
cd.
District Attorney Langdon stated yes
terday that an ideal man had been &C.
lected TO succeed Boxton and il he con.
sented to serye. he would be elected at a
meeting OF the Supervisors at 4 o'clock
i'll the afternoon. Tho supervisors
elected u man by the name OF Taylor as
mayor. We were unable to learn his
initials or anything about him. Let us
hope that he 10 an honest, clean man.
Since 1898 tho revenues and surplus
OF the Mexican government have gradu-
ally increased; at that time the revenue
was $50, $40 ,0OG and the surplus $780,.
600, while in 1906 the revenue was Sl02,-
UOO, 900 and tho surplus 800, 900 900. 1t
in by such progress and stability rs these
figures indicate that Mexico has been
able Ia create nh inter- national highway
across her isthmus for the commerce OF
tho world, and to acquire control OF
1000 miles Of railroads which traverse
her territory and serve as feeders to this
international highway.
An Indiana travelling man told q story
tho other day OF MI incident on the road.
He was In the smoking car OF nm cypress
irain reading his paper when IL man
rushed in from the chr behind the emok-
On, evidently in grcat agitation and said:
"iIm anybody in this car any whiskcJ 7
A woman in the chr behind has faint
cd" Instantly dozens OF ilasks were
produced. Tho man who had a4kcd Tor
IL picked ont the largest one, drew the
corK, aud put tho bottle to his lips
With n long, satisfied eigh he handed
the flask back, and remarked: THAT
did me n lot OF good, and | needed it,
Tor il always makes me feel queer to sec
n woman faint away
Tho expression "a tempest In n tenpot'
In onc OF great antiquity. lie first
historic appearance is IN tho "Dt
Logibus7 OF Cicero, who quotes 1t ne {
common aayinR. "Gratidius raised {
tempest In q ladie, ns tho saying b.
The French form, SUMO tompotc dan
uno verro d'cau" "a tempest IN n glass o
water), was first applied to tho disturb
aucea in tho Geneva republic near th'
end Of tho seventeenth century, II
England tho word "teapot" was cub
stitutod Tor tho sake Of ALTERATION. ]
IN sa,d 10 have been p]opulerizcd by
Lord North, who employed It to char
chaia, tho outbro rk OF tho America
colopists against tho tax on .ea.--Bosto'
Post.