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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27
THIS LAND OF OURS

During the revolutionary war :
suspicious foreigner said to John Adams,
who was ut the time in Amsterdam.
that If the colonies achieved their
independence, they would in II little
while be giving the law 10 Europe. To
than any other man of his day, replied:
The principal interest of America
for many centuries to come will h.
landed, and her chief occupation
agriculture. Manufactures and com.
meree will lie but secondary objects.
and always subseryient To the other.
America will be the country to produce
raw materials for manufacture; but
Europe will be the country of manu-
features, and the of America
4 never increase but in a certain pro-
portion 10 the grywtl! IF It's agriculture,
until its whole territory Is filled up
with habitants, which will not De in
some hundreds of years" Then he
named tar, iron and timber rs articles
of export, but added: In fact, the
Atlantic is So long ana difficult of navi.
gation, that the Americans will never
be able to afford to carry to the Euro
pean market great quantities of these
articles"
No vision of the miracles that would
be worked by steam and electricity
crossed his eyes: he thought it would
require hundreds of years to fill with
people the country cast of the Ale
ghanics; no vision of what the great
west would become gin to him. while
had some one made Il map Of what our
country would be in II hundred years
from the time he was speaking. he
would have placed it in the same
category M he did Puci's words; II
will put Il girIle round about the earth
in forty minutes" The material change
is altogether unparalleled in all the
ages, bEt are the American people
keeping up with the transformation!
Look back on that old race. Adams,
jefferson, Franklin, Hamilton, Mar,
shall, Morris and the others, and then
with the men who are today our law
makers and executors. and see if the
contrast is not Il little discouraging.
Are we keeping up with the country
Are we transmitting the trust which
the fathcrs put upon us, in its purity
and power to orr children? Could we,
were the opportunity given lis, 10 send
by wireless Il message to the spirits ot
that old august band, could we in tn,
message say: eve are keeping thu
faith, patriotism is still our strongcst
trait, and obedience to the laws oui
highest desirc?"
We believe the great body of on,
countrymcn could truthfully sign sucl
q message, and that the struggle is still
upward to II higher civilization. but W,
must never forget, that eternal vigi
lane is the price Of liberty" and hcnc
it is Il holy duty TO fight every wron,
and to impress upon the world that n
land so blessed us ours was ever known
before, and that her real children hole
no other duty So high as to guard thci
country's liberties audlaws.-GOOdwin
Wnnklv
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27

P"IsIa's ancient city OF Tnbrla. one
OF the scenes of recent violence I'm
tn" slah's dOminlons. can hardly bo
said 10 have eyer enjoyed n quiet Iifo.
when Turk and TurcOman and Per.
sian were not Sinking the old walls
WITH haltoring rams the earthquake
wns having It's inning. The public
buildings bear traces Of this gnr, Of
violence -- notably tho Kabui IIasiid
blue mog1uc-COnstrnctcd of won.
doriuliy arabasquod blue tii... while
the citadel gapCy with It's c~I,,nmakc.
riv"n sidcs. Although the Nmglo.In.
dian telegraph runs through tho city.
II Is not ms In the ancient days when II
was known as tho glorious Tnuris &c
The now Russian railway has deprived
" OF much OF It's importance and the
leather merchants and qilycrsmiihg
x out II prccnrious livelihood by on
ghging In II little smuggling.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27

Word WAS received from Clarence
Markty, yesterday afternoon. that the
proposed blcaclcrs and training house
for rnc University of Nevada had
passed the muster of his architects
with the exception of a few minor dc.
t,ilS. Mr.. Mackay also notified Pro.
fcN~pr Kcnndy that instead Of using
woId in the construction of the club
Il ,rS", he had dCcidci to make the
milding correspond with the Mackay
mining huilding. and would build il of
some AT an extra cost of $1,000. This
means that Tia" training house on
Mlckny field will require an outlay Of
$40, 600, making tn" structure equal 60
that Of any college in the United States.
- journal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27

Tho report Of tho standing commit.
tee Of the commons on agriculture and
colonization presented to parliament
notes that G.. r. Young. superintendent
Of railway lands OF the department Of
the interior. pointed out that wheat Ia
successfully raised nj Fort Simpson.
300 miles north Of the international
boundary and 800 miles north Of Ed
monitor, DR.. Thompson, member for
the Yukon. presented TO the committee
a sample OF white oats grown on Il
farm G3 degrees north latitude. This
sample. analysed by Seed Commits
sioner Clark, was found to run iG
pounds tn tho bushCl and to he an OK.
ccptlonally fine sample OF white oats
OF superior milling 1uallty.-Ottawa
Correspondent st. John Sun. .
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USED PHONE TO BRING THEM,
Minister'S Successful Method Of Gath.
ering Congregation.

One of the most difficult PROPOSE.
lions that a new pastor has to face,
when he takes charge of a church that
has fallen of in attendance and gen
orally gone to seed, Is to fill the pews
n build up the membership anew.
Not long E this problem was solved
In Il Brooklyn church. Before taking
hold the new pastor had planned a
scheme which he thought would work
moderately well. but which, In the end,
far exceeded his hopes in it's results.
a few days before the eventful first
Sunday he called upon Il dozen of the
pillars of the church" and asked
them each to call mp on the telephone
early on Sunday morning q half dozen
at least of their friends. and not only
ask them especially to come to church
that morning, but also to telephone
the same request TO as many of their
" friends as they could. They all
promised to do So, and when the Clcr.
gyman reached his church that Sun.
day he found II packed. He had pre-.
pared n rOusing sermon and every one
went away well satisfied.
This method of getting u conGrcga,
ton was continued along practically
the same lines for months. AS n re.
suit of the drumming up by tcfe.
phone the size of the congregation In.
creased enormously and the member.
ship Is greater than II ever was be.
fore. AS there is o room for more
In the old church they now are talk.
Ing of building q new one. and the pas,
tors salary is $4,000 Il year bigger
than II vas when he took hold.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27
BURGLAR HAD TO MAKE CHANGE
Bankers Business Instincts Asserted
Themselves in Emergency.

\ group of his friends were discus
sing William Winslow Sherman. the
old banker who died not long ago. He
had the coolest nerve OF any man I
Know, said one. Three or -four
years = when Sherman was an old
man and partially crippled by reason
of n fall from Il horse. he entered his
bedroom late at night to find Il masked
burglar ransacking ii. The thief had
n big gun trained on Sherman in a
minucte. The banker just waived 1t
aside with a tired hand. Put that
away he said. irritably. Let us dis
cuss this matter like gentlemen The
burglar was so surprised he laughed.
Now, you could hurt me If you wanted
to. and might get away with some
little knicks-knacks.' said Sherman.
But You might he caught. and there's
a slight probability that you could dis.
pose of my toilet articles proftably.
What would you consider "A fair cash
proposition TO 20 away?' They talked
II over in all peace. The burglar
thought he ought to have SO. but
Sherman. after inquiring into the
mans habits. said IS was enough.
You see he said. you're Il known
thief. II this were your first offcnsc
I'd pay your price. but now the police
have your picture you ought To be glad
to accept any fair compromise and
run no risk The burglar finally
agreed to take IS. Sherman pulled
out a $40 bill. Give me 81 change.
said he. And he got it. before he
paid."-From Il New York Letter.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27
CTRANoE CAPTURE OF SALMON.
Incident Proves That Belief Of Some
Fishermen Is Wrong.

Fishing a wcll.known river IN Nor.
way this juno. one OF the tenants Of
the fishing lodge opposite ours caught
n fish of % pounds In the morning and
lost another. his spinning line being
broken by tho rush of u heavy fish.
Fishing with prawn the afternoon of
tho same day. the same angler. In tho
same pool. got into a good fish At his
first cast. After II long fight the fish
was gated and landed. Then was rc.
Hcalod n strange state of things. The
prawn tackle had never touched the
fish; In fact the hooks were n foot or
moro from H.. They had caught In tho
cast which had been lost that morn.
Ing. and was now twisted into knots
aud tanglcs, no doubt by the salmon
c~ndcavoring TO get rid Of the treble
Norsk cast and hooks. The limo had
been got rid Of. As the prawn swung
down tho pool II had grapplcd the lost
cast Gtill attached to the salmon, and
fish t33 pounds, cast. and tackle were
recovered. We watched tho inCidcHI
from tho road, and crossing the river
handled tho recovered cast. Many
maintain that salmon once hooked and
played for any length OF time leave tho
pool--W. ", In London Field.
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t. Garroic

Til" g.tfrotc is a thing that no mau OF
nervous temperament should look at
One" seen II can "v" he forgotten
,uNI L. think of IL months aftcrw..
rings up a choking sensation whiC
makes ~ long 10 tear away his coli,
and breathe the free air aS deeply ~ -
AN. II rests upon u raised platform
II ordinary straight backed chair. wit
nm iron clasps on the elbows and lc.
II tn" chair. ThcS" are for tn" arm
nd ankles of the condemned crimima
" the top of the back of the chair i
hand of iron. ouc end of which swing
Il 80 as to admit of "A neck being in
,rrtcd. This band snaps around in place
ma all i, ready. y twirl Of "a crank il
pack and as the band brushes the uccl
back IA pin picrc"s the mcdullu oh
lungaIa. New York sun.
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Was Il Ghost Of Brother2

Miss lsla Stewart. for 81 years ma.
iron of ST. Bartholumcw's hospital.
London, recently told this story at n
public dinner given In her honor:
Some years ago. in one of her wards.
lay II little boy who was dying of hin
disease. lie was an orphan with only
one brother, q sailor then serving
on II British warship In Chinese wa.
tors. One morning the boy told her
that he had had such a happy night. as
he had drcamo that his brother was
with him ut his bedside. When the
night nurse CGmo to report she said
that she had had a curious experience.
When looking along the ward during
the night sho mad been astonighcd 10
SEQ Il sailor In the ward beside the
boys bed. Resenting the intrusion.
She had gone to the bed to inquire into
tho matter, when she found there was
nobody there. Twice art"rward dur.
ing the night she had seen the same
arparition. At last sho turned down
tho gas aud altered the position of
some plants. After that she did not
see the sailor again.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27

..~timatos. not the un-uh,taniiatcd
assertions of guilcful and irresponsible
promoters, but trustworthy information
gained paimstakingIy by the govern
m"nt, statements easily susceptible e.
c .rr"hOratiom. repeatedly verified re.
ports made by cautious, qualified ant.
disintcrcstcd investigators. go to shu>
beyond reasonable doubt that pructi.
cally blocked out and in sigh, cor de.
iinc.' AMI prohcd To- prove sufficiently
their existence and cuntcnts) are orc
bodies that well yield 500, 900, 900 in
the Philippines. And there is every
rcasOn To- believe that as mining up
e%rations progress, greater and richer
dpo~its of the precious metal will IL
Uncovered. As developed up To- date.
Philippine gold possibilities are com
pr.,,d IN nu less than six widely scpl
rated districts. - Exchange.
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The fat-producinE foods are p~rinci.
pally milk, cream, eggs. butter. olive
oil; the swects-sugar. honey. sweet
desserts, jams, sweet fruits; the
starchy vcgctabl"s-potatOcs. pens.
beans, corn, bccts; wheat bread, rye.
cereals of all kinds. rice. sage, etc.
or the fruits. peaches. grapes. bana.
mas. pruncs and figs are especially
recommended. The oaly foods cut out
of a thin persons diet are the cundi.
mcnts-picklcs, pepper. mustard. cur
ry, salt, etc: the acids. including acid
fruits, the vinegar in salad dressing.
etc; the stimulants. tea ana coffee. II
must not be forgotten that although
the iissuc.making foods, such as
meats. fish. etc. are not fat-producing.
they arc required for their own cspe-
cial functions. Some of the green
vegetables and fruits are not fat-pro-
dicing. but they are needed for other
purposes. The fat-pYOducing foods
should be INDUCED In principally, but
not to the exclusion Of Othcrs.-IIar.
pCr's BAZAAR.
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For Salc:-A buggy. harness. saddle
and tent. Call mt Mrs. Oscll's for pnrtic-
ulars. =
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Entered At tn EIRo %poStonicc FOR transmissio,
through the malls as secoud-Class matter.
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The Ladies' Guild of the Episcopal
Church will take in plain sewing.
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For any period under six months. 75 cents
per mouth. Payable In advance Delivered by
carrier in Elko at 75 cents per month or -
:ents per week. Issued evess afternoon. Su,
days excepted.
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THE DAILY INDEPENDENT
SUBSCRIPTION T

One 90
Six Months. IS oO
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-14

local desperate in organized form in
yadlng the realms of civic freedom
and depriving the Individual of the best.
that the world has strlven to attain.
There is nothing ambiguous about
this manifestation of lawlessness,E
whether 1t shows itself at the foot Of
3 the Lincoln Monument in Springfield.
ILL.,, or in The tobacco belts of Lower
Indiana, or In the mountains Of KEN
lucky, or In the black belts of Georgia,
or in the cotton districts of Alabama.
1T means that lawlessness and cow
ardice are doing their best to make y
hopeless for capital and labor to exist
The Southern press generally is TAX
ing Il stand against the terrorism that's
spreading over the otton-groWing sec
lions OF the South, but the system is
said to be gaining. Only short time.
ago notices like the following were.
found posted in Madison county, Ten
nessee.
Gin no more cotton until twelve
cents Is reached. n. Rider, Big chief
Commenting on the occurrence the
Chattanooga Times says that 30 far
the implied threat has had the sought
for effect--that the Sinrers arc needing
the warning and will continue to do 50
through fear Of having their plants
destroyed and themselves subject to in
dignitiea or bodily tarn1
These are awful abuses Of our free
institutions.
But there arc other forms Of laWlcss-
ness, other dangers, that are no less
threatening than those referred to-
There are night riders IN politics III
religion, in business, cverSwIerc, who
care not for flle rights Of others; nor
f for rules, laws or constitutions. iheS
curc only for their own interests. These
are IA menace to3the country They
are tho Huns and Vandals engendered
within tho country not by American
institutions as Macaulay asserts, hut
in spite Of them. They are the danger.
against which American citizens nnst
unite for defense, lest the cities and
communities be plundered first, and
then the Republic. as the Roman en-
pirc was by bnrbarous invaders.
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DO NOT GET angry.

DR.. Maurice de Fleury who Is said to
besa distinguished scientist Offers some
proofs Tor the theory that anger dimin-
ishcs the vitality. Anger IL; q certain
kind of cerebral excitement explains
DR.. de Fcury. The hyperstlienic sub
jcct is. always on its verge, while lie
neura5thenic becomes. Infatuated only
by 81 sudden bound OF reaction excited
from without. But at the moment when
they are let loose the two are alike,
save that the strong man Is a binder
brute, while the weak man Is somewhat
OF an actor and seems to aim at eff
feet
In q condition or nervous excitement,
the Doctor says, all our energies are
on n high pitch. The heart sends forth
blood extraordinarily rich in globules.
Muscles and nerves are also affected,
and the brain performs an immense
work during a crisis of anger, which
Is worse than lost. This activity is
more harmful to the person who Is
angry than to the object of the pas
sion. 1t leaves him Inundated, defect
ed and exhausted.
Dotnot get angry.
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NEARING THE END.
Washington Herald.

Recent red-hot political pronuncia-
mentoes, pro and con. concerning the
Republican and Democratic presidents
ial situations have served to clear the
atmosphere in some degree, at least.
Mr. Debs has said that he considers
himself unfit, temperamentally and
otherwise for the exalted office to
which he ostensiblY aspires; Mr.. Chain
says he is not. making preparations to
move into the White House next March,
but is merely n candidat OF protest:
Mr., Hisgen affrms his position to be.
that of n pioneer possessed of worthy
ambitions, but seeking at this time to
obstruct only durable foundation on
which may be erected a future fabric
worthy of the peoples admiration and
respect: Mr. Watson declares that he
does not expect to be elected, but will
advocate the old-time Populist religion
because he must and because it Is still
good enough for him; and Mr.. Preston
well, Mr.. Preston is in jail, and we
fear, it doesn't matter much what he
says. This narroWs the view material
ly. and eliminates number of fac
tors entertaining enough, to be sure,
but not of compelling magnitude. new
erthelesS.
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VAST COAL DEPOSITS.

Fhsre@hasf been some talk, lately,
about the probability of the coal sup
ply,of the world giving out. in a few
years, and some speculation has been
as tosWhat poor humanity
would do then. to get heat. But late
reports by government officials are call
yculated to allay fears on that point
They give the assurance that Alaska
has a supply of coal that may run up
to billions Of tons. As a. result of sew
.crnl years ofSinvestigatfon it is stated
that,
THE mineral coal in the ground In
Alaska has not yet been definitely csti-
mated. and. whatever estimates are
made. for some years to come will
doubtless be subject to wide expansion
as further geological explorations are
carried forward. but it is proper to
ritory are very great. and that they
will be figured in hundreds of millions
and even billions of tons"
Billions of tons. That means that
there is no reason to worry about fuel,
for centuries to come. And then, Alas
ka is not yet explored thoroughly. a
large part of it is terra incosnita. Per-
haps it has billions Of tons more laid
up against cold day And after
Alaska has yielded its treasures of the
black diamond who knows but that
other unexplored parts of the world
may contain equally rich coal beds?
Those who worry about the poverty
of Nature, or the inability of Provl-
dence ia care for all its creatures are
rather foolish. They fear that because
the supply on the one little shelf of
the pantry to which their narrow range
of vision confines their observations, is
being consumed, the entire storchouse
of the Eternal Father will soon be
empty. Not 50! In the Fathers house
there Is plenty for all His children,
and VIII be. as long as the mission of
the human family OF this earth lasts.
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NEARLY TWO TR1LL1oNs.
New York Times,

4 trillion is rare bird, save in the
ornpyrean of pure mathematics. fig
ures seldom In the domain of practical
affairs. 1t means thousand thousand
of millions. Nearly two of these titanic
sums. as reported Tuesday by Manager
Scherer, represented the value in doll
lars of exchanges through the New.
York clearing house since its founda-
ton 55 years ago. The exact figures,
which the human intellect may not
grasp, are $1,9SO, 23S, 1873, 349.14.
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DtsEKTT GyEYING NEWS WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 14 1905

professional and lay interest in,,thls5
great modern oyster iIlttist ! mere e.
are 4 good many other things IN the
article worth knowing d bout this pop
sular product The National has es-
tablished ii custom of reunions win
readers aud the8cvent will occur on
EOtc. IL, 1908, columbus Day, ut Nc
chanlcs Fair building in Boston, where
a characteristic program is to be giN-
en-. Chapple Publishing Cos boston
Mass.
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WHY TAILoRs THRIVE.
St r ouis R,.,,,,hljr


What is so ridiculous physically as a
modern man? Street cars, automobiles
elevators. ana railroads have shiivclcd
his legs. lack Of exercise has shrunlt his
arms, smoking and foul air have fat.
tened his chest, sedentary work and
carelessness have rounded his Shout
ders: when he isn't grotesquely fat he
is ridiculously thin; he is porcine or a
study in osteology.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-14

Holland has sent an ultilnatum to
Venezuela. Holland will have TO send
something besides an ultimatum to
scare Castro.
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JUST FOR FUN.

She IS ctcrnally dissraced, and moth
ing short of a divorce will do her now"
What has happened?"
''s;lle was giving a pink tea and her
husband came home and painted it
red. Nashville American.
He-But couldn't you learn to love
me
she docking down),--I don't know.
lp--Do try. One is never too old to
Icarn:-Boston Transcript.
'.svhy do you shun that man2',
Because If / ask him how he is he
unrecls a lot of symptoms, and ii l
say good morning it Invariably starts
him Oh an endless line of weather talk"
Washington Herald.
Just The same. said the Pittsburg
man we pay our preachers a higher
average salary than preachers get in
any other town"
''ycu ought TO-" responded the Cincin-
natl man, They have tougher ma
terlal to work on than any other town
has. "-Chicago Tribune.
They say she's very generous"
Generous? I should say she was.
Why, she supported her husband thirty
three years and then retired him on n
| pension. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
money in false hair
She-And you do the same thing.
He--What do you mean?
She You are always buying cigars
| &tud J am sure in both cases ii is
morcy spent In pulffs,-Baltimore
| American
Darling. / mean TO prove my love
for you, not by words, but by deeds
,.Oh, George, did you bring the deeds
/ With ou?"--lndanapolis News.
Faeetious Friend (teasingly)-Well.i
| which rtlles-you or your wife?
Mr., Youngwed with hautau)- gu
forget we can afford to keep cook
4 Baltimore American.
! Cupid--Im going to quit it,
The Stork-Quit what?
C'upd-Oh, / have been laughing at
locksmiths for SO long that the whole
tribe of them have begun to imagine
that they are humoEists,-Puck
Il suppose. Uncle jim. YOU remem-
Der a good deal about the politics OF
the early days2'' We'll. never TUX
/ much int'rest in pollytics, but | kin
/ recollect when John c.. Fremont was
! 'lected President Fremont. Why,
Fremont was never elected" He
i wun't? Well, now. tibet gifts me I
/ heerd Il ieadin' speaker talk the night
Fremont wun't lected The country
would fall 10 ruin an everybody would
4 have to shut up shop. Course | didn't
take the papers; but, noticin' thet
| things went or bout same as before,
i calculated John won. So he wun't
4 'iected Well. b'jinks! tibet gifts me"
1 Judge.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-14

II medals mean anything Car Fer
dinand wears enough on his breast
To strife The sultan dead when he
sues them.