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Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1908-12-10
BEES SVilIe.

Rev. Paschall is holding Il protract
ed meeting at Union church. -Four
conversions and additions to the
church have been reported so far
The trustees of the Ridge church
have succeeded in getting thel,
claim allowed by the church ex
tension board and work will be re
sumed on the building at once. Il
is to be completed by January Is.
J. M. Sites is now living in his
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1908-12-10


Don't et any yourself!
C. 4. Walker, Marble Hill c7NO
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1908-12-10
SirnOnds CrOssCut Saws
Knives and Forks

| have the largest assortment of pocket knives IN
the county and they are going at Bargain
Prices
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-11-10
Justice Was a pfnlomat.

When "Jtm" Watson Of Indiana was
practiefng law in Winchester he had a
case before local Judge involving the
ownership Of a pig. Testimony was
submitted and the justice reserved
decision.
The justice was a candidate for
mayor Of the town, and Watson and
the opposing counsel thought they
saw an opportunity for a little fun.
"See here, judge" said Watson.
meeting the Justice on the street one
day, unless I get judgment in my
favor in that pig case I'm going to op-
pose your election as mayor" Oppos-
Ing counsel met the Justice and talked
in the same strain.
A couple OF days later they went to-
gether to the Justices ONCE. He was
out, but his docket lay open. Opposite
the pig case was the entry: obs
agreed"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-11-10
WHERE EVERY ONE IS HONEST:
North Carolinans Who Neither Lie
Nor Steal.

After stay in an isolated mountain
settlement in North Carolina, where
the whirr of the spinning wheel is still
commonplace sound, the dress Of the
people homespun, where skyscrapers
are unheard of and automobiles un-
known, the ways of civilization sit
strangely just for the moment on
Henry Mitchell, 3439 Whitfield avenue.
He has been doing missionary work
In the Episcopal mission church and
school at Bat Cave, a postoffice sta.
uon In North Carolina, under the super,
vision OF the Sisters of the Trans
hguration, whose motherhouse Is Beths,
any, home, Glendale. Although, Bat,
Cave fs' only 25 miles from Asheyllle,.
N: e., he mountaineers of the conimu-
nifty live much to themselves.
Il never in all my life" he said,
saw more truthful, earnest. honest
people. The clsSAing of the people is
spun by the women and the wool
sneared from the sheep which the
men raise. 1t is quite an ordinary
thing to go into the log home and
lind the wife busy spinning a wheel.
oiS iehi sc dhu lie people are
industrious. They work when there
Is work to do, but the land Is much
worn. 1t is possible for a man and
his family to live in this community
without dollar, year in and year out.
II he owes little taxes on his home
not much more than a dollar or so
per year, he goes to a neighbor who
mas actual cash now and then and
works out enough to cover the taxes.
Such things as lying or stealing are
unknown among these Godlfearing
people. They are anxious TO learn
and 1t Is only because Of their isola.
ton that they do not know.
1T seems odd to find persons who
do not know what lemons ana oranges
are, yet many of these people have
never seen them. They don't know
what a skyscraper Ia, and would view
an automobile with awe. ] had the
pleasure OF giving ONE woman the first
nat she ever had. They make their.
dresses In the old-fashioned way, sew
Ing the skirt to the waist. The North
Carolina mountaineer is a Anelooking
man. The women are Woodworking
and kind-hearted. They are eager to
have their children study, and the
youngsters often walk miles to school.
Our school is doing a great work
among these people," Cincinnati
Times-Star.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-11-10
Old Persian City.

Persia's ancient city of Tabriz, one
OF the scenes Of recent violence in
the shah's dcminfons, can hardly be
said to have ever enjoyed a quiet life.
When Turk and THrcoman and Per-
sian were not shaking the old walls
with battebfhg rams the earthquake
was having It's inning. The public
buildings bear traces Of this sort of
violence - notably the KabHd S.ssiid
~-blue mosque-eoRstr3eted OF won
derfully arabasqued blue tits. while
the citadel sapos with it's ear rtnuuake-
riven sides. Although the AngIo-In.
dian telegraph runs through the city,
1t is not as in the ancient days when 1t
was known as the glorious Tauris." t"
The new Russian railway has deprived
1t of much Of its Importance and the
leather merchants and silversmiths
exc out q precarious livelihood by en-
gaging in little smuggling.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-11-10

Deceit That Led to Good.

Bismarck vowed that after passing
competitive examination a man was
never any good, that the strain
wrecked him. Still it was examining
the examining Of the ingenious mind
or Lord Chesterfield which brought
about the reform of the calendar
Cramming and fiattery did it. "Thave
been OF late sort Of an astronomer.
despite myself" he wrote. 81 was
Obliged to take some astronomical lar
gon, OF which I did not understand
one word, but got it by heart and
spoke 1t by rote as master" He had
10 make the peers believe that he
knew something of the matter, and
also to make them believe that they
knew something OF it themselves,
which they did not. For his own part.
ne said he could as we'll, have talked
Celtic or Slavonian as astronomy, and
they would have understood him fully
as well. They became parties to the
deceit. They would not betray ie-
norance upon a subject as to which he
credited them with abounding knowl.
edge. Thus they reformed the calen-
dar.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-11-10
THE
D. Nc ELROY CO.
REAL ESTATE AGENTS
Elko Nevada

Have for sale a ranch with five thous-
and sheep. A splendid summer and
( winter range, The price is right.
I: Drop in and let us tell you about it.
We have ranch of 1000 acres that cuts
from five to six hundred tons hay,
. has good improvements, implements
and equipment, good range. A No. 1
|. water right and an abundant supply,
with some stock. This place is cheap
and on easy terms.
We have another one that cuts 500 tons
of hay, has $50 head of cattle, rs head
| of horses, good improvements, well
equipped with tools and machinery,
fine water supply, house completely
! furnished. If.yod are looking for a
money making proposition, this is
your chance.
Ne have smaller ranches, ranging from
$45O0 up, in price. -, ., ..---.
low about those residences. We have
a house of five rooms, completely fur
nished. Five lots, good we'll in first
class shape. Price $3.50, part down
balance on time.
knother one of six rooms, all furnished.
A good buy at $235O. A payment
down and balance on time.
good new house with bath room and
modern in every respect, in fine To-
cation and is cheap. Price $1,000.
Fe have vacant lots in any part of the
town and some bargains. Come in
before the rush starts
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-11-10
He Was Not SurerIaed.

Justice Brewer Of the United States
supreme court is credited with this by
the Milwaukee Sentinel: A n,ilIwright
was converted to the ways of thinking
OF sect which periodically was in!
spired with foreknowledge OF the
imminehce Of the day Of doom and
set the date, preparing for Gabrieps
greeting. The date was set and the
day came. The millwright donned his
white robe and went out into the fields
to, await the coming meeting with the
celestial throng. The day passed un.
til 1t was late in the afternoon, and
the millwright having arisen at the
stroke OF midnight on the morn of
the eventful day, grew drowsy, and,
throwing himself down upon a pile of
hay. fell asleep at his watch BOYS
discovered him, and, with the natural
mischievousness Of boys, set fire to
the hay. The smoke and the heat
soon woke the slumbering millwright,
and, sitting up with a start, he cried
with the anguish Of the lost: Just as
/ expected! In h, after ALL"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-11-10
Opposes Women Judues.

A writer III one Of the Eastern pa.
pers says that 1t is mistake to think
that women judges could do better
work in the Juvenile cour.s. He is the
secretary Of the Society for the Pre-
veDtion Of Cruelty to Children in New
York and ought to be able to form an
opinion on the subject, and his con-
clusion from facts, not theory" he
says, "is that girls would rather take
a man than woman into their con.
fidence and female Judge in juve.
nile court would be as unsuccessful as
ornamental. Women in the construct
i've part OF the work, he thinks, are
not successful.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-11-10

century and half ago the way
farer on England's great highways
was little better off In /. I matter OF
security from accident than he is in
these days Of speed-loving motorists
A French traveller in 1865, recording
his Journeys from Dover to London,
explained the existence OF the wayside
footpath marked Off by posts as being
due to "tbe extreme speed at which
the English vehicles drive in the coun-
try contrary to their practice in the
towns), never stopping to avoid run.
ming over and manning foot passcn-
gers"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-11-10
Seven Years Of Proof

~ have had seven years of proof
that DIR. Kings New Discovery is
the best medicine to take for Coughs
and colds for every diseased condi-
@tion OF throat, chest or lungs" saws
W. '. Henry, Of Panama, Mo. The
world has had thirty-eight years of
proof that DR.. Kings New Discovery
ls the best remedy for coughs and
colds, Ia grippe, asthma, hay fever,
bronchitis, hemorrhage Of the lungs,
and the early stages Of consumpti0n.
It's timely Use always prevents the
development of pneumonia. Sold
under guarantee at Elko Drug @.
soc. anil $1.0O. Trial bottle free.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-11-10
, How is your Digestion

; Mrs. Mary bowling ofNo. 22S Sth
Ave, mn Francisco, recommends a
remedy for stomach trouble. She
says: "iratftutie for the wonderful
effect of Electric Bitters IN a. case of
ncbte indigestion. prompts tiIis
testimonial nm fully convinced
that for stomach and liver troubles
Electric Bitters is the best remedy on
flIe market today" This Srea t
tonic and Alternative medicine invigo-
rates the system, iNrrifies the blood
and is especially helpful i'm all forms
OF female weakness. SOC. at Elko
Drug Go.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-11-10
SHOWS THE HUMAN VIBRATIONS
Frenchman Who Thinks He Ha.
Photographed the Emotions.

Dr. Baraduc of Paris has been lee
turing, says the Health Record, at the
Theosophical society's room in London
on human vibration. He showed many
photographs of these alleged vibra-
tions by placing a sensitized film on
one OF the nerve centers.
He usually places the film at night
and leaves it till morning. The vibra-
ttons of the subject throw the nitrate
OF silver on the film into a correspond.
ing form Of vibration, which is found
REGISTERED on the film when developed,
Just as the light reflected from an
object through the lens of a camera
registers the form Of that object.
~Bf. Baraduc had also many pictures
taken in the ordinary way by means
OF the camera. In these various states
OF emotion are shown. Sudden anger
appears as sort of whirling shower
OF sparks and vapor. A state of high
spiritual contemplation produces a
misty globe Of light some way above
the sitter's head. .,-
In one picture the etheric double of
woman kneeling in prayer is shown.
According to the doctor the etheric
eosmic forces are continually stream
Ing into US and becoming individual.
lied, or streaming out, being disindi-
vidualized, mingling again with the
general stream.
One photograph showed the vibra-
ton OF telepathic communication
some had lines in ribbons of light,
showing attachment. In one, taken
as the doctors wife passed away, the
line or bond which had always ap-
peared between them is seen for the
first time broken.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-11-10

Do you know that every time you
have cough or cold and let it
run on thinking it will just cure it.
self you are inviting pneumonia,
consumption or some other pulmo-
nary trouble? Don't risk it. Put
your lungs back ii perfect health
HOrehOund Syrup. Price 25c, soc
and 81 90 per bottle. Sold by Elko
Drug Co. ...
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-11-10
Mind Your Business!

II YOU don't nobody Will. 1t Ia
your business to keep out Of all the
trouble. you can and you can and will
keep out Of liver add bowel trouble
II you take DR.. Kings New Life Pills.
They keep biliousness, malaria and
jaundice out Of your system. 25c Mt
Elko Drug Co.'s drug store.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-11-10
Watched Fifteen Years

"For fifteen years I have watched
the working of Bucklen's Arniea
Salve; and 1t has never failed to cure
any sore, boil, ulcer CT hrH1 30 which
1t was applied. 1t has saved us
mnny a doctor bil1.' says a. T..
Hardy, Of East Wilton, Maine. 23c.
at Mko Drug Co.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-11-10
A Horrible Accident

that may happenito one is no worse
than u severe attack Of rheumatism
II suffering with rheumatism no
matter how slight or serious, you
cannot fiud n better. remedy than
Ballard's 'now,l, Liniment, Cures
cuts, spralns, bruises, rheumatism
and neuralgia in n hurry. Try it,!
rice 25c, 59c, and $1O0 Sold by
Elko Drug Co. 'h -.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-11-10
DY sud Recommended by
kEEKO DRUG CO.


Elng been in the shoe business all
lie, l claim to know something
the business. 1 carry q large
Or mems and women's shoes and
ming my share. / am sorry that
nos Keep q cobbler, but I cannot.
ln have to do what repairing
10 let the rest go. The most of
ne IS taken up selling shoes.
a. IL. MAUK, The Shoe Man.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-01
THE MULATT0 A MENACE
Judge Norwood Declnrcs That He In
cites the Black to Deeds of Violence.

Judge Norwood Declares Tint He In
cites the Black TO Deeds of Violence.
SAVANNAH, GA, December 31.-
Judge Thomas S. Norwood. former Con-
gressman and ex-United States Senator
from Georgia. delivered remarkable
address upon the race question to-day.
the occasion being his retirement from
the bench Of the City Court, place
he had occupied for twelve years.
The Judge said that after investiga-.
tion and long contact with the negro
as q defendant In his court. he had
reached the conclusion that the blacks
are incapable OF receiving and using
more than the rudiments OF an educa-s
ton. The negro as a slave was cared
for by the white man, he said. but the
present generation Is retrograding to
the status of the savage and his rule
by force. This Is shown by the con-
slant disregard of laws. repeated re-
sistance OF arrest and shooting down
OF white men who. attempt to control
them. The mulatto Is the curse OF both
the white and negro race in the South.
said Judge Norwood. They start the
others to deeds OF violence and create
disurder. Illicit miscegenatfon, he said,
should be repressed by the most Wig
orous laws. It should be made a CAPT
tai offense, the guilty man hanged and
woman sent to the penitentiary for
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-01
PRISON FOR D0UMA MEMBERS
Those Who Signed yiborg Mnnifcsto
Given Three month"; TERMS.

Those Who signed yiborg Mnnifesto
Given Three Months TERMS.
ST. PETERSBURG. December 81
The trial OF the 169 members of the
first Douma. who signed the yiborg
Manifesto. was concluded to-day. Ono
hundred and sixty-seyen OF them were
convicted and sentenced to three
months imprisonment. while two were
acquitted on the ground that they had
signed under rnisapprehenslon. The
sentence carries with It the loss of all
political rights.
NJ Ramischwilli who has already
served more than three months pre-
Iiminary imprisonment, will be imme-
diately set free. Unless an appeal from
the decision of the court is taken, the
sentence Will take affect beginning
January GOTH urtil which time the for
mer defendants will remsint at large,
wtthou. lafl fne trial began on De-
Gambler 18TH sn5 VAS no.ahle for the
powerful speefhes made by the most
prominent of. the defendants. which
seemed to reawaken public sentiment,
and to infuse the time spirit into
the ranks OF the opposition. The prom
inence of the accused. 1t is generally
believed. induced the government to
exercise leniency. "a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-01
NINE KILLED BY EXPLOSION

Mine Disaster In New Mexico Collicry
Proves Serious.
ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ, December
31.-At least nine miners We're killed
and three fatally and two seriously In
jured in an explosion OF gas and coal
dust at noon to-day in the mine at
Carthage, Sorocco county. New Next
co, one Of three large coal mines own
ed by the Carthage Fuel Company.
Nine bodies have been taken out. AL
though the mine is still filled with gas,
1T is believed that no more victims re-
main in the works.
o. L. Wilcox. an American mine boss,
lis among the dead. The others were
mostly MeXicans. All of the men had
apparently been killed instantly and
some of the bodies We're mangled be-
yond recognition.
Superintendent G. F. Weber. with
party OF rescuers. have been busy
working all the afternoon, In spite
of the gases with which the mine
workings are filled. Women and chill
dren are with difficulty kept from
the mouth of the mine. Carthage is
small town on a branch line twenty
miles from San Antonio, New Mexico.
on the Santa Fe Railroad, and COM
muntcation is difficult. Had it not
been for the fact that the explosion oc-
CURED during the noon hour the death
list would be larger. The explosion
shook the country for miles around
and several of the bodies were thrown
clear. out OF the main entrance to the
mine. Two bodies were blown nearly
1900 yards away. 4
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-01
OFFICER GOING FOR JAMES
Not Known at sInnteo That He Renlly
Special to The Timcs-Dispatch.l


Special to The Times -Dispatch.1
MANTEO. N. c., December 31.-An of
ficer will leave here tomorrow morn
ing for Staunton. Va, to bring back to
this State c. II. James, the school
teacher. who is wanted here for abb
duction.
James is native of Pitt county, this
State. At intervals he has circulated
in Eastern North Carolina. teaching
from place to place for the last few
years. During the years 1904 and 1905
he conducted school at Atlantic. ~.
c.. where he married Miss Hamilton.
She is still living. During the summer
of 1905 James conducted a school in
this town wherein Miss Lily Midget.
the young woman with whom he was
located In Virginia, was student. His
elopement with her took place during
last July. and he Is supposed to have
been since that time In Virginia, and
naturally living under an assumed
name. The report that James has q null
tiplicity OF wives does not seem to be
confirmed here. It is known that he
has one dead and one living. James
seems to have been subject to periods
cal sprees. bringing wild nervousness.
resulting In total collapse.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-01
DESPERATE FIGHT
ON MOVING TRAIN.
Drunken Negro Falls or.
Thrown Through Win
dow and Killed.
IS CONQUERED BY
NORTHERN MAN
j. Z. Watkins, Of Syracuse, Goes
to Aid OF Conductor and Has
Rough-and-Tumble Fight
With Negro-Dead
Mans Neck
Broken.
/ Special to The Times. DIspatch. /

Especial to The Times -Dispatch.1
CHARLOTTESVILLE VA, Decem-
Der 31.-While castbound Chesapeake
and Ohio passenger train, No. IA, was
going at the rate Of thirty miles an
hour last night, an unknown colored
man either Jumped or was thrown
through a window OF the negro COACH
His body was bruised and battered, and
with the neck broken, was picked up
this morning near Alton by q passing
train crew.
After leaving Basic City last night
the conductor went into the negro coach
to collect fares. and became involved
In an alteration with a drunken negro
j. l.. Watkins. OF Syracuse, N. Y, a
travelling salesman, hearing tfls noise.
went forward and found the negro try
ing to strike the conductor. In the
fight that followed, according to the
drummer, he and the negro fought
about over the smoking compartment
floor, and they finally landed on the
window sill. Then the separation came.
and he fell back into the car and the
negro went through the window.
Captain Harris, of this city, who was
In charge of the train. says the negro
jumped through the window. Watkins.
who is at a local hotel, has offered to
surrender to the police in the event
there is any charge against him He
lis cut and bruised, and has knot on
his head inflicted by the brakeman's
lantern In an effort to reach the crazed
negro. knife thrust In the back had
ripred the cloth OF his coat for several
inches
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-01
sT0EssEL TRIAL NEAR END.
iContraLictory Evidence as to Surrender
OF Port Arthur.

Contradictory Evidence as to Surrender
OF Port Arthur.
ST. PETERSBURG, December 31.-
The trial by court-martial4 Of 6Lieuten-
.ant-General stoessel for the surrender
of Port Arthur entered on its final
stage to-day. The court heard evi-
dence on the council Of war Of De-
cember % tn, when the members Of the
gestion of surrender. and the actual
capitulation. The prosecution intro
duced the estimate of General Smyrnof
that hte resistance could have been
prolonged for six weeks more. Sew
.eral witnesses testified to the indigna-
tion with which the proposal to ca
spitulate was received by the council
OF war, but certain officers from the
firing line gave contradictory evidence,
and intimated that the boldest coun-
stationed farthest from the enemy.
!, !, The troops were dispirited and sick,
declared, and If the capitulationl had
been delayed the fortress would have
fallen before the first vigorous attack
of Tire. JaDaneSe.g ts5 -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-01
WAGES AT MAYNARD
Will Remain About M Mt Present, L.,
ceptt In Insular POssessiOns.

W4ASHINGTON.a d. c. December L.
Assistant Secretary Newberry to-day
approved the reports OF the wage
boards Mt tho navy yards OF the United
States fixing a scale for mechanics
and other employees for the calendar
year 1908. With the exception of work
In some Of the insular possessions the
scale of wages Will remain practically
the same as during the present yenr,
With perhaps an equalization In some
INSTANCES to meet local conditions.
& The execution In the insular pos
sessions relate to native labor, where
there has been some reduction in
In comparison with white labor