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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-01-03
THE GRAVE OF A GENTLEMAN

Senator Mallory Of Florida, who died
last Monday, illustrated the true gentil-
ity OF his character not only ill the con-
duct OF an honorable and modest lie
but in the name Of his leaving it. The
dying message in winch he asked that
appeal To patriotic deceucy for which
the whole country owes him Il debt OF
everlasting gratitude
Stephen X. Mallory had been in
public life long enough 10 realize the
eral nature Of the Congressional fun
real" with its heArtltss unketing, it,
aordid uses OF expenditure, its vulgar
exploitation Of every personal opporIun-
ity. No doubt in hs day he examined
one or more Of the expense accounts
growing out OF such shameless pagean-
try the glovcs, the flowers, the a
tho pocket knives, the hnndbage, the
thousand articles Of private luxury and
convenience with which the official
monrner has beer accustomed i'll the
past TO mitigate hia grief. Evidently
he did not wish his name to be associ-
ated with 30 coarse a comedy OF have
his quiet obsequies made the prete1t
for Il demonstration Of vulgarity. lie
preferreh, it seems, TO pass to final rest
attended only by those who knew and
loved the world, who would dignity his
grave with genuine and simple sorrow
and spare it the mockery Of a carouGe.
Perhaps it is too much to hope that
the example set by Mr.. Mallory will
find anything in the rature OF a general
welcome and adoption. There are too
many men in congress for whom distiuc-
ton has no recognition this side the
tomb and whose sole title 10 reuown
must be sought III the eulogies delivered
when they, have lost the faculty OF
blushiug. But nj least this one has
Issued II moving protest from his death
bed, dying rs he lived-aD honest, self
respecting gentleman. -Ncw York sun.
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prospects Of the now members from
Missouri. DeArnond informed Will
aims that Missouri was sending able men
10 congress at this session and asked
him to recommend them for desirable
assignments.
DeArmond also told Williams that he
had read in the newspapers that the
Missourians were 70 be discripinated
against 10 the committee assignments
because he bad been mentioned in oon.
rcchon with no leadership, but that
he regarded such statements Us silly and
did not believe them. This was the
only talk he ever Ind win Williams re-
garding committees. MIR. pe Almond
declares hat at that time the name Of
Booher WIS not me ntioUcd.
Mr.. Boomer desired u place on the
census committee, which will have mucL
important wor during the present
session. Some Of hs friends, among
them Representative LLOYD, called on
Williams in his behalf, but were told
that, AT the request Ut MIR. DeArmond,
it Ind decided not to name l:oOher on
the census committee, but to place him
on the committee Oh coinage, weights
and measures. 1t was this statement by
Williams that caused the fight.
Mr.. DeAimond ssid:
Il don't know hat | should Say any
thing about the affair except TINT |
should not like to be miscoDstrued.
Mr.. Williams sail that il was a differ
ence Of recollection and that we should
let the matter rest there. ! told him
that | remembered distinctly what |
had said to him aud That we did not dis
cuss Mr.. Booher's assignment or the
assignment Of any other member, | told
him that it wRs reasonable to suppose
that I. who had talked only once about
should be more likely to
remember what was said than he, who
had talked about assignments perhaps
Of times. lie insisted that 1t
Il difference OF recollection and
maintained that he was right.
Il could moi let il rest that way. 1t
appeared TO me that he was not telling
The truth and | told him SD twice in the
emphatic way that eucb matters
be told"
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Voice Of

a young girl recently went to her
aunt on a momentous occasion. She
explained that Il gentleman was com.
Ing TO sec her.
Il am sure lie likes me-" she sobbed.
'and-and | think he means To pro.
pose. | don't like to ask mother how
should act under the circumstances.
but"
DO you like him." lnterruptcc
aunty stcrnly.
Very much" observed her niece,
"EnouG' to marry him?"
The girl blushch and replied I'm the
affirmative.
Then" said hunty. with an air Of
authority, don't let there be any
shilly.shallying. When he pops. don't
turn red and look down at the carpet.
Just throw your arms around his neck
look him full in the face and begin
talking about the furniture"
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BerIin's Woman Chauffeur.

Hcrlin's chauffeur iB making
- rs she always intended tn dO--a
Vcry good livelihood. clad In a simple
but becoming Goa and skirt Of service.
able material. Frau Won Papp drives
II Of the RcdaG company's electro
drOschkcs with ConBummato skill. She
is not. however. at the beck and call
of the general public. but IL In the ON.
ploymcnt of the KaiB~rhUf hotel. and
drives It's visitors alone. The wOman's
story is interesting. Her husband
an apparently wcll-tO.do lawycr-dicd,
leaving her and three young children
pcnnilcss. Frau Won Papp always had
a fondnCss for autOmubillng, and
quickly decided upon her profession
Having satisfied tho police authorities
us TO her capabilities, She obtained
her present post and Is keeping her.
self and family In comfort.
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G0IDBUGS MUM
ON WHITE METAL

Mr.. Bryan is justly having a little fun
all to himself nowadays ns he pursuce
tho oldtime goldbugs with II demand for
their present opinion Of the quantitive
theory Of money. IIe rematuds tLem Of
their arguments in '93 aud ten previous
years. Edward Atkinson Ia dead, but
the professor ID the Chicago university,
and tho other II in Yale, who had 80
much to say in those day., are still
alive; 30 are many Of tie learned %j0urn-
allsts who Endorsed the goldbug's now
school of political economy, and strange
ly enough, not Que word has been heard
from them during the Inv-t nj xious two
months.
They beat silver To death and at the
same time beat the life ont Of business
Since then they, 10y their Legislation,
have beaten the silver mincrs OF tho
west nut Of quito 100000 900 for the
oehef, chiefly .: foreigners; they have
dfh"nNto themselves from tho min ~
'rld 10 trade balances quite 3OyO millions
< collars III gold or it's equivalent need
they nave mote tbnn doubled all the
money OF he counts, Especially Of golj,
but now ~ithm the past two munths
have been tor d 10 raw upon tue OLD
world for near. sl00, nOO, 600, and tina,
has not given tbo rnliei. Surely Tic
humiliation Of thosc vi % men must b,
very great.
Suppose lhoy had left silver alone
II would nave saved 10 the nsiion quit
sGOr, goo 900 that has been thrown away
IL they had left il alone and had ue,a Il
as tile French bankers have ured their
silver, would II not have been better
Suppose for tho $780, 900 900 in silyer.
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USED BIBLE AS CIPHER.
Verse from Solomon Told Of Mar.
rage Engagement.

When she left her home in the
small town to come to New York to
take up n special course of study.
her pet sister was fast reaching the
crisis Of n love affair, says the Trlb-
une. The pet sister was a most win
some young lady, and had long kept
q goodly train OF suitors assigning.
Was this affair to be the grand af-
fair? The older sister hoped so, for
she liked tho young man cordially
thought he was just the sort to
make u proper brother-in-law.
But the weeks passed and not a
bit OF definite news about the prog.
ress OF II affair did the older sister
receive in her city boarding house.
She became anxious. Louise, she
thought, must not go OH recklessly
trllling In such important matters.
Then II night about ten o'clock
Just as she was going to bed, came
Il telegram. The servant brought It
up. The older sister was country
girl enough to be thoroughly fright
ened by the pale manila, bluck.iuked
envelope. How ominous it looked.
AZ length she gathered courage TO
open 1t. This is what she read:
Solomon six three. Louise"
Solomon sly three! Whatever in
the world. Oh. why, yes, stupid, 1t
oil course means the Songs OF Solo.
mon. sixth chapter. third verse. But
and her cheeks flushed with shame
she had no Bible!
There was n great scurrying about
tn" boarding house to find n CODY OF
the sacred book. The girls were
routed ont In vain. On all sides tho
cry arose: Who's got n Bible?"
just think of the sister trying to
sleep that night without knowing
what h a verse was, II would have
been Just like Il woman to lie down
to pleasant dreams. content to know
mat she could satisfy her curiosity in
the morning--nOt!
The landlady, good soul. came "a
the rescue. She was no heather.
II had Il Bible. Up to her room
win II lew h sister. and shut the
cnuF- Such Il turning OF pages by
eager nervous fingers. So..mon six
three. She found it. and then she
cried: "iiurrah!" and laughed, for ,be
verse was:
Il am my bcloved's, and nv be.
loved Is mine"
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Entered ut the ElKo postonicc for transmission
Though tho mails Us sccond-class matter.
In The Days Of "a.

We had some memorable Christmas
days III the south during the war; said
Mrs Ze5ulon b. Vance, wife OF the late
United States senator from North Car
DINA. GThat OF 1861 N different
from any that had preceded it because
we we're in arms against the Federal
government, aud many OF the male
guests ut southern homes that day wore
Confederate uniforms. Much Of the
talk al tho Christmas dinner table was
OF eieges anu battles and marches, but
We we're all full Of hope and confidence.
.aChristmas, 1862, found us but poorly
prepared to celebrate it. Our supplies
were few, and Confederate money WIS
at a heavy discount. Then came the
bitter year Of 1868, with the fau OF
Vicksburg and the defeat at Gettsburg.
With cad faces, harmonizmg well with
their dresses OF coarse black stuff, the
m OF the south devoted themselves
to picking lint and spinning and weav-
ing for husbands, fathers, brothers and
sweethearts in the field.
christmas, 1S64-the last Christmas
OF the war--dawned, and what gloomy
festival it was for the people Of the
south! OF manufactured products we
had practically none. Our hairpins
were made OF lond black thorns, with a
ball OF sealing wax on the end. We had
made into dresses every scrap Of avail
able material while our feet were meas.
ed in home made cloth shoes. The slaves,
having heard OF de Emancipation pro-
clamatioD,' knew that they were free
and had all scattered away. DesJlatioD
seemed to reign over everything. or all
the Christmas days | have known TINT
last Christmas in the south in wartime
is the ono OF all others that l am most
certain never to torget."-PittsbuIg
Dispatch.
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~GESrLEMES,-
The constitution OF this state, article
V, section TX, provides that 1.-THE Gov
ernor NAV, on extraordinary occasions,
convene the Legislature by proclamation.
and shat state to both houses, when
organized, the purpose for which they
have beeu convened, and the legislature
shall transact NJ Legislative business
eIoept that for winch they were epeci-
ully convened, or such other legislative
business us the Governor may call to
the attention. of the Legislature while III
session"
Believing hat an extraordinary oc
casion now exists and II which the
legislature, being d coordinate branch
of the state government, liz best pre-
pared to solve, it becomes my duty, by
proclamation, to convene the Legislature
at Carson City, Nevada, ON the 18th day
Of January, a. d. 1908.
This request has been made by many
citizens. The object being to adjust by
legislation, il possible, tho controversy
existing between the mrners and mine
owners at Goldtield, this state. Such
legislation should be general in chara-
cter and impartially applicable for the
restoration and preservation Of law and
order.
Under the copstit ution, rs above cited,
the Governor shall state to both housee,
when organized, the purpose for which
have been convened. When tha,
arrives, | will endeaVor to outline
to you the IL necessary Legislation re-
quired, and will give hearty cooperation
in the attempt to secure to every citizen
Of Nevada their just rights freely 10 be
exercised under the law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, | have hereunto
set my hand and caused the Great
Seal oi State TO DO affixed. Done
at Carson City, State OF Nevada,
this 3Uth day o; December, A. u.
1907.
JOHN SPARKS
Attest: Governor
w. G. DOUGLASS
Secretary OF State.
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Fruit Dumniinn.

slit ono pint Uf Hour, ono.half ten.
spoonful OF salt, and two tcaspoOnfuls
OF baking powder: rub I'm one hcaplng
Tablespoonful OF butter and mix into n
stih dough with throc-fourths OF n
cupful Of milk. Toss tho dough onto
a wcllfourcd board. knoad 1t slightly
ma roll ont Onc.third OF nm inch thick,
Cut Into rounds with a largo cutter,
Put half Of n pared peach I'm tho con.
ter oil each, draw tho dough up oyor
tho peach and roll carefully In ,be
hand until tho folds havo d~Isappcarcd
n'ih II Ia smooth ana round like n ball
Butter the perforated pan in n steam.
or arrange the dumplings on Il 30
mat they viii not touch. cover tightly
ana steam 20 minutes. Serve with
lruit sauce. Rub Ouc.fourih OF n cup.
iui o. butter TO n cream. add gradual
~ one cupful OF powdered sugar and
beat until light and frothy. then hon,
IN gradually one cupful Of sliced
peaches. Set in n cool place IN hard
serve Tho same as hard sauce.
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COFFEE GROWING IN FAVOR.
Steady Increase Of Consumption In
United States.

Tho importation of coffee In tho
calendar year 1896. less the quantity
exported. aggregated sol. G92, 275
pounds. as compared with Si3. ,0iS
pounds in 1906. The quantity con.
sumed was greater in 1906. but tho
value was less than in 1896 to the OK.
tent OF s~i.57i.273. There was 1920.
376 pounds less of tea imported in
1906 thar in 1896, though the value OF
the imports was 5000, 0GG greater I'm
9O6 The importation Of cocoa has
greatly Increased and also OF choco.
late. But the large increase in the
consumption Of cocoa has been almost
wholly due to It's use in the manufac.
tuTe OF confectionery. Its price has
remained nearly stationary during tho
last ten years. For the five years
ended with 1901 the average annua;
imports Of coffee amounted to SIG57O.
OS2 pounds, and for TIE FIVE years end.
cd with 1906 the average was 0JG.SI7..
l6G pounds. showing a steady Increase
In the consumption OF coffee I'm the
United States while :he contrary 10
true OF tea.
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THE DEARMOND--
WILLIAMS FIGHT
Secretary Of State.

Tho following account Of the fight
between Johu Sharp williams, the mi
nority leader in congress, and Congress-
man DeArmond Of Missouri il taken
from the Kansas City Star of the day
the fight occurred. II has q local inter-
est because Congressman Booher, the
innocent cause Of the trouble, has many
friends here:
Neither John Sharp Williams nor Da.
vid a. DeArmoDd, who fought on the
floor Of the house this afternoon, wns
badly injured. Tonight Williams Inns
an ugly looking cut under his left oye
and DeArmond's face is bruised, bu,
that is all. The two statesmen will be
in their accustomed places in the house
tomorrow. Today's fight was the real
thing. a knockout blow was prevented
only by the efforts OF distinguished
peacemakers from both sides Of the
house.
10 the question Of veracity be; weeu
Williams anu DcArmond, Representa-
tive Booher OF Missouri, the man over
whom the men fought, sustains Dear
mond. Bouher statcs positively that he
had no conversation with DeArmoud re-
garding his committee assignments and
that DcArmond could have no reason
Tor saying what Williame quoted hun as
saying. Many other members OF the
democratic side, including all Of the
MissourlanH, Hrs confident Williams wac
wrong and that he %misquotej DEAR
mono. h light was the elimination
Of friction between DcArmond and Will
hams, which started four years ago,
when DeArmond opposed Williams for
the minority leadership.
&The opposition TO Williams has stead.
iyN developed Old line democrats in
congress criticss Williams as lacking
sgsressiycu "Aj and hlso Tor his domiu.
eering methods.
Williams az 5pesEUr Cannon are
close personal fnl.h.s, sud Il has been
charged that Villa has permitted
the speaker TO control !iy, ~ the direc.
ton OF policies ~ the ,.c, % 1T his
party's advancement. :
In the democratic committee o., .pint.
meDis Cannon has followed tho d. ~.
mendatiODs oi Williams and the In,
has openly Disseminated against mem.
bers who have opposed ln4 lcadersh,u.
1t has been freely stated that because
OF the attitude Of BcArmond and the
loyalty Of the Missouri democrats to
INN, Williams eli hted Missouri in his
comtpittec recommendation. In the
last congress that state for the first time
III many years WA omitted from ron.
reservations on The committee Oh ap.
preparations. Again this yenr no
MIssounnL was named for TIM, impor,.
ant committee.
EARLY IN the present session do.
Almond and Williams mo, In a corrido,
OF the capitol and discussed briefly the
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None Such Now.

"Picrpont Morgan's superb coliec.
lions In his London town house." said
n New York decorator. were opened
to n few Of us during u summer con.
ycntion at the South Kensington Mu
scum.
Among Mr.. Morgan's treasures
there was an old book that i liked for
It's quaintncss. This book. which was
splcndidly bound, was lIoptoun's Con.
cnrdancc Of Years II was n chrOnul.
Ogy OF remarkable events and | copied
n few OF these events down. We have
none such 10Y Listen"
The decorator then read:
ZIG. The moon seemed turned into
bloodc.
1l2S. Men wore hare like women.
1898. Four sunnes appeared. beside
n true sunnc, OF a red %colourc.
1881. FIcnds were seer spcakc unto
men as they travelled.
fi0i. a red birdie with n girls head
seen thrice In London.
1877. \ blazing star on Palm Sun
day near the sun.
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Odd Cause Of Thunder.

thunder, just because II is n noise
for which there is no visible cause,
has always excited the imagination
OF the unscicntitiC: so IT IL natural
that the mos outrageous supcrstitions
abou storms should date back to he
time when everybody, more or less.
was u~nsciontific Ono old writer OK.
plains the belief OF his day-that "a
storm is said To follow presently when
n company of hoggcs runno CRYING
home. on the ground that a ''hogge
Is most dull and of n melancholy m.
IRE, and so by reason doth forcsco
tho rainc that comcth." Leonard Dig.
ges. In his "Prognosticatlon Evcrlast.
Ing tl55G). mentions that thunder
in he morning signifies wind; about
noon. rain; and in the evening, a great
tcmpcst."-Rallway and Locomotive
Engineer.
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Terse and Truthful.

A dcspairing debt collector decided
the other day TO corner his quarry at
the bar Of the Hoffman house in the
presence Of Il number OF his friends.
thinking that by this rusc he would
so y..barrrass his man that he would
either get his money In rage or a
promise In modification. says the New
York Times. Advancing gently he
tapped the debtor on the shoulder and
said: Pardon me-. Mr.. -. When ara
you going to pay that small amount
You " my irm?" The debtor spun
around on his heel and glarcd. I'm
no prophet" he roarcd. The debt col.
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Bulb Farms Of MarshIand.

the asst industry hitherto associat.
cd almost exclusively with Holland Is
gaining n foothold In Great Britain
that Is promising for the agricultural
depression there. II is said that tho
climate OF Holland Is Just like the eli.
mate OF England, only worse.
In the fen district of Lincolnshire
there are many acres of land devoted
10 the growing of narcissi. and SO Sic.
ccssful has the industry become that
several Dutch growers have paid Eng.
land the compliment of buying their
stock bulbs in that country, while
others are said to have considered
seriously the ACCESSIBILITY OF purcbas.
Ing land In Lincolnshire for tho grow.
:nE OF bulbs so as to compete with tho
4NEIishman In his own land.
IN acre of wheat or potatocs +,
England Is worth from $50 to 800.
but an acre of choice danodiIs mr.
narcissi may be worth anything from
S2"@ to $4,000 II more.
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'Sch ,hey caused 70 be lost in the pas,

ich they caused TO be lost in the past
urteen years, they could get silvcr
certificates today, would not that be q
more welcome addition to the nations
stock Of money?
Well, they collected tho interest and
then the principal On their bonds in
gold. With 1t they were able to go out
and purchase twice as puoh property as
they could have purchased when they
began their warfare, Tut what light can
they turn upon the present situation?
Are thu, still opposed to the quantitive
theory Of money! II they are, what
quantity can they today count upon?-
Salt Lake Telegram.
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Had Trying Experience.

d. j. Kennedy, president OF the Fair
view Mizpah Mining Company, spent IL
fearful night on the mountains Il, ar
Fairview last Friday, having lost his WAY
while returning from i'Hiiun with 81. 800
IN com and currency and IL lot Of Christ
mas dinner supplies. Driving II good
team and leaving Fhllon at noon he ex-
pected to reach the Mizpah niue before
dark, the distance being fifty miles.
Dark ness came sooner than expected,
no wever, ILL., he lost his Wa, getting
into Hgulch five miles from one in which
his mine is situated. Hc tried another
ono and was again wrong. Then he
drove to the top Of Il peak and tried to
locate himself but this WIS a failure,
too, SO he unhiiched his horses and =,
leading II and carrying the grip con.
tanning his money. he einr'cd utoo, to
lind he trail to camp. II was then
midnight and the Enow ON the mou?-
tdins was almost waist deep. lie located
the trail ut a p mt two miles from camp
and reached the m.ns at ! o'clock in the
morning. Ills carr, nose and tucn wee
frozen and he WAS completely exhausted.
but he got II, Ill time tn save has lie
and succeeded ia bringing the money
III time for pay day.-FntcrprIsr.
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Just \ All.

The manager In n shipyard Is rc.
ported to have assembled his men to-.
Ecthcr In tho time Office and told
them to vote In n municipal election
us they pleased. "In fact. ] Rhan't
tell you how | am going to vote" no
said. but after 1t Is all over | shall
have n barrel of beer brought into
the yard" c"Ilcar. heart" shouted
tho menu "put | shnn't tap II unless
Mr.. Blank gets IN"
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That power can only be furnished by
the legislature aud Governor Sparks
should not hesitate to call it IN extra
session IL in his judgement he deems it
necessary for the best interest Of the
state. He will hive the loyal support Of
a very large majority Of the people OF
Elko county in any action he may take
in maintaining law and order not only
al Goldfeld, but everywhere within the
borders OF the State Of Nevada.