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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-04-24
INFLUENCE OF DIET ON SLEEP.
Effect Of Certain Foods Largely lmag.
mary, Says Physician.

Diet has little influence on sheep,
except In so far rs It may produce
disturbances OF digestion and
through these OF the general bal.
ance OF health. The hypnotic effects
OF certain foods. such as onions.
lettuce, milk, etc, arc chiefly i'm.
aginary. Even the time OF the last
meal OF the day is OF relatively IL.
tie Importance. except that 1t is
well to let this be at least two or
three hours before retiring. But
even this rule has many exceptions.
as many healthy laborlng men In.
bitually fall asleep over their pipes
directly after supper, and children,
after poking the spoon into their
little eyes, nod or over the tea
table, with the bread and butter still
clutchcd IN their chubby fists.
The processes Of digestion prob.
ably go on more slowly during sleop.
but they are perfectly carried out. ma
Is Illustrated by the almost invariablo
habit among animals OF going to
sleep directly after n meal.
indeed, n moderate amount of food
In the stomach or intostines seems 10
promote slumbcr. Many night work.
ers. for instance, sleep much better by
taking a Hight or eve full supper Just
before retlring.-Dr. Woods Hutchin.
son In tho American Magazine.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-04-24
WilHlmS-GUtin

There was u wedding in town at 3
o'clock this afternoon. 4 former resi-
dent OF Elko took unto himself n wife
from the Buckeye state. A little bird
brought this information to the Office
this afternoon but swore us to secresy
rs to names.
Later the pledge of secresy was re-
moved and we are permitted to say that
Delbert Elvin Williams, editor of the
Fallon Eagle. was the lucky man and
Miss. Neva f. Gustin of Dayton. Ohio,
was the happy bride.
The ceremony took place Mt the res
idence of Attorney Otto T. Williams,
brother of the groom, and Rev. George
H. Greenfield performed the ceremony.
Mr.. and Mrs. Williams will spend Il
few days i'll Elko and will then go to
Fallon, their future home.
The INDEPENDENT extends congratu-
lations and wishes Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liams health, happiness and prosperity.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-04-24
An Embryo Genius. surnlv-

a private school for boys on NIadI.
avenue boasts Of u pupil who nm.
doubleday is destined to high rank az
n literary genius. says the New York
Press. For some Infraction OF dis.
cipline this boy was sentenced To re
main after hours and write an ESSAY
OF 200 words on birds. This Is wha,
he wrote:
Il do not like birds. for in the morn.
Ing when | am trying to sleep they
Keep Inc awake with their twitterIng.
twittering. twittcring. twitterlng, twit.
tcring' twittcrlng, t%witterlng, twItter.
ing twittcring." And 80 on TO the OK.
tent OF about 25 words more. "And
when get mad and turn over and try
and try and try and try and try TO got
10 sleep they still continue to chIrp,
chirp, chirp. chIrp, chIrp. chIrp, chlrp."
And so on rs before. birds. too. are
awful greedy things. They don't do
nothing all day but fly around and
peck, peck, peck. peck, peck. neck,
peck, peck" And so on until the re.
CURED number Of words was com.
plcted.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-04-24
THE FULL N N PAIL

= ~ 4 - &=HsEr .H.#--ah 49, TO- ."
Referring to the happenings in Union
Square New York City, Saturday,
March 2s.the New York correspondent
for the Chicago Inter- Ocean said:
They ha4e brought many carts into
the Square Mserve Us speaking stands"
.reported,a policeman.
Drive them away; use your clubs. if
necessary replied the inspector,
Aman from the crowd, hearing the
command, advanced, pulled u paper
from his pocket, and tapped it with. his
finger.
THAT he said, lis the strongest thing
in America. 1t is the constitution of
the United States. 1t says that
the people have a right to peaceable
assemblage."
''This is the strongest thing in Union
square" replied the inspector. holding
aloft his club.
Suddenly the demonstration fell back
before the .bluecoats. ''Then n man in
the throng started the "Marseillaise."
The great throng took it up. In an in
slant the defiant battle song of the
French revolution was echoiug through
the vast square. Surging in and out,
keeping a head of the clubs of the
police, the red hats lodged. They bore
notices like this:
I'VE demand work"
why should we go hungry.
Public thievery makes private pow
!erty."
All Mt once there appeared the magni-
icent mounted police. These splendid
officers bore down upon the multitude
like so many mounted soldiers of the
Ney division.
Drive them into the East river com
manded the inspector.
The horses turned into the crowd.
Many fell beneath the hoofs of the
animals. In panic tina red hated
columns dashed backward. They
massed upon. the sidewalks, On. came
the charging police. cavalry. pushing on,
,on to the sidewalks. with the curyeting
steeds. 20. yt.
Referring to this dispatch the Omaha
World Herald said: ut reads like a
page fromC arlyle's French Revolution
or like an account of what might have
happened somewhere in darkest Russia.
It doesn't read like tho story of what
happened here in free and enlightened
America, in the early years of the
Twentieth century"
And the slogan was -Four years more
Of the full dinner pailP'
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-04-24
TOILET A REAL WORK OF ART
Maiden Of japan as Equipped for
Festive Occasion.

The Japanese college girl enter
ta.ned the fudge party with oriental
"reminiscences.
On every holiday she said, the
Japanese maiden must rise and havn
her toilet finished before the sun looks
over Fnjiyama, our sacred mountain.
And what n toilet! The long.
coarse black tresscs are washed,
combed and creased till the head
shines like a knob OF polished black
marble. The cheeks are rouge n hno
pink. The throat, neck and bosom are
powdered. but at the nap OF the neck
there are left three lines OF the
original brown skin. I'm accordance
with the rules Uf Japanese cosmetic
art.
with charcoal she rounds and
lengthens her eyebrows. She rcddens
her lips with cherry paste, adding a
gilt diamond to the center OF the
pouting lower lip. She puts on eight
fresh garments and she ties her obi,
or great sash. In n symbolic knot. Her
socks-shc doesn't wear stockings
are cry white and pure. and her
clogs are lacquered till they shine like
n silk hat.
Now h Is ready to set out. She
fills her silk tobacco pouch. thrusts
her pipe In her girdlc. puts six paper
handkerchlcfs up her wide sleeve and
saIlies forth. turning her toes in and
waving her fan with Z demure grace"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-04-24
UNLIKE THE GOOD OLD DAYS.
Rural sases Discuss Dessneraey Of
Their "Hired Help"

mo. sir!" said Josiah Clovertop to
Hen" Hayseed. as they discussed the
question of hired help" in front Of the
Eggville post Office on Saturday when
everybody had come to town." mo,
sir. hired help Amt what It used to be
by n long shot, by heck! Hard to git
and no count when you git It!
IN our young days when We hired
out we callated on doin> good days
work and didn't kick II we got a dollar
a day for 1t. but now n hired man
wants his W dollars a day and he
don't expect to pull out afore five In
the mornin' and wants to knock off
work at at night and hen kicks
II you ask him to chop wood or milk
kcows or chore round an hour or two
arfter supper.
II dunno what farmin' Is comm to
with all the help so blamed trinin'.
Man left me right In the middle Of
haydn because | routed him out at
four In the morning and wouldn't let
him lazy round a hull hour at noon
and knock off work at sunset so he
needn't do the milkin' by lantern
light. | tell you. Josh. farmin' amt
what 1t used to was. by heck!
mo It hain't," assented Josiah, sol.
emnly. An wimmen help is jest as
trillin' as men help. Here | paid a
girl $l.75 n week to help my wife while
ne had | or ten summer boarders,
an that trihin' thing never stirred till
most five ev'ry mornin' an saiG &c IN
family was too many where only one
girl was kept, and she kicked because
we wanted her to weed In the garden
when she'd nothin' else to do. Kicked
cause she couldn't set idle 4 hull hour
ev'ry AFTERNOON. and got ugly because
h couldn't git her dishwashin' done
until ten ut night.
Il dunno what the world Is comm
to with so few people havin' any am.
bition to work. Looks to me like
things is gOin' TO the dogs ginerally
through idlcness an extravaganza an
waste. That girl spent 60 cents In
one day for ribbon while she was ut
my house. an my wife ketched her
THROWN away a good third OF a piece
C. pie a boarder had left on his plate
Std OF putin il away for herself or
the hired man To eat. It's turrible the
way things go on the farm nowadays
tnrrible'" Puck.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-04-24
Borah's Opinion OF Orchard

Senator BOrah of Idaho in discussing
the s~hooting-up of Brownsville by the
colOrcd soldiers, took occasion to speak
as follows regarding Harry Orchard,
the monster who murdered Ex-Govcr-
nor ~Steunenberg:
"a cold blooded, inhuman. incarnatc
devil blows to pieces an ex-governor
upon the doorstep Of his home, il caught
and confcsses, and before the grave of
the mar who died a martyr to law and
order is green, scntimcntalism puts a
halo upon the brow Of the blacklist
spirit that ever escaped the crypts of
hell"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-04-24
BY NAME UNKNOWN
IMPORTANCE OF ANONYMOUS UT.
TERANcEs IN HISTORY.
Scriptures Full Of Instances In Which
the Words Of Nameless Speakers
Were Most FatefuI-IneIdent
Of the "Youns Ruler"

In the course OF reading one is often
struck by the important part played
by anonymous voices throughout his
tory. The Scriptures are full OF ID.
stances in which the words OF name
less speakers have become historic.
Who made thee a prince and q Judge
over US? intendest thou to kill ME, as
thou killedst the Egyptian?"-words
few, and their speaker unknown: but
they drove Moses into tho desert. an
exile for 40 years. Saul hath slain
his thousands. and David his ten thou.
sands" sang the Hebrew maidens In
their rejoicing over the death OF Go
Hath. and we know what fateful words
they proved to the hero they were
meant to honor. We remember the
GREATNESS arrival of Jobs servants in
sad fourfold succession. each with his
tale OF woe no sooner delivered than
autdone by that Of the next -omcr.
and how each ended with the piercing
refrain: And | only am escaped alone
to tell thee" Jobs wife, that eastern
Lady Macbeth, Kisses out her d!aboII.
cal instigatlon: "Dost thou still retain
thine Integrity? Curse God. and die"
Certain Chaldcans pillory themselves
and glOrify three Jews for all time by
their s~ycophantic t~ale.tclling: These
q oh, king, have not regarded thee:
they serve not thy gods. MOI worship
h golden image which thou has set
up" And others perform the same
Office for that Daniel" which was "of
the children OF the captivity OF Ju.
dab" to his great honor and their own
undoing. Returning with slow steps
and with awed and wondering looks
come the men set to catch Jesus In
His words, framing as the pass their
more than sufficient excuse: Never
man spake like his man The young
ruler" runs with this eager inquiry to
the Master, and goes away sorrowful,
making the great refusal. The woman
OF Samaria. with her keen questioning,
draws from Christ the glorious truth
mat God Is a Spirit: and they that
worship Him must worship Him I'm
spirit and In truth" As speaker OF an
all too memorable sentence. there is
tlle pert servant maid who with a
word cowed Peter and made him sin
tho sin OF his He.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-04-24
DISORGANIZED REPUBLICANS

Formerly the mcrcilcss republican
partisan Iprcss and II fair: sprinkling Of
journalistic independents used to get
a world Of material for humor and
biting satire out of the disprgauizcd
and quarrclsomc status of the demo.
cratic party. the most etrectuul ingrcdi.
ent in their sallics being that the latter
had n strong basis Of truth.
The situation has been reversed in tho
most remarkable and complete manner
Today the policies of II republican pres.
dent, supported by practically the
entire country, arc brought to q stand.
still in an overwhelmingly republican
congress. Legislation that has hung
fire for several years, and back of
which Is tho demand Of the most o n
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-04-24
Miners Interest in a Baitleship

\ first-class battlcship. the metal
contents of which weigh 1900 tons,
contains about the following amounts of
the several metals, says the Denver
Mining Sciences: Steel and iron, IL, 200
tons. $396. 900; copper, 400 tons $104, 900;
nickel, 40 tons. sos, 900; lead 40 tons,
$40, 5000; zinc, 40 tons; 80, $50; tin. ten
tons, , 300; total 1921, $50.
Thus we see that the SHOEMAKER gets
1896, 900 out of every modern warship,
while the metal miner gets S22S, 100. 1t
is also rather interesting to note hat a
ship is built almost entirely of metal.
Truly the miner must I've depended
upon to furnish the sinews of wal and
the insurance Of peace to "A greater
extent now than ever before.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-04-24
ConfereSS Appointed

President Roosevelt has called for a
conference of the governors of the
various states of the country ut the
White House text month, and also an
nounccs that each governor will be en-
titled to appoint three persons to assist
him in the work I d le considered during
the conference. The meeting is held to
consider the preservation of the various
of the different states of the
nuion. The question of forest reserves
and also the preservation of every other
Resource will be considered and the
opinions of the various governors and
delegates will he secured. Governor
Sparks has appointed the delegates to
the meeting, and it is likely that one or
more of them will attend. Following
are the delegates: James a. Yerington,
Carson City; B. F. Leete, Reno; and
Senator Ed. Hardin.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-04-24
Condition Of Gov. Sparks

y report was circulated on the street
y~esteday to the effect that the condition
of Governor Sparks was now very
critical and there was little chance for
his recovery. An investigation resulted
in the ascertaining that while the gov
ernor's condition is very serious the
physicians do not believe that it is now
critical.
Deputy State Treasurer Wildes lie
parted for San Francisco on Wedncs,
day evening being called there by the
illness of Mr.. Sparks. He will remain
there for several days comforting with
the governor in regard to business
matters and other affairs.-Caraon
News.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-04-24
An Execution In India

y letter from Indiato IL German paper
Bombay of Il mar who had been found
guilty of the murder of his brother-in.
law: THE question rs to whether the
culprit should lie executed or sent to
prison for life was, as is the custom, sub.
mitted to the family of the murdered
man for decision. All, including the
the wife of the murdered, voted for
death. When the place of execution was
reached, the condemned nan knelt, and
the ropes which were fastened to him
were handed over to the cxecutiOner's
assistants. The one who held the neck
rope took q few steps before the knccling
maj and the other two stood ut either
side. Then the eXCCutioncr, armed with
a razor edged, heavy knife. advanced
and asked in a loud voice, Who author
ICES the cxccution?' and the chief Of po.
lice answered, The law The ques
ton was asked and answered three
times, while the armed man advanced,
slowly swinging the mighty blade. AS
the last answer was heard an assistant
cxccutioncr thrust q needle point into
the knccling mans back and he made
an involuntary motion forward with his
head. The three ropes were pulled taut
leaving the neck extended tothc utmost.
At tho saInc instant the knife whirrcd
through the air and the head of the
murderer rolled in the sand
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-04-24
BREAK UP TIE FENCES

Since the first of January Elko coun-
tvs contribution to Warden Days fam
lily ut the p~enitentiary has been thirteen.
A large nnmber of these plead guilty
to robbing box cars. This class of thieves
have been encouraged by the little
trouble they have had in disposing of
stolen property. People buy all sorts of
merchandise of tramps, who they must
know did not come honestly into the
possession of 1t. II there was no market
for stolen merchandise, there would be
fewer box q robberies.
This - sometimes done by innocent
people, but in II good many instances
those who buy the stolen property do so
BecausS they get a bargain. If they arc
caught with the stolen property, some
Of them lie to fhe officer, whose duty it
1t is to hunt down crime, and think they
have dope aver bright act, A case of
this kind Is mentioned i'm the. report Of
theagtand ipEyr found elsewhere insthis
issue. 81
IT is a%4notorious' fact that fences for
the disposal tSfP stolen property have
doneSfhtfyipSi business IN this county.
Some Of these fences have been broken
up but Others.nre supposed to be still
doingobusiness. The suspected places
should'be closely watched by tic officers
and IF sufficient evidence can be pro.
cured the men who conduct them should
be. arrested Aud the fences broken up.
The man who buys. stolen property.
knowing Ii 70 have been stolen, is
placed by the law on the same Tinnc as
the thief.
Tho raace I,officers of this county
should follow the recommendation of
the grand jury and arrest every person
who buys stolen property and then lies
about having II. All such people should
be charged with a crime and IL con
victed shonld be severely punished. If
this course is followed by the officers,
Elko counyt's colony ut the pen may
be larger, but there will he less stealing
from box cars, stores aud other places.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-04-24
Read Your Bibble

\ cogent reason for Il more careful
reading of the Bible comes from Belle
vile, Illinois.
Waltar Kraft Of that city has nearly
+ 1000 worth of colonial money that was
hidden in Il family Bible for 100 years
without being discovered.
Kraft came into possession of this old
Bible Il short time ago. Some of the
money had been issued during the
thirteenth year of the reign of his
majesty George III, of England" by the
colonies.
In the book of Revelation was dis
covered Il coupon from Il bond issued for
the construction Of the first water
works system in America. The coupon
is dated 1885 and calls for s shillings.
On the back of each note is the warn.
ing. ITO counterfeit is death"
1t pays to he a close student of the
Bible Journal
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harhmony with the remarkable men

with the remarkable men
who dominated it
About the first thing the convention
did after organizing was to listen to u
long letter from Senator Nixon, in which
this remarkable paragraph ccurs
I'VE all remember, some through bit
ter experiences and others from the
knowledge of past conditions, the last
regime of the democratic party, with
its Coxey's army, soup kitchens and
other evidences of misery and want.
While the republican party may not
always have followed such Il policy as
some of its individual members desired,
thing is sure, that for the past
twelve years this country has never en-
joyed q more prosperous period"
In this paragraph Senator Nixon
charges the panic of 1893 to the demo
cratic party. when ut that time he went
up and down the state charging the
panic to the republican party because
of the decentralization of silver. But
not satisfied with this perversion of the
facts of history, he closes his eyes to the
panic of 1908 and proudly boasts of
the prosperity the country is now enjoy
ing after almost twelve years of unre-
stricted republican rule. There were
soup houses and IL Coxey army during
the last democratic administration, but
they were'1 he; result of republican
policies. as everyone knows who is
posted in the cOuntry's history. The
Mckinley tariff bill was in full force
during the panic of 1893, and still
Senator Nixon has the gall to charge it
to the democratic party. AS there were
soup houses and vast armies of I'M
employed men 1893, so there were soup
houses and millions of idle workmcn in
1907. Senator Nixon saw the one and
artfully lodged the other.
This letter was loudly applauded by
the delegates to that convention. Need
anything more be said in proof of the
assertion that it was a remarkable body
of men?
lphlipiih uhOllth ~ uiSo ictliii N
able for what it does not say. 1t does
not point with pride to the prosperous
condition of the country ms republican
conventions have. lone i'll the past.
Evidently Surdis Sumncrfield, who
drew the platform, had more sense than
Senator Nixon.
The platform adopted by the con-
vention endorses the administration of
Roosevelt, favors the revision of the
tariff by its friends, which means the
trusts, condemns anarchy, denounces all
unjust and oppressive combinations of
either labor or capital, opposes child
labor, favors the early completion of
the Panama canal and the retention of
the Philippines, approves of the inter
national court of arbitration, claims the
irrigation system to lie of republican
.parentage and endorses Senator Nixon.
The delegates to the national conven-
ton are Senator Nixon of Humboldt,
Hugh Brown of Nye, j. +. Douglas of
Esmeralda, p. l.. Flanagan of Washoe,
WIN. EastOn of Lander aud George B.
Russell of Elko.
Alternates: NJ. ID. Stanton of Hum
boldt, John G. Thompson of Nye, o. II.
Morgan, o. j. Smith and r. w. Parry of
WaShoe and Con Ahern of Storey.
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Made Him Nervous,

What In the world 10 the matter,
.iiarold?" ~nnXIously inquired the pretty
girl. why. you seem too nervous TO
sit down n minute"
You'll have To pardon me-" re.
spondcd Harold %iiatband. with nm cyo
on the window. "but-cr-I just saw
father prowling around with a
bird gun"
"Oh, nonsense. Why, father likes
you. Didn': ! hear him say that you
were good enough to eat?"
"Ifm! That's just the reason why
he might tIy Ia pepper me-"
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sentative elements of the national elect
crate, shows all signs Of having been
hamstrung. with the wisest and widest
of the republican leaders in Il bad state
of panic and lost presence of mind.
The old fighting. swapping character
istics of the republicans seem to have
vanished; discussion sits enthroned in
party counsels. The democrats. on the
other hand, are more compactly
organized, more aggressive and more
intelligently led than in twenty years.
Ely ESpositor.
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Forfeiture Net cr.
ELKo, NEVADA, January 81. 1909.

ELKo. NEVADA, january 81. 1909.
10 GEORGE CosLETT:
You are hereby notIn Il that tho unJnr.
signed Leonard. Taylor Mining Company nr.
pended during tho years 1901. 1866, 1904 and
hO7, olgh huOdtcI dollars In labor and i'm.
proycmcnts upon tho COLORADO and GRASiI
VIEW lode mining oialms. situate on Itnii Inn,
Mountain. in Centennial Mining DIsttici
county OF .Elko, and State OF Nevada dr.,
hnnurcd dollars was so responded ~ afr,osnI III
by the undersigned on each Of saId Iodn minina
claims during and for each ~ said four vnnr'
In order TO hold said claims under Tho n,nviS
ions OF section 2J2I Of the Revised Stntutr. ~,
inc United states. and the Amendment it,c,.,d w
approved January "a. 1881. CONCERNING animal
lal0r upon mining claims. being the ninnun',ss
required TO hold said claims Tor sniJ yoaps al
Tor tho period ending on tho 3Istda Of i,oc"m
Dor, a.. ID. 1907. And n. within nInrtv I,u.
after the publication hereof, Jou fail M, rc,",ssno
70 contribute your proportion OF such nYncnhi
eIuI Nv u cO'owBor whiChamnuntsto forir b,,n.
urea dollars, your interest In Tho claims Eli
become tho property Of tho nndorsIgncI co,nnr
hlion, your corownsr. which has made ihr' ".
tlOn. " '"" VI H"Iu hec'
DECENTRALIZATION MiSISg Cour..v
DhHbNHH e. bEJsARD, presidnn,
T. iiy broadway, Albany, Now York
Elko. EIho County, Nevada.
Date "f first publication. Fob 2. Igs