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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-10-08
Barefoot DANCING.

w" read OF young women In yartou,
parts of the country giving shoele,s
aiid stockinglcss dances for the benz
III Of charity and for other purpose.
not announced. among which perhaps
could be numbered the qualification 0,
feminine vanity and the desire TO at.
tract attention. Apart from the pro
piiety OF such spcctaclcs and the at
ac3cc uf mOdcsty which tire Cld.fask
iJucd love TO think is still innate in al
wuinankind. there Is tho matter Q.
III" g%ricvous afiiCtlon which audience,
are Going To be called y o 10 entE.s
II this mania continues. The ~fe,lis!ns
o "!al. 40 doubt. was originally !
thing OF beauty. but tight shoes and
French heels have not conserved II,
and the suggestion that young women
should dance barefoot should appah
them quite az much as II does MS. ever
II they arc not restrained by AN!
hUu"hi Of rr0pricty.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-10-08
A RECORD OE WASTE

The ettrnvugant and useless waste of
the public funds by the administration
at Washington is appalling when the
actual figures are set down for consider
ton. Under republican rule the
receipts, through indirect taxation,
principally on account of an unjust and
unequal tariff. have increased by leaps
and bounds. Carefully and s~tudiously
the republican managers of our govern
ment, both in congress and the white
house, have kept the expenditures
beyond the receipts. There must be no
surplus. and therefore no economy. \
reasonable saving might furnish on
argument for the lessening of the rob-
berry by the tariff barons, whose crea-
lures in congress will take good care
that this does not come to pass. The
Roosevelt administration was worse
than any of its predecessors. Tafts is
worse than RooSevelt's.
Compare, if Won will, the relative
cost Of running the government under
Grover Cleveland and Theodore Roose'
welt. Here are the total expenditures
during the four years of Cleveland's last
olminiSt rntinu.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-10-08
Sunday Sandwich.

rom Portland. Ore. comes the
story or an absolutely new sandwich
invention for getting around the sale
OF tobacco on Sunday. except in res.
taurdnts. In New York city the sand
wich served to Justify the sale OF
liquor Is at least nearly reai. In Port.
land they have actually invented the
cigar sandwich. 4 man who wants 10
buy Il PcrfeCto just walks into a cigar
store and orders II perfccto sandwich.
lie gets two thick slices OF bread with
his favorite between them. Then he
maEnnnimously gives back the bread.
The district attorney IL trying TO de.
:erminc whether n cIghs sandwich Is
a sandwich within the meaning Of the
law.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-10-08
THE SIMPLE LIFE LEFT ssp,s,
Mankind Has Created comnli,
Hard to Do Away With,

II IL easy to talk about tho ,,u.,
lie ana 50 hard to live It, for ill., ~
not simple any more. Its comnvH
lions seem unavoidable. pnea'
The trouble lies In ourselves.
entire trend OF womanly sentinel, we
away from the things the cer,ns,H
h.ld dear. INJURIES
ii was not 30 hard to keen life s,u
pie When ones best black sill Mi
duty for n decade. Nowadavs :, -
silk didn't cut into ribbons tho W.
OF the garment would mean tho n,,,n
box In ut least two seasons.
II is the craze for something -.
that is the undoing OF simn,,rT,s
Novelty is the keynote OF most n, or.
lives. Even friendships and maj,
mony are getting infected with mi.
microbe OF restlessness.
a mother said q long ago: "p,,.
Louise Is so iinnicky she will onI.
play with her toys two or three tim,
before she is tired of them and | h,ys
to send them on to the hospital
And the mother seemed In thin,
'iIhl IL SuO"tu al progressive Spirit In
her child. Such II craving for novelty
car mean nothing but unhappincss No
matter what ones ability to CRAFTY
It. 3:
II we are eyer 10 become s:mp,s
again without some dire calamity forr,
ing II upon our country. We mus,
:hange our views OF much that We
now think progressive.
We will have to learn 10 draw :,
sharp distinction between our nece.,L
ties and our frills. A woman who is
noted for her r~cstfulncGs and her
placIdIty In the midst OF a hard life
was asked how she managed TO keen
u%nfrcttcd.
81 try to- keep my life simple. Long
ago | learned that what women DOS.
scss beyond the real necessities soon
grows tn be II WEAKNESS to the nerves
The more OF the uncssentials We ac
uuirc the more We want. Our most
coveted treasure oon grows ins!g.
nificant In the thought OF something
still tn be achieved. make my RUE
III life less change and more rcpOse-
That Is a good rule for any harassei
mother or business woman who la,
come To think life too much for her
ST. Louis Globe.DcmoCrat.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-10-08
Dissolution OF Partnership

Notice is hereby given that the part
ncrShip heretofore existing bet wccn n.
Hing and Gicorg" Wah is this day dis.
solved by mutual consent. George Wnh
retiring from the firm. The business
Of the Hing restaurant will lm confirm.
ed by n. Hing who will pay all debts
against the restaurant and collect all
bills due the same.
y. lIING
GEORGE Wan
Elk". Nevada, October &. 1909.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-10-08
VIEW OF THE TAX EXPERTS

Gathered at Louisville last week
were some 200 Of the best equipped
tax men in the United States. Most
of them are interested in the system
of levying and the method of collecting
taxes. Some of them are fairly entitled
to the appellation of experts.
Among other things they gave their
approval to the plan for an income tax.
Under their approval after fair dis
cuSsion, the States they represent are
likely to give Endorsement to their
amendment to the nations constitution
providing for that means of raising
revenue.
If threc.fourths of the States shall
approve that action of the general
Congress, the difficulty encountered in
the Cleveland administration will have
been obviated. And Il law that seems
just and fair to all men will certainly
receive the approval of the Supreme
Court of the United States.
Much good might come from the
deliberations Of the tax men ut Louis.
vile, but with President Taft and the
Aldrich. Cannon forces in control of
the national Congress it is scarcely like.
~ that there will. The income tax,
like tariff revision, lies in the hands of
the friends of the men who will have
to pay their just portion of the cost
of running this government under any
such system and those men, u%nfortu-
natcly, seem to bc able to purchase their
continuance of power.-Bakcr City
Dpmnprnt
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-10-08
His Kick.

y do WISH said Mrs. Stiles. "tho,
you'd try TO keep yourself heater"
"l'ut. my dear" protected hcr bus.
band. you're not 80 careful"
I'm not? I'm certainly more cnrnfu,
Ct my clothes than you"
That's Just II. You should he moro
careful Of mo"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-10-08
Urges Attendance al Church.

The bishop Of Durham. England. Ia.
ments the fact that a very formidable
degree OF English Christian life in the
neglect and Isolation of the Lords day"
has set In. and blamcs the pcrniCious
custom OF the weekend" THE very
day" he says. when the charities Of
home should be In their strength. when
the family should meet with special de.
votion for home worship. and should
also meet n family amidst other fam.
HES. In the church which Is tho cen.
ter OF the surrounding religious life
life In which tho family should have 4
responsible part-ls now too often the
day for separation. Incidence. lrrcspon,
slble sulf.indulgcncc."
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-10-08
A YELL FROM WALL STREET

Even Wall street papers are not sat.
isficd with President Taft. for the Wall
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-10-08
BILLS

Following are the bills allowed by the
commissioners ut their meeting Mon
day. October 1:
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-10-08
Gettlnu Around customs Laws,

Large quantities Of cherries arc sent
from Europe To this country. simply
preserved In brine. to escape the high
duty on fruits preserved In sugar.
They arc then made into "Maraschino'
cherries.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-10-08
THE DAILY INDEPENDENT

Catered At the ElKo postonice for transmission
through the mails as second-olass matter.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-05-01
NEW PROPHET READS FU-
TURE.
Big Storm to Strike Lau-e ems
--World to End in 1000

The LaurensvilIe Herald
prints the following letter sign
ed Thomas M. WorAman: About
the most useless thing man
can have on his place is a storm
pit; for when Eost needed. it
Will be out Of reach. If you
wish to know that a storm is
coming several minutes before
it reaches you listen to the thup.
der. If il rolls and changes its
tone or rumbles with a jolting
sound like wagon .joltins over
rocks, you may rest easy, for
there Is no severe storm in the
direction of the thunder. But
it you hear one long, crashing
boo.oo-m, trembling and culver
ing as the sound gradually dies
away without changing its tone.
90 10 yo slorm-pit, if YOU in
tend to u" it when needed. For
cloud or no cloud, that thunder
comes from a storm or cyclone.
L am guessing that there will be
a storm, one or more, fierce
enough to blow houses down in
Laurens County, sometime be.
tween now and the middle of
next September. OF course this
Is merely guess, but You will
see between now and September
whether | had any reason for The
guess. Look for lightning that
you can easily see to read bv.
some night between now the mid.
Ole OF next September the
brightest and most of il, probably,
you nave ever seen. This year is
the 6S'h jubilee year since the
time OF Moses. (See Leviticus ,
20 Is. One thousand four
hundred and ninety-one years
before Christ the lightnings and
hail destroyed Egypt, Exodus,
9:24) and some signs | am
watching point to this year as
going IN that direction. Pos
sibly. some OF you may think the
end of the world has at last come
But | don't count on that much
before the zoos, the 10th jubilee.
But this Is all mere guesswork
OF mine. The storms and light
ming may not be as bad as | am
looking for them to be.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-05-01
Turkey Changes Rulers
Abdul Hamid Deposed and
His Brother Chosen as
Sultan.

Oohstantlnople, April 2S -
The reign Of Abdul Hamid III.
ended today with his disposition
and the accession of his brother.
Mehemed Reschaad Efendi as
Mehemed ", a variation of
"Mahmet" it being considered
Inappropriate to assume the pre-
else name of the prophet. Meh-
med V. is the ,hirty-fifth sover-
eiSn of Turkey, in male descent,
OF The House of Osman, the
founder of the empire, and is the
twenty-ninth Sultan since the
conquest of Constsntinople.
The two houses of Parliament
meeting as national assembly
ie the forenoon, approved the
decree OF deposition, which was
read by Sheik Ul-Islam, chief of
the Ulemas and Supreme Judge
on ecclesiastical questions. The
document recited that Albul
Hamid's acts we're contrary to
the sacred law, and SET forth a
long list of crimes, the whole
making terrible Indictment.
The assembly chose Mehmed-
Rescbaad as Sultan and appoint
ed committee to notify The de-
throned sovereign AID his sue.
cessor of its action. The firing
OF 1Ol guns announced to the
waiting people that a new Sui
tan had been proclaimed.
The ceremonies connected
with the transfer of the power
were simple. The newly chosen
ruler came from mis- place in ga
tsla through streets, lined with
troops and cheering thousands,
.and took the oath at the War
Office. He then proceeded to
the Parliament and later went
to the Dolm abagtsche palace as
head of the empire, where for
.sb>Ihany years he had practical
ly been prisoner.
Martial law was relaxed to-
night and the people gave them
selves over TO celebrating the
victory of the Young Turks par
ty and the end of the Abdul
Hamid's reign. Many buildings
we're illuminated, and thousands
of rounds were fred by the sol.
diers for Joy. General good hu-
NOR prevails everywhere.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-05-01
The Perfect MAJ

There is man VIII
Nor smokes, moi
Who never gamblcs--never fiirts,
And shuns all sinful snares.
There is man who never does
Anything that is not right
His wife can tell just where he is
At morning, noon or night.
HE'S DEAD.
Cleveland Leader.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-05-01

BEER DRINKERS aud others who suff.
or with Bright's Disease, Diabetes, Back
Ache. or any Kidney or Bladder Trouble
can be cured ii they will take BI.OODINE
BLOOD. AND KIDNEY TABLETS. soc a
box. mailed by The Bloodine Co, Inc,
Boston. Mass. Crawford Bros, Special
Agents. 1914
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-05-01

People past middle life usally have some
kidney or bladder disorder that saps the
vitality, which is naturally lower in old
age. Foley's Kidney Remedy corrects
urinary stores strength and vigor. 1t
cures ufic acid troubles by strengthening
the kidneys so they will strain ont the uric
acid that settles in the muscles and joints
causing rheumatism Funderburk pbar-
macy, h. w. Hammond & Co., Heath
Springs.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-05-01

Nashville, Tenn, April 2S.-
Judge Hart today overruled the
motion for a new trial in the
Cooper murder case and an ap
peal was taken to the Tennessee
supreme court.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-05-01

lo'o'heo appeared 10 be lOtict
but when touched the bodies tell
into a heap OF ashes.
The lower animals appear "a
be more liable to be more liable
20 be struck than human beings
a whole herd OF cattle or sheen
may be destroyed by Iightning
Two hundred and six'een sheen
out of 2SS have been stru:> and
on one occasion 1000 goats are
said to have been DESTROYED at
one time. In a storm cattle and
sheep herd together, and this
fact probably increases their
danger.
hepreseT%tions of surround
ing objects are sometimes said to
have been imprinted on.,he v,c-
tins skins by lightning dis.
charge. Nearly always the pic.
'ure Is 'hat OF tree and may be
merely a branching mark made
by the electricity. While not
denying the possibility of such
picture making, the writer con.
siders the evidence quite insult
ficient:
"ln one case woman was
.h'holng COW and they we're
ooth struck by lightning when
shei'ering under tree. The
cow was killed, but the woman.
though for time unconscious
soon revived; on her breast was
seen a representation of the COW
Here also healthy skepticism is
reasonable, for the picture of the
COW was only seen by peasants.
"ln the summon of 1865 DR.
Derendinger was returning home
by train when he got ont at the
station his purse was missing
1t was of tortoise she'll and on
one side it had a monogram OF
two DIS lntertwined. Some time
later DIR. Dsrendinger was called
TO see a stranger who had been
found unconscious under a Tree
having been struck by lightning
1.-The first thing he noticed ON
examining the man was that
'here was on the thigh a picture
OF his own monogram, the inter.
twlned DIS; he resuseitated the
man, who was taken TO the hos. |
p'tal. DIR. Derendinger said that
ms purse would probably be
found In the PATIENTS pocket,
and so 1t proved. This case is
certainly more easily understood.
Tor the metal of the monogram
would prove a gooo conductor
aud so we can imagine how its
image might be impressed on
the skin. Similar cases are re
corded OF the imprinting of mon- |
ey and other metallic objects on
the skin 10y lightning, and it is
common co find burns on parts
of the body near matches or 9TH
er metallic objects.
ga very curious effect is some.
times produced. The person
struck is killed and vet he re-
mains in the very attitude in
which ne was at the moment of
death. Eight farm iaborers were
resting at dinner time under an
oak when they were all struck
and killed by the same flash of
lightning. When found thew ap.
peared to be still eating. One
held a glass, another was carry-
ing piece OF bread to his mouth
and third had his hand ON a
plate
"In another case a woman was
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-05-01
Freaks Of Lightning.
Hips OFF Clothing, Breaks
Bones. Causes Strange
Deaths.

/
New York Sun.
Perhaps the most curious ac.
compartment OF a lightnins
shock is the stripping of of the
clothes. This appears to be very
common. A writer in The Ian.
Get describes case in which 8
man was struck by lightning
"hlie stanoing bv willow tree.
Immediately afterward his boots
We're found at the foot OF
che tree and the man was lying
on his back two yards off, abso-
lutely naked except for part of
tne left arm of his flannel vest.
BE was conscious, but much
burned, and his left leg was
broken. The field around>awas
strewn with fragments ofsithe
clothes, torn from top to bottom.
In" boots were partly torn.
Flammarion mentions a case
IN 1898 In which three women
were standing around a reapirp
machine when Que of them was
struck by lightning and killed !;
the two others were unipiured.
but they were stripped absolute.
ly naked, even their boots being
removed.
1t has been suggested that the
stripping of the clothes is caused
by the rapid formation of steam
When trees are struck the bark
is frequently torn eft, probably
by the electricity pass.u be-
tween 1t and the wood. 1t is
not unreasonable to imagine that
the same explanation applies to
the removal of clothes.
Little less remarkable is the
shaving effect which is some.
times seen. Two men who were
in windmill were struck bv
lightning. They were beth rem.
dered deal, and the hair, beard
and eyebrows of one were burn
ed. A woman who was struck
had The hair of her head COM
pleteIy removed. Sometimes the
hair returns and sometimes the
part is permanently bald. In
the case ct krugersdorp bones
were broken, and few other
similar cases are recorded. Pro.
oably In some OF them the irac-
tufe was caused by the fall.
Flammarion mentions a case in
which eight sheep were struck;
all their bones had been broken
as though crushed in a mortar
The fall would not account for
This.
When an electric current is
passed. Trough of number of per
sons holding hands it is general
ly felt most by those at the end
of the chain, and several cases
nave been recorded in which
only those which may be called
the terminals of series of ami
mails are damaged. Five horses
in a line received a stroke
OF lightning; only the first
aud last were killed. On another
occasion five horses in a stable
were struck; the only animal to
escape death was the horse in
the centre.
Several remarkable accounts
have been recorded where alter
nate animals OF a series have
been killed. During a storm IN
1901 lightning entered a stable
where there were 20 cows and it
killed ten OF them. The first,
the third and so on were killed
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-05-01
Fonstsntinople, April 21.-No

9hstsntlnopIe, April 21 NO
- than 5000 persons lost their
es IN the massscres that have
been going on in the yilayet of
Adsna during the past eight
days as result of the outbreak
OF Moslem fanaticism. OF this
total 1000 were killed in the CITY
OF Adana, more than 200 of the
victims being Moslems.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-06-26
THE GUN
WAS LOADED

Tucumcari, N. NJ, June 26.-The
unloaded gun again claimed the life
of another innocent victim when Earn
est Kelly, year old boy, shot and
instantly killed his playmate, George
Marshall, at Naravisa, Thursday
morning.
The boys had spent the night at
the bachelor home of Earl Kelly and
were preparing to 60 on wolf hunt
with Kelly that morning.
The shot gun, which was supposed
not to be loaded, was sitting behind
the door and as Kelly had told the
boys he was not going to use that
gun since it was not in condition, they
got it out to see what was the mat
ter with it while he was in the other
room preparing breakfast.
The discharge was purely accident.
al and the full load struck the boy
in the face
Both belong to prominent families
and the entire community is grief
stricken,
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-06-26
ORGANIZED GANG
AT WORK
Thieves Made Themselves Prominent
in Santa Fe Last Night-Suspects
to Be Arrested.

Last night, some time during the
performance at the Elks' opera house
thieves succeeded in breaking win
dow in the rear of the opera house
leading into one of the dressing
rooms, and using four foot piece
of lead pipe with hook attached to
it, yanked two pair of trousers Off of
the clothes hooks and made their es-
cape. One pair of the trousers was
the property of We're Boyle and the
other that OF Edward Stafford, both
young men at the time of the disap.
pearance of their neither garments be-
ing engaged doing thespian stunts be-
fore the footlights upstairs. After the
discovery OF the robbery was made
a search was instituted. The pipe
that was used to hook the trousers
from their resting place was found
on the ground outside the building
but no further trace of the culprits
was to be seen. Bloodhounds were
brought but they did not take up
the scent. Later on Boyle found his
trousers in a ditch some distance
away while Stafford came across his
property in the yard of Ex-Governor
M. A. Otero. Both boys found their
watches, money and keys missing.
The thieves, evidently were only at.
ter something that they could readily
turn to cash. The watches were
gold and of considerable value.
The mounted police today have a
list of twelve suspects who are sup.
posed to have been connected with
the job. These men will be arrested
and taken before Judge John R. Nc
Fie and severely prosecuted. The
mounted police are firmly convinced
of the existence of an organized
band of thieves in Santa Fe and in
tend to use every possible effort
to exterminate it.
Broke Into Wagner's Establishment.
Shortly after o'clock last night
Mrs. Charles Wagner upon entering
her place of business was badly
frightened by hearing some one rush
out of the rear of the store. Her
sister Mrs. ]. w. Akers shortly after
arrived and stated that earlier in
the evening she had observed several
parties in the store but before she
could make out who they We're, they
extinguished the lights. A thorough
search was made about the premises
but no trace of the house breakers
could be found. So far nothing has
been found missing and it is sup
posed that the thieves were frighten-
ed away before they had obtained any
booty.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-06-26
Lack of Farm Lab.
orers Says Secre-
tary Wilson
immigrants CANNOT HELP
Because Farming in Europe
is by Hand and Here
by Machinery.

Washington, D. c., June 26.-James
Wilson, secretary Of agriculture, fol
lowing his trip through the west, says
the lack of farm hands causes the
high prices Of food stuffs. He says
all through the west and northwest
the same situation exists. The coun.
try is healthy and prosperous and
thousands of acres of valuable land
are idle because there is no one to
work it. Wages paid equal the
wages paid iii the large cities. Most
of the immigrants who land on our
shores, flock to the big cities and
none Of those who have done farming
in their own country are able to farm
here because they know nothing of
modern machinery. The prices Of
grain and vegetables therefore are
bound to be high and also meat is
bound to be high.