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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-11-16
Thanksgiving Proclamation

President Tat has issued the follow
ing proclamation. setting aside Thurs
day, November 25th, as Thanksgiving
Day:
The season of year has returned
when, in accordance with the reverent
custom establis she'd by our forefathers,
the people of the United States OF
America are wont to meet in their usual
places of worship on a day of thanks
giving appointed by the chief magis-
trate, to return thanks to God for the
great mercies and benefits that they
have enjoyed.
During the past year we have been
highly blessed. No great calamities or
flood or tempest or epidemic of sickness
has befallen Us. We have lived in
quietness, unlisturbed by wars CT
runners of wars. Peace and plenty of
bounteous crops and of great industrial
production animate cheerful and
resolute people to all the renewed
energies of beaeficient industry and
material and moral progress. 1t is alto
aid gratefully acknowledge the divine
source of these blessings
Therefore | hereby appoint Thurs
day, the 25th day of November, as a
day of general thanksgiving and call
upon the people on that day, laying
aside their usual vacations to repair to
their churches and unite in appropriate
services of praise and thanksgiving to
Almighty God.
In witness w hereof, have hereunto
set my hand AMI caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this
18th day Of November, in the year OF
our Lord, one thousand nine hundred
and nine, and in the Independence OF
the United States the one hundred and
thirtY-fourth.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-11-16
SAW GROWTH OF DISPOSITION.
All That Good-Natured Man Was viii.
ing to Admit.

.There is an extremely good.natured
Yankee merchant near Southampton,
Mass, who has for years sustained the
burden Of looking out" for an invalid
cousin. man whose infirmities Of
temper have increased in direct ratio
TO his bodily ailments. e. .
One day neighbor had overheard
the, cousins entirely unwarranted re-
examinations as to the manner in
which he was being taken care Of. re.
ordinations that had been met with
perfect equanimity by the long-suffer.
Ing merchant.
The neighbor was indignant. why
on earth, BILL" he asked, do you al
low that old codger to abuse you so,
you who are so good to him2 He's get.
ting worse and worse" % - Z .
WELL" said the good.natured man,
Il suppose Toms troubles make him a
trife cross at times. Though" he
added, apparently against his will, 81
must say that recently I've thought
Tom was increasing little in his dis.
position. illustrated Sunday Maga.
zine. .--...... .-...,......... -,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-11-16
Advice to the Sick.

illness may bring up from our sunk.
eh natures many submerged thing
Ea'lehce, or Cos d spirits or selfoblit.
GRAFTON: but II has not done its dutv
oS us till II has dragged out of our
quiVer1ng depths the military qualities.
] know woman who said: II have
been an invalid for 30 years. am
now growing Old AMI my remaining
days are few. thought l had learned
the lessons thai God meant to teach
me by physical srSe"ing. But I have
only mastered the easiest of them
l thought | must try 10 be saint,
Now see that | must be a soldier"
Physical inaIaise plays strange
tricks with It's victims; it centuries
curiosity. Regard 1t as an enemy as
long as you can. Nothing is sadder
than mistaken friendships, and to
make friend Of ones pathological
calamities may be an important error
precisely because one does not Sis.
pect that 1t Is such. Recovery NAV he
more a matter OF will power than we
suppose; or 1t may not be. Why no,
give 1t the benefit Of the doubt2-
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, in Harper's
BaZar.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-11-16
INSTRUMENT FOUND ITS SOUL
Inc Story of Violin That Was
Wrecked In a Fire.

After the Lucky Baldwin theater
and hotel fire in San Francisco wears
ago there were nine feet of water In
the basement. where the instruments
or the orchestra were stored. When a
little OF 1t had been pumped out. Au-
gust Hinrichs, leader of the orchestra
hired man to swim in and get out his
famous Amati violin. .
1t was wrecked-water soaked.
warped. twisted and broken I'D into
68 pieces. The hot water had soaked
out all the old glue, and every piece
had fallen away from It's neighbor, be-.
sides a good many patches of wood
put In when repairs had been done. To
all appearance the thing was smashed
beyond recall.
Nevertheless, Herman Muller, a
local violin repairer, who knew and
loved the old fiddle, took it in hand
Twice he carefully joined the time
darkened pieces of wood. Twice he
decided that the Amati would not do.
So once morC he soaked the GO bits
OF wood apart. Then he carefully
modelled out of clay an arch such as
he remembered that of the old Amati
to have had, and for nine weeks kept
the bits of wood bound to it until they
had gained the proper shape.
once more he put the bits Of wood
together. Then for FIVE weeks more
he patieStly Vanished and polished
the more than 20" ear-old fiddle until
1t shone. Their ;Iinrichs once more
drew his bow t"ross the vibrating
strings, and tie violin spoke. 1t sang,
wept, dubbed with life and joy.
The Amati lad found it's soul.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-11-16
81 J23@sX
A Church Saloon.

A number of well.known churchmen
Of Montclair, N. j., are planning to
open a model saloon similar to the one
favored by the !ate Bishop Potter In
New York. The movement was started
at church meeting recently and at
the next period for filing applications
for liquor licenses steps will be taken
to secure a license for the ideal saloon
Besides the spirftuous drinks, the
Church saloon" will furnish cofSee
lemonade and soft drinks. as well az
light lunoheonss Qualified bartcndera
will be employed. So .y!4.u. 3, d a.,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-11-16
Dissolution OF Partnership

Notice is hereby given that the part
nership heretofore existing between N.
Hing and George Wah is this day dis,
solved by mutual consent, George Wah
retiring from the firm. The business
of the Hing restaurant will be continu-
ed by N. Hing who will pay all debts
against the restaurant and collect all
bills due the same.
N. HING
GEORGE WAN
Elko, Nevada, October 8, 1909.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-11-16
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1909
CONTEMPT OF COURT

A conservative eastern writer COM
mentS upon the power of one man to
pronounce sentence, as follows: No one
Is likely to be greatly surprised by the
announcement from Toronto that the
American Federation Of Labor, in con-
vention there has re-affirmed it's de-
cision to stand behind Messrs. Gompers,
Mitchell and Morrison in their trouble
with the supreme court of the District
of Columbia. The original issues in the
case have been lost to sight, although
the unionists still insist that republican
principles have been outraged by the
District Of Columbia court in granting
the injunction requested by the Buck
Stove 81 Range company. While the
injunction is to be fought through the
supreme court of the United States,
public interest in it is not nearly as
great as in the contempt cases, grow
ing out of the injunction, that are also
how on their W ~ toward the nations
highest tribunal. The unionists, for
the present at least. seem content to
merely use the more recent litigation
against them as Il means of attracting
public attention to contempt of court
procedure in general The American
Federation of Labor, in carrying ont
this policy, has adopted resolutions that
are not likely to meet with popular
disapproval. 1--WE hold" say the union
lists, that excepting where contempt
Is in the presence of the court, the
liberty of no citizen should be commit
ted to the keeping of any one man."
The judges pow II in contempt cases
is absolute. Superior courts decline to
interfere. The judge not only decides
whether or not the accused has shown
contempt for the court, but he also de.
cldes whether or not punishment shall
be inflicted and what that punishment
shall be. So far as the layman is able
to see, there is no restriction whatever
placed on the judge. File may send an
offender to Jail for q minute or for q
long term and he may also impose
fine, either large or small. This does
not accord with the modern idea of
what constitutes justice. We have
been taught that every citizen of the
United States who is accused of having
committed an offen"e that jeopardizes
his life or liberty shall enjoy the right
to speedy and public trial by an i'm
partial jury and we like to believe
that there are no exceptions to the rule.
The procedure in contempt cases does
not square with this principle. The
liberty of Gompers, Mitchell and Morri:
son is today in jeopardy, yet none of
them has been convicted by Jury of
any wrong act.
But this is not the worst feature of
contempt proceedings. Our sense of
justice is most severely shocked when
we see man acting as prosecutor, Judge
and jury. This may not he danger
Gus situation, but it might easily be-
come such. The power exists apparently
even to convict u man Of an offense that
he did not commit, and to punish"
him for it. We have no more respect
for mon who disobey injunctions than
we have for men who violate the laws
of the land, but it is unreasonable that
the one class Of offenders should he deni-
cd the right Of trial by jury that the
other Is assured under the constitution
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-11-16
For Sale by S. Jacob, Co.
Elko, Nevada
Warning

All persons are hereby warned not to
fish or hunt on my premises on Smith
Creek under penalty of prosecution to
the full extent of the law. .'.........
r. c. BELLINGER.
Elko Nevada, August 10. 1909.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-02-05
CLUB WOMEN WANT
MANY REFORMS

Certain laws for social bctterment,
which are imperatively needed In
Missouri, are to be advocated by the
Missouri Federation of Women $
Clubs in the General Assembly of
1903. These are, laws for the pro-
lection of children, laws for the pro-
lection OF women, laws relating to
public health and laws relating to
State and county institutions. For
the protection of children the Child
Labor laws should be more applica-
BILE throughout the State. The Com
pulsory Education law should be
changed so as to require children
under IA years of age to attend
school for the whole term instead
one-half, as now required. The pro-
vision eXempting children from at
tending school in case of extreme
poverty Of parents, should he strick-
en- out. The federation will endeav-
or to put the factory inspectors
office on "A salary basis, in place of
the present fee syst -; to regulate
the street trades Of children in cities
of fifty thousand inhabitants and
over, and To extend the provisions
of the Juvenile Court laws to coun-
ties of fifty thousand inhabitants
and over. In the laws for the pro-
lection of women IL will work to
limit the hours of employment for
women to nine hours a day, and
fifty-four hours Il week, and to pro-
hibit the employment OF women be-
tween the hours of 10 p. IN. and ) II.
m.
In regard to public health the fed
Grafton wishes to promote a system
of inspection, appraisal and disposal
OF cattle effected with tuberculosis
and other infectious diseases, and
in State and county institut tons.
A law for the more effective super
vision and inspection of State In
situations for dependents, detectives
and delinquents, will be asked.
These laws are such as do not
arouse the active interest of politi-
cal parties or business organizations.
They therefore suffer for neglect
when individual citizens or organiza-
tians interested in such laws, write
for their support. The Missouri
Federation of Women's Clubs asks
every citizen to use his influence in
getting these measures enacted into
laws when they come before. the
General Assembly this winter.
Julia NJ. JOHNSON,
Chairman State Press Committee.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-02-05
HARE ron snoLrsn ,usvmrs.
Hunted In Morning, Served at Evening,
According to Old Custom.

The quaint custom OF hunting the
hare in the morning. TO be served up
for the jury's dinner at the annual
court baron. has just been revived at
Chard. says The London Standard.
The custom has been discarded for
the last 40 years, but in the old time It
excited II great deal OF interest. A 10.
cal pack OF hounds used TO hunt the
manor lands in the morning, and tho
frat hare killed was sent back to the
chief hotel for the dinner OF the Jury
at the court baron.
II IL said that another feature Of
the dinner was an enormous bowl OF
punch. the contents Of which would
cost as much as eight pounds sterling.
The young Earl Poulett. who IL the
lord OF the manor of Chard. brought
over the Seavington pack Of hounds
this week and the mayor presented his
lordship with gold.mounted hunting
crop as a souvenir OF the occasion.
Later in the day the court baron din.
ner was held and the hunted hare was
served up with all the honors.
Judge Beresford held the monthly
sitting OF the county court in the
morning and in honor of the old Gus
tom decided No postpone Judgment
summonses tin the next court In order
that there might be no commitment OF
debtors to prison on that auspicous oc-
casion.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-02-05
BUSINESS COLLEGE NOTES.

Harry Taaffe Is doing typewriting
work In the Office of Mr.. Pipkin.
Miss Fannie Doss was an inter
ested visitor at our Office Monday
of this week.
Miss Maybel Brown made n spec
ial record on last Friday in passing
two shorthand tests the same day.
Miss Ida Green, owing to Ill
health, will be absent from her
school duties few weeks at least.
Leonard Lucy of Piedmont has
been visiting his brother Ernest,
one Of our students, during the past
few days.
George O'Bannon of Libertyville
Ia our new student this week. He
viii pursue our combined department
work for ten months.
Several students enrolled Monday
evening for the Night School work.
A. +. Upchurch of Desloge, was one
of them and deserves special praise
for coming so far to get this special
training.
The following students received
the highest grades on last Fridays
examinations: Spelling, Miss Bene-
diet; penmanship, Mr.. Lucy; En-
glish, Miss McManus; arithmetic,
Mr.. Dowell; bookkeeping, Mr..
Young; letter writing, Misses Jen-
nings and McManus.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. l.. Smith of
Wellsville, Mo-, are visiting ut the
home Of Prof. MARROW. Their son
Virgil enrolled In our Shorthand
Department Jan. 4th, after having
spent five months In one Of the lead
ing business colleges Of 81. Louis.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-02-05
CHURCHES.

rREsBrTERIAs-Rev. q. K, HIcKoK, fus-
tor-Preaching sunday morning ana even.
ing; sunday school at $50 a. m. . WIN. NJ.
Wednesday evening.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL. sourH-RRv. WIN.
COURT, Pastor-Preach Ing every sunday
morning and evening; Sunday School at
p:t5 q M. l.. II. WILLIAMS, Superintendent
Prayer meeting every Wednesday evening.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL - Reverend l.. NJ
Thompson. astor-PreachinRevery sunday
morning and evening; sunday school at
$40 a. m. g. il. Denman. superintond't.
Prayer meeting every wednesday evening.
BAPTIsr-Reverend s. i. BRIrk, Pastor.
Preaching every sunday, morning and eve
ming. sunday school at $3.50 Il. m, W. A.
CLOUD, superintendent. Prayer meeting
each Wednesday evening Junior n. Y.
r. U. meets sunday ut Sd. m. ana senior
Is. Y. p, U. at 6:so .. M.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH sunday school every
sunday at 1000 a. MI. S. CLAY. superin-
tendent.
LUTHERAS-REv.F FREDERICK KLuG, Pastor
Preaching every Sunday morning except
the fourth; catechism after church.
CATHoLIc-REy. JOSEPH CoLLIss. Pastor
Mass every Sunday Mt ana 10 O'Clock u. IN
on second Sunday thes O'Clock mass is
read at Doe Run. and at 10 oclok at Farm
ington. sermon at 10 O'Clock mass every
sunday. Mass every day at O'Clock. on
Holy days mass at and o O'Clock. Private
instruction for Baptism ana First Com
munion given at any time.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-02-05
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
llBERTyvlLLE ITEMS.

&c. Crow went to Piedmont on
business Sunday.
Mr.. Paul Price of Independence
was here on business Tuesday.
sMr. and Mrs. +. j. Sebastian of
Fredericktown attended the funeral
Of Mrs. q. w. Sebastian here Mon
day.
Mr.. n. A. Kinkead attended the
meeting OF the Short Horn Breed
ers' Association at Fredericktown
Monday.
The severe blizzard Friday caused
Gus Counts to abandon his route
and remain over night with Chas.
Yamnitz.
Mr.. Pierce, the mail carrier from
Knob Lick to Coffman, remained
here Friday night, the blizzard be-
ing so severe that he could not
travel.
The severe wind last Friday eve
ming by some means slipped Henry
McKenzie's hat from Clear View
school house, but Henry was fortu-
nate enough to borrow one from w.
f.. Boyd and made II home all right.
The people here were very much
surprised last Sunday morning when
the news was received that Mrs. G.
w. Sebastian had expired at O'Clock
that morning. Mrs. Sebastian had
been IN bad health for some time,
but seemed cheerful Saturday, and
sat up and talked with the family
until about O'Clock, when she re-
tired, apparently feeling well. About
IL O'Clock she was taken sick and
grew worse very fast. A runner
was sent after DR.. Barron at Mine
La Motto, but before he arrived she
had expired. The people of this
community feel very sad over the
sudden death of this good woman,
for she was beloved by all who
knew her. Funeral services were
conducted at the NJ. T.. Church
Monday by Rev. Stormont of Fred
erickt0wn and concluded ut the
grave in the Harris cemetery by
Rev. J. n. Sitton of Pennington.
We extend sympathy to the bereaved
husband, children, brother and sis
ter in their great sorrow.
FELIX.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-02-05
HISS Is IN NATURE OF BLUFF.
Sound Emitted by Cat az a Protection
Against Enemies.

DO you know why cat Kisses
when in rage or anger" said a nature
student We'll, sir. she Kisses as a
flying criminal puts on goggles and n
false beard With that hiss she tries
instinctlyely to disguise herself AZ a
snake.
did you ever notice the markings
on a cats tail? They are transverse.
like a snakes markings. The print
tive cat in the wild state lived In rath-
er tall grass. When danger ap-
preached he Kissed, and at the same
Ume put up his tail and waved II slow
~. The oncomer heard that serpen-
tine hiss; he saw the tail--and only
the tail-whlch waved in ominous. ser
pentine manner; he said, Snake in
the grass and withdrew.
The cat of to-day. Kissing horribly
and waving TO and fro his erected tail.
follows ancestral precedent. II helps
him not at all, nevertheless he always
does II, thinking II the right thing.
la not man sometimes like the cat In
this respect"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-02-05

Edward Mitchem Edwards was
born in Robinson county, Tennessee,
October 10, 1881, and died at his
home in Ste. Genevieve county,
January 2S, 1909, aged n years,
three months and eighteen days,
Brother Edwards came with his
parents to Missouri when only n
boy. He was the fifth child In a
family of twelve. His father, Jessie
j. Edwards, on arriving here from
Tennessee purchased tract of land
near Three Rivers Church, and Ed
ward grew to manhood on that home.
He protested n hope In Christ In
September, 1852, and united with
the NJ. f. Church, South, at Salem,
where he remained member until
the Master called him. On the 4th
day OF October, 1857, he was united
In marriage to Martha Ann Zolman.
To this union were born two daugh-
ters, Jennie NJ. wife Of j. II. Orten,
and Mary X. Edwards. Brother
Edwards leaves an aged wife and
the two daughters mentioned, and
four brothers and Il host of other
relatives and friends to mourn their
loss.
For 81 years he followed the lowly
Nazarene, and when he came to
walk through the VALLEY and
shadow OF death" he feared no evil,
realizing that His rod and staff
comforted him. Just before his
spirit took its flight, he told his
daughter, Mrs. Orten, that "every-
thing was clear" that death was
nothing, when we get to 1t. He said:
ave dread death before II comes,
but when we get to It, ii is nothing"
All that medical skill and loving
hands could do was done, but to no
avail; pneumonia In both lungs and
his age were against him. His flu
neral was preached at the home by
the writer from Job $3.50, after which
his remains were laid at rest in the
Masonic Cemetery in Pennington.
We would say to the aged companion
and daughters, "Be thou faithful
unto death and you shall have q
crown of life."
J. NJ. SlTTON.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-02-05
American Towers OF Babel.

In a single block in New York there
are 400 people of 20 distinct national.
tiles. There are more than two-thirds
as many native.born Irish In Boston
as in the capital city. Dublin. With
their children. mainly of pure Irish
blood, they make Roston Individually
the leading Irish city in the world.
New York is a larger Italian city to-
day than Rome. having 500, 900 Italian
colonists, II contains no less than
100000 Jews, mainly from Russia.
Thus II is also the foremost Jewish
city In the world. Pittsburg. the CEN
ter OF our iron and steel industry. is
another tower Of Babel. 1t is said 70
contain more OF that out-of-the-way
people. the Servians, than the capital
OF Servia itself.-Atlantic Monthly.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-02-05
BISMARCK BREvlTlES.

Mrs. J. f. Lee of Benton, Ark,
visited friends here Sunday.
DIR. J. l.. Eaton spent Thursday
of last week in Jefferson City.
Mrs. Arthur Gray returned home
Saturday from an extended visit to
relatives In Canada.
Jacob s. Boyer sold his farm near
here last Saturday 10 Cal Mccoy OF
Poplar Bluff.
T.. }. Hitzcman was badly injured
Saturday by falling over n truck
against n moving box car.
1t is reported that the Bell Tele-
phone Company have arranged to
make Bismarck their "Centraln for
large section of country tributary
II this place.
The remains of T. j. Clifford OF
st. Louis, formerly of this place,
were inferred here Monday, the
local X. of p. lodge officiating.
Rev. Wray preached the funeral
sermon.
A number of our citizens are prac-
ticing the commendable act Of plant
ing shade trees. This matter has
been sadly overlooked In this place
in the past, and people here generally
are realizing the importance OF shade
trees as a protection from winter
winds and the intense heat of sum-
mpr suns.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-02-05
FEEBLE OLD LADY
Has Strength Restored BY vinoI.

Mrs. Michael Bloom of Lewis
town, Pa, who is so years of age,
says: "For long time ! have been
so feeble that ] have had to be
wheeled around In an invalid's
chair. had no strength and took
cold at the slightest provocation,
which invariably settled On my lungs,
and cough would result. My son
learned Of the cod liver preparation
called Vinol, and procured bottle
for me. 1t built up my strength
rapidly, and after taking three bot
ties am able to do most OF my
work, and can walk quarter of a
mile easily. Every aged or weak
person who requires strength should
try vinol. i am delighted with what
1t has done for me-"
AS a body builder and strength
creator for old people, delicate child
rem, weak, rundown persons, and
after sickness, vinol is unexcelled.
Sold Exclusively by
e. II. LAAKMAN. Druggist.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-02-05

He has come here to finish his COM
mercial training.
Miss Alice Thomasson passed her
graduating test in shorthand depart
ment last Friday, having previously
finished her work In the bookkeep-
Ing course. Miss Thomasson will
do some special stenographic work
In the Office OF Mr.. .Barroll, the adj.
writer, for the next few weeks.