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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-28
WILL BE MARRIED TOMORROW.

Chief Operator At Fort Telephone -Ex-
change TO claim Girl From Hampton.
Mr.. Curtis Courtney, operator in
charge Of the telephone exchange at
Fort Monroe. and Miss May Rowe, one
CT the operators in the Hampton teIe-
phone Office. WIN be married tomor-
row evening in the home OF Mr.. ].
L. Barnes. sos Victoria avenue.
The wedding will occur at s O'Clock
and the ceremony win be performed
by the Rev. George w. wrsy. pastor
OF the First Methodist church.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-28

As = general rule roots sxisn1 on
each side q = tree tos distance equal
iEs height o. the tree itsen
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-28
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-BEST CREAM, 40c PER
Of: milk. 10 cents per at; also good
scbum milk. Delivered twice daily.
f. S. CURTIS, Lee street. Phone 222
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-28
All Who
Would Enjoy

good health, with its blessings. a,ist IN
dsrssand. quite clearly. that Il involves tire
question OF night living with al the terra
implies. With proper knowledge Of WIS;
IS best, each hour Of recreation. Of enjoy
mcnt Of contemplation and Of effort nay
be made 20 contribute to living areht.
Then the ur Of medicines may be de
rensd with % advauts-r. buf under o.
di1ary oonditious IN many instances a
siInple. Wholesome remedy nay BE inv.ln-
able i tskra al The proper time and The
osiiicrnia Fg Syrup Co. hrlds tina, 4 l.
shke important 20 prcurnt The rubyct
trsshfuily an4 70 -iprly shc onc perscct
lsNs'ive 70 tho~e dc.irnE Il.
ccnsqurnsiy. the compnnys syrup Il
Fig and Hixir q Scuna 6vs s.ne-l
satisfaction. To e, ~ bcnchcial eaccss
by Che erauine. manufactured By thc
caliicrnis PIG Syrup Co only. and CO SO
~ al lcsding draspsss
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-28
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT FURNISHED
rooms. with all modern convenience.
Address % Hope street or call DIX.
L. ii. MASSEY, Phoebus, Va. 3.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-28
.TH|MBLE LIGHT IS
|. DESTROYED BY FIRE
Schooner Malcolm Baxter, Jr,
Crashes Into House and
Upsets Stove.
ASSISTANT KEEPERS
ESCAPE IN SMALL BOAT

Damaged Schooner Is lowed to Nor
folk by Tug With Rescued Men
Ahoard-House, Which Was Built
in 1887, Regarded as Necessity by
Mariners.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-28
A LITTLE WINE FOR CHRISTMAS

should be in every household. A
glass of it is the expression OF real
Christmas good cheer Try bottle Of
our fine old sherry or other wine. You
will like it's flavor all right and its
purity is guaranteed.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-09-17
Li,,l. Child s,,rts Fire In Bedroom

Mr.. Clark of the Lake Theater yes
terday afternoon had occasion to enter
the bedroom al his home. where his
youngest child. n baby Of about two
years of age WAS supposed to be asleep.
Upon opening the door he WAS envelop.
ed i'll Il cloud of SIN Ike that flowed
from the room. Upon rushing in he
found the child on the floor feeding a
lively burning fire with all the clothing
that the little one was able to z ct his
hands on. Ii appears that the little
one had awakened and climbed from
its. crib, pulled the scarf from off the
bureau. bringing with it some matches.
He then proceeded to build II fire with
his fathers straw hat, some music, his
mothers shoes, the table scarf and
everything else in reach. Little damage
WAS done beside II hole through the
carpet but the lucky entrance of Mr.,
Clark surely saved the child from
serious injury if not death. -CarSon
News.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-09-17
Sian OIL The Cross

The RuSSian i crossing himself all
day long. When he first comes forth
in the open AR in the morning, if no
church he in sight from his wv door,
he listens for the first sound of some
bell. then turning toward it crosses
himself with great fervor. to insure -
blessing Oh the undertakings of the day.
He crosses himself before and after
each meal. When YOU make Il bargain
with him he crosses himself that it may
prosper. When the peasant who is TO
drive you takes thc rein> III his han -.
he crosses himself to keep away from
from accidents. and every steeplc he
passes gets the same mark of respect.
Sometimes the cdiiice thus Saluted is 80
far off that the stranger wonders ut the
quickneSs shown i'll discovering it, and
and Is often at II loss tn discern the
distant hamlet where if stands.
In like manner, the person sitting
beside you i'll any public conveyance
crosses himself every time you start
with new horses. If you give u child
a piece Of money. its little hand is MP
in a To make the sign of the
cross 10y way of blessing and thanking
yOu. No Russian ever passes a church
without pausing when he oIncS opposite
the center to make the sign Of the cross.
IL is not alone the grave and aged who
pause At these places. but also the giddy
and Young. YOu have just seen some
gray-haircd general Ito ii; but wait one
minute--a laughikg band of youngsters
are coming up. Now they are opposite
the church or the Shrine-thcir mirth
and their talk have ccaScd-cach crosses
himself devOutly-utte:S u PRAYER or
two-you see the lips moving-and
then they pass gravely on. the laugh
and jest being resumed only when they
are some way off.
So far i this crossing custom carried
that when a Russian enters your room
he cannot SAY good morning" till he
has crossed himself at the Saviour's
picture. y man i'll any public way.
such as AN inn-kecpcr, must always
have a picture hung in his own apart
ment in addition to that in the public
room. to which each Russian turns he
fore hc sits down to cat.-Exchangc.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-09-17
4 Scw hem

My country. brautcous land, III
sing. if you will stand. II song Ia thcc'
My harp is rather coarse. my voice is
somewhat %lIoarsr, yet will | try to force
some melody Fair land that saw my
birth. gem Of the whole blamed earth.
bark To my scrcrls' Tell me. oh. tell
inc. why prices have scared go high
that man can scarcely bny things that he
needs. Things that man must eat
lemons and prnncs and meat cost him
like Sam Hill: carpets aud rugs and
mats, nCckticS aud shoes and hats.
shifting to hide his Stats. empty his till.
All through the week ! work. like an
Turk. for II fcw bucks: no
dds how hard ] try, of wealth I'm
shy. and when | travel | ride on
Inc trucks. They say that half u plunk
more and better junk. in the old
lays, than will two bones or moro. in
he big modern store. since prices
to soar. five hundred WAYS. |
'1y country. hear my word You are a
Iummirs bird, also u peach Splendid
y pcac" and war, thou most cTulgcnt
tar tell me why prices are clear ont
{ reach.-Walt Mason.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-09-17

ian all his life he has o Iicy.1IsI
build u fence here and Their. and -, 81
last state convention of the repdbl;,-,n
party. held ut Winnemucca, he dn
livered the only speech and mad, ,bo
only declaration worthy of attention
He was II of the few sinlyr,r.
who fought first and last for an an
dorsement Of the candidacy of VII.
liam ii. Taft for President ,r fla
United States against the dic,um q,
Senator Nixon and the Nixon ,u,
chine. which however. was too strong IN
that convention l. be dowutd, IN.
wisdom was apparent when Taft WAS
nominated hands down and Planiynr
Nixon and the balance of the s p
bunch had to take II back seat and
crawl under the Taft tent Us best they
might.
Morehous" went back to Gold6eld
and announced himself ut the service If
his party and did yocman seryic.
throughout the campaign. Nixou's
trucking 10 the >. L. always anger,l
MOrchouSe. ~ it did other old lin. r..
publicans and the announcement tina,
Morehouse will try for the nomination
is notice to the 5. L. that the Wal ha,
been carried into tiaul. that (iauI i
divided into 81 many parts and thar
Caesar Morchousc proposes to ,rnh
those parts.
Nixon is i'll Europe. la hi, home
town are Flanagan. MaxSnn and q bip
bunch of republicans who have never
ceased to organize for the fight again,,
Nixon. This cotcrie has spread lis
influence ~ the entire state and
needed only II leader to crystalize 4 re-.
volt that already has split the rcpubIi.
can party wide open.
The Blakcslcc. Humphrey and Fed.
cral Brigad" will stand solidlv behind
Nixon but this faction is i'll the minority
and George Nixon will spend M ,ncy
like water To hold his job. On the
other hand is George Wingticld and he
has money to spend to satisfy "A personal
animusity against the man who WIS
made a millionaire by Wingiicll's
honesty and then turned Wingfcld
down when IL AN to lending him the
cloak of his ~pclll"d personal. political
and commercial rc~lectabiiity. The
result Of NiNOn'a apathy L" Wiu-ticld
has been the enforcement of the Nixon.
Wingti"ld partnership and the creation
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-09-17
AustTia'S War On Snakes

Austria's new territory ia undcsir-
ably rich in snakes. mostly of the
poisonous varieties. and the govern.
mcnt is taking vigorous measures to
cNtcrninatc them.
In the ten years from 1896 to 1905
the average yearly death roll from
snake bites in Bosnia and Herzegovina
was IL persons, and l.3}S head of cat
tie, horses and domestic animals. Be-
sides this, hundreds Of persons were
bitten by snakes. but recovered.
Since 1906 the provincial authorities
have given money premiums for the
killing of snakes. In that year 30. 0IG
dead snakes were brought in, of which
21,i3S were poisonous. Next year, when
the official reward system became more
generally known. these figures Increased
enormously, no fewer than $50, rs
snakes being killed. including al, Gsj
poisonous.
Last years figures were very nearly
the same. and it will be some years
before the work Of determination can
he anything like completed. But at the
same time the number of persons re-.
ported bitten by poisonous snakes
seems to be- steadily decreasing -20G
in 1907 and 10 last year
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-09-17
GOOD DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINE

Prominent democrats Of New York
met ut Saratoga II few days ago and
adopted a declaration Of principles.
Following are some Of the principles:
A strict construction of constitutions.
both state and federal.
A Loyal support Of the federal govern
ment in the exercise of all its constitu-
tional powers; eternal vigilance in
watching and detecting. and vigorous
and persistent opposition to all cxteu.
sions of federal power that cntrench on
those reserved to the states or to tho
people.
a tariff for revenue only.
Equal and uniform taxation, covering
only the just needs Of government
economically administered.
The abandonment ut the earliest
moment practicable Of II iinpcrialistic
venture in the Philippine Islands. first
safeguarding their interests by sufficient
guarantees.
Steady adherence 10 tho principle Of
home rule and local self.govcrnmcnt by
the state and its political subdivisions.
Rigid economy in government OK.
penditures.
Election Of United States senators by
direct vote.
Reform in registration. and in enroll.
mcnt laws; in methods Of election: and
Of nominating candidates for public
Offices no that nominating conventions
shall bo composed Of representatives
directly chosen by members of the
Reform in primary laws to give 10
every citizen greater direct influence in
candidates.
No interference with tho personal :
liberty of any citizen except TO secure &,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-09-17
Temporary Certificates Will Be Hard To &c

At "a rcccut meeting of the State
Board of Education arrangements were
made for IA revision of the high school
course of study. 1t Vas agreed that
the committee on revision consists of
II from each supervision district
and the I'VE professors Of education
and pedagogy from the University of
Nevada.
Governor Dickcrson called attention
of the deputy superintendent present
To the fact that there had been in recent
years an unusually large number of
applications for temporary certificates,
and the board resolved that hereafter
certificates will he granted only 10
thu,c who were not in the state NJ the
time of the examinations, or who were
sick. or sone other good prevented
taking the examination.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-09-17
Subscribe for the INDEPENDENT.
HIS LoNG.oELAYeo PROPOSAL.
French Story Of Note in Bouquet That
Was for Years Unanswered.

One OF the longest delayed proposals
on record Is related In Il French story
Of n shy yUuE% subaltern who was or.
d"r"d away To The wars. Not daring
10 sI"nk. he sem II nosrray Of yellow
rr$ $ To the girl he loved. with "a little
NJ" insid" b. gging her, II she ~.
turned his love. to wear one OF the
low"rs In her breast that night at the
ball. She appeared without It. and he
went away brOkcn.hcartcd.
Years nn"rward. when he was q
lame old general, he again met his
old love. now Il whitc.haircd widow.
one day HIS old sweetheart gently
asked him why he had never married.
"Madam." he answered somewhat
stcrnl!. you ought to know best. II
You had not refused In answer that
not" In the bouquet Of yellow roses
might have been n happier man The
note In the bOuquci?" she repeated.
growing pale.
She opened nm old cabinet and took
from u drawer Il shrlvclcd bouquet
or what had been yellow roses. AMONG
whose lcaflcss stalks lurkcd a scrap Of
paper yellow with nec. See! ! never
had your note" she said. holding tho
bouquet up. III ] Ind | would not have
answered II as you fnncicd." Then
answer II now saId the gallant old
soldier. And tho long delayed pro
Posal was accepted ~ last.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-09-17
Political Gossip

The state papers are fun Of gossip
concerning Nevada politics and cspn.
cially the fight for United States
senator. Some of the reports have no
foundation except in the imagination Of
the writer. hut the follOwir x from the
Carson Appeal seems to be founded on
facts:
The announcement uf A]iurchuu-n is
received with unholy glcr hv the
MaSsnn- Flanagan wing Of the rrpubli.
can party and while little George
Nixon has money Of his own and "A
consuming desire to hang on To his
tOga, there is "A battle royal in progress.
Harry Morchousc Is one Of the hraini.
est men in the state. He Is u native of
the south AMI has a lot of bullet scars
received ut Mobile and other places in
the south during the late unplcasuntncss
Of the civil war.
For many years he was asSrmhlymnn
AMI state senator in California. He in.
CURED tho cnmity Of the Southern
Pacific Company and has been fighting
them ever since. He was practically
driven out Of California by the s.. =.
and came to Goldficld about five years
ago to practice law.
Since that time he has steadily risen
In the esteem Of Nevada and has bccn
one Of the bost and brightest members
OF the Ncuada lar. An active polite.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-09-17
FULTON NOT THE FIRST

While we are celebrating the centen-
AIRY of the steamboat this year, we are
reminded by the New York Evening
Mail that another steamer vas i'll
successful operation ten years before
the Clermont. AS usually. fame goes to
the man who makes n practical. rather
than n theoretical, success, and Fulton's
name lives. while that of Samuel Morey
is almost forgotten. We read of this
earlier craft:
Deep i'm the mud and mari of a beau
tiful lake in the hills of Vermont. there
lies embedded a steamboat which was
navigated before Fulton's Clcrmont was
built. This boat was put upon the
water in the last decade of the eight
zenith century, almost fifteen years be-
fore Fulton steamed up the Hudson
with the Clermont. 1t had side paddle
wheels, like Fulton boat. The name of
its inventor and builder was Samuel
Morey, and the lovely lake which
finally received the steamboat in its
Lethe depths is called Lake Morey after
him.
Morey received a United States
patent for all the machinery connected
with his boat. The patent, still in
~existance. is dated ten years before
Fulton's attempt. Everything about
the patent is in proper order. The
whole steamboat is there. 1t WAS a
good steamboat. and it ran-for a
while.
Why, then, do we celebrate this
year the centenary of the steamboat ?
Why did we not celebrate it in 1892
Why does the air ring with the am
of Fulton instead of with that of
of Morey? Because Morcy lacked
the business ability to make his
s enterprise successful. The historians
OF steam navigation says that - series
Of misfortuneS to Captain Morcy and
others deprived them of the means Of
prosecuting the design" So 10y and 10y
the forest-clad mountains which line
the shores of Lake Morey echoed nc
more to the puffs of his stcam.cngine
Nhu tHS Splash :" MS p."iult- Nll'cl~'
One day his boat sank ANONYMOUSLY il
the mud, and his name in oblivion.
In Vermont, where the model O
Morey's boat is religiously preserved il
the State house 1t Montpelier, tn
people will tell you that Fulton stol
every one of Morey's mechanical ideas
Perhaps he did. but he did not stea
his business ideas. Fulton must have hat
his own ideas about exploitation. for i
was those which made the Clcrmont
success, where all other steamboats, ha,
failed.
The great inventor generally meet
with "a series of m~isfortuncS." Hi
fame dcpauds on whether or not he
able to triumph over them. The wor
Success" means nothing in the worl
except that which comes after" |
the practical demonstration. tn
making good" does not come aloni
after, the thing is a failure: and failu
was never better typified than by tn
perfectly good steamboat which wen
down into the mud in tho lake 4
Fairlce in 1900. and never has bee
seen since.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-09-17
Another Deaih Valley Hictun

Both Grccnwatcr and Death Valley
junction are dcpopulatcd ON account of
every available ma in the two places
Joined in the hunt for Dave
Eldridgr, whose remains are supposed
10 he somewhere out ON the desert be-
tween Pananint and there. Eldridgc
i the son Of a prominent eastern sewing
machine manufacturer aud i largely
Interested in mining in that vicinity.
He spent some time ut Panamint look
ing after his interests there and left
ON the 2Oth of August, his destination
being Grccnwatcr. Since that date
nothing has been heard from him and
the supposition is that he died of thirst
on the journey. Men On horseback and
in every sort of vehicle, are now scour.
ing the desert in an cndcayor TO find
Eldrid%c. or if Lc has persisted 1" secure
his remains.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-09-17
Some Freaks OF Llqhtnipu

Death by lightning i, rare III this
country, though the fear of it is ever
present i'll the minds of nervous people.
In South Africa, however. it is much
NOR" frequent and II painStaking colon
ist has gathered Il mass of facts that
lightning.
In the first place. he has found that
lightning does not necessarily burn
thos. whom il strikes. even when they
have metal objects about them. He
has found instances where men and
animals have been struck without the
metallic objects they carried ,siug melt
ed in the least.
There does not seem to b~ any on
n"ctinn between the metal and the
marks left 10y the lightning. And in
many eases no marks al all are left.
In some instances clothing is torn
and even ripped off entirely. Some
sort of an explosion sccinS to take
plac" between the skin and the cloth
ing, which appears to IL. blown out
ward from the body. Often when this
happens the person is not injured hr.
yond the shock. which ~oon passes
away. leaving no bud effects.
1t is comforting to know that these
somewhat grucsome facts were collect.
I'd 81 far away AS South Africa. II
statistic, were at hand in his country
it would Ii" found that being struck hy
lighting is about rs likely to happen ar
falling heir To half "A million.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-09-17

While the American fleet WAS in
Australian waters last sumner the
Sydney Evening News printed the fol.
lowing editorial: The American flag
has become, perhaps, the most familiar
object in Sydney and it is interesting
to recall Onc Of the earliest designs for
tn" ilag. In IiIG South Carolina
adopted Il flag with a ruttlcsnakc on it
Of i3 ~ratilcs. the number having refer.
cncc to the IL revolving states. Xoology
figures very largely on the flags Of diff.
crcntr nations. On our own royal
standard is the lion. 1t was royal uni.
corn and Australian emu and Kangaroo.
II fairly comprehensive collection could
hc made from national cmhlcms.
"TO these may br added the white
mouse. which has been adopted for the
Icnnant Of the submarine branch Of
the royal navy rs u delicate compliment
to the powers nf white mice to detect
escaping fumes from the petrol engines.
II is n singularly unwarlikc device for
such II deadly service"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-09-17
ROAD WORK
Queer Postal TraininU

In China whoever wishes 10 enter the
postal service must give evidence of
courage robustness. power Of cndur.
anc". ability to iravcrs" great distances
over mountains aud valleys aud through
dangerous forests frcIucntcd by wild
beasts and robbers. After this the
applicant il . II into %uncanny places.
which arc considered to bc the abodcs
Of evil spirits. When the Chinaman
has satisfied the authorities in regard
TO these matters hc is appointed II letter
Exchange.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-09-17
niIue Lewis

At the Presbyterian Mansr last night
ut & O'Clock. Rev. Cleo. II. Greenfield
performed the ceremony which united
in the bonds of Holy Matrimony Mr..
Thomas Milne and Miss Elda Elanor
LOWS. both Of Dccth. Mr.. Frank
Mahoncy accompanied the groom and
Miss Hazel Pctrc the bride. The bride
Is tho charming daughter Of MFR. and
Mrs. Lewis Of Dccth. They returned
this mornings train 10 Dccth where
they will make their future homo.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-09-17

\. ". iirSSOu and Phillip snyder. the rNrcu.
tors Of the estate of Joseph \. Wil.pn. a,Cra,
cd- having i!cd their petition herein. PRAYING
for m order Of sale pf "a portion ui the real ~
tate Of ~tid dcCcdrnt. for the purposes therein
set forth. u Is therefor" ordered by said COun
that all p"T>utS Interested In the estate az Sshi
deceased appear before the said District tuutl
on Saturday the INth dny of September A.Dl'".
~ ten Oc!'Sk In the forenoon Of said daJ At The
court house IN the town and county " EIkn
stat" ~ nevada. to show Clu>' " any ihrfr i'
Why ~ order should not hc granted tu said cA
"Cut"r~ "a sell tn" real r~tutc set forth IN N'h
Nhld petition. or 80 much thereof Is may lc Ne
c"S>arb. at Private sale. aud that IA copy "i Nihr
order b" published for ut least four successive
weeks ia ia" Weekly l~NDErESDENT a H""Nii
per. printed aI'l published la The said i"wn hn'
County pf Eikp. state Of Nevada.
Dated August iith. 100.
GRO. -. BHOwN.
District .JUdg'
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-09-17

equal rights for all.
Taxation of corporations Ivy the state
alone.
A constitutional a|mmendment au-
thorizing a federal intome tax.
Enforcement of federal and state laws
against criminal trusts.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-09-17
Billion Mark In Bullion

Tho report Of the state mining in.
spcctor is in the hands of the printer.
II Is one Of the mos, wonderful
stories ever told. deals with millions
in gold and silver and in history reads
like fiction. All figures and AL state.
mcnts are take from compiled records
and are absolutely substantial.
Here are n few that aro estimates.
more or less correct. but within n very
few millions Of the actual figures:
Tho year 1850 saw the opening Of
Virginia City. which did not disclose
her bonanza until 1913. Her output
was SGGI |, 800. OOO.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-09-17
BILLS ALLOWED

Following are the bills allowed by the
commissioners at their meeting Mon
day. September l3:
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-09-17

Preserve the Substance.
lie who has n good scat should not
leave it.-Manucl.