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coRSETS IN ANCIENT GREECE
A Playwright Says Cycling Sxirti
Were Also Common There.

The discovery has been made 10
Paris recently, that the Greeks 1000
years 5 woIc corsets and other ar
iiclcs Of modern feminine dress. &C
coTGinS TO the Paris CORRESPONDENT OF
the New York Times. Nine. Paquin
and Jules Bois disclosed the fact In
the lattcr's play. LA Furic." at the
Coincide Franchise. for which the ia.
nous dressmaker designed the cos.
tunes after consulting some OF the
Oldest records. Jules Bots said to me:
There is really nothing new under
the sun. The ordinary conception of
Greek dress refers only TO certain pc
RODS. | know what | am talking
about.
i have studied the works of Schlie.
mann on Mycenae and Of Evans and
DE Mosso on the prehistoric cpochs.
] have made excavations at KnossOs
and In Crete. | have visited
! don't imagine the things write
ABOUT. h Grecians OF the most an
Client periods had modern figures. This
Is the point | Insist upon. Look al
the statues OF the ancient
Greek vases and sculptures and you
VII! see ribbons. crinoliuc. head.
dresses. basques and corscts. The
cycling skirt Vas the usual mode at
the court Of AGamemmon."
To prove his points ". BCIs had pho.
tographs OF old sculptures and vases.
These are extraordinarily like the
nodes Of 1850. From these Nine. PA,
GUN made the costumes for the play
or course. this upscts popular Ideas
ABOUT Greek dress. and probably "A mu.
sicai play showing Ulysses in paiamas
and Dido In IA kimono will be pro
ducch on the boulevard AS a result.
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..Thev had Nc the DIG.

got no notice. They had" as the dis
patches Significantly say. mo opportu-
nifty to get "A loo vi watches on hand at
the old price, and naturally they have
not an extremely friendly feeling for
the Elgiu aud Waltham companies"
Other manufacturers have announced
no advance-one indeed advertises that
there will be no advance.
Turning to the best tariff evcr made
We find that there has been quite an
Increase in the duty ON the cheaper
watches. Movements that used to a
b cents each and % per cent, now pay
40 cents each; other advances are from
10 cents each and % per cent. to Sl.35
each, and from ~ cents each and p
per cent to Sl.S5 each. Further than
this there are requirements in the way
of stamping. branding and marking
that are in many ways prohibitive of
importation. On small movements it is
quite impossible to get all the lettering
required. SO it will be seen that the
the new tariff is extremely favorable to
the watch makers. As a result of its
protective character we have this in
crease III the price of watches.-ln-
dianapolis News.
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a large ma ority. Again he was called
to q higher position. being elected u
member of the Supreme Court of the
state. He was afterwards elected
District Judge of this Judicial District.
In all of the various elective positions
he held. he acquitted himself with
credit and honor To those who elected
him. He WIS always loyal To EsmeraldA
county, where he often said he spent
many of the happicst days of his life,
and never gave up his residence there,
but always returned tn east his vote in
the state and it was there he cast his
last.
In politics he was ever an ardent
Republican and WAS loyal to the prin-
ciples in which he believed.
He was married on the ped day of
September, 1859, to Miss Matilda j.
Myers of Red Bluff. Tchama county.
California, and leaves To morn his loss,
one son. Frank Murphy. and a daughter
Miss Martha Murphy, both # whom
reside in this city.
The funeral arrangements have not
yet been made, hut will probably b,
held under the auspices of the Ma
s)nic lodge of which he had long been
an hOnorcd member.
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-
Mackay Buys Valuable Collections

Clarence II. Mackay has purchased
of a. NJ. Cole, the veteran druggist,
the comprehensive collection of coins.
ore and relics that has long been one
Of the features of the COmstock. and
has presented the same to the State
University ut Reno. Prof Young has
been here for several days packing up
the specimens, and they have already
been ship ped.
Mr. Cole has been over 10 years get
ting the collection together and it was
ono Of the most beautiful of its 81 70 in
Nevada. II has great historical value,
and includes many rich specimens. of
orc collected during the bJnanzl DAYS
0f tho mines and will IT, II great addi.
ton to the University.
DR.. Colo took great pride in the col
lection and il is like parting with an
old friend to let 1t u But II has long
been his desire to have tn curiOS finally
go to tho university. and IA each spcci.
IL to bG marked with Mr.. Coles
name, u lasting monument to his per.
severance IN gctting the curios together
will thus bc established. What j. Vir.
ginia City's loss is most certainly the
univcrsity's gain.-Virginia Chronicle
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Two Marks Of Beauty.

Beautiful 'lvs aul brows are. In
II sense, II 81 cria! r!ft OF nature.
Man% II plain woman Is redeemed nv
line eyes; many II pretty face spcile!
by rcd.rimmcd. dull. Iustcrlcss eyes.
hut AT t..c same time a great deal HAY
be done to make ever unpromisilr
eyes clear n attractive, to rcnI,r
eyes which are only passably prct,y
really beautiful.
Attention to III" general health will
60 far to make the eyes clear and
bright and proven, fatigue. even when
they ar" called upon to do a ..r,
deal OF work.
Have You never noticed the duii
eyes Of a person afflicted with dyspcp.
STA. the yellow ting" Of oScrfo"d.n,
and neglected liver: the histories.
eyes OF The womnI who slccus in n,
ilventilatrd room. who tnkey no r
eicis" and spends All her sIare time
reading novels owe The fire?
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Dcnih OF S. G. Weston

Mr. :. q. Weston, an old timer in this
county. died ut Fruitvalc. California,
Tuesday and the funeral WAS held
Thursday. This news va, brought To
Elko this morning by a postal card from
Miss Violet Bruce, who is now in San
Francisco, to her mother.
Mr.. Weston was Il resident Of Elko
about thirty years. He WAS interested
in the mines ut Lone Mountain and was
the owner of Il valuable group of copper
claims He also owned real estate i'm
Elko. Over two years ago lie and Mrs.
Weston moved to Fruitvalc, where they
have since resided.
Mr.. Weston was Il native of Scotland.
aged G3 years. Nearly half his life was
spent i'll this county. He did his part
in developing the mineral of
the county and did his duty rs Il citizen.
After he moved to Fruitvale, a great
misfortune overlook him and for a time
he was confined in an asylum. Death
doubtless came to him rs Il release from
misery.
y widow. Il Stcp.SOn and a step
daughter survive him. They have the
sympathy of u large circle of friends
here in their bereavement.
May hc sleep well.
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that the range of mortality is not OK

that the range of mortality is not cx-
ceSsive.
With the exception of South Dakota.
all the registration states for which
data are presented for more than II
single year. show lower rates for 1908
than 1909. and in several instances the
rates for 1908 were the lowest on re-
cord, ut least since fairly accurate
registration has been in effect. For
Massachusetts u comparison of the rates
given i'll the state reports since 1921
shows that, with the single exception of
the rate 1853 il 1901. the rate (l6.5l in
1908 is the lowest.
Then follow comparisons of the death
rates of the cities Of the United States
with 100, 1000 population or ovcr in 1900
OF the thirty-five cities considered, 4
decreased death rate WAS shown in 1908
in all but five instances. The remainder
of the bulletin is devoted to the con-
sideration of causes of death. of occupa-
tionS in relation to mortality. and con-
Tins the official English translation of
the revised list of causes of death ar
ranged for use in mortality tables by in
ternational agreement at the second
d%ecennial revision III Paris last July.
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ABOUT THE INSURGENTS

When the correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune at Des Moines the
other day asked Senator Cummins and
Dollivcr whether they we're going to
consent to be read out of the Rcpubli.
can party, Senator Deliver replied
rather tartly for him: .
1T oil depends on what you call the
Republican party. 1t depends on
whether tho Republican party con.
sists Of the people or u subcommittee
OF the Senate. II It Is the latter, We
can't he read out Of tho party. for VIC
never woro in It,"
These words indicate q somewhat
different view Of the immediate and
ultimate situation from that which Mr..
Taft has taken. II has been tacitly
assumed by the President that the
action of Congress on tariff revision
was the action of the party. binding ON
its loyal members. and substantially
conclusive. He has also implied that
former Republicans who did not like
the action Of Congress and would not
accept 1t as a ~finality must seek refuge
in the ranks Of tho opposition. xvi.
IDENTIFY Senator Deliver looks ut matters
In a wholly different manner. He in.
Inmates that tho controlling body in
recent legislation was "A sub committee
Of the Senate. to which hc and those
who believe and act with him did not
and to which they are in no wise
to submit. or course the ready
nswor to this view Is that tho sub.
Of the Senate was supported
~ the great body Of tho Senator'S and
Representatives Of tho Republican
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THE WATCH PRICES

The Elgin and Waltham watch people
a few days ago unno unccd An Increase
in the prices of watches Of from ! to 10
per cont. Representatives of the two
companies say that the new tariff has
nothing to do with it. Tho watch people
insisted duties be raised. but now that
prices arc RAISED thoy assure us that the
tariff Is In no way responsible. OF
course also there was no combination
between the two companies. "Thc
Waltham and Elgiu companies. we are
"conld not combine To raise prices
because that is forbidden by the Shcr.
antitrust act" 1t ',.iust happens"
that the two companies advised the Job.
.crs tho same day that tho increase was
10 DO made. Other jobbcrs than those
)f tho so.callcd independent producers.
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GREATER DISCOVERIES COMING

The New York Sun "A V children
born nowadays are to be congratulated
by their elders III coming into a world
of wonders. The progress made in
scientific discovery during the past
twenty years is proclaimed rs trans
cending all the marvels Of ancient
times, and it is pointed out that by the
quick succession of the automobile. The
aeroplane and the wireless telegraph
and telephone, say nothing of Il dozen
other steps forward in chemistry and
mechanics, this world has been trans
formed into such u realm of magic AS
story tellcrs 0f Damascus could not have
figured. a,.
And yet how often it is made plain
that we must be merely on the brink of
discoveries far greater in their actual
service to the race than those vet
attalned; we are us yet able only to
touch the fringe of these mysteries
which swim invisible and inaudible be-
fore us. Only the other day Mr.. Edison,
speaking of the electric power plant
made to supply light for Examinations,
SAID that we are able to control only
some D per cent of all the force general.
ed ELECTRICITY" said he.
Understand it? Why. if we knew
what 1T WAS we could make over the
physical world; but we are only able
to know a very few things of this force,
or fluid, or whatever you may choose to
call it, car be made to do"
y paragraph in the days news notes
that the ten gramIncs radium chloride.
equivalent to gramme Of pure ra.
dunn, which was the total output of
the Austrian governments mine for
eighteen months. are guarded day and
night by watchmcn mt the mines nrc-
paratory to their removal to Vienna. The
radium chloride is to be packed in a
loaded capsule and entrusted to several
responsible officials. After the Vienna
hospitals have been supplied without
cost, the remainder is 10 b, offered for
sale ut $4,000 per gramnt-abont 100
grains. Here is a striking example of
knowledge halting on the brink of dis.
covery.y 1t is quito incjnceivablo that
the worlds supply of radium should
long remain 80 small Tho discovery of
the substance itself is but of yesterday;
some early tomorrow may disclose its
presence in commercially apprcciablc
quantities, either in nature or in the
laboratory; If So, the incident of II
feathers weight of it incloscd in an
armoTed case and guarded bv soldiers
will he smiled at likc sonc old Arabian
Iu1n
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sTRUGoLE WITH WOUNDED LION.
|d"enture That Came Near cos,Ina
British Officer His Life.

Lieut.. G. s. Anderson. Eighteenth
hiussars OF Dawlish, who has been at.
tlched 10 the intelligence department,
Is suffering from blood poisoning. the
u" nit OF mnullng received from n lion
a i"chth or six weeks 8 on the Dor.
u,rs OF Somaliland and AbyssIn!a.
says the London Daily Mail.
In company witt n native servant
Lieut.. Anderson went out for Il days
shooting. Finding n lion mt short dis.
tinc" he fired and the shot grazcd
the animals skull, slightly woundiny
u. The Infatuated beast leaped upon
the officer. throwing him to the
ground. and bit him through the knee
Just ms he fired a charge from his
d"ublc.barrcled sporting rin" through
Its hcad The animal continued to
claw II bite him. while Lieut.. Andcr.
son. hrhting for his life. dubbed tho
non with the butt end OF the rife.
MI the while blood was streaming
from the wounds OF the lion. which
was Of unusual size.
Tho native servant, although prac.
ideally nnarmcd. rughed 10 the aid OF
MN injured master, and at length the
animal, exhausted from the loss Of
Diooh, skunk away. leaving Lieut. An.
dcrSon almost overcome and in n very
prccarlOus condition.
subsequently the lion wns found
d"hd ut a little distance from the
scene Of tho encounter. Tho injured
officer was conveyed to the coast and
NJ Hncn embarked for London. where
nc VIII be treated in a hospital.
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Substltutc for lcathcr.

Scawccd. dust. goats hair and Irish
moss, COMPOUNDED by a secret chem
ical process. 10 claimed Ia be-. by its
inventor. Mr.. John Camph"ll. a per.
feet substitute for leather. %vulCanitc.
wood and marble. As leather. II makes
s"rviccabio sUl"s for shocs Among
the lhincs IA" compound Is good for
are pictui" frames, ornamental mold
ings. imitation wood partitions. betting
for machinery. upholstery. cotton spin
ming bnhbins. electric s~witChbuards.
ilooring. Rolf balls. fountain pens
ma 'bl"" In all ColorE. chcss boards.
IoOkhinding. and ivory" combs.
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AS to Humility.

Philosophers have quarrcicd over the
question OF humility. whether or not I,
Is n virtue Since humility is go ror,
II would seem scarcely to be worth Dis.
:uSsion, II is said that Epictctus In
I'VE places breaches humility: IF thon
rass"st Tor n person of consequence In
IN" opinion Of One people. dlgtrusf
myself No lifting up of the eyebrows
u" nothing Ia thine own cyes--If rbpr
X 10 pleas" thou art lost. Give
rlac" % all men: prefer them 10 thy
self: assist them all" T~hcoJociar4
hi,v" commended that humility cos
nothing Ia ETiCi"tus. who was a slave
lie WAS humhl" hy station as tn
learned scholar might be proud by sta
ton. Noitalrc calls humility the mod
"Sty OF the soul These gentlemen
Hid not live in tn. twentieth century
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Old and New.

The ~penny-or twoccnt--post be
tween England and America Is a now
and at the samo time n very old thing
1t is over 200 years old. II existed In
1893.
In those days shIpmasters crossing
the Atlantic either way were very
glad TO carry letters and messages. 4
week or two before their ships sailed
they would hang up bags in coffee
houses. md all letters dropped into
these bags were carried over seas
and faithfully delivered ut tho rate
OF n penny. or two cents. apiece.
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Opinion Checks Drink Habit
+. l.. ~PAI.NQCIsr.
Secretary and Treasurer

Ftt'y years e n gentleman r,,
Trunk habitually. and no one thou,L,
he worse OF him. 4 gentleman tho
use for liquor could be seen In a
Having q any day, and woman
scarcely Withdrew their patronage and
~COuntenaLce from him.
The great Hobbies. the writer and
philosopher, calculated he had been
drunk n hundred times IL the course
Of his life. but after co he d.ank M
wine. Drinking In the amy and n,
the universities WAS common enoIpb +,
fcT years ago.
Now what do we nnd? Lady vioIa,
Grcvilic asks In the Graphic. The
young undergraduate. the young of.
fiCcr. are temperate to a degree puh.
lie opinion is against drinking. and
public opinion is stronger than any
act OF Observation-Disclosures Globe.
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p o % oAol suI iu

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'lPhe NioA MON " plO. OF ..'Isnu1 nVl
no Si"lldsot; luI5Aas IIJnQ 3AuU IN.
H'"ilJlisU J~c9BIQwI SUI .Ini yualQ M
PIn'! Ss"l ".nMoiS 81 ON luUi 'od
al - "Iqu h il"JuoID T. pJLJIlM 'rU
'u9m aqslJ IopsIoqe1
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GRANTING
SHIP SUBSIDIES

There has been q loud outcry of late
ecause Of the passage of the American
az from the high seas. Time was, be
pre- the Civil War. when the merchant
.eets of America outnumbered those OF
very nation of Europe and pressed
ard those of Great Britain for suprem-
cy of the ocean transportation and
arrying trade. The American flag was
cry much in evidence in every port in
he world, and American builders led
he world in ship designing. But when
gooden walls and ''hearts of oak gave
lace to ribs Of steel and iron plates and
congress denied to American ship own
rs the right to buy their vessels in any
market by prohibiting them from flying
heir country's flag upon their property,
The Stars aud Stripes began to disappear
rom the seven seas, and POW is as
tcarce rs it was once plentiful.
The advocates of n subsidized mer-
liant marine have been very active in
treating the impression that the worlds
carrying trade is being done almost en-
irely by foreigners. This is not the
act, says the San Francisco Recorder.
Americans have millions invested in
hips ard sea faring enterprises and are
perating vessels i'll all of the sever seas
Unfortunately, owing to the registry
avs, foreign built vessels, owned and
'ficered by Americans. cannot fly the
American flag, @ fact that gives color to
he statement that the ocean carrying
rade of this country is lone in foreign
bottoms.
The truth of the matter is that the
dag has been legislated off the seas.
There is no need for subsidies. Sta
:atistics show that there are over 1,OOO,-
BOO gross tons of ships owned by Ameri.
IAN citizens that are compelled under
The Law to fly foreign flags, adding to
the foreign tonnage what rightfully be-
ongs to America. The statement that
his country has no merchant marine
$ untrue; 1t has Il merchant fleet, and
l large one, but by reason of unwise
legislation the tonnage credit goes t.
'SAOi6h NO", W IcSlOTe INT
hag" to the seas, it is proposed to pay
out vast sums in the shape of mai
subsidies to passenger carrying vessel.
which do not need such assistance. TIL,
haS is carried from port to port, not by
the ocean greyhounds, but by the
freighters-they are the oncs that neet
assistance. COastwise shipping is am
ply protected, but the deep sen vessels
{ lat poke their noses into every harboI
of the world IRE without protection.
The remedy does not lie in the pay
ment of the public money in subsidie
for carrying the mails. but in rcmovin,
the ban that prohibits the flying of the
American flag yer the property OF
American citizens, wen though tina
property DO of foreign construction
This would make available for auxiliary
naval service hundreds of vessels owned
by Americans, but having foreign re
gister. The logical way to restore the
flag to the seas is to enact some sucl
measure asthe Hanna bill, and not by
taxing the people for the benefit Of ;
few shipbuilders.
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Assessment No. S
wASATCH UTAH MINING COMPANY

Nevada. General ONCE outside OF SeynI, NY
s5I Atlas Block. Salt Lake City. Utah. -.
tion of mines. Little anu big COttonwooi Nj
ing Districts. Salt Lake County. Utah. "-
Notice II hereby given that Ut "A mcetIp,o,
the Board of Directors Of wasatch Utah N;o
ing Company held on the slst day of Octol or loo
Assessment No. > of one % cent upr shur,. -.
levied upon the capital stock of the corporItinn
payable ON or before Monday. the sgnd InV -
November. 1879. To T.. l.. Palnuutst, S,.,nri,,rr
and Treasurer. No. :2l Atlas Block. Sal, I"tss
Guy. Utah. '
Any stock upon which this a>se ,smcnt MAJ,
remain unpaid On Monday. the 2:nd day ~,
November 1900. Will be- delinquent ana nikTr,i.
I'll for sale AT public auction. auu GnlcsS NJ, ncr,
Is made before. will bc sold on Monday. the xsth
day Of December. 1879. Ut two O'Clock II. m n,
the company'S orhcc. No. 2sI Atlas Block. S,i'
Lake City. Utah. To pay the dclinuucn, asses
and expenses OF sale.
4. l.. P%AINQUIsr
Secretary and Treasurer
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Proof.

BiSgs-Attorncy Coke ~ nn" 81
very best men at tho ba:. iJo's IN
oughly honest and conscientious. "a d.
your damage suit to hin Wip@s
did. and he said he wouldn't touch fl
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An Eternal u

When II man gets into hot water.
you may 10 sure that he furnished his
shnrr u Ito" fuel 90 heat the same.
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THE DAILY INDEPENDENT

ntered at the ElKo postonicc for transmission
through tue mails as second-clnss matter.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-03-13
Why Stay North and Freeze?

spend Of DOORS you will
again.
cottage write
ready Byyn
not be beaten in Florida a ing house. Write
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-11
NEWS

The Dominion of Canada finally has
decided to show it's imperial spirit by
building a navy of its own and to act,
should occasion arise, as an auxiliary
force to Great Britain's fleet. Its con
tribution to the forces Of the empire
will consist of eight first class cruis-
ers, ten torpedo boat d%estroyers and
ten torpedo boats.
DR.. Theodore Barth, leader of one
Of the radical parties in the German
reichstag, is dead. He was an intense
admirer of the institutions and polit-
zeal personalities of the United States
and he made several long visits to
America.
The bubonic plague Is reported
from various points in Southern
China. At T~suantsin, where the NAL
ady is showing it's most virulent form,
there are upwards of fifty deaths
from the disease daily.
After covering $50 miles in thirty
seven hours Count Zeppelin's new air.
ship, on its return trip from Bitten.
field to Friedrichshafen, came to grief
in an open field near Goeppingen,
Prussia.
Disastrous floods continue in the
Canadian Rockies and traffic is COM
pletely tied up at places on the main
line of the Canadian Pacific. '