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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-28
WENT WITH CHILLY"
FIRST PROBLEM OF MARRIED
LIFE EASILY SOLVED.
Young Bride Satisfied to Leave Her
Family for Her Husbands Home
Action That Didn't Sur
prise Spinster Lady.
Haven't you something to tell me.

Haven't you something to tell me.
Annctte?" asked the Spinster Lady.
The girl balanced herself lightly on
h arm of her friends chair and
puckercd her face th0ughtfully.
Well, no! That is. nothing def
mite. | can't make up my mind"
You mean that you do not really
know whether you love Billy or not?"
Yes. I do love him-l'm sure OF
that; but l can't make up my mind 10
so so far away from all my people"
In other words, you don't love him
enough to give up everything for his
sake, eh?"
Annette gave a troubled sigh. Il
can't bear to have it put that way, for
he is so dear, and | really do love
him; but the question is. would | be
content away off there with just
Biily?' gr..
Well. dear; II you really low him
you won't be content here without
him"
No. | realize that; but II all re-
quircs great thought. doesn't it?"
Yes. and you are right TO look
on the question from every side before
deciding. You must remember. dear,
that when q woman really loves 4
man. she is ready to go with him to
the end OF the world"
And give up all her people?" said
the girl, wistfully.
Not necessarily. or course. 1t IL
very nice to live in the same town
with your family. but comparatively
few married women do so. Your own
grandmother. for instance. came out
to this country and never saw her
people again. and yet she was a very
happy woman
Yes, that's so; and mother lived
far away from grandmamma the first
ten years after she and father were
married"
1T is simply a question OF strength
OF your love. dear. II you love Billy
rs you should live the man o mar
ry. you will be quite happy wen If you
are far from all the dear home peo-
pie"
Il will miss mother so dreadfully."
"Of course you will, but your mother
liiO OuSilN iliutlStuluS lndi your lOfO
for her Is just the same as ever; but
a wife's duty to her husband comes
first"
The girl crcpt closer to the Spinster
Lady and gazcd dreamily into the dis.
anCe.
Il think she said softly. that I'll
go with HilIy. | could not bear to
think of him so far. away and so lone
y. You see, mother has father and
the girls. and Billy has only me-
The Spinster Lady. who dearly
loved "A romance. laughed coutented-
~.
II thought You would decide that
way" She said.
Then fora few minutes the two
friends sat in Observation-Disclosures
Bulletin.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-28
Potato Makes Proud Boast

Whenever you lick n postage stamp
you partakc of me. since all lickable
gums are made from dcxtrine. one Of
my products.
Your neck careSseS me all dav-fur
the starch that stiffens Your collar is
made from potato.
The bone buttons on your underwear
are probably vegetable ivory"-com.
pressed potato pulp.
My leaves. dried, make "A good smoke.
Tou have often smoked them ''unbc.
knownst," mixed with your favoritc
brand.
Potato spirit is II very pure alcohol.
1t Is used to fortify white wines. Many
"A headache Is not 50 much due 10 the
grape as the potato.
yield a sweet syrup. In this form |
am often present III cheap cocoa. honey.
butter and lard.
Let the corpulcnt try as they will.
they cannot escape yours truly.
THE POTATO.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-28
KING COAL

The part played by coal in the worlds
affairs can well be illustrated by assum.
ing the available supply to be suddenly
cut off. The huge railroad systems of
America would stop mt once. 50 also
would the electric power and lighting in
all cities and suburbs. Steamship
service would cease every where. Tran.
sit facilities would be dead. Factories.
manufactures and shops would close
down. Vast industries like steel. iron,
copper, etc. would cease. Armies of
labOrers would I've thrown out of work.
Mails, schools. the navy, a
foreign and internal trade-aIl would
cea to exist. The trilogy governing
commercial advance, heat, light and
power, except u negligible amount Of
water, oil, etc., would be annihilated-
all this until some other form of
could be developed. Tho possibility Of
such a cataclysm is not imminent, for
coal will reign for some time yet md
is destined to become n power whose ca.
pabilitics have as yet been compare.
lively felt only more family than would
q feather on the hide Of an elephant.
Tho world needs coal. The United
States has that coal to deliver. II viii
DO wholly natural that so potent q n g
cessity will make for continued pace
and understanding among the powers
OF the world,
The coal mines of Europe are sunk
about 5000 feet deep. Coal is still
being quarricd OF the banks of the ohio.
and the mines Of Europe are nearing the
limit of commercial possibility. The
manufacturing supremacy Of the old
world is passing to the now. Coal is
king, and while he lives his throne is
liked forever in the United states -
Metropolitan Magazine.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-28

party by his vote ON the adoption of
the rules and for the duty OIL hides.
The reply is characteristic Of Mr.. Bart
lett i'll that there is no beating about
the bush. He iustifies his vote on the
rules by citing the fact that he followed
the lead of Congressman Fitzgerald, u
democrat. whom Champ Clark. the
democratic leader, called the ablest
parliamentarian in congress. He says
he voted for the duty on hides because
his constituents asked him to do so.
He a Y that while he is not a candi-
date for reelection 20 ongres or for
any other Office. he will not hesitate TO
get into the fight if any considerable
portion of his home people desire it.
He leaves no doubt as TO his opinion of
the bunch" that is fighting him.
AS stated last week in these columns,
we cannot see how anyone who read
the debates on the adoption of the rules
can co~nscientiously criticise Mr.. Bart
let's vote. 4 careful reading of the
speeches made by Congressman Moon, Il
Tennessee democrat, and others. will
convince one not stepped in partisan
prejudice that the democrats who re-
fused TO follow Champ Clark had good
argument and sound reasoning on their
side.
So far as his voting for II duty on
hides is concerned, he claims that
he voted rs Il large element of his
constituency wanted him TO. Texas
democrats and democrats from other
states voted for this duty on the ground
that it would raise revenue and protect
an industry of their states against the
importation of hides from Mexico.
While we do not believe that the cattle
men of Nevada receive an iota of bene.
fit from this duty, it must not be for.
gotten that they think they do and are
honest in that belief. Why then, should
Congressman Bartlett be censurrd for
his vote?
Anyone who has followed the Payne
bill on its devious way through the
senate well knows that partiSanship
cuts a very small figure in the votes on
some of the schedules. If the thing 10
be protected is u product of Il state
represented by democrats, You will find
its senators voting for Il reasonable
tariff upon that product. The making
of 4 tariff law seems to he ms rely Il
division Of the pork" when it comes tn
the protection of Il special industry of
any state. In voting for a duty on
hides, Mr.. Bartlett was after some of
the pork" That is all there is to it.
Congressman should not be blind
followers of a party leader. They
represent all the people and it is their
duty to vote on all questions rs their
c~onscienccs dictate and not as some
party leader may direct. For doing
this, Mr.. Bartlett deserves praise in.
stead of Ccnsure.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-28
Several Questions

The following questions were handed
To us this morning 10y one of ElkO's
business men with the request that
they be published. If they hit anybody
in town, that one will know the reason
for their publication:
Who sympathizcd with YOU when
yonr little girl WAS sick? Wa, it Sears
Il Rocbuck?
Who carried you last winter. when
you We're out Of a job ard had no
money? Was it Montgomery Ward IL
Co.. 81 WI, it Your home merchant?
When you want to raise money for
the church or some needy person in
town, do You write To Macy's or do you
go TO y0ur nome merchant?
How much does Si"gel, Cooper & Co.
give towards lighting tire street lamps.
or paying the minister's salary:
When You were sick, how many
nights did Abraham Il Straus sit up
with you?
When You had to raise money to pay
your rent or interest. did You get it
from \. ID. Mathews or a home
merchant or contractor?
When yonr loved one was buried.
was il your home merchant who drop,
ped the tear of sympathy and uttered
the cheering word. or WAS il John
Wanamakcr?
When You needed money to sprinkle
the streets or oil the roads, how much
did the Larkin Soap Company send
yuuy
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-28
The Missionary Nlult

That mule" said the old farmer, "is
what | call a missionary mule an III
tell you why: II throwcd u man on
his head, an when the man wuz able To
bc up an about ag'in. he went to
prcachin'; an the last time the sheriff
come to levy on that mule the %crittcr
kicked him cross the county line, whar
they WIZ h"ldin' II campmcctin' an
I'm blcst cf the sheriff didn't git rclig.
ion an quit runmin' fer oficc-w'ich
WIZ hard tn do. sccin' that
the Office habit run in his blood. | tell
you, nutlin' in this here worl' is to bc
dcspised. wen aS humble "A crittcr as Il
mule kin he Il missionary
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-28
Mrs. ". !. Arnstro.s Drov,,.

The lifeless body of Mrs. wn.o.n
Armstrong. wife of one of Reno,s ~.
police officers, was found f~ioat;,.
the Riverside Mill ditch ut Reno 81
Tuesday morning.
Mr.. Armstrong had been on dpt, ~
night and had gone home and forna
his wife missing. He returned 70 ,h1
business district and while lookin, o.
Il fellow policeman met Officer Trenb,,
who informed him that the HWY 90.
had been found i'm the R;vo-
side Mill ditch. Trembly was going 10
the morgue and Mr.. Armstrong accon
panied him. On seeing the face Of ~.
body, he recognized it us his wife's and
fell fainting by her side.
Mr.. Armstrong left his wife in thai,
rooms ut 3 o'clock Monday night wba,
he went to his work. Their. vo,
nothing unusual about her actions and
he believes her death was accidental
and he is heartbroken.
Mrs. Armstrong is said to have been
Respondent during the illness of he,
daughter. Mildred, several weeks ayo
and some of the neighlors says. accord.
ing To the Gazette. that mt times sbs
had talked of suicide when WORRYING
over the illness of her daughter. The
daughter, however, improved and dun.
ing the first week of May she came 10
Elko and has since visited her aunt
Mrs. l.. l.. Bradley. The news of the
death of her mother was conveyed IA
her in II telegram Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Armstrong; body was found by
G. r. Wilder, the miller al the River
side mill, early Tuesday morning. She
was dressed i'll street attire und wore :
black coat. Her hat had IeCu washed
away. Otherwise her appalel had no,
been disturbed.
She was II native of New York, agel
10 years \ husband and two children
mourn her loss.
Mrs. Armstrong lived in Elko for
several years and has many friends here
who are saddcned by her death. Tn.
family have the sincere sympathy Of
this community in their bereavement.
The remains will be taken TO Deetl
ON No. ! tomorrow morning and III;
intcrmcnt will be i'll the Starr Yallc
cemetery.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-28
High Finance Among Small Investors

If anyone thinks that the small in.
weston is not IA tinancicr. he ought to
So" some of the letters which brokers
and promoters receive from him. 4
certain operator had been advertising
IA security ~ n sure dividend payer for
the early future. He got a letter from
"A small investor which read something
like this:
Dear Mr.. Broker; | have seen yOHr
advertisement, and you have convinced
me that your stock is n good one to
buy for early dividends. | have de.
cidcd Ia invest. and will ask yOu t.
put me down for 1000 shares. ! doR
happen 10 h. in funds AT this writing,
but that is all right; you may take yOur
pay for the stock u Of the dividends
~ they are paid. Thanking y0u for
bringing this opportunity to my atten'
ton. | am. etc. etc.-Mining Record
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-28
Colossal Cherry Tree

The historic giant cherry rec of this
country is located on the Abcrncthy
place, southeast of Ncwbcrg. a
measurement was made the other day
which gave IL a circumference of eight
feet II inches four feet from the ground
this against the Hubbard tree, with
its eight feet two inches two feet from
the ground. From limb tn limb it
covers AN area Of - feet seven inches
in diameter. This famous tree IL pro.
ductivc in accordance with its size. Its
record crop in any II season IL u little
over 1000 pounds Of cherries. Portland
Orcgonian.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-28
Interesting Talks by a Mission Worker

Miss Julia G. Emery the Secretary
Of the WOman's Auxiliary Of the
Protestant Episcopal Church will
address the women Of st. Paul's church
and all interested in missions next
Tuesday afternoon, June list "a, half past
three AT the church.
Her subject. the work Of the Woman's
Auxiliary.
The evening of the same day she will
tell Of her visits to the missions of the
church while on her trip around the
world.
Miss Emery arrived in San Francisco
MAY 10th from China.
All are invited to hear these interest.
ing talks.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-28
At the Breakfast Table.

The young wife dipped the iadlc
into the porridge and smiled inquiring
~ AT the overnight guest.
VIII you have some hot Scotch
Mr.. Dash?" she asked.
Dash laughed.
Hot Scotch? Where Is it," said he.
why, here. OF course said the
young wife. in n perplexed tone.
Didn't you know that oatmeal Is
called hot Scotch?"
"ET-I-" Dash stammered. and
IN the young husband caught his
eye. and he was silent.
Il didn't know It myself til last
year she explained. Il heard George
inviting his cousin over the telephone
To meet him at the office and have n
hot Scotch. | didn't know what hot
Scotch was till you told me, did +.
George"
George. very rcd. answered huskily:
No, my dear"
Laughing at her own Ignorance, the
lady proceeded to serve the thick. pale
hot Scotch.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-28

4 demand that debate be cut short ana
n vote b. taken in the Senate. This de-
sire to pass the great tax measure with
ont due elaboration and publicly is
thus referred to by the New York
World:
There are Americans who find no
virtue in the United States Senate: who
now criticise that body because il doss
not permit its presiding officer To pass
bills by the gavel: who weary of senate
debates and who call for p~recipitate
action on the tariff, god or bad. As the
one sure forerunner of prosperity.
1T is Il strange conception of gov
crnment which will not tolerate de-
liberation, which has no regard for
publicity. which accepts AT sight any
thing that is offered and which is wholly
satisfied with haste and silence. These
are the sorry characteristics of the
House of Representatives. If it We're
not for the Senate, where debate is free,
the people would have little voice in the
Legislative branch of their own govern.
ment.
The task upon which the senate is
now engaged is the enactment of a law
intended to produce annually a revenue
of $500. 900. 900 or more. It is a pro-
digious measure of taxation. The bur.
den actually 10 he placed upon the
people is much greater han the sum
here named, for the entire proceeds of
indirect taxation do noSfud their way
into the treasury. 20
If this law shall have u life of ten
years it will take from the peoples
earnings and estates more than three
thousand millions. to say nothing Of the
other million by its terms transferred
To the hands of favored interests.
What business i, more important
than this: To what subject can We adj
dress ourselves more pro:itably than to
this. Where shall prosperity and peace
and Justice b. found fnot in the terms
of such legislation as this?
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-28
A Fruit Salad.

Fruit salads are becoming more and
more popular. chiefly because they are
quickly prepared and are moro digest.
BILE after a heavy meal than n heavier
salad.
As n rule they are better with n
French dressing. that is made very
thick almost like an emulsion. but oc.
c~asionally fhayonnaisc is preferable. rs
with pineapple cubes.
Another fruit mixture that ls good
with m~ayonnalso is made from SLICE
OF banana and sections Of u
soakcd In the strip OF preserved gin.
ger. with small pieces of tho ginger
added.
Serve tho fruits on tender lettuce
leaves and cover with n thick mayor.
naise.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-28
Art In Selling Hats

1T makes you look small" says the
salcslady to the big woman who is try.
ing on the hat. Sold.
1T makes you look plump" she says
To- the slender oma Sold.
ut makes you look young" she says
to the obviously middle aged woman.
Sold.
1T makes you look tail" she says to
the short woman. Sold.
1T makes you look short" she says
to the tall woinan Sold.
1T brightcns your face. she says to
the dark woman. Sold.
1T brings out your color" she says
to the pale woman Sold.
And AL the hats were nike. Judge.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-28
DIPLOMACY.

a spring wagon full Of all kinds OF
pottcd plants stopped In front OF q
house In the Bronx n few days apo
and the householder and his wife. who
are deeply Interested In Horticulture,
looked At The flowers with a view TO
making a purchase for the improve.
ment Of their garden. The vender
ratified of the names of the varieties
OF roses and other flowers. but MOTH
Ing In his stock seemed to interest tho
couple. Finally he pointed TO n not
and said. There's something d
should have for window boxes or hang.
Ing baskets" "What is IT." asked the
man. The vondcr looked hard at the
prospective customer, and. mistaking
him for q Jew. whom he feared he
might offend. said: THAT? That's n
Wandering Hebrew II didn't want
the vine any moro than | wanted the
Group said the mar from the Hroux
"bnt we bought II Just as n reminder
Of the Wandering Hebrew"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-28
Registering TeIcnhonn Calla.

There Is money-.pcrhaps n fortune
for the person who will invent some
automatic way or registering tclc.
phone calls at the subscribers end OF
the wire. Tho Observation-Disclosures fix.
,urc Is not available for the private
subscriber. who has a yearly contract
and pays by the month. and ho is now
entirely at the mercy of the telephone
company Ms To tho number Of calls he
uses n month. The company has an
automatic method OF Keeping It's rec.
ord. and II sufficiently protects tho
company, but not tho subscriber. ITO
may keep u perfectly accurate record
Of each call he mabos. but II IL does
not agree with thnt kept by the com.
rany they will dispute It and he has
rO recourse.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-28
Rose Cake.

Hero Is a cake to serve with the
Ice at luncheon. Bake in n brick loaf.
cover with n white boiled icing and
serve uncut on n handsome platter
With n single pink rose laid on cach
side. Let the hostess cut the cako
and serve II on small plates. rhc
recipe reads: Cream ono cup OF bu'.
ter With two cups OF sugar. mix ono
cup OF corn starch with one cup Of
milk and stir into the butter and
sugar: bent until smooth. add one
third teaspoon Of roge navoring then
stir In two cups Of -four siftcd with
fonr level teaspoons al baking powder.
Beat just enough to mix well. fold the
SHINY beaten whites Of four Cggs IN
lightly. and turn into tho buticrcd
and iioured pan. lake In n moderate
oven.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-28
One Peril Of Dentistry.

The greatest snag a dentist can run
up against" said one of the clan. Is
the Office Of a deceased dentist. whose
widow would like n competent MAJ to
take his place. You sec such adver.
tisements all W Beware OF them.
There's n double meaning to that in.
sidlous ad. You must not only take
his place as Il competent dentist. but
If the widow takes a shine to you. you
must replace him also as a husband.
IT'S terrible. Positively the only
way ] got out OF II alive In one I'm.
stance vas TO do such poor dentistry
that the people wouldn't come To me
even to get their teeth pulled. At that
| think II | had showed the slightest
Willingness 20 learn the trade sho
would have permitted me to fill the
place OF second husband and dentist
combined" ,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-28
Height OF Criminals

DR.. Charles Pcrricr says that Grim.
mails are for the most part of medium
height Thieves. he says. he found to
bc almost exclusively of medium stature
and bcggars nearly always Of medium
or slightly under that height. "Itb
SELDOM" he says, that II fully de-
vclucd lrggar nature can bo found 10
large frame" Murdcrcrs, ON the other
hand. his observations prove TO be
above the average IN size. All the
persons under punishment for arson and
for conntCrfciting measured hy him
came under the head of "small." His
observations were made in France.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-28
What?

A woman whose husband sometimes
jcsis because she spends much Of her
time thinking md taking about
clothes sends word that she wonders
what 70 per cent. OF the men would
have TO talk or think about II there
were no such thing as baseball.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-28
KEEP OUT THE LIGHT or DAY

There is u loud cry from the Rcpub.
ican ranks for speedy action by con.
trcss on tho tariff schedules. There Is
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-28
The Character OF Action.

II Is circumstance and proper mea.
sure that give an action its character,
ana make 1t either good or bad
Plujarch.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-28
Death.

Dying is about the easiest thing o
mar can do--whcn he understands IL
Newark News.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-05-28

Washington No Light Weight.
George Washington was ak fee.
two inches In height. EIe weighed
about 200 pounds.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-03-16

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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-03-16
STORM WAS GREAT
THROUGHOUT MAUI

WAILUKU, March ia terrific
rain storm struck Maui Thursday and
fairly general down pour was the
result.
The rain in central Maui began
about eleven clock and by night the
residents along the lao stream were
moving out as the water was over the
valley and endangering the property
and possibly the lives of the residents
there.
Near Huelo bridges and culverts
were washed away and while Ha-
waiian was crossing a culvert it was
washed from under his mule and he
narrowly escaped being drowned.
A washout on the plantation track
near the residence of ex-Supervisor S.
r. Kaiue caused the overturning of a
locomotive and slight injury to Frank
Silva, the fireman.
In Hama twelve inches of rain fell
in twelve hours and over seventeen
inches in twenty hours was the record
there.
In spite of the prolonged drouth in
Kula and the great need of rain there
there was but seventy-five hundredths
/ of an inch during the whole time of
the rain and that section will be in
great need again unless more rain falls
| soon.