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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-16
TRIED 70 Rob The MIsER
Fable That Explains Why tho Lom.
hardy Poplar HOLDS Its Branches
Close to Trunk

Once there was a man who had
worked early and late in the hope of
eettlng rich. He never took a holi.
oay nor spent any money, for he
wanted to have pot full of gold for
mis- old age. Now, the more money he
got the more unhappy he became, for
ne was always afraid that some one
would rob him Of his treasure. He
Md 1t In his humble home, but he
worried lest 1t might be taken during
mis- absence. He buried 1t in the
sround. but even that did not set his
mind at rest. At last he hid It in the
thlck branches of very tall tree.
Even then the miser was afraid that
some one would take 1t, SO he decided
at last to carry the pot of gold back to
mis- home. Just there was where the
trouble began. In his eagerness to
hide the treasure he had not made
himself quite sure as to which tree he
had used for his money bank
He asked the spreading linden. the
tail sycamore and the honest oak, but
each tree denied knowing anything
ABOUT the gold. The lombardy poplar.
too, protested that it had not seen the
pot OF shining money. Just then its
branches were drawn down close to
It's trunk. The tree trembled, for it did
not know what to make of such a
queer feeling. 1t fell faint, and forgot
the miser's treasure. That minute
the pot OF gold fell to the ground, and
the iombardy poplar was forever dis
gTaccd for the falsehood It had told
To this day II Won will Iooly VIZ, ,r;II
find that all lombardy poplars hold
their branches close up TO the trunks.
but will never hide any more gold.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-16
A Counter Attraction.

II was at ball game between Chi
cago and Pittsburg. The score was
tied, two men were out, runner was
on third, and Hans Wagner was at
bat! The crowd was too excited to
be noisy.
A sporting editor had taken his
neighbor to the game. The neighbor
was not a fan, but he had succumbed
to the delights of travelling on a
pass" and was having a real. garru.
lous good time.
At the moment when there wasn't a
heart beating on the bleachers. and
the grandstanders were nauseated
with suspense, the sporting editors
neighbor emitted this:
Look. Jake! Look at that coke
train! Did you ever see one engine
pulling so many cars? I'm gonna
count carbohydrates.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-16
RATTLED WITH LON
HOW FOX TERRIER WON AMI.
MAILS SKIN.
Dog Follows king Of the Junsles"
Into Forest, Emerses Hanging
on to Its Tail-Natives Award
Canine Hide.

Simba, the pluckiest fox terrier in
the world and the only dog of its
breed which has ever tackled a full.
y:o"n licr "T;rg'e.handed." VIII Re
- i..aucn. her birthplace,
dining the next few days from British
East Africa.
The story of how Simba fought the
lien was told sby Cherry Kearton, the
cCg's master, who has Just returned
irom the kenia district of British East
AFRICA with number of cinemato.
graph pictures of wild animals.
Siinba is an ordinary fox terrier, OF
no special value from a breeders
point of view. Simba's fight with the
lion took place when Mr.. Kearton was
trying to obtain pictures of the killing
OF lion by native spearmen. Two
lions had been located in some scrubs,
and 20 Nasal warriors. with spears.
were ready to attack. The lioness,
however, escaped, and the male lion,
after appearing for a moment, bolted
into dried river bed and refused to
bulge.
"Simba," said Mr.. Kearton. "darted
into the donga, and within a few sec
onds we heard a tremendous roar
which seemed to shake the ground.
and the bushes within IL yards of us
were violently agitatetd. The lion
roared again and again. and in the
brief intervals we heard the weak but
very furious yapping of the dog. The
Nasal stood, every nerve tingling,
with Spears poised
Suddenly the lion dashed through
q little clearing, and we were amazed
TO see Simba hanging on with her
teeth embedded in its tail. Three
spears were hurled at the escaping
beast with such accuracy that they all
transfixed the heart and the lion fell
dead. You must know that the skin
OF the lion belongs. according to local
custom, not to the warrior whose
spear infiicts a fatal wound, but to
the man who first rushes IN and cuts
off the black tip from the tail.
Two of the three spearmen dashed
into the donga, but they found Simba
with the black tip still between her
teeth, resolutely determined to oppose
any hostile claim. The spearmen, who
were lost in. admiration, agreed that
The skin belonged by right of seizure
TO Simba, and they handel it over
later to my wife as trustee for the
dog"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-16
Artists Have Such 1-,,hlss.

The pupils in public SCHOOL we're
on one occasion during drawing les.
son placed before model, and told to
sketch as they saw.
The results were amusingly varied.
Some OF the youngsters drawings bore
resemblance to human being in 70.
pose; others looked much like wooden
dolls. One little girl had drawn the
model standing in front OF the chair
that had been placed upon the plat
form.
"Oh, Lily, Lily" exclaimed the dis.
couraged teacher, as she examined
this effort. Didn't say, Draw
Marie as you see herr"
Yes. ma'am."
We'll, is she standing in front OF
the chairT'
mo, ma'am. She's sitting In IT,"
Then why didn't you draw her sit
ting?
II hadn't got to IT," explained Lily.
II was just going to bend her down
when you rang the bell"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-16
A GOOD POSITION

Can be had by ambitious young
men and ladies in the field of
wireless" or Railway telegraphy.
Since the 8-hour law became
effective, and since the Wireless
companies are establishing stations
throughout the country there is a
great shortage of telegrapbers.
Positions pay beginners from $40
to 500 per month, with good chance
of advancement. The National
Telegraph Institute operates six
official Institutes in America, under
supervision of R. R. and Wireless
Officials and place all graduates
into positions. 1t will pay you to
write them for full details at
Cincinnati, O.. Philadelphia, Pa,
Memphis. Tenn, Davenport, Ia,
Columbia, S. C, or Portland. Ore. :,
according to where you wish to
enter.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-16
SUCCESS TURNS MANY HEADS
average Man Assumes an Importance
to Which He Actually Is Not
Entitled.

1t Is rather a remarkable illustra-
ton of the weakness of our nature that
there should be 81 many persons
whose heads are completely turned by
attaining even the slightest degree of
success. Instead of realizing that the
achievement which won him fame is Il
thlng OF the past, and therefore buried
In Oblivion, except to those nearest to
MINI, the average man imbibes a good
~ portion of self-Satisfaction and
drinks to his own conceit. His one sue
cess looms very large upon his narrow
horizon, and the temporary adulation
OF n tickle public magnifies its proper
tlons and appears to give him an i'm
portance not really his due. This self
Importance is apt to be reflected in all
MS further efforts, II indeed 1t does
not forbid effort of any sort, and once
a man becomes obsessed with an exag-
gerated idea of his attachments there
Is small chance of his ever duplicating
those attachments. 1t Is Just here,
however that so many persons make
the mistake Of their Ives by believing
that having once established a record
Tor themselves there Is no need to
live up to 1t. If they could only forget
their successes. or hide them away in
the dim places of their own minds to
he peeped at only for inspiration their
self-aggrandizement would give way to
correct valuation of their ability,
which would go far toward helping
them TO new accomplishments. A
mans most serious thoughts should be
OF what Is to come Of what he Is to do
IN the future, not of what Is passed or
OF what he has already accomplished.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-16
Foodmakers' Tricks.

They adulterate barley meal witr
oatmeal and oats with chaff. They
put metallic silver in candies and gin
cose in jellies and preserves. For
eign cream" cheeses are made o.
American skinned milk. Artifcialiy
colored alcohol-alcohol is a food
conveys its wicked nourishmert IN
bottles labeled choice Canadian wbis.
ky" The household flavoring extracts
are tinted with coal tar dives Fes
custard powders appear dried with.
out eggs. Two-pound cans of tomatoes
weigh one and half pounds, and
brands of condensed milk are found
20 per cent short of their labeled cor
tents. In Spring water" are microbes
Of disease. Nut shells and fruit pits
are fed into the pepper grinder
Strychnine Is put in gin, lead cbro
mate in coffee and atropine in castor
oil. These things still go on, as the
pure food officials in Washington
testify. Underweighing, misbrandine
and adulterating are ancient customs
of the foodmakers known of wore Rut
there is an observable difference be.
tween the olden and the modern
methods of dealing with the evils. In
federal, state and municipal Offices 10
lodged the definite evidence upon sne.
c1hc cases, and there is a record If
convictions. The old tricks are varied
with new "dodges" of the law. But
the suDterfuges are no longer perrna.
nent shelters.-New York Times
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-16
BOTTLE FLoATED ACROSS SEA
Picked Up In the Azores Three Years
After Being Cast Adrift on
Carolina Coast.

Floating sluggishly at the mercy of
the waves for over three years a pint
bottle containing the address of win.
nam ID. Windolph, this city, Travelled
across the Atlantic ocean and was
nnally picked up on the eastern coast
OF the Azores about nve weeks ago.
The hayward travels of the little
bottle are most mysterious. It crossed
the Atlantic or at least reached the
other shore; whether currents or
winds took 1t miles in detour before
1t reached Its destination ia a subject
Of conjecture.
On January q. 1907, Mr.. Windolph
on his way to Tampa and Key West
passed down the coast of the Caro-
Inas in Merchants and Miners
steamship, the Merrimac. on North
Carolina In an idle moment he put his
card within whisky bottle and push
Ing In the cork against the rail of the
vessel tossed 1t overheard. Until Il
disappeared from sight In the green
waves Mr.. Windolph watched the tiny
adventurer, never thinking to hear
from 1t again.
Three and one.half years after the
card had been sent out on the sea a
strange letter came to him from the
fishing firm Of Manuel Vasconcelles g.
Co.. Spain. Within the envelope was
the same card which he had sent out,
unstained by the water, uninjured aft.
er its long voyage.
With the card was a letter stating
that 1t had been picked up in. whisky
bottle on the eastern coast OF the
Azores. In the province of Prala, by
one OF the crew Of the fishing smack
d. Carlos. DeLonza, captain. The let
ter was in excellent English, but but
from the style had evidently been
written by an educated Spaniard. It
did not state the exact date of the
finding Of the bottle-Philadelpb
Bulletin.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-16
TIE FIRST WATCH AND CLOCK
Working. of Earliest Alarm Clock Con-
sidered WonderfuI-When Sec.
ond Hand Was Introduces.

Since celebration are the order IF
the day who not observe the sixth
centenary of the introduction
Of clocks? 1t was, we are told. in 1909
ina the first clock known to the
world was placed in the tower OF San
e"storgia, in Milan.
! lie greatest establishment ard adj
T.'adon were manifested by crowds
Wfo come to see the timepiece. In
1914 clock was installed In the pal
ace OF the mobiles at Padua This was
wonder Of mechanism indeed, for
besides indicating the hours 1t showed
the course of the sun, the revolutions
OF the planets, the various phases of
the moon, the months and the fetes
of the year.
The priod of the evolution from the
clock to the watch vas II years, not
80 very long all things considered,
and the record OF the first watch Is
1880. A half century later an alarm
CLOCK made 1t appearance. This, we
are told, was looked upon by the peo
pie of that age as an "un instrument
prodigeux."
ihS iOILunhte pOSSeSSOr oil THIS
clock was Andrea A1ciato, council
Tor of Milan. The chroniclers have
placed on record that this clock
sounded a bell at a stated hour. and
at the same time little wax candle
was lighted automatically. How this
was done we are not told, but II must
not be overlooked that until about 10
years ago we had M ,naon, ri ,b,,io
ing light other than the tinderbox,
80 that the Milanese must have bt en-
centuries ahead of us in this respect
Not much progress was made with
the watch until 1910, when the second
hand was added.
Was Bound to Come.
Esmeralda-What deliciously
light, fluffy, airy AFFAIR that is!
Gwendolin-Yes. this is my aviation
costume; my going up gown. you
know.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-16
WORDS OF WISE MEN

Virtue is like a rich stone, best
plain set.-Hazlitt.
Hope is the most treacherous of all
human fancies.-Emerson
Misfortunes have their dignity and
their redeeming power.-Hibbard.
The use OF money ia all the adyan.
tage there is In having money
Franklin.
take the true definition OF exer.
else to be labor without weariness.-
Johnson.
There is no well doing, no Godlike
doing, that Is not patient doing. Tim.
othy Titcomb.
Every unpublished murder takes
away something from the security of
every mans life.-Daniel Webster.
There Is no friendship between those
associated In power; he who rules will
always be impatient of an associate
Lucan.
Industry, temperance and piety are
the only means of present enjoyment
and the only true sources of future
happiness. -Haudon.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-16

ChairmAn--1s there anything else
70 come before the legislature7
Lesislator-There IL nothing else to
como tefors It, but what will come
after will be a-plenty.
Advanced Ideas.
Miss EVE Greene, the popular NJ.
tress who was married to Lien, A..
Duthnot recently, has proved bersei,
quite an eloquent politician of nd.
vanced views. Asked on one occasion
now sne would remedy the evil Of
unemployment. che promptly replieS.
Send q strcng-minded woman 10 M :.
lament and she will soon show you
the way" Naturally she was aeoussd
OF being suffragette. This M,ss
oreens denied. But" she said. II
should Ike every Woodworking woman
who pays taxes and rates to have a
vote. AZ spart from the silly lit,ia
woman who has no mind beyond her
house and her children. TIT. Bits
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-16
Application No. 1s4l

Application No. 184l
Notice Of Application for Per-
mission to Appropriate the Public
Waters of The State Of Nevada
Notice is hereby. given that on
the 18th day Of October. 1910. in
accordance with Section %.
Chapter XXI. of the Statutes of
1909, one Grover F. West of Noun
tain City. County of Elko and
State Of Nevada. made application
to the State Engineer of Nevada
for permission to appropriate the
public waters Of the State of Ne
vada. Such appropriation is to be
made from Allegheny Creek at
points about a quarter of a mile
East Of the East line Of the SW3
Of the SW3. of, Sec. 20. TIP. 45 N,
R 81 E.. M: DIM. (Foresk 6urvey)
by means Of a dam and. Dee (3)
cubic feet per second is 10 be con-
veyed to points in the Sd of the
Sci of Sec. 20. T. 45N., R. Sd E.,
n. D. M. by means of ditch and
there used for irrigation purposes.
Water not to be..returned to g. tream.
Date Of first publication October
10. 1910.
Date Of last publication November
Is, 1910.
Signed:
Emmett D. Boyle,
State Engineer.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-16
WHEN MISSISSIPPI WAS LOW
steamboat Captain Who Once Waded
Ahead to Find the Most
Likely Channel.

steamboat men who have been con.
tending with low water in the upper
mississippi river the past summer
should consult with the more ancient
mariners in the Mississippi for point.
ers on the movement of boats on low
water and then start out to restore
navigation on the stream.
Capt. William Kelly, secretary of
the Mississippi and Ohio River Pilots
society, says this is the first season
since 1856 to his personal knowledge
tnat steamboats, have ceased to run
during the open season.
In the summer of 1855. Mr.. Kelly
says, he was plotting the steamer
stella Whipple when the water was
-FOUR inches lower than It Is now. The
BOAT was towing two barees down
the stream, but got stuck on the
crossing at Robinson's rocks, IA miles
below st. Paul.
Captain Kelly says he waded into
the river ahead OF the boat to locate
the best place to drop anchor and pull
the boat over the bar. The water
was ten inches deep. and the best
channel was located by wading, and
captain Kelly returned to the boat
without wetting a stitch of his cloth.
ing. -
me method of pulling the boats
over shoal crossings was to carry the
anchor out In a yawl ahead of the
steamer, drop IT to the bottom OF tine
river and pull the boat over by line
attached to the anchor and to the cap
stan OF the boat.
When all was ready the passengers
were transferred to the barges to
hgnten the boat The run was then
MADE without difficulty till the next
crossing was reached, when the
ancnor and capstan process of pull.
Ing the boat over might be repeated
st. Louis Republic.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-16

Mr.. Billyuns-My automobile looks
like 1t had been subjected to mighty
bad treatment Did you have it out
while was away?
His Chauffeur-Yis. sor. l-er-er
exercised 1t little. sor. ivry day,
sor
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-16
Was Bound to Come.

eql 10 skvAIB seq puB emBS uuqnar
81 Oil HuIql o. smo9s au :eJN
o'siepmous STU no ptIo@ 5ql =
on Huiul p.no6 'sddId 10 Hoor -
'uosJod luelIodmI
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-16

Stop coughing! you rack the
lungs and worry the body. BAL
LARDS' HOREHOUND SYRUP
checks irritation, heals the lungs
and restores comfortable breathing
Price Csc, soc and 500 per bottle.
Sold by Elko Drug Co.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-16
Her ForosIob..

What is she doing?'
Selecting her wedding trousseau
and mourning garments"
isn't that a queer conobinatlon7,
Not In her case. She "a marry
ing wealthy young aviator"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-16
DeSpotle Habit.

nature.-Carlyle.
Rub q sore throat with BAL
LARDS' SNOW LINEMENT. One
or two applications will cure it
completely. Price 25c, Soc and
100 per bottle. Sold by Elko
Drug Co.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-16
.,.a-t iEY.NiI, IlCTEI

SAS raAs:-.so ,cscssa.GR: p,nAsa
HEnariy 4ntstI q. ,ert Aist ~. berry. Powell
Sircc. ma Geary. az Sininx Hotci Manx. Take
I. iys.li. Ideal house and lOcation foc lsdiss
Waiting use city alooa.
1ArEs. saso IN DAT AND "
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-16
ouarreIs Of Frlenos.

think have observed universally
that the, Quarrels Of friends in the lat.
ter part OF life are never truly recon.
ciled. A wound in the friendship OF
young persons, as In the bark OF
young trees, may be so grown over as
to leave no scar. The case is very diff.
ferent az regards to old persons and
old timber. The reason Of this may
be accounted from the decline of the
social passions, and the prevalence Of
spleen, suspicion. and rancor, towards
the latter part Of life.
Irregular bowel movement leads
to chronic constipation and a con-
stipated habit fills the system with
impurities. HERBINE is a great
bowel regulator. 1t purifies the
system; vitalizes the blood and
puts the digestive organs in fine
vigorous condition. Price SOC,
Sold by Elko Drug Co.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-11-16

See DR.. Gilliland when needing
dental work. Office over drug
store.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-05-12
People Coming to their Senses
on Foreign Missions

Dear Sir and Brother:-I call you
brother because I belong to the Mis-
sionary Baptist church, as learn you
do, and the apostolic type at that.
l have long time desired to express
to you my heartfelt thanks and ap-
probation for the Every noble and
manly stand you have taken in up
lifting, educating and defending the
common people.
Your work on Foreign Missions is
being felt throughout the country,
and I hear many words of praise for
you and that noble work you are
doing. Our pastor took a collection,
as usual, on his last visit to our
church, for Foreign Missions, and the
amount raised fell far short compar-
ed with the past.
We get both "Jeffs'', and it is a
race between my daughters, my son,
my wife, and myself, to see which
shall get hold of and read them first
We get four other papers, but none
are scrambled for like yours.
May your manly life be spared for
many years until your noble work is
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-05-12
6be 7efferson,an

was, join us Socialists. Tt would
have been as clear to me if he had
said just go over that bluff and wade
the river for two or three hours At
the close he invited questions, and a
young schoOl-teacher, Mr.. Stone,
asked him if they did not teach ''free
love-" at which he became a "spit-
fire" and denounced watson and
many other things, in and out of
sight. I said Hurrah! for Watson
and Stone. Well, Nobel is to be back in
May, and we ''may'' have it out then.
Noble was selling his little book of
forty-eight pages. was poor, so he
gave me one. | have read his book.
Now he got hot and denounced every
man who said they taught confsca-
ton of a home. Still l find in his
book, page 21, els it any wonder,
then, that clear-headed men believe
that the private property in land
should be abOlished?' 1t once SEEM
ed best to allow private property in
land, and all that is necessary is to
show that society's best interest is to
destroy it,-then, by the power of
eminent domain, the Government
will take il" Well, I wish I could
quote more, but other things of more
worth crowd in my mind. I have
often thought, eff we only had
small book, say SO pages, setting
out high, clear points, making bare
the leading evils of legislation, so as
all reformers could speak advisedly,
and all speak the same tongue
what a help to reform"
Well, l will send SO cents for a
neighbor. I am sorry to state lost
my Jeffersonian knife in thirty days,
and so I want another one and will
pay just what you please to charge;
so let me know the only or best way
to get one and I'll send money.
Rotan, Texas. J. G. DENTON.
P. S.-Send weekly jeff to D. w.
O'Briant Rotan, Texas, for SO cents
enclosed. Please send me another
coin carrier, and oblige. J. G. D.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-05-12
NO. 8669-A GOOD HOUSEWORK
APRON
APRON.


Ladies' One Piece Apron with Pocket
Arranged for High or v Neck
Finish.
It is much easier to slip on an
apron when busy at home than to
take out spots on ones skirts and
waists. A very practical, easily made
and comfortable to wear apron is
here shown. It is closed at the CEN
ter back and scanned together at the
shoulders. The work of sewing on
this design does not require much
skill or time, and the result is pleas
ing and most satisfactory. The apron
may be finished with high neck edge
or low V opening, as illustrated. The
pattern is cut in three sizes, Small,
Medium, Large. Requires 3 3-8
yards of 36-inch material for the Me-
dunn size.
A pattern of this illustration mail
ed to any address on receipt of 10
cents in stamps or silver.
Address
JEFFERSONIAN PATTERN DEPT,
Thomson, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-05-12
He Caught on to the Socialist

Dear Bro. Watson:-Well, why do
I address you thus? So I will ex-
plain: I joined the Baptist church
in 1867, nearly forty-three years
ago, and have never been turned out
yet. Also, in 1876, 1 became dis
gusted with the old political parties.
Still the good promises led me to
support Old Grover in 1880, since
then I supported w. J. only once
then only to vote for YOURSELF,
and I am with you yet. I am past
sixty-two, and will be Pop when
come to leave this world.
Well, I heard my first Socialist
speech last Monday night-a Mr.. w.
S. Noble. He set forth many evils
that beset our political path. Yet
when he came to offer remedy it