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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-05-05
DISTRICT COURT

Contrary to expectations a jury
was secured Wednesday afternoon
to try Florence o. Hay on the
charge of murder. Only one name
remained in the box, when the de-
tense announced that they accepted
the jury.
The clerk swore the following
jury to try the case: E. E. Cox,
w. j. Johnson, Charles A. Francis,
Randolph Streeter, T. J. Wright,
Frank Fernald, Jr., George R
Boulding, M. Spath, J. C. Walther,,
P. Dory, R. L. Woods, Philip
Sharp.
The indictment was then read
and Judge Brown placed the jury
in the custody of the sheriff and
court took recess until Thursday
morning at 10 o'clock.
When court convened this morn
ing, the witnesses for both sides
were called and sworn and placed
under the rule.
District Attorney Taber then
asked that the jury be permitted
to view the Elk saloon where the
crime was committed. The defense
objected to the request and Judge
Brown denied it.
District Attorney Taber then told
the jury what he expected to prove
on the part of the State. From his
statement, it appeared that the de-
PENDANT had premeditated the kill
ing for several days before she
fired the fatal shot. He did not
spare the defendant or her victim
in the statement of his case. At
the close of his statement, he again
asked that the jury be permitted to
view the premises. The defense
again objected on the grounds that
circumstances might develope dur
ing the trial Of the case that would
make it very improper for the jury
to view the premises.
Judge Brown then again over
ruled the objections and took a
short recess to enable the district
attorney to procure his exhibits.
When court reconvened, Judge
Brown stated that he had recon-
sidered his ruling and would permit
the jury to view the premises.
Judge King then objected to any
further proceedings in the case on
the ground that the Indictment did
not charge the commisson of a
public offense. Judge Brown
promptly overruled the objection
and the officers were sworn to take
charge of the jury while inspecting
the premises.
When the jury returned into
court, Luther Butler was called as
the first witness. He was questioned
closely by Judge King as..to..the APP
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-05-05
Just q Raise.

JUST a RaISe.
Now look at Mrs. Scribbler's hus.
oand,' said the poets wife, bitterly.
Last week when they were short he
pawned his watch. He always has
something to put up on rainy day"
We'll, my DEAR" laughed the jolly
bard, as he edged nearer the door. 81
always have something to put up or q
rainy day Don't forget your own
little hubby"
You? And what did you ever put
up on rainy day."
why, my dear, an umbrella"
And then he darted down the street
so fast he dropped three odes and a
rondeau.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-05-05
Brute.

Cynic-She knows his footsteps q
mile OF in the midst of a hundred 9th.
ers, sees him coming from the corner
OF her eye. pats her hair and smooths
her dress. and jumps foot with sur.
prise when he ascends the piazza
steps. ..
Clinic-Wno?
Cynic-All of 'emi"-Life.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-05-05

Carpenter-l'm ready to 60 ahead
and put UP the carriage house when.
ever you want 1t, miss. You under
stand, of course, that you'll have to
get building permit"
Miss Bullion-~Not at all, Mr.. Plum.
line; papa gave me permission to
build It more than q year ago N mo
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-05-05
PIANOS

1fyou think I cannot..save you more
money than any other house, write
and see. Mehlin and Sons, Steinway
and Sons, Henry F. Miller, Shoninger
and many other plans.
j. D. Mariner.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-05-05
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
OF THE STATE OF NEVADA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY
OF ELKO.
In the Matter of the estate of
Joseph B. Hall, Deceased.
Mntinn 70 G.nl:4n..

Joseph B. Hall, Deceased.
Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned was by an order of the
above entitle Court, duly made
and entered on the 4th day of May,
1910, appointed administratrix of
the estate of Joseph B. Hall, de-
ceased, and has duly qualified as
such administrative.
All creditors and otherIpersons
having claims against the aforesaid
estate are hereby notified to file the
same with the Clerk of the above
entitled Court, together with the
proper affidavits and vouchers,
within three months from the. date
of the first publication of this
notice or they will be forever bar
red. ss
.... ... Katharine Hall
Administrative of the Estate of
Joseph B. Hall, deceased.
Date of first publication May S,
1910.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-05-05
Dead Slow.

Along the polar contest pokes,
And duller gets,
Producing nothing new In Jokes
Or epithets.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-05-05
The Difference.

Boy towner of poodle)-My dogs
ticks people with his tongue.
Boy .(owner Of fighting bull pup)--
NY dog ticks everything with his teeth.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-05-05
dOODFRIEND HOTEL
SAN FRANCISCO 4.
!. eoopFRlEHD. Msnas.r

Formerly Hotels Stanford and 81. Berry,, Powell
Street, near Geary, adjoining Hotel Mafix. Take
Hotel Manx Bus. or Market Street Cans, transfer
70 Powell. Ideal house and location for ladies
visiting the city alone.
RATES. 600 PER DAY AND UP
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-05-05

What II 10 Coming To.
(which part do you like best7''
He asked, the clever fellow,
When he began to carve the egg,
"Ths white or yellow7'
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-05-05
ELKO DRUG COMFY
INCORPORATED

In Business for Your Health
NEW ADDITIONS TO OUR LINE.
RIEGERs PERFUMES, McDonald's
Chocolates. Fancy Papeteries, Auto
crat Linen. Andrew Jergens Toilet
Soaps. Medicinal Wines and
Liquors. THE BEST EUIPPED
PHARMACY IN EASTERN NEW
ADA. rgrtor INV, ~ rt.a
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-06-10

Dr. Eliot, president emeritus OF HAIRY
ard, says that "among the great mass OF
people rests moral soundnesS; the dis
honesty is in the high and the low
places" True, doctor, Juvenal said the
same thing in A. D. '9S. Twas so in
Babylon. In Egypt, religion and moral
ity were established for the common
people. In Rome, morality, honesty and
Temperance were inculcated in the poor
and the humble by the dissolute priests
and patricians' ''Be saving. Be good.
Be honest. Be virtuous. Fear the
gods" these were the maxims OF the
plebians. Everybody recognizes how
essential to the salvation Of the race it is
that the great mass of the people be
honest and virtuous. But, as for the
select, we'll, a race can endure long
time in spite of their designations, their
immoralities, their dishoneStieS and
their divorces. So long as the common
people, for whom, said the ancient
teachers, religions, moralities, laws and
conventions were made, remain untaint.
ed with lust and dishonesty, the race is
safe. And it is safe.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-06-10
The Way to Float.

This is the advice of an old swimmer
to those who cannot swim: ANY hui
man being who will have the presence
Of mind to clasp the hands behind his
back and turn the face toward the
zenith may float at ease and in perfect
safety in tolerably still water. When
you first find yourself in deep water
you have only to consider yourself an
empty pitcher. Let your mouth and
nose and not the top of your heavy
head be the highest part of you and
you are safe. But thrust up one of
your bony hands and down you go,
turning up the handle tips over the
pitcher" There are reason and logic
in this.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-06-10
CHINESE CUNNING.
An officials Subtle Scheme For Secur-
ing His Prisoners.

An officials Subtle Scheme For Secur-
ing His Prisoners.
One of the funniest stories about
Chinatown is not really Chinese. 1t
was told by British consul at one of
the treaty ports. He arrested nine de-
lnquent Chinese, intending to turn
them over to the tender mercies of the
native magistrate next morning. Mean
while he gave them into the custody
Of a Chinese policeman, telling him to
lock them up, though there was no Jail
at the consulate. But the policeman
was equal to the emergency He sol
EMMY saluted, saying, 81 obey! and
marched his men off. Soon he return
ed and announced that they were
safely Gagged.
The consul was curious to see how
and where. He followed bis police
man to the yard. There he saw the
nine prisoners dancing round the con-
sulate flagstaff, lugubriously chanting
the Chinese equivalent of ring around
rosy" Whenever the dance showed
signs Of tagging the policeman stirred
them up with long pole. They seem
ed at first sight to be holding each
others hands. but, looking closer, the
consul saw that they were handcuffed
together
WELL" said the consul, "if they are
chained in a ring around the flagstaff
they can certainly not get away. But
why do you make them dancer"
"Ah," answered the Chinese police
man, with infinite cunning, 80 that
they cannot climb up the pole and get
away"
The consul broke out into a loud
British laugh and tried to explain to
the Chinaman that the nine prisoners
could certainly not all climb up the
pole at once, but the Chinaman had
bis idea and held to it. So the dance
went on.-Harper's Weekly.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-06-10
Escapes In War.

Until war ceases, which will be the
greatest miracle of all. it will always
be the exhibition ground of miracles.
How can bullet puncture a mans
coat behind and before or pierce bis
boot and sock and be gravely shaken
out of both without wounding himf
And what mysterious channel does this
human body contain which leads bull
let dexterOusly around the heart, a
hairs breadth from the seat of life,
yet never rending tia phenomenon
vouched for by more than one army
surgeon? Shells have burst thunder
ously between the very legs of soldiers
and left them still soldiers. Pompom
shells of two inches diameter have
passed through legs and arms without
SCATTERING the bone or bursting at the
impact, though there appears to be lit
orally no room for such a merciful
performance. In fact, history of the
escapes in war would be wild reading
even after a course of Munchausen.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-06-10
If WOMEN ONLY KNEW
What Heap of Happiness it Would
Bring to Palatka Homes.

Hard to do homework with an ach
ing back.
Brings you hours of misery at leisure
or at work.
If women only knew the cause-that
Backache pains come from sick kid
neys,
'Twould save much needless woe.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick kid
neys.
Many residents of this vicinity en-
dorse them.
Mrs. w NJ. Edwards, Madison Ave-,
Starke. Fla, says: II was greatly
benefited by Doan's Kidney Pills
For some time l was victim of kid
ney trouble and suffered intensely
from backache and pains through my
kidneys. I had but little strength or
energy and if l attempted to lift my
suffering was aggravated. l finally
procured Doan's Kidney Pills and they
gave me great relief, in fact, helped
me more than anything had previ-
ously used. My back is now much
stronger and my kidneys are normal "
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-06-10
The Cradle Song.

Hush, my dear, lie still and slumber;
Holy angels guard thy bed!
Heavenly blessings without number
Gently falling on thy head.
Sleep, my babe; thy food and raiment,
House and home, thy friends provide,
All without thy care or payment,
All thy wants are well supplied.
How much better thou'rt attended
Than the Son of God could be,
When from heaven he descended,
And became child like thee!
Soft and easy is thy cradle;
Coarse and hard thy Savior lay;
When his birthplace was a stable
And his softeSt bed was hay.
See the kindly shepherds round him,
Telling wonders from the sky!
Where they sought him, there they
found him.
With his virgin mother by.
See the lovely babe ADDRESSING;
Lovely infant, how he smiled!
When he wept, the mothers blessing
Soothed, and hushed the holy child.
Lo, he slumbered in the manger,
Where the horned oxen fed;
Peace, my darling! here's no danger!
Here's no OK a-near thy bed!
May'st thou live to know and fear him,
Trust and love him all thy days;
Then go dwell forever near him;
See his face and sing his praise
could give thee thousand kisses,
Hoping what most desire;
Not a mothers fondest wishes
Can TO greater joys aspire.
DIR. Isaac Watts.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-06-10

The board of aldermen at ASheville,
n. c., have raised the annual license
tax on "near beer" saloons from $3.50 TO
81, 900 and as a result thiTty-two soft
drink" emporiums have closed their
doors. The action OF the board was the
outcome of strenuous agitation against
the NEAR beer" saloons in which the
w. c. T. U. and Judge Pritchard of the
United States circuit court took promi-
nent part. 1t was argued that the low
license tax OF $3.50 had resulted in an
alarming growth of undesirable NEAR
beer" establishments where the state
prohibition law was being secretly VIC
lated.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-06-10
Meteors,


There is one very interesting fact
connected with meteors that have
struck the earth. Hundreds Of them
have been examined and found to con-
tain animal remains-that is, the very
lowest forms of life. This indicates
that they are parts Of a world that
burst into fragments long, long ago.
What thought--a world broken up
and scattered through space! Maybe
we had another moon once. but that
broke into pieces and these are the
pieces, and maybe they are parts of
the planet that once revolyed between
Mars and Jupiter. Over 800 Of the
larger pieces of this planet have been
discovered and catalogued. One of
these few away inside Of Mars orbit.
Why may not many of the smaller
pieces and these solid meteors be they ?
It is probably so.-Columbus Journal
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-06-10
Follow this advice.

Quaker Oats is the best of all foods;
it is also the cheapest. When such
men as Prof. Fisher of Yale University
and Sir James Crichton Browne,
LL.D.-F.R.S. of London spend the
best parts of their lives in studying
the great question of the nourishing
and Strengthening qualities of different
foods, it is certain that their advice is
absolutely safe to follow.
Professor Fisher found in his ex-
periments for testing the strength and
endurance of athletes that the meat
eaters were exhausted long before the
men who were fed on such food as
Quaker Oats. The powers of endur-
ance of the non-meat eaters were
about eight times those of the meat
eaters.
Sir James Crichton Browne says
eat more oatmeal, eat plenty of it and
eat it frequently. 50
Packed in regular size packages, and
hermeticallys observation-disclosures.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-06-10
crafty M. Blanc.

Blanc, the founder of the Monte Car
10 gambling resort. was well aware
Of the desperate character of many
Of his customers. Knowing that they
included the scum and riffraff Of the
world, he took precautions against
them. He never carried any money,
which fact he announced so frequently
and publicly that it was known every
where along the Riviera that the mill
lIonaire Blanc never had a penny on
his person. But he carried in a pocket
book a draft on red paper for several
hundred thousand francs, payable to
the indorsee. He feared kidnapping as
much as robbery, and in case Of alb
duction he intended to ransom himself
with this draft. But the instructions
at his office were not to cash a red
draft with bis signature unless tel
egram was received from him ordering
It to be done
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-06-10
A Hard One.

1.-THE self made man is splendid"
said Andrew Carnegie at dinner In
Washington, IF he makes himself a
mental and spiritual no less than a
financial success. Too many self made
men neglect the intellectual side. This
sometimes-at commencements, for ex-
ample-puts them at disadvantage.
I know a self made man who said at
a commencement to his nephew:
"'Well, Tommy, my son, what do
they teach you hereP
latin and Creek the boy replied.
and German and algebra
"rDear mer cried the self made man.
And what's the algebra for turnipT "
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-06-10
A DOG IN THE SKY.
Tibetan Explanation of the Cause Of
an Eclipse.

Tibetan Explanation of the Cause Of
an Eclipse.
Every one has heard of the Chinese
myth explaining an eclipse and the
enormous dragon that stalks through
the sky seeking to devour the sun.
But the Tibetan legend is little diff.
ferent and very interesting as describ-
ed by Sven HediD in bis "Trans-Hima-
Iaya." After describing the eclipse
and the terror and depression with
which it was received he says:
Then | visited Hlaje Tsering with
the corner pillars Of my caravan. He
sat at his lacquered table drinking
tea and had his long Chinese pipe in
his mouth.
"Why is it that it has just been so
darkT | asked him. THE gods of
the Dangrayumtso are angry because
you will not allow me to visit their
lake."
"No, certainly not. A big dog roams
about the sky and often conceals the
sun. But | and the lama Lobsang
have prayed all the time before the
altar and have burned joss sticks be-
fore the images of the gods. You have
nothing to fear. The dog has passed
on"
VERY fine" l cried and made a
desperate attempt to explain the
phenomenon. Robert held up his sau
Ger to represent the sun, and | took
two rupees to represent the earth and
moon crossing each others orbit.
Hlaje Tsering listened attentivey to
Muhamed Isa's translation Of my
demonstration, nodded approvingly
and finally expressed his opinion that
this might do very well for us, but
that it did not suit Tibet.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-06-10
VULPlNE SAGACITY.
Tho Tale of Fox From the West
Coast of Ireland.

Tho Tale of a Fox From the West
Coast of Ireland.
1t has often been said that the fox
is the most cunning of all animals.
but the following story of vulpine
sagacity seems to require some ere.
dence. Some fishermen on the west
coast of Ireland were in the habit OF
going to small island few hundred
yards frow The mainland In purS' ~
bait. Thp island was inhabited ny
large numDers of rabbits and could Ue
reached at low tide by wading, the
water then being only a few inches
deep. One morning they went in their
boat quite early, it being high tide
and on landing saw what seemed to
be dead fox lying on the beach. The
fur of the animal was all bedraggled,
and he seemed to have been drowned
One of the men, remarking that his
skin was worth something, pitched
him into the boat. Procuring their
bait, they returned to the mainland,
and then the man who had possessed
himself of the fox seized him by the
tail and flung him on shore. AS soon
as the animal struck the beach he
picked himself up with considerable
agility for a dead fox and shot off like
a fash along the cliffs, while the men
stood staring at one another in mute
establishment. The men concluded
that he had crossed over to the island
during the night when the tide was
low in search of rabbits and, finding
In the morning that he was cut of
from the mainland, counterfeited
death, with the expectation Of thereby
procuring a passage to the shore in the
boat, an expectation which was fully
realized Globe
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-06-10

"Fingy" Corners has been compelled
TO step down from the craftsmanship Of
the New York State Democratic execu-
tive committee, and it would be good
thing for the Democracy of Florida if
our "Fingy" Price was TO be showed
out at the next meeting of the Florida
state committee. His long connection
with Pleas. Holt and the Jacksonville
booze ring entities him to a rest
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-06-10

The forthcoming statements of cam
paign expenses required under the law
from senatorial candidates, will furnish
interesting data as to the cost of the Of
flee in Florida, though few are SO fresh
as to believe these statements will tell
the whole story. In Illinois it's differ
ent There, where the system is in
v que, the candidate buys les at 1000
per, while in Montana uadS ranging
from IS, 900 to $50, 900 were left on the
desks of Legislators, with no hint as TO
the source. Time will come, judging
from methods employed in the cam
paign just closed, when the primary Sys-
TEN will be found too costly-there are
too many people to buy who won't stay
bought.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-06-10

Glenn H. CurtiSs the arronaut says he
could easily have dropped picric acid
bombs on New York in the night and
destroyed it. Alas! Where, then,
would be the fine uniforms, the brass
bands and all the spectacular panoply OF
war; Surely things are not as they used
to be in those good old days when we
stuck each other in the entrails with a
pike or fired a chunk of lead into the
liver of the hero on the other side.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-06-10

The most serious charge against Sena
tor Taliaferro during the recent cam
paign was contained in an editorial note
of the Tallahassee True Democrat, and
which stated that the senator was such
an earnest prohibitioniSt that the liquor
men of Jacksonville would vote solidly
against him. 1t was this supposed con-
dition of affairs, however, that com
mended the senator so strongly to the
True Democrat. But the T. D. is easy.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-06-10
A Mean Comparison.

"Confound these railway time ia
blesw snapped Mr.. Stub as the long
folder refused to remain closed long
enough for him to place it in his pock-
ct "They remind me of woman"
1.-THE ideaw replied his wife in sur
prise. what is the comparison"
"Why. they are hard to understand,
and you can't get them to shut up"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-06-10
Qansa.

One day the teacher asked her class
to write an essay on London, about
which they had just been reading.
When examining their papers later she
was surprised to read the following:
1.-THE people Of London are noted for
their stupidity"
"Where did you get that from7" ask
ed she of Maggie Jones.
"Please, miss, it's all in the book.
1t says the population Of London Is
very dense "-London Answers.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-06-10
Well Reaun-HaIf Done.

Sidney was walking on the beach
with his Uncle John when his uncle
told him that if he could find two peb-
bles exactly alike be would give him a
dollar. Full of glee, Sidney began
searching. BY and by he ran to his
uncle crying. "Oh. Uncle John, I've
found one of themr-Delineator.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-06-10
A Crowd Assured,

Cant we have our marriage cele-
brated quietly. dear duke"
You mean wizout re gr-r-reat
crowd%
YES"
I'm afr-r-raid not. My creditors are
quite sure to find US out, and every one
weel be zerev-Cleveland Plain Deale5.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-06-10
sharinq His Bed.

A Grub street friend of DR.. John
sons was Derrick. of whom he wrote,
~ honor Derrick for his strength OF
mind" One night when Floyd, an
other poor author, was wandering
about the streets he found Derrick
asleep upon a bulk Upon being sud
denly awakened Derrick started up
my dear Floyd" said he, II am sorry
to see you In this destitute state. VIII
you go home with me to my lodgingsT
And they turned in on the bulk to-
gether like the good fellows they were