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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-08-05
Remedy for Scours.

The following remedy is suggested
by a Canadian swine breeder for
scours in young pigs: Take half n
gallon of oats and boil for an hour
and half. Allow to cool, and feed
to the sow, giving nothing else for
twenty-four hours.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-08-05
Turpentine for Worms,

Turpontine is highly recommended
as a remedy to free pigs from intes-
final worms. The dose is one tea.
spoonful for each 80 to 100 pounds of
pig. given once day for three days
In succession. preferably In milk.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-08-05
Sheep Have Few Ailments.

Some farmers raise the objection
to raising sheep on the ground that
they are subject to disease. This is
great mistake. because when prop
erly cared for. sheep have fewer all.
ments than any other farm animal.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-08-05
TELLING Fertile Eco.

There is only one way of telling a
fertile egg and that is by incubating
1t for at least four days, and then
testing 1t with good egg tester.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-08-05

Eight lives were lost and many per.
sons injured In fire which partly de.
stroyed one of the main buildings of
the insane asylum on the side OF the
mountain southwest of Hamilton, Ont.
Over the protest Of Henry C. Yae-
ger. father Of his victim, Alexandra
Callegos. the murderer of Louis d.
Yaeger. was hanged Friday at the
territorial penitentiary at Florence,
Arizona
Mrs. Providencio Mascara, a leper
who for more than a year mad been
kept in quarantine at the expense of
the city of Baltimore, was released
about two weeks ago and is now sup
posed to be in New ork city.
Because her husband hitched her
to harrow beside team of mules
and drove her around a cornfield
number of times, Mrs. Lafayette
Choat, wife of prosperous farmer
living near Birmingham. Mo-, is sueine
for divorce.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-05-05
GOOD DEFINITION

A New York judge, il will be
remembered, recently declared I'M
constitutional the new law that an
automobilist, having run over a
pedestrian. must stop and leave
his name. The judge said that
the Automobiles had a perfect
right to run away and leave the
mangled victim to bleed to death
alone for the reason that in
criminal cases, no man is obliged
to bear witness against himself
James Halden Wilkes president of
the Defense Society of Atlanta dis
cussed this legal decision ut the
society's last meeting. "And
that" he carried hotly, lis called
justice. Well indeed, was a
search after justice once defined
as blind man looking into dark
room for black hat that isn't
thprpr
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-05-05
HEED THE WARMING

For some time, the galvanized
iron water guage at the Water
COmpany's reservoir on the hill has
been the target of thoughtless
boys or mel. The result is that
the bullets pass through the iron
and leave a ragged edge that puts
the guage out of commission.
The guage is so arranged that
with a glass the superintendent can
see from town the amvuni of
water in the rese, DIR. When the
gague don't work it cause the
water company trouble. In order
to stop this target practice the
Water Company publishes a notice
elsewhere that the guilty parties
will be aritsted and punished. 1t
might be wise to heed the warning.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-05-05
REALLY WONDERFUL LAWYER

There was prosecuting at
torney in Tex as whose metfC6s
we're so dramatic and uniformly
successful that he not only become
.he terror of evil.doers. but an
object of admiration. especially
among the negroes.
Upon retirement from office he
was at once sought after by those
charged with crime. The first two
cases which he defended resulted
in conviction much to his chagrin.
An old negro who had watched
his prosecution In admirinR wonder
and looked on with equal interest
when he conducted the defense,
accosted him Just after his defeat
and said: MARS Earle. you sho i,
a wonder. No matter which side
you's on they go to the pen just
the same"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-05-05
ST. PAurS FIRST POST OFFICE

st. Paul's first post office was
a structure covering an are of $50
square inches and rising to the
height of 25 inches-in other words,
it had a frontage of 20 inches a
depth of nine inches and stood %
inches high. 1t was not a build
ing but box of pigeon holes. The
old box itself stands in the museum
of the Minnesota Historical society.
This insignificant box was not
erected to accommodate the people
of the infant city until the city wa.
almost five years past its christen-
ing. st. Paul received its name in
1871; it did not have post office
until April Z, 1886, when the
government appointed Henry
Jackson postmaster, and he.
determined to give the public
proper facilities, set up in his store
at the foot of jackson street this
box each pigeon hole labeled to
guide him in distributing the mail.
The letter tags in part are still
on the box. st. Paul Pioneer-Press.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-05-05
Ex-CONGRESSMAN BARTLETT

Ex.Congressman Bartlett was
in AIstin the other day and, ac-
cording to the Reveille. he is the
same splendid fellow he was before
he served Nevaca two terms in con-
gress. Speaking Of Nevada and
her prospects he said.
81 am glad to be back in the
harness of my profession and in
actual close touch with the
develop rent Of the physical
resources of Nevada. In my six
weeks trip around the Northern
Central part of the state. | have
found the mining and agricultural
expansion and activity more than
encouraging.
Mere census re ,urns fail to
give an adequate conception of the
future Possibilities of this state
under the great reclamation
projects under way in different
parts of the commonwealth.
Mineral strikes in new localities
and development work or ore
bodies in older mines particularly
the Comstock. in Austin and Eureka
are arousing interest Throughout,
the east And | believe. that with.
in a very short time. money now
lying idle will be seeking invest.
ment in every character Of invest
ment in Nevada, because this state
is still virgin territory and. therer
fore, magnet to the man looking
for opportunity.
When Lssy opportunity
need only refer to Kimberly il
this county and National in Hum
boldt TO show that Nevada car
afford to forget Virginia City
Tonopah and Goldfcld. for will
these millions forgotten Nevadt
has uncounted millions still"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-05-05
THE GENTLE CYNIG

A girl doesn't marry a man for
better or worse; she marries him
for more or less.
Every man has some weakness
but he generally has to become
famous before it is found out.
When you hear man wishing
he were dead it's a pretty sure
sign that he either wants to be
married, or is.
Unfortunately there are more
fools who talk for the sake of talk
ing than there are wise men who
keep. silent for the sake of silence.
1t is almost as difficult to hush
up some children as some scandals.
You can't make the fisherman
believe that all things come to
those who bait.
Many woman's only idea of
acquiring wisdom is to know all
about her neighbors.-New York
Times.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-05-05
HOW TO HAVE A GOOD TIME

How men differ as to their ideas
of having a good time! There was
a man once who thought that get
ting drunk was having good
time: another, that playing cards
until 2 O'Clock in the morning was
the thing; another that lying
around club smoking cigars and
dri mixing liquor was fine expert.
ence another that gadding about
the country all day Sunday was a
great joy, or that loafing about
the lobbies for hours watching
people come and go and so on
adinfinitum.
Tastes differ as to what a good
time is. but there is no question
that an experience Of low and
driveling talk and deed, that leaves
the mind empty, the soul stale
and the body weak, is not in the
long run, having good time. A
low brow may think he is hA,ing a
good time whan he is binding his
hope and shortening his days. His
heart hu rrahs, but il lessons its
beats.
The JOY that all men crave lies
within the invisible circle of the
heart" said Hamilton w MabIe.
and he who scours through the
jungle of outside indulgnces CLEANS
of it for the moment, but it soon
changes into phantom and a
regret.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-05-05
WORTH HER WEIGHT IN BUTTER

Curious customs still prevail
with 'egard to marriage. In some
parts of Uganda the custom is to
offer six needles and pack of
india rubber for a wife Some of
the Kaffirs sacrifice oxen. The
Tartars of Turkestah give the
weight of the propective wife in
butter In Kan chatka the price
varies from one to ten reindeer.
Some savages require certain
amount of labor. Amorg the
abOrigines it is said the current
rate for a wife is "A box of matches,
which prompted a Paris contem.
porary to speculate whether one of
the French government boxes
would be accepted.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-05-05
AN ADVANCE AGENT

The prospector is the advance
adence agent of progress, civiliza-
tion and prosperity. He has spied
out the county with the aid of his
pack animals and has found every
pass, located every trail and
founded every town or city worth
mentioning west of the Rockies,
saws the Los Angeles Mining Re-
view.
He has found and opened the
treasure vaults of our continent
and poured into the lap of our
nation a golden stream that has
made her great.
He is not quarels ONE. possesses
calm courage under hardship or
adversely, never loses hope and
has kind word and helping hand
for any wayfarer that he may
meet.
He deserves to he and is the
most valuable and respected man
in the entire west among people
who understand what he has done
in the past and is doing now.
No amount Of hard work ever
convinces him that good luck is
not just in the next gulch and So
he goes on. There is prob.
ably not a prospcctur in the field
who has followed the calling for
ten years who has not had in his
possession one or two fortunes.
He had learned that ground
need not be new to be worth
propescting and so every week o,
two produces a new find in IN ole
territory. lie earns and deserve,
the best.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-05-05
A GOAT STORY

The following story comes from
Fulton, Missiuri. You don't have
to believe it:
Bob Rogers who owns a farm
near Fulton has goat that takes
its nightly sleep in tree and
seems to enjoy its unusual bed.
His goatslip was tickcted TO go to
the cleaners" at the National
Stock yards in Esst st. Louis
several weeks ago but when ship.
ping time came IL could not be
found.
Shortly after a neighborine
farmer had occasion to pass the
tree and saw the goat curled up
on bough. Tne tree slanis
slightly and this enabled the goat
to scale IT. The branch on which
the goat makes his nightly bed ia
curved IT. peculiar fashion, max
ing il impossible for ilis goatship
to lie down without danger Of
falling.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-05-05
TEACH THE BOY A TRADE

P. M. Greer. of Scranton, Penn
sylvanis, in the Engineering and
Mining Jousnal of New York,
writes of the young men who start
in the mines and then abandon
them to study law, medicine or
dentitsry- professions which he
says are already overcrowded and
where most of these young men
make scanty living. He has
touched on something that seems
elsewhere and everywhere in the
United States. Most parents
skimp and save and wor k early and
late to educate their children to be
ashamed Of them and their ways.
How often you have heard a fond
foolish father say that he did not
intend to have his boy work as hard
as he had; that be was going to
give him a good schooling. so he
could make a living without hard
work. The curse of the whole
thing lies in the idea that he
instills into the boys mind that
hard work is not respectable.
Well he sends his boy to college
and he graduates in due time. but
all he knows is found in b .oks and
the practical things he must tura
to and learn after he comes from
college. But he does not know
that he is full to the muzzle of
impractical information and now
comes the struggle for existence. II
he had graduated in law. he cam
not draw up complaint and get
the other man in court, till some
body shows him how. II he is a
doctor but that is rather danger
Gus gr oun6 for there is no telling
what a young doctor nigh, do.
"A good mechanic is always n
valuable addition to any COM
munity while an incompetent
lawyer or doctor is absolutely a
menace.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-05-05
CHANGES IN STAFF
or WESTERN PACIFIC

A successor has been nan ed for
Morris DALEY, late general super
intenderi al the Denver & Rio
G-ande, with headquarter at Salt
Lake. J. w. Mulhern, at present
Western Pacific superintendent at
Sacramento, has been named to fill
the vacancy caused by the death
of former superintendent, the
appointment to become effective
May !.
The transfer of MIR. Mullhern
will cause several changes in tte
Western Pacific's staff. f. W.
Manse, at present superintendent
of telegraph and car accountant at
San Fran cisco. will succeed to the
position made vacant by Mr.. Mul-
hern. and in turn will be relieved
by J. =. Quigley, train dispatcher
at Sa'ramento. c. L. Forbes chief
dispatcher at Elko will success.
M. QuiEley and his place will be
taken by c. l.. Feike at present a
disratcErI in the same offlce.-
Silver Stat.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-05-05
RELIC OF ANTIQUITY

A most absurd thing connected
with legal business is the little
piece of red, green or blue paper
or daub of sealing wax which we
often place at the end of sigma
ture to deed. will or other i'm
portant document.
ltis very small thing in size.
but one to which a great deal OF
importance is frequently given. 1t
is a relic of antiquity and no
plausible excuse can be invented
for continuing its use.
Some of the more progressive
states have practically abolished
its use by legislation. which de-
prives it of any technical legal
significance. In others, however,
it is still used with all serious ness
and solemnity and an almost
ma qical value is given to it by
dignified judges that is little less
than ridiculous.
A man died years ago leaving
part of his estate to another
to enjoy while ne lived with the
privilege of devising it at his
death to others whom he might
select by writing under his
hand and SEAL" A writing was
executed so devising the property,
but it was contested by others
claiming the property upon the
technical ground that the paper
contained no seal after the sigma
ture and the devise was therefore
void.
A wise Philadelphia judge
closely scrutinized the signature
and after carefully listening to the
arguments of lawyers decided that
at the end of the signature there
was an extra scroll or flourish made
With the pen with which the
signature was made and that this
was sufficient in law to constitute
seal.-Casa and Comment.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-05-05
LABOR CLEARING HOUSE

With all the organized industrial
development of the United States
we are strangely behind Germa y
and Great Britain in the care a n
solicitude which we give our labor.
We have exchanges and clearing
houses for almost every commodity
in use but the greatest commodity
of all that which make. everything
else possible labor. is left to shift
for itself.
A telephone or telegr sph call
will bring yom almost anything
you wish from a toothpick to a
railroad. from trr center of deal
ing. Bat not so with labor.
There is haphazard search for it
wheE needed aGd it likewise is left
to grope in the dark for employ
mcnt. save though desultory
employment agencies
In England ard Germany it is
different. They have a labor ex-
change there. In the former
country returns are made to the
clearing house in all the large
commercial and industrial centers.
There are over 100 bureaus FORM
ing part of the central association
where the workman may be put in
touch with the employer and vice
versa. At the woman's exchanges
clone places were found for Z $50
female employers last June.
Here is an institution worthy Of
emulation Exchange
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-05-05
CUT IN RECORDING FEES

The foll)wIng law passed by the
last Nevada Legislature is now in
effect:
Section 1. From and after the
passage and approval c. this Act
the County Recorders and district
mining recorders of this State
shall charge the following fees for
recording certificates of proof of
labor on mining claims: Fifty
cents for recording any such
certificates that embrace therein
one claim and an additional fee of
25 cents for each and every
additional mining claim embraced
in said certificate: provided, that
If any such certificate shall contain
more than 100 words an additional
fee Of 80 cents shall Re charged
for each 100 words or fractional
part thereof in excess of said first
100 words.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-05-05
AHOT ONE

One of Governor Foss's friends
recalled to him the other day one
of his early defeats in politics.
We'll. there were some compen.
sating features in the fight" said
the the governor. Reminds me
of the I, ID farmer out in Iowa. A
live stock dealer arrived in town
and bought all tie hogs in sthe
vicinity except from one old fellow,
who held out for a higher price
than the dealer was will ing to
give. The old man said he'd
rather drive his hogs oyer the road
to Chicago thsn accept the price
offered by the dealer. He did
drive his hogs over the road. Of
course they lost weight and in
addition to that, when he got out
Chicago the bottom had dropped to
of the market, and he had to sell
his hogs for a great deal less than
he could have disposed Of them for
at home. His neighbors gleefully
a waited his return home, and when
he stepped off the train they began
to josh him about this poor trade.
He listened for awhile and then
SAID: We'll. there's this advantage
I had over you fellows: | had the
company of the hogs all the time"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-05-05
DISTRICT COURT

The district court convened this
morning. Hon f. J. L. Tabcr pre-
siding. The roll of grand Jurors
was called and all answered to
their names. The following were
empanelled and sworn with Mel S.
Badt Of Wells as foreman:
A. W. Goble, M. S. Badt, G. W.
Hardesty. S. A. Merkeley, r. Z.
Keyser. Erastus Hankins, George
Mcknight, J. d. McFarlane.
J. T. Wright. George Allen, Clark
Drown. G. ". Hanna, Henry Bolts.
J. w. Johnson, f. c. RIddell. C.
E Noble Frank Fernald, Sr.
Judge Taber delivered a lengthy
charge to the jury in which he
called to the attention Of the
jurors to the guide board law the
law in regarc TO recording mar
riages, births and deaths and the
new school law regarding houses
Of ill-fame within 500 yards of
schools and churches. The latter
he said he had been requ, ,st,d to
call to the attention of the jury by
several citizens. He mentioned
the fact that the constitutionality
of the law had been questioned in
Reno, but he would not pass upon
that question until it had been
properly brought before him.
After remanding the prisoners
to the cust"dy of the sheriff. the
court took recess to await the
action of the grand jury.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-05-05
MYSTERIES OF THE MIND

From Seattle comes a strange
tale says the Tecoma Tribune.
Terence limerick, wireless operator
of the steamer Bertha, relates that
on the night of FEBRUARY 7 shortly
before the steamer Victoria crashed
on reef off Cape Hinchinbr. ok
that he was possessed of a feeling
of impending disaster. This he
cOnfided to the master of the
vesse! and then moved by some
impulse, went to his wireless key,
which he had closed for the night
and almost instantly afterward
received message from the
Victoria asking for aid.
The Bertha at once proceeded to
the rescue and in this maner more
than 100 lives were saved. The
story seems well substantiated and
those who know the men concerned
give i: creden"e. Tales like this
are scoffcd at by the skeptical. but
certain it is there are more things
in heaven and earth than are
dreamt of in our philosophy and the
tenets of the cold materialist often
seem confoundeG by occurrences
like these.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-05-05

The Tonopah Bonanza thinks
that intense gall is evidenced in
the suggestion that Reno's July 4th
celebration be called Golden
Wedding" of the marriage Of
Wahoe to Nevada. Nothing doing
on that proposition, as Nevada has
fong since repudiated Washoe.
taken advantage of the Reno
divorce mart, applied for and
received separation from the bond
OF matrimony, and is now q
respectable young person. un.
willing to associate with such a.
Wsshoe. So long as Reno is look.
ing around for suggestions for 8
name. we would suggest "Divorc,
Fiesta" or Carnival of Shame"
Watch the Commercial Tailor,
window for Saturday specials.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-05-05
HOODO0S WRECK
WALL ST. FIRMS

Wall street people are super.
stitious. They will deny i, wher
told SO; but if you ask anyone in
the street if he ever knew a
hoodoo he will say "Yes many q
one" Such a one was a cotton
expert who highly recommended,
applied for a place with a stock
exchange house that had bought
a cotton exchange membership and
needed a man to open q new field
Of speculation tn its clients. The
applicant was in every way de-
sirable save for the fact that three
houses with which he had been
connected had failed. though not
one for a dishonorable reason. He
was rejected as a hoodoc. Shortly
afterwards he made a connection
with another house to fill a similar
want anu proved a very valuable
man in his sphere; but within a
year the fourth house failed.
The hoodoo is often a man whom
everybody likes, speaks well of, and
recommends to everyone else. with
the one reservation-he is a man
who unaccountable has not
succeeded. There is nothing what
ever against him; he is honest and
shrewd and all that but-unsuc-
ccssful. Once the hoodou becomes
known as such, he must attach
himself to the pewcomers-th those
who do not know. have not been
warned, or who are so new and
confident as not to care. Each
connection he makes is a little less
desirable. until he finally reaches
the stage at which he is ashamed of
his associations having made them
in the demi-monde Of finance be-
cause he could make them no
where else. Even they fail him at
last. and then you find him in New
street.
To many bcokers woman are
hooGoos and some stock exchange
houses refuse absolutely to have
anything to do with the fair sex.
The majority of brokerge firms try
their best to keep women S
speculative accounts out of their
Offices Some houses are obIie ed
tn take women's accounts as q
matter Of personal friendship. hut
they will not open accounts for
other women no matter how well
they may be introduced.
Wall street men do not have a
high opinion of the average woman's
busiNes sense. Most women have
an idea that one needs only to get
a "up" from some "insider" in
Wall street to be sure of making
"barrels of money"-for new
gowns hats and jewelry.- From
wall Street Its Romance and
History" in the May Strand.