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Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-02-04
Niger Heroes,

A and B. we're soldiers in the war
Of the rebellion and their native state
was Indiana. Both saw hard ser
vice under General White for three
years, tluTiut. -Ybich time he was very
succeesful. Fort Negley, at Mash
vile, Tennessee, was one OF the
most important .stropgholds of the
Union forc"s, in charge of General
White in 1864 That section Of the
South witness. d moro hard Tough,
and bloody batt)ea than any other
Gettysburg, Petersburg and Rich
mond excepted-snd the fact, that
Fort Negley was and had for 80 long
been held by Union troops some Of
THAR best fighters aoG brsvest men
were placed there to hold and protec ct
it. General White was Missourian,
snd long after the war, these two
Indiana soldiers met in St. Louis,
and A. suggested that they look up
"Whitey"-the old Generals nick
name. B agreed and said: ''I'd like
TO see him, for he gave me one of
the daDnedest cussiDs I ever got or
heard off, The start to find his
whereabouts wss made and ended
in success. When his Office was
reached, his door keeper refused
them admission to his private room
adjacent to the one they entered.
They wsrc asked what business
they bad with him. ''None' was the
reply. Well you can't see him.
A regretted that he could not be-
seen, and said "he was my General
and 1 only wanted to shake his hand
and look at him, aud almost stimuli
taneously hoarse, gruff voice said;
"Come in! come in! come in! In thew
went and hearty handehakipgs took
place He was old, dtcrepit and very
gray, but yet full Of life aud fresh in
memory Of the doings in war times,
and OF oil his "reminiscences the one
about the 'niggers" was the richest,
and he told it as 10 other mortal
could.
In part, he said; "Fort Negley was
an eyesore to the whole South. TO
destroy it, was the determined effort
of the Confederacy, and when it was
thought the time was ripe to capture
1T, and the whipped cream of ,he
Southern fo,ce had been centered
there to destroy that stronghold of
The South, Gran, sept the 18th and
18th colored regiments to General
White to aid in The foreseen bloody
struggle to destroy Fort Negley.
General White told A. and B. that
after looking over the situation be
declared it folly 10 take "nigger
slaves into his brigade an d
confidence to save ,be then most val
uoO'S oti"bEDOlu VI GC6 OOutQ ana
refused TO take them. Grant was
firm and what eDee could General
White do but accept them, and he
did, but on what terms known TO
himself, do you suppose? General
White re'sor ed that it was blind
folly in Grant to send trigger slaves"
10 cave the best fort of the South, but
obey be must, and wha, do you SUD-.
pose The old General eaid be did?
II ia best expressed in bis own Ian
guage which follows, word for word;
81 $40 aebsmed to tell it row, but I
took the Digge1s, ond put them in
front Of my white troops, for no 9th
er purpose, than for my white troops
to shoot them down soon as they
starte to run al d then let them-my
brave whi'es---save the fort.
II f....' ... ~ -r,, g., ~
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-02-04

Literature
BY w. q.
JEWISH MARRIAGE In OLDEN TINE
BY w. q.

JEWISH MARRIAGE OLDEN TINE
The ceremonies OF Jewish we'd
dings were beautiful. Tuey took
place at night, and it was the custom
for the bridegroom to take his bride
to his own home the same night, and
soon after the ceremony was oyer
Ten virgins were invited to escort
them home These virgins were TO-
be dressed in elegant wedding dress
es, and oach one had to hAvo q burn.
irG lamp in her hand. Then they all
met on the lawn in front OF tho house
"h"r" thc young couple were married
@"n awaited lhe coming OF tho vir-
gins.
When the bridegroom led his bride
on to take her to his homo. these
rngins received them with shouts Of
joy-saying "beboIh The bridegroom,
crmeth." They thea formed q train..
A""hiAg their lsmps so as to cast q
brilliant light around their path, and,
thus escorted them to their nav
home. There Il rich feast was resdy
for them. THrn those who Haro
Invited went in and the door vac
shuC, excluding all who were not.
invlted.
ONE OF JUSSERANDS MOrS.
AT 9 dinner in New York the.
French Ambassador was = guest. A
lady YET in the prime Of life sat noar
him. Putting her hand to her soft
and pretty hsir, she remarked, "Mr.
Juoscraod, | found four gray hairs
on my hesd this morning."
"Nadam," said ,be ambassadors,
"as long as gray hara can be count
ed. they don't count much.
LthI III u L hOist bSS UOdN.
CorroIius V. Collins, the superin-
iu'endept Of New York IS prisons said
iu Troy Of dfcreditcd penologist:
"1le 10 as iguorant Of prisons 40
Deacon Smith was Of religion"
deacon Smith, yon know, onca
began religious lecture with those
wOrd2;'
'Ladies ard gents, there's three
JoDna mentioned in the Good Book.
there's furstly John tlls Evangsl;
second, John the Baptist, and third
ly, there's John the Buniou''
OK
FROM TWO POINTS Or VIEW.
Waiting for a train at Moorestown.
n. j., the other day,werc Two young
wcfncD and man, fashioDably Al
tircd and evidently on q holiday. At
the ticket window were New York
farmer and his wife. While they
waited sweet young girl entered,
like gentle April breez,, through
an open window.
As tho girl glided out Of the door
again, the young man turned to bin
companion and said, u ...,
I.u't Miss Barry beautiful zirl?'
Her complexion is as soft as rose
prtsl." -.r-
Just then the old farmer turned
TO the wife and remarked,
Maria, did you take not OF chat.
ere girl?
Aip't sbe got purity hide, eh?"
The best place to get your watch
n nl1-xy 4.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-02-04

The best place to get your watch
clock or Jewelry repaired in this
town is at Mr.. j. W. Br.tts. His
prices are very reasonable, and his
workm ansbip the best.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-27
DIFFERENCE IN PAINTING

The fact should be made GIear
to property owners that there is
all the difference in the world in
painting. ? good painter is
worth more than a poor one
because he uses suitable paint and
puts 1t on right. The Elko Paint
& Wall Paper Co. F. A. George,
prop, are now ready to quote ~
prices on all kinds Of painting,
tntny, plJar hlnzins. krIin' n9
and syn work and they gratuar. ee
their work.
A splendid line Of fall Wall
paper just received. Phone 1G'
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-27
HIS ESCAPE WAS EXPENSIVE
GIobe.Trotter HaskIn Keeps storo-
keeper Good Natured While ~
Chinese Mob WaIts.,,i ... = .

Frederick J. Haskin, globe-trotter.
man OF the world and hum6rist on
one occasion struck Shanghai when
the feeling among the natives was
strong against Americans. The peo-
pie OF the Celestial empire were boy.
cotting Americanl goods and, stonins
Americans whenever they could get
away with II.
Haskin was warned not TO take any
risk -
These people won't bother me-"
ne remarked airily. IF any OF them
tries to hurt ME; I'll hand him a swift
wallop under the chin ...N'
Ten minutes after1 he left his hotel
he was hotfoot!ng 1t down the street
while gang Of Chinese used him as
a target. and pelting him with any.
Il Ing they could lay hands on. Final.
ly. out OF breath. and looking Hke q
cyclone victim. he ducked into store.
The mob waited for him with admir-.
able patience. At the end of every
fifteen minutes the traveller would
ask the owner OF the store:
Are they still there?"
They were there. '.. .''.
Then, Just to keep his savior in
good humor, Haskin would make
purchase. lie started out on a $50
overcoat, but the mob waited 80 long
that he dropped In his expenditures
until the articles he bought were
worth only dollar or two apiece.
lie was imprisoned for half a day
and the price or his escape was near
y NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Popular.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-27
NO DRAGGING WANTED THERE
Working Man Discovers That Boast.
Ing About His Flock Of Fowls
Docs Not Pay.

A north country working man re.
Gently took to keeping fowls, and
within a week his fellow-workmen
were weary of hearing him refer to
the subject.
At length, and as the result Of a
deep.laid plot among his fellows, some.
body broke into his fowlhouse one
night and carried of the much.be.
lauded birds.
After this there was a little peace
at the works. The victim OF the plot
went TO the other extreme, and when.
week or two later, he got fresh
supply OF birds. he didn't even men.
ton the fact TO his mates. Flo had
recognized that boasting did not pay,
and he had no Intention of indulging
In II I'm future. Neither was he going
TO permit boasting on the premises.
Going home TO his dinner the other
day. he heard one OF his latest pur.
chases loudly announcing that she
had laid an egg.
Rushing into the fowlhouse, the own.
or seized the offender and wr,Ing her
neck Then. holding up his victim az
a dreadful warning to the others. he
blurted out:
"There! Ye understand Lay AZ
OFT M ye like. but I'll hev no braggIn'
aboot it!"-London TItBits.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-27
TAKES BACK THE EMPTY PODS
Thaddeus obedIentIy Returns to Gro.
Ger. but 10 Exceedingly Busy
En- Route.

Little Thaddeus Is an East side boy
who likes uncooked young green peas.
These tid-bits he deSours with relish
direct from the pods, In whatever
quantities are obtalnabIe. His weak.
hess for young green peas recently
came near getting him into trouble
rs 1t led him to petty larceny.
Passing a small grocery near his
home, the youngster spied q basket
OF peas. and. seeing that no one was
looking. he grabbed a fistfuil and
toddled hurriedly. off, Reaching
home with his plunder he was about
to sit down and leisurely enjoy HIM
self, when his mither discovered him
with the goods on, and demanded to
know where he got the peas.
81 taxed 'em FUN B'own's tore" ex.
plained the youngster. nfbbling a pea
appreciatively.
"Thaddeus." said the mother stern.
ly, you take those peas right back to
Mr.. Brown. and when you give them
back to him you tell him you are a
thief"
Thaddeus obediently got up and
started back toward the store, but no
must have been exceedingly busy on
route, for It was a handful OF empty
pea hulls that he handed to the gro.
cor.
Hey. Misser B'own," he said, take
ON. I'm fief."
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-27
SAVING A DOLLAR A WEEK
Deposited In Savings Bank for
Twenty Years, II VIII Have
Increased to $1,612.

1T Is mighty hard" said an un.
fortunate workinSman some time ago
to the writer. TO save up a thousand
dollars by laying aside dollar or
two week and then to take 1t out
OF the savings bank and lose II to a
set-rich-quick swindler, as | have lust
done" This poor fellow could work
and save, but he had not had even a
kindergarten education in finance,
else his story would have been diff
ferent. He had never given a thought
to interest, and SO was absolutely ig-
norant OF growth through compound
interest. and OF course had never
heard OF that wonderful process OF
accumulation known as progressive
compound interest"
One dollar deposited in savings
bank that pays four per cent will
amount OF $2.19 In twenty years. This
is simple compound interest Now
II you deposit one dollar every year
for twenty years. or $40 in all, the
sum TO your credit will have grown
to S3O.97. Any wage-earner can put
by one dollar week. That money
deposited in a savings bank for twen-
ty years will have increased to
$l.6l2. A deposit of Ave dollars a
week will have grown to $4,000, and
this at four per cent. will be 1920 q
year. There is no secret, no mystery
about this. 1t Is clear as the cloud
less sun and the method is just as
clean and honest.-Christian Herald
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-27
CATCHING speed.

Two wild-eyed horses wearing dilap-
idated harness and drawing a bat
tered delivery wagon stopped at the
stable door
Just had a ruLaway." painted the
@zben for Heavens sake don't put
those horses In with the ether horses
that will soon go out on n trip" said
the head hostler. III you do, they'll
run away too They alwaJs dd BE.
fore ] learned az much about horses
as know now. brought on a dozen
runaways by doing that fool trick.
The horses that have just been on a
spree are still worked up to fever
pitch. the rest OF the horses catch
the spirit OF the devil from them, and
as soon as they get out they take a
header"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-27
when THE HORSE WON'T PULL
Giving Team = Tow 10 Not SO Com
mon In Summer a. In
wlAter.

Winter is tho time when most COM
monty one driver helps out another,
when the going is bad with heavy
snow, but such help may also be ex-
tended In summer occasionally, when
the going Is all right. and a team has
been exhausted by the heat. This was
such a case. but II had complications
Here was small double truck with
load that weighed perhaps q ton,
scarcely more than that, and a pair
OF horses not the best par in town,
but team that could easily haul the
load; bnt now here was this team
halted. while ahead a driver was turn
Ing the horses OF his truck back to
the truck that was halted, to give that
truck life. an unusual sight for the
season.
What was the matter? Why couldn't
that team with a comparatively light
load on get away with 1t without help?
The explanation was simple
One Of the horses in the stalled
team has n mind OF his own You
couldn't call him n balky horse. nor
Is he horse that lies down on the
JoD' anu JSh NhCi "hCh
he won't pull. and when you can't
make him, as on a day and In a place
like this. On,a hot hard day when he
gets hot and sweaty and tired he may
make up his mind to stop for time
and then he does stop and you can't
start him. He wants rest and
he Insists on taking II, but when he
has rested that way for 10 or Is min
utes he'll put his necL into the collar
again and go on.
He had stopped like this and the
place where he had now stoppei was
little up grade. but this time he
didn't stop as long as usual for this
is a tolerable busy locality and pretty
soon the traffic policeman got the out
flt moving. He commandeered II pass
ing truck and got the truckman to
give the stalled truck line. and when
the line had been made fast and the
towing truck started up both horses
OF the stalled team started pulling too.
IT'S hot day" said the traffic po-
lioeman, but it's not heavy load.
They'll take 1t along all right when you
get 'em up on the level"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-27
FOR SALE

One of the best stock ranches in
Elko county. The ranch consists
OF between two and three thous-
and acres of patented land. d.all under
four wirefenco. There are about
a thousand tons Of hay on the
ranch and lot Of we'll bred horses
and cattle. The ranch is well
watered and has fine shelter for
stock.
Inquire at this office for further
articulars.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-27
SHARPENING SENSE OF SMELL
English School Monitor Discovers
Way to Increase SensitIveness
Of olfactory Nerves.

Woman's sense OF smell Is we'll
known to be sharper than Is the
sense or smell in man. broadly speak.
Ing, disregarding occasional varia-
tions in individuals. But mans in
genuity has enabled him to Offset this
defect in most simple manner.
In certain English boys school, a
man monitor has charge OF rooms
and dormitories. reporting upon sur
reptitiously introduced wines, ales
ane tobaccos. Cigarettes are tabooed
without chance Of apology. To dis.
cover these odors has been one OF
the prime duties OF the monitor. And
in doing so he has CHANGED upon
most effective scheme. ........
He carries with him on his rounds
a glass OF water Entering q room
where suspected odors may be In,
nasal evidence. he dips a finger in
the water and moistens his nostrils
freely. In moment the odor OF stale
his olfactories with hammer blow.
In explanation the monitor says that
as the sense of taste iB slight un-
less the substance be In solution,
either through water or by, maBtica-
tion, II occurred to him that his sense
OF smell might be Quickened by q
watered nose. He says that he can.
discover In strong degree odors that.
without wetting the nose, are imper.
ceptible.
What do you know about thatH.l
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-27
Ono Man compllaa pIctlnnarx


The giving OF civil list pension Of
about $3.50 year to Even MacDon.
aid, OF Herne Bay. a Kentish coast
resort OF England, has drawn atten.
tion to the fact that this man has SO
cured this Official recognition for his
work In compiling and printing o Gao
lie dictionary. II is one.man die.
tionary. Mr.. Macdonald has not only
personally compiled and verified ey.
cry word himself. noting local varla.
lions. but has drawn practically ev.
cry Illustration. set the type. cast and
made his own plates. printed. trimme
and bound the pages. and mailed the
parts, as they were produced. to the
subscribers. Fourteen years have al.
ready been spent In tho work. and II
all goes well, the "Faclair GhaidIIng"
VIII be completed by the end OF this
year. II will contain more than l..
100000 wcrds.-Popular Magazine.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-27
100000 Bessars in Gotham.

One hundred thousand beggars, OF
whom 5000 are professionals. infest
New York city. the worlds richest
city. ut present. according to Charles
K. Blatchly. superintendent OF the
Joint Application Bureau OF the Char
ity Organization society This means
that vagrancy Is more widespread in
New York than ever before, present.
ing a situation that is viewed with
considerable apprehension. James
Forbes, secretary OF the National As.
sociation for the Prevention Of Men.
delaney. estimates that the 5000 pro.
fessional beggars easily average IS a
day. The 10000 others probably
average 81 day. so that the metrop.
oils pays daily vagrancy toll 10
money alone Of close to 315O.OO0
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-27
UNCLE CAL GOOD REASONER
Fired Question at Camp Fire Astron.
omer That Probably Was
Hard to Answer.

THE late George Cary Eggleston
vas in the Confederate army" said a
New York editor, and. as Memorial
day approached, he would narrate at
the Authors club many memory OF
war times.
Il liked 10 hear his yarns about
the child-like minds OF slaves. He
once told me. for example, about a
gfSgzled slave named Uncle Cal. body
Il Pant to his colonel.
AS Eggleston sat before camp
fire one coolish autumn evening,
watching Uncle Cal mend the colo.
nePs coat. the crimson and gold glory
or the autumn sunset turned the talk
to astronomy. and Eggleston said:
"'You see. Uncle Cal. the world is
round. like an apple. and It goes
round. too-round and round It goes
all the time
Hits round an hit goes round,
said Uncle Cal. skeptically. But what
want TO know Is. what holds II up?'
Why, you see, Uncle Cal. said
ESgleston, the world goes round the
sun. and the sun holds 1t up-by at
traction. you know
Uncle g glanced from his coat
mending 10 Eggleston with a patron.
izing smile.
Honey he said, All reckon yo'
hain't gone far 'nough in you reason.
in. Fo'. n yo' surmIsation wuz cor
rect, what would keep de world up
when the sun went down? Answer
me dat. honr"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-27
II Was "Lovejyn Cheese.

young married woman IN Cherry.
vale asked the polite salesman II he
had good cheese. we have soms
lovely cheese" was the smiling ans.
wer. You should not say lovely
cheese she corrected why mott
II is." he declared. "Because"-wIth
boarding school dignity--"iovely
should be used to qualify only somo.
thing that is alive" We'll" he said,
I'll stick TO lovely."--Cherryvals
Nan.) Journal
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-27
LIahtnIna Rod lnvestIa aatIon.

There has always been more or less
controversy as to the efficiency OF the
lightning rod, but this matetr is likely
to be settled at no distant time be-
yond all question OF doubt. The au.
thorities of the University Of Illinois
have undertaken to do this and have
been at work on the problem for some
time Last summer some valua ble
experiments were conducted but the
results were not entirely satisfactory
for the lack OF suitable apparatus.
During the coming summer the work
will be continued on very elaborate
basis The use OF an open field has
been secured for the entire season
and the investigation will be contin.
ued during the entire season In which
thunder storms may be reasonably
expected. In this field twelve 40-foot
poles have been erected. Six Of
these are equipped with devices for
registering the effect OF lightning
strokes at or near the poles. There
is a series OF spark gaps with Undue.
tlon. resistance and capacity figures,
so that the lightning may jump across
the gaps or pass arO"nd thn,ugh
shunt circuits. Any action due to
lightning will be recorded on q NOV
ing strip OF paper driven by clock
work 80 that the exact time OF tho
electrical discharge can be told from
the record. Three OF the poles have
been equipped with sharp needle
points and three with brass balls.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-27
WESTERN PACIFIC TIME CARD

A new time card will go into
effect tomorrow on the Western
Pacific by which the trains will
arrive and depart as follows:
West bound: No. l arrives at
II 80 p. m. departs at 12:01 a. m.
West bound: No. 3 arrives at
1925 a. m and departs at 9:35 am.
East bound: No. 2 arrives at
S:l5 a. m. and departs at 1925
a. m.
East bound: No. 4 arrives at
7:l2 p. m. and departs at 7:22
p. m.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-27
DOGS EYE GRATED ON MANS
American oculIst Restores Lost Sight
by Performing Wonderful op-
eratlon.

That person totally blind from
ophthalmia. even from birth, can be
made to see by having a portion OF a
dogs eye grated on his own was the
startling communication made by Doc.
tor Borsch, an American oculist at
present In Paris, In paper read be.
fore the meeting OF the French Oph.
thalmla society few days ago.
Doctor Borsch explained that as n
result OF blindness from ophthalmia,
as also from some other causes. the
cornea, which is the transparent mem.
brans In front OF the eye, becomes
chance Of restoring sight Is to replace
the defective cornea by a healthy one
To perform this feat. DR.. Borsch
frBt operates on n dog and lays back
from It's eye the conjunctivea or skin
Of tho eyeball surrounding the cornea
He removes a portion OF the latter
and places II aside I'm blood serum.
He then performs the same operation
on the patients eye, removing part OF
M the cornea, taken from tho animal.
Tho dogs cornca Ia now placed in
position OF tho human eye and so
cured with stitches Of tho finest pos.
siblo silk. tho surrounding skin. which
had been laid back. being brought into
place over tho edge Of the cornea and
also sewn.
Tho new graft unites with the eye
In few days. aided by temporary
glass cover to keep II In shape and
injections OF serum to stimulate vital.
itv
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-27
Nomen Should Judue.

Six men In Hartford. Conn. formed
the jury to decIds whether a lady's
dress NJ properly or not. Naturally.
the women say that no man is com
petent to Judge OF such things. and
that the Jury should have been com
posed Of six women. But, according
to Mrs. Caroline r. Corbin, tho mon
were doing their "God.given" duty and
the jury room ia no place for women
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-27
WARNING

All hunting, shooting and fish.
ing in what was formerly known
as the Dewar field is strictly for.
biden. Trespassers will be
punished according to law.
Griswold & Henderson
Elko, Nevada, August 25, 1911
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-27
Amblauoua.

When Bob" Burdette was address.
ing the graduating class OF O large
eastern college for women. he began
his remarks with the usual salutation.
Young ladies Of 81" Then in 4 hor.
riaed aside he sdded. That's an awful
age for n girl"