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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-04-26
END OF AN OLD SUPERSTITION
t;elGht Of Present New York euIIdInus
oisoourages Youngsters There to
Seek Fortune.
Said q New York octogenarian:

Said New York octogenarian:
The height Of buildings in New
York has dealt a death blow to an old
superstition that animated many q
country youth who came here to make
his fortune go years ago. Heaven
knows how they came by the belief,
but most Of those upstate boys came
to the city thinking that II they could
toss coin over a house they took 4
fancy to at the first try, the house
would be theirs some day.
1T was one of my surest convictions,
and put 1t to test Immediately aft
or paying for my first meal In New
York The only money l had left was
an old-fashioned three-cent piece. With
that In my hand ! walked around look.
Ing for desirable piece Of property.
Pretty soon a corner lot on which
stood two-story-and-a-half brick
house took my eye.
u had practiced coin throwing in
the country. SO j let my three-cent
piece go for all II was worth over the
front Of the house and ran around to
the back to see where II landed. lt
went clean over knew then that that
house and lot would be mine in due
time, and sure enough they were. Peo-
pie don't WOO fortune by Tipping coins
these days. The fellow whose success
depends upon tossing q three-cent
piece over the Singer building would
be In pretty bad FIX"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-04-26
ICE FOR FRENCH DRESSING
ln0rsdIsntS Blend Better When Very
cold-0OveraI Other HInts for
the Cook.

Try making your French dressing
In bowl In which there 10 q piece or
two OF ice Keeping the ingredients
very cold insures thick. rich. we'll
blended dressing.
The water In which q leg Of mutton
has been boiled 10 an excellent basis
for an onion soup.
Broken eggs or the yolks Of eggs
will remain fresh several days II COW
cred with cold water and kept in the
refrigerator or some other cool place.
Do not leave meat wrapped In pa
per; not only will the meat be apt to
taste Of the paper, but the paper will
also absorb the juices Of the meat
II fresh water nsh In soaked In
strong salt water after It II cleaned.
and then dried. 1t will be tastier when
cooked.
A delicious jelly IN made Of equal
parts Of ounce and apples. says an
exchange Cook the fruit separately.
for the ounces require longer cooking
than the apples; when tender mix.
cook for 15 minutes. strain and then
proceed as with any other Jelly
When making q salad to be served
with French dressing, take a small
piece Of toast and rub Il well with q
Glove Of garlic Put this In the bot
tom OF the bowl in which the salad
Is mixed. The toast may be left in
the dish or taken out before serving
the salad. according to the flavor Of
garlic desired
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-04-26
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
ESTATE

Notice is hereby given, That in
pursuance of an order of the
District Court of the Fourth Ju-
dicial District in and for the
County of Elko, State of Nevada,
made on oath day Of April, 1912, in
the mutter Of the estate of Myron
Pixley, an incompetent, the under
signed, the Guardian of the Estate
and Person of Myron PixIey, an
incompentent, will sell at private
sale. for cash payable on the day
Of the sale and subject to confirma-
tion by said District Court, on
Friday, the 18th day Of May 1912,
at IL o'clock M. at the office of
Henderson, Caine & Van Fleet in
the town of Elko, County of Elko,
State Of Nevada. all the right,
title, interest and estate of the
said Myron Pixley acquired before
or after the order of the court
declaring said Myron Pixley an
incompentent in and to all these
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-04-26
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
THE FOURTH JUDICIAL. DIS
TRICT OF THE STATE OF NE
VADA. IN AND FOR THE
COUNTY OF ELKO
Register

In the Matter of the Estate of
Mary Lytton. Deceased.
Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned, Edward B. Lytten,
was by an order of the District
Court of the Fourth Judicial
District of the State ofNevada, in
and for the County of Elko, duly
made and entered on the 18th day
of April, A. D. 1912. duly ap.
pointed executor of the last Will
and Testament of Mary Lytton,
deceased. and that he has duly
qualified as such executor.
Notice is also given that all per-
sons having claims against the said
estate must file them with the
proper vouchers attached with the
Clerk Of the above entitled Court
within three months of the first
publication of this notice or they
will be forever barred.
Dated at Elko, Nevada, this 18th
day of April, A. D. 1912.
Edward B. Lytton.
Executor of the last Will and
Testament of Mary Lylton,
Deceased.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-04-26
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Serial O2ll2
Department of The Interior,

Department of The Interior,
U. 5. Land Office at Carson
~ City, Nevada. Aprllsl5, 1912.
NOTICE is hereby given that
Mamie E. Mckee. of Lee. Nevada,
who. on March Is, 1907, made
Homestead Entry No. 1924, Serial.
No. 02112. for NE4 NW4 and M
NE4, Section 19, Township I3l N,
Range STE. M. D. Meridian, has
filed notice of intention to make
final five year Proof, to establish
claim to the land above described,
before E. P. Carville, U. S. Com
missioner, at Elko, Nevada, on the
22nd day of May, 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses:
P. J. Ogilvie, Mrs. P. Ogilvie
Arthur Drown anu Olive Ogilive all
of Lee, Elko County, Nevada.
Louis ]. Cohn,
Register
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-04-26
knife CLEANSING.

Knives should never be put away
dirty Stains are more easily re.
moved when first made than when
allowed to become set in the steel.
The hats OF knives should not be
placed In hot water; they should be
kept In jar with water sufficient to
wash the blades without wettins the
handles Charcoal powder is excel
lent for imparting q good polish to
steel knives. as is also powdered rot.
tenstone made into a smooth paste
and rubbed on the knife. which must
afterward be polished with a clean
cloth. Steel forks require the same
treatment as knives 70 keep knives
from rusting scour bright, wipe thor.
oughly. dry by the fire. dust fine wood
ashes fresh from the stove plentifulIy
over the knives on both sides. leav.
ing on what adheres to the blades,
wrap In a piece OF cloth and roll up
in q paper. taking care to fold the
ends OF the paper 80 that the knives
are all covered up
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-04-26

Southeast quarter (SE4 of SEi)
OF Section Thirty (3O) Townahi,
Thirty-four (34) North, R.aye
Fifty-five (55) East, n. D. M. ror.
tanning forty acres ana situ4,fd
within Elko County, Nevada.
! Any and all persons claiming an
versely the lands described, or ir.
string to object because Of the min.
eral characterof the land, or for
any other reason, to the disposal
to applicant, should file their aft.
daVits of protest in this office, on
or before the 18th day of May,
1912.
Louis j. Cohn, Register.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-04-26
PALACE STILL STANDS EMPTY
Erected In 1902 for French Audit Do
partmsnt, Red Tape Has Kept It
Unoccupled.

The Paris Matin tells q curious
story Of French government red tape.
1t says that In 1902 the government
decided to create special audit do
partment, and list Of nominations to
the various posts was drawn MP. An
aged reservist was appointed con-
cierge of new building erected for
the department In the Rue Cambon.
He was told to take charge at once.
The building. was not quite finished,
but within month or two everything
would be In order. Proudly the re-
servist took up his quarters In tho
vast unfinished palace. For days he
walked through the immense building
without seeing another human being.
Fortunately he had taken the precau.
tton to bring with him kitten and a
canary. For two years he saw no
one and heard nothing, although he
received his monthly salary with mill.
tary punctuality. In 1905 thqarchitect
rushed In and breathlessly remarked
that little furniture would be brought
into the building and It would then
Immediately become a busy hive. The
kitten had become a gray-haired and
tired-looking cat when. in 1908 the
concierge, wearied by the strain Of
waiting. complained to the department
heads. He was soothed by a promise
that everything would soon be right
Finally his patience came to an end,
and he resigned his position. The
empty palace. which was erected at q
cost Of $1,2OO.O0O, is still awaiting one
Or two slight alterations.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-04-26
Comedy Of Corn.

Say, you know how fastidious
Briggs ISL"
"Yes."
well, ne gets wild whenever the
Maitland girl. she's his fiancee, eats
corn on the cob. She found out how
he felt about It. and the other evening
at dinner al the club she tried to cut
the corn from the cob. Briggs noticed
this and smiled approvingly, but lust
then her knife slipped, the cob
popped nimbly onto Briggs shirt
bosom, the plate skidded, the gravy
bowl went over and all the cut on
kernels showered themselves danger
ously near the gorgeous corsage Of
that very stout Mrs. Singleton Mink"
And what did Briggs dor"
Say. Briggs WAS game. He called
the waiter, handed him the cob, and
said. Francois, this corn popped
from the plate just now. didn't or
der popcorn. Bring the other sort, Fran.
co.'s. and make It cobless, please"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-04-26

Ger tain lots. pieces or parcels of
land situate, lying, and being in
the said town of Elko, County Of
Elko, State of Nevada. anu bounded
and described as follows to wit:
Lot number one(D and that
half of lot number two (2) which
adjoins said lot number one ~
along the whole course thereof; all
in Block Seventeen (l7) in said
town of Elko as shown on the
official plat thereof; said property
being thirty-seven and one-half
(373) feet in width and extending
from Sixth street in front back
to the alley in the rear OF said pre-
mises. Together with all the
buildings and improvement thereon
and all tenements, hereditament
and appurtenances thereunto be-
longing.
Terms and Conditions of Sale !:
Cash gold coin Of the United States
$4,000 payable on the day of sale.
Deed at expense of purchaser.
Saloma Pixley,
Guardian of the Estate and Person
of Myron Pixley, an incompetent.
Dated this oath day o April 1912.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-04-26
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
C-:-l n1nnI

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Serial 04994
Department of the interior,
U. S. Land Office at Carson City,
Nevada
April 5, 1912,
Notice is hereby given that
Emmett L. Bachman, of Tuscarora,
Nevada, who, on May 5, 1910,
made Homestead Entry, No. O4994
for SW4 NE4, SE4 NW4 and M
SW3. Section 2, Township 38
North, Range So f. M, D.
MerIdisn. has filed notice of in.
tention to make Final commuta-
tion Proof, to establish claim to
the land above described before
E. P. Carville, U. S. Commissioner,
at Elko, Nevada, on the 28th day
Of May. 1912.
Claiment names as witnesses:
Frank Wardrop, Joe Sizemore,
Ralph Schmidt and Charles A.
Baker all of Tuscarora, Nevada.
Louis j. Cohn Register.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-04-26
PHILOSOPHY Of haal.h.

This philosophy Of health may be
summed up IN three words Work.
WASH and pray" Tho greatest bless.
Ing that man enjoys-as is realized
10 nie ability and opportunity to work
haoits OF personal cleanliness elevate
ano clViiize man. The irm holding of
faith that urges man to pray builds
character and forms habits that lead
DIM TO high places Of thought and en-
deaver.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-04-26
Magnificent Outdoor Tb.at.r.

Denmark has probably the finest
natural outdoor theater in the world
It 10 situated in the royal deer park.
about six miles out of the capital
There the avenues OF mighty trees
serve as wings and background to a
stage fronted by a beech -encircled
slope that forms a perfect auditorium
Eight thousand people can be &C.
commodated at every performance
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-04-26
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

U0SU4
Carson City, Nevada, Land Office.
March FL. 1912.
NOTICE is hereby given that
Chauncey W. Griswold, of Elko,
County of Elko, Stat of Nevada,
has filed in this Office his appIica-
tion to enter under the provisions
nf Sections 23C6 R. S. U. S. the
following described lard, viz:
The Southeast quarter of the
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-04-26
The English People.

English people are thin and not fat.
In London the men average very
small. The rubicund Britisher We
read about 10 not in evidence. The
English are not 4 "merrie" people.
They are sad. quiet, orderly. low
voiced. we'll trained.-St Louis Hard
ware Reporter.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-04-26
pespIae Not Small rhInn.

The point Of needle may open
door through which death can creep
into the greatest life; little foolish
word may bring greater disaster to n
human character than the philippe of
the orator.-The Universalist I,eadar.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-04-26
Explained.

Explained.
What color is that very stylish sui,
of Anna's?"
Electric blue"
That accounts for its being 80 stun.
ning"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-01-20
GOSPEL OF HAPPINESS.

A woman who had many sorrows
and heavy burdens to bear, but who
was noted for her cheerful spirit, once
said in explanation:
you know I have had no money.
had nothing to give but myself; and
so made the resolution that would
never sadden any one else with my
troubles I have laughed and told
jokes when could have wept I have
always smiled in the face of every
misfortune. have tried never to let
any one go from my presence without
a happy word or a bright thought to
carry with them. And happiness
makes happiness. l myself am happier
than would have been had I sat
down and bemoaned my fate.'
This gospel of happiness is one
which every one should lay to heart.
Set out with the invincible determine
ton that You will bear burdens, and
not impose them. Whether the sun
shines or the rain falls, show a glad
face to your neighbor. If you must
fall in LIES battle, you can at least
fall with a smile on your face.
&
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-01-20

when first-class cannot be had. You
wear first-class clothes if you can pay
for them, eat first-class butter, first
class meat, and first-class bread: or if
you do not, you wish you could. Sec
ond-class men are no more wanted
than any other second-class commo-
dity. They are taken and used when
the better article is scarce, or is too
high priced for the occasion. First
work that really amounts to anything,
first-class men are wanted.
Many things make second-class men.
A man menaced by dissipation, whose
understanding is dull and slow, whose
growth has been stunted, is a second
class man; if indeed, he is not third
class. A man who, through his amuse-
ments in his hour of leisure, exhausts
his strength and vitality, vitiates his
blood, wears his nerves till his limbs
tremble like leaves in the wind, is only
half a man, and could in no sense be
called first-class.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-01-20

All converts desire young postu
lants. It is not disappointed, disillu.
stoned women. who have grown rooted
In their own habits and their own
ways, that make the best subjects for
the convent rule. Rather is the older
postulant one to be received with
anxiety, at least; and, though the gen
uine vocation may and does come to
women over thirty, it is they who
in many cases leave the convent later,
who If they preserve suffer the most
in the necessity of submitting their
own will in all things to anothers.
The Irish mother giving up her
young daughter to convent will say,
between smile and sigh: .'Ah
well, sure she's safe anyhow; safer
than those who get married" have
often heard an Irish mother say that
she would rather see her daughter in
a convent than married, a saying
which has special strangeness in a
country where the married estate and
the bringing of children into the
world are held in peculiar honor.
But, to be sure, the mother is right.
Life has many chances and changes.
The innocent child fresh from the
convent school is often among the
farming and shopkeeping classes in
strange contrast to the youths among
whom she may look to marry. The
convent schools make ladies of their
girls, as the monastery schools do not
make gentlemen of their boys. Per-
haps the monasteries, where no
woman comes, lack the exterior purity
and refinement of the converts,
which those children from the farm
houses and shop-parlors take on as
to the manner born. Many con-
vent schoolgirl finds her dream and
her ideal in the bare, light, convent
room, and amid fields and flowers,
where never rough word is spoken
nor voice raised, where all is gen.
tleness, peace, purity and an almost
over-refnement, rather than in mar
riage with man of her own class.
What the nuns teach her she is not
able to put off; and the call of the
convent follows and finds her at the
hearth or at the dance.
Let me bear one woman's testi-
mony to the converts purity and to
it's beneficent purpose. If there were
more converts there would be less of
the strange manifestations of the ma
tural woman that we find in our litera-
ture, on our stage, in our lawcourts.
The converts do not breed suicide or
madness or shame To the converts
before all the colleges, all the high
schools, would commit the training
and the shaping of our girl-children.
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THE CHILDREN'S HOUR.
THE SEARcHER.

"Tm making up my list of boys
"And girls" said Father Time,
ITO rule and lead and help the world
In every land and cline
A quarter century from now,
I've room for hundreds yet,
And | go hunting everywhere
A larger list to get.
Il find that every boy meet
Would like to see his name
Written in golden letters, high
Upon the roll of fame;
But, some are fond of cigarettes,
Some gamble on the sly,
Some drink, some keep bad company,
Some shirk, and others lie.
1.-THE girls would all delight to see
Their names upon the roll
But, some are fond of finery,
And some can not control
Their tongue; while others, with a
laugh,
Throw all their chances away
By idle folly, or are spoiled
By temper's angry sway.
"And SO my list has many gaps,
And many names / need,
Since none except the strong, the pure,
The self-controlled should lead.
So If ! go searching everywhere;
The time is short, you see;
] need thousand boys and girls,
Alas! Where can they be?'
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-01-20
THE REVISED FAILURE.

The boys face was dull red under
his tan. He would rather have taken
any kind of punishment than face his
father; but he went straight to the
Office
1--WE failed" he said briefly. Then
he turned his back, and stood at the
window trying to whistle.
Dick" his father called.
The boy turned, the whistle dying
'on his lips, his eyes full of surprise.
He knew how much his father wanted
him to pass, yet there was no reproof
in his voice, he was even smiling a
little, and his grip, brought a rush of
dumb gratitude to the boys throat
Began to make up too late, didn't
YOUR his father asked.
The boy nodded.
"Weil, it was failure, of course.
Whether it stays a failure or not, de-
ponds upon what it has done to you.
Failure is one of the commonest things
In life-failure in mans business,
in his ambition, in his hopes. Jewett
failed the other day. Do you know
/.
what his creditors are going to do?"
mo-" the boy answered eagerly.
'Set him up again. 1t was magni-
ficent failure conditions he couldn't
hold out against without dishonesty;
SO he let everything else go, and kept
his honor; and his creditors are going
to help him onto his feet because they
believe in him. Now, Dick, believe
in my boy, and am going to let him
decide for himself I'll find you po-
sition, or you can take the year over
and try again. That would be tough,
/ know, perhaps too tough for you.
shall not say word If you choose
business"
But the boys head was UP now, his
eyes clear and determined, looking
straight into his fathers. I'm going
to take it over" he declared.
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LEARNING TO SEE.

Il saw a blind man today going
about begging. I'm glad I'm not blind;
aren't you, Uncle lesser"
"How do you know you are not
blind?" asked his uncle.
cause can see,' replied Willie,
laughing
Are you sure?"
Deed I am" was the confident
answer.
Il am certainly glad to hear it, for
most people are little blind"
Most people? Why, / have seen
only few"
There are different kinds of blind
ness. One boy can't see the use OF
going to school and learning; another
boy can't see why he must obey his
father and mother; another can't see
that it is very wrong to lie and steal
So there are many who are blind OF
other things
Il didn't mean that kind of blind.
ness"
That is the very worst sort. There
are many people whose sight has been
taken away who have learned to see
themselves as sinners, and have come
to Jesus for forgiveness; there are
thousands of others whose eyes are
good who do not see that they need q
Savior. and that is the worst kind Of
blindness
How are we to learn to see ouI
sins?" asked Willie.
That is one of the very things that
Jesus came to teach us. If we ASK
Him to open our eyes, so that we car
see our sins and weaknesses, and try
real hard to obey Him, we shall learn
to see more and more clearly
I'm going to ask God to open my
eyes, so that can see everything thai
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is good and everything that il bad"
If you once learn to see all that,
then your eyes will indeed be opened. \
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THE HARM DONE.

YES, / know | am a regular spit
fire, when my temper runs away with
me, but l stay angry only a moment,
so there's no harm DONE
That was the argument advanced
the other day by'a girl who thinks she
is privileged to fly into passion at
the slightest provocation.
No harm done? All, she little re-
allies how those outbursts of temper
wound all about her, and how unlovely
they render her, or she would never
thus express herself. But if she does
not soon see the folly of acting the
"spitfire'' and curb that temper of
hers, the result may be so serious
that instead of saying indifferently,
I'm made that way, and can't help it!
she may be brought to realize that
her temper has left her the legacy Of
lifelong sorrow.
Going through city hospital, re-
Gently, I saw patient whose condi-
ton sent pang to my heart. The
door of the room where she was lying
stood open, and I was about to enter
not out of curiosity, but as hos
pital visitor" for the month-but at the
sight of the closed eyes, the face
drawn. with pain, and the little wasted
hands working convulsively, passed
on.
What a sad easel" said the nurse
having the patient in charge, as met
her in the hall.
When I replied that knew nothing
of it, she enlisted my sympathies by
telling how the little sufferer came to
be lying on that cot instead of being
the happy, healthy child she had been
few weeks before.
It was all the result of an uncurbed
temper, the outcome of an uplifted
foot, and kick-not from a dumb
animal not responsible for its acts,
but from boy, who at a slight provo
cation had kicked his schoolmate, the
act resulting in diseased bone. No
wonder that wan face was drawn with
pain.
Just think of it! That innocent child
not only endures untold suffering, but
she must go through life cripple,
| just because boy let his temper mas
ter him.
listened to the sad story, and then
with deepened interest in the little
patient, retraced my steps. Hating
again at the door, gazed on the sweet,
pinched face of the innocent sufferer,
and I heartily wished every one with
an uncontrolled temper might stand
where stood and hear what heard.
II you ever feel inclined to say, 81
have dreadful temper, but I'm soon
over it, SO there's no harm DONE"
think Of this sad story. And remem-
Der, too, that you can curb your tenn
per instead of being controlled by it,
If you ask Jesus to help you.