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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-11-11
CRITIC NEVER TOO POPULAR
Bitter Indictment, Which Seems the
Limit, Evidently Penned by One
Who Has Suffered.

Critics were created for the sole
purpose OF telling the public that II
aas no taste and that its ideas are
always narrow and perverted. Also,
that 1t does not know, under any cir.
cumstances, what II 10 talking about.
critic makes It his business not to
agree with anybody. In his efforts to
DO this he very often disagrees with
himself.
Many a painter. author, dramatist,
or composer has been shown by the
critics that what he thought he meant
he did not mean at all.
A critic ls usually creature Of
such profound learning that he can,
when rhapsodizing over something
that is absolutely worthless to every
body else, use number OF new ad.
iectives the meaning OF which is as
obscure and hazy as the object to
which they are applied.
When critics die, Il Is the generally
accepted idea OF all people who do not
egree with them that they are pun.
lshed by being placed in the presence
OF the thing or things they have so
persistently lauded and are forced to
listen to It or gaze unwinkingly and
silently upon It throughout eternity,
while evil spirits taunt them with
their bad taste.--Judge's Library.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-11-11
FOUGHT ON VEGETABLE DIET
Great Warriors Of Homer Were Not
Sufferers From insufficient Do
mestlo Help.

The heroes Of Homer prepared their
food with their own hands, and were
not, therefore, sufferers from INSULT
Client domestics. In the happy sim
plicity Of the Homeric ages, writes Mr..
F. W. lakewood In "Good Cheer"
the great heroes who dealt such ter
rible blows, leaving death and DESC
lation behind them, when they re-
posed after their exploits, partook of
blameless dish of beans or a plate
Of hominy lentils.
1t may be difficult to imagine Dio-
modes in the act of peeling an onion
or Achilles washing cabbage. But al
though the wise Ulysses roasted, with
his own hands, sirloin of beef, vege-
tables occupied the most conspicuous
places at all the great banQuets of an
Client Greece.
Parsley formed the crown with
which Hercules, as conqueror Of the
Nemean Hon, crowned himself Ana
creon celebrates the plant as the en-
blem OF Joy and festivity. Fable makes
parsley the food of coursers; the war
riors Of Homer fed their chargers with
~ lOE UdLII0.
The cabbage was adorned by the
Egyptians, who raised affairs to 1t.
Afterward they made this strange god
the first dish in their repast. The
Greeks and Romans ascribed to 1t the
happy quality of preserving from
drunkenness, and looked upon 1t as a
sovereign remedy against paralysis.
Alexander found the onion In Egypt,
| where the Hebrews had learned to like
it. He had 1t cultivated in Greece,
and given as food to his troops, In
the belief that 1t excited martial ar
dor. Whosoever wishes to preserve
his health, says an ancient saw, should
eat every morning, before breakfast,
young onions and honey. But this
does not sound like very tempting
preservative.
Asia Is said to be the native soil of
the asparagus. Yet the Romans Guilt
waited It with such marvellous success
that the stalks raised at Ravenna are
said to have weighed three pounds
each, and we are asked to believe that
the African variety, grown in Libya,
reached height Of IL feet.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-11-11
SAME OLD SHELL GAME

AS usual the Reno buach OF
political trimmers got in their
work on state candidates who
reside outside of the unholy city of
the Truckpe. As an Illustration,
James M. Lockhart, the Ely can
didate for justice of the supreme
court, was slaughtered and traded
to fare-ye we'll In Reno and
Washoe county. while White Pine
although progressive two to one,
gave a splendid vote to both
Massey and Roberts. The Reno
Gazette and the Carson City News,
leading alleged republican news
papers, came out openly liz editorial
support uf Bartlett, the indepen.
dent dem cratic candidate. Thi
was not surprise, as these papers
have always been political trim.
mers, controlled by q clique of
politicians and used for political
purposes. AS usual White Pine
county was treated as a stepchild
by Reno politicians Her candi-
date on the stale ticket was the
peer of any of his opponents for
the Office but was slaughtered
from the opening to the closing of
the pulls 1t has long been Reno
against the state. and the policy
has won in the past. However,
White Piners will remember the
treatment received from the Reno
bunch, and will play to even up the
score when another campaign rolls
around.--Ely Record.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-11-11
ROBERTS PROMISED
APPOINTMENTS

1t is now reported that Roberts
strewed the state thick with
promises of federal appointments
while on this campaign tour, which
accounts in a measure for the
phenomenal run he made. He
tslnly so bull--onned few in
this town. But just think of the
mastery judgment OF men he
must NECESSARILY hav employed in
compiling this sucBeI' list. To
have male them swallow this bait.
in the face of the certainty of
Wilson's election, no one doubling
it. he certainly did some choice
whispered spellbinding. Roberts
is Uastifg his time monkeying with
politics. He could employ his
peculiar talents to better advantage
selling banana plantation stock, or
WORKING trans-continental trains,
j cllding unwary travellers to cash
phcay d afts.-Ely Expositor.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-11-11
THRIFT OF THE SWISS

The thrift of" the Swiss turns
everyibit Of ground in the Alps to
the best account Ii q few square
yards can anywhere be made or re.
claimed the requisite labor is not
grudRed.
The farmer makes the very soil.
He bulbs terraces along steep
linz $, lines them with blocks Of
or AMI then packs the earth or
them ghne he transforms the
mountain and the rock into q little
patch, where he plants q vine
or raises oats or corn. Along the
edge of Drecipices the peasant hay.
maker goes 10 search of grass
cli1ping to the rock with iror
campers on his feet. He hangs or
the sides of the cliffs which i'm
prison the valley and mows down {
few tufts Of grass on craggy
shelves here and there.
His scythe on his shoulder
stmed with his iron shod stick
provided with his clamp irons, ,
cloth or net rolled up in his bag
he sets out at midnight in order
that the dawn may find him Al
work. DurinG the two month ha,
harvest he goes down to tn,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-11-11
An UNRUFFLtD STATESMAN

In the early days, when the
people sent their wisest men to
make the public laws, man OF
peculiar traits, but Of sterling!
worth was sent to the Massa-
chusetts legisl ature from the town
of Douglas. He wore an old
fashioned farmers frock, which
was sadly out of place in the
legislative hall, where some of the
fastidious statesmen from Boston
and other cities We'd with each
other in the correctness of their
attire
Soun after the arrival of the
Douglas man one of the Boston re.
representatives., seeking an OPP
portunity to have fun at his ex-
pense, called out to him, Have
they no smarter men than you to
send to the legislature from your
district?''
The man from Douglas smiled
innosently as he replied. There's
a heap of smarter men up my way,
but the mischief of it is they hain't
got no clothes good enough to wear
down here !'-Boston FeraId.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-11-11

The man who IS particular in his style
OF dress would probably wear Tailor
Made Clothes, and in order to 10 so they
should be made by frst-class Tailor.
The ONLY EXCLUSIVE TAILOR IN ELKo
We use the latest methods in dry and
steam cleaning and pressing, at reasonable
prices.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-11-11
THE BULL MOOSE

y = u u a
These be- the days when the bull
moose loseth his snort and gives up
his high jumps. and begins to
dream that if possible to find q
corral where the cattle reside and
have alfalfa, it might be we'll to
join them until the season changes.
He idleth away the summer and
depends on the game law for
safety; he browseth on the twigs
and says to himself: They will
always be green. He bullieth.the
timid deer that cometh his way.
He careth n 1t for the wolf, because
he can outrun him. But he doth
not like the cold wind. He
especially hateth the now, and
when they come. then he longs 70,
an alfalfa stack. where, under the
lea of it. he can avoid the wind.
and where he change this forage
without hunting it.
And now "the lnelanc holy days
have come, the saddest of the
year." for they are full of discom-
forts and they are bringing appre
tensions that the worst is yet to
come. Salt Lake Telegram.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-11-11
Periods for vlewIno Mstsor.

An examination OF the records OF
shooting star observatIons made in
Bristol during the years 1855 to 1911
shows that the frequency of mefeors
is maximum towards the end OF July
and the beginning Of August During
the first six months OF the year the
total number Of meteors observed on
a clear, moonless night Is only about
six per hour. At the beginning OF
July the frequency increases. and at
tains its maximum. sizty-nine per
hour, on August 10. The mean for the
entire year IL twenty.four meteors per
hour.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-11-11

valse Of Lstsuoa
Lettucc has soothing effect on the
nervea and IL excellent for aufYerors
from insomnia.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-11-11
cHlMNEYs OF COLONIAL DAYS
FirepIaees Played an Important Part
In the Homes Of the Early
CoIoniaIs.

In America the early colonists bad
little use for the mason's art, except
In the construction of the huge chin.
ney stacks which In any dwelling of
considerable size and any pretensions
to comfort formed a very consider
able part Of the structure. The great
kitchen fireplace and oven, with
smaller hearths in from two to four
rooms on each floor, required very
considerable part Of the material and
skilled labor bestowed upon a colonial
homestead In the more northern col
onies.
In some sections where the dangers
OF an attack by Indian raiders were
imminent, the wooden walls OF the
lower story Enclosed stout wall OF
brick OF kind of. rubble masonry
Some Of these buildings are still
standing and Inhabited, although dat
ing back lat least 30 far. as the lower
stories are concernedD more than two
centuries. Avery few brick buildings
have wholly or In part come down to
us from the first years Of colonization,
and until within the last half cen.
fury some that preserved the peculiar
features OF Blizabethan and Stuart
types of dwelling and business struc.
lures, Much Of the brick and about
all the great flooring tiles and orna.
mental thing were at first imported
from Europe, but lime and brick OF
good quality were soon produced in
almost every community. National
Magazine.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-11-11
"a. r,1.-rzvaHz,.l !. - -. -,
Trace Tsrms.

Postmaster (of Punk Hoilowl--1
see that q fnsteclass waiter in New
York gifts only s25 a month, and out
OK the small sum he has to pay his
omnibus" Ezra Henhouse- Hum
why don't he live close to his Job and
walkfy-Puck.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-11-11
MOI m the cnntrant.

"1iav1 you anything to say for your
self"
mot unless can get rebate fr -
my lawyer, Judge; have paid him
good money to talk for me, and won't
do his work for nothing"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-30
BOND STANDS FORFEITED
State Departments Attitude
Does Not Relieve Surety,
Court Holds.

The refusal of the Department of State
to ask Honduras for the return of a fu-
gitive from justice on the request of his
surety after his bond has been forfeited
is held by the Court of Appeals of the
District of Columbia today to be no rea-
son for setting aside the forfeiture of the
bond.
In an opinion by the chief Justice the
appellate court reversed the action OF
the District Supreme Court, which had
set aside the forfeiture in a criminal case
on the plea of the surety company that
it had expended $1,000 in an effort to
reach the fugitive after the bond of
81 800 had been forfeited
Joseph Van Jenny was indicted in 1902
and after giving bond proceeded to take
up his abode i'm Honduras He did not
appear for trial and the bond was for
feited. Application was made to the
State Department to secure the return
of the fugitive, but the solicitor for the
department held that the case of the
government was not strong enough to
substantiate such request to the foreign
power.
The surety company sought redress of
the Criminal Court and on its showing
of it's attempt to secure the fugitive the
presiding justice RENTED the forfeiture
The United States appealed and secured
the reversal handed down today.
Similar action was taken i'm a parallel
case, of William j. Howard a bondsman
who sought the setting aside of a for
feited recognizance i'm the case of Alice
Allen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-30
Deaths Reported.

The following deaths were reported to
the health department in the last twenty
four hours:
Sarah B. Wilcox, IS years, 900 East
Capitol street northeast.
Florence C. Amezcua, % years, Column
bia Hospital.
John H. Hekner. So years, Providence
Hospital.
Mary E. Howe &c years. 925 Mechanics
place southeast.
Charles r. Davis, 30 years, 313 10th
street southwest.
Raymond Schriver. . years, 1916 list
street southwest.
Henry Deities. 66 years. United States
Soldiers Home, D. c.
George w. Smith, 40 years. Government
Hospital for the Insane.
Laura H. Camp. 35 years, 1919 1-th
street.
Fannie Needle, 7o years. 49, 7th street
southwest.
Mary J. Rummel, 10 years. Is U street
northwest
Joseph Acton. 6s years. Government
Hospital for the Insane.
George Nice. Pommel. jr., 2 years, 2622
Garfield street northwest.
Joseph N Bell, 43 .-ears. 37O7 14th
street northwest.
Henry p Clark. IA months. Children's
Hospital.
Ambrose N Smith. 81 days. ST. AIMS
Infant Asylum.
Thomas Herbert. 50 years. Freedmen's
Marie Middleton, 26 years. 446 9th street
southwest.
Richard Knight, - years, rear GIL K
street southwest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-30
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued to
the following:
William A. Purdy and Mamie F. Dustin.
William H. West of this city and Fan
ME E. Waters of Leesburg, Va.
Harvey S. Thomas of New York city
and Dagmar ]. Nicholson Of this city.
Claude NJ Burke of Marshall, Va, and
Naomi p Anderson of Delaplane. Va.
Otto L. Hicks and Hattie M. Johnson.
William H. Carter, jr., and Edna l.
Gordon.
Ernest B. Whitelaw Of Monterey. Va,
and Juanita Herold Of Mill Gap. Va.
French M. Fritter and Agnes I. COL
bert
Matthew 8. Hopkins and Katharine c.
Washington.
Martin l.. Berger and Una s. Galloway.
Eddie Dunbar and Mary Baumann.
John B. Hanback, and Mary X. AtWell,
both of Leesburg. Va.
John 8. Hale of Rochelle. Va. and Efie
e. Lohr of Repton Mills, Va.
William Hilton and Eva Louden.
Ernest Kent and Sarah Harper.
Malcolm L. Nicholson and Marie ]. Nc
Andrews.
William Hill and Mena Brown.
Dorsey B. Conrad and Belle l. Riley.
Howard NJ Phelps OF Newark. N. j.,
and Anna B. Wingate of this city.
James c. Clarkson and Ada Lewis.
Ambrose M. FELTON, and Willie A.
Moore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-30
Appellate Courts Ruling in the
Case of Edward J. Gardner.
REvERSES LOWER COURT
Fine Had Been Imposed for obs
pensing" Liquor to Girl Under Age.
AIM OF STATUTE ANALYZED
Held That Law Seeks to Prevent
Furnishing of Liquor in Any
Way to Minors.

| The revocation Of a license is requi-
| site part of the penalty prescribed by law
for the sale of liquor to female under
the age of twenty-one years. according
| to an opinion of the Court of Appeals
| rendered today by Chief Justice Shepard.
Because the Police Court refused the re-
quest Of the corporation counsel to make
such revocation a part OF the judgment
| rendered against Edward ]. Gardiner last
summer the appellate court reversed the
| judgment Of the trial court
In remanding the case, Chief Justice
amend its judgment so as to order a
revocation of Gardeners license. He is
| proprietor of the Grand Hotel, 18th street
and Pennsylvania avenue.
Police Court Distinction.
The Police Court drew distinction
between the words Sell and dispense
in. connection with the securing of
| liquor at Gardeners place by Lillian
Spencer. a young woman under twenty
one years of age. The jury found Card
| liner guilty of dispensing the liquor.
but not guilty of Selling it. The judge
imposed fine of s25 and refused the
| request of the corporation counsel to take
| away the license of Gardiner.
Object Of the Statute.
The appellate court finds that the OBJ
ject of the statute against the sale OF
liquor to minors is to prevent the con-
sumption of Intoxicating liquor by per-
sons, particularly females, under the age
of twenty-one years. Throughout
the statutes" says the chief justice.
1--WE find such words as dispose dis
tribute dispense, give and the like
used in frequent conjunction with the
word sell and its derivatives. These are
not used necessarily in their technical
sense or meaning, but to prevent subter-
fuges and evasions of the law. This Is
manifest in the first clause of the statute
under consideration. which defines the
offense. In prescribing the penalty all of
the words were not carried into the
clause. but the word sold is used alone.
Licenses are only granted for places
where liquor is sold, but, we have
seen. the object Of the law was not to
prohibit sales merely to minors. but to
prevent the obtaining of liquor by them
in any way for consumption. To require
the revocation of the license OF a Ii
censee who thwarts this purpose by will
full violation Of the law is both a reason
able and just provision to effect the ex-
press purpose of the law.
Discrimination Not Intended.
ITO say that Congress recognized a
substantial difference between the means
by which liquor might be obtained by
minors, and, therefore, intended to dis
eliminate between a technical sale and
other ways of furnishing the liquor to
Them. is not only in conflict with the ex-
press words in which the offense is de-
fined, but leads to an unreasonable con-
clusion."
The court reaches the conclusion that
the statute requires as part OF the pen
alty for the commission of the offense
defined that the license of the offending
licensee shall be revoked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-30
INDIANS NEEDY, HE SAYS
United States Superintendent
in Oklahoma Reports Para
doxicaI Condition.

With three millions of tribal funds on
deposit in banks, according to their COM
missioner, j. George Wright, yet most OF
the full-blood Indians of the Five Civil
lized Tribes need food and clothing. their
children lack education and they get the
worst of every business deal. declares
Dana H. Kelsey. United States Indian
superintendent in Oklahoma.
There have been allotted to enrolled In.
dian citizens 15.S0O.0OO acres of land. &C.
cording to the commissioner of the Five
Civilized Tribes, in his report just SUBJ
mitted to the Secretary of the Interior
The work of allotment. begun years ago
is now virtually done.
Except that they wear the white mans
clothes and live in log or frame house,
instead of tepees. there is little differ
ence, declares DIR. Kelsey, between tn,
full-bloods of the Five Tribes and the full
bloods of many Of the western reserva
tons. This comment is contained in hi!
| report to Secretary Fisher, just made
Dublic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-30
Fete Held by st. Rita's.

st. Rita's Catholic Sunday school of
Del Ray, Alexandria county, which was
organized only a short time ago. held it's
first Christmas celebration yesterday aft
ernoon. musical program was follow
ed by the distribution Of prizes, including
candy and fruit.
Christmas celebrations will be held to-
night by the First and Second Baptist
Church Sunday schools. The former
will be held at s and the latter at 7:3O
o'clock. Special programs of exercises
have been prepared.
That Alexandra is an unusually quiet
city at the present time is best evidenced
by the number of arrests made by the
police. During the past forty-eisht hours
only one arrest was made, that of Henry
Johnson, colored, charged with assaulting
Mary Tut. coiored. He forfeited S. COL
lateral in court today.
An autopsy performed yesterday after
noon by DR.. Moore. city coroner; W. NJ
Smith and a. B. Penn, over the body of
Frederick Tebbs, colored, who dropped
dead at the Southern Railway Company's
coal chute in this city Saturday after
noon revealed that death was due to
organic heart trouble A cOrOner's jury,
summoned Saturday night, will recon-
vene tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
A meeting OF number of young men
will be held at oc.ock tonight in the
rooms Of the chamber of commerce, for
the purpose of organizing a dancing club
=" this meeting officers will be chosen
T2nnne rejected for the club and plans for
Ss9nn during the season mapped out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-30

Thelmer N. Aston. years, 1888 141s
street northeast.
Alfred Martin, "A years, 2069 35th street
northwest.
Hospital.
Clarence Mack, 30 years, 493 K street
southwest.
Elizabeth Tippett, 95 years, Stockiard
Baptist Home.
William Marshall, months, Freed
mems Hospital.
Edger l.. Tubman, 5 months, 11S Canal
street southwest.
Mary James. 1 month, 18th and Neal
streets northeast.
Joseph Watson, o months, 2449 Shows
court northwest.
Infant of jeremiah ard Fife Lewis, 1
month. "a Dingman place northwest.
Infant of William and Lillen Cook, 6
hours. 1916 Delaware avenue southwest.
Gerome E. Terrell. days, 100 Randle
street, Ivy City, d. c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-30
CLOUDS TO BREAK AWAY.
Clearing Weather and Lower Tenn
perature Predicted for Tomorrow.

Rain tonight. following the dismal,
foggy morning weather in and about
Washington, will be succeeded tomorrow
by clearing weather and temperature a
trifle lower than has prevailed for the
past few days. according to the weekly
forecast issued this morning by the
weather bureau. The rain may continue
throughout the east tomorrow. but the
weather bureau expects fair weather for
the remainder of the week. Tempera-
lures may be little above the seasonal
average. The Official forecast says no
cold weather Is In prospect for the east
and south during the week. though the
northern part OF the country, the north
west and a part Of the middle west NAV
be visited by rains and SHOWS
Today's forecast for the District of CO.
lumbia and neighboring territory Is for
rain this afternoon, cloudy tonight: Tues
day probably fair. with moderate to brisk
south winds. shifting to west
Storm warnings are displayed along the
entire Atlantic coast, from Wilmington.
n. c., to Eastport, Me.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-30
CHINESE LADIES TO RECEIVE.
New Year Reception in Their Chapel
Planned.

The ladies of the Chinese Chapel will re-
ceive New Year day from 2 to 4 o'clock
in the chapel, 2O7 John Marshall place
northwest Presiding at the tea table will
he Mrs. Charles Bling, Mrs. Moy Sue,
Mrs Moy Sing. Mrs. Moy Gong. Mrs.
Henry Chin and other Chinese ladies. as
sisted by Mrs. John N. Culbertson, Mrs.
w. F. Crafts, Mrs. ]. G. Butler. Mrs. A.
E. Wood, Mrs. G. T. Prewltt. Mrs. Robert
Whaley, Mrs. Washington Topham. Miss
r. E. lowering. Mrs. L. NJ. Zeller. Mrs.
r M Clayton, Mrs. W. B. Hartley. Mrs
NJ. c. Shinn. Mrs. Lewis Mauro. Mrs.
Martin Barringer, Miss Lanterman. Mrs
s. c. Tolbert, Mrs. Ashton Todd, Mrs. s.
NJ. Cockrell, Mrs. F. r. Gregory, Mrs S.
X SPENCER Mrs H. D. Kline, Miss Wise,
Miss g. L. Sommers, Mrs Amelia Coates,
Miss Adams. Miss Hiltabidle. Mrs. ]. K.
Argo and Miss Lloyd.