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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-09-25
THEN ASKED HIM HIS NAME
Ne" Boarde- Tells Table Neiehbor His
lnfallible Method In Handling
LandIadies.
John Adams
Ed Stack

The new boarder dropped in at din.
ner time and sat next to the only
other man at the table. The new
ooarder thought 1t was up TO him to
1e afrable and friendly.
i suppose you've boarded here for
some time?" he asked the solitary IL
dividual.
Yes, quite awhile"
How is 1t, any good %
4 find it pretty fair; I've no CON,
plant to make"
"Landlady treat you decent?"
We'll. perhaps ought to"
Never mind, never mind" said the
new boarder. 'Pm on. Did you ever
Try chucking her under the chin
That's always the way to get on with
;hese clearinghouse landladies. car
always get EN- on my side. Trea,
these old danes nicely and I'll bet you
can live in the house a month and
never be asked for a dollar. Watch
me hand her the con- when she comes
IN. I'll bet that this time tomorrow
she'll be handling me the best in the
SHOP. Poor old grit. She looks as
II shed had her troubles. Probably
married to some measly runt who
never did a days work in his life
Sne earns the coin and he spends II
watch me give her the real sympa
my Say. my names Smith Let's
see. didn't hear yours?"
NO. didn't mention my name-i,
aoesnt matter-much--Pm merely the
iandlady's husband"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-09-25
Ireland's Big Cavern.

A Frenchman made the first com
plete exploration OF one of the largest
caverns In the world, that ut Mitchels-
town, Ireland. The explorer was Mar
tel, who is also famous for his dis
coveries in the caverns of France.
The Mitchelstown cavern is formed in
limestone, and is remarkable for the
number and extent OF it's connected
passages, which, when plotted on a
chart resemble the streets of a city.
The length of the cave is about a mile
and quarter, and It contains some
animal inhabitants, including a spe.
cies OF spider. which are peculiar to
1t and have their entire existence
within Its recesses.-The Sunday Mag
qzine.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-09-25
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
w. A. Adams.

Notice is hereby given that
Edgar Sadler of Diamond Valley,
Eureka County, Nevada, is hereby
appointed and designated sole ex-
elusive agent and reperesentsti tive
for the state of Nevada of the
interest of the Estate Of Reinhold
Sadler, deceased, in the property
real and personal of said estate
situated and being in the counties
Of Eureka. Elko and White Pine
Counties, whether such property
be standing on the records of
either said Counties in the lame of
the said deceased or whether il be
included in what is claimed to be
and designated as the Huntington
and Diamond Valley Stock and
Land Company, Ia California; COR
poration and that said Edgar
SAdler is hereby designated and
appointed as the sole and exclusive
representative of the interest of said
Reinhnld Sadler. deceased. and by
him owned and standing upon the
books Of said corporation in his
name at the date of his death.
Louise Sadler
Administrative of the Estate of
Reinhold Sadler, deceased.
Carson City, Nevada. Sept, IS,
1906.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-09-25
Simple and eorcibIe

Sir Richard Jebb. the emine. Thy.
sician, was man Of irritable "a per,
and when bored by the querulGus com.
plants OF some Of his PATIENT ,ould
not always force himself to return q
aivil answer. A troublesome patient,
whose illness was purely imaginary.
pestered him one day with questions
as to what he should eat.
my directions on that point" said
Sir Richard, will be few and simple,
You must not eat the shovel, poker. or
songs. for they are hard Of digestion;
or the bellows, for they are windy:
'ut anything else you pleased"
Hence the Tears.
A German lass stood at a steam.
ship pier, weeping. why do you
grieve, Fraulein?" Because my low
er has sailed, and fear that before he
returns someone else may propose to
me and l may accept"---Satire.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-09-25
The Simpler Way.

Send for the business manager"
said the editor Of great magazine.
What's the trouble?" inquired the
contributing editor. IT want to tell
him that hereafter when we support
a presidential candidate wen avoid
possible confusion and do It in display
type at regular advertising rates."
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-09-25
PARLIAMENTARY.

This is all so sudden. Mr.. Samp
son," she said. with maidenly re-.
serve, and so unexpected, that al,
though | confess am not entirely
Indifferent TO you. | hardly know what
To- say In reply To-
''If you are in favor Of the PROPOSE.
ton" suggested Mr.. Sampson, who,
like Dick Swiveller. is a perr9t,,al
Grand master you will please sir
nify your assent by. saying Aye"
Aye" came softly.
Contrary"
No" numbered the old man, open.
.ng the door.
'Ths noes have It by a large ma
jority.' said Mr.. Sampson. reaching
'nstil, for his hat.
Not Square Deal
The sound OF laughter and irving
came from upstairs "Silencs: roar.
ed the lrate parent But still the din
went on. Then the father strobe An.
grlly TO the bedroom door What are
you young imps making all this noise
sbout?" he demanded. "oh, please,
nothing" replied one OF the twins
Only nurse has given Alexander tw,S
baths and hasn't given me one" Faith
er COULDN'T help smiling Ideas
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-09-25
Hence Che Tearn.
Anelents u.sd aIass Mirrors.

That the sncients did not exclusive
iy use mirrors OF polished metal, as
generally believed, has Just been
proved by the finding of number OF
small glass mirrors in a graveyard at
Laibach, Austria. They are said to
date from the second or third cen.
fury.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-09-25
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

, Carson City Land Office.
July 81, 1912
Notice is hereby given that
Peter S. Indart Of Whiterock,
county of Elko, State Of Nevada
has filed in this Office his applica.
ton to enter under the provisions
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-09-25
Master Matapron.

PA. know how to pronounce In
sestigatS'"
We'll, howG''
Teacher told US II 10 pronounosA
With the accident on the antepeanut.S
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-09-25
Plastic Mani

Men are very docile, moldable cren
lures when women set to work In tho
RICH: way
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-09-25

IN The DISTRICT COURT OF
THE FOURTH JUDICIAL
DISTRICT OF THE STATE
or NEVADA. AND FOR
The COUNTY OF ELkO.
Ir the matter Of the estate OF
Sarah Ann Dove. deceased.
Notice 70 Creditors.
NStiee is hereby given that T.
WelliA8ton Dove was duly appoint.
ed administl ator Of the estate
Of Sarah Ann Dove. deceased. on
the 2Std day Of August. AID.
1912. duly qualified as said admin.
istfatot on the same day. and ever
since has been and now is the
duly appointed and qualified
administrator of said estate.
The creditors and all persons hav.
ing claims against said deceased
are hereby notified to hle them,
with the necessary vouchers. with
the Clerk of said Court. within
forty days after the first publica-
ton Of this notice.
7. Wellington Dove
Administrators of the Estate
Of Saran Anna Dove, deceased.
Dated at Elko August %, 1912.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28

the Snuffcr on all the Would-Bcs
back in the Mill Town. and when
she got through cXtinguishing.
the little Group that remained
looked like the Remnant of The
Old Guard at Waterloo,
Father had To stick around be-
cause occasionally the eight thou
sand Good Tempered Boys on the
Pay Roll would begin to burn
with Wood Alcohol and the
Wrongs OF Labor and pull off a
few Murders. merely TO hastcU
the Triumph Of Justice.
By the way. Kathryn had a
Mother who used TO hide in a
room upstairs and timidly in
spect her new Silk Dresses.
Kathryn applied the Acid Test
to her People and decided that
they never could Belong.
She swung on the General
Manager for a Letter OF Credit
big enough to set ireland free
and went traipsing off to the Old
World under the chaperonage OF
New York Lady who had seen
Better Days although she still re-
tanned her LorgneJte.
Now IL will be admitted that
William J. Burns is Some Sleutn.
! but when it comes 10 apprehend-
ing and running TO Earth a prat-
Ting American lngenuc with 2
| few Millions stuffed in her RetI-
cule. the Boy with the mIldeWed
Title who sits on the Boulevard
all day and dallies with the green
and pink Bottled Goods has got
it all over Burns like a Striped
Awning.
All the starving members OF
the Up-Against-It Association
were waiting at the Dock to cop
the prospective Meal Ticket. Not
ore Of them had ever Shaved OF
| Worked, and each wore his
Handkerchief inside his Cuff and
had Yellow Gloves stitched down
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28
How to Make the Sun Show the Beating of Your Heart

solid earth stands perfectly still, and
the house stands perfectly still also,
ANYBODY can believe that till We mag
nifv the motions OF the apparently
solid ground By the aid of this motion
magnifer
The next minute the spot jumps into
highland fling, and the learned lee
turer pulls up the shade at one of
the windows and looks out Maybe II
is coal cart passing by, IT shook tn
ground aud the house.
Next the lecturer asks boy in the
audience TO come TO the table and roll
up the left sleeve to make his wrists
quite bare. and then to rest his wis
on the e,lge Of the bowl while sitting
at the table. This must be done care
fully so the spot where We can feel
the beating of the pulse shall press on
the edge of the bowl.
Every one in the room sits perfectly
still and presently the trembling spot
of light begins TO wig'wag as The
swinging OF pendulum or the beating
of your heart. The boy lifts his wrist
from the edge of the bowl and the
regular beating of the spot stops aud
as everybody laughs, it wiggles aboU,
ae crazy as ever.
Let girl try the motion magp'fer,
AMI all can see that her pulse may be
different from that OF the boy.
The motion magpiher can be dc
veloped into one OF the most amusing
and instructive of homemade scientific
TOYS. One can even map out earth
quake shocks with it. and it will re-
spond 10 the faintest of vibrations
movements the most sensitive persons
cannot feel. Keep your paper and pms
soon YOU will find IN this section
description of some other interesting
things YOU eau do with your motion
magni6er,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28

~ kcelcd over with Excitement
After she recovered she found
herself actually Engaged 10 the
Representative Of one of tho Old
est Families in the Saucisson
District Of the Burgoo Province
and as manly a Chap as ever bor-
rowed Money from Toe-Dancer.
She hurried home to keep if
out Of the Newspapers and to tell
those who would listen that
American Men were Impossible.
Then the Markee came over
with his Solicitor and Bottle
Of Chloroform and a full kit of
Surgical Instruments, and the
Wedding was fully reported by
the Associated Press.
The Captain of Industry Sized
up Son-in-Law and knew that
when the Money was gone the
Markee could always get a job
hanging up Hats in the Check
Room of a first-class Table
d 'Hote Restaurant.
From the window Of her
Chateau in the Burgoo Province
the Lady Cashier can see the
American Tourists going by in
their hired Motor Cars. Her
Cheek fiushes with Delight when
she happens to remember that in
another Three Months or so
Friend Husband will come home
long enough to show her where
to sign her Name.
What is more. she has the
Privilege of walking out at any
time and picking Flowers with
the Understanding that she is not
to let it be known that she is re-
lated to any of her Relatives on
either side of the Atlantic.
MORAL: Europeans have a
Right to their own Money.
Copyright, 1912. by George Ade)
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28
Tbe New Fable of
the Same Old Thing
[ m proved
trimmings.

" NCE there was a Husky en-
ii ployed to crack the Whip
~ around smoky Works
) hat did not offer an attractive
N ;sta from the Car Window, al
I, hough It blossomed with frag-
y M crop of Dividends every
ne the Directors got together
\ the Back Room,
7 Most of the American Work
= nemen employed in this Hive Of
ndustry came from remote parts
,-f Europe. Each wore his Head
rfirely in front Of his Ears and
I'd taken an Oath to support the
n -ouetitution. 1t was the duty Of
he Husky 10 keep these I'M
i sortcd Rabbits on the Jump and
jncrease the Output,
d He made himself so strong
nth the big Center Poles that
Z {hey declared him In every time
Melon was sliced, and when it
, kame time to Scramble the Eggs
md pull off the Grand Whack-
'.Tp he was standing at the head
u f the Line with Basket on his
Irn.
: So il came about that one who
u I|arted in Thatched Cottage
!, nd grew up on Cold Spuds and
! 1eyer saw a Manicure Set until
was 3S years Of age. went
s0mo one day to find Gold Fish
WINNING about in every Room
\ ID Servants blocking the Hall
i ays.
He had some trouble IN finding
ings that would go over his
'ahuckles and the Silk Kind felt
j rlehy for quite a while, but fin
. Nv he adjusted himself to his
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28

euemies, French, Spanish and
British, and the United States,
with IT'S rightful proportions for
ever secured. was at last fairly
started on its Independent career.
The flag went up at Natchez
none too soon. The quarrel be-
tween the Americans ana the
Spaniards over the navigation of
the Mississippi was an old one and
boded no good to the newly
tbat the United States consent to
twenty-five years came pretty near
breaking up the union. The south
erp states swore that they would
and the northern states declared
tba, they would secede if if was
not adopted. Feeling ran high,
apd it looked as though the young
nation was doomed to An early
death
But, fortunately, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey and Rhode Island
came over to the southern side, the
treaty was postponed and the
danger averted.
IN the meantime SPAN, seeing
that Uncle Sam had 'blood in his
eve. was iDducod by the dip
lomats TO get out oe the hatcher
country and permit the Father of
Waters to "how unvexed to the
sea-
Such. in brief. is the story OF
the rounding out of our domain
from the Atlantic ocean to the
Mississippi and from what is now
the southern line Of Georgia to the
Great Lakes and the st, Lawrence.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28

they must not be left to an
ignorant vanity. which makes SO
many young girls imagine it is
their own peculiar fascinations
which cause men to seek their
favors.
Young boys must be taught
reverence for woman as the
mother Of the race, the companion
AMI guide of man.
The most dangerous type of
mother on earth is one who boasts
of .thc absolute innocence Of her
daughter while glorying in tue
daughters popularity with young
men.
One such mother refused TO be-
licvc the daughter s innocence was
lost up to tho very day when
the great tragedy Of unwedded
motherhood fell upon the unfortu-
maze child.
Look after your children, good
people, and become their best
friends and comrades.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28
The Buccaneers
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY
January %, 1858.

January %, 1858.
T UE reign Of the buccaneers,
\ that remarkable body Of
men who for more than
hundred years were the
terror OF the Caribbean. may be
said to have had its advent with
the Spanish massacre at Tortuga;
which took place two hundred and
scvcuty-four years ago to-day
January 90. 163S.
Maddeued by the ruthless slaugh-
ter OF their brethren, the buccan.
GERS, VINO at that time were more
smugglers and traders than sea
robbers. raised the black flag
against Spain and Spaniards and
before the end came paid them
thousand times over for tho Tor
tu9a affair,
II is safe 10 say that no page
of history is more thrilling than
that which deals with these wolves
seventeenth century. in the Carib-
bean ana the Pacific. performed
such miracles Of daring achieve
meut against the settlements and
commerce of Spain.
They were cosmopolitan
crowd. those buccaneers. English
men. Freucbmen. Dutch, Indian.
negro. all bent OF war 10 the knife
against everything on sea or shore
that bore the seal of the JIidalgos.
In courage-tho reckless, daredevil
spirit which knows not what it is
to blanch or tremhle-tbe buccan'
GERS have never been surpassed.
Like veriest romance reads the
things that they dared and did. If
bravery is venture, then the
names Of Morgan, Davis, Moutbar,
Van Horn and Lolonois must surely
be written high up in the calendar.
Aud great democrats, too, were
those sea wolves; and in their way.
RS honest and square as could be.
The spoi was equally divided
among the crews, and in the gamb,
ling which followed the man who
played had 10 play fair or for
felt his life. AZ time when the
world was boNiug down To kings
and taking or the hat 10 titled
aristocrats iii gold lace, the bucca-
ucors were pYacticing the principles
Of a true human equality; and as
for their robbery. it WAS no worse
than that which was going on all
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28

~ ONE time between the hours oil
10 AMI clock OF sunny day
Il take a sheet of heavy wrap
ping paper, Il few pins and your
neuknife TO room having south
window. Draw down all the shades
at all the windows except one sunny
window to make the room as dark rs
possible.
Draw the shade half down at the
sunny window and pin the paper to
the shade to close thn lower half of
the window. Cut out all the light you
can and then, With your penknife,
cut n round hole in the middle Of
the paper about one inch IN diameter.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28

Do you KNOW they have no
such secrets hidden from youS
Just because they are your chill
drcn does not make them models
Of proprioty.
If Your young son has never
talked to you about sex attraction,
never spoken on the subject: if
You have never .told him the things
he must know sooner or later, the
great Fundamental truths of life,
you need not feel AT all sure that
he is not hiding some secret from
you.
IF your young daughter has
been left "as innocent as babe
unborn. as parents are so fond
Of declaring their girls 80 be. and
II you have not taken pains TO
make her feel she can come TO YOU
with every thought and feeling,
then YOU need not be too sure she
has no experience which she does
not tell YOU.
Our new papers, our free libra
ries. our moving picture shows. our
tbeaters, All awaken the curiosity
and feed She ima gInation Of young
people.
The 5cclusIon and protection
which our grandmothcrs had in
their yonth are impossible to give
to any girl today.
II does not need an immoral OF
lawless mind today To lead our
young girls or boys into mischief.
There is everything i'll the
atmosphere TO awaken . desire for
adventure in she most moral
nature, unless the parents look to
il that normal and wholesome en-
terininmcnt is provided their chill.
drcn during the early years of
transition from childhood TO fully
developed men and women
And besides the wholesome enter.
.'ainment there must be wise in
siructiou.
Girls must understand the mean
ing Of thoir relation 10 the world (;
they must know the Importance
and respect the meaning OF sex at
traction.
They must understand the
sacreJncss of their bodies, aud
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28
Look After Your Children
L Does Not Need an Immoral or Lawless Mind
Today to Lead Our Young Girls or
Boys Into Mischief.
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Boys Into Mischief.

A y AMERICAN who has been
4N living abroad for six years
IN bnds some astonishing
"A changes in America, especi-
a'ly IN New York, and particularly
1n the American young girl.
= when ] went away he saws.
~ had been accustomed 10 seeing
froops of young girls going and
coru,pg from the public aui the
|ngb schools. They were fair,
Efesh faced. with childish eyes and
'iorg braids Of hair, and they were
oressed inconspicuously and ap-
propriately. Since my return /
naye looked iu vain to see any
lumber Of these young girls.
Hhat have seen in their place is
"a horde of young creatures evi.
.aer'ly no older than the school
KITE | used TO admire. but these
PROSTITUTES have powdered faces.
|fouged cheeks and blackcned ewes.
hney sport immense hats aud dc.
lport themselves like blase women
" the world. Nothing has aston.
shed or shocked me III America so
pueh as this remarkable feature.
wonder what the parepts Of these
Saris are thinking aboute''
nnotber man, speaking Of an IN
Slipr Town Zone of ApIcrica 5 col
mems:
rFery time ] walk on the
eti,et' he said, 81 am bolritied
INC throngs of Young girls who
.nsh shs themselves look like third
1nte actresses behiud the scenes; (;
VI eVeu third'rate actresses pos.
80 80 tne good sense TO wash of
1eI makeup before going Oh the
s.eets' These girls. many of them
I, 5;ieel moro than children. look
pAs painted dolls, their youth and
hidden under powder
!. %na earmine tlnts. There arc so
|. lazy OF them | ain filed with
%uliosltY regarding their homes
%u families. Surely MANY OF
.pem mast have parents and tbs
rk,ser Is that they allow these
msInsn I.en TO 90 about in such q
IN one bigh school not very
fnugn fmg ago thirty young girls were
4 ztnrna renting letter boxes IN cand,
d sv.us cs OF IN the postofficc auc
rar ,ng on correspondence will
Sa, unknown TO their parents.
Z +hs Sgms OF the mon, and como O.
lsSers, proved to be immoral.
efe again we are left 10 won
moat too parents are about.
gu who read these words. /
y &,ii IRE parent. 10 doubt fee
y <t:IaoI ttn or gratitude 30 God that Won
ren :nr. are incapable of such do
h Saou and such vulearitv.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28

at the Waldorf aS Kathryn. in
those peaked Sierra Nevada Let
tcrs about four inches high.
Katie used TO 90 TO ST. Jo-
seph s Hall once in while with
Martin. the Lad who helped
around the Grocery.
katherine regarded with much
Favor a Pallid Drug Clerk who
acted as a Clearing House for all
Local Scandal.
But say, when Kathryn came
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28

Through the hole dusky bar Of sun
light will fall on the floor. BRING a
table up TO the bar of light so that a
spot Of light Will rest on the table,
Then get hand wash bowl, hll 1t
half full of water and place it on the
table lust where the spot of light will
fall ou the water at the middle Of the
bowl.
At once dancing spot Of white
light VIII appear on the wall or cell-
ing If on the wall, move the table
and bowl about till the spot of light
rests on the white ceiling.
Then invite the folks to the show.
AS they come III and take seats where
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28

She never had been against
those Willing Performers from
Gascony who wore Red Ribbons
and Medals and who rushed over
10 kiss the Hand and then look
deep into her Eyes and throb like
d Motor Boat.
This class of Work simply shot
her Pulse up TO l30 and made her
think that she was Cleopatra.
floating in the Royal Barge and