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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-12-06
KNOWLEDGE OF EVIL NEEDED
Virtue and Progress In the Right Path
Cannot Spring From Nero
Innocence.

Innocence is lovely in the child. be,
cause In harmony with its nature: but
our path in life Is not backward but
onward, and virtue can never be tho
offspring OF mere innocence. IL We
are to progress in the knowledge of
good We must also progress in tho
knowledge of evil. Every experience
Of evil brings its own temptation, and
according to the degree in which tho
evil Is recognized and the temptations
resisted VIII be tho value OF the char
acter into which the individual Will
develop.
Innocence may be beautiful. but can
never be strong, while the whole ca.
n OF virtue lies in it's strength
to resist and power to endure. II the
innocence Of childhood DO replaced by
the firm principles Of integrity and
honor. the loss will be really a great
gain. It Is only where the knowledge
or evil Is unattended by appreciation
or Its nature, where temptations are
yielded to and not resisted. that We
arc induced to grievo over the depart
ure OF that innocence which was go
beautiful In earlier years.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-12-06
KNOCK OUT fAE COW

If the following Milwaukee dis
patch i, true, the COW will lose her
importance in domestic economy:
The Milwaukee SyEthcsis com
pany has been incorporated to
place on the market a new substi-
tute for milk to be known as
'%synthis," which in brief is to be
milk prepared direct from hay,
without the intervention of the
COW.
The new company is to operate
under a chemical formula. which
permits of the transmutation
Of good timothy hay into ash and
milk. without passing through the
seven stumachs Of the bovine
c~ritter and being ~co5yertcd by
sundry processes into fluid for
drinking.
The advantage of synthis, it is
said not only in simplifying the
production Of milk from which it
does not differ in taste. bot in the
fact that the manner of its produc-
ton makes i. always sweet, rs it
is free from the Souring bacteria
which have to be pastCurjZuI Ia
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-12-06
QUEER FISHES OF THE SEA
Those That Live Down In tho Deep
Are Grotesque and Chin
erIcal.

Cuba ends to the south in a huge
hammer OF mountains 5000 feet high
and sleeping sheer into the sea. Tie
a does not end there. but con.
tinues its prccipi,ous descent into the
7OO-mile-long abyss called Bartlett's
deep. This gigantic submarine valley
Is nearly four miles deep and 50 miles
wide.
AT n mile and n half. the pressure
OF the water Is nearly two tons to the
square inch; the Ooze that comes I'D
from such a depth, though the equator
runs overhead, IS cold as boar frost:
II Is ten times certain that no yegeta-
ton "a grow there.
AS In u world none but the yege.
table, are able to make food. IL ought
TO follow hat IN the depths OF the sea
there should be no animal life. As a
matter Of fact, these glooms are in
habited by the most grotesque and
chimeriCal OF all fishes. 1t would seem
as though in the darkness life had
taken every imaginable license to be-
ugly and htznrre. Cannlballsm ia EVIL.
IDENTIFY tho only method OF life, and ifs
equipment runs to every kind Of eI-
trayagaHce.
There are fish with teeth so long
mat they cannot close their mouths.
fish that draw their stomach over
prey larger than themselves. fish with
no more mouth than n lcech, and get.
ting their living as leeches. fish with
huge, myopic eyes. and fish frankly
bIlnd. Probably one OF them comes
from depths quite beyond tho region Of
light though a great many Of them "a
roking about their ghoulIsh business
furnished with lanterns VI no glow.
worm type.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-12-06

The DOGGY of the tariff must he
faced, but it must be faced and
dealt with in moderation and with
wisdom. There are iniquities in
the thing; they must be cut out.
The task is a delicate one; it is
not a task for axmen to go
about as they would the slashing
down of a forest. The thing re-
quires the trained hand, the skill
and patience of the tried surgeon.
Mr. Wilson must be depended
upon to do this work. His
patience is one which will he
found to react quickly either for
good or bad. according to the
man er of the doing or the work.
Mr.. Wilson has 3 chance to pro
ht by the blunders of his i'm
mediate predecessor ard by those
of is party when before given
power.
We did not favor the candidacy
of Mr.. Wilson. We nave, how
ever, much esteem for the man
and much confidence in his wisdom
and ability. We look for a con-
tinuance of the prosperity which Mt
present exists and believes that he
has the wisdom to add to that pro.
speritY to the end that there may
he an increase of the general well
fare under his administration. We
are not averse TO congratuIating
both him and the country on his
election. Worcester Gazette.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-12-06
PITHY PARAGRAPHS
ABOUT MR.. WILSON

He is SO years old.
He has a charming and beautiful
wife and three charming
daughters.
His daughters all look much
more like him than their mother.
They are all grown and unmarried.
His first name is Thomas but
ne has not used it for many years.
They called him Tommy in college.
He does not use tobacco.
Drinks a little wine sometimes,
and a Scotch highball when very
tired. Buttermilk is his favori;e
beverage.
He i; nearly uIind in his right
eye as the result uf an accident IN
his youth. When reading he holds
a monocle in front of the damaged
eye.
His favnrite recreation is golf,
but he walks much.
He never drinks ice water.
Sleeps from nine TO twelve hours
cut of every twcnty-fOur.
Likes automobling, but often
goes to sleep in the motor. He is
a shorthand and typewriting eX-
pert. Writes all is speeches,
lectures and books tina; way. He
uses the Graham system of
shorthand.
He is five feet ten inches tall,
and weighs III pound.
He can run a half mile at a good
pace without losing his wind"
Dislikcs military display.
Except for a few thousand dollars
which he saved from his salary as
President of Princeton, he has no
money or property.
Considers ''l3" his lucky num-
Der. There are thirteen letters in
his name. and ia his thirteenth year
as a professor at Princeton he was
elected its thirteenth President.
Likes TO go to the theatre.
Prefers comedy to light opera.
His SppprLpS are imur0mutu
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-12-06

Twenty thousand minute pieces OF
wood entered into tho construction OF
nm elaboratcly ornamented Notre Dame
cathedral clock made by James Cal.
way of Skowhegan, Me. This clock.
which is finely carved, stands seven
feet and ten inches in height and took
Mr.. Galway six long years to complete.
In The upper story six folding doors
open every ten minutes and the npos.
appear marching In tlmo TO nm
air played by n large music box tina,
Is governed by the clock, each one
bowling before tho Savior as they pass
except tho fourth n (which repre-
sents Peter. who turns his back upon
the Savior, and tho devil comes out
or tho top OF the clock and blows a
trumpet In honor OF Peter,
Tho second story IN in the form NJ
n mansion with double doors In front
which also open every ten mlnutea.
Lazarus appears at tho rich mana
door and on Blended knees aska for
charity, tho dogs licking H., sores. and
inc rich man stands in tho door swlns-
Ing his arm as II no were throwing
crumbs from his table. All these NOV.
a0ie figures are run by machinery con.
hected with a time movement, 40 sa
10 work on tho minute. The bottom
story is a very deliberately designed
foundation OF fine lnlaid work.-selen.
unc American.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-12-06
OUR BIG REPUBLIC

On the british empire the sun
never sets. In the short summer
nights it never set on the American
republic. San Francisco is the
middle city in our territory.
1t is literally true that in
August the sunset has not ceased
to flash on the spears of the fisher
men in the Aleutian islands before
il begins to CLINT and blaze on the
axes of the woodmen in the
forests of Maine.
Roll up the map of New Eng
land: Unroil that Of YOUR whole
country! How large is Texas?
You could bury in it the German
empire and have room enough left
for England and Wales. How
large is California? You could
bury in it England, Scotland, Hc-
land. Wales and have room enough
LETT for Switzerland and Belgium.
How large is Colorado? You
could bury in it Norway and have
room enough left for Denmark.
How large is Iowa? You could
bury in it Portugal and Switer-
land. How large is Lake superior?
You could sink Scotland in it,
How large is New York? You
could bury in it Belgian and
Switzerland and Greecc.-Joseph
Cook.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-12-06

The man who IS particular in his style
Of dress wOu.d probably wear Tailor
M1ic .utles. aaJ BOO order to do so they
should be made by q Grst-class Tailor.
TIE ONLY EXCLUSIVE TAILOR IN ELKO
We use the latest methods In dry and
steam cleaning and pressing, at reasonable
prices.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-12-06
THE DEMOCRATIC TASK

The people of the country have
spoken. We have chosen a demo-
cratic president the first in a de-
cade and a half There is little in
the result to cause surprise; il was
in fact inevitable. The spirit of
progressiveness was abroad. 1t
found in Mr. Wilson sane expression
and a personality which inspired
effective confidence. 1t was aided
to effect expression by the rending
of the republicans ranks caused by
the formation of the new party
and further by assault on the
tradition of the third teru. We
have had the best kind of a dem
onstration that there is a large and
aggressive and radical element in
this country. Its vigor makes it
certain that that element will hold
intact under its present dcsigna-
ton for some time and that it is
sure to be a factor to be dealt
with in our political life. The old
order has changed, social justice in
the country a strong conservative
and woe to the party or the man
who fails to recognize their de-
mand.
1t is likewise evident that we
have in the country a strong con-
servstive elemeBt--cOnservatiye
but not hide bound and in love
with the felt rs Of various kinds
which long custom has put upon it..
That element was largely republi-
can; il rCvOlted however, at ROos,-
welt and the untried party of novel
principles which he headed. Very
naturally that conservative ele-
meme vas moved To pin its faith to
Wilson and bis party will prove
themselves blind if they DO not re-
cogniZe this element and under
stand that the old order must
change IL there is failure TO DO
this, they may rest fully assured
that their tenure of COVER will
onr,a O., , s,,JI,n ,rI a.. ,... ,;--.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-12-06
All In the Mama

Funny thing about names" says
Noah Count Of Chiggerbite. Now.
there was my old friend. Yule y. Sick,
He started IN the drug business and
plastered all W town: Take Our
Drugs. Yule b Sick. The Busy Cor.
ner.' Well. he didn't have any more
trade than a rabbit. so one day he
takes a squint at that sign and sees
what's the matter. Had a sudden In.
spiration and ran for a sign painter.
The next day. all over town was:
Take Our Drugs. Y. b. sick7 The
Busy Corner And now he's the rich.
est mar in this here town."-KRnsas
City Star.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-07

But now she must write the let
ter For several moments She SAT
at tne desk. nervously tearing tiny
shreds from the corner Of the green
blotter Then finally she wrote:
Dear Warren. I have Just sent
you a night letter. I could not bear
II any longer. Your sIlence-the
blank sheet OF paper you sent with
the check seems to have terrified
the spare room against your wishes
I viii let Mrs. Morrison 20 at once.
VIII tell her tomorrow. Perhaps ]
have been wrong, but ! only wanted
10 make some extra money so ! would
not be SO dependent upon you for
everything, / didn't mean to be de-
nont--you know mo we'll enough to
believe that.
"Oh. Warren. can't you come home
soon? VIII IL be VERY much longer?
Can't you see II Isn't good for either
You said In your last letter that you
weren't anxious to come, that from
the tone OF our letters lately you
didn't think II would be a pleasant
homecoming. Warren. you didn't
MEAN that. ] KNOW you didn't
YOU COULDN'T! Write me, dear,
not a stern harsh letter-but the
kind OF letter you know I so ycarn
for, J am not we'll am all unstrunG
YOU arc making Il too hard. oh.
am crying 30 / can hardly wrtte,
''IIELEN."
II was u pitlful weakening and an alb
eel surrender And Helen knew that !
was both. And yet. a woman,s love an'
smotion are in the end usually stronge
man her Judgment or her pride or eve'
ner seIf-respect
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-07
Becarria
BY REV. T. B. GREGORY.
M arch %, 1854.

March 23, 1864.
TT WAS one hundred and forty
eight years ago today-March %,
17s4-that the celebrated treat
ise. de Delittie delle Pene" con
Crimes aad Punishments'D was
given TO the world, and from that day
to this the blessed influence Of the
book has worked for the good OF the
humanity in whose behalf It was
written.
II human happiness is holy thing,
then IL may be said, unhesitatingly,
that there was never a holier book
written than Caesar Bonesana Bee
carias
The worst nightmare visions Of
hell and its devils" were never
more terrible than the actual condi-
tions on this earth had been during
the thousand years prior to Bee
carias birth in 1885, Throughout this
long period the world had been one
great torture pen, filled with the
sroans and screams OF those who
were being subjected TO the various
forms Of torture at the hands of
church and state.
The eroans We're still to be heard
so late es the middle of the eigh-
teenth century, and such men as
Montesquieu, Voltairc. Boyle, Dide-
rot, and Beccsria swore that they
should cease. With his heart almost
breaking at the thought OF the suf-
fering OF his fellow men and with his
brain aflre with Indignation over the
brutality OF the authorities. Beccarta
wrote and published his little book
'tOn Crimes and Punishments,"
The effect was instantaneous. It's
influence flew over Europe
The Empress of Russia abolished
torture in her dominions; Frederick
OF Prussia did the same. and Leo
pold of Tuscany followed suit Within
few months the book passed
through six or seven editions. All
the leading men OF the different Eu-
ropean states read 1t: and from It's
powerful arguments there WAS no
appeal. 1t touched the heart, II con-
yinced the reason. and IL is to Becca-
ria's book that we owe most Of the
reforms In the penal codes Of Europe
and Of tho world.
And yet how many memorials do
we find to the great-hoarted italian
who did 80 much for humanity? In
the parks and public squares OF tho
great cities OF the world stand splen-
did monuments erected to perpetuate
the memory of warriors. politicians
and historians. explorers navigatorS
and inventors, men who undoubtedly
did much for the material and in
teliectual advancement OF man, but
where are the monuments to the man
who did most to prevent unmerited
sorrow. and who stands almost first
among tho vlctors In the age-long
struggle for human happiness versus
the brutal and unfeeling laws which
had for so long maddenod mon with
their Internal tortures2
Beccaria WAS born in Milan, In
which city he died in 1893 at the age
OF fifty eight
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-07

He is shabby, He never thinks of
spending a cent upon his own pleas
ure.
He is worn With labor until his
very soul faints with weariness. but
he keeps his children at school in
stead of putting them to work to
help him.
He IS giving every ounce of
strength he has to lifting them up
above his own head He is another
OF those who are fighting the battle
OF life with blunt weapons.
And ! think OF a woman VINO was
a pretty. petted spoiled young girl.
accustomed in her youth TO every
comfort and luxury. While still n
mere girl she married drunken
brute who abused and msused her.
and finally deserted her leaving her
penniless with SIX months old babe
in her arms. and two old women de-
pendent upon her
This woman had never done a
days work in her life. She had no
trade nor profession. nor especial
aptitude at anything. She WAS not
clever. and she was frail in body.
yet she went bravely and cheerfully
to work at the first job that offered
Itself. but II has never even oc-
CURED to her to turn her back upon
those who clung to her skirts, OF to
give up the fight.
Somehow. despite Ill health. de-
spite lack OF much intelligence,
she has managed to care for her
own without asking any ones
help. The wolf has never been
more than an arms length away
from her door. but with her poor
little blunt weapons she mas kept
Il at bay.
And ] think also OF another wom-
an. little ignorant country dress
maker, so unskilled she does not even
ask flrst- class prices. There is no
magic touch in her fingers no ar
tistic sense OF color In her taste. She
can only do plain. honest. illpaid
sewing.
But for years and years she SUP
ported an invalid husband. who died
by Inches OF a lingering disease. Then
when he was gone. and she had toll
somely paid the last cent OF the fu-
neral and doctors bills. railroad
accident killed her brother and his
wife and left seven little children
with only her to stand between thcm
and the orphan asylum,
This woman crowded all seven of
tho children Into her little Cottage
and by a miracle of self-saorifice and
labor she fed and clothed and odu-
Gated them. and kept them together,
and raised them up into being fine
men and women.
She was a figure of fun. this
clumsy. ignorant homely little VII
lage dressmaker but / never looked
at her without seeing halo OF glory
about her battered black bonnet, for
she was ono of the greatest OF those
heroes who have fought the battle of
life with dull weapons and triumphed'
All honor TO tho brilliant and the
strong who achieve success, but sure
ly our finest tribute OF reverence
should 20 TO those who are weak
and not clever. and are. perhaps,
afraid. but who do great things
through sheer loyalty and sense Of
duty-those who fight the battle with
dull weapons and win
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-07
God Loves the Irish"
By Lrv;ng Dillon in Life

Cronins the Lynches the Bukes
The and the He McGurks,
The andth
nd the Houlhans Stacks;
he
The Cunninghams Clancys and the bold Shaugneys
Hannahans, the and the Dwyers
Considine the Quinns
The and
The Fogartys, McCormcks and O 'Bieus
and the Harritys and Moore
The Fnnesys and
The McBreartys, O'Nellls and Trainers
Wohleys and the Dooeys and the Clans of McAdoo
The Reean the Galens and the Breens,
The Murphys, the Healeys and the Shean
The Doppe nd Counolys, the Slevins and Rowans
The nd McGhiehans the Evers and McCanns,
and the
THE Ioraps and the Doans the Gibboneys Fays
Cavins The Gavns, the McFarands and O'Sheas
The Carols and the the shanes,
Fiunerys the Dempseys and the Wards
Kelysa nd the Sculy the Sowneys and the tods;
the Leonards and the Lanes
nd the MONEYS and the Strains,
the Caferys the Moons,
nd Mahoneys, the Mctilins and the Moons
Malonavp the REYNOLDS and McVeys
The Doolans nd the Sorleys and the Hayes
the Haleys and the Horgans and Mc(Iees
Dooins the Corbets and McPhles
RovIans Prydes
nd the Fahys and McFaus,
that once through Iaa's stately halls
Sassenach' good Saint Patrlcks Dayl
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-07
Heroes Who Fight Life's Battles
With Blunt Weapons
By DOROTHY DIX.

r WISH that had the distrlbu-
tion OF few OF the Carnegie
hero medals I would pin them
Il upon the worn and weary
breasts OF tho men and women
who are fighting the battle OF life
with blunt weapons,
There is heroism for you! There
is courage for you, there Is loyalty.
there is victory wrested out OF de-
feat, greater than any poet ever
sang.
Anybody with a. drop OF red blood
in his veins can lead a forlorn hope
Will, the band playing in his cars
and the mob cheering behind him.
Anybody in a moment OF impulse
can dash into burning house, or
plunge into the water to save life.
Anybody can be faithful to trust
In the face Of a single temptation,
Anybody. with health and strength.
and intelligence, and talent. and
powerful friends can achieve success.
God" said Napoleon, ''is on the
side OF the heavy artillery"
1t ia easy to win the battle when
you have the big army. and the
heavy artillery, and ell the newest
munitions of war, and a well-stocked
commissary.
But how great the vaJor Of those
who also win who have no big guns,
no skilled leaders. who fight on empty
stomachs, whose muskets are obso-
Iete, whose swords arc dull
I would not rob the brilliant. and
clever, and strong Of one laurel leaf,
but the luster Of their achievements
dim before those OF tho men and
women who. without talent. without
health, or strength. have still done
their part in the world.
They are those who have fought tho
battle OF life with dull weapons and
won out.
AS I write these lines am think
Ing OF one Of these heroes. He is
little dingy. dried up old bachelor.
whose abilities have never taken him
higher than clerks stool in a count
ing room.
He has seen hundreds OF bright
young fellows pass him In the race for
success. and he knows they look up
on him as n failure. That is the way
he regards himself,
Ho cannot do things swiftly. His
hands are clumsy. Ideas come to him
slowly He can only work patiently,
and faithfully, and honestly.
These arc not the qualities that In
sure promotion, but they hold down
a job. and on the meager wage that
he has earned he supported house.
hold Of helpless old women who were
left depend ent on him. He Is one Of
those heroes who have fought the bat
tlo with blunt weapons,
And think OF still another man,
who. without education. lahore OF a
mental occupation for weary hours
every day, and then does extra work
at night I'm order that his children
may have better advantages than lie
had.
His shoulders are bent under the
burden he carries. hia hands ara
knotted and gnurled
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-07

J., 1,o,.n,s mind. And now having
N i,ed herself up TO a state OF re-
inS ,enseuess they seemed rnoto
xeIisH VA ominoiIs. She first wrote
than ssaae on note paper. and then
her IA ~ Carefully on the blank.
The Telegram.
az can't bear your silence. NHtecc
a,xtb5ns better than blank sheet ~
napcr. Sorry about the rooiIe'' W.
lei her go at once. WIZ uG uc,,
thing YOU think best, ons ,a
will write and come, naun ,t,n anyisiy
soon Am almost Ill win a"Nie'''
Wire me- Le''e' "I4ELEN,''
rbs WAS lust forty-nine woras,
i,ss Counted them carefully. Sns
Hne nat t,sf ali punctuation was lett
n,'f of telngrars so she read " oN"tt
70 see if Il would be clear "i,i,osI nnoSt
them. Then she called for ihe'
senecr and sent Il off. ,,uo for
action She had yielded 70 the nis,, ieEiSr
esh in,nnlse TO reach him quickly.
But now hardly had the nnesSaSe Nnro
gong when she began torturine n er,t
sait "a 10 the wisdom OF haV,nR , ssm.
At least could she not nave
worded II better? ~ ~. bad
The paper from which snS S%a
copied It still lay on ner aHsN' Eonr
reaG II over again and again, ,iH E
tSan she saw something she Woula
IT, to change or leave out or put IN
Oh why had she sent " or so 0u1un ',nv
1T II could not be delivered anyway
before morning. !. ,,at, mid
shc could have kept IL unt' n'u
night Just as well.