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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-12-13
A STRANGE MANIA

lmbued with the idea that he has
been appointed to take charge of a
new hades, a man giving the name
of John HaZett is being held by the
police an / probably will be brought
before the insanity commission for
an investigation into his mental
condition. He was arrested by
Chief of Police HilIhousc while
rambling round the streets asking
aimless questions of every one he
met.
At the police station the man,
who is dressed like a laborer ana
appears to be about 90 years old,
seemed greatly worried because he
could not find room IL, court
house. He had the number writ
ten on a slip of PAPER and he in
sisted to the police that he hai
been told to go there. Upon his
arrival, he stated, he was to be sci =
tened to take charge of the work
in a new hadcs. because he had
antagonizcd certain church people.
When he learned he was to be-
placed in Jail for safekeeping he
gravely insisted that the people in
room II would not know where to
find him, and that they would fnd
it difficult to find some one to 60
down and take charge of the work
he was commissioned to do.
Where the man came from OF
who he is has not been learned. II
is not believed he is from the state
asylum as inquiry there showed
that none Of the patients arc
missing.-Reno Gazette.
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NlELS PETERSON
ABOUT THE TIPPING GAME
Orummer's Record Showing How III,
Mas Always the Loser Iy the
Proceedings.

Arrived at Mansion touse GAS
O'Clock. House full. Drew back
room over kitchen. Only one chair
and n window. Bum bed. Bellhop
moved chair twice. opened. then
closed window as hint for tip. Next
asked II wanted anything else. Felt
like kicking him out OF the window,
but gave him n dime. He didn't even
say thank you" runs comment In tn,
Commercial Travellers Magazine
Washed and went down to office.
Mother bellhop Jumped for me with
whisk broom. Chased me clear acrosI
office. Gave up a nickel. Hiked for
hotel cafe. Supper slip. 80 cents. Got
two halves and nickel back from 50
bill. Left half and cussed myself for
1t. Hat rac!; boy outside brushed hSt.
Got nickel.
Got shaved next. Barber glared
at me; tipped him n dime. Bruah boy
grabbed nv hat. Brushed 1t some
more. Nickel again Wrote orders
md WHEY. Got chased with whlsk
broom hornet again. Stung for
mother nick. Played pool two hours.
Pool keeper kept glaring till I tipped
him. Mother sting. Back to the OF.
flee. Fresh whisk broom hornet got
after me. Give up mother nick.
Went to bed. Got woke up $500
a. m. by rattle OF garbage cans. Rang
for hot water, boy who brought II
asked twice II that was all wanted.
Got mad and told him no. wanted
to see him get kicked down seven
flights OF stairs, then up again, to cure
his tipworker. Breakfast bill just 7b
cents. Got quarter back only from
dollar. left It for tip. Paid bill $3.50.
when hack for depot came three
bellhope grabbed my things. One got
grip. one sample case and third my
coat. Mother chased me out with
whisk broom. Was so mad by now
didn't tip any OF EN-. Heard EN- NUT
ter 'tightwsd' and darn skin when
shut back the door myself. Footed
up amount OF tips for hat one inning
on way to depot. Just S1.60i Darn
this tip game, anyhow"
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STATE SUPREME COURT

IN eIrr,mc c,rr, in.ti,. ~ q.
state n MD he abI, ,oI,y c,,ir -
a ~.,porior all prou 4 virtuo bo.
cause their orders 49,. sn,r.na
Owe gc,, rrmcn and ,e,cIo
Rrt f,r IF rbiI,soobi-
raj afs,urf.n even tbor,b :, ;,
frgf.rrss and bootross NO uo, bo
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-12-13
Worked Hard for Success.

Or. Luther II. Guliok. director OF the
department Of hygiene of the Sage
foundation. anne up from the ranks.
AT Oberlin college he cut lawns, cared
for house furnaces and worked as a
book agent. In preparing for college
at the high school at Hanover. N. H..
he paid his living expenses by saving
wood and waiting on table Mt n rum.
mor hotel. He studied at the medical
college Of the University OF New
York. taught physical training. had a
milk route. and got up before day.
break to milk the cows, after which
he made delivery TO his customers
DIR. Gulick was born In Honolulu.
spent his childhood In Japan. and
learned the Japanese language thor.
oughly. In his younger life he intend
cd to follow his fathers footsteps and
become a medical missionary
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-12-13
THE TRUTHFUL
MERCHANT HOLDS HIS
OWN CUSTOMERS

If Ananias lived today and ran
the corner store he couldn't keep
VOLTA way from is old creaking
door, for men who spend their
hard earned rocks won't patrOnize
the man who must forever, when
he talks, make truth an also an.
] bought a whole new suit Of
clothes from Rilks, across the
street. He said TO me: Such
rags MS those just simply can't be
beat. They ornament the cloti icr's
trade and exc the tailor's shears;
they will not shrink; they will not
fade they'll last a hundred years.
Go forth" said Bilks, upon the
street, in all your pomp and pride,
and every pretty girl you meet will
wish she was your bride"
So | went forth in brave array,
the city's one best bet. There was
a little shower that day, and | got
slightly wet. And then the truth
was driven in that my new rags
we're punk. Also, my friends IL
was a sin the way those trousers
shrunkl The buttons from my
waistcoat flew With dull and
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-12-13

fire she was awakened by someone
calling for help. She got up, put
on her slippers and went through
an alley nearly to Weed street.
She saw Roy Primeaux a man
named Baldwin and several others
in the street. Roy wore a light
colored coat and pants and a straw
hat and a dark nccktie. She re-
manned in the ALLY but a few
seconds and then went back to her
home. She put on a skirt and re-
turned to the fire. She paid partic-
ular attention to Poy Primeaux
during the fire because of the
threats he had made at her house.
She also saw Mrs. Roy Primeaux
at the fire and described the wais,
she wore.
Her cross-cXarnatiUn was
thorough bat she stuck closely to
the story told on direct exam
ination.
The next witness was Miss Bessie
McKenna. daughter of the preced-
ing witness. She told of the
threat made by Roy Primeaux 10
her mother and emphasized them
by blows on the chair with her
fist. She was on the stand when
the noon recess was taken.
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wish him a pleasant vov.,o ..,a Il,
safe return.
One of the wheels Of a Wes,cr
racine freigth car broke carly this
morning nea Tobar and the GA,
was derailed. The accident caused
the west bound passenger train to
De 80 minutes late. No further
damage was done.
Actlng-Goyernor Ross Put n
over ON the republicans when h..
appointed George Thatcher attor.
Hey general. The democrats were
entitled to the Office and the
governor did right in filing the
vacancy with a democrat. Mr..
Thatcher has the confidence If
those win know him best and will
doubtless make an excellent officer
TIE funeral Of James Oscar
Logan, who died at the county
hospital Saturday morning, took
place from the undertaking parIors
at 2 0 clock tins afternoon. Rev.
George II. Greenfield, assisted by
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DISTRICT COURT
Continued from Page Onel
From TkIr~day's Dai s.:

From ThIr-day's Dai y:
The examination Of Harry
Brown was concluded yesterday
Afternoon and Mr. Mike Spath of
I~usrarora was called to the stand
and his examination was in pro.
sress whan court adjourned until
10 o'clock this forenoon.
MIR. Spalh was the only witoess
at the forenoon session. He
testified to giving duplicate hills
for supplies to Roy Primeaux and
a. w. Sewell. Roy said he would
sell the supplies called for if he
had to give them away. He said
the bills called for over $4,000
worth of supplies. He also told
about being awakened by his wife
on the night of the fire and
smelling coal oil and gasoline. He
put on his best pants, tucked his
nightgo IN in. put on his shoes
and went to the fire. He helped
take a hose cart TO the fire and
handled the nozzle of the hose that
got the first water on the fire. The
INSIDE Of the store was like a fur
nare. Bl-ck smoke came from the
fire and the smell of gasoline and
coal oil was pretty strong.
That day or the next he made an
examination of 'he holes in tn.
burned building and swore they
were freshly bored with a drill
bit. He found fresh chips from
tn" horings and dug up dirt under
the holes. This was saturated with
oil. as "as also a piece of wood he
Clipped from the foundation. He
took the dirt and piece of wood
nome and tested them for oil. The
dirt he put in a prospector's pan
and touched a match to it. There
Nas ar explosion that sineed his
eyebrows.
Tie odor of gasoline and coal oil
was present. He also touched a
match to the piece of wood and
the result was the same as with
the dirt. He saw Mr. PrimeauX
and Ruy at the fire and heard Mr..
PrimeauX tell Mr.. Sewell that he
was sorry for his misfortune and
that he had an old store building
that MIR. Sewell might use. He
saw the defendants and Mrs. Roy
PrImeauX at the fire. Mr..
PrimeauX was dressed in his every
day SUIT and wore a ne cktie. RJy
wore a light colored suit and a
nrcktie but no coat. Mrs. Roy
Primcaux wore a blue tailored suit
as far as he could see.
Attorney Crow hogan the cross
examination of Mr. Spath before
the noon recess and it was in pro-
grcss when court adjourned until
l:45 this afternoon.
The cross examination of Mr..
Spath was concluded at the after
no,n session and Frank Wardrupe,
a clerk in the store before the fire,
was the next witness. He identi-
fed pieces of boards, containing
the holes testified to by Mr.. Spath,
and said they were il practically
the same condition as when he
took them from the building a day
or two after the fire. The boards
were admitted in evidence anC
passed to the jury. Mr.. WARDROBE
VS. sill on the stand as we went tC
press.
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sickening crack: my coat S, ON
changed from brown to blue and
then split up the hact.
Old Bilks gold bricked me in
that deal, but does his system pay?
He'll never get another wheel from
me till judgment day. The kopeck
that you win by guile may swell
your roll today, but in the clammy
after while it melts and rolls away.
-Systen.
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We are sending bills to all sub
scribers Of the Weekly who are in
rea one year or more. This is
made necessary by a ruling of the
p~ostoffice depari ment, calling for
the number of such delinuuents.
We hope those who receive the
bills will settle their accounts by
the first of January.
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MerelfuI.

Mrs. Denham-"Do you remember
that ! gave you no decided answer
the first time you proposed?" Benham
~ remember that you suspended
sentence Judge.
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Salmagundi
FROM DAILY

Mrs. John Crosson, Sr., Mrs.
&c. Riddell. Mrs. Frank Mahoney
and twins and Miss II. MrDermott,
all IF Starr valley arrived last
night.
The remainder of the bills allow
ed by the commissioners appear
else Shere. The list did not reach
this office until after 2 o'clock FRI
day afternoon.
James o. Logan was taken to the
county hospital last night and died
this morning He was Il native Of
Missouri aged 35 years.
Mrs. George ". Moody left this
afternoon for Hanford, California,
where she expects to make her
home. The best wishes Of a hos,
of friends go with her.
Editor Gray and his bette
p st are taking in the huh Of East
ern Nevada today. Mr.. Gray
informed us that Mr.. C. II. Black
is building Il residence in Starr
valley mat "tIi be the hanfsomcst
in hat section.
p., T,
,L,.I;n
u'nIm '''
C,u,, and .si.aaI o.n'I,
49, 49, r,...'I -.
The work Of getting e jury in
the PrimrauN ease vas resumed
this { rcnoon. Two y"nirc men
were examined up to the noon re-
ccs, Oac was excused and the
other was still on TIE rack. The
court Is grinding along rs We 20 to
press.
Com mis.,,ncrs C~,rigb,or md
the sewer system this ~aftr,r.or
and founI. all of them first class in
every rrsp,t All pjrr f., laid and
the scwers vjll Ec rcpI, for psc as
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-08-07
Bismarck.

Mrs. S d. McGready of potosi
visited her parents, Mr.. ana Mrs,
Stephen Denton. here last week.
s. D. Wood is reported quite sick
Of lrondale We're visitors here Thurs
day last.
We now have Il full-fledged brass
band. Df. Clarence Slaon of near
lrondale is the leader.
invoicing the hardware stock OF S
d. Wood here, which the former has
purchased ami taken charge OF the bus
mess.
W. A. Butler and wife Of Lutes-
VILE. Mo. are visiting relatives in our
town.
DR.. Caldwell OF Poplar Bluff was
the guest of nr. J. l. Eaton Sunday.
Judge Eversole of Potosi was il
Bismarck Sunday, enroute home from
a business trip to Beaumont, lex
John 81, Hughes of lrOndale was
tra ansacting business here last Mon
day.
Ed Paul Steel of Columbia, Mo. is
visiting relatives here.
Hon. G. O. Nations of Farmington
gave an open-air political lecture III
Bismarck last Tuesday evening His
subject was, '.Unmask the Bosses"
Quite number ffon oar town at
tended the religious assemblies Il, Al
cadia the past week.
Five out of every six of the candl-
dates for a place on their respective
party tickets will not be so keen at
shaking hands after next Tuesday
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-08-07
JAS. r. l.ENNET,
irondale. Mo.
Applied Sociology.

The sole function of science is
l.ut to give college professors an
excuse 10 putter about in eXpen-
s!fo laboratories an,I pose as
>ee%A;,:7 !" AT Hduilr;ng az d
u:uuuprti.c1dinG world. The
function OF science is to study
:ila processes Ci nature in order
to discover laws which may be
turned to the use OF man. Science
Just flies itself only when If pro
iuct: resa,,< ;.ppitrauie to plac
tlcal life. o. herWi,e it is little
more than Il hobby for harmless
old gentlemen with side whiskers
and bachelor degrees.
1t is in its application that sci
ence jnstities itself The justi-
tication of astronomy lies in the
rules rf navigation: the justitica-
ton uf c.:s mistry lies in the cy-
anide mill; physics finds its ex-
cuSe in the steam engine. the
dynamo, the wiro}C>- telcgraphy:
mathematics in the Brooklyn
bridge: psychotogE in educaiion:
and other sciences likewise. If
ti.u suien..es :,aH not been able to
produce practical results they
would have been little more than
set Of answers to la'e questions
One of the latest Of the sciences
/ in fact TIE latest great division
of science. is sociology. 1t is the
study of the associated life Of
humanity. Being very alb
a:ract, Though nignl Interesting
science. Ii l.lay l1I oc expected
Ito produce atT Very startling
results. 1t has produced at least t
one result Of vary great import
ance. Out oE the study Of soclol-
ogy grew 4 great idea which is
spreading ali over the country
and is creating some remarkable
changes. That is the idea of
.san.Lnuniyy oeyeffpetn ont
! ). gre,;a many towns n this
country have undertaken plans
for self development. They are
Going it in the belief shat the
destiny of communities may be
consciously and parDOsefully
shaped by man according to the
same laws which have uncon-
sciously and bllncly ..f,apei them
in the past Sociology made 6
study of those laws and revealed
them to the world. Now it is
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-08-07
Goose Greek

We have been Lavln" cool weather
for the last few days.
Miss I.illial. Deciue returned home
TUESDAY from Webster Groves.
Mr.. John i,anaon JE., OF Latty was
in our burg Sunday last.
Mrs. Sarah Roderique OF Valley
Park is visiting her parents, Mr.. ai,d
Mrs. Jos. p. Dcclue, Of this place.
Some OF our young people attended
a "hop'' at the home OF \. \. Manion
last Thursday evening.
Miss Lillian Declue left last Sunday
for Pea i;iug5, where she will teach
school.
Mrs. Manion of Sullivan. and son,
and friend of Florida visited at the
home Of \. n. Manion last week.
Miss Mae HORNE OF Valley Park is
visiting her friend, Fannie Deciue.
Gus Declue made business trip to
Sullivan last week.
Mr.. Dan ue.a..C WAS called to tie
bed idc OF his brother Ray Ia aicago
Monday. He is very low with typhoid
fever.
Everybody out this way is getting
ready for the picnic at Richwoods Sat
urday. Come and eaioy the day.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-08-07
TYPHOID LURkS IN WELLS.

The rural sections. long considered
ideal so far as concernes the health
of their inhabitants, have been dealt
a blow by physician investigators
who maintain that two-thirds of the
their origin to insanitary conditions
in the country and to polluted water
supplies.
Farms. which are generally remote
from towns and cities, or other areas
Of congested population, would seem
to be almost ideally situated for OBJ
tanning pure and wholesome water.
but IN reality polluted water is eX-
ceedingly common on them and ty-
p1foid fever rates are usually greater
in country districts than in cities.
Typhoid fever is now universally be-
lieved TO be transmitted solely throus
drink or food taken into the stom-
ach, and is especially liable to be
communicated by polluted waters OBJ
tanned from shallow wells near spots
where The discharge Of typhoid ia
tX.nts have been thrown upon the
ground and subsequently carried down
through tn esoil and into the wells,
fact that accounts for the disease be
ing so common in farming districts.
On great many farmsth well
is located at point that may b. con-
yenient to the dwelling, without re-
gard for the possibility of the poliu-
ton of the well water through seeI'-
age from barn or cesspool or through
the circulation of water underground.
Information relating to the under
ground movement of water is par
ticularly valuable. and on tbs accoun
the United States Geological Survey
is distributing a report on the SUI
iect-Water Supply Paper 255-"Cn-
derground Waters for Farm Ls2.
by Myron l.. Fuller. The derans tof
,his publication mas necessitated
third reprint A copy Of the report
may be obtained by addressing be
Director of the Survey, Washing
ton. D. c.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-08-07
THE HORSE IN HISTORY.

The early poets have always con-
nected beauty, majesty and even sub
Unity with their idea of the noble
horse, and it was the companion of
kings and princes and the terrible yet
graceful accompaniment of war. In
Deuteronomy, Moses expressly for
bids the Isrealites, in the event of
electing from among themselves a
king, to allow him to multiply to
himself horses" and thereby foster
a lust for dominion and belligerent
propensities.
Egypt was undoubtedly in early
es. AT Jacobs funeral in Judea
there came forth from Egypt char
lots and horsemen, a very great COM
pany." The Hebrews were pursued
into the Red Sea by Egyptian horse
men, when horses and riders were
overwhelmed Several centuries la
ter, Solomon obtained all his fine
horses from Egypt. and this concurs
with the narratives of the Greek
writer's.
According to them, Seostris was the
pIOleSSOI Vi tHc dll vi hoASC-
manship and taught his countrymen
how to tame and ride the noble ami
NAL In the time of Solomon the
price off a horse from Egypt aver
aged $50 shekles which, according to
computation, would be about $3.50,
a large sum in those days. In Ken
ophon's time, six hundred years later
than Solomon, the price of good
charger was about fifty daaks, or
$780,, at least that is the price re-
corded paid for Thracian, by Keno
phon himself for the steed on which
he rode during his celebrated retreat.
After the Egyptians, the Arabs next
became the breeders of celebrated
horses. These people developed a
type so beautiful, intelligent and faith
full that there are many who believe
that the horse reached his crowninS
glory under his Arabian masters
Our Dumb Animals.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-08-07
Caledonia.

Though he does not have the honor
of having the largest crop or the heav-
lest yield, vet W. F. Mitchell has the
distinction of living in the center OF
the grain belt of Bellcview Valley.
Bogue and Hornsey have just finished
the threshing north Of Caledonia, :,
and Of the farms adjoining Mr.. Mitch
ellis, these are the yields:
II. \. Carter, on Hess farm, .549l
j. c. Smith, i,6t0 bushel: NJ. Mont;
gonlery, 491: |. Horton. on Montgom
ery's iarm, aS: &. F. Sloan, 200; f.
W. Huitt. 299i1ss; IL. \. Sloan, 257;
". +. Mitchell. 1,109; =. IL. Thomas,
on Mitrheli's farm. 236. f.. J. Hicks
has not t:ireshed but expects to have
Of wheat on these farms, nearly 200
bushels Of oats We're thre>hed. 1t is
quite probable that 10, 900 bushels OF
corn sill u gathered from these
farms ta;s itii
The heaviest wheat Weld WAS on J.
{. Smiths place. where he had 325
bushels Oh y acres and he also had
the highest general average or l ,640
bushels on 50 acres. The average for
the whole is about Ii bushel per acre.
Some of it has already been sold at
prices ranging from soc to o3c per bush
ell, which is the highest price re-
ceived for new wheat for many years
The most remarkable feature OF the
threshin is that Mr.. VIM. ifornsty.
the ma JOG partner. is the steaditst
hand Of the whole crew despite the
fact that he is - years old. He has
been a pitcher for the same machine
for the past ten years, and pitches
from Is to % loads of wheat every
day He spent three and a half years I'm
the Union army. He was with Grant
in some of tie most desperate battles
of the war, and was near him when he
was commissioned at Pilot Knob. and
when the final stroke WAS made
against ice At AppUnltox Court
House.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-08-07
TICKETS, PLEASE

Courtesy is characteristic of the
japanese, especially among officials,
anu Mr. NJ. A Thompson, in describ-
ins his travels through the Land Of
the Cnry ysanthemum, says that even
the word please" is in Japan eiah-
ora:cd into lingual art. Here is an
example:
The suard IA the train to Toxic
caused lis much amusement When
the time came around to examine
tickets be began by standing at the
erd Of the car, took off his cap to
the honorable assembly, bowed 10 the
srcur.;, rubbed his knees with hi.
hands, drew in his breath audfbly and
delivered nimself or an announce
inent in japanese which | translate
rs follows:
Your most honorable excellen-
eies and most augustly deigning to be
pleased ones, hope you vii. pardon
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-08-07
Belgrade, Mo.
CATHOLIC MARRIAGE EDlCT is
is WITHDRAWN

Th4 restraining order issued by
Pope Plus regarding mixed marriages
has been abrogated. according to a
statement in the current issue of the
Acta, official organ of the Vatican.
The decree issued at Easter, 1908,
has been the cause of great deal of
oposition. Non-Catholics who mar
ried Catholics had to sign an ante
nuptial statement that children be
reared Catholics and that no effort
should be made to prevent the Cath
Ollie party to the marriage from full
filling their religious duties.
The Court of Appeals in St. Louis
recently held that these ante-nuptial
promises were not legal and could
not be enforced.
Pope Plus revocation of the cdict
is favorably commented upon by Rev
Father Phelan, editor of the Western
Waterman, and other church author
iti"s. st. Louis Star.