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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-28
MULE DEy0URED THE PIANO
Animal Totally Wrecked a Musical
instrument Near Him on a steam.
boats Deck.

Mule ate piano shipped. Send an.
other next boat" This message was
received recently by n local piano
house from an up thp.rivor' purchas.
er whose $3.50 instrument had been
fUrwardod via Mississippi river
steamboat In its usual pine box tho
piano was installed on tho lower
deck next to a lsnky. sleepy looking
mule bound for the cotton fields OF tho
upper bends. Although provided With
plenty OF oats and hay, the mule
ripped of n portion or The outer box.
~disposlng OF six octoyc8 OF black and
h't" ivory keys running the chro.
matte scale up to 20" In the treble
oief He had Enawcd ava the ma.
hogony panels IN front. masticatpd relt
campers and hammers by the dozen,
completely w%reckinE the melodious
"insides' Of the InttrrmeIt. steam.
boat Bill, stocking . Uoiler twenty feet
away, said the mule must hsys had
his foot on the soft pedal" AZ ne DID
not hear q note. when discovered the
animal was u~uconCernedly gazing
longingly across the river At a grass
covered levae. viii cost $500 TO re.
pair the plsuy.-New Orleans CORE.
spondont Montgomery Journal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-28
He RAN AFOUL OF THE LAW
New Yorker Who Pursued a Burglar
Had TO SP-nd Night in
a Cell.

This is a funny little town Of ours.
the Cincinnati Times-Star's New York
correspondent writes. Things happen
here that couldn't possibly happen
anywhere else. The other night. for
example. a man whose name mag boz
set down as Jim Smith wac awakened
By a tiHkling noise in the front room.
Mr.. Smith rose, pulled on the Couyen.
tionaI pants, took his six shooter and
went stalking a burglar. tie found
that individual packing up the silver.
Throw up your hands," said Mr..
Smith.
4 frightened sasp was the reply.
The burglar shut OF his pocket cleo.
trio lamp and Ieaped on the fire rs-
cape. go did Mr.. Smith. The pair
reached the street safely and tore
down that t"hOrouFhfare On the way
the burglar presumably threw away
his electric lamp and whatever other
tools OF his trude he possessed. When
the running pair came In sight OF
one OF Mr.. WRldo's policemen on peg
post It was the burglar who clazpcd
the astonlshed officer about the
knees. "Help!" said the burglar. i'm.
pressiysly. "a nutty guys chasin'
me"
There was no help for It. The OF.
fcer took the burglar and Mr.. Smith
to the station house There The
burglar was searched. but nothing In,
eliminating was found. Early the
next morning a lawyer appeared for
the burglar. and when he vas ar,
rHigned In court he WAS discharged
because Smiths Identification wa.
necessarily imperfect. Smith was
sure Of his mbn-hut the lawyer
rather shook his certainty. In the
meantime no lawyer appeared fof
Smith. He spent the night In the
cell Oh, sure. he was placed under
arrest FOR carrying Il revolver with
out . license. The magistrate bound
lin over on $1,000 TO appear fore
the grand Jury.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-28
A FATHER WHO USED HIS
CHI D TO GET 4 Drink

a bartender writing an article
entitled What a Man VIII Do for
a Drink" in the March American
Magaziue, tells the following story.
You remember the cid temper
ance meIodrama in which the
drurkard tries TO trade his wife's
wedding ring for a drink? Per-
haps some Of you think it is exag-
gcratcd. Il is almost amusing to
remember SINE Of the things
iruEkards will offer for a drink.
The early morning watch usually
gets that kiud-feIlows desperate
lor "a drink TO brace up after a
Hight's debadch. ! give away many
drinks during that time of the day
il there is a chance to get them TO
90 home. They offer clothes.
ycwolcry-anythjng for a drink.
There was one fellow who made
ne sick Of the entire business AM
9t some human beings.
He came INFO che bar where ! wa
| employed carryirg 10 his arms cue
+ the prctticst little girls / ever
aw about three years old. He pat
the child on the bar and told her
10 ask me to give him a drink
She said, Please give father a
0riHI, and smiled. He had taught
aer tha;. / saw that he had already
cen drinking and refused. Then
he told the little girl to sing Tor "a
rink. Finally / WIS so Disguised
walked away, and he grew angry .
9ulled a tiny ring eff the baby's
niger and offered To- leave it as
eCurity for the drink. Tha; is
here | turned loose. | told lin
/ nj 10" persons and di. gusJirg
ne but he reached the limit: and
informed him Of my intention to
tell the police. / Ioukcd him up to
see what | could do. His wife had
divorced him but the court permit.
ted hi . 10 y ye the baby one dav
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-28
WEDDING BELLS

Another wedding took place in
Eklo last night in the psrlor Of the
Mayor Hotel when MIR. Ebert W.
Anderson and Miss Susan Martin
were united in the bonds of holy
matrimony by Rev. George II.
Greenfield of the Elko church.
At seven o'clock the hour ap.
pointed for the ceremony the bridal
party made its apperacne in the
following order, the groom and bis
brother Mr.. R. 7. Anderson as best
man appeared first. Then came
the bridesmaid Miss Josie Martin
who wore a gown of all over
embroidery over yellow messaline.
Finally the bride leaning upon the
arm of her father ". d. Martin
appeared. She wore a gown OF
silk chiffon over m~esssliue urns
mented with white rose buds in
which she made a very charming
appearance. The simple but I'M
pre- sive ring ceremony of the Elko
church was used.
The following guests we're pre-
sent Mr.. Robert Anderson. Mr..
and Mrs, W. D.. Martin, Mr..
Gandell, Truett Miss Pearl Truett.
Mrs. jim Campbell, Miss Josie
Martin.
Both bride and groom are well
known in EIku County where they
have been raised. The groom is
the son OF the well known stock
raiser Mr.. Robert Anderson who.
mas charge Of the Mary's river
ranches for a Nevada syndicate
The bride IS the daughter of
another stock raiser from the
eastern part Of the the counts and
is a forme: student Of the Elko
school.
After the ceremony those present
we're invited to a wedding super
at the Commercial Hotel Th.y
departed on the evening train for
Salt Lake City where they will
spend their honeymoon. Upon
their return they will make their
home in Decth. We wish them
mucn happiness in their marie
life.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-28

Insane Man osrriek's Teaehe

GarTiok had been acquainted with an
unfortunate man In Leman street.
Goodman's Fields. who. playing one
Cay at an upper window with his two.
5sar.old child accidentally let II
t,ring from his arms and fall into a
8 aged are The child was killed.
> I'd, from that moment, tho miserable
& lther lest speech and reason He
passed the remainder OF his existence
j. going 10 n window. playing IN i'm.
. hnation with a child. dropping Il.
then bursting into toars. and Cling
Tie house with shrieks Of anguish
\ forwards he would SIT down, pen.
3 We and stili, and ut times look slow.
L. round as II lmploring compassion.
"Therc II was" Garrick used to say.
" hat I learned TO initiate madness; |
Z Jpied nature. and to that owed M
9 iooess in King Lear'"-From Gar.
Fiok and His Circle.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-28
BLIND SPOT IN EVERY EYE
Il 10 Located Just at the Point v here
ths Optic Nerve Gen.
terra.

In every eye there is a little spot
that iS totally blind. Young eyer. old
eyes, sharp eyes, dull eyes, blue.
brown or black syes-all OF them.
even the o perfect. have, In each
F"tinr, a Nttlo round spot which Is
wholly blind both to brightness and
color. This spot is located juat az the
point who're the optic nerve centers.
hnd Is approximately ono-twelfth OF
an inch wide. Several interesting eI.
psTments can be made to prove the
prcFenc5 OF this blind spot. For ex.
ample, cover the right J with the
hand or a bandage and Saae with the
LEFT steadily at a point on the wall or
screen about eve feet distant. Let
smother person be seated against the
wall on your leit-hand side. In such
q petition that his forehead Ia on a
level with the point at which you are
gazing, and his nearer cheek about
twenty Inches diDtSnt from II. Do not
turn your eyeball, but gaze steadily
ts At drBt, and his face will entirely
~dibsppear, and the wall will seem TO
be perfectly blank. II you sprcad n
sheet OF paper on the wall aud note
the points at which a pencil moved
back and forth by another person an.
pears wa disappears, you will be- able
10 make an accurate map Of the blind
spot as projected on tho wall. An.
o'h"r experiment is performed by
painting nine large letiurs ia three
N.flical columns OF three letters each.
upon = sheet OF paper at such a Iis
lance u In such a position before
TIE oye that the central letter OF he
SQUARE falls within tho blind srot.
"Ilio the surrounding eight letters
80 stIl visible.-CbriB,lan Herald
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-28
N. c. SCULLY ESTATE
APPRAISED AT 5000

An appraisal of the property Of
the NJ. G. Scully estate, filed by
Frank Byington, George Hall and
Ben Frank, places the value OF ,ha
estate at $1,000. A large number
of mining shares in a property near
Fairview were not listed in the
appraisal. Only d small valuation
is placed oG the interest in the
Limerick property at Rochester.
Evidently Scully's s]yrotecbnic
efforts to make a mining camp at
Kimberly availed him nothing, so
far as this worlds goods are con-
cerned. The people of Battle
Mountain and Hilltop have sundry
reasons for remembering his ey-
PLOTS and methods of high finance.
The Kimberly Consolidated, a
holding company of which the In
dependence and Western Of Phil
adelphia is d subsidiary company. is
gradually rehilitating that camp
an. is on the road to success. This
company is mining its claims in
a thorough and practical manner.
They have just completed atubular
mill of suffice t capacity to meet
present requirmemts. Eastern
shareholders may soon expect sub
stantial dividends as there is
enough good ore blocked out to
keep the mill running for several
ears.
After all the 'Kiting" that has
been done by INSCRIPTIONS promo
tiers and vexatious lawsuits wAich
have been adju ted, this company
has been purified in the fires of
adversely and has c,me out with
8 name unsullited and Il rep I|tatiJu
uDtarnished.
Inc company is to b. congratu-
lated on the prospects which are
growing brighter each day. A
large force of men are now at
work night and day preparatory to
converting high grade into bullion.
Keep you eyes open and your ears
to the ground and you will see Hill
top come into prominence in such
Il tanner as 10 gladden. the b a 5
Of the shareholders and sicken the
knockers" VINO have all along said,
There is nothing at Hilltop" The
Independent man spent several
weeks at Hilltop and stakes his re.
putatiCn on that promising camp,
This article is written without the
knowledge or consent of any one
aud is the unb ased opinion Of tbs
e iitor after a very careful persona
examination.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-28
NATURE IS NEVER UNKlND
Provides Compensation In Some Way
for Those Who Suffer From
Addiction.

When the third question put 10 the
girl who a Uniting q customers hair
a fashionable shade elected no reply
the woman turned 10 the manager Of
the beauty shop and said: what is
the matter with that girl, anyhow Is
nho deaft'
'verJ nearly" said the manager.
How does che hold her placer"
said the womsn 1T seems to ne that
n person employed I'm a place like
this stands In need OF her Ave
GenseS.-
THAT Ia Just what they DO rot
need" was the reply. 'Tf one sonse
L. lacking the other -four make up for
the deficiency and bscomo more vrlu.
able because more acute. Your hair.
dresser cannot hear. but her sight y
marvellous. shs can detect n Frty
hair hair n block away and her Ett
FOR shading and matching colors
amounts to roal genius. No woman
WITH oil hcr faculties Ia 20 cousum.
mate an artist ~ she IA in touching
up n dln'cult hond Of hair. When YOU
are ready for massage shall bring
you n blind girl An her art 10 cen.
tered In her fnSor tips. She can End
and smooth away wrinkles that less
sensitive fingers vould not discover.
Another def giri In tho establishment
u particular rensltiys to scents md
Is iHysltabl" In mixing and applying
r~srfutrc' Tho manager In n place
Of his kind needs hcf Ave senses and
- many more rs nature cen provide.
but for hor assistants. elimination and
eSnsontratloH Ero desirable
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-28
His Art i%nstInets.

Jones had invited a friend TO dinn.,
and asked him to carve a chicken that
was placed before him. The guests
set to work with a good will. but after
a deal OF muscular exercise was com.
pclled to acknowledge himself beaten.
Where In the namo OF leather did
you get that bIrd7"
i don't know" replied the host,
unless II should prove to be the on.
Prlng OF some hard boiled egg
hlcago News.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-28
FOR THE CHILDREN
ANIMAL FUN.

ANIMAL FUN.
A thick ieered lamb came trot-
ting by.
Pray. whittier now my
lamb?' quoth /.
TO have" said he with ne'er
a stop
My wool clipped off at the
ba-ba shop
| asked the dog. Why all this
DIM"
Said be, I'm fashioned
outside in.
An all my nights and days
I've tried
Ny best to get the bark outside"
A hen was cackling loud ard
long.
Said to her How strange
your song!
Said she, IT'S arc a song
in fact,
It's just alay, to be eggs'act.
! asked the cat. Pray tell me
why
You love to sing" She blink
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-28
Bee stlnn cnuso Of n.-ah-

While the Abbo Ganouv. p.... a.
The parish OF rlngueg. France. .a
walking at Anueoy. q bee nrw f-l.
mouth and stung him 10 tar n.
tho throat. The sting brOrelt Old.
acute inflammation and sr,h 81 a.
Ing Of tho throat that he priest H
OF g~nitncatIon within 20 minutes. alto
great suffering.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-28
All Have A DUTY.

Every man or woman IL one OF man.
hinu dear possessions: to his or her
iust DFain' and kind heart and active
nahos' mankind intrusts some OF its
hopes for the futuro.--Robert Louis
Stevenson.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-28

A paint brush is an excellent thing
e. remove dust from cracks and
{ rived furniture. II reaches crevlces
acre a aust rag never could End the
& st Try this when next you clean
tie b%aseooards. window sashcs, etc.
tou win pever be without q brush.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-28
Proof % the cnnir,1u

I understand that n number of wo-
mon have learned to smoke cIgars"
faid he frivolous obr. Tysr. oT ,ion,i
h'lieve It." replied Mr. H.okton. The
J. M OF cl1'ra wom.. buy nobody
could smoke" '
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-28
hham,s snil,tn.,ron

Adam was surveying tho animals
o. "." c..o1 uuon 20 ulmo lie
s.'..' "..H aa.s motion as 10 &c.
l.'.0. Wac ever else may H4p.
pen there never Wri DO n afgrtsga
Id The supply OF party emblems,"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-28
One VISA Fpou,,

baseball Captain-"You shouldn't
b. so hard on tho boys. Tho plp we'd
vel The game WINS Loaf through iust
que error Manoger-"Ycs. so vas
Paradise"-Boston Transcript.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-28
Ingenious Eyou,.

n teanstor charged with overland.
MS horse was asked how heavy n
iold ho had on hls van. "Abon, y
tom he replied, but II was ali IIVb,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-26

ments on the other side. We are Will
ing, however. to submit our views to
arbitration. There is nothing in the
attitude Of the administration, as
have stated it, to show that we have
been dishonorac'c. There is nothing
70 show disposition to evade, and we
are willing to rest our caee with r
tribunal that IL impartial -
TIE president concluded his speech
with sn appeal for constitutional gov
ernment. endangered In the last few
months, he said, by those who proposed
remedies but who could not furnish
concrete examples Of their proposed re-
forms.
The president left about II o clock
fo3 Washington.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-26

the structures These cottage are, for
the most part, OF four rooms. with q
stone foundation. and are as cosy and
comfortable as tile usual run Of cottages
In this city. Tho cost of the $50 cot
tages was in the neiGhborhood of 800,
000
AT the present time the company is
bending every energy to the completion OF
tho llne from Mollrland and Backhawk
TO Castle Gate, where It can transfer its
coal cars 10 the Denver Il Rio Crandn,
There, already is a line completed from
GlackhaHlI TO Price q distance OF aD-
proXiiuately twenty miles, where counec-
ton also Is made with the Rio Grandc.
OF course. when the entire line Is COM
pletcd, the company VIII be in q position
TO transfer 10 the Rio Grande at numer
Gus points from Price to Provo and to
tho Salt Lake Route at Provo and
Sprlngville,
Connection with the Salt Lake Route
not only Will facilitate the shipment Of
coal into Salt Lake and points further
north, but Will open 10 the Pacific coast
market. where the demand for this fuel
Is exceptionally heavy.
The work belna, carried on by the
United States company is gigantic In its
scope and with the acquiring and de-
vsloping OF additional coal mines, means
the expenditure OF many millions Of dol
lars every one OF which mcans Its pro
rata toward the building UP of the state.
That the Immense task will be pushed
to an early completion is evidenced by
the work thus far done. To date the ex-
penditures of the two companies, aside
from coal land purchases. Is close 10
5000. 600
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-26
RICHES Of CARBON
COUNTY EXPLOITED
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(Continued from Page One.)

for example, In Spanish Fork canyon
their parallel proximity viii resemble that
of two lovers occupying rustic bench
or moonl't night. The building OF the
line through Spanish Fork canyon will
make or the famous old Castillo Springs
resort only a memory. rs proceedings
have already been Instituted In the courts
10 condemn the Castillo Springs prop
e,ty for the purposes Of the road.
Tho distance from Provo 10 NGohrland
, Ia ninety-seven miles, and IT is esti-
mated that The road, when completed
Till have cost considerably more than
$5,ooo.ooo as some OF the going" to
use q turf expression, is extren1eiv
heavy The heaviest work will be over
Soldier Summit, but the building OF the
road from Castle Cato to Blackhawk and
Mohrland also viii prove a strenuous
task, as the line crosses badly cut up
canyon country at right angles. 1t is
estimated that the twelve miles from
Tucker to Soldier Summit VIII cost ap-
| Proxlmately Sl50 900 a mile From Castle
Gate to Bls lsckhawk, the cost Is estilna ted
| at $4,000 q mile.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-26
FEDERAL OFFICIALS
UNDER SUSPICION
May Have Used Passes and
Then Turned in Bills for
Railroad Tickets.

DENVER Jan. 25.-"The records o.
as the Denver & Rio GranJe In the pass
question On one Colorado &. Southern
train. according to the conductor. twen-
ty-one out OF tl1irty-three passengers
rode on passes
The foregoing is part of statement
put into the record OF the ia So hearing
here today by Special Examiner A. T..
Smith, a. ne explained, 'to avoid any
misunderstanding and injustice 20 the
Denver & Rio G;rande.' The statement
vas read as a part OF the proceedings
ri the final session before Interstate
Commerce Commissioner Harlan.
This afternoon the commissioned de-
parted for the east. after taking testi-
mony Tor three days regarding tine e1-
rado. In course OF the hearing numerous
railroad men and shippers testified u
was brought out that passes Issued for
intrestate travel we're frequently used In
officers testified that they had been
powerless TO prevent thi1 practice II
was testified also that free passenger
transporta tiou not nfrequeutly Influenced
the routing OF interstate freight chip
ment1
A large portion of the testimony re-
lated 10 the Denver & Rio Grandc. and
IT was on this account that Smith Is
sued his statement today. lie said tho
examination Of the Denver &, Rio C;rande
officials consumed so much time that no
opportunity remained TO consider tho
cases OF the other roads with the same
thoroughness The Denver &: Rio Grande
he said, did not differ from other roads
1t was semi officially announced today
that the commissioner had instituted an
investigation OF the expense accounts Of
como federal officers In Colorado 10 de-
term1ne whether or not they had turned
In bllls for railroad tickets when riding
DaSSea
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-26
CARL REIDELBACH IS
GUILTY AS CHARGED

Los ANGELES, Gal, Jan. 25.-Carl
Ricdelbacb, "the human bomb who
tcrrorized the central police station
several months ago, when bo entered il
carrying an internal machine and
calmly announced that be intended to
was convicted today by a jury on the
charge Of having deposited dynamite
in an inhabited place, The conviction
ended Riedelbach's 3 second trial, tho
first having resulted in n disagree
meut.
Riedelbacb. vino was pronounced
sane b. alionisis. considered the pro.
cocdiuGs 10 laugh st. Al during his
trial no 'joshed policemen aud de.
tectives who testified against MIN.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-26

The veteran under arrest today, but lu-
asuIuch As he is SO years old and IN
poor health, it was decided TO defer
action until Monday SO that the pos
ability of his being locked up in the
Tomos over Sunday would be avoided,
The original shortage in the general 5
accounts, amounted to over $2g, 900.
but his Sou and his wife from whom he
hos been separated for years, have
made good $4,000 Of ;his amount, Mrs,
SicEleS is cudeavoring TO sell her prop
erty IN Spain to satisfy the remainder
of the debt and recently asked for
more time to bring this about.
The order for General Sickles' g arrest
comes as climax Of distinguished
and picturesque career. Born in New
York in 1925 oil wealthy family, GeD-
cral Sicklcs served as i soldier, legis
Iator and diplomat The guest of hon
or for MANY wears al gatherings of
civil war veterans, he was recently re.
fused admission 80 local organization
Of civil war veterans on the ground
of military unskillfulness and reck
lees sacrifice OF the lives of his men. J"
Congress, which, in 1897 awarded him
medal of honor for braverv, three
years ago refused to grant him lieu
tenant geueralshiP, In his old age
tinaucial troubles beset him one aftor
another and his wife. son and daughter
became es.ranged from HIM.
General Sickles wac a member Of the
house Of representatives Just before the
outbreak of the war and it was in
Washington that he shot and killed
Philip Barton Key, United States dis.
trict attorney, for alleged attentions to
his first wife, the daughter of an Ital-
ian musician
At the outbreak Of the civil war
General Sickles raised and equipped at
his own expense five regiments Of vol
unteers and as colonel Of one of them
went to the front. He participated in
most Of the great battles Of the war,
including Gettysburg, where he lost a
leg and achieved distinction for bray
cry, rewarded by promotion TO the rank
of major general.
From 1869 to 1873 he served as min
lister of Spain, where he mot and mar
ried his present wife. tho daughter Of
Spanish councillor of state, Shortly
after his return to this country, with
her, the couple separated and Mrs.
Sick les went back to Spain where she
remained until 1908. Then she returned
to New York. There were frequent re-
ports Of their reconciliation and for q
year or more Mrs Sickles lived in a
house adjoining her husband 3, but it
never appeared that they were really
reconci]ed