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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-24
PECULIAR CHARM OF FRANCE
More Restfui Than Other Countries,
Is the Reason Given by Dis
tinguished Writers.

1t is impossible for anyone who
knows rance, n has felt the charm
OF the country and its people-and
who has MOTTO approach French
problems in a severely critical spirit.
The beautiful cities, the broad
stretches OF wonderful Corot land
scape threaded by marvellous roads,
form the playground OF travellers from
other lands. No matter what is
sought, there it can be found. The
say life or the streets, the opportunity
for the spending OF money for beauti-
full things, the charm OF art and mu.
sic, are offered to the guest OF Paris.
Those who seek the quiet and freedom
or plain or forest have not far to 20
ana a thousand places, each seeming
more attractive than the other, make
their appeal for a longer stay than
the visitor can afford.
The greatness OF France is of so re-
cent a date hat one forgets it is not
more distant. The whole country
gives the impression of a quiet back
water where one tan put in for rest
and enjoyment, and without discom-
fort watch the turgid stream of life in
other lands as it rushes by. No other
country suggests this feeling in such
a compelling way; yet in these push.
Ing times of modern material prog
gress 1t Is all counted as against her
success in the international struggle
Tor the trade Of the world. that prize
which costs annually more blood and
money than did the final political dis
memberment OF Eurone -Jamos n,u
export Whelpley III the Century.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-24
BLIND SPOT IN EVERY EYE
Il 10 Located Just at the Point Where
the Optic Nerve Gen.
tiers.

In every eye there In a little spot
that 10 totally blind. Young eyex, old
eyes sharp eyes, dull eyes. blue.
brown or black Syes-all Of them.
even the most perfect. have, in each
retina, a little round spot which is
wholly blind both to brightness and
color. This spot IN located Just at the
point where the optic nerve centers,
and is approximately one-twelfth Of
an inch wide. Several interesting ex-
periments a. be made to prove the
presence OF this blind spot. For ex.
ample, cover the right eye with the
hand or a bandage and gaze with the
loft steadily at a point on the wall or
screen about seven feet distant. Let
another person be seated against the
wall on your left-hand side, In such
q position that his forehead is on a
level with the point at which you are
gazing, n his nearer cheek about
twenty inches distant from it. DO not
turn your eyeball, but gaze steadily
as at first, and his face will entirely
disappear, and the wall will seem to
be perfeSt ly blank. II you spread a
sheet OF paper on the wall and note
the points at which a pencil moved
back and forth by another person ap-
pears and disappears, you will be able
to make an accurate map Of the blind
spot as projected on the wall. An.
other experiment is performed by
painting nine large letters in three
vertical columns of three letters each,
upon a sheet OF paper at such a dis
lance and in such a position before
the eye that the central letter of the
square falls within the blind spot.
while the surrounding eight letters
are still visible.-Christian Herald.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-24
MULE DEVOURED THE PIANO
Animal Totally Wrecked a Musical
instrument Near Him on a Steam
boats Deck.

Mule ate piano shipped. Send ali.
other next boat" This message was
received recently by n local piano
house from IN "up-the.river'' purchas.
er whose $500 instrument had been
forwarded via Mississippi river
steamboat. In it's usual pine box the
piano was installed on the lower
deck next to a laBky. sleepy looking
mule bound for the cotton fields OF the
upper bends. Although provided with
plenty Of oats and hay. the mule
ripped off a portion of the outer box,
~disposing OF six octaves Of black and
white ivory keys. running the chro-
matte scale up 10 &c" in the treble
clef. He had gnawed away the ma
hogany panels in front. ~masticated felt
hampers and hammers by the dozen,
completely wrecking the m%elodious
"insidcs" OF the instrument. Steam
boat BIZ, stocking n boiler twenty feet
away. said the mule must have had
bis foot on the soft pedal" as he did
not hear n note. When discovered the
animal was un~concernedly gazing
longlngly across the river at q grass
covered levee. II will cost 5000 to re-
pair the piano.-New Orleans CORE
s%pondent Montgomery Journal.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-24
NATURE IS NEVER UNKlND
Provides Compensation In Some Way
for Those Who Suffer From
Affilctlon.

When the third question put to the
girl who was tintIng a customers hair
q fashionable shade elected no reply
the woman turned to the manager Of
the beauty shop and said: What Is
the matter with hat girl. anyhow? Is
she deaf?"
Very nearly" said the manager.
"How does she hold her placer"
said the ut seems to me that
a person employed in q place like
this stands in need Of her FIVE
%senses."
THAT Is Just what they do lot
need" was the reply. "If one sense
Is lacking the other four make up for
the deficiency and become more valu-
able because more acute. Your hair.
dresser cannot hear, but her sight IL
marvellous. She can detect a gray
hair half a block away and her gift
for shading and matching colors
amounts to real genius. No woman
with all her faculties Is so consum.
mate NJ artist az she Is in touching
up a difficult head Of hair. When you
are ready for massage I shall bring
you a blind girl. All her art is cen
tered In her finger tips. She can find
and smooth away wrinkles that less
sensitive fingers would not discover.
Another deaf girl In the establishment
u particularly sensitive to scents and
is invaluable In mixing and applying
perfumes. The manager In a place
Of this kind needs her five senses and
az many more as nature can provide,
but for her assistants. elimination and
concentration are desirable"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-24
W. I. McNeiI
Lessee and Editor.

THE INJUNCTION brought by Ger,
tain residents of Lovelock against
the Pacific Reclamation Co. of Me.
tropolis restraining them from storing
the waters of Bishop creek for irrigation
purposes is a public calamity. Nomut-
ter how great the grievance of the
plaintiffs, the filing of the suit has acted
rs a deterrent and kept u large amount
Of outside capital from investing in
Nevada enterprises.
Until that suit is settled and the
rights of ull parties to the controversy
is ascertained, there will be no more
reclamation work inaugurated. 1t is
the boundeI duty of the state of Ne
vada to s Q to it that the courts reach
a decisision Is soon as is compatible
with judicial dignity.
The march of improvement has been
stopped and something should be done
t. relieve the situation as speedily as
possible. While. eastern Nevada is di-
rectly affected, the blight reaches to
the entire confines of the state and it
is a question of most vital Importance
to the whole people.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-24
STYLES IN PICTURE FRAMES
simplicity the Feature and Furnished
Gold and Mahogany Are the
Newest Colors.

@mplicity is a marked feature Of
the new styles In picture frames. And
FURNISHED gold and mahogany are the
Aswest colors for frames. The former
10 . dull gold, and Is SO dull that 1t
and mahogany blend beautifully, and
20 are often used together.
n effect of such combination ia so
entirely different from the old style Of
framing with wood and a strip OF gilt
next the glass that II Is difficult to be.
neVe that the same colors are just car.
risd out In the new tones. These
shades used together bring out brown
pictures effectively.
An authority on art furnishing ia re.
sponsible for the information that the
sold alone, the wood alone, and the
two In combination may be used to
successfully frame all kinds OF pic.
lures that are generally hung on walls
OF living rooms. parlors, libraries and
bedrooms.
Narrow frames, from one to two
inches. are correct for modium-siZed
pictures, while for smaller subjects.
such az photographs, only a half-inch
frame 10 required. The latter Is usual
~ OF dark wood, beautifully polished
to show the grain.
Both oval and square frames are
correct. The latter are more expens'
I've. because more difficult to make
and polish.
Wooden frames are fiat and plain,
except In . fou cases, when a little
carving IL seen 90 q motif placed in
tho center OF the top OF a square
frame. The plain frames are, how.
ever, considered rNtter taste.
Gold frames are exceedingly dainty
In design, small delicate moldinE being
preferred to bod patterns. Indeed,
some OF the frames give the impress.
sion OF being worked with the needle
and gold thread used generously. fath.
e. than holding.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-24
He RAN AFOUL OF THE Law
New Yorker Who Pursued a Burglar
Had to Spend Night In
a Cell.

This In 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 may be
set down as Jim Smith was awakened
by Il tinkling noise in the front room,
Mr.. Smith rose. pulled on the conven-
tional pants, took his six shooter and
went stalking a burglar. He found
that individual packing up the slle er.
Throw up your hands!" said Mr..
Smith.
A frightened gasp MAS the reply.
The burglar shut off his pocket cleo
trio lamp and leaped on the fire es-
cape. SO did Mr.. Smith. The pair
reached the street safely and tore
down that t~horoughfare. On the way
the burglar presumably threw away
his electric lamp and whatever other
tools of his trade he possessed. When
the running pair came in sight OF
n of Mr.. Waldo's policemen on peg
post 1t vas the burglar who clasped
the astonished officer about the
knees. "Help!" said the burglar. i'm,
pressively. "a nutty guys chasin'
me"
There was no help for it. The of.
ticer took the burglar and Mr.. Smith
to the station house. There the
burglar was searched. but nothing i'll,
eliminating was found. Early the
next morning a lawyer appeared for
the burglar, and when he was ar
raigned in court he was discharged
because Smiths Identification was
necessarily imperfect. Smith was
sure OF his man-but the lawyer
rather shook his certainty. In the
meantime no lawyer appeared for
Smith. He spent the night in the
cell. Oh. sure, re IA placed under
arrest for carrying a revolver with
out = license. The magistrate bound
him over on $1,000 to appear before
the Grand Jury.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-24

haustive manner as the occasion
demands.
earnestly invite correspon-
dence from every post office and
every community in this part of
the State. 1t is my desire to put
The Independent into every home
in Elko County and surrounding
territory. l am cou ting on the
assistance of the general public
and l am am confident | will not be
disappointed.
Pledging allegiance to Elko, Elko
County and the magnificent state
of Nevada, with any thanks antici-
pating a vastly icreased patron
age | again doff my hat and get
down to business.
W. 7. Mcneil
Lessee and Editor.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-24
TEST THESE RECIPES
FOUR METHODS OF COOKING THE
FAMILIAR FOWL.
Canterbury, Creole, Victoria and I'm,
perlaI Vol au Won't Arc All Recon-
mended as Tasty and Salts
flying Dishes.

The ways of preparing chicken for
the table are endless. Here are a
lew choice recipes:
Canterbury Chicken-Cook three
and one-half tabiespoonfuls OF butter
Win n teaspoonful of finely chopped
onion until yellow, stirring almost
constantly to prevent burning. Add
one tablespoonful Of corn starch and
stir until well blended; then pour on
gradually. while stirring constantly,
one and one-half cupfuls of chicken
STOCK (the liquor in which a fowl has
been cooked). Bring to the boiling
point and add one-half teaspoonful OF
lemon juice, th~ree-fourths of a tea
OF salt, one-eighth of
a teaspoonful Of paprika, one-half cup.
tul OF celery cut in small pieces. and
one and one-half cupfuls of chopped
chicken. Serve hot and garnish with
toast points and parsley.
Creole Chicken-Cook four teaspoon
Iuls Oh butter with one-half shallot,
mel chopped. five minutes, stirring
constantly. Onion may be used II
snallot Is not at hand. Add five ia.
olespoonfuls of -four and stir until
e Drowned; then pour gradually,
while stirring constantly. three-fourths
OF n cupful each Of chicken stock and
slewed and strained tomatoes. Bring
TO the boiling point, season with one
teaspoonful Of lemon juice, one-half
'e~aspooniul Of salt, and one-eighth of
a te~nspoonful Of paprika. Add one and
one-half cupfuls of cooked chicken or
FOWL cut in small cubes and let stand
ten or fifteen minutes in the ton of
the u boiler that the meat may
absorb some of the sauce.
victoria Chicken-Cream two table
spoonfuls of butter and add the yoll,s
or three hard-boiled eggs rubbed to a
paste. Soak o%ne-fourth of a cupful of
cracker crumbs in one-fourth of a
cuprul OF cold milk Is minutes. then
edo to the egg mixture. Pour on
gradually one cupful of hot chicken
STOCK, n when the boiling point is
cached add n cupful of cooked
chicken or fowl cut in small pieces.
Season with salt. p p and ce,er
salt, and serve on fling shaped pieces
or huttered toast.
imperial Chicken Vol al vent-Re.
move the crusts from a scent bakers
ioaf and cut out the center in such a
a as to leave a b~ox-shaped case.
having the walls one-half inch in
thickness. Beat three eggs slightly
add six tablespoonfuls of milk. and
season with salt. Dip the bread case
IN the mixture and turn frequently
mat all parts may be equally soaked,
Drain thoroughly, fry in deep fat I'm.
I'll delicately Drowned, remove to a
hot serving dish, and fill with the fol.
lowing mixture:
Melt four ta~blespoonfuls OF butter
d four tablespoonfuls of -four and
Stir until we'll blended; then pour ON
gradually, while stirring constantly
n and three-fourths cupfuls of milk,
Bring to the boiling point, season with
one-half teaspooniul Of salt and one.
eighth OF a te%aspoonful Of pepper and
q two cupfuls Of cold boiled fowl
Gu In dice and one pint Of oysters
cleaned and drained. Cook until the
oysters are plump.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-24
MAN CREATOR Or CHARACTER
Portion Of the Immortal Life That in
Law of Nature Must Endure
For Ever.

Nature works upon the lower forms
Of life. A higher power than the
stone has formed It; the trees. the
flowers, even the insects and beasts
are plastic materials in the hands OF
the Great Potter. Through It. in UNI
thinkable time. the bodies are formed
for man. He enters the temple pre-
pared for him, and ncture. who has
been supreme. now bows before the
mystery. She soc before her not alone
the world stun to be fashioned. but
the very creative spark. No longer
can h mold unaided. IT becomes her
Office now to furnish the opportunities
FOR the entering man, who has before
him the herculean task OF evolving tho
human mind. No outside force alone
can make him. The creative seed is
fself within him. Every event, every
circumstance. is something to be mot
and acted upon by him the creator Of
his own destiny. Whether ignorantly
or consciously, he WORKS in the illimit-
able and eYh9ustlesB laboratory Of ma.
turc. and therein slowly but surely
fashions-cnaractcr Human laws may
be framed and forgotten: tomDIes may
be reared and crumblc: whole races
may pass through their allotment Of
borrow, despair ard JOY. and be no
more; continents may rise and sink;
but character. by means OF which all
these things = formed and colored.
character. as par; Of man. the immor-
tai. cndures.-GcrtrudG ian Pelt In the
T~hoosophical Path
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-24
Telling tho Bees.

The custom OF telling the bees" is
often referred to by those Interested
In Curious happenings. In some parts
OF England 1t has always been the
habit to inform the bees whenever
there Is a death in the family. particu.
larly when It is that Of the moster O,
mistress.
Some n raps upon the board SUD
porting the hives and says: Mourn
with US, master Tor m%istress) OF the
house Ia dead"
1t Is thought that II this duty 10
neglected the bees will die; and many
Old servants are fond OF telling how
the bees pine away when no one
thinks to give them the sad Ee.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-24
TO RENEW FURNITURE
PIANO FINISH Is GIVEN BY MANY
COATS OF VARNISH.
Much Scrapina and ~sandpaperins
Necessary In This Method-Cracks
and Holes Must 30 Fill
With Putty.

There are various ways OF removal
ing furniture. The best consists In
the application of successive coats OF
varnish, each s~andpapered and rubbed
to what is known as a piano finish"
This method Is the finish you will find
on almost all the old mahogany OF
our grandfathers' days. The nrst
thing. then, Is to get on the dust and
dirt, and to remove every particle OF
the old cracked and ~blackeued warm
ish from the piece Of furniture YOU
wish to renovate. To do this you Will
need a cabinet scraper. These scrap
ers come in various shapes and sizes,
ami are made to 6t the different
angles and curves Of the wood to be
scraped. They may be bought for ten
OF fifteen cents. The edges are draw
filled and ready for use. If he edge
is rounded the scraper will do no
work. If rough or nicked the wood
will be scratched and perhaps ruined.
With a good scraper you will be sur
prised and charmed to see how quick
ly and nicely you can get down to the
bare wood.
If there is deep carving On the
piece of furniture h operation must
be varied. Take wood alcohol. and
with a brush OF cloth apply to every
look and crevice Let 1t stand for q
little while and then wipe it off and
scrape the wood clean as before d.
rected. The wood alcohol will soften
the varnish, 30 that it may be easily
removed. Care must be taken not to
nlln,N Tho n--fn " NArn r1lf
Should it do 30 apply more of the
alcohol and wipe dry at once. If the
alcohol once reaches the wood it will
turn it white, provided 1t is mahog-
any, which is the only wood on which
alcohol has this effect. 1t merely
bleaches other woods. ~
The wood being cleaned the surfacY
must be made absolutely smooth. For
this use double sandpaper. Smooth
down all the rough spots, and fill all
the cracks and holes with putty,
which must be allowed to harden,
when it may be stained to match The
color of the wood. If The placing Of
the putty Is carefully lone even a
large crack or a broken piece of We
neer may be so hidden that 1t cannot
be seen when the work is finished.
The wood will then be ready iOi
the varnish. The average amateur
cannot understand hal the art Of
vanishing differs very materially
from painting. Paint Is beker for
rubbing in with the brush, but var
nish, because of the rapidly in dry
ing, must be flowed on to the work.
The work must always lay fiat and
remain sc until the varn1sh has set.
a varnish brush is fiat and fairly stiff
and fine. Put plenty of varuish on
the wood. avoiding too much rubbing
with the brush. 1t will settle into a
glazed surface If you have flowed
IL on evenly.
AS to the varnish itself, buy the
best that can be had. furnishing var
nish" of d good quality is what you
want. Before applying 1t. however,
you will find that time and expense
will be saved by putting on two coats
o. fine white shellac. allowing EACH
coat to dry thoroughly for at letSt
t~wcnty-fOur hours. If shellac Is used
only two coats of varnish will be nee.
essary
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-24

The MANAGEMENT Of The Iudepen-
dent hopes to make this paper brighter,
bigger and better DIS the days come and
go. We ask our readers to bear with
us until we get things adjusted. The
environment is new and it Is a little
awkward to get into the harness at a
single bound. However, we hope to
gradually improve until something
near our ideal is attained.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-24
Proper Yellow Feeunu.

One Of John Quincy Adams clients.
whose case was to be tried on a Ger.
tain morning, found that he could not
ret his counsel to leave his fishing
hoat except long enough to write a
tote to the Judge, which read: Dear
Judge: For tho sake OF old Izaak
valton. please continue my case un.
Il Friday. The smelt are biting, and
can't leave" And the Judge. hav
rg read the note, announced to the
;ourt: "Mr. Adams is detained on
important business"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-24

EX.PRESIDENT Madero of Mexico was
killed yesterday while being taken to
to the penitentiary under guard. 1t
appears that the worst that can happen
to a man in Mexico is to he placed
under the protecting wing of the Mex
lean police.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-24

MEHICO's tribulations are greater
Nv than she can bear if there is a
spark of humanity in the public con-
science of the stricken country. The
shooting of EX-President Madero is
nothing short of brutal murder and no
doubt his assassination will DO avenged
in a that will fill the world
with horror.
Our sister state will find that com
mon humanity and public sentiment
will no longer stand such outrageous
violations OF all rules of civilized war
fare as has characterized this struggle
from start to finish.
her days are numbered unless she
changes front and gets busy in an effort
to give some measure OF relief to the
population within her bloody borders.
President Taft has shown a hitherto
unsupported weakness in the dilatory
manner in which he has dealt with that
country. 1t is to be hoped that the in
coming administration will deInopstrate
to a waiting world that the Stars and
Stripes are supreme on this continent
and IS able and willing to protect
American citizens at home and abroad,
IN land or sea. Recently it has been
an ignominiOus failure and our rational
emblem in Mexico has not been as DO
tent as "a red flag in n bull ring.