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Evening journal., 1913-07-05
Woman's Wisdom,

Why is it," queried the very youns
man. that women never tell their
age?"
Because" answered the wise guy,
they are always old enough to know
better"
Evening journal., 1913-07-05

fake"
"You regret your bargain already?"
she asked with apparent simplicity.
The dealer scanned her with
shrewd eyes and saw nothing save
her little dove-gray personality with
soft brown eyes under the gray hat.
"Yes--perhaps let that 500 go too
quick"
Evening journal., 1913-07-05

please give me a receipt for the
money"
Five minutes afterward Elsie Cha
pin walked out of the antique shop
carrying a violin case. She had part
ed with half of the savings 1t had
taken her two years to accumulate,
but somehow she felt supremely hap
py. She was about to make some one
else very happy, too.
Evening journal., 1913-07-05
Yiracions namseI

your daughter" remarked the new
neighbor, who was making a duty call,
seems TO have a buoyant disposition. Z"
Yes" replied Mrs. Meadowgrass,
with a sigh; that's her only fault
She's bit too fond Of the boys"
Evening journal., 1913-07-05
Not OuIte Clear.

Diggs-Beg pardon. but did un-
derstand you to say 1t costs you $10.-
600 a year to live?
Biggs-Yes.
Diggs-Then why do you do it,
Evening journal., 1913-07-05

Then will give you 500 for it,
said Elsie a little breathlessly.
Welt" the dealer laughed shortly,
Il would not make anything and l am
in business to make money"
"You said IL was not worth 800,
corrected Elsie, looking him straight
in the eyes 81 will give YOU 800 for
Il now" She opened her purse.
Call It s105. miss, thank you The
Evening journal., 1913-07-05
Just Smiles
laid up fer BIZ months?"

IdIu uU IUI hIA HUHIuo
Certainly, poor mani" replied the
kind lady. Here's a dollar for you.
How did you happen to get caught in
an elevator?"
de perlice wuz too quick fer me-"
explained the h. h. as he hastily beat
IL
Evening journal., 1913-07-05

aren't you glad, too?"
"Of course"
Il was telling him yesterday that
when you two sit side by side on the
Evening journal., 1913-07-05
nd the clock tioked on.
How II Hammered.

"Please, ma'am," said the husky ho-
bo, would youse help a pore feller
Evening journal., 1913-07-05

he we're there had doubts about It.
Bob and ! are gladl" gushed Miss
Molly after the car got started.
"Y-e-s?"
Evening journal., 1913-07-05
BY WALTER GREGORY.

! was a full half hour
after the curtain rose
when Travis saw her.
Even then he was
doubtful. In the
maze of pretty girls
who weaved through
the intricate and be-
wildering combina-
tions Of dances and
marches on the
stage, he could not
Evening journal., 1913-07-05
IH9HHHHIh9T8I
BY ELSIE ENDIcoTT.

ISIS ADDIE BURROWS
! !. ! . ! ]. !. J ! !. ]. ] J !. !. !" !. !.
hyETsNHN had shifted out OF
short frocks into
Y4eXryl - long, and the braids
NSee9iS9 kA that once hung down
hi II ia her back were there
,N4fkavSa-R4, no longer. She wal
a young lady now, q
%a3is 6sZIG tall willbwy young
~ lady who must climb
= trees at night II she
climbs at all
Miss Addie was not lean enough to
cause her TO answer the Get Fat" ad-
vertisements, nor yet fat enough 10
wish TO reduce her weight 80 pounds
IN one week. She was q nice sweet
girl, and growing sweeter every day.
Has a nice, sweet young lady any
moral or legal right to have a preju-
dice against anything or anybody ?
Miss Addie had one. She didn't tell
II to everybody, but she talked with
herself about Il very often.
That prejudice was against sawed
of men, both young and old She
could stand red hair or cock eyes or
turn-in toes, but when Il came TO a
man FIVE feet two inches high strut
ting around With his chest thrown out
abe looked the other way.
II was no use for the father TO say
that Napoleon was a sawed-off man,
or the mother TO announce that Alex
anoer the Great could hardly squint
over fence five feet high. This was
a new era in the world around her
and short men should either have
grown to giants or dwindled tc
uwarfs
AS for Miss Addie herself. she meas.
bred five feet six, and paid no atten.
zion whatever TO those who protested
that Venus was an inch less in height
Evening journal., 1913-07-05
His Experience

HIS Experience.
Il suppose" said the bachelol
that 1t is easy to get a wife"
"It is" replied the ex-bachelor, "bu
it's not so easy to keep one. A wifi
is an expensive luxury"
Evening journal., 1913-07-05
BY WILL SEAT.
Isle was glad

Sic was glad 10 leave
the stuffy office and
come out into the aft
ernoon sunshine OF
Maidstone SO. She
paused for an in
stant and hesitated.
Up In the little
hall bedroom that
she called home in
lieu OF a better one,
there was a pretty
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-19
HIST0RY'S MOST FAMOUS 10Y
Bright Stone With Which Boer Chill
dren Were Playing Led to Dia-
mond Field Discovery.

What is the most famous toy in his
tory? We would give the palm not to
any elaborate mechanical contrivancs
or lifelike. doll, but to the simple.
bright. stone that in 1867 a Dutch far
mer found some Boer children using
as a plaything.
For the farmer sent the stone to
the Cape for examination and the re-.
suit was the discovery Of the diamond
fields Of South Africa. And the child's
plaything found it's way to the Paris
exhibition, where it sold for $500.
According to a Japanese belief, dolls
sometimes come alive, acquiring a
soul in process Of being played with
by successive generations Of children.
Food Is provided for them and they
are treated with great care, lest neg.
lect should bring trouble upon the
household. One pretty story tells how
4 childless husband and wife borrowed
q doll that had gained a soul, fed and
clothed 1t, and deservedly prospered
thereafter.
All this is in utter contrast with the
unpleasant theory Of Varro about
dolls. He held that the dolls given to
little Romans at Christmas-that is to
say, at the acknowledgements
original sacrifices Of human beings to
the Internal god.-London Chronicle.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-19
PORCELAIN DUE TO ACCIDENT
Discovered by Chinese Workers
About FOG B.. c.

Near the year 206 B. c., In the bo-
ginning Of the dynasty of Han, some
workers In earthenware set their pots
l the oven to bake. and forgot them.
When they remembered them and
opened the oven doors they found that
the pots were vitrified in shining
spots. In this way the enameling Of
porcelain was discovered. When
freed Of its dross the substance grew
lighter, become clear, and acquired
a grain as fine and smooth as VEL
vet and a thin, hard, translucent body
that rang like a bell. .
The art of monochromatic glazing
was discovered in the time Of the
dynasty Of Sung (960-1280 B. c..
Occasionally the action Of the fire sep
arated the pigments and produced ex-
cessiye richness Of color. The Mon
gol invasion checked the progress Of
ceramic art. In 1853 Tai-Tsu, the
son of a day laborer, dethroned the
emperor and founded the dynasty Of
Ming, whose reign persisted until
1914. Tai-Tsu lost no time in restor-
Ing The imperial manufactures. He
gave the national mandatory tho
monopoly Of the work in porcelain, az
cepting nothing but the white pottery
manufactured by the artisans Of
Tehua. Under the new impetus an
the ancient methods were revived and
perfected. The system Of ~three-colos
and ~fve-color decoration, after a pre-
limlnary firing, dates from the TO
Nuisance of art under the Ming dy-
nasty.-Harper's Weekly.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-19
NO MOCK PATRIOTISM
FOR PRESIDENT WILSON
He Cuts Out All Appearances Of
= Playing, TO the Gallery.

~ Washington City is aghast. At his first
public appearance; at a theatrical box
party, byinstructions of President Wilson
the box was not 'draped with flags, and for
the first time in the memory of the Wash
ington public the band did not play the
"Star Spangled Banner" when the President
appeared.
OF course, it shocks Washington to have
traditions shattered and flummery cut out
by the President. But is there any more
reason for a band to play the "Star
Spangled'B Banner" when the President en-
ters' altheatre than for it to play Good
night, Ladies'" when he goes 10 bed7 True,
President Wilson is not a lady, but neither
is he a star Spangled banner San Fran
cisco Star.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-19
HATS OFF TO q
7~'WHIIAM HOWARD TAFT

Althoe discredited by his own
party at the polls last November,
according to that strong" defender
Of Democracy for more than half a
century, = the louisville Courier
JOURNAL William Taft = leaves the
White House strong with the
American people asta'"man." That
is, In air probability the measure
of the man, as the historian Of the
future Will write it when the pres:
ent generation is dead and gone.
"Fhe president that goes out today
= did surely find Jordan aehafd road
to travel! He that journeyed from
Jerusalem to Jericho found not a
harder .s.'.
+"Injina on the upper way,
And death upon the lower. H.t
Every mile beset' with peril; the
tariff sink-holes; the Ballinger
morass: the Pinchot ambuscade,
though Of pop guns, exasperating
If not murderous; the yawning
chasms and impossible CULTS of
spFugressiSism, as; stiff surviving,
che down the home strech, the
Jersey SUPERINTENDENT
and finding a bridge over the bodies
of the slain piled up in the ditch
which Roosevelt made. .
Hats off to William Taft! He
was called to answer many sins not
his'own. There is something worse
in this wicked old world than de
feat. dishonor. All the Teddys on
top o. dirt cannot lay that cross of
humiliation upon the back, nor
press the crosse shame upon the
brow of William Howard aaTaft.
He'll is full Of Gdesecfatedii friend
ships; broken pledges:H euhexpiated
sin and unacceptable mistakes; but
Heaven has still one halo left for
him, "He Hath Done His Duty AS
He Seen It. writ all over in letters
of living light.
Hats off to William HbwardT Taft!
Long may he live to show what
an e~x-president ought to be!
Nature herself may stand uncover
ed nd exclaim: ae'fBehold a
manP'
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-19
IS WOODROW WILSON TO BE
ANOTHER ABRAHAM LINCOLN?

Woodrow Wilson, Man Of the Hour,
has an opportunity to make himself the
greatest president since Abraham Lin.
coin, and to keep the Democratic party
In power for years to come.
This Is true not merely because he is
today President of the United States.
There have been other big men presi-
dent since Lincoln. It is because Wood
row Wilson realizes that the one great
principal issue that confrohts the Re-
public is not the-starf6 issue, the cur
reAty isSue,' or tie trust issue, but the
Issue ofShdthanity. Taft did not realize
this, hence his failure.
The tariff issue. the currency issue
and the trust issue are simply aritn-
metical problems that, may bS worked
out, but the issue'of huffAniey lie ono of
conscience anc sSai.t tPhS ffSt named
issues are business PROPOSITIONS and
concern dividends and dollars chiefly,
while the issue of humanity refers to
human rights, the protection of women
and children and all those who are be.
ing oppressed by organized greed.
If the american public will read
Woodrow wilson4ihhushral HSpeech q
second time, aetetyetO Appreciation 81
the light that he sgvs may be had. Nc
inaugural speech, save the first one, OF
abraham Lincoln, ever read like it.
"Ws know our task is to be no tasi
of politics, he says, ''buta task which
will search us through aud through
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-19

BY special arrangement with
one Of the leadiog nurseries in
the northwest, the Daily and Week
ly Independent has lnaugurated the
biggest and best newspaper cam
paign ever attempted in the state.
1t is not a voting contest" and
Cheap John merchandise is not
palmed of at many times its value.
1t is a genuine effort on the part
Of the management of this paper to
arouse a lively interest Throughout
the state in arbor culture. There
is nothing SO alluring and satisfy
ing to the eye as an abundance
of Ornamental and shade trees.
A great deal of care in supplying
water and cultivation is absolutely
necessary in this state in order to be
successful in growing any kind of
trees. See that your trees are not
neglected and they will be a con-
slant source of pleasure aud. in
the case of fruit and nut trees,
of profit as we'll.
A we'll kept lawn. covered with
ornamental trees and Towering
shrubs is q thing of beauty and a
joy forever"
A flower garden around the
house is a beautiful sight to look
upon. Climbing roses and clematis
makes the veranda look cool and
pleasant in the hot summer days.
A charming mixture of foliage
and beautiful flowers give such
a home-liKe feeling that it makes
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-19
THOUSANDS Of DOLLARS WORTH OF NURSERY STOCK GIVEN
AWAY ABSOLUTELY FREE 10flRDEPEND.
NT 2REhDERS
Great Opportunity to Get a Supply of Forest Trees
Adapted to this Climate.

one feel and realize that he is liv-
ing in Gods chosen country.
For n yearly subscription paid
in advance The Weekly Indepen-
dent will give 25 Concord Grape
Vines and 100 Seeding Forest
Trees, as follows: 25 Cstalpa, 25
Soft Maple Trees, % Elm and 25
Box Elders.
For every cash subscription paid
into this Office, whether for arrears
or in advance. we give the above
premiums. A two years ~subscrip-
ton will entitle a subscriber to
double the amount. etc.
Parties living in town who do
not want forest trees may take in
lieu thereofShade, Ornamental or
Fruit Trees, or Roses, Clematis or
some other Towering shrub of
value.
Parties wishing to substitute
may take Black Locust. Ash or
Cotton wood or ally of them, in
lieu of the above.
Any of the trees mentioned in
the advertisement ear be procured
through this office in quantities
at SIS per hundred.
This premium offer applies to
subscriptions to the Daily as we'll
as the Weekly in proportion to the
cash paid into this office.
These trees r all from IL to Is
inches. The grape vines are one
year old. They will be sent to any
postofice in Nevada Parcels
Post paid.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-19
Almost the Limit

A Boston girl who had just return
ed from her first trip abroad was ask
ed II she had been seasick. "Seasick!"
she replied. "Why, I went into the
stateroom and sat down on my best
hat-and I didn't care!"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-19
Unfair Blow.

Charming Wife-"Gerald, all I had
to pay for this lovely hat was $50.
How does it strike you?" Surprised
Husband ~(gasp;ng) Marie, that
strikes me below the money belt!"-
Chicago Tribune.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-19


hang In tho balance. 1 summon all
honest men, all patriotic. all forward
fo6kihg men, to my side. God helping
Pme, T win not fail them, IL they will
but counsel and sustain mel"
People BEHIND Wilson.
It Is an old tradition in Congressional
circles In Washington that q president
must not interfere" with either branch
of Congress. He may submit whatever
views he may have on q subject, and
recommend the passage of any legisla-
ton he may desire, but after that, &C
cording to tradition, he must sit with
his hands folded and watch legislation,
which may be highly desirable to the
people, be peacefully chloroformed in
committee and pass into oblivion.
1t is said that Woodrow Wilson is
going to disregard this tradition This
will be for the public good. The only
ones who will protest will be those
opposed to the progressive ideas that
Woodrow Wilson stands for.
5 The president will be sustained by
popular sentiment. The people. repub-
hcans as we'll as democrats, have for
years been demanding a square deal at
the hands of their public servants in
Washington. They still demand it.
They don't care whether it comes from
a democrat or republican, they simply
want it. President Woodrow Wilson
proposes to give it to them. The
people know full we'll he will have to
fight. and they will hold up his hands,
even should he find it necessary, in
their interest, to break down a half
dozen traditions!
Whatthe People Pay.
The people of the United States pay
a subsidy in a~rti6cially high prices to
the wool industry of at least $1O4 900
600 a year, according to calculations of
Hon. Oscar w. Underwood, of Ala
bama, chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee of the House of Representa-
tives.
1.-The Payne-Aldrich tariff tax of 81
cents per yard, to say nothing of any
increase in tax as it passes to the job
her, makes not less than Sl04, OOO, 900
paid each year to substitute the wool in
dustry of America" says Mr.. Under.
wood. "Now the entire duties actually
paid the United States on all imports
of woolens and worsteds in 1910
amounted to less than SIS zoo, 900,
which means that of the $1O4, OOO, 900
extorted from the purchasers of wool
ems, nearly 500, 900, OOO went to the
wooden industry.
us it fair or just or right to main
tain these enormous taxes unduly to
foster the business of less than one
fourth of per cent. of the people
and to require ninety-nine and three
fourtfs to stagger under this enormous
burdenf"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-19
Reasonable Stipulation.

- "shall we admit Wombat to u Sub.
,limated Order of the Kibosh? He al
ready belongs to seven secret socie-
ties" "Tm in favor Of admitting him
II there's enough Of him left to work
Our ritual on."LKAnsas City Journal
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-19
New Idea In Fruit Growing.

An electric motor to vibrate gently
a fruit tree so that the sap flows to
tho buds and blossoms and enables
them to resist frost has been patented
by q Colorado orchardist. .
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-19
He kneW.

What happens" shouted the can
didate, when you put the almighty
dollar before the mani" "The man
goes after It," answered the old far
mer In the front row.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-19
UauaI Wav.

Truth crushed to earth will rise
again. but nine times out of ten the
automobile gets away frste -Ldppin.
Gotta
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-19
Scotch,

I ken, Donald, we've had two fine
days the month" Aye, mon, and one
was snappet up by the Sawbath."
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-19
Tho Boa rsnohnr.

Men do'nothins excellent but by i'm.
,ttation OF nature.-Jesn jacques Rous.
'seau.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-19
sex pthetsnee.

N man +of,ed' needs a new hat when
he doesn't want It, but there are no
women like that.-Atchison Globe.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-19
FIsh's Strange Method.

The fish Paratilapia multicolor
matches her eggs in pockets in her
mouth.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-19
Largest Bird Of Prey.

EdTStS bITu OF FTcy.
The worlds largest bird Of prey ia
the bearded vulture. From tip to tip
Of wing it measures nine or ten feet.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-19

Entered ~ the Elko Dostofne for transmission
through the mails - second class matter. .
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-19

Mems hearts wait upon US; mems lives
hang In tho balance. I summon all
honest mon, all patriotic, all forward
rocking men, to myiside. God helping
me, T win not fail them, II they will
but counsel and sustain mel"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1913-10-30

seen the ledger kissing Mrs. Alex
ander in the kitchen at midnight.
Not only that, but Mrs. S., who was
of a musical turn, gave vent to her
feelings in song. One of these songs,
sung in her back yard in very loud
voice, was: ooh! father, if you don't
come home I'll run away with the
lodger." Mrs. A. and the lodger
both gave evidence denying the kiss
ing. The jury found for the plain
tiffs, with e5 damages for Mrs. A..
and 1 farthing damages for Mr.. A,
not half enough for mug of ale.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1913-10-30
ONLY THREE PRIMARY c0LoRS
Union Of Red, yellow and Blue Give
Birth to All Varieties Of
Tints.

Red, yellow and blue are the three
elementary colors whose union gives
birth to all the varieties that delight
our eyes. We have an illustration of
this in one of natures most beauti-
full phenomena, the rainbow. It is
composed of seven colors, in which
we distinguish the red, yellow and
blue in all their purity.
Life is unproductive until til.
three united in one bring all things
to perfection. Plants will blossom
into a bright passion of life under
the influence of the red and yellow
roys, but no fruit appears without
the added power of the blue ray. The
red is the calorie, or heating prin-
ciple.; yellow, the luminous or light
giving principle; while in the blue
we have the power of actinism, or
chemical action.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1913-10-30
COMEDY OF KISSES.

A bit of comedy came into a dull
London court the other day, a COM
edy of kisses. Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Alexander, in Aldgate, keep dodgers.
One of these dodgers bears a striking
resemblance to Mr.. Alexander. Mr..
and Mrs. Benjamin Shrimpsky are
next-door neighbors, and Mrs. S.,
said counsel for the plaintiffs, had
told other neighbors that she had
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1913-10-30
MAN WHO SLEPT FOR LIVING
Peculiar Occupation Of EnsIIshman az
Disclosed In Advertisement
Printed In 1711.

TO sleep for ones living may ap-
peal to some as more attractive
alternative than to work for ones liy-
ing. But the feat has been achieved.
In the Daily Courant of August
9, 1771, the following advertisement
appears: nicholas Hart, who slept
last year in st. Bartholomew hos
pital, intends to sleep this year at
the Cock and Bottle in Little Brit
AIM" Some further particulars of
this professional somnolist are found
in the Spectator for October 1 of
that year. It appears that Hart was
every year seized with a periodical
fit of sleeping, which began on Au-
gust 5 and ended on the eleventh.
Its various stages are thus de-
scribed:
Con the 1st Of that month he grew
dull; on the I'd, appeared drowsy;
on the Sd, fell a-yawning; on the
4th, began to nod; on the 9Th,
dropped asleep; on the 9Th, was
heard to snore; on the 9TH, turned
himself in his bed; on the 9Th, re-
covered his former posture; on the
9th, fell a-stretching; on the 10th,
about midnight, awaked; on the
18th, in the morning, called for a
little small beer" This performance,
it is asserted, gained for Hart
enough to support himself for a
twelvemonth."
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1913-10-30
HALLOWEEN AT PLUNKVILlE.

"Now, Nose, if you takes part in
the apple-bobbin' contest tonight l
wants you to do so with some refine
ment."
'Who, me ?"
eyes, and not swaller no apples at
a single swaller."- Courier-J ournal.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1913-10-30
DAD WAS "WlSE."

Girl (anxiously)-Well, what did
papa say?
Impeemious Lover-He said he'd
be delighted to have me for a son-in-
law, only he couldn't afford it.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1913-10-30
IN TIE SMALL HOURS,

He-Do not provoke me with an
CRY reproaches, woman, or may use
strong words.
She-You've got the right kind of
breath to use them with.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1913-10-30

Ordered and paid for by Fl. NJ. Moorhead.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-09

Golfers Weekly is right in declaring
a great deal of very bad advice has
been and Is being given the admins
tration, much of which is based on the
notion that the Mexicans are like us,
only more sunburnt. One difference
must be insisted upon: grant that the
Mexicans are proud, courteous, loyal,
dignifed, and all the rest of it, yet the
fact remains that our political notions
center about the idea of law while
theirs centers about the idea of force.
Our popular leader is the great law
giyer; theirs is the successful soldier.
And they have most grim and tren-
chant proverb, to the effect that the
true soldier must be without fear and
without pity" In the acceptance of
that satanic ideal lies the key to much
of Mexicos misery-the hendish be-
trayals, vengeances, and all the rest of
the devilish chaos with which that I'M
happy land is now tormented.