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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-28
ANCIENT STONE SUN DIAL
e Was 0ulit Into q Church But,rssa
Probably n the ThIrts0nth
Century.

The Stone sun dial. probably Of the
thirteenth century. which has lust been
placed In the south wall Of the chancel
OF West C1andon church. IL likely to
b OF considerable interest to anti
QuarieS The dial. which has unfor-
tunately last its gnomon. was till re-
Gently built into the western side Of
. huttrosS. having apparently been r.
garded n . piece Of stone Of no value.
The stone on which the dial In cut
u Of chalk and the dial In about a foot
across. The engraving Of the lines
On the face II deep and sharp, tho
stone being In = good state Of preser-
walton. and the hole in which tho
gnomon had been fixed II wide and
deep. At each Of those positions on
tho face Of the dial which In . clock
would be called the quarters four dots
are engraved, but these dots are AZ
ranged In different positions. Sun dials
such ~ that at West Clandon are
not at AL rare and at one time they
were probably placed on every church.
Indeed. ut saltwood. in Kent, there
arc three close together, but particu-
lar interest attaches to the specimen
Mt West Clandon from the fact that It
II much nearer perfect than IL Sensr-
ally the cASe.-The Guardian.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-28
NEVADA STILL SAFE

Rochester has had its first shooting
scrape and we may now look for the
camp to forge ahead. The history of
tho west tends to show that no mining
camp was ever worth a cent until they
had q graveyard started on the side
hill; a lynching or two and a mining
strike wherein some famous mining
man Is shown the trail down the can
yon. These are the things to be looked
for and invited and tend to show the
permauency of the district.
Nevada at tho present time has a
moral wave spreading over it which
will have to be borne with for n
short time and then the state will COM
mence ngain on the road to advance.
ment. 1t is even limited that an at
tempt will be made to do away with
capital punishment in the state by the
present Legislature and that raging at
public halls will be placed under the
ban. It will be a misdemeanor for
hotels to serve Goldfish, onions and linn
burger cheese on the same Friday and
all newspapermen are to be given q
strict examination by the bar associa-
tion Of the state before they will be
allowed to publish papers in the state.
Nevada will recover from all this but
it twill take time, and it comes as q ray
of sunshine through the darkness IL
know that red blood is flowing in the
mining camps and the state may yet be
saved.-Carson News.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-28
SENATOR BELL HAS /.
DOPE ON SCHEME
Lands Regularly on the Hum.
botdtsrs.

Senator Bell, OF Humboldt, is with.
out any question the mist popular m;iii
in that section of the country.
Much of this no doubt comes from his
magnetic ways and general affability.
but tae real source of it naturally
Capitol to Winnemucca.
During a campaign when he is intro
duced 20 an audience the people rist
up, stand on their chairs and cheer an:
swing their hats for several minutes.
The chairman .oi the meeting don
= 70 - ment!ru his name or say 4
wuri. En is known even to the chill
Grcn OF he cant us the man who will
some day come home with the Capitol
building. and babies and streets are
being named after him every year.
Or course, if the question should eve
he settled Bell would be out Of q pol!!s
cal job. He kegs the idea dangling
before the noses of tn, Humboldt people
and thy feel so cock sure of it thai
they will elect Bell to the Senate for
the next forty years. s
Each time he merely states to ms
aumirlng constituency that he is going
down to Carson TO educate the people
"a little more" on the question and he
goes no further. Pandimonium breaks
loose and the shingles on the roof fly
sidewiSe with the cheering.
If the Capitol question were ever
settled definitely, it would be a sad day
for NJ. Bell. AS it is. his face wear
thlt'ha py and contented smile that we
all KIN wv here and like so well, and it
might be u good idea to keep the smile
the @.
No one takes the question seriously
outsid, of Winnemucca and some Of
the outlying portions of Carson City,
and ~ the game may as well so on. Al
pleases Bell and keeps him coming here
and the Appeal knows ONO onein Win
nemucca that it would rather meet thar
Bell.-Carson Appeal.
If those fellows down at Carson dom
be good, our w and only Senator
Coryell is liable to get busy on behalf
of Exc. Why notP Elko is mucf
nearer the center of the state. thar
Carson City-and it is not a dead one
either.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-28
LITERATURE FOR ALL MOODS
That 10 What Librarians Are Expected
to Select for Their Exaetlrg
Patrons.

Infinite are the requirements and
profound the Judgment Of librarians
The other day a little girl who does
the family marketing rushed into o
branch library with the announce
ment that the sewing society was 90
Ing to meet at her mothers house that
afternoon and wouldn't tho librarian
please send around q book suitable
for the elocutionists Of the circle to
read aloud while the others worked.
The young woman appealed to sent
the sequel to a particularly charming
story that had beguiled the tedium Of
hat same circle on q previous after
noon. In a short while the little girl
returned the book.
ma says this amt the kind of .
story they need today" she said.
They amt workin' on baby clothes
and shirtwaists today. They're darn.
in mems socks and mendin' shirts.
and they want something suitable"
There vas a consultation Of iibrar-
ians. Just what kind of literature
would At the mental attitude OF women
engaged In darning socks and mend
ing shirts was a question hitherto I'm.
considered. They decided on 4 wo.
mans rights pamphlet called THE
Eternal Warfare" Apparently It
suited, for the child did not bring II
back.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-28
BEST OF ALL SHORTCAKES
pared for the Table to Be at
lite Best.

Best served warm and do not I'LL
until ready to serve. Split cake, lay
top inverted on a plate. I'LL with
fresh OIL canned sliced peaches, well
seasoned apple sauce, or best Of all,
with crushed or sliced strawberries.
Fruit should be literally sugared.
When center IL we'll filled place
the top layer on. cover with fruit
and serve with cream.
Ingredients: Two cupfuls Of sifte6
pastry -four, two teaspoonfuls Of ba-
king powder. three tablespoonfuls OF
butter, two tablespoonful of butter.
two tablespoonfuls Of sugar, one egs
and threeQuarters cupful Of milk.
Method: Sift salt and baking pow.
der into -four after II has been sifted
once and measured. Cream, butter,
sugar and egg until light. Into this gen.
~ stir the milk and flour, alternating
(do not beat, Just stir lightly, then
pour into creased layer cake tin.
Bake in brisk oven, then split and
prepare with the fruit as directed in
foregoing recipe. ~
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-28
MADE HIM GOOD AMERICAN
Act Of Wlss Father That Kept His
10y In The Path Of His
Birth and Duty.

n In claiming rather . great deal to
say that . ohild's whole future career
may depend upon the hearing of q
story! But, unQuestionably, II Is true.
4 boy I know, whose parents were
obliged to live In England during two
OF his early ysArs-from the time he
was eight until he was ten-said to
his father one day: Am I an Eng
ushman, an American, or haven't /
any country at all?"
His father. q loyal American, startled
at this question, read to the boy "a
Man Without . Country"
You r an American" he told the
boy. Never forget thAti"
The boy, now q man. IN just about to
enter tho United States army. Much
OF his life has been passed In other
countries. but he Is an American.
II think I might have become an
Englishman, or a man with no partio-
ular loyalty to any flag" he said re-
GENTLY, had 1t not been for the story
Of "A Man Without a Country which
my father read to me when / WAS q
little boy IN England. I didn't under
stand all Of It, but I understood
enough to keep me forever loyal to
the land Of my birth. no matter where
I might happen to be growing up
Elizabeth McCracksn In the Home
Progress Magazine.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-28
Bonaparts az sehooiboy

SS'HPS'S oSiSOtoOv
The following is a copy Of the cor
tifcate given to the great Napoleon
IN leaving school. 1t was handed to
him fer presentation to the king of
France by the Inspector OF the Col.
lege OF Brienne:
IN. de Bonaparte (Napoleon). born
the 18th Of August. 1869. Height,
four feet ten inches ten lines five
feet six and one-half inches); has fin,
shed his fourth degree. -
"Of good constitution. excellent
health, a character docilo. frank and
graceful and strictly regular in con-
duct; has always distinguished him
self by his application to mathe-
matics; he Is tolerably ~conversant
with history and geography; rather
deficient in, polite accomplishments
as we'll as Latin. having only I'm
ished his fourth course. Would make
an excellent marine.
Deserves to pass to the school at
Paris"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-28
Magic Of tho Rainbow.

The rainbow shimmering high In
The heavens Is more than a mere arch
of glowing colors. 1t Is q royal am.
bassa6or from the kingdom OF nature.
r herald bearing a message of vast
Importance to mankind. Written up
on it's brilliantly-hued, shining arch
way Is a truth hat man has finally
appreciated after the countless ages
that have passed since the first rain
bow glorifed the heavens. And this
truth Is what? Nothing less han the
revelation of the component elements
that constitute the sun and stars and
the dim-shining nebulae lost IN the
iarthermost hiding places OF the
verse. BY NEAR Of this truth, writ
ten large upon the raindrops, we
know more about the composition o.
the sun. SO. 000, 900 miles from the
earth, than we do about the world IN
which we dwell.--Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-28
MAN CREATOR OF 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 tho
stone has formed It; the trees. the
flowers, wen the insects and beasts
r plastic materials In the hands Of
the Great Potter. Through It, in unS
thinkable time. the bodies are formed
for nan He enters the temple pre-
pared for him. and nature. who has
been supreme, now bows before tho
mystery. She sees before her not alone
the world stun to be fashioned. but
the very creative spark. No longer
can she mold unaided. It becomes her
once now to furnish the opportunities
for the entering man, who has before
him the herculean task Of evolving the
human mind. No outside force alone
can make him. The creative seed IL
itself within him. Every event, every
circumstance, is something to be mo
and acted upon by him the creator OF
his own destiny. Whether ignorantly
or consciously, he works in the illimit-
able and e1haustless laboratory of n4
ture, and therein slowly but surely
fashions-character. Human laws may
be framed and forgotten: temples may
be reared and crumble; whole C
may pass through their allotment of
sorrow, despair and Joy, and be no
more; continents may rise and SINK;
but character. by means Of which all
these things IRE formed and colored,
character. as part Of man, the immor-
tai. endures.-Gertrude ian Pelt In the
T~heosophical Path
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-28
Telling the Bees.

The custom Of telling tbs bees" 10
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.
larry when It is that OF the master or
mistress.
Some n raps upon the board sup.
porting the hives and says: Mourn
with uB, master Tor mistrese) or the
house is dead"
1t Ia thought that II this duty IL
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 tho sad messs ze.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-28
No Need to Worry.

A lovely woman who lives on Rox-
ford road. East Cleveland. is the
proud mother Of two boys. Reginald
Is six years old. while Ronald In not
yet two. Both children are active
and inQuisitive. SO 1t has become neo-
essary to employ a young girl to
watch them. * ~ r
Mamma IL subject to headaches,
and mamma has discovered the sort of
proprietary pills that will relieve
them. One mustn't take more than
one per hour. And the other after
noon mamma had a headache, took q
pill and went to rest. After q while
she got up to repeat the dose-and
found the pill box empty. She sum-
moned the maid.
"Frida!" she cried. Did Reginald
Iwallow all those pills. Answer mel"
Nom" answered Frida. with q
smile. Don't be scared none. He's
q ohenerous kid-he gate half Of 'em
to der baby!"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Dealer.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-28
Salaries Of Naval Oficero,

The pay Of commissioned officers IL
the navy varies with rank and length
OF service, and there are
other factors which must be taken in.
to account. The amount received in
individual cases may be worked out
by a study Of the regulations con.
tanned In the Navy Register, which IL
obtatnable in any well-equipped public
library. The commander Of q vessel
Of the naval auxiliary service would
not be correctly called a captain"
but master" The rates Of pay of
this class of officers are not set forth
In the Navy Register, since they are
rot regularly commissioned officers Of
he navy.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-28
To Iron Fine pamask L,nen.

There is a superstition that fine
damask shows up better If ironed with
out drying. a superstition that de-
serves to be exploded. Hang your
linen very smooth and take 1t down,
folding it m smooth as possible, when
1t II fairly damp. Let 1t lie folded and
covered thickly an hour or so, then
iron dry. This you can do with in
lnitely less wear to the fabric than II
you ironed 1t sopping wet. AS to the
saving Of muscle no words are needed.
II things are allowed to get bone dry,
then sprinkled down, they never come
quite SO smooth as If folded damp.
But bone drying in midsummer sun il
worth while now and again, in that 1t
sweetens and whitens as no artificial
agency possibly can.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-28

Nye county now boasts of the larg-
est marble quarry in the west, in ad-
dition to containing the largest silver
producing camp in the world. Nothing
is leing said about this county leading
the state i'll the matter of quicksilver
production during the last year nor of
the increased gold output. Verify, Nye
IS yet to witness the height of its fame
and prosperity.-Bonanza.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-28
wor.9s o.ess. ,nv...r.n..

TA0 oldest hVsstn0nt security %
OArNh = TIE Roal 0SGata mortgage. We
kn0W thaE m0n01 va loAnOd on mort
GA0os n a0c4snt BabyS0n. In the time
q ~ AAmHsAA. 0Oar thousand
y0Afs -. End tAAk some two thou
SAd Av0 hundred yOHRs 30 the great
BAh1tcoiAn banking house Of thG
pgfn family invested large sums IN
nortEA9Os On both city ana farm prop
o1O. the mortgages being recorded O
bricks. which hate been preserved -
Tie safety deposit vaults Of tAooO
6m~-GrOat OarthOnwAr0 Ar b19SoA
- uO ,Oarth-prOs0rv0d HoAl ~
ARohsoloGists. In our own ~. ~
-. dug them up to show N vhGA.
where and bow mortgages orGGtnAAoA.
-0sli0'R
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-28
To Fry Fish.

Take white salt fish. remove all the
bones by breaking the backbone at
tho tail and pulling toward tho head;
those that do not come out with the
backbone can easily Do removed by
slipping q knife blade under tho ends
which always stick out Ct the flesh.
When this is done place sdn side up
in a large pan of water. In which q
little soda has been aided. soak over
night. press out all the water, roll In
meal. fry crisp and brown and you
will have to pick out bones,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-28
Al He Could Think OF.

Fisherman-Here comes another
dead fish, Pat: the rivers full of
them. What's the meaning Of It?
Pat-Sure. 1 cannot tell at all. at
all, sorr, onless It's this terrible fut
aud mouth disease.-Punch.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-28
Fortunate Llsohtsrs+.,n.

Li~echtenstsin. the smallest Of ma.
ropes sovereign states, bss q 3
sroh, q parliament, but no tsxes ana
no army. 1t is preparing to celebrate
the second century Of its indepsn-
denoe. Prince John II. provides its
finances, and In return dominates
three Of It's 1b msnbsrs Of Darlia,
msnt
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-28
Full EaXorlfaa.
ElndIna Out.

Father, In It true that two can
i've as cheap az onef"
That's an old saying, my dear"
do you believe 1T"
." think It can be DONE"
But II I marry George do you think
you oan manage to support him with
the sum you now spend on me every
yearf"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-28

A rock thrown hundreds Of feet into
the air by q blast at the Utah Copper
compeny's mine cost the life, Sunday
afternoon, Of Louis Hernandez, a Mexi-
can laborer, who wa shoveling coal
from q railroad car hundreds of feet
away. was the victim, the falling rock
crushing his skull Death was instau-
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-28
Comma On

Fweddy let a loss for something to
Say)--I suppose, Miss Maizie, you're
AVA matinee girl.
Miss Maizie-Not yet. I guess you
are thinking OF my cousin Rita. I'm
iust msw's girl.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-28

To Remove Iron Marks From Linen.
TO romov0 iron rust from your me
tAbI0 nn0n without causing any injury
% the fabric, moisten the spots with
Q Httl0 hot water. then stretch the
ltnan ov0r . hot plato and apply salt
and lemon Juice rather thickly. rub
bling II into the fabric with the warm
bowl of = bone saltspoon or q white
metal spoon. The treatmep: may have
70 be repeated. but with = little pa,
ti0nce It win effectually remove al
traces Of the disnguring yellow m(1
and cause not the slightest iAjurI4tO
the linen. Salts Of lemon a. put MP
and sold by the druggist will produce
the same results. but - the strength
Of the acid salts II sometimes consid
0rable It must be very carefully ap
piled Or It may weaken the fabric.
Americas Oldest University.
The comparatively small connection
tho people Of the United States have
with Peru makes 1t dificult for many
to realize that In tho city Of Lima II
the oldest university in the new world,
the University Of San Harcos. founded
in 1858. A: this historic educational
institution . students was
held recently that was noteworthy In
Its character. The minister Of in
struction gave q magnificent banquet
In honor Of the delegates, at which a
large number Of distinguished guests
were present. and At which several
speeches a~ppreciative OF closer inter
course between the American nations
were made.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-28

taneous. Hernandez came to Bingham
from Nevada about q week ago. He
was 30 years Of age. His father resides
at Pueblo. Colorado.-Expositor.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-28
Somewhat Contradictory.

In America, says the Louisville
Courler-Lournal, a school teacher
works, upon the average, for about
half as much as q bricklayer, and has
to tell the boys that education is q
necessity II they would get on In life.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-28
Arts and Crafts Idea.

We have all seen very attractive
bits Of jewelry made from gold or sill
yer coins by having the background
space etched away, leaving only the
head and the encircling rim with a few
little connecting bars. The same idea
can be carried out by using for the
head a little silhouette portrait, made
by posing the subject against a bright
sky through O window In a room, dark
ened all except that n window, then
taking a snapshot. A camera taking q
picture two inches by three is large
enough and the whole head should be
less han an inch. Take several pic
lures until a good outline is obtained.
A baby's head IL exquisite and done
In silver would be a beautiful scarfpin.
For such a pin have only the head
without an encircling rim. A mothers
baby's head in gold would make q
pendant that would be a great treab
Nre. For a man who has two small
sons I am planning cuff links, each
link to have at one end a different"
boy, the other end Of the link, Of
course, to be the usual dumbell.-Do
hneator.
Easy.
A New Yorker had occasion to
phone from one suburb to another
while visiting In q western city. Upon
asking what the charge was, he was
told 30 cents.
fifty centsl For that distancei
Great Scott! In New York you can
call hell up for. so cents"
Possibly coolly answered the op-
orator. ITS In the city limits."-Ar-
gonAut
Aeeentuatina Plant Characters.
It has been found that under red
light (light through red glass; plants
become more robust than in any 9th
or. They also become more pro
nounced in their chief characteristic
leafy plant becomes more leafy, alI
shades Of green become more pro
nounoed, the sensitive plant more
sensitive and all in every way become
highly specialized.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-28
Johnny Cake.
African Dwarf Eiephants.

An English official In Uganda claims
TO have seen a herd Of dwarf ele-
plants, the existence Of which has
often been affirmed by natives. When
recently seen the company consisted
OF from 80 to 40 individual elephants
meandering In solitary fashion over q
plain. The observer was most aston
ished at the weak defenses offered BY
their bodies. None Of them had a tush
Of more than ten Kilograms in weight
A dead member Of the flock was after
ward found, the tusk Of which weighed
but eight Kilograms.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-28
ironing Sheets a Waste Of Effort.

Hang linen table cloths always
ACROSS tho warp-that Is, the length.
wise Of them. Warp threads are
doubly as strong as wool, and thus
better able to stand strain. Take down
sheets and 30 on when barely damp,
fold them, smooth them upon a clean
nat surface, then pile them n on
another under moderate weight in an
airy place. Don't iron them-it is a
waste Of effort. Do not iron stockings
or underwear. especially wooden un.
derwear.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-28
Annual Statement of the Winnie
muccs Water & Light Co., of
Winnemucca, Nevada.

Expenditures year 1912, Sal ,oa5.o7
Receipts .7e
$6,7Io.31
CT. Balance on hand Jan.
81, 1912. 81 ,729.5A
Dr.. Balance Jan. 81, 1918, 81, sso.77
MOSES REINHART,
Treasurer.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-28
No eurraaotte vIev,..

A visitor at a seaside boarding house
went into the local postofice and.
seeking to draw the postmaster into
conversation, asked him what his
views we're. a. to sufrragettes. "Hain't
got no views of that kind" replied the
postmaster, but we've got some fine
postcard Views G. The new viaduct
the Baptist churcA, and the new II
brary. Want to look at 'emi"-Lon-
don TttBits,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-28
To Avoid Qcorchlnn-

Many housekeepsrs do not know that
there IL q simple way to prevent potN.
toes from burning and sticking to the
bottom OF the pot. An Inverted Die
pan placed in the bottom OF the DC,
avoids scorching potatoes. Tho water
and empty space benestE the par save
che potatoes. This also makes the
work OF cleaning pots easier. az the
sdberinG parts of ~pothtcrs are left to
DO secured Out.-Popular Mechanics.
Full Favorltas,
The scarlet sage is quite the rage,
The aster pleaBes some;
But not o bloom dlspels moro gloona
Than the chrysanthemum.