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fill the committee assignmints, or to act
as pallbearers for the pore old dead one.
Whatever else we have thought about
the republican party, and we have in
dulged IN menny thoughts about it, hith-
erto unthunk, we did have the highest re-
speckt for its intelligence. We believed
that it was owing entirely to the branes
of the leeders of the republican party that
it stayed in power so long. We thought
they were shrewd politisians who fig
cured down to the last notch on keeping
themselves in juckstaposision to the treas
ury, and in constint touch with the pie
counter We weer convinsed that they
newer overlooked a bet in passing out
the plums to the faithful and deeling per
petuel meel tickets to the pure in hart.
But we weer mistaken; they weer the
biggest bunch of dubs in all history. The
way the demmycrats put it all ovver them
is simply the best joke of the sentury. 1t
don't seem possibull but they weer. SER
tainly pretty soft. All the time they
thought they weer bilding up a powerful
masheen by putting republicans in all the
offises, they weer being fooled The Joke
is OH the pore old ivory headed republicon
party; it turns out that about 90 per sent
of I'll theese offiseholders put in by the re-
publicons air demmycrats. Yes sur, Sy-
mon-pure dyed in the wool bred in the pur-
pul demmycrats. And all the time they
weer making them republicans believe
that they weer rite with them OF corse
they had to keep awful quiet about being
demmycrats-the temptasion-no doubt
was very strong menny times for them to
cum rite out and cut loose a few yels for
Thomas Jeffersun and Willyum J. Bryan
but they resisted it with CRATE fortitl,de
Sum times, too, in order to keep up the
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Eggs Best "GrOuch" Cure

From the New York Press
Fish may make you brainy. but i'll
eggs that make you amable. at least II
we can believe the claims made for this
particular article of food by a German
scientist of note
"Cranks. srouches, nervous wrecks of
all kinds. should eat all the eggs they
can possibly digest" says Professor Stiee-
letz. Eggs are the best thing in the
world for those whose i'll tempers make
themselves and every one around them
uncomfortable. They should be soft
boiled preferably and eaten four times a
day for four weeks on a stretch. Then
the diet should be stopped and not COM
menced again for four or even six weeks .
And though no mention is made of
whether Easter eggs in particular have
any more healthful and cheerful effect
than ordinary eggs taken at ordinary
times isn't ii always true that 'the bet
ter the day, the better the deed?"
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cost of material. on color scheme and all
the multitude of questions that enter into
such garment and has worked the whole
thing out to success
She has given to her children the adj
Nahtages of a fine edudAtion and has
made them, in addition. almost as cap
able as herself She has a big establish
rnent now up near Long Acre square Into
Polly's shop every day troop hundreds of
Wcmen-queens of tragedy. of comedy of
the chorus, Of light OPERA of burlesuue-
to chat, to have their hair dressed or to
tell their tales of triumph or Woe She
mas half a dozen manicurists half a
dozen masseuses and a dozen or more
hairdressers. She listens to all the stories
that are told, rejoices with those who
have reason to be happy soothes with
her philosophy those who are in sorrow
has CHERRY word and helping hand for
those who need reinsurance, and all the
While she works on their scant or ample
tresses and watches every detail OF the
shop.
Most of her patrons envy Madam Polly
Why should they not? She is always
bright, gay and care free. Her complies
ion is like a rose and her eyes have
the sparkle of youth. The women of the
stage do not act when they talk to Pollv
She knows them too well She knows
some of them better than they know
themselves. They look at her smiling
face, her waving wealth of hqir and clear
skin and expect her to make them over
to hide the raVages of time and late
hours.
They think the ianacea is in the bottle
of queer liquids and the jars of unsuents
she has for sale. She tried to dissuade
them from this idea, but it is no use.
They, the sophisticated, know better
1t is not the women of the stage alone
that go to Polly. From the mansions or
the rich in Fifth and Madison and W est
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day. Somehow she forgot to advise her
husband of her plans. When he returned
to his home that evening from his saun-
terings about town, the house was bare,
When he went to the shop it was empty.
Nine Polly has not seen Mr.. Polly from
that day TO this.
Every year finds Polly with a larger
shop, a bigger staff of assistants and a
more expansive patronage. 1t finds her,
too, with larger capacity for work She
is wonder with her needle She studies
many subjects. She thinks she owes a
great deal to the world and she wants to
pay little of that debt. She has a great
sympathy for girls who have to work.
She has invented a convertible dress for
a girl of small means that is marvel.
1t can be made for so cents. 1t can be a
negligee. a work dress. an evening dress
a walking dress. 1t has a belt that is
adjustable and overdraperies that change
its whole appearance. She has worked
on this dress for years. and has given
as much study to 1t as a scientist does to
q great problem. She has figured on
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A Triumph in Translation

From the New York Evening Post.
a correspondent writes from the Uni
versity of Wisconsin:
The following letter. received by the
college of agriculture at the University
of Wisconsin. may interest your readers.
Not unnaturally. IL was at first regarded
as having been written in some strange
European dialect and was passed on to
my polygiot colleague, Professor Pro-
ltosch, who takes the writer to be Czech
living among German-American farmers
! transeribe literally:
Juplis Sintm lidibet som kahn sit cum
train tobaku sit Cedric sit Angens sit
tomitos sit bic sit persin sit kober sit
svIt Corn sit Begi sit Flat tenap st Cjun
Cumbrist sit, jer 90 Truili.
Anton Roth.
Black River Falls, r / Viss
The translation offers only slight diff
culties as soon as one has grasped the
fact that the letter is supposed to be
English, transliterated by means of Eu-
ropean vowels:
You please send me a little bit some
kinds seed can try d. e., for instance,
perhaps) tobacco seed. cabbage seed. on
ion seed. tomato seed. beet seed, parsnip
seed, clever seed, sweet corn seed, Guta)
haga seed, flat turnip seed, cucumber
seeu. yours tune only Wofk iieglDly
written. perhaps indicating, as Prof.
Prokosch suggests that in this case he
was willing to admit little uncertainty
about his EnglshD truly.
Phonetically interesting are trim" and
"cjun," in both of which the m repre-
sents his attempt to convey the strong
nasal of the American pronunciation;
further. "lidi.' as 1t is frequently spoken
in these parts; bet for bit, because our
''i'' is open, and ''begi" for baga, also
an unfamiliar sound to him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
By RICHARD SPILLANE

bought such property as it could at what
1t considerer fair figures. Where owners
were bit grasping it instituted con-
demnaton proceedings. 1t had to have
Pollys property.
Polly was shrewd. She knew, in order
to institute condemnation proceedings;
the company had to serve pi..ers on her
in the action. The property stood in her
real name The company searched the
town over and could not find any one
of that name. When the railroad people
We're wondering how on earth they could
find her, Polly visited one of the high
officials. Before she left the office she
had sold that Jonah house and land to
the Pennsylvania railroad at a profit of
800 per cent.
Polly does not believe in contention or
in quarreing. Ten years ago she gave
serious consideration to the question of
her husband. lie was charming, good
tempered and ornamental. Polly found il
necessary about that time to move her
shop to larger quarters and to change
her home. She did the two jobs in one
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Here's a New Animal

Salt Lake IN. NJ Cor. New York Times.
new species of animal has been
found in this state. 1T has acquired the
local name of IIodag, or side waloper.
because the legs on the left side are
shorter than those on the right. Accord
ing to William Bailey, an old trapper,
this is caused by the fact that tht ami
NAL constantly runs around the side of
the mountain in one direction. Bailey
caught one the other day.
Il have trapped around this country
for 10 years. Kit Carson and I were
pardners for many years. and [ am still
In the business, but gol darn II this
Isn't the first one Of the ding asted
critters I ever saw. Its head is some
thing like that of the African anteatsr.
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have commended him, but let him swell. |
think he's rite about this. OF corse, it is
mitey gratifying to know that we had so
menny demmyerats i'll offise while the re-
publlcons were III power, and we admit
that it's good joke ON the republicans
and all that, but we also think that they
have dun enuff for there party we won
ask emmy further sacrifises frum them, it
would not be proper hate to see one bunch
OF men do all the sacrifising-at so much
per sacrifise, while uther, volunteers stand
back and yern for an opportunity. There
air menny wurthy demmycrats who need
theese jobs, who have newer had job
IN there lives. just skores of them who
have always voted the demmycratic ticket
and wurked at the polls for the nominees,
while there wives took in washing, who
ought to be given chance There air
uthers who have no wives to support them
who desurve recognision. | do not meen
to say that a man who has voted the re-
publicon ticket two or three times. is not
a good demmycrat but | do say that he
has not been wurking at it reguler. Down
south IL he ever voted the republicon
ticket one time, it would be "Good Mite"
for him. We don't take ennyboddy back
into the fold down there exsept a popu-
list, and we make them shave.
1t sertainly is fine that we have so
menny moor demmycrats than we thought
we had, but we air going to turn this sivvil
survise thing upside down, and put hole
lot OF them out to making a crop. They
may be demmycrats, but they have been
powerful keeress about there associates.
1t is a fine joke however. But who's
IL on? Yoors trooly,
BILL VINES.
WASHINGTON. D. G..
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ISTUR EDDITUR: Far be in frum
mi me to speek in emmy uther mannur
~. but one of respecKt of the dead.
GY 1t is nuthing but rite that one
should play soft musick with the tremmelo
stop on, and forget the harsh things one has
sed aftur ones enemy has been as success
fully and SCIENTIFICALLY converted into
corpse as has the late Republican party
1t is perfectly proper not to rejoise
our ansient enemy, or give uther mani
festasion of CRATE joy; on the contrary
we should forget the crimes and unpardon-
abull oCenses committed by the Republi-
con party when it was in heelth and power,
and only point to the good things it did.
1t is trew that we mt becum burdened
with fateegue or have to wurk overtime
pointing to the good things; we will prob
abull offenses committed by the Republi-
them out, and evven aftur our O. X. has
been put upon them, they will be subject
to revision and will be veewed with moor
or less suspission by almost everybody.
Cents last Novembur, therefore, we
have refrained frum making emmy obser-
vasions consuming the republican party,
which emmy gentleman could not use in the
presints of ladies. We felt to do so would
not be rite; it is not shivvelrus to strike a
foe when down, and it did seem to us that
the republican party was low down. For
feer sum one would misconstrew our re-
mark we mite say was down low. We
could not see how it could ever be emmy
luther way. Everybody seemed to be
demmycrats in this country. Washington,
formerly full of republicans, who weer
proud of it, no longer contained enuff to
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a choice position to come and offer it.
self to him.
Meanwhile Polly had more money than
she had need of. She bought house and
some ground at Sunnyside, L. I. She pur-
chased this sight unseen. When she went
over and took look at 1t she was hor-
rified. The neighborhood was abomin-
able. She would not live in the place.
so she rented it to a family. That family
lived on it six or eight years The prop
erty seemed to be a hoodoo. The man
committed suicide in the house, two or
three persons died there and thieves got
in and stole all the lead pipe and most
of the fixtures. There always were re-
pairs. Taxes had to be paid and insur-
ance kept up She could not get a penny
of rent
But Polly did not worry She laughed
at her folly. Early she had determined
never to frown, to charge her mistakes
up to experience, and always to look upon
the bright side of things. One day the
Pennsylvania railroad determined to es-
tablish its great yards at Sunnyside. 1t
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pictures of which animal I've seen. 1t
mas a very long nose and long tongue.
and ears covered with little scales
The eyes of the critter are large and
merry, and the skin around the eyes Is
red. It's teeth are long, and it has four
big tusks. 1t is covered with coarse.
brown hair. which lies to the right, down
the mountain side Its tail is covered
with long gray hair up to about two
inches from the end. when it becomes a
sharp horn. 1t probably uses this as a
weapon II attacked from behind. for the
critters long and short legs prevent it
IRON turning around TO fight.
There's also something remark BILE
about It's feet. Each foot has three claws
IN front and three behind. and a double
heel right in the middle. From his tracks
you can't tell whether he is coming or
going by gosh,'
The old trapper, and "pard" of Kit
carson, Is familiar with every kind of a
weapon. even to the bow and arrow of
the Indians. IT is possible that he IS
skilled In the use of the long bow"
also.
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End avenues and Riverside drive. and
from the great apartments and boteIs
ladies of fashion and wealth seek Polly
on the never ending quest for beauty.
They affect TO look down upon the women
OF the stage, but IN reality they are elger
10 hear what the players have to say.
to-learn what they do. 10 hide the murks
OF tiine' AID, possibly. 20 gather DIT
of the gossip of their lives
The shy, the bold tho modest and tho
circumspect, each in their own way. ask
Polly the great question; How can I be-
made to look better?" Polly is horest
masseuse? All, yes! masseuse can
do much. Complexion can do as much
Tor woman as Clothes. Massaging stlrs
the blood, gives a healthful glow to the
skin. And the hair? That is won,an's
crowning glory. lhe art of the hair
dresser Is not appreciated as it should be.
But real beauty lasting beauty. only
comes from within. Worry DESTROYS
beauty I'LL temper or fretfuness Is fatal
to 1t. The heart and the mind have more
to do with good looks than arts de-
vices.
Ii we put trouble into our existence We
draw wrinkles as interest. Contentment.
a clear conscience. a good disposition -
tney are everything. They cure insouI-
MIA Indigestion and sallow complexion
Nature is the creator of beauty. we the
destroyer. Until we learn to aid nature,
obey her laws and live serenely we rob
ourselves of our rood looks
IT IS all very wei for you to talk that
way, Polly. the woman will say. .sYou
don't know what have suffered: yor've
never been through what have endured.
We borne enough to kill dozen women
iou We never mad care or you wouldn't
have that beautiful complexion."
And Polly will smile and saw: per-
haps so"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
Hard to Please
From Life.

From Life.
Mother: Now, Mabel dear. would You
sooner stay at home with me or go for
a walk with Auntie?
Mabel: I'd sooner go for a walk with
you.
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Lucky Man
From Life.


Parke--Bildat is certainly tied TO his
wife's apron strings
Lane--Well, In these days he Is lucky
If he has wife with apron strings.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-04-09
PERSONALS

B G Mcbride, of the Elko La-.
noble Power company isin town
today on business connected with
the Power Co. Mr. Mcbride re-
ports progress with the eompany's
affairs. He says the material has
been ordered and plans and specifi-
cations have been submitted to all
the large electric manufacturing
companies doing business in the
west, and hopes are entertained
that power will be ready for deliv-
cry before snow fiies next fall.
The Young Mems Christian
Association now have d library Of
1ita own with S good variety OF
books. There are more than $40
volumes that the members Of the
s'Y" can select from. These books
are the gift Of Mrs Helen Gould
shepard TO the r r YMC As, on
any Of the Gould lines. These
books will be for the use Of the
Rasmbers and may be taken home
for q one week limit and mgy b
renewed il necessary. They will be
available for circulation as soon as
they are catalogued and shelyed.
= ~ " Z .
II you want your titles abstract
ed, Title Insurance. fire Insurance.
Maps or a surety bond. see the
Title Guarantee Trust Co., Elko,
Nevada. Advt.
q Mrs Alice johnson, OF Goidfield,
President Of the Rebekah Assembly
arfiyed in EIko this morning. To-
night she makes her Official visit to
the local after which refresh-
mentA will lbe served She leaves
tomorrow morning by stage for
Tuscarora where she will inspect
the local Lodge.
We are in receipt Of letter
from N J Bernard. Dealer and
Importer Of Draft Stations and
Mares at Grand Island Nehrasla.
announcing the arrival Of a car
load Of his stock 10 Elko about
April is, See Adyt. elsewhere in
this paper.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-04-09
THE SWORD OF JUSTICE

!, The wheelssof justice certainly
move swiftly in Elko county, as
John Anderson has evidently learn
ed to his sorrow. Anderson was
indicted for forgery By tho Grand
Jury last SATURDAY. afternoon. E1s
pleaded guilty. and was sentenced
by Judge Taber, Monday stll a
m to not less than . year and not
more than eighteen months. Yes
iterday afternoon Sheriff Harris
left with the prisoner for Carson.
Anderson was arrested at Ogden
last Thursday night by Deputy
Sheriff Zundel Of Montello. He
forged two checks, one for $50,
the other for $50 to which he sign
ed the name Thomas Johns. This
he succeeded in passing on the
Montello Mercantile Company. Ar
rested Thursday sentenced Non
day, in Carson State Prison, We'd
nesday proves the truth of Dante's
line that ''the sword Of heaven is
not in haste to smite. nor yet doth
linger." ,59s
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-04-09
QRlAAGE BLOSSOMS


Mr.. and Mrs jas. Gheen gave a
sunlptuous wedding dinner last
Sunday evening in honor of the
marriage of Mr. and Mrs Karl
johnson. The guests were numer-
GUS and the present were very ap-
.propriate. The table was decorat-
led with orange blossoms, roses and
may flowers. "A most enjoyable
time is ,afeported. Our fellow
toWnsman 1R C Van Fleet covered
himself with glory by the able
manner in which he performed the
duties Of toastmaster. Another
equally prominent townsman, Mr.
Al E Kimball proved his right to
the title of Elko's champion good
fellow, made good on a prenuptial
promise and provided the wine for
the occasion. The music was fur
nished by Victor phonograph and
all went merry as a marriage bell,
as wits crossed swords in reparte.
It was splen did wedding dinner
and Mr. and Mrs Gheen are to be
congratulated on their success az
host and hostess. Mrs Gheen's re-
sponse to toast made the hit OF
the evening. rfI :
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-04-09
sHlSGt0T0 CIRCUS

On May 10, the great Sells-E ElBto
Circus is billad to appear in this
city for it's fourteenth annual en-
gagement. Mr.. w E Haines, Con-
tracing Agent. of the Circus, is in
town today and is buying supplies
and making other arrangements
necessary foY the coming OF the
Big Show. This year we are told
that the circus is greatly enlarged
in many respects, introducing many
new features. some OF which have
never before bean seen associated
with the entertainment Of the Big
Top.
Among these might be mention
ed the Celebrated Scotch Kitty
Band from Toronto. Canada;
Devlin's company Of Zouaves: A
Troop Of Trained Lions and Tigers
under the direction Of Capt. Dutch
Ricardo; Jumping HoFses; Forty
Clowns, the Celebrated Royal Light
Horse Brigade; the Stickney Fam.
ily; The Hobsons; Prof. Park
Prentices's famous Concert band
Of sixty-three pieces; Fora and her
Elephants. and q great big three
ring cirous because Sells Floto
people have enlarged their tent to
three rings for this season and eli
for the popular price OF 25 cents.
Advt 1t.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-04-09
A new THEORY

Swedish shoemaker who work
ed in Elko last fall at one of the
local shops. is supposed to be the
man whose ybedy was found in the
river yesterday. This Swedish
shoemaker answers the description
Of the man in all details so il il
reported.
He was known as "Whiskers" by
his comrades on the sewer gang
and at Puccinelli's hotel where he
roomed. This man had habit,
when intoxicated Of wading In
the water up to his neck, and re,
nlaining there for 20 minutes.
One Sunday lase fall "Whiskers'
disappeared and was seen no more.
The theory is that following hil
usual habit, he fell into the river
and was drowned. The body va.
buried yesterday.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-04-09
ANOTHER hike" FOR THE
Y0UNGER n BOYS


Friday morning at tea o'clock
sharp another party Of boys will
leave the "Y' for hike. This
will be the .hird trip of the season
given by the Young Mems Christ
ian Association. The number at
tending has been increasing each
time and it is hoped that there
will be more than double the num-
Der that attended last Saturday.
So far, according to the requests,
there should be a good number
out.
1t is next to impossible for any
boy to return aud not be able to
say that he hasn't bad a good time.
Every boy who cares at all about
going is urged to notify the Y. n
c A of his desire to go and get
further information about the
hike"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-04-09
INJUNCTION FILED

A suit was filed yesterday in
which W. R. Irland is plaintiff, and
Joseph McClay, defendant. The
plaintiff seeks to prevent the de-
fendant from entering the plain
tiff's mining claim, and working
the same. This claim in question
contains 4 acres, on which is locat-
ed the Punch Placer mine in Van
Duzer Creek Mining district, EIko
Go. Messrs Henderson, Caiue
and Van Fleet represent the plain
tiff.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-04-09
John IROUP MINES
IMPORTANT SHE

Mr.. John Troup of Goleta, Cal.
the we'll known importer Of regist-
cred Clydesdale. Shire. Percherons,
shd cattle. whese sxhibit Is at the
lNevada Barn n. this city. made an
other important sale yesterday.
he sold to chauncey Griawold
The impoEfed ClS Sassdals stallion
tMontrsye Mercury. bred BY Sir
John GinouE Ayrshire. Scotland.
This horse is four yea4s old, and
weighs one ton. ''Montrsye Mer-
curry" is very fine specimen Of
the breed. Mr.. Griswold ia 20 be
congratulated on h,a seIection. Mr.
Troup informs us that several
other sales of imported stock are
pending.