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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-06

Swift 4 Company's Sales Of Fresh Beef
in Washington, d. c., for the week ending
Sat. Jan. 4. averaged tL64 cents per ID.
-Advertisement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-06

cool uncovered. Never allow soup to
remain in the stock pot. Fat will form
on the top and this helps to keep the
stock, so it is a good plan to use several
small jars instead of one large bowl
The soup will keep as long as the cake
Of fat is not broken.
Chicken stock is made as follows: Cut
an average size fowl into pieces and
cover with four quarts of cold water.
Bring to a boiling point and then gently
simmer for three hours. The seasonings
are one slice Of onion, a couple of sticks
Of celery, one tablespoonful of salt and
one tablespoonful Of pepper.
To make a fish stock put one table
spoonful OF butter or other fat into the
soup kettle, and in it fry half chopped
onion. three slices OF carrot chopped and
the same quantity Of turnip. Add the
flshbones head, etc, with little pars-
ley, a pinch Of thyme. a bay leaf. some
coarse leaves Of celery and a tomato.
Cover with cold water and simmer from
one to one and one-half hours. Season
with salt and pepper. then strain for use.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-06

The u1tra-fashionables of Paris have
velvet and broche shoes to match the
gowns of these materials.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-06

Some of the prettiest sets OF white fox
furs are made up with white chiffon or
black velvet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-06

A certain black crepe leather is a IA
vorite for mourning bags, or even tho
ordinary handbag.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-07
PORCELAIN DUE TO ACCIDENT
How the Process Of EnameIInl Was
Discovered by Chinese Workers
About 2o6 3. c.

Near the year 2O6 b. c., In the be-
ginning Of the dynasty Of Han, some
workers In e~arthenware set their pots
In 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-
cessive richness Of color. The Mon
gol invasion checked the progress Of
ceramic art. In 1858 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 the
monopoly Of the work In porcelain, ex-
cepting nothing but the white pottery
manufactured by the artisans Of
Tehua. Under the new impetus all
the ancient methods were revived and
perfected. The system Of thrsecolor
and ~ive.color decoration, after d pre-
hminary firing, dates from the re-
naissance Of art under the Ming d.
nasty.-Harper's Weekly.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-07
alri THAT M PonuIar.

The most popular girl In the school
viii generally be . girl who excells in
gameS and outsiders often wonder
why this should be the case. The rea-
SON In that to play most games we'll
girl must be unselish: she must
play for her side," and not for her
own honor and glory. and she carries
this out unconSciously in her daily
life. You do not ind her thinking
that no one else In Of any use in the
world, or putting on airs because she
happens to be better looking than
her companions. She is simple and
natural and content to give and
take" and ia as strict in her code OF
honor az her brother is in a public
school. Such girls will always On.
be rich in friends. and wherever they
go they carry with them a breezy
spirit Of Joy and good fellowship.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-07
Cultivate Sense Of Humor.
COOK WHO WORKS BY GUESS
She Is a Genius, but 10 Not Often
Found in These Decadent
Days.

I'D give a dollar" said the man
who coddles his stomach. ITO find
a cook who doesn't measure. She
would gladden. my soul. The cook
who does things by guess is a rare
bird nowadays. She has genius, else
she could not dispense with the cast
iron rules that regulate modern cook
cry, and geniuses are seldom 1ndigen-
Gus 10 the flathouse kitchen.
But there used to be plenty Of
them. Why, l remember the time
when half the kitchens In the land
gloried in a guesswork cook. 1t
did a fellows eyes and his entire
internal organization good to watch
her. She would take a pinch Of this,
a handful of that, and a dash OF m
thing else, and mix them all togeth-
er, and the result would be the most
delectable tidbit that a fellow ever
put in his mouth.
Lord, Lord, but eating was a
pleasure in those days. 1t isn't 80
now. In these whirligig times every
thing has a machine-made taste.
That's because the cooks measure 80
much. Instead of trusting to in
spiration, as the h~eaveu-born cook
is bound to do, the kitchen queens OF
today measure ever the salt they put
in the porridge. No wonder such
cookery lacks individuality. and is all
on the same dead level of mediocrity.
Merciful heaven, what ails these bis
cult? They're as heavy as lead"
Possibly the cook made a mis-
I 'ke," said the mans wife. II got a
new cook yesterday-one that cooks
by guess. l am afraid she didn't
put enough baking powder in the bis
cults"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-07
TABLE Etiquette OF OLD
"Rules Of cIvlIIty" for the English Of
Seventeenth Century Arc e
$3.50. Amusing.

Until the middle OF the seven.
teenth century," writes Rose M. Brad.
ley In the English Housewife. forks
were a luxury, treated rather as toys,
elegant, with jeweled handles, where
with the ladies might pick daintily at
their sweetmeats." Before the cary.
Ing fork was introduced paper covers
were placed over those portions Of the
meat which had to be grasped with
the left hand. The paper frills some
times seen nowadays on outlet bones
are said by the author to be a survival
Of the old custom. After smarting
under foreign criticism on their table
manners, Englishmen turned to
French RULES of Civility," and others
were compiled in England.
Readers were warned mot to wipe
knife or fork on bread or the cloth.
but on napkins" They were also re-
quested mot to pick their teeth at
the table with knife or fork" Lady
Rich's Closet Of Rareties," published
In 1852, begs each gentlewoman to
observe to keep her body straight,
and lean not by any means with her
elbow, o by ravenous gesture dis
cover a voracious appetite"
Nor must she talk with her mouth
full Of meat nor smack like a pig
not eat spoon meat so hot that the
tears stand in her eyes. ut Is very
uncomely," the author adds, Ito drink
30 large a draft that your breath ia
almost gone and your are forced to re
cover yourself. Throwing down your
liquor as into a funnel is an action
litter for q juggler than a gentle,
woman"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-07
HIST0RY'S MOST FAMOUS roy
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 contrivance
or lifelike doll, but to the simple.
bright stone that in 1867 a Dutch far.
mel found some Boer children using
as a plaything.
For the farmer sen the stone to
the Cape for examination and khe re-
suit was the discovery of the nond
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
a childless husband and wife borrowed
a doll that had gained a soul, fed and
clothed it, and d~eservedly prospered
thereafter.
All this is in utter contrast with the
unpleasant theory of Varro about
dolls. He held that the dolls given e
little Romans at Christmas-that Is To
say, at the acknowledgements
original sacrifices of human beings to
he Internal god.-London Chronicle.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-07
Speed Of Animals.

According to n%aturalists, no animal
Is known to have exceeded the speed
attained by the famous race-horse
Sysonby. Instantaneous photographs
show the full length Of one complete
stride as about twenty-six feet. In the
stride of the fastest racers the hind.
quarters and limbs are raised consid.
erably higher than the shoulders, and
from this relatively great height
brought downward and forward, wide
ly separated from each other, as a
sportsman says, TO avoid striking the
fore legs" The hare which Ia hunted
with fast hounds has not In reality
the speed Of the dog. The dog, on
tho other hand, does not attain the
speed Of the horse. The giraffe is said
to run at the rate Of fifteen meters
(yards) per second under the most
favorable conditions. The elephant,
going at the rate Of two yards a sec
ond, carries q weight approximating
that carried by six horses.-Harper's
Weekly.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-07
Brave Old Oak.

Whether its branches show green
against a dark-blue sky-gold where
the sunlight touches them-whether
Its leaves show magneta in the light
Of the setting sun, or black and sill
yer in the moonlight, there Is no tree
Of them all to compare with the oak.
All a summers day you may lie OUT
stretched beneath 1t, 30 strong and
30 friendly. not to you only, but to all
the little lives that swarm about itR
roots. All kinds Of busy creatures,
ants. spiders. daddy-long-legs. beloved
of your childhood, 80 scurrying over
you or this errand and that, as un-
afraid, almost, as II you were dead.
A feeling Of kinship m to you;
a knowledge that all this life about
you in oak and grass and insect, and
the good dog lying at your feet, 10
but a little part Of the agHless fux
and refiux; soothingly as a Iool hand
on an aching head, there comes to
you the realization that soon fears,
hates. and loves forgotten, your tired
body. shall rest under the trees all
the days and all the nights.-Month-
ly Atlantic.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-07
ADVISED TAKING OF CANADA
Benjamin FranklIn's Counsel to Brit
Ish Government Resulted In Cap
ture Of the Dominion. :

Benjamin Franklin, the first AmeH-
can philosopher and the first Amert
can diplomat, was not, as Mark Twain
averred, twins, born simultaneously
at Boston and Philadelphia" but az
the change in the calendar from
old style to new came after his birth
at Boston on January 6, 1706, accord
ing to the reformed almanac he was
born on January II. In 1853 Franklin
was in England as agent for the
colony of Pennsylvania. Previous to
this, though little known, 1t was main.
ly by the advice Of Franklin that the
English government resolved to con.
quer Canada, and for that purpose
sent out Wolfe's expedition. 1t was
In 1853 that Franklin made a journey
from London to Scotland, of which
in a letter written to a Scotch friend,
he used these words which have ever
endeared him to the Scot: II think
the time we spent there was six
weeks of the densest happiness l have
ever met with in any part Of my
life, and the agreeable and instructive
society we found there in such plenty
has left SO pleasing an impression on
my memory that. did 10 strong con.
nections draw me elsewhere, / believe
Scotland would be the country I
should choose to spend the remainder
OF my days in"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-07

Ralph Waldo Urine stated his belief
thus In Harper's Bazaar:
ITO get up each morning deter.
mined to be happy. determined to DO
master Of the events OF the day in.
stead of being mastered by them; to
take anew this attitude OF mind when
the doleful thought presents itself or
the bogy-man attempts to show his
face; to look always on the bright
side OF things, determined to stand al
ways In the sunshine rather than in
the shadow-this It is that makes
life with its daily round and its
knotty problems continually easier.
This hopeful, optimistic, courage-al
ways-up attitude Of mind and heart
Is to set into operation subtle, silent
forces that are continually working
along the lines we are going and that
opens the way for us to arrive"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-07
AZ to Chickens,

They are the most dadbusted, IN
certainest creatures that walk the
family acre. Almost everybody tries
to raise chickens at one time or an
other. Looks easy-that's the deceiv-
ing part of It
And 1t is easy. after you learn n
thing: Little chickens don't know
anything, medium sized chickens
don't know anything. big chickens
don't know anything. II there is q
change Of an intellectual nature an
the size increases big ones know less
II possible than little ones.
II there IN q wire partition in your
pen with an open door at one end the
chickens will try to plunge through
the wire instead of going around and
walking through the door.-Puck.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-07
WHAT DOES "LURID" MEAN7
Popular Usage Of the Word 10 Opposed
to lite Definition, Which
10 "PaIo.n

Two men got into an argument re-
garding the meaning Of the word
"lurid.' One Of them had used the
word. as the police reporter uses 1t, to
describe the red glare In the sky
made By a fire at night. The other
man objected to this, asserting that
the word 'lurid" means pale" in
stead of deep red" Thereupon they
applied to the dictionaries and found
them agreed in defining "lurid" as
pale, wan. CHASTITY pale"
But the Oxford Dictionary has
caught up with the new and popular
meaning Of the word with this deini-
ton:
Shining with a red glow or glare
amid darkness (said Of lightning
flashes across dark clouds or flame
mingled with smoke)."
g. But this seems to be gratuitous Of
the Oxford Dictionary. The word
"lurid" started out 1t seems as a Latin
adjective meaning pale, yellow" 1t
was used chiefly of the complexion,
much as "sallow" is used. Then 1t
grew to have the meaning of 'ghast-
ly." But it's transition into the popu-
lar meaning given 1t today seems to
have been due to the willfulness of the
press, which found 1t a handy word
to describe q phenomenon for which
nc other word had, apparently, quite
the desirable Observation-Disclosures
Guardian.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-07

The following is excellent advice from
the Review of Los Vegas: "When you go
into the postofice and inquire for mail.
don't try to fill up the delivery hole with
the north end of your body. If you merely
stand off and fire your request through the
window. those whom you address will
respond promptly. After you receive
your mail, don't stand monopolizing the
delivery window while you look to seek
the poStmark and guess who the letters
are from. Let those behind you have a
chance, for life is short and time is fleet
ing. Remember this and you will confer
a favor on those in the rear"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-07
NO MEDICAL TRUST
Reprinted from the Boston Post of Jan.
..r. rs, 1887 .. "'

Reprinted from the Boston Post of Jan.
..'. rs, 1879 .'
PreSident-elsct Wilson is reported to
have told a private meeting of social work.
ers in Hoboken the other day that, in so
far as he could have anything to say about
the matter, there would be no placing of
any possible bureau of health in control of
a particular school OF medicine. 1t is to
be hoped that the report is true.
While allopathy is still the dominant
medical practice in this country, there are
, millions of people who are adherentS Of
homeopathy and are convinced of the
good it has done them. So of other lesser
d" schools. To give the So-called regulars
sole power over a federal health bureau
would be an outrageous injustice to a large
class of American citizens.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-07
Animal ~ErlendahIna

Animals are often known to forf(
very strange friendships. Cats DO,
come very fond OF horses. and even
Of birds. Goats and horses are fire.
quently great friends. Even a lioness
has been known to be 80 much at.
tached 10 a little terrier that It was
miserable at it's absence. A gentle
man In Scotland kept severa1< pea.
COCKS. one OF which, instead dQ. bost.
ing with Its mates in the trees or IN
the walls, always went to the kennel
where the collie was tied up. and
squeezed Itself in with the dog. The
peacock's tail sticking out Of the ken.
mel had n very funny appearance.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-07
To Catch Eoxes.

II you are particularly anxious to do
q little surreptitious fox catching try
the following. It Is the sage OF Lup.
ton who speaks. in his Thousand
Notable Things" "Anoint the soles
Of your shoes with a piece of fat
swine's flesh as broad as your hand,
newly toasted or a little broiled at
tho Are when you go out Of the wood
homeward. And In every Of your
steps cast a piece of the liver Of a
swine roasted and dipped In honey.
aad draw after your back p dead
carcass Of q cat" Your fox cannot
resist all this. but "be sure to have
q man nigh thee with bow and shafts
to shoot at him, or by. some other
mean to hit him." Good fun this for
. country house party at loose ends.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-07
Didn't Seom 20 Suit Him.

Bobbie, aged four, had always play
ed with older boys and consequently
had picked up much slang. Recently
his mother had punished him by Civ.
Ing him a spanking. A little later,
still weeping, he came to his mother
and said: Mother, don't you love me
at all any more?' why, yes, Bobby,
why?' We'll, I don't think that
stunt you pulled of Just now looks
much like It."
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-07
RESOLUTION ...t,
-, .r ,- AND PETITION
to. the Members Of the
Legislature BY the Equal Fran
chlSo Society Of Nevada.

TO the Members of the Legislature of the
State of Nevada, in Senate and Assem-
bly, convened.
Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, the Equal Franchise Society
of Nevada believes that it is of vital i'm
p~ortance to the State that the half of its
D. citizens; now unrepresented in its govern
ment be enfranchised as o as possible,
in order that Nevada may not present the
only black spot on the Equal Franchise
Map of the Pacific Coast States, and that
women who desire to enter this State as
citizens from neighboring States may not
thereby be disenfranchised; and
WHEREAS, the experience of California
and Arizona has proved the wisdom and
effectiveness of a brief and energetic cam
paign of a few months in contrast to one
of twenty months duration; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of this Society
to accomplish such enfranchisement with
out mourning unnecessary expense to the
State,-
NOW, THEREFORE, BE 1T RESOLVED,
by this Society in annual Convention as
Sembled:
That we express to the Members of the
Legislature of Nevada our full appreciation
of the hearty support given by your Hon
orAble body in enfranchisement of the
women of Nevada; and re respectfully re-
quest the assistance of our Honorable
body in obtaining the submission of AS
.sembly Joint and Concurrent Resolution
No. 6 to the electorate at an earlier date
than the next general election, if such can
be accomplished in connection with any
other election occurring prior to the Pri-
maries, or in any manner that may be sue
cessfully devised by your Honorable body
to obtain the quickest results without ad-
ditional expense to the State. ..
Unanimously adopted by the Conven-
ton, at Reno, Nevada, February 25,i9t3.
MRS. LBS! MAUD MENARDI,
"r ~ Recording Secretary.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-07
Love Of Booka.

Book love. my friends, is your pass
to the greatest, the purest and the
most perfect pleasure that God has
prepared for his creatures. 1t lasts
when all other pleasure fade. It will
support you when all other recrea-
tons are gone. It will last you until
your death. 1t will make you hours
pleasant to you as long as you live
Anthony Trollope. "' "
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-07
HWho Eatn-PayaI0 b

No indoor worker can continue to
eat meat thrice, or even twice daily,
after middle life-and middle life,
mark you, begins with the thirty-ifth
year-without paying the penalty in
an attack Of govt, rheumatism,
Brisht's Dr. an allied disease, a few
years later. This few years" may, in
special cases, stretch itself to a score
but, inevitably, who eats, paysi"-
Detetic and Hygienic Gazette.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-07
Where carsway Seed Abounds.

Caraway seed is extensively grown
In Holland. Groningen, in the north.
east corner, produces more than any
other province, next being north Hol-
land, In which Amsterdam Is situated.
In these two provinces more than
half the caraway plant acreage is
found. In the whole country the num-
Der Of acres devoted to caraway
growing was, in 1911, 2O,337.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-07
VIII Preserve AGED Tree.

On the Canandaigua lake shore high.
way, at Tichenor Springs, stands q
venerable tree, which, experts declare,
Is not less than eight hundred years
old. Recently improvements at this
point were begun, which, 1t was
thought, would ~necessitate its remov-
al, but In response to popular protest
the highway commission has decided
to let 1t stand.-Waterloo IN. ~ OBJ
server.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-07
Limit Of Quackery.

A story Is told Of a oma whose
lover had an unconquerable a~ntipathy
to red hair. 30 she applied to a quack
to have the color altered. He replied
that this was his wife's department,
and that she would furnish the lady
with a leaden comb and the antl-Ery-
thraean unguent which after two or
three applications will make you as
fair or as dark as you please"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-07

. The constabulary of Rochester has an
nounced that it cannot handle the element
of that new camp and has asked that as
s~istance be provided by the state through
the State Police. If such be the case this
new mining camp is not filled with the
class of people that build. Home-builders
and mine makers do not require police to
guard their actions.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-07
Comfort In tho Thounht.

Patricia possesses the four-year-
old's usual aversion to water for
cleansing purposes and is most spar-
Ing Of Its application to her small
face. The other evening before going
to bed che gave her reflection in the
mirror a careful scrutiny and remark
ed: well, my face is pretty clean. /
blieve it'll do for tomorrow"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-07
Evo the ChsnfIejeer.

Clarence was leaving early that
night. The cuckoo had just sounded
the eleventh hour. In the back yard
the family rooster uttered a maudlin
crow. Clarence" called her father
from an upper window. will It trouble
you to step around back OF the house
and throttle that rooster? He heard
the door close and he Think it's day.
light"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-07
Not Much Disconnected.

A workman on a building in New
fork city was recently buried under
TONS or earth. After being rescued no
shook the sand from his clothing and
announced that he was "all right" and
resumed work with a shovel.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-07
Competent Oniniop

You're a big. healthy.looking man
to be begging for food" said the LADY
at the back door.
"A mans got L be big and healthy.
ma'am, to get away with the hand.
outs nowadays. believe mel"