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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-16
EASIER TO WRITE 1T
YOUNG SUITOR EVIDENTLY A
LITTLE EMBARRASSED.
Ordeal of asking Papa" Was Too
Much for Him, but There Have
Been Many Others In Just
the Same Fix.

Prior to the epoch-making moment
when his love triumphed over his ma
tive b~ashfulness young Mr.. Askam
would have maintained against any
odds that the hardest thing in life was
to propose to the girl you worshiped.
Afterwards, however, he decided that
the proposal was simply child's play
compared to asking the consent of his
father-in-law elect, although that es-
Unable old gentleman was a great
friend.
Flushed with success with the
daughter, he felt filed with the spirit
Of a hundred ~conquerors, and reckless
ly insisted upon seeing the father at
once. But upon reaching the library
the spirit of the hundred
suddenly evaporated and left him with
pale face and trembling knees and
chaotic mind.
"I-er-er-" he stammered INSULT
GENTLY.
Indeed" observed the old gentle
man, ~chuckling. Then you're no more
than human"
"Ah, hal" gasped Mr.. Askam, hys.
PASlSlluihS a MAJ lIy Nc Was
far, far from feeling.
"How is your mother?" asked the old
gentleman. after an awkward pause,
with the kindly intention OF setting his
caller at rest.
Il love her. II ~passionately adore
her. She-she has promised to marry
me If you consent" announced Mr..
Askam, in a wild burst of eloquence.
"Whatl Your mother?" cried the
old gentleman, aghast. d.
mo, no" explained the thoroughly
confused Mr.. Askam. Yours"
MY mother! Are you crazy?" dc,
manded the old gentleman, excitedly.
Il shall be in a minute" moaned the
wretched Mr.. Askam. Sir" he con-
tinued, the words falling slowly and
cautiously from his agitated lips. q
-came-here-to asl1-your-consent
to marry-me."
"Eh?" cried the old gentleman.
"Pll-IIl write it'll" shouted the IN.
happy Mr.. Askam, struck by a happy
thought as he burst madly out of the
room. And in that way matters were
at last Strengthened to e~yeryonC's sat.
%isfaction.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-16
Poverty and Wealth.

Over against the doctrine so insis.
tently declared by many ~sociologists
that poverty is n of the chief causes
OF vice among women and Of crime
among men, DR.. Eliot. president emerf.
tus OF Harvard, asserts that poverty
Is a far safer moral condition than in.
ordinate wealth."
If exact definitions could be given Of
what constitutes poverty and what
constitutes inordinate wealth, the is.
sue would be an excellent one for dis.
cussion in academic circles. The man
OF practical mind, however, will note
only that the number OF persons ex.
posed to the temptations Of poverty
must be at least 10000 times as gres'
as the number exposed to those OF a..
ordinate wealth. Consequently, & Is
the poverty vices and crimes that most
concern not only the police, but The re.
former. P~rofigacies of the inordihate.
ly wealthy pass over a community al
most as harmlessly as II flaming comet
that astounds but is too far out of
reach to affect the lives of many. The
temptations Of poverty, however, fes.
teriDg IN %obscurity, may poison the air
for thousands.
Furthermcre, IL sociologists could
find out how to get rid of poverty,
there might be no inordinate wealth to
fret about:-New York World.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-16
COrnmeaI.

According to the agricultural de.
partment at Washington, cornmeaI
constitutes a very nutritive and cheap
food. In fact, for three cents one can
get more nutriment put of cornmeal
than he can out of FIVE cents worth
Of flour. That is, 60 cents worth OF
meal will give a man more bone. mus
Gle, nerve and brain than 81 worth
of flour will.
That is the commercial aspect of
the case, but for joy, satisfaction,
health and hope the cornmeal is az
far ahead of -four as it is in the
economic estimate. A good bowl of
mush and milk-how good it sounds
and how good it is! Take a great
spoonful OF it, and it twangs the
strings of the harp of health till every
little fiber and nerve falls into a
beautiful melody of life. Exactly so,
too, with corn bread, pone and dod-
ger.
In these progressive days one can
find bricks of cold cornmeal mush at
the grccers, ready for slicing and fry
ing, as much in a brick as will do
for three or four persons, the finest,
happiest, n"utritiousest eating under
the sun-for five cents n brick. It
is said that the trouble these days is
with the cost of high living. We
deny it. Here is the highest kind Of
living at the very lowest cost.-Ohio
State Journal.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-16
FIRST CAT IN THE LAND
FUSS Wsnders Into the White House
and Wins Affections of the
Wilson Girls,

To jump from obscurity into the
White House is a sizable step upward,
but this has been done.
1t has been accomplished by a very
small, very thin, very plain and
scrawny black cat-one OF the alley
variety.
No one knows where the cat cana
FROM. She just walked ND to the
White House, looked 1t over, liked 1t,
and walked In.
When the president came down to
breakfast the other morning some.
thing soft rubbed up against his leg.
Kitty had approved of the president
The president looked her over for a
moment, then smiled.
At first the attendants at he White
House were going to eject the cat.
The Misses Wilson, however, inter
fered. Nov the cat, who was oh
scure yesterday, Is the first cat in the
land.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-16
Right Spirit.

THE right Thanksgiving spirit"
said Secretary Brayn, at q dinner in
Washington. was well exemplifed
one afternoon in the west.
L was passing through a rich farm.
Ing country, when a superb wheat field
caused me to dismount with my cam.
era.
You must positively let me tres.
pass on your property 1 said to the
farmer, long enough to photograph
that field Of wheat. It's the finest ]
ever saw
The farmer, as he opened the gate,
gave a laugh that had the true Thanks.
giving ring In It.
You're welcome to photograph the
field he said. You'll have TO do II
instantaneous, though-she's CROWN
80 FAST"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-16
Maintain Hiuh Ide.t..

The most difficult problem that any
human being has to solve is the nre-
vention OF TN ,nsidious lowering Of his
standards. 1t is SO easy to grow a
little careless about personal appear
anoe. to be a trifle less particular in
discerning the difference between right
and wrong, to drop into habits Of neg.
lect In small matters that were once
CONSIDERED duties that gradually the
whole life has slipped tc a lower plane
before one is ware The lowering Of
ideals along any line means a lower
cd lHe.-Great Thoughts.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-16
DEVIL DANCERS OF cEYLoN
Natives Have Implicit Faith In Their
Ability to Cure All Forms Of

Despite the advance Of medical
knowledge throughout India, SAYS a
writer in the Wide World Magazine,
devil dancers are still called into re-
QUESTION in many parts Of Ceylon for
curing all kinds Of sickness. When a
native Is taken Ill his relatives first
apply medical treatment. If, after
some days, this appears to be ineffec-
tive, 1t is concluded that the sickness
ness Is n incapable of cure in this
manner, but is caused by some inim-
ical influence, and must therefore
be due to either a glance of the evil
eye, the action of a demon, or some
evil planetary action. The s~oothsay-
er is then. sent for, and this worthy,
after examining the patient, names
the demon or spirit responsible for
the malady. An Offering is then made
to the demon in the form Of food. a
coin, or a piece OF cloth. Then fol.
lows the professional dance, carried
out by the devil dancers. Two men
clad in gorgeous garments and wear
ing strange headdresses and masks &c
through a number of grotesuue and
extraordinary evolutions to the beat
ing OF the tomtoms, making weird
noises the while. This is kept up
for hours, sometimes all night, and Is
always performed within sight of the
sick person. In the complete cere-
monies Of the demon called Sarani
Yaka, who causes commissions, severe
toothache, headache, ETC., no fewer
than 80 different masks are worn IN
turn by the dancers. Curiously
enough, observers state these strange
ceremonies usually have a favorable
effect upon the patients illness.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-16
Football Not a PiqskIn.

That phrase So much used In the
Football season, chasing the pigskin,"
involves q popular error. The foot.
a i is not made of pigskin, but of the
hide OF the calf or COW, and, for the
cheaper variety, the skin of the sheep.
Footballs of the ordinary grade are
made in this country. but some of the
hnest, sold to those who are not par
tcular about price, are imported from
England, where the industry was an
old n before it Was started in Amer.
lea
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-16
Dug With Wrona Kind of Tools


The heirs of the recluse who was
supposed to have buried some none
on his farm near Abilene did not find
the money, although they made a sys.
tematic search over the place with
picks and spades. THE great trou.
bic with them was that they used the
wrong TOOLS" says the Lincoln Repub-
lican. "If they had taken a team OF
horses and a pillow and had gone ovet
the land first with that and then fol.
lowed it up with another team and a
drill containing wheat and had Just
had n little patience, by next fall they
would have been able to realize some
thing for their efforts. 1t has been
demonstrated a number of times that
there Is no gold under the ground in
Kansas, but there are plenty of rich
farmers in this section of the state
who can testify to the fact that there
is gold in the land If the right kind OF
refining process is used and a little
patience Is exercised while the rein.
cry is doing its work."-Kansas City
Star.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-16
Beautiful Autumn

There are those who shudder at the
approach of autumn, and we feel a
Light grief stealing over their spirits
Tx an October haze. But is not au.
tumn the manhood of the year? Is It
not the ripest Of the seasons? Do not
the proud flowers blossom-the Gold.
enrod, the Orchis, the Dahlia, and
Bloody Cardinal Of the swamp lands?
ID. @. Mitchell.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-16
Newspaper TrIvlauty.

1T is customary to grid at tie mod.
ern press OF Europe and America as
sensational, yellow and corrupt, and to
represent the captains of industry who
control 1t as panders to base in
%stincts," says War and Peace Of Lon
don. But, as a matter of fact, the Of
Tense OF the average moderH newspa-
per consists In none Of these things,
but In its overpowering triviality."
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-16
To Rrlnhfen lila

To make red tiles a nice, bright,
clear color, rub well with q lemon
dipped In fine salt. Leave 1t for a few
minutes, then wash in the usual way
You will find this well worth the trou.
BILE, for when It IL finished the tiles
will be a nice. clear red, with all the
stains removed.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-16
Dog For Golf Links.

A golf dog has been discovered. The
animal, a rough-haired terrier, is quite
self-supportins and he helps to sup.
port the house painter and his fam
lily with whom he lives. He has root
ed out as many az ten good golf balls
on a Sunday night, and in one week
brought home 22.-Manchester 'iuard-
ian.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-16
nuatnra

One pint Of cream, one pint oysters.
one tablespoon flour. salt and pepper
to taste. Let cream come to boil, mix
-four with milk and stir into boiling
can Let oysters come to a boil In
their W liquor. Skim and urn into
cream. Serve with toast.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-16
Cover the rlnaorn.

Take q lady's handkerchief by
diagonal corners and bind around
baby's hand and forearm, allowing
the last corner to project past the lit.
tie hand an inch or SO. So wrapped,
the hand easily goes through sleeves
n little fingers do not catch in the
gathers. The handkerchief may be
removed by pulling out tho projecting
corner.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-16
1914 Model.

Friend-"I suppose this Is even a
more remarkable baby than the one
you had last year" Auto Fiend-"Oh,
you bet he is! Far better model. Got
a longer wheel base, a better pair Of
lamps, and a very much louder horn"
Judge.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-16
aaaEff1R Inaffnofnla ols.

Squirrels, 10 IL said, know how %
y0des distances accurately, for they
seldom jump twv distances alike, yea
never faa to land safely whom an inch
too far or too short would mean dis
ester. And dogs run along beside
horses' heels. Judging accurately the
safe. distance, and are seldom, IL ever.
tntursd
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-16
Something Worth seelno.

A four-year.old %youngster on his first
visit to a city saw a ferryboat cross
ing the river. "Oh, mammal" he ex-
claimed, much excited, come and
look! Here's a choo-choo car in SWIM
ming!"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-16
Beyond Concrete Calculation,

A woman has b~equeathed 81. $50 for
the support of each cat on the island
of Madeira. A similar provision for
every feline on the island of Manhat-
tan would involve an amount of money
too large for type to tell; enough, In
fact, to buy all the Christmas pres.
ents your relatives will hint at.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-16
Qulok Puddlnn.

Two eggs, beat yoiks with one-third
cup sugar, one-half cup m~olasses. one
half cup -four tscant), one-half tea.
spoon soda and add egg whites beaten
stif. Bake 30 minutes. Serve hot
With hard sauce.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-16
Modified praina.

Curate-so you like my sermons.
Mrs. Jobson?
Mrs. Jobson-That we do, sir: an
my husband says II q 'ad arr your tai.
ent o wouldn't be 'anging on. in this
rotten little yillage.-London Opinion.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-16
Birds Vino Powerful.

The muscles of a birds wing are
20 times more powerful, pr%oportionate-
iy speaking, than those of a mans
arm.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-16
LodinaI.

The Bnglishman and German were
arguing about their different navies.
oh" said the German, there ia
always something the matter with
your navy. Only yesterday a battle
ship vas fast in the mud"
Well" said the EDglishman, III q
battleship is fast in the mud It would
be a record-breaker in the open sea-"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-16
Hard 10 t~nternr,,

Mrs. shimmerpate-Here's an odd
thing; part of our paper tonight IL
printed In a foreign language.
shimmerpate-That isn't q foreign
language. Tho sport writer's are copr
ducting & slang contest this week.
q o 10 uIoq kEIue6 en-
sloelqns qsllIJa O0L eSBIeAu uB uo
gas 3e uJoa suo,lJa
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-16

Porous Bricks.
An ordinary brick will absorb as
much as l6 ounces Of water.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1914-05-14
COPPER CANYON
BIGGER and BETTER

Copper canyon is getting bigger
and buster every day, according to
Guy c. Davis, the original discoverer
of plaeers there, according to the Reno
Gazette. He says:
"There are now about 500 men
working in the district and the out
put is in the neighborhood of $1,000
a day. Not all of the miners are
working in pay, for q large number
are still engaged in preliminary de-
velopments There is every assurance
that the district will be vastly in
creased later in the season.
"The great drawback still con-
tinues to be lack of water. 1t has
to be hauled long distance and
crude methods are employed in sepa-
dating the gold from the gravel.
"By the way, we had an amusing
experience some time ago with the
manager of the Glasgow & Western
Development company. The only wa
ter in the town for domestic purposes
comes from a tunnel far up the noun
tain. The pipe line was built many
years ago and the passing prospectors
made use of it.
"The representative of the Glas-
gov & Western company one day had
the pipe line torn up, leaving the
camp without water. Eight Of the
boys and myself went to his house and
gave him twenty-four hours to re-
store the line. He refused and we
were a little emphatic when we gave
him brief extension of time. Really,
some of the fellows were inclined to
use rather drastic means to enforce
our demands. We got the water< all
right.
"Judge harrington, as you have al
ready published, recently rendered a
decision in the case brought by the
Glasgow & Western company against
J. J. Healy, Murray Scott, Noah Full
bert and myself, but the full facts
have never gotten into print It was
considerable victory for the de-
PENDANTS, although the plaintiff re-
tanned considerable acreage through
a discovery made forty feet from a
sideline under the mill. This, how
ever, reduced it's principal claim 260
feet in width, giving us the greater
part of the pay channel.
"There has been lot of talk about
the placer being old channel gold, but
have taken samples ithgoaetaoinshrd
it is not smooth enough. In fact, it
contains considerable jagged quartz
and some of the gold is crystalized,
showing it could not have travelled
far. In fact, I have taken samples of
all the different gravel in the gulches
and duplicated all of it in the forma-
tion up the range.
"Before long l expect that some
one will find the source of this gold
and then be prepared for a big ex-
citement.o
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1914-05-14
new Management
ROCHESTER MINE

The consummation of a deal. in
progress for nearly year, for control
of the Rochester Mines company, is
finally announced. John F. Cowan, of
Salt Lake City and Ogden and his as
osciates, are in the saddle. President
Joseph +. Nenzel and Vice President
Wayne t. Wilson have resigned, SAYS
the Gazette.
In their place as directors win be
chosen Sam Platt and w. c. Pitt.
Rudolph Nenzel will remain as direct
or and secretary, and Mr.. Cowan, al
ready a director, will be chosen presi.
dent. E. B. Mills, another director,
has not yet announced whether or not
he will resign.
Joseph Nenzel and Mr.. Wilson have
sold their holdings to Mr.. Cowan, Sen
ator Pitt, d. w. Eccles and M. 8.
Browning of Ogden and others, who
held small interests. The new owners
will begin work Immediately upon a
100-ton mill and on an elaborate
scheme of development of the proper
ties
Mr.. Wilson, who was interviewed
as to the change that has taken place,
states further that he and Mr.. Nenzel
will retain their present interests in
the Nenzel Crown Point and Roches-
ter Weaver companies.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1914-05-14
SAYS HAYSTACK
Is MAKING GOOD

J. b. Truitt, the assayer and geolog-
ist, is in from Haystack. The Truitt
assay establishment is working and
yerifes the good reports of the dis
,riet. Since set up Truitt has been
kept busy making assays from the
enlarged portion of the district where
veins are being discovered and quartz
with values determined. Truitt, as a
practical geologist and assayer, is
neculiarly well fitted to speak of the
district. When seen this morning
he said;
nThe district is surely favorable
one. II is seldom that district less
than two weeks old has become a
shipper. but that is what Haystack is
doing without even so much as a
windiass on the ground as yet from
which the shipping ore is taken. The
ore being shipped will rate from $75
to $50 per ton. This is presenta-
tion that requires no speculation as
to what may be.
"Dav before yesterday made
eleven assays from different groupings
outside of main discovery. These
Groupings cover territory of more
than two miles in circumference. i
did not get a skunk. The assays ran
from 40 cents to $16 gold and values
of from 81 to ~ in silver. The sam
pies ran SIS, $16, $l0.40, $3.50, $9.40,
$3.50, $3.50, $11.30, $40, s5.l2 and
$500 in gold per ton. For surface
prospects this is not to be discounted.
al also made assays of the low
grade ore of the main strike and find
# runs from $16 to s32.40 per ton.
The ore being shipped runs from $40
to $240 per ton.
"The ore is found along contact
zones of eruptive rocks such as mon
zonite, a granite apropolite, an am
phibole augite andesite, with states
associated with quartzoze. These are
in lemonaded layers. The ore is not
confined to a single rock. The mon
zonite with transition from syenite
to granite forms the basement of the
metaliferous test. The ore Is deter
mined along system OF parallel
veins and veinlets. These are part or
follow closely the line Of contacts. All
cracks have been penetrated by so
lutions. They are replacement and
are the result of deep seated action
caused by hot ascending waters. To
me the situation is good.'
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1914-05-14

until the "divorce colonv' was an
actual fact, Haunting its dirty linen
in the face of the world, not merely
hanging it on the line when it had
passed through the laundry, but lifting
it up in its disgusting nastiness, that
the fathers and mothers, the decent
men and women, the thoughtful and
representative citizens of the state,
and especially of Reno-where the
Divorces flocked-fully recognized
the evil that had befallen them.
To their honor and credit let it be
said that they became active at once.
They interviewed state officials, law
yers and judges, and besought them
to find some remedy. There seemed
to be none but the repeal of the law
of the old territorial days. But this
required time, and in the meantime
the cohorts of evil, reaping rich
l-smelling, rank and offensive field,
increased in number and influence.
Naturally they fought against any
change. The saloon and tenderloin
element, the gamblers, the baser citi-
zenship generally united with them
and made decided and vigorous re-
elotchce against any cudugo IN tn6
law. They went so far even as to
elect representative to the state leg
islature, who openly avered during a
session of that body thatReno men and
women desired no change in the law.
This bold and defiant challenge at
once aroused the decent men and
women of the city of Reno. They held
a mass meeting, Indignantly and
foreefully repudiating the ''represen-
tative' who had so vilely slandered
and misrepresented them, and went in
a body, over four hundred strong,
stormed the halls of legislature, stat
ed their position in favor of civic and
state deeency and morals with un-
equivoeal elearness, and demanded the
passage of an act repealling the law
that had been so perverted from its
original intent.
Such was the force 4 their moral
influence that all OPPOSITION was
swept away, the law was passed. and
the securing of easy divorces in Reno.
and Nevada generally, was rendered
"A thing of the past.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1914-05-14
UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA
lEf Club AT NIXON TONIGHT

club came in this morning. on South
ern Pacific No. 10, from Reno, where
the members played to crowded
house at the Majestic last evening.
This noted troupe is starting on its
second tour of Europe, where it met
with an enthusiastic reception on the
occasion of its first visit. I'm route a
few stops will be made, Winnemucca
being one of the favored towns.
The entertainment at the Nixon
opera house this evening will open at
Sis o'clock.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1914-05-14
THIS WEEK SATURDAY
Will Be CLEANUP DAY.

Considerable interest is being man
ifested in "CleanUp Day." which has
been set for Saturday by the Parents.
Teachers association. All refuse
should be raked up in yards and plae-
ed in piles at convenient places, to be
called for by wagons supplied by
Commissioner Haviland. This will
prove an easy solution of a vexed
problem, as the householder will be
to no otlay for the work.