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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-03
CHURCH FEELS THE CHANGE
New Administrations Always Have De-.
pressing Effect on Washington
Congregations and Others.

Washington feels the change Of ad-
ministration now and then in numer.
ous little ways. The pastor OF a
prosperous church. for example, is
bemoaning the loss of 60 families
from his congregation in the last
six months, all families OF the Taft
administration. Like a good, indus.
trious shepherd, this man is hustling
TO gain from some other quarter what
ne has lost because the country voted
the Republicans out and the Demo.
Gratis In. This particular instance
does not NEAR the incoming admins.
tration is less churchly. For every
official family that has departed an.
other official family has arrived, and
there are probably &C new official
families attending church somewhere
else in the federal city.
But such things shake up the life
OF Washington. The grocer loses
customers. and must see to it that
he gains others. There were many
longtime oficeholders here under the
Republican regime. Duration Of ten.
ure had encouraged them to rent or
buy homes. Departing they vacated
their residences. The are
inclined to be more timid about set
tin down. a period of hotel life
or residence in al apartment is the
rule &. with them. Consequently il
seems as though there were more va.
cant residence in the fashionable
northeast this autumn than before
in a very long time.
AS a result of this and other like
conditions Washington feels a de-
preston. 1t may be a year before
the city resumes it's wonted prosper.
ity. The old gibe about hotel and
boarding house keepers getting all
the money congress and other Off.
Gals have to spend was true so years
ago, but 1t is not now. The disposi.
ton in normal times is for the folb
from away to settle down here in
their own homes and live as house
holders. The extra session of con.
gress lasting all summer and all the
autumn has contributed something to
the general prosperity of local folk,
but not overmuch. Hotels have got
ten most Of the money.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-03
pocked the cata, ralls.

Monasteries and converts seem nat.
urally to befriend cats. When Sir
Henry Layard was at Mt. Athos In
1916 he noticed the number of huge,
fat, overfed cats" kept by the monks.
One popularity struck him. The cats
were almost as tailless as IL they were
Manx, but evidently by artificial
a ION asking for an explana-
ton OF 1t l was informed by the
mo5ks that as their meals were
served to them on trays placed, Turk
ish fashion, on low stools, round which
squatted those who ate, the cats. who
were constant guests at dinner and
breakfast, were In The habit of sweep
Ing or the viands and the wine
glasses with their tails, which were
consequently locked"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-03
MADE A SLIGHT MISTAKE
Young Congressman Wanted to Rent
Apartment In Mr.. MacVeagh's
PaIatial Home.

Representative Perle d. Decker OF
Missouri one of the youngest mem.
bers of the house, who is serving his
first term In congress, resides in @
modest blu comfortable apartment In
Fourteenth street. Like many other
apartment house jewellers he got a no.
ton that he wanted to move. The
street cars passing his apartment made
a great deal of noise until early morn.
Ing, and there were other easons Rid.
ing up Sixteenth (now called the ave.
nue. of the Presidents) he spied the
palatial home of Franklin MacVeagh,
former secretary of the treasury. The
location Just suited Decker. The ex.
terror OF the building indicated that
the ceilings were high and the rooms
spacious.
Leaving his automobile at the curb.
the congressman approached the en-.
rance to the MacVeagh home. His
hrst surprise came when he found the
door locked. In response to his ring
a uniformed butler opened the door
and asked what was wanted. Decker
announced blandly that he would like
to lease an apartment-in the building.
The butler nearly collapsed. After
recovering his breath he said, with a
great show Of indignation:
dis am no apartment house. It am
de home OF Mistah MacVeagh."
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-03
Riuht Spirit,

The right Thanksgiving spirit"
said Secretary Brayn, at a dinner In
Washington, was well exemplifed
one afternoon in the west.
Il 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 trea
pass on your property l said to the
farmer, long enough to photograph
that field OF wheat. It's the finest !
eve saw
THE farmer, as he opened the gate.
gave a laugh that had the true Thanks.
giving ring in 1t.
You're welcome to photograph the
field he said. 'You'n have to do II
instantaneous, though-she's CROWN
80 fast.'"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-03
HAPPINESS IS FOUND
Great Detective Informs MiIkman
With Watery Eyes Whore to Find
Condition He 10 Seeking.

Tho fat man. with the mole on his
second chin, took the profrered chair
and gazed at the great detective visit
fully. -
You may be surprised when you
what 1t is I ask you to help me
md" he began, but they say you can
md anything. Is that so?"
Anything" admitted the great de-
tectfve, with q slight smile, except
the cause OF the high cost Of living"
"Ah, then, I did right In coming to
you Oh. sir, in all my life / have
known not one moments happiness. /
want happiness; I will swap M for
tune for It Tell me, where can l find
happinegs?"
Il think 1 a help you, milkman,"
said the great detective.
"Mukman? Why, how did you"
BY your reference to e fortune
nrst and second. by your watery
eyes," said the great detective sim
ply.
and happiness. Where can 1 find
that?"
The great detective hitched his
chair nearer.
Tn the dictionary" he said, conf
dentially. There Is no charge"
Absently. the milkman threw a sofa
cushion.-Detroit Free Press.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-03

Football Not a pIosIIp

That phrase 80 much used in the
football season, chasing the pigskin,"
involves a popular error. The foot.
all 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.
ocular 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, 1914-01-03
Cornmeal-

According to the agricultural de.
partment at Washington, cornmeal
constitutes a very nutritive and cheap
food. In fact, for three cents one can
get more nutriment out 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 flour 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 1t 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, nutritiousest eating under
the sun-for five cents a brick. 1t
is said that the trouble these days is
with the cost of. Ligh 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, 1914-01-03
Maintain HIph Ideaia,

The mos difficult problem that any
human beiEs 4 to solve is the pre-
vention of an Insidious lowering Of his
standards. 1t is SO easy to grow a
little careIess about personal appear.
ance, to be a trifle less particular in
discerning the difference between right
s2d wrong. to drop into habits Of neg.
lect in small matters that were once
considerd duties, that gradually the
whole life has slipped to a lower plane
before one Is aware. The lowering of
ideals along any line means q lower
ed We.-Great Thoughts.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-03
Dug With Wrong Kind of Tools.


The heirs of the recluse who was
supposed to have buried some money
on his farm neal Abilene did not find
the money, although they made a vs..
tematic search over the place with
picks and spades. 1.-THE great trou.
BILE 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 ovef
the land first with that and then fol-
lowed it up with another team and q
drill containing wheat and had just
had a 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, 1914-01-03
NoIee.

A poet and a musician wrote q
comic opera. When 1t was first per-
formed 1t was noticed that the music
was very loud.
why did you write such too-strenu.
ous muster asked a friend OF the
composer.
You wouldn't ask that" the com
poser replied, "if you had read any of
those lyrics I didn't want the audi.
ence to hear them!"-saturday Eve
ming Post.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-03
Not Eavorlna tho Elori.ta.

Stranger (out west)-If that man
you just lynched had been brought
to trial he would have been found
guilty and hanged. anyhow, wouldn't
he?
Native-Yes, stree.
Stranger-Then. why didn't you let
the law take its coursea
Natiye-Waal, you see, there's. two
or three weddin'a comm OF soon,
and we didn't want to raise the price
Of cut flowers.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-03
Just the Man.

y understand you got into JAIL"
said the warden. "on account OF q
glowing mining prospectus"
Il was quite optimistic" admitted
the gentlemaDly prisoner.
We'll, the governor wants a report
on conditions In my Jail. / want you
TO write It."
Woman's Ashes by Parcel Post.
patterson, N. Under the regis.
trar's permit, the ashes of Miss Hen.
rietta Branning, a school teacher siII
60 TO Germany by parcels post.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-03
To BRIGHTEN Tile

To make red tiles a nice, bright,
clear color, rub we'll with a lemon
dipped in fine salt. Leave it for a few
minutes, then wash in the usual way.
You will find this well worth the trou-
BILE, for when 1t is finished the tiles
will be a nice, clear red, with all the
stains removed.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-03
Newspaper TrlYlalitY.

1T is customary to grid at the 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 modern, newspa-
Per consists in none of these things,
but in its overpowering triviality."
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-03
Kept Himself GUESSING.

A negro porter In a barber shop
made a speech ono night at his col
pred mems club. 1t was quite an ST
fort, creating a sensation among his
brothers on account of the number
OF big words It contained.
His employer heard Of 1t, and the
next day began INVITING him when
he saw him absorbed in a dictionary.
What are you doing, SAINT" he
asked. Looking up some more big
words for another speech?"
No. sah," he replied. "Tain't that.
Abs jest transalatin' the speech All
made las night."-Harper's Weekly.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-03
Beyond Concrete Calculation.

A woman has b~equeathed $1,000 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 mount 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, 1914-01-03
Beautiful

There are those who shudder at the
approach of autumn, and we feel a
light grief stealing over their spirits
Like 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. G. Mitchell.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-03
riokia Ranrnt

At last has been disclosed the So
cret OF q housewife famous for her
~well1ayored, crisp pickles. She has
herself divulged the secret OF their
crispness, which proves to be nothing
more than the addition OF fresh grated
h~orseradish to the contents of the
picket jar.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-03
DOG For Golf Links

A golf dog has been discovered. The
animal, a rough-haired terrier, is quite
self+supporting, and he helps to sup
port the house painter and his fam
lily with whom he lives. He has root
ed out as many as ten good golf balls
on a Sunday night, and in one week
brought home 22.-Manchester Guard
ian.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-03
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, 1914-01-03
Something Worth SeeInu.

= 4 ~four-year-old y%oungster 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, 1914-01-03
equIFTsR InsfinofiXa niss.

Squirrels, II II said, know how 30
yudse distances accurately, for they
seldom jump two distances alike, yea
nsver fal to land safely when an inch
too far or too short would mean dis.
aster. And dogs run along beside
norses' heels, Judging accurately the
eafe distance. and are seldom, IL ever,
satursd
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-03
Birds WING Powerful.

The muscles of a birds wing are
20 times more powerful, p~roportionate-
Iy speaking, than those of a mans
arm.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-01-03

A little oxalic acid, dissolved In
warm water and applied with a
sponge, viii make old leather look like
Nw.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-26
NOW Net TO no m.
sample or the 1nelasticity OF Well Meant
Legislation.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir. The
sundry civil act, approved August last.
provided that appropriations for printing
and binding the annual department re-
ports should not apply for any annual re-
port or accompanying documents unless
the head of each executive department
should have such documents In the hands
OF the Public Printer by October - and
complete revised proofs of the documents
ana the annual reports in hand by Novem-
Der 10 and 20 respectively.
Result. the annual report OF the d.
rector of the United States Mint has just
been published with these important omis-
sions: The worlds gold and silver pro-
duction in 1918. either In totals or by
countries as usual the estimates OF the
worlds Industrial consumption OF gold
and silver in 1913: the table OF the none
tary stocks OF the world on December 81,
1918
Much OF this data is necessarily secured
by correspondence with foreign Govern
ments. which cannot be hurried TO accom-
modate the United States Government
Printing Office Hence the Director of the
MINIS report for 1914 IL sadly incomplete
and by the time the statistics now lacking
are embodied In next years report they
will have lost the value OF freshness. our
Mnts compilations are noted for their
thoroughness and accuracy and are OF
much use to all students and writers on
economics. This years report falls lam
entably short OF the general high stand
ard through no fault of officials, who were
forced TO hurry their copy 70 the printer
before complete returns were received
from abroad. j. &. H. T.
NEW YORK, December IS.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-26
BETTER .IAfE rom.
He Is NOtOriOusIy Guilty OF Excellent
Business Practices.

To TIVE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir: Gos-
sitter Johnson's protest against the meddle-
some interference OF our Leg slatures and
courts with legitimate business affairs IL
timely and TO the point. As an illustration
OF his contention that great injury IL be-
ing done to our manufacturing and COM
mercial interests by hostile legislation n
recent decision OF the United States Cir
cult Court at Cincinnati, Ohio. is OF moro
than local import.
Henry Ford OF Detroit makes motor
cars In order tina. there shall he no
favoritsm. by which one buver shall get
ear cheaper than his nelghbor, Mr. Ford
enters into agreements with his agents in
various cities. establishing un form prices
for his cars. These agreements are essen
TALLY in the interest OF the general public.
since they prevent price discrimiuat ions
in favor of y few purchasers as against
the great majority who are willing TO pay
the advertised price.
A Cincinnati dealer who had agreed TO
sell Ford cars AZ the standard price broke
his contract Thereupon the.united States
court was asked to issue an Injunction TO
prevent further violations Of the agree
ment, The court refused 20 grant the
relief asked for. on the ground. among
other reasons, that agreements TO sell
goods at uniform prices are in restraint OF
trade and therefore void
Here is a plain case OF public clamor
against 'uSlItSS iflIE tlttNldltu On me
courts into an opinion that long estah-
l'shed methods of marketing goods are H.
legal and that duly executed contracts
may be freely broken by one OF the parties
for the purpose of taking an unfair ad-
vantage Of competing dealers selling the
same article, The whole system OF selling
motor cars through agencies depends on
the uniform price policy.
No dealer would be 80 foolish as TO
spend large sums IN advertising A certain
car " he knew that some irresponsible
person could come along and by cutting
prices reap all the benefit of his adver-
tlsements. Yet az the matter now stands
a business system that has been built
up during the last fifteen years so that
iens OF thousa nds are now employed in Il
Is threatened with destruction because a
law never intended TO reach its activities
is held TO apply to IT,
Perhaps II IL good thing for the coun-
try TO have the courts uphold n practice
that leads to rank favoritsm and price
discrimination. But you can't make the
thousands OF dealers in motor cars and
motor accessories believe it,
WHIDDEN GRAHAM
NEW YORK, December %
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-26
The Grand Old Man OF the Sierras

A sequoia Of the human kind fol,
when JOHN MUIR died. He should he
buried in Yosemite Valley and have
FL Captain for his monument. Ii il
hard to conceive Of the Grand Old Man
Of the Sierras lying still and lifcless
In his writings he seemed to have i'm.
mortal youth and TO he one with the
great trees and the waterfall and the
winds that swept the heights and made
music in the deep woods. or all who
roamed Yosemite none was more at
home there, more in tune with Its mani.
festations. more friendly with its bea SITS
and birds, more serenely content in it's
solitudes and elemental vio1ences. There
Is a picture of JOHN MUIR climbing a
in the forest" which he Describes SO
wonderfully that one forgets time and
place In reading the rhapsody and is
carried into the heart of the Slerras 5.
Where il there a finer passage in all tho
| literature Of nature?
To JOHN MUIR there was no peril,
| nothing lonely, rude or uncOngenlal In
the American wilderness zone should
go to the woods for safety" he said.
Civilized towns he regarded as more
dangerous and hostile. A man could
take care OF himself in the wilderness,
and nature was hospltable. lie prac-
tlscd what he preached. With n bun
die of bread and some tea he went into
the Sierras alone Mt all times OF the
year. Shows might drift and tempests
beat, hut JOHN MUIR was safe and
happy; in the tremendous moods of
nature he felt elation. The bear was a
comradc-MUIR never carried firearms
the rattlcsnake harmless II not pro.
voked, and the water ouzel, poised on
II spray over foaming rapids, made thu
divinest melody in the world. One OF
the greatest dlsappointmcnts in MUIRs
life was EMERsoN's shrinking from n
night In the scGuoins under the stars
Phe Concord philosopher came to sec
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-26
RUSSIA AND JAPAN.
u Another War Between Them the, able
IN the Future?

To THE EDITOR or TINE SuN-Sr. A
Russian Goverror-General In the Far East
said In a recent article that Russia's pop
ulhtion will he brought IN TO 200. 000. 600
In another fftv wears and the only outlet OF
the increased population 10 IN siberia and
other ASiatic territories Ths immigrants
OF yellow race are coming into these PROV
inc"s fdste~ than our people. and Japan
since the annexation OF Corea where her
money is extensively invested. Is steadily
pushing On with the economic Invasion Of
Manchurld. Should such tendency be
allowed to continue the two nations must
come into collision sooner or later. The
peace between the two coun' riee IN only
60 be strengthened by Keeping their arma-
nenis on equal footing. Such Is the view
OF m influential Russian OF the situation.
Should the Allies come out victorious
and should Japau's hold upon Corea and
Nauchuril slaCken the world must expect
90 see the gigantic figure OF Russia loom
portentouslY upon the Oriental horizon
Win or lose IN the struggle IN Europe
pan-Slavism Will not cease 70 he n night
mare to the Ninnonese and to meet this
sway squarely Japan will In all probability
ne obliged - increase her armament The
situation some what resembles that which
existed between England and Germany be-
fore the war, and II certainly doe. not
CIV" bright outlook to peace loving peo-
pie SHrSzo MoRr
KocHEsrER, December "a.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-26
ATHLETES ron DEFENCE.
Encourage the Amateurs 10 RepeI the
Nations Foes

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir. Nav
I call your attention to the very great
value OF amateur athletics in preparing
the young men OF the country in case
there was need TO repel a foreig n invader
Physical fitness would be of the first I'M
portance in such an event This Is what
me young men get who have a part in
amateur athletics. II would be well, and
the Amateur Athletic Union officials could
easily provide for this. II more attention
were given 10 the lass expert competitors
In amateur athletics
This IL already provided for in a degree
through handicapping and prizes TO- nov
ices. Young men who take part in ANA
teur athletics cannot engage In dissipation
or any sort As a rule they must cur ont
smoking. intoxicating drink, give more or
less thought to what they eat and other
matters which make for a sound body.
They are also under discipline. the can
tains OF the various teams being in a p1si-
ton 10 order this or that done, and thew
must obey. Athletics plays a large mar, in
the swiss system OF which General Wood
40 highly approves as Q mode, for thia
country
The fact that amateur athletics would
keep mlitarism far In the background
would do away with the objection OF many
to any plan for preparation in which Mil.
tarism had more than "A small par
JoHN G. COLLINS
Chairman Managing Committee tna
New Haven Amateur Athletes
NEW HAVEN, Conn, December 25