The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-06-11
IL the two years between April, 1874,

y
aud April. 1876, the wholesale prices Of
:le principal commodities have fallen
about rs much in England as they have
Ill this country. Scotch pi1 iron hns
dropped III this interval from II shil.
lIngs 10 % shillinSs; coal (for house
holh use III Londonl from % shillings
to2i ShiilIngs; tin from 03 pounds 10 II
pounds 10 shillinSs; wheat from 60
shlliinES the quarter to 10 shillings;
cotton from pence for middling mp
lands TO GF pence, and raw sunSr from
II shilllnSS per hundred weight to IL
shItlinSs. The principal articles which
have maintained their prices arc beef,
~ also III New York, copper, wool, nild
coiiec. Upon this exhibit the 6coaoa,-
Isl makes its usual comment: "As wheat
has not risen i'll price, Notwithstanding
last years bad harvest, and everything
has long favored the consumer, we
should have expected before this n re-
turn to animation, which will. no doubt,
como in due course" Tho Economist
docs not call on tho Ministry for n
measure of relief" nor does any Eng
lishman, SO far rs orr knowledge OK.
tends, demand an expansion of the
-ft" ""
On, for words TO express my nbomina-
ton of That science, if name scored to
the useful and ciabcllishcl arts may be
applied to the PERCEPTION AMI rccol-
lection OF certain properties in numbers
and fiGurcsl Oh, that had to learn
assrology, or demonology, or school di-
NlnllVt oh that I 30
Thomas A4Hinas, aud to adjust the nc.
latlon Entity with the two Predica-
ments, SO that L were exempt from this
miserable study! discipline" of the
mind! Say rather starvation, confine-
ment; tortue, humiliation! But il must
be. feel myself becoming person.
itication of Algebra, living trigonome-
trical canon, walking table of logari-
thms. All my perceptions OF elegance
aud beauty gone, or at least going. BY
the end Of the term my brain will DO
"ns dry as the remainder biscuit after
voyage. From one o. his Students
Letters.
The best consistency is 10 be con-
sistent to ones self, By acting, every
day up to tho light of that day. The
traveller who guides his steps in relation
to one object, such as n mountain, who
wishes to keep Away at the same dis
lance from that, may, indeed, keen
moving and apparently advancing, but
lac iS really travelling in circle around
the one object: but he who is guided by
the path will always be changing his
relative position, and every step makes
him Nx.ii1, 4
he moves on ind OH, and advances into
new countries, and reaches his journeys
end. know myself mud be true to thy
self! Thou art i'll the. way of truth.
The only consistent mariner is he who
steers by tho compass, though he is
drifted leagues out Of his COURSE
Norman Ndr!cod.
An exchange says, Smith an engineer
OF some reputation living in Chicago,
has proposed to Tho Common Council
Of Detroit, Michigan, TO tunnel tho
Detroit river after plans of his own,
and to receive no money for his work
untilii Is finished. ue offers to retain
and operate the tunnel il tho railroad
companies or the city do not care to
buy it. AS lie is wealthy md shrewd
business man, he seems to be ablo to
carry out his plans il the necessary au-
thority ia given, and there IL proba-
bility that the question of n bridge
or tunnel over the Detroit river, con-
corning which there has been so much
discussion, md which has retarded the
growth OF the city, will be practically
decided by private enterprise.
THE Paris correspondent OF the Buff
falO Commercial writes: "Tho casting
of the gigantic bronze statue of Liberty,
to be erected Mt the entrance OF New
York harbor, Inns recently been begun
here. Some idea of tho dimensions of
this monster may be conveyed by the
fact that the shoulders nre more than
twelve metres broad, and the hend
seven metres high from the chin to the
top. Tho legs measure several metres
i'll circumference. 4 man can easily
cnsconce himself in many OF the folds
OF the drapcry; and tho light which the
statue holds i'll its hands is such that
two persons can walk round it nnd pass
each other, or take chair and sit
down."
CoSnHEss has just passed bill mp
proprinting $4,000 for tho relief Of
Mrs. Eliza Potter, who ut Charleston
during the wnr expended over $40, 900
Ill caring for our sick and wounded
soldiers i'll Southern hospitals. Mrs.
Potter was wealthy ut the time, but her
property was destroyed by tho two
armies, and ut the close Of the war she
found herself entirely Impoverished, mud
was obliged to appeal to tho Govern
ncnt for assistance.
TIE Cinnamon Of Austin ara Circulnt-
ing among the whites petition for tho
pardon Of All Joe serving out life SEN
tence i'll tho State Prison for tho Inur-
der Of another Chinnman in that city
III 1850. lie has now served ten yenrs,
and his countryman now say, "lirn
belly good man now" aud thiuk that
lie lihs been sufficiently punished All
Joe Is the Chinaman who, when ngkcd
by visitor to tho prison how long hc
was in for, replied; "Mo here for allie
time"
a mass Of 90,OOO.OOO tons Of pare
solid, compact rock salt, located OH
mn island 1S5 feet high, which rises
from miserable sea marsh en- the route
from BraslioGr TO New Iberia, up tho
river Tcche, in Louisiana, is one Of tho
wonders Of tho world. How this island,
containing over JOJ acrcs Of excellent
land, ever cnmo into existence in such
n locality is matter OF conjecture.
Vegetation Is prolific, and tho scenery
liz beautiful aud varied.
NJ. Ii. DEYoUEa. OF the Chronicle, was