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The system of non-sectarian public schools
established In this State is an essential part
of our free institutions, and we heartily favor
it's liberal maintenance provided by our
Constitution and laws, and by such other laws
in accordance with our Constitution a. will
bring it's benefits to every child in the State.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-07-17

been obliged to resort to the record of the Re-
publican party in its Infamous denonetization
Of silver, as an illustration In its attempt 70
sustain its false charges. ...
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Grimes Committed by serles.

Another curious phenomenon revealed by
French criminal statistics is that certain
classes OF crimes Occgr 10y series. We lad
not long ago q series Of murders IN " Lich the
victims were coco,tes, and just now we are.
having a series Of old women murders. There
arc those who say that each author Of an
original crime produces sort OF hypnotism
amono tho mass of criminals who approprl-
ate and initiate his manner This strange
influence exerted over Compartments which
seem 70 have been predestlned to commit
crimes has nothing abnormal about II; is
workings have been noticed IN persons WHO
were perfectly honest. a year or so ago
lady was caught stealing in one OF tie large
stores: her honesty was above question and
her means were ample enough TO permit her
20 salty any caprice.
What sl'o had stolen were little tritles OF
no great value, and she declared that as She
was looking at the articles and on the point
Of Speaking 10 the "a lesman whose back was
turned. 10 ask their price, she perceived
handsomely dressed lady standing alongside
of her who was hiding something under her
cloak. She was obou, 20 denoaace the thief
when the latter fixed her eyes on her IN q
strange. half commanding, half smiling way,
and. completely fascinated, she.imitatcd her,
followed her about, taking things whenever
she did. Presently she lost sight Of the wo-
man i'm the crowd and at once came 90 her
self with q start and was about TO pay for the
articles she had taken when she was arrested.
In the room where she was searched she re-
cocnizcd the woman whom she had been imi-
tating and who, Ike her, had been watched
and arrested. am exceedingly skeptical on
the subject Of magnetism hypnotisn and the
other tricks with which jugglers are SO fond
o. imposing on the public, but in case like
the ono Just cited where tho ledy's past was
irroproachable and where the theft committed
was insignificant. l am not inclined 10 doubt
her assertion that she was acting under an
influence she was powerless TO resist her
excuse did not save her from prosecution and
She received a trihing sentence.
Haynie in New Orleans Picayune.
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The Wealth Of Tho Queen.

There was a runor afoat in London 10 the
effect that an increased allowance would be
asked for on behalf Of the Prince Of Walcs and
his family during the autumn session. II i5
proves true, TIE proposal VIII undoubtedly
receive several black eyes Economists
argue that there IL 10 call for this additional
expense The queen has IN annuity drawn
from the consolidated fund Of sl,92J. COO
which Is especially allotted TO meet those ex.
peuses connected with her high position, the
Partial weight OF which has been transferred
10 the heir apparent. But that - only por-
ton u the enormous income which good for
tune aud frugal habits have placed at tho dis
posal OF the head Of the ROYAL family. The
new Domoslay book disclose the fact that
the Queens private estates extend over 81
872 acres, the annual rental even az the
lately deprecated prices being sl3J.cJj
Some years ago her majesty, acting under
tho advice Of Lord Sydney. purchased the
Claremont estate for the sum Of $4,000, es-
tlmGted az the time es being a lttle over half
its market value 10 is said 10 lie worth
today az least $4,000.
The queen also possesses property at Co
burg AMI the Villa HohenlOhe az Baden. As
20 personal property, there was the Request
Of a quarter OF million left 20 her majesty
by sir James Camden Ne.ld This viii was
proved IN 1852, and the bequest must now
have reached magnificent proportions. Then
there was the property left by the prince
consort. estimated 10 have reached nearly
s3,000000, but rs this vii was never proved
ands so ESCAPED probate duty, the exact
amount is not known. These items are over
and above the queens annual savings. The
aggregate money sum at her maJsstys dis
posal for family purposes would hence ap-
pear to be, at the lowest computation, such
as renders unnecessary national solicitude on
the subject. The Prince Of Wales Will
hardly get the new allowance under these
circumstances London Cor. New York
tress
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points, for the divers report number OF

points, for the divers report number OF
hobs. -
Divers sav that the most disagreeable
feature Of their work is stumbling across
q dead body. These bodies usually iloat
q few days after death, but there are
cases where they become entangled, or,
rs in the case of suicides, are sometimes
loaded with weights. It's dismal enough
TO be at the bottom CT muddy rlver,
without finding ones self face 10 face
with the swollen body of fellow being.
Divers have q superstition that 1t Is bad
luck 10 touch these bodies. and they
never do 60 If they can avoid Il.
TIE diving he'll was the first contriv-
ancc used 20 explore places covered by
water. ANY ore can see the working OK
q diving bcll by taking glass tumbier
inverted and pressing II down III bowl
of wafer Ii will be seen that the water
does not enter the tumbler, for tho rea-
son that two substances cannot be in the
same place at the same time SO IN tho
diving bell the water does not enter the
vessel. though il presses upon the air
contained in the bell, COMPRISING it
somewhat. but cannot fill the bell. II
the vessel were let down 20 depth OF
thirty-thrce feet this compression would
be so great rs to half fill the bell. With
IN the bell. AT a sufficient distance above
where the water comes, supports are
placed on which the diver sits. Diving
bells are still used when they can be let
down directly over place where work
is To be done. but for moving about or
prving into dark corners the arnor IL
alone effective. and has largely sup
planted the bell
In order to keep as much water as pos
sible out Of the diving bell compressed
cir Is used. This affects some people
very disagreeably. Usually there is a
pain ON the drum of the ear, which
comes from the pressure without the ear
being greater than that within, and there
not being a perfect equilibrium.
There has been no special improve
ment in diving apparatus for a number
# years. The diving bell was known in
the time Of Aristotle, and diving armor
has now been III use many years. The
methods Of raising vessels have doubtless
been improved upon considerably during
the past half century.
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Federal Hcspitals I'm 1864.

am back again in Washington. on ny
regular daily and nightly rounds. OF course
there are many specialt.es. Dotting n ward
here and there are always cases Of poor
fellows, long suffering under obstinate
wounds, or weak and disheGrtened from
typhoid fever, or the like; marked cases,
needing special and sympathetic nourish-
ment. These sit down ard either tall, 10
or silently cheer them up They always like
il hugely and 50 do II. Each case has lis pc
cularities. and needs some new adaptation.
| have learnt 70 thus conform-learnt
good deal Of hospital wisdom. Some of the
poor young chaps. away from home for the
first time in their lives. hunger and thirst FOR
affection: this is sometimes the only thing
that will reach their condition The men
Ike TO have a pencil and something TO write
in have given them cheap pocket diaries,
and nlmanacs for 1861, Interviewed with blank
paper.
For reading generally have some old pic
tor!al magazines or story pape,s-thcy gro
always acceptable. Also the morning or
evening papers Of the day The best books
Go Lot give. bat lend 20 read through ;he
wards. aud then take them 20 others. and SO
on: they are very punctual about returning
tie books in these wards or Oh the field rs
/ thus continue 10 20 round. II have come 20
adapt myself 10 each cmergoncy. after its
kind or call. however trivial however SOL
emn. every one justified and made real under
It's circumstances. not only visits and cheer
in- talk and little gifts. not only washing
and dressing wounds u have some cases where
tho patient is unwilling any one should DO
this bu. mel but passages from the Bible, cx-
rounding them. prayer at the bedside, ex-
plantations Of doctrine, etc Z think sec
ms friends smiling at this confession. bar
was never moro IN earnest ig my life) In
camp and everywhere | was in the habit of
reading or giving rcc.ta'i0ns 20 the men.
They were very flud Of BE-. and liked declam-
atory rOetical pieces. We wogA gather H. 4
large group 10y ourselves after supper aud
spend The time in such readings, or IN talk
ing, and occasionally by an amusing game
called the game OK twcaty questions. Walt
Whitman in Tho Century.
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Tue HIGHEST CHIMNEY ~ AMERICA.
and the rest Of the chimney - without
lining; no fire bricks are used IN the
lining.
The chimney receives two horizontal
fues. in which il j. proposed 10 place
feed water heaters for the boilers. About
ono thousand pipes will be included in
them. II l. believed tina. much more or
the waste heat can thus be economical
than j. usual as, owing 10 the great
height Of The chimney a comparatively
slight heat in the product OF combustion
will generate ample draught. The adj
vantage in an engineering sense OF so
large chimney will be derived from
this factor Of economy.
A remarkable feature Of this piece OK
work j. that it was built IN $50 days Of
nine hours each. In the erection OF tho
three taller chimneys much more time
was spent. Townscnd's chimneys at
Glasgow. Scotland, is 4ji feet high, and
was more than three years building;
Tenant & Co.'S chimney, Glasgow,
Scotland. Is i3J feet 9 inches high, and
was built in year, as was Dobson az
Barlow's chimney at Bolton, England,
which is 367 feet inches high.
The total weight Of the new chimney
Is f0,09f 500 pounds; the total numberof
bricks in the stack is 1851 23l, and its
cost was S30,O goo.
No way 10 ascend the shaft, after the
elevator used in its construction vaS
taken away, has been provided. III IL
should be necessary TO do 80, balloon
will be sent up the central fiue and al
lowed TO lose rs gas and descend on tho
outside, providing means for drawing up
a kne OF sufficient sizo for man To
climb. 1t Is estimated that during
high wind the chimney will sway about
six inches
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AUNT mAPTHAp GRAYSOn.
An Incident Connected With One Of EgGie-
ston's Chc--cters-A Hearty Greeting.

Il seems 70 mo fitting to the story Of The
Graysonsr TO publish little incident con
nected With Aunt Martha" that came under
my personal observation. The incident o.
which speak occurre, when Lincoln and
Douglas we're making their famous tour CT
Illinois, and were 70 speak at Havana. Mason
county, Ills
About G O'Clock on the day previous there
came % the houseof the friend with whom
was stopping an old lady, who had walked
DO not know how many miles 70 sc dear old
Abe" She wore a calico sun bonnet and a
clean dark calico dress Of rather scant pro
portions and was toilworn and withered, but
vithal had such kindly face that one forgot
her homely attire and backwoods manners.
She talked incessantly Of Mr. Lincoln, al
ways calling t,m "0ld Abe" and was so
eager and trembling in her desire 10 see him
that could not help wondering what possible
interest she could have in him, or he IN her
| learned that Lincoln, years before, had
saved the life O: her son, who was accused Of
murder, and no scrap of evidence seemed
possible 10 save bin from the gallcws Here,
then, was the motLcr Of the young man
whose story had 80 often heard
Tho next morning the old lady was up
long before the rest Of Us, nervously roaming
about, and scarcely able to control her asita-
ton. II am going 81 be the first 20 greet
Old Abe when he Leaves the boat, she said
ever and over again; land want 70 tell him
how glad ! am that he has become 50
great
She did not wait for the steam whistle to
herald his coming With trembling fingers
she tied the strings OF her sun bonnet uuder
her chin, lighted her pipe-I'm sure I'm no.
mistaken In this-and hurried ncrvousy
away, saving as she left. 81 must be the first
20 take him by the Aand.r And sure enough
she was The whistle blew, the crowd
surged down 10 the landing, b.. tic old lady
was already there No sooner was the plank
thrown out than Aunt Martha stepped
upon IL. and was indeed the first 10 meet and
greet odd Abe
She came back 10 the house shortly after,
her face radiant with joy, tho tears still
coursing down her withered checks, and cried
cut between intervals of hysterical sobs: i've
seen him-ho Was not ashamed Of me-he
took my old hand and wrung it with a will,
saying. 'Howdy, Aunt Martial How are all
the folksl I'm right glad TO see you Mrs.
II. L, Tobien in The Century.
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ton TO the delicate tracer, showing the
bandiwork Of scunning workman.
MIR. Means witnessed the competition
between Nessrs. Z. II MAYO & Bro and
Messrs John Wiigh, & Co, all Of Rich
mond, Va, III bidding for a hogshead o.
Kentucky premium tobacco, which
brought $4,000 II was considered a
great Advertisement
Messrs. Allen & Ginter, cigarette man
ufaclurers, have tie largest factory. They
employ 500 girls, give them three or four
excursions a year, several balls during
The winter, and when they get sick pay
all their doctors bills.
Mr.. Means and Mayor Foushee had a
royal time. They were banqueted and
toasted and generally lionized. Nj.
Means says he never had better time IN
his life.
ThE LAST DAYS or PoMPEH.
The second performance Of Ibis gor-
geous spectacle was witnessed last night
by another large audience whose only
complaint was that IL was so soon over.
The Bell Brothers received much APP
plause 10 their ieats rortray'De the ola
Roman athletic games, and all the other
participants also received their full share
OF popular approval.
There will be no performance tonight,
as Mr.. Wilson, the manager, says that II
will require from now until Monday TO
rebuild the ruined city destroyed by the
eruption Of Vesuvirs.
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NERVES AND MOODS.
Complex system Of Telesraphy-Causes
of Had Temper.

ga fff'PNfs
Nothing in nature is moro marvellous than
the network Of nerves constituting what we
sometimes carelessly call our nervous system.
Each nerve is n Geographic cord in itself
Each is a part Of the whole complex and III
imitable system Of telegrt, 'by 10y which mes
sages from the headquarters IN the braun are
sent TO the minute stations 10 the extremi-
ties II this Geographic system OF nerves
were erected on diminutiye poles outside Of
our bodies, IL would be a most peculiar ex-
hibt. Happily for US, our nervous systems
are as 10 were, harmonious arrangement
Of underground wires, carefully buried
within US and deity concealed from outside
observation. We cannot see them nor know
whether they are too slack or too tightly
strained. We can tell when they are dis
turbed, for neuralgia agony shoots along
their course from station 10 station. When
we arc glum, and dismal, and low spirited
the Geographic apparatus is out Of order and
the nerve forces are demorali-ed
When nerves work wrong II is as when
telegraph poles are shaly or wires tangled or
crossed, OF currents irregular, or batteries
confused. According to the iTeSularity Of
our nerves, SO are our irregular moods If
all is right, we are happy and CHEEKY and
sunshmy. But let the batteries blunder, or
the currents cross, or the wires become en-
tangled, and we are irritable, sllky, i'll tenn
percd or angry, as the case may be. In some
Of our distressful moods we pout, and sulk,
and misintcrpret, and misunderstood. We
take ofIense where no offensc is intended,
and we impute 20 others motives which are
mover conceived 10y them. At times when
tho moods are cut Of sorts, wc think the
whole world is Prosecuting Us, aud wc, the
afflicted objects Of persecution, are, above all
other human creatures, singled out for mar
tyrdom. There are circumstances under
which most of us can, without insuperatie
difficulty. rise from the moodiness which is
brought about 10y letting the nerves have
their Ogyl way.
Mental and physical diet has much 20 do
with it, Brooding over real sorrows and inn
aginary niseries will make the best Of US
moody and wrctched Nursing grief and at
fronts and telling the sad story of our woes
has as depressing an effect a narcotic drugs.
Sleeping in unveutlated rooms often pro-
duccs chronic wretchedncss. even If these
rooms be furnished with the appliance Of
wealth ami refinement Association with
grim persons is depressing and dispirlng.
Good health. mental, spiritual and bodily, 10
worth working for 1t casts out the malaria
Of noodincss and lifts Us into the sunlight of
Joy. Good health is more easily attained
than most folks representations at Nofk.
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Her Appetite WIS Gone.

Ono day the chances OF travel brought
lfuo 70 q very common sort OF restaurant,
and she had not looked abcNt the place many
minutes without losing her appetite.
You didn't seem very hungry" com
,nented mamma when they reached the
street.
NOM replied Piue, gloomily.
"What was the matterP
20 mamma could SEQ one OF the waters
cleaning the casters in that littlo room near
he table She poked out the holes III the salt
shaker with-withn-
with a pini' supplied her mother, cheer
July, seeing that the child hesitated. "Wel,
hat wasn't bad. You wouldn't have had
aer use hair pin, would your
20 mamma, and fruo almost shrieked IN
.he agony Of hearing the terrible fact put
into words. lit was hair pin9'- Youths
Conipantnn>-~ -'e
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A VERY HIGH CHIMNEY.
Only One Structure in America of Greater
Altitude.

The Washington monument ID the only
structure on this continent which is taller
than the great chimney lately built at
Kearney. n. j., 10 serve the twenty big
boilers Of q thread manufacturing COM
pany. II is n king among chimneys, as
there are hut three taller ones In tho
world. ard none OF those were built for
boiler furnaces, but for carrying off the
products of chemical processes, and dis
tributing the gases thus produced.
The Kearncy chimney besides being n
triumph OF the builders art as regards
stability and height, Is very handsome
shaft II is circular. and rises with n
perfectly uniform batter from the bottom
10 the neck below the cap. It's diameter
at the base is 2S feet g inches, and at tho
neck il II feet. This gives a hattcr of Z
feet 8 inches. or 2 rs inches for every ten
feet. It. tOtcl height IL 33j'ieet. Its in
ternal diameter IL Il feet. giving ono
circular huc AT tie summit it expands
into a well proportioned capital sur
mounted 10y a cast iron coping. The
latter weighs six tons, and Is composed
of thirty-two sections.
The foundation on which this great
mass Of bricks rests i 40 feet square aud
feet deep, ard weighs 900 900 pounds.
As il start9 from the base the chimney
H. double. The outer wall is 8 feet 3
inches in thickness. and inside Of this il
9 second wall % inches thick and spaced
of about 20 inches from main wall,
and, Of course. ccnccntric with it. From
the interior surface Of the main wall
Cight buttrcsscsare carried, nearly touch
ing this inner or main fiuo wall, IN order
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The Shotgun at Long Range.

Dreadful stories Of missionary LIE in India
and Africa by DR.. Gust, who has written G.
book about the way they quarrel In INDIA
about their houses and oblige magistrates 70
interfere to keep the peace. Dear, gooe
missionary in Africa, to keep order among
his blacks, fires at them charge OF No. .
shot at 100 yards, as he says, with magical
erec,.H-Prenrice milford in New YORK
Star.
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RAISING TIE ATLAS.
OVERS WILL BRING TO TIE SURFACE
TIE STEAMER RECENTLY SUNK.

Some account of the Methods Employed
In Raising. ships from tho Bottom OF
the wa.er-Ihe Diving Eells of Earlier
Days.
Passengers on the New Jersey ferries
entering New York, down town, pass the
sunken steamer Atlas, lying near the
foot of Barclay street in tho North river.
Boats entering the Barclay street slip are
obliged to 20 around the sunkcn vessel,
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Statistics lately published in England show
that the world hes go Crpsuses worth So
100000 or over, Of whom 20 reside in Eng
land. 100 in the United States, LOO in Ger
many, rs in France, 30 in Russia, 50 in India
and l2j il other countries.
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This il the method that was used in the
case OF the Wells City, and doubtless it
viii be- repeated ia the case Of the Atlas.
The first and most difficult matter is the
placing OF the chains. For this purpose
divers are employed. vino go down and
work the chains under the vessel. The
divers occupation Is certainly o hazard
Gus one. He wears a curious sort Of
armcr on his submarine trips. end the
air he breathes is pumped down 70 hiin.
OF course. any failure Of the nil current
means death. unless the diver il removed
Immediately. There j. strong rope
tied around his waist. which nc holds
with one hand while descending. and by
Jerking on this he may readily give Z
signal IN the helmet are thick glass
windows. through which he may look.
The helmet Is OF copper, the suit 81 rub
ber
When the water Is clear the diver may
readily sec objects horizontally, though
overhead there j. q glare. IN The North
river thc water j. 20 muddy that It * not
probable the diver can see 80 far. The
electric light is row used, which makes
things very light near by, and the diver
can see much further with II, but IL
makes the SURROUNDING darkness darker.
4 diver in q river flowing by largo
city sees some singular sights. Tho bot
tom Of the North river IS covered with
mud and slime into which the diver
sinks sometimes TO his knees. or his
waist. or even over his head. There are
telegraph and telephone cables, many OF
them broken; pipes for conducting oil.
lost anchors ard Parts of vessels end
boats. The electric light usually attracts
fsh which examine the diver IN evident
curiosity.
Divers in the North river have reported
stumbling on the holes which were made
some four years agrby the caving IN Of
the tunnel which engineers attempted To
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six inches

According to figures, a mathematician
says, France will, in about fifty years,
have fallen below Italy and Spain in
size and will have become second ratio
power. A Paris paper, in commenting
ON this, says that the Anglo-Saxon race.
which was much inferior in point OK
number to tho French race, is now two
or three times as numerous. Exchange.