Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1889-05-19
= OF GENERAL ln1sResr.

st Louis has half II dozen or more
professional c.ock-winIers- They zach
have n list Of tiinepieccs which they
nre to wind on certain days. One OF
them says he attends to 100 clocks u
day.
"A society ..i;v1" Is to send a cup
and saucer to II young lady. with con-
rratu,at ons on her engagement. One
Boston maiden received iity-two. no
two alike. and yet all ver:; pretty and
choice.
There is u co6-p'pe factory To-
Gated at Sedan. Mo-. which is doing n
rushin. business. The factory pays
nj tho rate OF cents for l l-inch cobs
and u cents for l4-inch cobs. A man
hauled n load the other day OF ll-inch
cubs which brough, him sos
a youn. lady in New Haven. about
to be married. overheard her intended
husband cursing at some trivial delay.
but instead OF Gliding him she stepped
quietly to the altar. ana when the
Clergyman asked her II she would
love. cherish and obcy?' sho answered
In IL clear voice. mo. b. Il long shat"
and marched mnjestically from tho
church.
Tho gold ed for testing in tho
Assay Department OF the Uaitcd States
Assay Office in New York City Is
claimed TO be absolutely pure. being
on. thousand fine. II il usually run
into long. thin strips. that look like so
much tape or ribbon. People often
ask me-" said II gentleman in this de-
partment. .'how much gold there is In
n twcnty-dollar gold piece. There is
exactly t., .nty dollars in n twenty
dollar gold piece. the alloy used being
IN excess of this valuation"
California has Il new grievance
tho dundelior. How it camc about is
told by the San Francisco Bulletin:
Some years ago il Is said that II citi-
ION imported from the East the seed
OF the oid-fashioncd dandcliOn. He
wanted something TO remind him Of
his early home. Like the man who
Imported the sparrow. he did worse
than he knew. The sparrow is every
where. so i tho dand lion. Tho seed
drifts in the wind like that OF the
thistle. the down is built into the nests
Of birds. AMI every seed which gets IL
lOdgmcnt on Il avn or grass plot will
in due time produce a million more.
Tho successful Sunset Mine in
Colorado. was discovered by Il young
lady. Miss Nina lngraham. Wander
ing ont from camp IL day, she re-
turned with a few specimens which
she had picked up. He mother deemed
them worth investigation. and Miss
~lngraham went with her father In
quest OF tho place where she hnd
found the o:'s. Clanbcring up tho
side o! II elf. shc stopped down and
iaRrkcd the spot just n the sun was
sinking behind the distant ridge OF the
Elk Range. a discovery stake Wa
Immediately set up. This claim was
leased and bondc to the Gillespie
Brothers, who ut once organized the
Sunset Mining Company. and began
working it.
The following example OF economy
comes from Pasadena, says the Los
Angeles Times: \ fashionable and
wealthy party OF five people. whose
worldly possessions foot NJ ncar n
million dollars. drove into tho city
from II lively little town not far dis.
lant. AS it was late u hotel must be
sought mt once. The place was found
md the parties quartcrod for the
night Mt twenty-five cents n head.
Next day one of tho quintet went
down and bought ten cents worth
OF donghnuts. With II pitcher OF water
and the pastry tho whole outii, sai
around in their rooius and brcalifastoi
Tho visitors after such n health,
morning meal. sought their convey.
mncc and let tho city.