Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-05-13
y OF GENERAL INTEREST,

professional clock-winders. They each
have list of timepieces which they
are to wind on certain days. One OF
them says he attends TO 200 clocks u
day.
"A society "fad" is to send a cup
and saucer to a young lady, with con-
gratulat ons on her engagement. One
Boston maiden received fity-two. no
two alike, and yet all very pretty and
choice.
There is cob-pipe factory To-
Gated at Sedan, Mo-, which is doing a
rushing business. The factory paws
at the rate Of l cents for 1i-inch cobs
and Il cents for 1!-inch cobs. A man
hauled II load the other day Of 1l-inch
cob5 which brought him SOB.
"A younE lady in New Haven. about
to be married, overheard her intended
husband cursing ut some trivial delay.
but instead Of chiding him she stcpp.d
quietly to the altar. and when the
clergyman asked her if she would
lovo. cherish and oboy?" she answered
III IL clear voice, mot by long shot"
and marched majestically from the
church.
The god u>ed for testing in the
Assay Department of the United Stu tes
Assay Office in New York CITY is
claimed to be absolutely pure, being
one thousand fine. 1t is usually run
into long, thin strips, that look like 80
much tape or ribbon. People often
ask me-" said gentleman in this de-
partment. how much gold there is in
u twenty-do!lar gold piece. There is
exactly twenty dollars in u twenty
dollar gold piece, the alloy used being
i'll excess Of this valuation"
California has IL new grievance
the dandeion. How it came about is
told by the San Francisco Bulletin:
''Some years ago it is said that citi-
zcn imported from the East the seed
OF the O!d-fa5hioned daudelion. He
wanted something TO remind him Of
his early home. Like the man who
imported the sparrow, he did worse
than ho knew. The sparrow is every
where. so is the drul lion. The seed
drifts in the wind ike that of the
thistle, the down is buiit into the nests
Ot birds. and cvary seed which gets q
lodgmcnt on u avn or grass plot will
in due time produce Il million moro
The successful Sunset Mine" in
Colorado. was discovered by young
lady. Mss Nina lngrnham. Wander
ing out from camp one day. she re-
turned with q iGw specimens which
she had picked up. lie mother deemed
them worth inve iigation. and Miss
lnGra'am went with hcr father in
quest Of the place where she had
found the or q. Clamberiiig ND the
side OF cliff. shc stopped down and
.sIrked the spot just rs the sun was
sinking behind the distant ridge of the
Elk Range. A "diScovery stake" was
Immediately set up This claim was
leased and bondc to the Gillespie
Brothers. who at once organized the
Sunset Mining Company, and began
working it.
Tho following example Of economy
comes from Pasadena, says the Los
Angeles Times: A fashionable and
wealthy party Of five people, whose
worldly possessions foot up near a
million dollars, drove into the city
from lively little town not far dis
tant AS it was late a hotel must be
sought at once. The place was found
and tho parties qunrtered for the
night at twenty-five cents a head.
Next day ono Of the quintet went
down and bought ton cents worth
Of dOughnuts. With pitcher of water
and the pastry the whole outfit sat
around in their rooms and breal,fastod.
The visitors after such q healthy
morning meal, sought their convey
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