Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-04-05
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! the account of death from deliriu7a
tremens. Spirited Away" -BinghampA
tom Republican
1t has been computed that the pow
er required to drive the tenpenny nails
contained in full keg would draw a
wagon loaded with ton of coal fifty.
two miles.
The heaviest leather belt ever put
In an establishment is 60 inches wide
and 40 feet long and weighs !, 600
pounds. 1t will drive 1,0eo-horse pow
er machinery.
| "A hint to all traders, big and little,
is given by boy who peddles matches
near an elevated railroad station in New
York He watches the passengers as
they come down the stairway, and when
he sees a man with an unlighted cigar
he Hands him q match ready lighted,
and then offers to sell him the rest of
the box. .
"A conscience contribution Of 5000
has been received by the Secretary Of
the Treasury in an envelope, post
marked Syracuse, N. Y, containing
also the following note signed Loyal:
''Mr. Fair Childs Treas please put the
within 5000 into the United States Trcas-
ury whore it belongs q think) WASH
ington Star.
The following facts about the
tongue may interest some people: A
white tongue is said to denote febrile
disturbances; brown, moist tongue,
Indigestion; n brown, dry tongue, de-
preston, blood poisoning, typhoid few
err; a red, glazed tongue, general fever;
loss of digestion; "a tremulous, moist
and Happy tongue, feebleness, nervous
ness.
"A Kansas paper relates that cat
tie raiser near Severy went out into his
feed lot recently on foot The cattle
Became Infatuated and made a rush at
him. He fell fiat on the ground and re-
manned perfectly quiet. The mad, bel
lowing herd came up and tramped
round and round, often smelling Of his
body, but never attempting to injure it.
After four hours in this position some
men noticed the peculiar action OF the
herd and went in and rescued him.
"A man in Delhi has invented
combination running gear for vehicles.
The combination consists of runners
and wheels. When the runners are in
use the wheels are in position above
them. BY q simple movement of tho
foot the runners are replaced with
wheels, and vice versa, the whole ar-
rangement being automatic, and the
change being effected without tho
driver leaving his seat, the transfer oc-
cupying not more than five minutes.
Vermont has for years paid q
bounty of fifty cents for every dead
fox, and it is said in the two years past
$4,000 has been paid in bounties. The
other day countryman appeared be-
fore the county treasurer with eleven
young foxes, on which he wanted the
bounty. Three of them were alive,
and he thought 1t was hard that he
could not get the bounty and keep them
for pets. When he was told that boun-
ties were paid on dead foxes only, he
killed the three little follows at once and
called for the $3.50.
The Mount Morgan gold mine of
Queensland has proved to be the rich
est mine in the world. 1t is situated on
the range of sheep ranch. 1t is an
iron stone hill in the midst of green
grass A public road runs over the
mountain, and it was while repairing it
that the gold was discovered. 1t was
purchased for 5000, just SIS an acre,
and the shares are now worth S75, 000,-
900. 1t is supposed to be an old geyser
impregnated with gold. Tho metal is
extracted by the chlorination process
and costs but $3.50 ton.
"A veteran African explorer says:
1.-The greatest danger to health in
tropical climates, or at any rate in
tropical Africa, occurs from catching
cold. Two other imprudonces next to
be guarded against are excuses of any
kind in eating or drinking or exposing
ones self too much to the direct rays OF
the sun. Errors in diet are promptly
and piteously punished with sickness,