Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1889-04-21
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

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"A celluloid penholder exploded IA
the pocket OF y Portsmouth. N. H..
man, burning q hole in his cont aud
shirt. and tearing out the pocket
in Kansas tho hides of Galloway
cattle butchercd are cured and made
into lap robes. The iet black hnir Is
thick. glossy and handsome. and makes
a neater robe than the bnffnlo. while II
Is equally warm.
"A Representative in tho Nebraska
Legislature writes TO u Lincoln pa,.cr
denying that he tried To blow out the
incandesccni light In his room. but nd
mittcd that ho buihcd his head with
tho contents Of IL hand-.rcnade under
tho impression that 1t was bay rum.
The average depth OF the Pacific
Ocean between Japan and California Is
a little over 1000 f,tthoins; between
Chill and the Sandwich Islands 1910
fRthoms aud Chilli and New Zenlund
l.5OO fathoms. Tho average depth Of
all the oceans Is from 1900 to 1900
fathoms.
-Delawarc's Senate consists OF nino
members only. who spend most of their
time. a report suys. waiting for the
House to do something. When n Wis
itor appears they try to assume an as
pect OF legislative dignity and in.
dustry. but relapse into story telling
AMI general conversation when he re-
tires.
Catherine l. Of Russia had a mu-
steal watch. In tho interior was the
holy sepulchre and the Roman guard.
BY touching n spring the stones moved
away from the scprlchre. tho gualil
knceled down. angels appeared, and
the holy woman stcppe into tho tomb
and sang the Easter song OF the Rus
sian churches
The King OF Wurtemburg has n
fancy to ascertain whether the moon
Is inhabited by causing photographs
to be taken OF that luminary, and then
magnifying the negatives u hundred
thousand-fold. The pictures produced
by this process show nebuln with little
dots, and the King declares the dots TO
be men und women. He hopes eventu-
ally to get some OF them into n dis
tinct shape.
"A Knickcrbockcr, proud Of his
Dutch descent, strobe into The surro.
gnte's Office in New York to see tho
signature Of his illu>trious graudam to
the will by which she bcqucathed the
real estate that he has inherited. Tho
document was found. dated In 1888.
written by Il scribe who had nlso
signed her nnIne under which was a
circle like the letter o, bearing tho le-
gcnh, 'Hcr Mark" The Knicker.
bocker's stride was less majestic rs he
hastily turned his back on this flaw in
the family escutcheon.
Tho original Eau do Cologne is
made from n recipe which, according
TO Il writer in the Leisure Hour, has
been known to only ten people since it
was discovered nearly two hundred
years ago. The written copy OF 1t Is
Kept in n cry.Lai goblet, under triple
locks, in the room in which tho essen.
tial oils are mixed. The casks In
which the perfume Is kept are mado
OF cedar wood from Lebanon, which
is stronger than any other md does
not smell. More than two million bot
ties arc sold annually, and OF these
10000 go to one house in London.
Divers lntcly discovered two ves-
sells, one OF which was loaded with ell
YER, that went to the bottom In the
Gulf Of Finland o than n century
ago. They were overgrown with SEN
weeds and tang, which was cut through.
but tho holds OF the crafts we're not
explored. as tho divers feared hat tho
decks were too rotten to hold them.
No trace OF silver was found, but the
remains OF apples, cucumbers, buckles,
coffee pots and shoes with pointed toes
brought to light, together with some
wcll-corked bottles. all Of which burst
rs soon us the mir touched them.