Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-08-02
NOTES IN GENERAL.

Brlpn 10 only ooJ people SlnCo ho be-
came famous. lie has had at least 1OO,-
600 applications.
A wild EAST has been brought to
London. for IN attempt similar to that
of Buffalo Eill. Eighty Arabs and n few
negroes, including women and children,
horses, camCls, asses, dogs, tcnts-in
fact, tho Oriental outfit completc-hcvo
come over to exhibit the life and to exc
cute tho fantasies of tho desert.
IN regard to town telephone wires it 10
worthy OF remark that notwithstanding
tho violence Of several OF the storms in
tho towns having telephone system.
the accidents from lightning compared
with torrlcr years were 6t-ikingly few,
and tho assumption docs not, there fore,
appear to DC without justification that
the wires stretched over tho roofs afford
effective protection in cqualizing
atmospheric electricity.
Hl-tN is the only animal that has teeth
-incisoro, caniucs and molars-ot an
equal hoight. Man, tho ape. and nearly
all ruminants, have thirty-two teeth.
The hcg, however, is better CT than
this. and has forty-four. So havc tho
oposgurl and mole. Tho river dolphin
"a
however. having no less than - teeth.
Teeth arc not part of tho skeleton, but
belong to tho appCndagcs, like skin and
hair.
VITAL statistics Of Norway. recently
published. show an expectation Of lifc
in that country that ;;;:zi hardly be par.
allclcd in any other country. The mean
duration of life is 1888 years for males
and 5l.3o years for females. In England
the moan duration of life is .i1.3j years
for males ard 44.02 years for females.
In other words, q NorweGian ut his birth
may reasonably expect to live seven
years longer than an Englishlnan.
Tn2 New York Sun estimates tho pop
ulation Of the United States at Gj,00O,-
Oo0, or 50 per cent. mora than in 1850,
and moro than twice what it was at tho
outbreak OF tho civil war. Tho West
and South, according to it's estimates,
arc close together in population, tho
first having -. 500, ,0o) and tho 3ccoad 23,-
100000. Together tho West and South
haro population greater than that OF
Now England and the Middle States by
2G,o03,0o), and equal to 10 per cont. of
the whole country.
NLt.s-li G@I!l Utl3 D1Cn
English circles in Rome by q ctory
which is going about OF an American
lady, woll known for her devotion TO
tho aristocracy, having put her foot in
1t rather moro than usual in tho en-
dcayor to mako sublime coup. Sho
wrote to tho Princcsso LoaiJo: Dear
Mar2hioncss," asking her to tea or
luncheon, and promising to take bcr
aftcrwGrd TO a wcll-kEown studio. But
tho Dear Marchioness," who had
never seen or heard Of tho lady in Gucg-
tiol, seemed to think that this was
going a'littlo too far, and tho reply sent
will not bo shown generally 10 tho
lGdy's Observation-Disclosures tho au-
toyraph.
a QJ22!: story is told of q Rockland
woman who planned to dio tho other
day, but didn't. Fifty years ago, when
girl OF twelve years, shc dreamed that
the cay OF ndf ccarn would be Fcbruary
IL, 1899. So vivid waS the dream that
its memory remained with her all thcGo
years, and a9 the day approached Gho
made all preparations for it. The de-
tails Of hor funeral wero carefully
planned, her business was put IN order,
hclSEDof3 CIllcu III 10 UlLlc3C inc max
ing Of her will, and oven relatives who
lived at G Gigtanco were summoned to bo
present at her funeral. AS the day
passed end evening camo her faith did
not waycr, though she continued aliro
and in excellent health, and eYcn when
tho next dcy canc sbo continued in tho
belief that che would die, but failed to
do 60.