Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-07-20
oeNERAL c~LeANINcs

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AUSTIN. Tex. has decided 20 erect the
greatest dam In tho United States over
tne Colorado river. IL will cost sl.5o0-
600, and AFFORD 1000 horse poRcr.
WIND and sand storm stoppeatr1sels
on The Atlantic & Pacific railroad M
Q Mexico q few days ago sarrd two 10
four feet deep lodging on tho track.
THOSE who advocate spelling reform
In tho English language argue that ono
letter out OF every seven usel nccording
to the present practice IL absolutely use-
less.
ANEW YORK woman.has a kennel md
q dog farm, whore sho raises toy terriers
that net 5000 q year. and she paws ALI
her expenses with the proceeds Of this
canine sick ward.
A LIanrED cigar stump that no was
trying to save until after tho porform-
ance set fro to the clothes OF q man in a
Newark theator gallery. They prompt
ly put him out.
The basin OF an extinct crater has
been turned into q storage reservoir ON
Honey Sidc valley, Nov. 1t is one and
q hall miles long by ono milo wide anil
Is led by q canal that taps Susan river.
a in tho Delhi IN. w
Gazette Office, recently set up tho notice
OF thrco golden weddings. lie set up
the marriage notices Of tho same couples
nifty years ago--a remarkable coinci-
dence.
a way Of raising money to
ouild q church has boon adopted by n
congregation In an Iowa town. They
borrowed $4,000 and gave life insur-
anco on q number of the members, which
IS to be applied on tho debt rs fust as
death cnsues.
NOT less than fifteen parishes, or one
fourth OF tho State OF Louisiana, ia af.
fected by tho present flood, and thcdam-
ago Is almost incalculable. In 1882 it IL
estimated that the loss was SIS, OOo, 600.
1t will probably exceed half that amount
this year.
Anna Katharine Green, tho novclise
carly developed capacity as n story
writer. When sho was ten years old,
sho and her playlnates published a
pamphlet written under her direction,
md tho iittlo book wns passed from ono
70 another at .'avc cents a read"
TIE roads arc not so straioht =. thor
might BIO in Rcdington township Mo.
a man who wanted to drive two voLa
OF oxen to camp from tho Other side =,
oaudlcback mountain. only six milca
away ina direct line, had TO travel Gflv.
ei2ht miles before no reached the camp.
THEY have big dams in California.
Tho ono OF Bear Valley, San Bcrnardino
County, Is sixty feet high and holds TO-
Ooo' oOo. 900 gallons Of water. That across
the San Diego river is ninety feet high
and holds 5000, 900, GOO gallons, wbilo
ono near Merceden Is sixty feet high.
ono milo long and holds $500, 600, 900
gallons.
White Citizen-'Woii, jackson,
what arc you doing for a living now2'
Colored Citizen-"Ain't doin' nothin';
do ole womG takes III washin'. White
Citizen-"Ain't you ashamed Of yourself
to asioW yonr wife to support you by
washing2" Coiored Citizen -"Well
boss, my ole woman am a mighty igner-
ent nigger, an doan' know how to do
muffin else. "-Munsey's Weekly.
THE oldest proposition mado for ,
long timo Is that of a man at Big Sandy
Zap in the widest part OF kentucky.
a railroad Is building in that country
n ono Rotor lid offers $500 cash for
the privilege OF covering tho first en-
CINE and cars that get into that place
with q canvas for twenty-fonr hours and
OF charging twenty-five cents admission
to tho mountaineers md their families
for entering The tent
Tho Williio Collins memorial, for
which something over $1,000 has been
raisod. will tako tho form OF O small
library OF works OF fiction presented to
tho London Peoples Palace. Applica-
ton was mado for permission to Greet
memorial In St Paul's Cathedral, but
tho Dean and Chapter reported ad worse.
ly. "Other considerations than Mr..
Collins's literary oxcolloncc." they
said, had to DO talton into account.
-Alphonso Daudot. whom Horny
james and other critics considc7 tho
greatest living author, is still O young
man. lie has not reached his fftioth
year. lilo went to Paris in 1857 without
money or friends. Ills success Is of his
" making. Personally no Is q very
delightful man. agonial convcrsationul-
ist and n delightful host. Ills family
consists OF n clover vito, two sons and
n daughter. Ills eldest son is twenty-
ONO yoarS OF age.
"A society has boon started in Cor
many to provide sound, cheap literature
for tho masses. 1t is proposed to issue.
ut q nominal price, millions Of suruli
volumes OF light entertaining matter
at first, to DO followed gradually by in
structivo reading matter on subject. Of
useful knowledge Of ovory kind. Stto6t
automatons. placed in crowded thorough
farcs and near big workshops, will, 81
return for q copper, provide n good book
instead Of sweets or cigarettes.
bridging tho English Channel
A bridge has been suggested md.
tube has boon suggested. but. Is far ASH
a mako It out, thoy, like tho tunnel.
would DO opposed, because thoy would
cnnblc peoplo to cross tho channel 9TH
crwisc than on tho surface. confess