Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-08-13
FRESH FACTS AND FANciEs.

ALUMISCM is said to answer Cery we'll
for scXtants, mining instruments and
other similar purposes where strength,
accuracy and lightness arc desirable
qualities.
PIECE Of leather in a New York
store marked ''walrus-hidc" weighs
forty pounds, is one inch thick and j.;
as hard as an oak plank. Circular
pieces are cut from it to make wheels
with which metals are polished. Wal
ru3-hidc rctails for two dollars a pound.
by saturating bullets with vasclino
they may be easily seen IL their course
from tho riilo to tho target; their
trajectory coarse is marked by a beauti-
full ring Of smoke, caused by the vase
line being ignitod on leaving tho
muzzlc OF the gun, the smoke being Sus-
pended for some time in tho air if not
too windy. Much better scores result
when grease of some kind is used, bull
let's arc not so apt to split, the rccoil is
not so great, and it is bclicvC.l the
course Of the missile is more true.
RECENT writers on Greenland say the
EstiElos have become so crossed by fire.
qucnt intcrlnarriago with the Danes
that Scandinavian faces are as frequent
ly met as Eskimo in the native huts.
At tho present rate the native race of
Greenland bids fair to disappear en-
tirely within the next century unless it
is preserved III its purity by the isolated
peoples of Smiths sound or the east
coast. 1t is the old story of the stronger
race absorbing tho weaker. just as some
OF cur Indian tribes are now more nearly
white than red, and will doub tless dis
appear entirely, not by humiliation,
but through absorption by the white
race around them.
SAELE ISLAND is one of the most dan
gorous points along the Atlantic sea-
board. Wrecked men have sometimes
been stranded on the island for weeks
without being able to inform the world
OF their condition. 1t is now proposed
to import cGrrier-pigeons from Belgium
Tor use III the coast service, and quarters
for their reception arc being prepared
IL Halifax. Some Of the pigeons, hay
ing become accustomed to Halifax, will
be taken to Sable Island, and when a
disaster occurs one will be set at liberty
with message attached to it. The pig
cons to be used in this service arc very
rapid birds and will require but Il short
time to bring messages from that point
to the city.
IN recent lecture on "Flamoless
Combustion" Mr.. II. Fletcher said:
Tho appearance of flamc is misleading,
and the greater the flame the smaller
the work done, other things being
equal. have been asked by q we'll
known engineer if could explain why
certain boilers gave such an exceeding
~ small duty for the fuel consumed
WHICH the fUos were, rs he said, filled
from end to end with magnificent flame
The fact was that his so-called magnifi-
cent flame was dcluSion, hollow and
cold inside, and not coming in contact
with his boiler at all. When the same
fuel was burnt with very small flame,
hardly visible over the bridge, tho duty
Increased some over thirty per cent"
THOUSANDS of Southern negroes wear
tho cast-of clothing of New Workers.
Such clothing Is bought for littIo or
nothing by peddlcrs, who sell it to
wholesalers in tho central European
quarter. The wholesalers clean, patch
and press the garments, arrange thcm
according to size in dozens and await
the Southern merchants. The latter
como from Washington, Richmond,
Charleston, Mobile and half-a-dozcn
other considerable cities and buy as
best they may. The wholesalers sell on
ninety days credit, and if one merchant
docs not offer fair prices they await the
coming of others. Nobody's profits are
extraordinarily large, but those of tho
Southern retailer arc probably tho best.