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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-11-30
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sALaIAcuNDI.

j, B. Fitch, of Wells, is in town to-
day.
SEQ notice for proposals to build
t"o bridges.
Hacvc McAdams camo down from
Deeth to-day.
There aro scvcrnl cases Of scarlc.
! fever reported in town.
DR.. Flemming, who stopped in Elko
for q few days, is ut Reno.
Regular meeting Humboldt L7dgc
No. IS, y. Q. U. W., 1T their Hail TO-
night.
Fifteen car loads of horr ca,tlo
passed through yesterday, shipped ut
DceIh and Hailec.i by Barney Horn.
TheSan Francisco Alta says a clam
knows whom 10 shut up. Tho Stock
ten Republican says the Alta is not n
clam.
VIII tho Lyon Coaaty Tim cs please
figure out aud report in it's noxt issue
what Nevada ga.Es by Il tariff for pro
lection?
bliss Roso Caidnor finished hor
term q suhcol at Lamoillo last Fri
day, ana has returned homo for the
Winter.
Sundays Reun Journal confirms
the report Of The sale Of the Journal
to T.. ID. Kelly.
Mrs. Danlher cano up from Cariin
Yesterday morniag Gad went out to
South Fork where she has cnguged
to tcuch a term Of SCHOOL.
is. Gardner went down to Calm
to-day, where 10 and his son will be
engaged this week in repairing Tom
Fosters business Lousc.
70 ncod tobuy Il turkey for Thanks.
giving, when You can have n fine
tarkcy dinner nj much less coa; and
n" trouble, at the Depot Hotel.
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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-11-30
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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-20
Suitable Understandings.

Some thoughtful person has been say
ing that every creature has the kind Of
legs and feet best suited to it. Birds
living in marshes have long slender legs
like stills and some OF them are called
''stilt birds" The huge body of the
elephant stands upon four thick pillars;
the sting has supports of lighter and
nimbler quality. Animals that get some
of their living in the water, as beavers,
offers, swans, ducks and geese, are born
with paddles on their feet. The mole,
again, is born with spades on his fore
legs, so that he may dig his way through
the ground and the camel has his feet
carefully padded and his legs of sufficient
length to lift his head high above the sand
waves, so that his eyes may be protected
from glare and dust The sloth has
claw feet that grappel like ice tongs, and
sleeps securely attached to and hanging
beneath the limb of tree. The lobster
is wealthy in feet and scissor claws that
arc death to an enemy. The eagles
claw is strong and merciess, with power
to carry mutton to a mountain for leisure
eating. The hen has feet ready to scratch
for living or roost for rest 1t can be
truly said that all living creatures have
feet and legs most suitable for them, ex-
cept the bow-lcggcd and hat-footed men
sometimes seen, and they are freaks, =
Times Democrat.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-20
His Conscience smote Him.

A sad-eyed man walked into store in
Beloit the other day, and, planking down
a 80 note, tearfully said: "Just four
years ago to-day stole 81 pair of shoes
from your store. The matter has been
preying on my mind, but my pride pre-
vented me from confessing. can stand
it no longer. Take your pay out of this
$40 bill" The merchant, of course, was
delighted to meet such penitent, con-
trite soul, and gave the man Sc, and he
departed with a light heat. The $40
bill was very finely executed counter
felt. The next conscience-stricken in
dividual that presents himself at that
store will be thrown into the river with
neatness and dispatch. -JanesoiNe (Wis.)
Gazette.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-20
Tackled a Wildcat.

Frank Baxter, of the Board of Trade,
used to live at Vincennes, Ind, in the old
days. Some thirty years ago he went
hunting with party on the Wabash
River. They were after deer and tur-
keys. Baxter was something of an am
ateur in this line, and he was cautioned
by his friends to look out for wildcats.
He must not shoot Mt one as n miss would
endanger his life. Well, the party left
him at ''stand" and he waited for the
expected game. Happening to glance at
neighboring tree he saw savage look
ing wildcat up in the branches. He had
with him double barreled shotgun and
the temptation was so great that he re-
solved to take n crack ut the beast.
Taking good aim he fired away. AS
the smoke tioated off the wildcat, unin-
Jured, sprang toward him, Il distance of
some fifty feet, and landed Just before
him. In a moment the desperate animal
was all over him. His clothes were torn
into bits and he was soon covered with
scratches from head to foot As soon as
he could recover his equilibrium he took
good aim and discharged the contents of
the shotgun's remaining barrel into the
vitals of the wildcat This finished the
animal, but the experience taught Frank
salutary lesson aud he has never since
tackled wildcat, not even ON the Board.
To use his own words: "They're ter
ror, tell you. Don't you ever shoot a
wildcat. - Chicago Herald.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-20
Kis.ku.dah's Lifelong Grief.

Kis-ku-dah is an Indian now serving a
life sentence in the penitentiary. He is
almost literally alone in the world, for,
though there are other Indians in prison,
they are not of the same tribe and speak
different language. But one link binds
him to the world, and that is n cowboy
who speaks the same tongue, but who
has only a few months to stay. Kis-ku-
dab is sick in the hospital, where he
grieves and mourns day in and day out.
For hours he will kneel with his blanket
about his head and never move. When
the night nurses take their places Kis-ku-
dah's face brightens up, for then his cow
boy friend, who is night nurse, comes
to him, and they have friendly talk.
This "untutored" sons pines for liberty;
his only thought is of his native plains
and hills, and how sweet would be his
revenge for depriving him of that liberty.
Columbus Dispatch.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-20
Torn to Pieces by Sharks.

Advices from Alden contain an account
of u terrible scene at sea witnessed from
the deck of the steamship Victoria, while
homeward bound from Australia. When
the steamship Victoria. was midway be-
tween Colombo and Alden, male passeu-
ger, while laboring under fit of temper
airy insanity, leaped overheard into the
sea. The engines of the steamer were
instantly stopped and reversed, and us
soon as possible boat was ordered to
be manned and lowered. While the boat
was being lowered the forward tackle,
through some unknown cause, slipped,
and the crew, numbering thirteen, fell
into the sea. There was then painful ex-
citement on board, particularly among
passengers, as it was generally known
there were numerous sharks in the water.
A second boat was quickly lowered sue
oessfully with Il crew of eleven hands,
and their difficult task of rescuing their
drowning shipmates was watched by
those on board the Victoria, who were
Mortified by see their unfortunate fellow
passenger who had jumped overheard,
and two OF the seamen, who were strug-
CLING in the water, torn to pieces and de-
voured by several sharks before they
could be rescued. The second boat for
tunately succeeded in saving the eleven
other sailors. The water for consider
able distance around was Redeemed by
the blood of the three unfortunate men
who were devoured. -PaU Mall. Gazette.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-20
Eyc-St0neS.

The little bodies called eye-stones are
really portions of the covering of certain
shell-fish. They are placed at the open
trance when the animal draws itself
within. They are of various kinds, but
those used as eye-stones are hard, stony
bodies, about the size of split peas, one
third TO onc-sixth of an inch in diameter,
little longer than broad, having one
surface plane and the other convex
When they have been worn by the
action of the sea they are very smooth
and shining, but in their natural state
the convex surface is covered with fine
markings. They have then brownish
color in the centre, shading off to white
at the margin. Like other shells, they
are composed of carbonate of lime.
When placed in weak acid, such rs
vinegar, chemical change takes place,
carbonate acid gas is given off, and in
its escape produces the movements which
are popularity supposed to show that the
stone is 'alive."
When one of these stones is placed un-
der the eyelid, Mt the outer corner, the
uutuIll lHONclIlCulS Vi lliC ll(l Ill WlnkluG
push it gradually toward the inner side,
and when it comes in contact with the
mote which is causing the irritation, this
is carried along and finally expelled with
it. The belief that such stones have a
peculiar detective power, and move about
in the eye until they find and remove the
irritating substance for which they have
been ''sent," has no foundation in fact.
Eye-stones are deservcdly going out of
use, for they merely furnish mechanical
means Of doing in clumsy manner what
little skill will accomplish much more
certainly. Few of them, indeed, are
seen at the present day, and these are
said to be brought by sailors from The
Bahamas and elsewhere. 1t is interest
ing to know that in the lining membrane
of the stomach of crawfish there are
found small bodies which 60 under the
name Of "crab's-eyes, and look not I'M
like the true eye-stoncs. They have
sometimes been mistaken for them, and
presumably would serve similar pur-
pose.-Nature.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-20
Chinese and Japanese.

One of the largest silk importers in
China, says the Chicago Tribune, claimsl
that the Chinese are much superior raceI
TO the japanese.
give lived in China for twenty years, u!
said he, "and have had plenty of time toI
study the land and people. The stories!
you hear about the Oriental countries arei
written by people who remain a short
time and never take the trouble to sub
stantiate any weird story or rumor, and
it is to be expected that their writingsl
should be unreliable. 1t is true that
Japan has railroads and many EuropeanI
and American industries cannot be foundI
in China, but the latter country does mott
want nor need these latter-day improve
ments.
'Thc development in Japan is not due
to the Japanese. These improvements
were forced upon them by the Europeans
and Americans. Railroads, mining and
irrigating schemes, manufacturing indus
tries and impracticablc enterprises are
springing up like mushrooms in the land
of the Mikado. Half of these ventures
are not needed, and just as soon as this
10 HiSSoNciSu ny thc JupdleSe tucrc VIII
be big collapse. They are jumping
into civilization by the rapid transit line,
and often that route is dangerous.
con the other hand, the Chinese are
slowly coming to the front. They are a.
conservative people and use their think
ing faculties more in an hour than do the
Japanese all day. The Chinese we'll
know that foreigners are imposing upon
the Japanese, and they are awaiting the
result For years Englishmen have been
trying to construct railroad at Shang-
lai. 1t would be of no value. The sur
rounding country is so lined with canals
or natural creeks that it now costs less
to bring in silks and teas than is would
be if a railway was built. The Chinese
argue that as they were civilized before
Englishmen were on earth, they can get
along now with the old methods of life,
and they want no nation to furnish them
with bright ideas"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-20
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Ladies who bite thread slowly commit
suicide. Most silks are soaked In acetate
of lead, which is deadly poison.
One factory in New York is credited
With making fifty different kinds of
cloth for wearing apparel out of hemp
fibre.
Recently in Sweden glass composed
of fourteen substances, of which phos-
phorus and boron, are the most impor-
tant, has been produced.
DIR. Brown-Sequard is not discouraged
by the sudden collapse of his life elixir
sensation. He is still engaged in manu-
featuring the elixir and processes bound
less faith in it.
1t is claimed by practical scientists as
n demonstrated fact that the material de.
yelopment of the United States has been
III almost exact coincidence with the
growth of our patent system.
DIR. Norman Kerr says that the use Of
narcotics aud stimulants by woman is on
the increase. Alcohol leads the list and
then follows chloral, chlorodyne, ether,
chioroform, sal volatile, eau de Cologne.
The last is usually taken On Jumps of cut
sugar.
A Belgian has lately invented must.
cal shirt, on the cuffs of which fragments
of II score are printed, so that if the in
strumentalist be fiutist, harpist or cor.
netist, he has his entire part under his
eyes, and need not carry any further
music about with him.
An Austrian sculptor, FREDERICK Beer,
has discovered process for dissolving
marble, and then molding it like metals.
The name of the marble thus treated is
beryt. The new product costs little
more than plaster, and is well adapted to
the enumeration of houses.
The increase of capacity Of the Suez
Canal resulting from the use of the cleo.
trio light for night passages is equiva-
lent to widening the canal from its pres
ent bottom width of twenty-five metres
to thirty two metreS-an operation which
would cost ut least $40, 900, 900.
An interesting astronomical discovery
is announced from Italy. After ten years
of investigation Schiaparelli has found
that Mercury, the planet nearest to the
sun, has rotation like that of the moon
The planet turns once ON its axis during
the period of its revolution round the
sun, so that the same side is always
turned toward the sun.
A prominent English scientist, on hear.
ing the news of the sudden death of the
late Joseph Biggar, said that the famous
Irishman might be still alive if he had
happened to have at the time of his at
tack Il dose of nitro glycerine in his pos
session. Nitro glycerine, taken in small
doses, will ward off severe attack of
angina pectoris, of which Mr.. Biggar
died.
Captain zalinski, of pneumatic gu,
fame, is now engaged upon the produce
tion of II quick firing gun similar to the
Hotchkiss six and three pound guns,
but to discharge shells filled with
blasting gelatine. If such gun can be,
devised capable Of being quickly aimed,
and used with accuracy, it will be hope-l
less for any torpedo boats to attack q
large ship.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-20
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Speaking much is sign Of vanity, for
lie that is lavish inwoyds is niggard in
deeds.
Do not wait for extraordinary oppor.
tunitics for good actions, but make use
Of common situations.
Conduct is the great profession; be-
havior is perpetually revealing us; what
man does tell us what he is.
The sun, shining forth at evening.
turns the clouds that have hidden him
by day into braided whiteness or reful-
gent gold.
The man who is most sensible of his
moral weakness will be most likely to
watch against temptations. aud keep him.
self out of their way.
A more glorious victory cannot be
gained over another man than this. that
when the injury began on his part the
kindness should begin on ours.
Time is painted with lock before
and bald behind, signifying that we
must take time, Us we say, by the fore
lock, for when it is once passed there is
no recalling it.
Happy is the man who so lives that he
can think of death without alarm, and
anticipate for himself a better and hap
pier life when he shall be called to retire
from this earthly scene.
All politeness is owing to liberty. We
polish one another and rub off our cor
ners and rough sides by sort of ami
cable collision. To restrain this is in
evitable to bring rust upon mems
understandings.
Let us leave to virtue all her difficult
ties, and ut the same time let us re-
double our efforts to conquer them;
there are many brambles ON the road to
heaven, the path which leads thither is
not strewn with flowers.
Ability is often reinforced by neces-
sity. He that will not suffer himself to
be discouraged by fancied impossibilities
may sometimes find his abilities lnvig-
grated by the necessity of exerting them
at short intervals, as the force of cur
rent is increased by the contraction of
its channel.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-20
FROM BEYOND THE SEA.
Think not, because the changing floods divide
My face from thine, that memory grows

Think not, because the changing floods divide
My face from thine, that memory grows
cold.
Dost fear the Past ends as tale il told,
Or. while we journey, keeps not by our sides
Each thing we suffer. tie It joy or pain,
Leaves us its image in lasting mould:
1t may have passed unmarked-it shall re-
Long as our very selves together hold.
So, though we seem, to the light outward
gaze,
Only to be enduring life's command,
Only to squander harnessed heart aud hand
In dull dynasty of useful days
Zen then our soul turns in the lull of strife
To look upon some secret inward seal
Stamped long ago, an earnest TO reveal
The thin fair landscape of all idler life.
cannot count these images in me,
For Time hath not yet bid me know them
all;
Yet from their ranks how fair one of thee
Comes like blessing, when on thee call !
And when perchance long days shall cast
Over my graver self, I'll cross the sea
Upon the golden wings of gayer thought,
Setting the prose of day by day Mt nnught,
And i'll thy vision once again be free.
Queen iVister, in LiPpincoft.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-20
Startling Disclosure Made by n Rent in
Boys Brooches.

The following story is told about the,
editor OF one OF Names most prominent
dailies:
When n small boy his father, now
one of the most prominent men in the
State, was running printing Office
and publishing a weekly paper in one
of the largest towns in Kennebec
County.
One day the advance agent of show
came along and ordered some posters
printed upon cotton cloth. His order
was filed, but for some reason he neg
.lected to call for them and they were
thus left on the printers hands. The
printers wife ran across them and as
cloth was then high she took the cloth
home and used it to line pair of
pants she was then making for the
editor above mentioned, then a boy
10 years of age.
AS the months rolled by the panta-
looms grew threadbare and at school
one day he accidentally tore the sent
out, leaving about one foot of the lin
ing exposed to view. This in itself
would have made the BOYS smile but
they laughed till the tears cine when
they observed the following words
standing out boldly upon the lining in
large type:
doors open at 7:3O. Performance
begins at s."
1t is needless to state that the boy
was sent home to his mothe, in tears,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-20
They Died 1000 Years Ago.

AT Pompeii, in Il stratum of cinders,
nave just been found the impression OF
three bodies and tree. Casts taken of
them show the bodies to have been those
of two men and woman. One of them
was in knceling position and the other
stretched flat on his back. The woman
lay face downward with her arms
stretched out. The tree, of which casts
of foliage and fruit, as well as of the
trunk, were obtained, was one of the
species Taurus nobilis, known to have
produced round-shaped fruit that rip
ened toward the end of autumn, and,
from the form and size of the fruit, it
was evidently ripe when the tree was
buried, which goes to confirm the theory
that the great catastrophe took place in
November of the year 70, b. c., and not
in August, as has been supposed
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-20
A Six.T0ed Boy.

On the wharf at Kittyhunk inlet, Que
bee, there stood mite of q boy. As we
roved ashore from the fishing yawl he
eyed us critically and when we came
within mailing distance he sang out, with
out the least embarrassment:
''Been a-Gshin' fellersi"
EYES," replied our good-natured host,
eve fished for an hour or two this morn.
ing"
"Git any2"
eyes"
''How many?" And a pair Of eager
eyes swept the bottom of the tender for
evidence.
Scan YOU count, sonny2" asked tn.
smart man of the party.
"K1nder."
"Well, we've got just as many fish as
you've got fingers and toes. Now, how
many have we caught2"
Twenty-Five" came the propnt re-
spouse.
sob, no."
"Then you're lyin'."s
tThen we're what2"
"Lyin'."
sob, no."
Fletcher ten cents you are, an put up
tn money"
can right said the smart one
"Here's a dollar. Now count your fin
gers and toes and if you haven't Just
twenty the dollar is yours"
Two little bare feet came down over
the stringpicoe of the wharf and, MS
brown, chubby hand made a grab for the
dollar (and got iD, the writer will cease
70 care for the regard of his fellow men
IL that Kittyhunk urchin didn't have. six
toes on each foot.--Mgatreul Herala.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-20

= "Judging by the circulation of dream
books" said New York publisher.
i"education does not seem to make peo.
pie any the less superstitious. About fif.
teen hundred different kinds of dream
books are in the market, and all of them
find buyers, while the sale steadily in
creases about in proportion to the in
crease of people. Nor is the demand for
dream books confined to the poor. Wo-
men with sealskins and diamonds come in
here to buy them, women whose appear
ance bears every evidence of wealth and
refined association. A woman who has
had some peculiar dream about her hus-
band, child or lover wants to have it ex-
planned She hesitates to tell her friends
about her anxiety, and the cause Of it,
for fear they would laugh OF her.. and she
does not care to send servant on tho
sission. So in she walks and buys "a
book"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-20
Tabor Knew E.smere.

A new story comes to the front about
ex-senator Tabor of Colorado, says the
Washington Post. During the Sena.
torial contest which resulted in the
election of Ed Wolcott, Tabor was vio-
lently opposed to the formers election.
A gentleman from the East called on
Tabor and found the ex-senator going
over list of the members of the Legis-i
lature. The Eastern gentleman had.
some business with Tabor, and when
through with it he thought he would en-.
gage in general conversation, and,
having just read the much talked-ofl
latest publication, he said to Tabor 4
Senator, what do you think of Robert
Elsmere?'"
@Elsmere?" said Tabor; ooh, Wolcott
bought and paid for that Id scoun-i;
drel three months ago. No use trying;
90 do anything with him."
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-20

Z London will soon have an opportunit,
to see what manner of men the tiny little
fellows are who refused to make friends
with Stanley while he was cutting his
wsy through the forests, bui 1urked in
bushes and launched their arrows, slimy
with poison, as he passed along. Among
the dwarfs that Stanley captured was one
whom Lieutenant Stairs, one Of the great
explorers white companions, took under
his wing, and he has him now in stock
in Zanzibar, waiting for milder weather
before venturing to ship him north. He
will be great curiosity as the first re.
preventative of the famous African dwarf
tribes to visit England, and it is hoped
he will fare better than his little brethren,
who have usually died even when taken
no further north than Italy.