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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-07-31
PRACTICAL INSURANCE.
Tho Novcl Scholno OK Corporation In
vented by q Boston Genius.

Tho Novcl Schomo OK Co-Operation In.
vented by q Boston Genius.
A form Of practical insurance against
want is under advisemcnt in this city,
In which large portion of the laboring
people should bo deeply interested, says
tho Boston Herald. A working-raan is
often thrown out Of employment and re-
duced TO great distress because he has
httlo or no money laid by, and is un-
able to provide for his board and lcdv-
ing while out Of employment. 1t has
been suggested that . peoples rlcrcan-
tilo company might bo formed among
themselves which would undertake to
provide board and lodging with land
lords at tho rate Of 81, s. or So week,
On such terms that, after ono month Of
regular payments, ono Ucclr>s board at
half pay might DO placed to the credit
OF tho interested party. so that if no
were out Of work or sick, or otherwise
disabled, he might not DO brought to
discomfort because ho could not pay his
board. At thiG rate in six months q
man would bo entitled TO one and half
months credit for board, and in ono year
to three monthG' credit for board, which,
at half rates. would only cost him tho
price OF one and o half months board
anywhere.
This plan, if it could be carried out,
would be great relief to hundreds of
working people who aro auddenly disa-
bled or compelled to be Idle. 1t would
be impossible for anybody to fall rapidly
In debt to such a company, and only
in cases Of extreme misfortune
would persons bo willing to sur
food and lodging, which would grow
larger aa the years rolled by. q CON-
pany of this kind would need to
have responsible backing in order to
cccnrc public confidence. hnt though it
has never been attempted, it could
easily be conducted on the basis which
IS common to similar UNDERTAKINGS.
Payments would be radc to landlords
tho Gar1o IS now, and tho corlpany,
after collecting n twc2ty per cont. dis
count every week for month, could af-
ford to give ono weeks credit n1l do
business on that bacis. Tho credits
woald not bo transferable except by
consent of tho company of directors,
and would be dealt with by thcrl in tho
same manner rs if they werc lilo in
suranco policy. When such q COMPANY
was established it's range Of restaurants
or lodging and boardinG-housos would
be such rs 20 meet tho wants Of ell
classc1 of people. This is q system of
cooperative effort but It would bo q
company that could accumulate capital
and increase its rosourocs in propor-
tion to it1 Elorabor.;hip. 1t would thus
bo safe invc3t:aont for individuals
without involving thcm in any personal
responsibility beyond what their regular
payments would demand.
This organization IL not yet in exist
cnco, but it is ono OF the first practical
GugGcstion0 for sclf-hclp which has
sprung out Of tho movement for Chris
tian socialism IA Boston, and whom it il;
properly developed and brought into
shape it looks 10 ifit might meet prcc-
cnt and pressing need among pooplo
who arc not forchanded and arc not ac-
customcd to making invcatmonta for
themselves.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-07-31
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Ata hotel waiter cano out Of tho
coffoc-roorn and informed tho manager
that man was raising diDturbn nco
bccausckbo could rot have his accuG-
toned seat ct tho table. go in again."
raid tho manager, '.anl propitiato him
in como way" Back went tho waiter,
and said: "If you don't liio tho way
ihiaCS IS 6onn here you can Get out, or
ph pgopit!asD yoa 1T.tsy quick"
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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-14
Ground Connection

'Do you sec these largo copper bra Is
in the solo of my shocl" asked gentle
man as he held up to view tho sole OF
one OF his shoes. On being assured in
the affirmative he said: ITO those
simp'o brads alone l attribute nv
present good health. For years I was
an invalid, subject TO dyspepsia, neu-
ralgia, headache. and other innumer
able pains, and travelled the country
over in search of health. In travelling
cut West, among tho Indian tribes,
was struck with their remark able health.
and especially their exemption from the
maladie' that afiiict me; and also with
the fact that the strongest and hcal;hiest
went barefootcd altogether.
81 sought an exp 'anation of the mat
ter, and by continued observation and
study was finally led to- the conclusion
that the aches and pains to which
civilized man is heir arc owing to tho
manner in which wo insulate our
bodies from mother earth. Science
is every day moro clearly demonstrate
ing that electricity is the vitaliz.
ing constituent of our bodies, aud that
this globe of ours is a mighty battery,
continually generating and discharg ing
electricity. Now, l reasoned. if this
was correct, the secret of the Indians
health was in his bare feet, which ex
posed his whole body to the vitalizinr
influence of the electrical earth cur
rents; while my ill health was attribu-
ted to my feet being insulated from
these currents. Acting on this hypoth-
esis sought to restor. the broken coa.
ncction by inserting these brads in tho
soles of mY shoes, and the result, I
must say, was astonishing. NJ feet,
which formerly were nearly always cold,
soon became warm aud moist; nv
health began shortly to improve aud in
few months | was entirely rel level of
all my pains. and have ever sine, en-
joyed good health. 1t is very simple
thing and easily tested, and feel suro
would bcnef. any one atlii ctcd as ]
was. st. Louis Repu6 ic
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-14

a European travc .cr, on his way from
the coast of Madagascar to the capital.
Tanaparivo, III the interior, had omp.
tied his waterfilsl1 aud was suffering
from thirst. He asked one of the ma
lives Of his party when he should be
able to obtain water.
'Any time you like it," said the na-
tive, smiling.
Tho European saw no signs of springs
or water; but the native cond ucted him
to group of tall, palm like trees,
standing in cluster on the edge of tho
forest, with straight trunks and bright
green, broad leaves growing from the
opposite sides of the stalk, and max
ing the tree appear liso great fan.
Tho white man gazed admiringly at tho
tree
"You think it is fine tree, "said tho
native, "but I will show you what it is
good for" :
He pierced tho root of one of the leaf
stems at the point where it joincd tho
tree with his spear, whercupon stream
of clear water spurted out which tho
European caught in his water can, and
found cool, fresh and excellent to drink.
The party having satisfied their thirst
and taken supper, the native who had
spoken went on.
"This tree. which is good for us in
more ways than one, we call the travel :.
ers' tree"
''But where does the water como
from that the tree contains" asked the
white man. 'Is 1t taken up from tho
soil2"
ooh, nc" said the native. s.Tho
leaves drink in the rain that falls on
them and when it has passed all through
them it becomes very pure AMI sweet"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-14

lovo just at this spot. And now
second toll, Of desperate passion: A
rich man in the Prattigau had two
children, daughter and q son. Tho
daughter wheodled him into allow.
ing her to marry some peasant,
who was poor and IN unequal match in
social station. Then his son set his
affections upon girl equally ineli gible;
the father stormsd, but the youth was
true to his plighted troth. During
temporary absence of tho son his father
contrived to send the girl off to Ameri-
CO with round sum of money. On his
return, after hearing what had hap
pencd, the lad said nothing, but went
down to the Landquart water in the
evening and drowned himself there.
And now third tale: Last spring, in
village not throo hours distant from
Davos, lived q young man who was an
orphan. He had inherited considcra-
bic estate, and expected moro from two
uncles. Life, could he havo managed
1t pru lcntly, would probably have
made him the wcalthicst farmer in tho
neighborhood, and he was, to boot, stall
wart follow on whom nature had Law
ishcd all her gifts of health and come
illness. Unluc'sily no loved q girl of
whom his uncles disapproyod as
match for such a youth of consequence.
One Saturday evening, as the custom
is here, ho went to pay his addresses By
stealth to this maiden Of his choice,
and returntng carly next morning he
was upbraided by his interfering uncles.
l do not know what he replied, but GER
tainly he made no scene to speak of.
When the uncles left he unlocked his
gun from tho wooden pancling of the
house room, went out alone into the
copsc hard by AMI put bullet through
his brain. -Fartnigh,iy Rsoicw.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-14
Powdered MIX.

The idea of reducing cows milk to
a rowder, and shipping it In this con-
dition over all the world. seems TO have
first originate | with D.. Kruger, q
Swiss savant, and undo. his manage.
ment company was organized to make
milk powder in Switzerland.
1t is claimcl that milk in this form
is much better than cnncd or con-
deuscd milk for one rcason-it has no
sugar in it. 1t we'll known that con-
dcnsed milk cannot be used in MANY
departments of cooking on account of
this sugar. and thi, also makes it OBJ
jectionable for use with very young
children; not that sugar itself is in
furious to babies, for it is always put
into their milk, we believe, but it is
better that this sugar be put in fresh
at the time of preparing milk for the
child.
How far this powdered milk will an.
swer these objections remains TO be seen.
One thing is certain-the powder would
be much better for transportation, and
moro handy to have in the house than
either plain or condensed milk, pro.
vded it is success.
1t looks somewhat dubious as a com.
plote substitute for plain milk, not only
on account Of necessary expense, but
We do not find any kind of food capa-
bic of being thoroughly dried and after
wards made over with water so rs to
closely resemble the original article,
and we never expect to sec it dono with
cows milk.
Nature has n way of mingling these
things that thus far man has not been
able to closely initiate. -Ameriean
Dairyman.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-14
Feeling For Animals.

The power of feeling for animals,
realizing their wants and making their
pains cur own, is one which is most ir-
regularly shown by human beings. A
Timon may have it and Howard be de-
void of it. A rough shepherds heart
may overflow with it and that of an ex-
qu,site'y fine gentleman and distin-
guished man of science may be as utter
ly without it as the neither mlllstoae.
Ole thing think must BE- clcar-till
man has learned to feel for a Il his sen.
tient fellow creatures, whether in human
or brute form, of his own class and sex
and country or of another, he has not
yet assembled the first step towards tr ue
civilization nor applied tho first lesson
rom the lows of G., d. -Picayune.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-14
Statistics as to Hunchbacks>

len years ago q remarkable charact ter
died in Paris. He was known all over
France and the greater part of al Eu-
ropo as "Thc Learned Hunchbaclk.n
He was very wealthy, and spent mint
OF money in the Last SO years of his
life, travelling in all direction, mixing
researches concerning his hulchbackcd
brethren. 1t was in the miller DOR.
lions of Europe that he found the mi, e.
fortune tho most pro va!cnt. Spain syp-
piled the greater number, and in 81.
cumscrIbed locality ut the foot Of the
Sicrra Alorena he found that there was
one humpbackcd person to every 10
inhabitants. They were also found to
be quite numerous in the valley of the
Loire in France. Tne little humpbackcd
statistician came to the c,nc,u.ioa that
there was one humpback in each 1000
inhabitants. or an aggregate of 1, 000,-
00O against the estimated thousand mil.
lions OF the entire earth.
After the death Of this eccentric indi-
vidual his heirs found in place of will
yoluminou' manuscript of 1900 pages,
all concerning humps. The last page,
although it said nothing about the dis.
position of property, expressed the
authors wish to have a hump of marble
raised over his grave, with this inscrip.
ton: Here lie, n humpback who had
n taste for humps, and who knew moro
about them than any other humpback.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-14
The Cars Precautions

When the Gar travels, littIc van
guard is sent in advance, consisting of
two locksmiths, two carpen tcrs and
two masons, all of Thorn being marrieN
men, born in tho Imperial service, and
devotelly attached to their august
master Their duties arc to examine
walls. floors, chimneys and. flreplaces,
locks and furniture in every room oc-
cupied by tho Gear. The chimncys in
particular are the objects of special
attention, in order that no internal
machine shall be concealed in them.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-14

Jagged through the dry moss and
leaves. or the slightest foot-mark
where an iguana has fled from his an.
proach to its refuge in hollow troe.
When daylight fails him aud tho dnws
Of evening begin to fall, hi, broad nos
trils tax, up tho chase, and STOPPING
down among the bushes, with tough
forked stick in his hand to support him
in his firing attitude, he follows the
track as unorringly as any blood
hound. When no runs snake tc
earth, if he cannot surprise it in tho
open and kill it by a sudden blow OF
his stick, no squats over his hole, hold
ing tho forked end of his stick down.
ward and makes low Kissing or
whistling sound with his lips. Soon
the shade puts his head out of tho holo
and peers around. In an instant the
forked stick descends and fixes it to the
ground by tho neck. and the black fell
low, scizing it firmly with his muscular
hands just behind the head, so that it
can not bite him, drags it out of the
hole AMI twists its hcad off; or, if it is
too strong for that, pounds it on tho
ground till its back i, broken. So
with the iguanas aad all tho other ami.
mails. Tho black fellow never loses
their trail when onco h, gets upon it,
and having followo them to their lair,
he patiently awaits until they como out
or until no IL ab.o to get hand in aud
pull them out.
Tho black fellows declare, and proba-
bly, with truth, that not a single ami
NAL can escape them if they have time
10 hunt piece of desert country
thoroughly. When they want to return
to camp they can follow their own trail
by sight with the greatest case, but
they say they can not follow their own
trail by scent ut all. 1t has no sc.nt
for them, though another man's has
strong scent. This il one of the most
curious facts connected with these
strange people; but it is only in accord
with the we'll known natural phenom.
cna. Forest and Stream.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-14
Swiss Peasants.

will tell some s.orie, which prove
that the Swiss peasants, though they
look SO stolid, have in them the stuff of
tragedy. There was lad in valley
called Schaufgg, not long ago. who
loved and was batrothed to a girl in
the llintcr Rheinthal below Splugen.
She Tilted him, having transferred her
affections to another, and no went to
take formal farewell of his sweet
heart IN her home. Everything passed
dccorously, so much so that the girl 5
brother put his horse into the cart AMI
drove the rejected lover with his own
sister down to Thusis. The three had
reached that passage of the Via AIala
whose the Rhine loses itself in a very
deep, narrow gorge. 1t is called the
Vcr!osene Loeb, and is spanned by q
slender bridge thrown at right angles
over tho river. Here, as they were
spinning merrily down hill, the lad
stood up in the cart, sprang to the
parapet of the bridge, and dashed him.
self at one bound into tho grim death
of jagged rocks and churning waves
below them. 1t was a stroke of I'M
aginative fancy to commit suicide fol
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-14
Frog Farming as a Buslnes,.

'tI wonder why thero isn't moro at
IGNITION paid to frog culture" romur kcd
Charles 81. Dawson Of the Glnseyoort
market to mo day or two ago, a, he
looked admiringly at dozen plump,
green batrachians from Canada which
no had just taken from tho crate.
Il mean in tho Uaited States" ho
continued. "The Kanucks now con-
troll tho frog market and make big
money, and don't sec why Now York
State or New Jersey shouldn't furnish
us. There are good many wild frogs
sold which are spcared around in the
swamps and marshes of New Jersey,
but they are not as pa!atablo as the Gull
tivated product reared in Canada. Tho
Canadians pay consider able attention to
frog culture, aud have immense arti-
hcial ponds around st. Catharines.
Their frogs arc larger, and have mono
of that gamey, fi,hy taste. noticeable
IN everj swamp frog A few yours
ago Frenchman in Canada; who
had been in tho marict business here
tor some time, attempted to start fog
farm on big scale in Forest County,
Pa. He carried a largo stock from St.
GATHERINGS. He took advantage of a
big swamp on his farm in tho woods,
and had his markets secured, and every
thing looked promising. But he played
to bad luck. A terrible drou ,ht dried
up the bigger part of his swamp; he
was unable to secure proper feed for his
young stock, and the natives used to
scoop up his croakcrs By the pailful at
night, and his frog industry went to
pieces. He is now engaged in cooking
frogs and other delicacics in an uptown
restaurant. But he still looks forward
10 running frog farm Of his own, aud
If he had the money to start right,
think he could make it pay, for the de-
mand for frogs has nearly doubled in
the last five years, aud the popular tasto
has been educated up 10 the artiicially
cultivated sorts. '-NoU Yor; Star.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-14
Tra okfna Snakes nu Scent.

When the Australian black fellow is
pushed and can find no other game he
catches snakes, lizards, iguanas and
kangaroo rats, the widest and most
agile of all wild animals on their own
ground and amid surroundings the most
favorable to thcir conccalment, by sim.
ply exercising the faculties of super
ior wild animal. With those wonder
full great brown eyes of his he can sec
the faintest trail where snake had zig
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-14
Historic Mansions in Washing ton.


a number of the Senators l:vc in his
tOr;c quarters. writes Frank G. Carpcn-
ter in Washing ton lie ter to the New
York World. Senator C.mcron paid
S67, coo some years ago for the old
Ogle Tay.oc mansion on LAFAYETTE
Square. 1t is three story brick of
dirty yellow, with al iron portico run
ming along tho second story above an
English basement. The front door is
painted olive gTcaa ani the lower story
contains the office OF the Senator and
his recep;ion-room. Tho parlors arc on
the second floor, and the house is nicely
furnished In this house have been en-
tcrtaincl all of thu Presidents since the
days of Andrew Jackson, and Winiield
Scott and Martin Van Buren, have often
put their legs under the MAJ! ogany in
its dining room. One day when General
Scott was dining Ecrc violent hail
storm occurred, sma,hing tho wind ows
and bringing down Jumps of ic, the
size of hickory nuts. These hailstones
wero brought to tho table, AMI Scott,
us hc dropped one of them into his
wineslass, said:
Ladies, we will cool our cham pagno
with celestial ice"
Just below this house of Cameron, ia
the home of Secretary Blaine. lie rents
the house, but he has refurnished and
reprinted it. You enter tho ground
floor from the street through al olive
green door way and you fad the parlors
on the second floor. Tho drawing
room. is furnished in salmon tint and
the woodwork and mantels are of pearl
white. The dining room is on the
ground floor AMI its walls arc hung
with crimson tapestry and tho chairs
are upholstcrc in rcd leather. The
sideboard is Of oil oak anil the whole
house is adorned with the pic. ures aad
br:c-a- brac which Secretary Blaine
picked UP in Elr,p,. This house and
lot is worth now at least 800, 900 and
the lot would bring $50, 600 undcr the
hammcr. Still it was ono, sold for
Jackass and it wal Henry Clay who sold
1t. 1t il jl't ac.os, tho street from the
White house and Clay had often re-
fused to sell it. Olc day, however, old
Commodore Rogers came home from
the Mediterranean with his naval vessel
full of live stock which he had picked
up abroad. One of Clay's hobbies was
stock farming, and Rogers's cargo in
Guided one fine Andalusan iackass.
Clay saw it and wanted it. The Com
modore refused to sell, but at last said
laughingly:
"Youc'n have him for your lot op.
posite the White houic."
Done, said Cay, and the animal
was shipped of to Kentucky. Commo-
dore Rogers built big four story brick
on the ground, and this brick has beca
the scene of many Washington festiv-
'ity. in it Blaine will entertain this
winter, and in it Seward dincd tho di.
plomats when he was secretary Of
state.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-14
Another Girl Entirely.

Siaggs-Ths young LADY who just
passed looks like mi;anthropc.
Mrs. Snaggs-But she isn't, dear.
She's Miss Robinson. -PitsJur1
Chronicle.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-14
.;lkfter the STORM.

!. The wiltisst Storm must spend its force,
w TIE baai led winds pause with o moan,
FOR s1nshihc struggling through the mist
iasPs tbgtired earth in shining zone.
( SO stormy grief will rob oflight
Thesoul that prays for mornings dawn,
Through black despair in deepest night
Til hope, and love, and life seem gone.
Ills thenthe mornings golden splendor
Dispels the gloom, illumes the way,
Whilst dreamy voices, low and tender,
Whisper, sad heart, behold perfect day!
Chicago Journal.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-14

There is hope in the future for every
man. Even for the youth with a pair
of tight shoes on there Is the blissful
prospect of bed time.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-14
A Coincidence.

Tite-What did you ever sec in mo
to make me ytuy wifo9
Hu'hand-Do you know I've asked
myself the same thing hundred times
since we We been married9-Eooch.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-14

The flannel shirt i, SO modest that ii
shrinks from day to day.