Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-10-25
FROM DISTANT LANDS.

A TEA trust has been formed in Toxic,
Japan, ''for tho purpose Of restoring tho
declining tea trade of that country"
TURKISH engineers say that tho rivor
Euphrntes might bo mndo navigablo tho
year round by anFoXpenditure of $780,
oOo. ~
PRINCE and Princess Radzivill hav-
ing set tho example of giving dinnors in
tho Eiffel tower, Paris society is fol-
lowing tho fashion. These dinnors como
high, but thcy must have thctA.
TIE burning OF women and sacrifice
OF slaves is reported to bo still practiccd
In Dali, small island OFF Java. not
withstanding atrcaty with tho Dutch
prohibiting such barbarities.
LONDON is ovcrrun with what it 10
pleased to call piano rccitalcrs," and
the musical agents have declined for
tho present TO mako any now engage
ments with celebrities of that sort.
A ''TossIL FOREST has been discov-
cred in Scotland. Thirty or forty fossil
trunks hato already been laid bare,
most Of which,aro gray frcestono. One
Of utho trunks il at least two feet in
0iamotcr. - a
A CURIOUS fashion has csmo into
vogue in Paris. In nll tho cemeteries
metal boxes y with q slit in tho lid arc
placed on the tombstones to receive tho
cards OF visitors. The relatives of the
deceased arc thus cnahlod to see who
among tho living still cherish tho men,
ory OF thcir departed friends.
The salvation army in Paris has been
reinforced by salvation navy. A
church boat floats on tho rivor Scino
near tho Point do 10 Concordc. Tho
floating temple, ., rs tho Parisians call,
it, has been named 'sTho. Herald of
Mercy" In the hall 'nmidships .thore is
accommodation for two hundred per-
sons.
The barrister's wig is giving much
trouble in tho warm colonies Of En-
gland. He is bold judge as well as a
sonsiolo ono who takes of his own wig
and suggests to other membcrs Of tho
bar that thoy do tho sar1e. Special
wigs .aro now mado for warm climates,
which arc extremely light, boing o
moro horse hair net.
SALzRUGG will shortly bo tho city OF
Mozart, as Dayreuth Is the city Of Wag-
| ner. An opcra-houso in which only
model performances OF Mozarts operas
will DO given has been planned and tho
money for building It has been raised,
| and before next summer tho structure
will be we'll under way. It will seat
two thousand persons.
Tim Government Of Morocco lately
sent ten Arab horses OF the purest and
| finest blood US gift to tho King of Bel
GUM. When they reached Brussels
King Leopold was not greatly struck by
! their beauty, and on an investigation
being mado it turned out that the origi-
! mol animals had boon sold by somo un.
Gcrupulous official and that inferior ones
had boon substituted.
! TIE authorities at Paris orc putting
cremation TO effective usc. Since tho
establishment OF the crematorium at tho
cemetery Pcre-la-C Chnise moro than
| twolvo hundred unclaimed bodies havo
! boon disposed of In it, Tho process in
Its present perrectlon will reduce body
to ashes in less than IN hour, and at q
cost of about thirty cents for fuol.
! Among tho better classes cremation is
gaining in popularity.
AN English officcr who recently trov.
olod on tho public service says that he
sent In in his account Of travelling ex.
penscs tho ontry: Porter, one shilling
Ills accounts were returned, with the
remark that porter could not bo oil.
lowed, but that If tho entry werc in.
tended for tho conveyance of luggage II
should bo notod as porterngc. Tho al.
toration was duly made, and query
added as TO whethor cab should not
DO entered ns cabbage" Tho roply
was that correspondence on this sub
joct must cease"
IT is now twonty years sinco tho
Japanese began to reform their institu
lions, and during that time nothing
lias more clearly shown their ndaptabil
ity nnd Intelligence than tho progress
which they havc mado In cduoation