Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-01-18
HIGH HENS
They R'prrTcrs MIny Things from q
Copper Gent to IL Steam Tu:.

They II 'prrtcrs Many Things from a
C"pTrr Gent to - St,am Tug.
I.rastus Wiman believes that there il
luck in keeping Il Newfoundland dog
around the house.
Cyrus ". Field has :, piece of tho
FIRST cablc laid baiwCon America and
Europe. To Mr.. Field IL Is invaluable.
Pierre I.orillard is 9 firm believer in
the efficacy of the horseshoe. There
arc " dozen or moro rusty ho]rscshocs
around his establishment.
Henry Willard chcrishcs with studi-
ouS care the golden spike with which
tic last rail that marked the compile
t!cn OF tho Northern Pacific railroad
was finished.
jay Gould mas Z mascot. He has
clun@ 10 IL for seventeen years. 1t is =
pcdwipcr made of blue velvet. L. il
always upon Mr.. Gould's dcsl; and no
locks it in II special compartment when
hC lcavHS tho Office.
a conspicuous object in tho Office OF
Russell Sage Is an ancient 81 bill in n
glasa frame. Mr.. Sage proudly Informs
his friends who gaze at IL c%urioug!y tha,
it is his lucky dollar, tho first dollar ho
eyer made.
Washington +. Conner carries an old
copper cent OF the coinage of 1881.
When he plays cribbagc or billiards he
pulls the ancient coin out and looks at
1t. He generally wins after going
through h Il performance.
John II. Starin has n mammoth mas.
cot. 1t Is tho tug William II. Wander
bilt, ono Of The largest and handsoacg,
l;oats Of its kind in the world. GIr. Starin
believes there Is luck in havins'a boat
named after Mr.. Vanderbilt.
George Gould carries his mascot I'm =
lockct which bangles from his watch
chain. 1t IL q miniature painting in oil
Of his charming wife, moo Miss Edith
Kingdom. Young Dir. Gould has n
strong belief in its power TO ward OF
danger.
NEWSPAPER KNOWLEDGE.
BosroY Is to hayo n Chinese news.
paper.
THE Pchin Gazette existed in tho
tenth century.
The first European newspaper was tfn
tmanuacripu Acta Diurna (Day'B Doinga)
of Rome.
THE FIRST printed newspaper was H.
sued ut tho city OF Nuremberg in Ger
many in 1851.
THE first newspaper published IN
America vas Publick Occurrences, which
appeared in Boston in 1859.
THE oldest newspaper now In exist
cnco Is tho Frankfurtcr journal of
Frlnlifort-on-thc-Main founded in 1913.
SOMEBODY with plenty OF leisure timo
has figured IT. out that ono journal ~
published for every So, 100 individuals Of
the world.
THERE arc 1000 daily papers in tho
world. Nearly every quarter OF tho
Globo IL supplied. Even Iceland has
ten newspapers and two othor period.
iCalg.
THE incomes OF tho London daily pa
pcrS arc thus put down: Daily Tclc.
graph, El3o,O 200: Times. El%0,0 900; Stand
ard. fTo,ooo; Morning Post, G45.OOO;
Daily Chronicle, 100000; Daily News,
E3O, 900.
THE periodicals OF tho State OF Now
York have "a circulation OF 1908. OJO
copies per issue and all othcrB In North
America OF 10000 Tho circulation
for the entire world IL 57.nOl, 00J copies.
OF which European shoots iSsuc %, 600
0Jo.
TiiE paper with tho smallest ~circuIa-
lion in tho world f. tho Chronicle, uub.
liShol rach morning exclusively for tho
u3o OF Emperor Francis Joseph OF hua.
tria, NJ an annual cost OF 900. 900 guldon,
about 3ipD, O0J. IL contains. In condensed
form, all tho articles In foreign pnpcra
wiiich refer To Austria.
THERE nrc about 1900 ncwsraper In
tho world; 1000 OF thom nr0 in In.
Elisii, 1900 in German, $500 IN French,
1900 In Spanish, and i.50o In Italian
1880 arc issued in tho United States
and 5000 in Euro;c. In l;utopcar
countries Germany leads tho list with
b.jo0: France next. with 4.l0J
England, 1000: Augtria.iIunrary. 3,bOl
Italy. l,iJO: Spain, $50; Russia. 900
Switzerland, 40; Belgium and Holland
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