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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-05-21
We've heard Of a woman

We've heard Of a woman
who said she'd walk five
miles to get a bottle of DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton if she couldn't get it
without. That woman had
tried it. And it's a mcdi-
cine which makes itself felt
in toning up the system and
correcting irregularities as
soon as its use is begun.
Go to your drug store, pay
a dollar, get a bottle and try
it-try a second, a third if
necessary. Before the third
ones been taken you'll
know that there's a remedy
to help you. Then you'll
keep right on and a cure
II come.
But if you shouldn't feel
the help, should be disap-
pointed in the results -
you'll find a guarantee
printed on the bottle-wrap-
per that'll get your money
back for you.
How many women arc
there who'd rather have the
money than health? And
" Favoritc Prescription pro-
duccs health. Wonder is
that there's a woman will
ing to suffer when there's
a guaranteed remedy in the
nearest drug store.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-05-21
CAST-iRON BRICKS.
An Ingenious Invention In the Line of
building Material.


Building Material.
Most of the building materials now
III use have been employed with greater
or less skill for thousands of years.
Since primitive man discovered the
ldaptability of stone, wood and burned
bricks composed of clay and sand for
housc-building, no equally useful build
ing material has been added TO the list
According to the American Furniture
Gazette, Il German mechanic has recent
ly patented an invention which has GER
tainly many advantages over the old
fashioned brick of clay, though use may
rot prove it to be in all respects supe-
riOr.
Its practical design and ingenuity are
characteristic of the modern tendency
of inventions. 1t Is in the form and of
about the size Of an ordinary brick, but
is composed of cast-iron and is hollow.
The shell is SO thin that the brick
weighs less than one made of clay. \
wall is built of such bricks without the
use of mortar and no skilled labor is
required in laying them. The upper
and lower sides of the bricks arc pro
ridcd with grooves and projecting ribs,
which fit into each osher easily and
perfectly and form a wall of great
strength.
There are also two large circular
openings in the upper side of each brick,
arranged SO as to receive projections on
the lower side of the brick that is to be
placed above it. One of these projec-
tions is hooll-shapcd, which insurcs a
solid hold. A wall of the bricks is very
quickly put tOpCthcr
After the wall is built it is covered
with paint. This closes all the cracks.
renders the wall air-tight, and prevents
the bricks from rusting. by the use of
good paint the wall can be made highly
ornamental. The bricks are very dura-
bic, and Il building made of them is per-
haps as nearly firc-proof as possible.
\ wall thus constructed can be taken
down or rebuilt as readily as it can be
put up. There is no mortar to be re-
moved, as there is when clay bricks are
uScd- a house with such walls is cool
N summer and warm in winter, for the
'alge air spaces prevent the passage of
beat
With supply of such bricks man
ian put up his own house, and be en-
Tircly independent of bricl5-laycrs. NOR
tar-lniXcgS and hOd-carrierS. If he does
not like his house. he can take it down
and build another with the same mate
rial, which is always as coed as new.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-05-21
NEVADA VOLUNTEER.
The Standard Trotting Stall
lion Nevada Volunteer,
will make the season of
1891, May list to
August lst.
DESCRIPTION and PEDIGREE

Volunteer was fOnlcd III 1885, stands l6
hands high, weighs l,125 pounds, and is a
horsc of magnificent conformation. lie is Il
beautiful hay, with three White lcg4 and IL
white strip i'll his face. He L. remarkably in
tclligcnt, Of good disposition and high spir-
tied, weiIbuncd and muscied up, speedy and
game. OF the MANY gruEdly bred sons of
Landmark none have IL greater inheritance
OF trotIiug blood than has the young stallion
owned by Henry berry and Il. Robinson, of
EurrLn. When purchased in March, ioo5 of
the estate of !. =. rofut thea II q year. old
unbrOkr colt, he was waywIScd to harness,
but us never handled iUr speed.
lie was sired by Landmarks. 350a- Land
mark was sired 10y Volunteer, So tie sire of
~ duiial!-. ecurd, a:lIIi; 81 clos or. AZ;
Alley, 2:l9. The dam Of Landmark was
Medorn. landmark sired kit@iOoi. record,
2:lEi; Jose :, 2:221@: Mabel ), 2:.2.. Thp
dam III Nevada Volunteer was Bay, 29l. by
Star al the L, ion He WAS bred by Henry
Hamiin, Clay, New Imk Regis cred in
Wnllncc's American 1Totting Register, Vol. 6,
KuleI. (Sce IHblFUted pedigree III hOrsrl
Service, SO. Scuaun, 500 with privilege To
return neat season il did H., catch. Terms
cash
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-05-21
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

MAHM \rADE for breakfast is a fad Of
English Importation.
PIoToCnAruS on Gravcstonos arc tho
n"w"St things projcctrd
\ NEW ToRK surgeon has supplied q
Paticut with an artificial larynx and
'or&i apparatus.
TIT.R: is Il lady living in Clarke Coun-
", M, who has nCYcr tasted or takon
i link OF water in her lifc.
\ vELOcirY OF about six or seven
o!;ln1 a second would suffice to carsy Il
bly, away FROM the SravilatiUn Of tho.
Sucth,.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-05-21
HOW KNIGHTS ARE MADE.

Only n Select Few Permitted to Witness
the Ceremony.
The ceremony of comforting the order
IF linighthood at the hands of the queen
Is not imposing. 1t Is not, in fact, ::
public ceremonial, and Only those arc
permitted to witness it who, by their
official connection with the queens
household, may attend her, says
writer in London Tid-IGits. The loyal
aUbject upon whom such distinguished
honor may be conferred may not even
invite his best man," nor the members
Of his personal circle OF relatives or
friends to be present.
ATraycd in whatever uniform he may
he entitled to wear. or whatever drc:y
court etiquette or the ttrac Cf day make
proper, if nc be Il civilian. tic subject
presents himself before hi; sovereign
and Enccls ut her royal feet. Scented
on the throne chair, the queen lays Tie
shining blade Of Il sword across the
shoulder Of the knccIing bat exalted
beneficiary, and says, using the title
which she is about to give: arise, Sir
Sn-an;l-SO."
PLAIN Mr., Chcltcnham Brown is thus,
by n single stroke of her mnicstyS
sword, transformed into sir knight, and
he is permitted, pcrchancc, to kiss his
SoYcrci%n'S finger tips in grateful ac-
EnoWl2dTmcnt Of the DISTINGUISHED
nonor. In other eases than this of Il
CLAIM l:ni%hth0od, and when the title
!arrics with IL decoration. the gracious
.luccn, with her own royal hands, pins
tHc Glittcring and much-covcted bo7lblc
uron the coat of her elevated subject.
This is all The ceremony connected
with the confcrriaT Of llnighthood, but
II Is q NrNnt deal To the rccininnt
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-22

union and was famous for his speeches a. he
was at the Canning Club. The "Balliol
Rhymes" about him are well known in
English University circles: my name is
George Nathaniel Curzon, I am a most
superior person. My hair is black, nv face
is sleek, 1 dine at Blenheim every week.,
But a good deal of Mr.. Curzon's superior
ity is of the legitimate kind that comes
from superior industry. Alike at school
and at university he was a very hard work.
er. He carried off innumerable prizes at
Eton, and at Oxford, where he went as
commoner to Balliol, he took o first in
Mods and won the Stanhope historical
essay prizes In Greats he was given only
a second, but this mistake on the part of
the examiners was promptly rectifed BY
his being elected to fellowship at All
Souls After entering Parliament he con-
tinued his education by travels in Central
Asia and in Persia Hispublished work on
the former district is considered very val
liable one. As the result of his visit to
Persia he published series of articles in
the Times, which will shortly make their
appearance in book form.
Eldest Son of a Reverend Lord.
Mr.. Curzon was for a short time one of
Lord Salisbury's private secretaries. He
represents the Southport division in Parlia-
ment He is the eldest son of Rev. Lord
Scarsdale, who is go years of age He lives
in chambers in ST. James, and is still
bachelor.
Viscount Chelsea is quite a different
young person He is the elest son of Earl
Cadogan, the unearned increment of whose
vast property in the heart of London has
made him one of the wealthiest men in
England. Chelsea is a pleasure-loving
youth who has been "going the pace" ever
since he came into his teens. At present
he and his younger brother are violent
rivals sor the affection of Miss Cora Tennie,
the American dancer in 'The Raiah," now
being played at the Savoy Theater. and
both may be seen at supper with her at one
of the fashionable restaurants almost any
night in the week. Chelsea, by reason OF
his enormous prospective wealth, has been
considered as a possible husband for one of
the Prince of Wales daughters.
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numerous canals and bridges. It has sew
eral fine colleges and other schools. Cane
sugar growing is the main industry Of this
province. These towns and provinces are
all on the Atlantic slope and still show
traces of quarter of century Of Dutch gov
ernment, especially that of Prince Maurice,
of Nassau. The Dutch occupied this part
of Brazil from 1924 to 1861.
Riches of the Other Provinces.
Of Bahia, the next province Of import
ance Bahia is the capital, q city of zoo, 900
inhabitants The bay OF Bahia is next to
that of Rio, considered the most beautiful
in the world. Bahia is one of the richest
provinces, and is famed for the culture of
tobacco and fruits, especially oranges.
Of Minas Gerass, another southeastern
province, Rio Janeiro is the seat Of govern
ment, as also of that of the entire Republic.
It is the greatest coffee shipping port in the
world The flora of this province is also
very luxuriant.
Still keeping along the Atlantic, but in
clining southwest, we come to San Paulo.
Here large foreign population is found,
and more railway and canal than is usual in
South America. This province includes
Parana, st. Catherine and Rio Grande do
Sui.
This is Brazil as known to the commercial
world, comparatively narrow strip rum
ming along the Atlantic ocean from French
Guiana q few miles north of the equator and
the mouth of the Amazon to point rather
more than 80 degrees south of the equator,
where we reach Uruguay. But its :, 3,26O,-
900 square miles are merely scratched
on the coast by the agriculturalist.
The Brazilian revolution which displaced
Dom Pedro took place two years ago last
Monday, November 16, 1885, It was one Of
the most bloodless in history and was ac-
complisned in about half an hour. The
Brazilians had no objection to Dom Pedro
and he could have ruled to the end of his
life, but they did not relish the idea of his
abdication in favor Of his daughter, who
had foreign husband, Count D'Eu. The
country was ripe fora change and simply
made it without any preliminaries.
Marshal Dodoral do Fonseca was made
provisional President The people were
Jealous even of his being thus distinguished,
and for this reason Mr.. Abel states it will
be impossible for him to make himself q
dictator. In the following September an
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-22

day he set foot inside the prison walls. Not
a gray hair is visible in his raven locks and
abundant mustache. If anything he is
heavier, tipping the scales at nearly 25O
pounds and wearing the largest clothes of
any prisoner in the pen.
Harper declines to see everyone, except
his close personal friends and relatives. He
has a great deal of outside correspondence,
some of which relates to business matters,
but it is principally with his own people.
A Close Reader of the Papers.
Harper is a close reader of the news
papers and keeps posted on the business
affairs of the world with as much care as
though he were still doing business at the
old stand. He does very little miscella-
neous reading, which shows his tastes DO
not run in literary line. He does not pro-
fess any religion, but attends the regular
chapel meetings, sitting in the place deslg,,
mated for the privileged prisoners employed
in the Offices
Although he is not much of mixer and
has little to do with his associates, in the
ordinary sense he is not above them. His
effort to play the insanity dodge shortly
after his arrival at the prison was trick
that many a convict had tried before him,
and his anxiety to secure prison favors is
characteristic of everv man confined there.
For time his conduct was naughty and
imperious, and he was called the "king OF
the pen" but since Warden Dyer's advent
he has been very demure. The breaks
which Harper made the first year of his con-
fnement would have caused any prisoner
but him to lose good time, which is fire.
quently deducted as a punishment for some
ofenses, but so far he has not lost single
day. Mrs. Harper does not visit her hus-
band so often now as formerly.
Not Exactly Poor Man.
There is no doubt that the ex-banker will
have plenty Of capital with which to resume
business as soon as he regains his liberty
and he will also have abundant energy and
ability to retrieve his lost fortunes. He is
now only AZ years of age and if he serves
his full time will only be little over A
when he is again free man. He has no
chronic ailments and is as sound physically
and mentally as any man in the stase. His
chances, therefore, of living a considerable
time are good-long enough, in fact, for him
to again rise to affluence and have the men
who despised him as criminal, once more
bow at his feet.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-22
A TREAT FOR EX-CONVICTS.
SIX HUNDRED OF THEM FED B1 THE
SALVATION ARMY.
An Odd Sight in the Regents HaI-The
Celebrated Thieves Supper Easily Out
done-The Duke of Portland Brilliant


An Odd Sight in the Regents Ha1l-The
Celebrated Thieves Supper Easily Out
done-The Duke of Portland Brilliant
Feature.
IBY CABLE TO THE pIsPATCH.J
LONDON, Nov. 2L-The Salvation Army
gave somewhat remarkable entertainment
Thursday night, when, under its auspices,
600 ex-convicts sat down to supper in the
Regents Hall. For many years past there
has been held in Drury Lane by some
Christian mission, about Christmas time,
the annual "thieves' supper" which
has always been interesting, but this Booth
ian function" which also is to take place
yearly, will eclipse all rivals.
AT Drury Lane considerable proportion
of the thieves, after gorging themselves to
repletion, used to sneak out without wait
ing for the sermon and prayer. One could
scarcely blame them, for the proceedings
were invariably depressingly dull In
Regents Hall, stalwart doorkeepers pre-
vented escape had it been attempted, but,
thanks to the combined attractions of brass
bands and Salvation lasses, the most hard
ened sinners cheerfully stayed and seemed
to enjoy themselves.
Generally speaking, the e1-convicts were
not unprepossessing in appearance, and the
countenances of many were distinctly and
ridiculously benevolent The greatest sue
cess of the evening was achieved bv kindly
old gentleman realistically dressed in con-
vict clothes and introduced as ''the Duke
of Portland" in fitting allusion to the great
prison on the Island of Portland, wherein
many of those present had spent quiet, not,
to say monotonous years. The Duke, it
appeared, had spent no fewer than 3S years
in the prison, which fact lent additional
weight to his remarks, the burden of which
was that 1t did not pay to be bad
The Salvation Army has Enthusiastically
obtained very good advertisement out of
this show. It tried with fine audacity to
obtain patronage and subscriptions for it
from Queen Victoria, and although an art
fully worded petition failed to 'draw" Her
Majesty, it obtained from the Prince of
Wales secretary this interesting letter:
You are correct in saying that His Royal
Highness takes great interest in all
schemes for the amelioration of the condi-
ness sets aside a certain sum every year for
the relief of distress, which is distributed
through various channels which he has en-
ployed for the purpose for a considerable
period. He is unwilling to withdraw any
portion of this amount in order that it may
be expended through any other source, and
under these circumstances ne regrets that,
while fully sympathizing with the object
which you have in view, he is unable to have
the pleasure of complying with your re-
quest.
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CALIFORNIA,
The Country Of Delightful Winters.

California is the most attractive and de-
lightful section of the United States, if not
of the world, and its many beautiful resorts
will be crowded with the best families of
the East during the entire winter. 1t offers
to the investor the best open opportunity
for safe and large returns from its fruit
lands 1t offers the kindest climate in the
world to the feeble and debilitated; and it is
reached in the most comfortable manner
over the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railroad. Pullman vestibule sleeping cars
leave Chicago by this line every day in the
year and 60 without change or transfer
through to San Francisco, Los Angeles and
San Diego. This is feature not offered by
any other line. Write to Charles 7. Apple
by, Travelling Passenger Agent, Room 3o3,
if you desire any further information as to
the country and the accommodations for
reaching it.
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HELP TO SELL A BOOK.
Count Won Moltke's War Volume Sales
Aided by WoIseley's Attack.

tBY CABLE TO THE DTsPATCH.l
LONDON Nov. 21-General Lord VOLS
ley's attack upon "The Franco German
War of 1S70-71," by Count Won Moltke,
which was recently published here by
James r. Osgood, McIlvane & Co., has
been refuted by no less a person than the
German Chancellor, Won Caprivi. 1t bore
internal evidence that 1t was written to
Henry w. Fisher, one of the translators,
expressing his admiration of the translation
and the appearance of the volume, adding
that it is worthy of tn e great author.
At Won Caprivi's suggestion Osgood &
McIlvane have presented a copy of the
book to the Royal Library in Berlin, and
Emperor William has purchased two copies
for his private library.
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The Heroine of Manipur to Marry.

LONDON, Nov. 2I-Mrs. Grimwood, the
heroine Of Manipur, whose husband was
massacred last March, is in a fair way to
receive consolation for some of the troubles
she has experienced. She has decided to
marry again, but her engagement will not
be announced definitely until spring. A
that a lady with so many charms should
languish in the chilly solitude of widow
hood has pressed his suit and would take no
denial
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-22
AN EXPENSIVE BIT OF FUN.
What It Cost a Subject of the Queens to
See . Policeman Thrashed.
rpv r,yp
tBY CABLE TO THE p1spArcH.1

rBY CABLE TO THE DIsPATcH.l
LONDON, Nov. 2L-William Barnes, a
stalwart blacksmith, recently stood at the
door of his smithy in the East End, watch
ing gang of roughs beating a policeman
with an enjoyment that did not pail, on ac-
count of the frequency of such spectacles in
that part of London, nor was his compla-
cency disturbed when the constable in des-
peration called upon him Gin the Queen's
name" for help. Mr.. Barnes treated the ap-
peal as a oke, and did not stir in response
to it. Next day, to his establishment and in
dignation, he was served with summons,
and subsequently learned from his lawyers
that every subject of Queen Victoria is
bound to help policeman when called upon
in the Queens name to do SO.
Mr.. Barnes stood his trial yesterday,
vainly pleaded deafness, and was fined 40
shillings, which, added to his own and the
prosecutors costs, will amount to a sum
large enough to inger in his memory.
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Thinks the Revolution Will Spread.

President by the convention.
Thinks the Revolution Will Spread.
Though the present trouble arose in one
of the smaller States, Rio Grande do Sol,
1t is one Of the most important. DR.. Sill
veria Martius, who was banished on account
of his popularity, would have been able to
carry his State out of the confederation, and
Mr.. Abel thinks it probable that the South
ern States will gain their independence
from the number and influence of the
foreign population, position and the jeal-
ousy of the people on the subject of con-
stitutional rights. The Southern States are
the most progressive, and the cost of gov
eminent falls most heavily upon them.
Brazil, unlike the rest of South Ameri-
can countries, is Portuguese, and this is one
reason why its people are anxious to cul-
tivate social and commercial relations with
the United States. England, SO largely
dominant, commercially, in South America,
has alienated the Brazilians by her course
toward their mother country in the matter of
the trouble in South Africa, and besides we
are the best customers for their principal
production, coffee. Brazilians, as a class,
are generous, hospitable and charitable.
As rule the upper classes are well edu-
Gated and most of them speak three or four
languages
If Fonseca persists in his present course
he will only still further divide the country
and Rio Grande do Sui may possibly unite
with Uruguay under the title of the South
ern Republic, the energy of whose people
will make it one of the most fourishing on
the eastern coast. The career of all these
countries is all before them. SO far they
have not had the incentive that has devel-
oped the United States, but they are awak-
ing and monarchized ideas can no longer
fetter them, and even in the tropics there is
sufficient high lands to insure q vigorous
population, while in the temperate portion
In the South they have all the natural ad-
vantages Of the United States.
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urgent wish Of so-many and give the world
some Of my more recent experiments and
the conclusions deduced therefrom.
My belief that animals of the same spe-
oies could communicate with each other is
very common one, but that animals can talk
to each other is a belief that seems not to
have been much discussed among men. But
If animals can communicate at all the ques-
tion naturally arises, by what means do they
converse? It is evident that animals make
voluntary sounds, and that those sounds are
heard by others and obeyed. IF they con-
vey ideas to another mind, have fixed val
ues and are intended to convey certain
ideas, in what respect are they not speech?
If one sound will convey the concept to
another mind, what more could volumes dor
Animals Interpret Human Speech.
If animals interpret sounds Of human
speech why may they not ascribe meaning
to their own? They do interpret certain
sounds of human speech and obey them,
but never try to utter them, and hence it
first occurred to me that If could learn to
speak their sounds might interpret them,
and thus obtain q clew by which it might be
learned how far those sounds were constant
integrals Of speech. My first observations
were made with domestic animals, but fail
ing to extort the secret from them I began
to study the monkey.
About eight years ago while watching
cage Of them in Cincinnati, was so i'm
pressed with the sounds they made that
resolved to learn some Of them But I
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vEKT cheap. All kinds secondhand,
frst-class sewing machines.
WHEELER 8 WILSON MFG. Co.,
No. 6 Sixth street.
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Dickson, the Tailor

Is fast gaining reputation for turning out
suits and overcoating of the latest STYLES
and at reasonable cost. 65 Fifth avenue,
second floor,
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Safety deposit vaults-German National
Bank Boxes S. and upward u
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Bargains in Oyercoats.
Chinchillas, kerseys, me1tons and cheviots
at Pitcairn's, 434 Wood street. Thssu