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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-11-11
Feed Stables for the Accommal
of Farmers and Teamsters. \,
and grain sold in quantitla|
to suit.

Office of Wells, Faro 4 Co.. and 1
Tuscnrota stage Co.
Orders ind correspondence frnmtte
try solicited and prompt attention guam
Call on me, try me, anu am sure VI
get satisfactory Treatment.
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"When may / come again, Mrs

"When may l come again, Mrs.
Nonroe?"
The meek face touched even the sell
fish nature of the woman for whom she
had sewed through so many weary days.
well, now. ! don't mean to keep YOU
waiting much longer" she said: 'let
me see-rll let you have it before New
Years day, say the thirty-frst.''
Yes. ma'am." She went out, and
Mrs. Monroe FASTENED to quiet her con-
science by working harder than before
on the Christmas tree she was prepar-
ing for her children.
Kitty and Harry stood at the window
at the end of the narrow hallway watch
ing for their friend, but it was dark be-
fore her tired footsteps assembled the
stairs.
''Sit up by the stove and &c: warm .
said Mrs. Roberts, reading in the de-
pressed face all that could be asked
Il guess I'd better keep on up to my
ROOM" said Miss Crimp. 81 only just
came to tell the children that they mus
wait little"
No, you shan't go up there now"
Il don't know but it's all for the
best, after ALL" said Miss Crimp, after
the cup of tea and the warmth had done
their comforting work. and Kitty and
Harry had again found their place near
her. ITO be sure, it's been on my mind
for weeks and weeks, this getting ready
tor Christmas. But there's other things
for Christmas. Kitty and Harry always
get nice things at the Sunday-school
festival, and we are to have dinner to-
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blue-eyed and as bonny as you are, Har-
ry--came near being run over by some
runaway horses and I gave BIN little
push out of the way, and no was Mrs
Marlow's little boy, and now they are
all saying saved his life, which is all
nonsense as told her, and l dropped
my lace and thought l had lest
it, but they found it, and tn at
is how they came to know wher.
was. And" Miss Crimp took Kitty s
small finger and with it made motions
as she concluded the marvellous story,
Mrs. NARROW wants my lace to match
some she made long ago, and says such
old fashioned work is worth a great
it, and would insist and not cent less
And now, Harry, run and bring me in
that basket in the hall Mrs. NARROW
sent it with her best wishes to little
boy and girl who have been such good
friends to me-"
BEST after all, Mary Jane" said Mrs.
Roberts, in a low voice. BEST just as
it seemed to get to the very worst And
| rejoice in it for you. for all that it
means l am to lose you"
Don't you think that" said Miss
Crimp, hastily. ''Do you think all this
blessing for the New Year can come to
me without reaching to you and to the
children?"
Happy New Year." cried Harry, tug
ging in the big well-filled basket Hap
py New Year to everybody. Sidney
Dayre. in Chicago Standard.
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tain control of the functions of the
brain becomes possible. Now this de-
duction in itself is of little value, but 1t
s,,poested to me new invention. By
accident / had ascertained some time
before that the white and the gray sub
stances of the brain develop electric
streams when the brain is busy. and
physiology had taught me that the
brain when actively engaged absorbs
a quantity of PHOSPHORUS This
PHOSPHORUS the brain draws from
the blood whose temperature tails
perceptibly as soon as IL oeilVers
the phosphorous to the brain. But the
positive and negative currents, which
produce the white and the gray sub
stances of the brain. communicate
themselves to the nervous system ana
at the same time raise the temperature
of the skin inasmuch as they seek Il
yyay out of the human BODY through
the nerve points in the epidermls. Ihls
means a simultaneous rise IN the tenn
perature of the skin and a reduction In
the temperature of the blood. IT these
differences in temperature could be
registered by means of exquisltely SEN
s;tive thermometers, the first step to a
successful control of the functions OF
the brain would have been accom-
plished. 1 busted myself with the con-
struction of an apparatus by which the
brain workings of an individual could
be controlled without his knowledge.
After working hard and long L con-
.structed a chair which answered the
purpose. But description of this chair
: / viii not give you because"
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He Got Mixed I'm.

The two old friends met accidentally
for the first time in ten or fifteen years.
WELL" he said, ''you are still Lucy
Benderby, are you?" Eyes, she replied,
.'still Lucy Benderby." at isn't your
fault, know" he reioined, intending to
say something complimentary. THAT
is he added, nervously, feeling that he
had not expressed himself exactly in the
way he had intended. 81 mean you're
not to blame, you know. You couldn't
help it-er-that is, it was the fault of
the young men. They, you know" he
went on, breaking out in a profuse per-
spiration, couldn't be expected-h'm!
ha!-to-er-well, 1 must be going.
Ever so glad to have met your-Boston
POST
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years, 10 traVel 10 the North Pole IN a
peculiarly constructed air ship. or did
he intend to carry out his scheme to
subject the climate of Australia and the
vast uncultivated plains of the Antipo-
dean continent to the marvellous effects
of his recently-invented weather-regu-
lating apparatus? For a moment
feared that despair over some sudden
misfortune had moved Dorsett to write
his peculiar letter, but moments re-
Election sufficed to dismiss such
thoughts. Dorset had no reason under
the sun for feeling Respondent. Mr..
Brown, one of the prominent financiers
of his State, had met Dorset in a most
satisfactory way when the latter asked
for the hand of lovely Ida Brown. For
two weeks the clever inventor had lived
in state of bliss which, however, did
not interfere with his researches and
his studies.
As had announced my visit by tele-
graph, / was met at the station by Dor
sets factotum Frank. Frank occupied
an undetinable position, as servant, con-
fidant and a subject for experiments.
To my inquiries concerning his master,
he replied, laconically:
''Mr. Dorsett's gone-clean gone"
''What has happened?" ] asked, ap-
palled
"A screws loose" answered Frank,
looking the very picture of woe.
| found Dorset in a horrifying condi-
ton. His dress was neglected his hair
unkempt and his face showed signs of
deep sorrow. When he saw me, a tear
showed in his eye. He greeted me with
much affection, and then remarked,
without further introduction:
''How true it is that man, if he would
be happy, should not try to lift the vail
from matters hidden from his eyes by
the kindness of Providence"
A deep sigh drowned Dorsett's voice.
l remained silent, horror-stricken:
but induced Dorset to take dose of
bromide. which seemed to quiet his
nerves.
Meanwhile [ had looked around the
laboratory and was astonished and per-
picked by what | saw. Most Of the
costly apparatuses and instruments
We're broken to pieces, the metal parts
had been carried away and the glass
tubes and bottles reduced to minute
fragments.
As it began to grow dark Dorset,
fidential thoughts in the twilight hours,
opened his heart.
I'm October of last year." he began,
81 found in a scientific journal an ac
count of peculiar instrument invented
by an Italian named Tasso. The in
strument consists of rubber vessel or
pipe which, after having been filed
with water, is attached to the arm and
connected with capillary tubes. In the
ratio in which the heart pumps the
blood through the arm. the water in
the tubes rises or falls. When the brain
is hard at work the blood flows to that
organ, and the amount of blood indi-
Gates the amount of eXertion. The
blood is to some extent also drawn from
the arm, and the more intensely the
subject under examination thinks, the
lower falls the water in the capillary
tubes. These changes are transferred
to an indicator SO that a reasonably GER
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the caressing fingers of kindly pros
perity.
"Yes, am sure it is all for the best, 50
she said to her friend, Mrs. Roberts,
''that L didn't get that money any
sooner"
"Do you think SOP" said Mrs. Roberts.
Eyes. Don't you see, if had had it
should have spent it long ago. I've
wanted it badly enough, dear knows,
but here to-morrow's Chris mas eve, and
just the time of all others to carry out
our nice little plans. There it is, all in
a lump-forty dollars"
YES, there it is and there it may
stay"
20, Mrs. Monroe promised faithfully
that l should have it before Christmas
told her exactly why l wanted it just
now-all about your being widow and
how you and 1 were going to cheaper
our living by taking double room to-
gether and SO saving our fuel and
lights, and may be in other ways"
A wee girl had climbed into her lap
at the mention of Christmas, while a
curly-headed boy came and leaned
against her knee.
Take care. children" said Mrs. Rob-
erts Don't get i'll the way"
They're not in the way" said Miss
Crimp. laughing as she drew them
closer. You know. Kitty, you know,
don't you. Harry, what the money
means? Yes indeed, you dear little
rogues- 1t means your doll. Kitty, and
your music-box, Harry"
Haven't l told you dozen tim es
that it is sinful extravaganza to talk
SOP" said Mrs. Roberts.
Yes. two dozen times, l think. But
Kitty and Harry and know that Christ
mas is the time of all the year for being
extravagant. Now I'd better go. Watch
for me as / come back"
Three quarters of an hour later Miss
Crimp, with face more subd ued and
discouraged than usual, was sitting in
Mrs. Monroe's parlor.
But this is the fourth time I've come
this long way for it, Mrs Monroe" she
was saying. And you promised-''
Eyes, of course 1 promised" the
1ady's voice showed impatience and an
noyance; but it seems to me you ought
to have known better than to expect it
just before Christmas time when peo-
pie always need all they can get"
poor people always need all they
can get, Mrs. Monroe" The tone was
as gentle as the look, yet it seemed to
irritate Mrs. Monroe still further.
II can't pay you just now. that's posi-
tive. 1t is such large bill"
Miss Crimp thought of the many
times she had tried not to allow the
bill to become so largo as she arose
quietly. saying,
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You mistrust mc?" interrupted.
"No," he replied. mot because 1 mis-.
trust you. But neither you nor any
| other living being shall be made I'M
happy through th..s diabolicaii apparatus.
Oh. Heavens. would had never thought
of constructing it,
Dorset was silent for a moment. and
then continued:
1T is sufficient to say that the chair,
which had nothing about it to betray
its occult powers, was constructed so
subtilely that by means of fine wires
it transferred the brain activity of a
person to system of thermometers
without the knowledge of the occupant
of the chair. But this apparatus was
but the first step toward the solution of
the problem-the control and observa-
ton of another's mental activity. l
was still in the dark concerning the
effect of different thoughts ON the re-
cording apparatus. However, Frank
and myself occupied the chair alter
nately and entertained widely different
thoughts which We're faithfully record
ed and afterward examined.
In the course of a few weeks l had
become so familiar with the machine
that | could with perfect confidence
read the most secret thought of who
ever might occupy the chair"
Again Dorset paused, and then cCE-
tinued in low voice:
Ida, my betrothed, and my fut-
ure father-in-law, Mr.. Brown, had
often expressed desire to visit my lab
oratory, and day before yesterday they
arrived. l had formed a plan which
was to bring me naught but pain and
sorrow. l concluded to try Ida. After
we had finished inspecting the instru-
ments L managed to have Ida seat her
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Wind on the Lungs.

Weak but nervous woman, as the
physician enters-Oh doctor I'm so glad
you've come l am sure / shall never re-
cover this time Mrs. Brown who died
last month you know she was my hus-
bands cousin had exactly the same
symptoms and although she tried every
remedy that her doctors or her neigh
bors recommended and spent no end of
money though goodness knows they
could ill afford it in visiting the South
ern watering places until her children
almost forgot her face and her husband
poor man had no more what could prop
erly be called a home than a boarder
with single hall bedroom she died and
beautiful funeral she had too poor
thing and looked that sweet in her coffin
it makes my heart bleed to think of ii
and what do you think is the matter
with me anyway and do you think
will soon get over it can not eat can
not lie still can not work can not eat
1 can not talk what is the matter
Doctor (interrupting) - Madam, !
should say you have decided case OF
fiatulency of the lungs.-N. Y. Tribune.
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New Year Thoughts.

Let us walk softly, friend;
For strange paths lie before US, all untrod;
The New Year spotless from the hand Of God,
Is thine and mine, friend.
Let US walk straightly, friend;
Forget the crooked paths behind US now,
Press on with steadier purpose on our brow.
To better Deeds o friend.
Let walk gladly, friend
Perchance some greater good than we have
known
Is waiting for u.s. or some fair hope flown
Shall yet return, . friend.
Let US walk humbly, friend;
Slight not the heart ease blooming round our
feet;
The laurel blossoms are not half so sweet,
Or lightly gathered friend.
Let walk kindly, friend;
We can not tell how long this life shall last,
How soon these precious years be overpaSt;
Let love walk with US, friend.
Let us walk quickly, friend
Work with our might while lasts our little
stay.
And help some hating comrade on the way;
And may God guide US, friend.
Lillian Grey, in Golden Rule.
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SEASONABIE RHYMES.

The o Il Year and the New
The old year fingers for little space
AS 10th to leave this active stage of life,
Fen as man would feel to part from wife
And child forever, mourning their absent place.
What wondrous deeds have left undying trace
Upon his memory? What ceaseless strife?
While over earth great ball was ever rife
The manifold desires and plants of human
race.
The New Year waits, impatient for the old
To take his flight; his piercing eye would scan
The future days and weeks he shall unfold,
Bringing alternate JOY and grief to man.
For who can tell the happiness or woe
That lies enwrapped in one years onward flow
Alexander Macauley, in Christian at Work.
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An Intelligent Dog.

This story is told of one of the in
telligent dogs of Auburn, Me-: Mr.. w.
III. C. Allen lives at the north end of
Golf street in that city while his store
is on Lisbon street, Lewiston. The dog
very often accompanies him to and from
the store. He was at the store one
day, when, becoming tired of staying
there, the order was given to go home.
The dog started ont, going up Lisbon
street to Main and down Main across
the two bridges into Auburn. At the
post-office, however, he was seen to
stand on the corner as though waiting
for something. A few minutes later a
horse-car came along and the dog ran
out and boarded it and rode home, Jump
ing off when the car came opposite his
masters house.-Augusta Journal.
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Reuouin Wrpstlers,

There was a fine exhibition of the
strength of the Arabs at wrestling
match in valley around which the
mountains rose gradually, forming a
natural amphitheater, says a recent
writer. Here large audience sat on
the rocks overlooking the space below.
The rival tribes were seated at each
end of the valley. while their chiefs
walked proudly up and down in front
of them. Then one of the chiefs would
call out a champion and challenge
rival. The two would throw off their
cloaks and rush at each other, and
wrestle unit! one would get his head
under the body of the other, and, with
great force. throw his adversary in the
air over his back. Sometimes after
desperate struggle the chiefs would
have to separate them, they being
equal, neither one being able to throw
the other.-Boston Globe.
A Misguided Pickpocket.
Sanso-I had my pocket picked last
night.
Rockwell, you didn't lose any thing,
did you?-Munsey's Weekly.
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The Fair New Year.

The Fair New Year.
Who is it waits before the gates?
The fair New Year.
Oh, let him in that he may win
His pleasures dear.
Nay, anxious heart; let him impart
Whate'er he will:
Thy prayer be this; not gain or bliss
Thy cup to fill.
But do thou ask grace for thy task
True inner life
For strength to bear Thy lo;Id and share
Thy brothers strife.
Who waits before the spirits door,
The fair New Year!
Oh, may he bring on each white wing
Gods blessing near.
ELLA c. Drabble, in Springfield (Mass.) R
publican.
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MISS CRIMP.
All Was For the Best, and Ended
with a Happy New Year.

HE was small
a n d subdued-
looking to an
e x t ent which
might suggest
to a per s o n
given to whim-
steal fancies the
conceit tn at she
had early come
under the iron
pressure of pow
erty and mis-
I o r t u n e, and
n @ er b g @ n
pulled out" by
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-01-01
The Sea Aster.

At downtown fish market the other
day was seen a curious sight. 1t was
monster crab with splendid specimen
of the sea aster attached to its back.
Thus welded they were caught in net
near the Highlands and brought to this
city. 1t is not often that catch of this
kind is made, for the sea aster, when he
finds himself in difficulties, is apt to
suddenly release his hold and slip away.
Why he neglected to do so in this case is
unexplained. For the benefit of younger
readers it may be well to state that the
sea aster is frequently found off the coast
of New Jersey. In shape it resembles
small tufted sheaf of wheat, the tuft
itself suggesting the idea of the famil-
lar flower from which it takes its name.
Generally its color is dingy white, but
occasionally specimen is found that is
a bright yellow in complexion. 1t is
always striped and spotted in brown.
It's tuft is composed of feathery tenta-
cles of pink like hue. BY means of nu-
merous powerful suckers" it firmly
affixes itself to the back of some able
bodied crab or lobster, and is conveyed
to haunts of those crustaceans, upon
whose food it revelS. OF course, it is a
most unwelcome guest and passenger,
but the crab or lobster can not shake
it off until it chooses to relax its hold
n Y Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-01-01
A Doubtful Compliment.

He-May 1 take the liberty of calling
on you this afternoon. or do you prefer
other company?
She--As far as that goes, no company
is as desirable as yours.-Texas Stiff
ingA
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THE PLETHYSMOGRAPH.
An Electrical Story, Adapted from
the German by Klaussmann.

f YOU wish to
see me once
more, come a t
once. -"
This was the
brief message L
received a few
days ago from
my friend Will
lam DORIS e t t
well known as
the inventor of
the self gener-
a tin g Zig h t .
What had hap
penedto Dorset?
Did he contem-
plate the eXecu-
ton of his favor
lite plan, enter
tanned for many
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-01-01

1T has been noticed by nearly every
one that for every two men who say
coffee keeps them awake o nights there
is one man who drinks it late at night,
and takes it to allay nervousness and
headaches. This is due to a difference,
not in the men, but in the coffee. In
most eating-houses and boarding-hous
chicory is added to coffee to give it a
rich color. 1t is this chicory that de-
stroys mems nerves. The average
''black Coffee" even in stylish restau-
rants, is usually made of the German
prepared ''kaffe essenz'' which is all
chicory. Pure coffee does not look so
black and rich, but it leaves the nerves
alone after all
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The Same Everywhere.

First Passenger-This talk about the
cordially and hospitality of the people
increasing as you travel westward is all
bosh. I've been all over, and say the
people of Kansas City are no more
cordial than they are in Yonkers, New
York"
Second Passenger.-Whatl line of bust
ness are you in, sir?
First Passenger-I'm book-agent.-
Puck.
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He Sought in Vain.-"Five years
ago." began the stranger to Wentman,
II sought that woman to be my wife.
1 believed her congenial, ight-hearted
and beautiful. Has our married life
been pleasant? Nor ''No? Why not?"
asked Wentman. ''Why not! Because
she declined to marry me, of course!'-
American Grocer.
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THE OLD AND THE NEW.

.u<ils,e=A 4 OET kindles in the
@ZFTH1EEA East at last;
:. ~ 93A Dee e IN b err g
y e. ~ H storm W n d s
y trumpet loud;
A eros the sky
- go sea din g
=" fast
= FL The great gra Y
: argosfes of
Sf4$$NA Ana cloud.
r : :: 6: {: T.:
Life stirs along the
95TNS III fttHksILsAj somber street
EES6kffIT TTrlf y! Hff4s' That slept ere
HHtErlSiT ysa'n' while as still as
nv N/ death;
G1HZ The few that fare on hurrying feet
T|W Are mantled with their frosty
~ breath.
The slow chimes tell the gliding hours,
And Night again the scene enfolds;
While still from Heaven-tapering towers
Times never-failing message rolls.
Twelve midnight dark of death and birth -
The old year and the griefs thereof
Have passed, and smiles upon the earth
glad new year of peace and love.
Clinton Scollard in College and School.
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The railroad from Mombasa to Vic
toria Nyanza, the building of which haA
begun, will be only about 600 miles long.
and it's total cost will probably not ex~
coed SIS, 600, 000 1t is to be light, nag,
row-gauge railroad.
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quarters for this business. as in that
country at least score of men make
their living by manufacturing and sell
ing spurious stamps. Some are sold as
unused stamps. but probably the
majority are cancelled, the inexperi.
enced believing that the cancellation
marks are infallible indications OF genu-
ineness. The rarer stamps are not often
counterfeited, as those who buy them
generally possess enough knowledge to
detect any thing but the best executed
imitation. The counterfeits are usual
ly printed from cheap wood cuts, and
are used to make up packages to be sold
to boys. Among collectors there are
certain men who have high reputation
as detectors of counterfeits, and any
one who obtains a rare Stamp of the
authenticity of which he is doubtful,
sends it to one of them for examina'
tion.-St. Louis Stamp Dealer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-01-01

A monument is to be erected by the
State of Minnesota to commemorate the
battles and incidents of the Sioux In
dian war of 1862, and especially as they
relate to the town of New Ulm in that
State. The burning of the town and
the massacre of the whites are to be
shown in two elaborate has reliefs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-01-01

Few people know how much counter
feiting is done in the line of postage
stamps, and how profitable business it
is. Stamps are not counterfeiters for
the purpose of being used to transmit
letters through the mails, but to be sold
70 collectors. Germany is the head