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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-04-02
NO MORE KlNkY WOOL.
COlored Women OF Boston Arc Beginning
to W ear Straight IIni-.

COlored Women OF Boston Arc Beginning
to Wear Straight IIai:.
The colorcd women of this city have
learned that it is possible to take the
kink out of their hair, and there is quite
sensation over the discovery, says the
Boston Globe. The rush to have crisp
locks Strengthened is becoming general,
although few of those who have Sue
cessfully been smoothed out are willing
to admit that their hair was ever other
wise than straight and glossy.
The idea was introduced by q young
eolorcd woman from Virginia. She
herself has 4 glossy bang and black
hair as straight as that of the late Sit
ting Bull. She says her own hair was
formerly crisp and l1inky, but that an
old Canadian woman told her how to
make it straight, and this information
she is now irnparting for considcra-
tion. The customer is told first to wash
her hair and come with it we'll dried.
She does SO, and tlIen the operation be-
gins.
preparation that is ambcr-colc~cd
and of the consistency of cream is taken
from large jar and rubbed thoroughly
into the hair, and, where it was entire
ly lusterlcss before. it begins to assume
gloss. This is rubbed SO thoroughly
into the scalp that none of the hairs
can fail to have received portion.
Then vigorous brushing is resortcd to,
and the short hair begins to lcngthcn.
If it were an inch long before, it is now
fully two inches long, and if before it
had been done up in what old-fashioncd
Southern people term ''plaits'' it is now
ready to be rolled into q loose twist, or
a loose coil at the back. The operation
takes about four hours, and is pcrIna-
nent in it's effects. 1t gives the colorcd
woman n very Indian-lil1c appearance,
and the few who will admit having
been treated claim that they did it
merely to make the labor of combing
their hair SO much the easier. One of
them said:
Conc thing 1 know, and that is that
1t is terribly convenient TO have straight
hair. l never. before realized what q
blessing it was Before, dreaded the
task of combing 1t, and now 1 don't
mind it ut all.'
IIair-straightcning promises to be the
fad among the cOlored ladies of Boston.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-04-02
a COWS TAIL SNAKE.

The EeIaarhable Reptile Seen by Sober
',. Wisconsin Man.
Snake stories grow ahrmingly scarce
of later years, but correspondent of
Natures Realm relieves the dcarth
somewhat by telling one which has never
hccn printed before but which ought
to have been told just after the war.
Tho correspondent says: "In the fall of
1860 was in La Crosse, Wis, and hay
ing some business in La Crescent, on
the Minnesota side of the Mississippi,
crossed the river in ferry boat. There
is, or was, an arm of the river on the
Minnesota side called, in western par
lance, a slew Over this there is
bridge; on going over it saw q snake
coilcd on butt that had been sawed
off n tree of about two feet in diameter,
and it was floating in the water. The
snake was SO different from any animal
of the kind had eyer before seen that
gaZcd 1T 1t tor rully live minutes. 1t
was evidently asleep and within ten
feet Of mc--was, in fact, directly under
me as leaned over the side of the
bridge. The slew had no current in it,
for the water was very low; ! had,
therefore, ample opportunity to observe
the snake. 1t was rcd, and, moro cX-
traordinary STILL it was thieiIly covered
with hair. 1t rescmblcd no snake had
ever seen before. 1t was exactly like a
red cows tail Tho hair on it was fully
an inch long and Us thick as chat grow
ing on n cows tail. Having no means
OF capturing the snake, determined TO
make it show itself, and flung II piece of
stick at it. 1t awOlSc at tho splash in
the water, uncoilcd itself and divcd into
the slough. twas certainly six feet long
! or moro. have. told some dozens of
|. people in La Crosse about it, among
/ them Mr.. Davidson, of tho Clyde house,
! but none OF them remember to have
ever seen such snake. Eir. Davidson
Is the best known sportsman in La
Crosse. and it il gtranGc that hc never
should haze seen any S1uir like it,"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-04-02
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Arrives from TuscarOra every evon-
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trains eniIX both Er@t aud West.
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DAILY INDEPENDENT.

AN EVENING PAPER,
T HUED EVERY DAY, SUNDAYS Ex.
"epted.
c. w. GROVER,
Editor and Proprietor
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-05-05
HONOR rug PRESIDENT.

ATTENTION l. directed to the request
Of the Mayor, that the business houses
and other prominent places In the city
be- decorated on the occasion " the
visit Of President Harrison rhi. re-
quest should be cheerfIlly complied
with. All citizens ought n he pleased
to do honor to the Chief Magistrate Of
the nation. This Is not homage 10
man but respect to the President.
Neither party nor creed should cut any
fgure In this public denomination.
The citizens show thereby their veneer
alton for their couutry's Institutions.
The Nation IL represented by its Chief
Flags, bsnnera, notices and appno-
pirate inscriptions will be fitting
exhibitions OF the feelings Of the public
and their appreciation Of visit nom
the President Of the United states.
We hope 10 sec fne procession aud a
large gathering Of the peopls from all
parts Of this city aud county and nd.
jacent places, aud an attractive display
OF bunting. The stotss ought to be
closed on Saturday morning, and the
whole community should respond 10
the Mayors reasonable aud patriotic
request.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-05-05
A QUESTION ron TONIGHT.

" the CITY Council take up the
street sprinkllng question this evening,
II Is TO DO hoped they will handle II
with care. II win bc very easyto dis.
pose OF II without reference 10 the
well known wishes Of the masses Of the
people. But that would lie wrong
The most equitable way 10 assess the
cost Of tho service, n II has 10 be done
by special tax. would be- TO make the
assessment proportlonate 10 the bcne-
Mt received by the taxpayers.
II needs no argument 10 show tina,
tho merchants and business firms In
tho main part Of town are benefited
by the street sprinkling much more
than the residents In remote places.
II is n fact that much more
sprlnkllng work In done on the
streets where tho stores are
kept than on those at distance. whce
the latter arc sprinkIed once the former
arc wetted down many times. The
business mon want and must have the
sprlnkling, many Of the residents OF
remote streets are not anxious for It
and cannot afford tho luxury Mt the
price demanded. II IL manifestly UNI
fair 10 charge n uniform price ON n
frontage basis considering all the cir
cnmstances.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-05-05

should the powers who were parties TO
the treaty Of isil--or majority "
,hom-conscnt u the FREQ psss,ye Of
Russian warships through the D,rJsn.
nclle-, independent Of the Turkish
Porte. how could England help her.
.plf2 Unless the latter should yield
she would probably have to fight, ss
m ia seem. bent on gtinlng tho point
made Ia connection with her entrances,
~ otherwise, into the commercial
union. rne sending Of the two ships
u tho Russian volunteer navy 10
the D,rlauuelles were merely feclcrs
,ui out to ssceftaln tho situation and
prospect
Should Eurland conclude, under
certain conditions, not TO resist the
attainment Of the object Of the Car In
relation to the D irianncllc-, and con.
sequeutly regarding Constantinopic,
which command. that narrow neck Of
water, what would Britain require AZ
nm OBJECT? II appeara az II II would
necessarily be the full occupation
by her Of Egypt, through which
runs the 5aez canal, connecting the
Mediterranean with the Rcd Sea, this
being the short route 10 tndis.
II seems M II Lord Beaconafleld
must have foreseen such contingency
as the one now probable when
his government purchased the
Island Of Cyprus, the most available
point for naval station contiguous TO
the Mediterranean entrance TO the
suez canal. with this strategic adyan.
,age Great Britain might hold out
long time against Russian cncroach.
ments, one Of the ultimate objects OF
which Ia tho possession OF British
India.
To the westward In tho Mcditorran.
can, England has the Islsnd Of Malta
~ naval station, aud at the point
joining with tho Atlantic II has Glbral.
tar, which Is believed TO be i'm.
ptcgnablc. IL commands the Gibraltar
strait from the Spanish side, while tho
French possess Tanglcr. a point OF
almost equal Importance, on the
Morocco side. Russia would, there
fore, not have brilliant prospect OF
egrrs for her ships Of war In that dircc.
tiOu. Into the Atlantic.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-05-05

man wns correctly reproduced ~ the
other end u the line. Each woman
lacked part Of her head. The result
was on the whole much better than we
could have expected.
A Russian woman named Miss
uovlak-Ar,emovskaya II nav subject
for sensational talk In 80. Petersburg.
In carly life she left Nolhynia and
settled In the capital. She soon became
a central flgure there. She lived In
finu style. IL transpired that she made
her money by sharp work at cArds.
She was detected and sent 10 Siberia.
A young noblenan who loved her, iol.
lowed aud married her. She played
the religious dodge, nnd got her liberty.
She aud her husband settled ut fr-
kutsk. She returned to her old ways,
wa arfcetcd, Imprisoned, and again
escaped. She then murdered young
governcss, took her passport and as-
sumed her name, settled AZ Maryinss,
where she was arrested on the ith inst-
A Polish Roman Catholic congrega-
lion In Chicago Is anything but unit
" present. rhu trouble has arisen over
some priesthood appointments. On
people Gathered In front ~ IN. Church
buiiling and n lively arsnm. nj v.s
starl.d hetw.on m. contcnJIng fac.
tjons. FINN, wor,is ,be n,., rasne IL
blowe. ami encnursged he The rrIrs If
nnpfoy1I M Inc women I'M m. crnwJ'
a hot b,ttir with b.r, hn,,cLl,.s ,ooR
nlare between \ dozen or morn M III.
rint,Ieadera of IN. tvo unrtiee rIot
wns Imminrnt "a hen .5m. on, turnrJ
I'm a ,niI 6or Inc n,irol w,gnn md a
wagon load Of ofIIcer. from Inc Thirty.
fifth street station hurried 10 Inc scrnc.
Al eIgbt on Tho waron m" crowJ
brotc anJ mn. with thc exrentlon oi
pbout flftv women. who continu,J IN
cal oui words on enroaraeemcnt 10 The
men who w.r, fgbtlng. The fIsht
wins broken up by The police and four
teen men arrested and locked IN al The
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-05-05
An EPIDEMIC OF CRIME.

AN epidemic OF crime Is said to be
prevailing at present In New York
City. The sarne may be said Of many
OF the principal towns la the country.
During the past few weeks New York
has had run OF murder, suicide and
deaths by violence that Is phenomenal,
even for that city.
Speaking on tho subject the New
York Rccorctor says:
at is doplorablc that tho pages Of tho
daily papers should DO fllcl with report.
ofhorriblc murden. and pltlabio suicides.
Butsuch, unhapplly, Is tho burden Of tho
nows ofthc day, and Tor tho detection Of
ielons, tho prevention OF solfdes,ruction
aud tho safeguarding oi Tho community.
1t Is essential that publicity should be
given to the description of such lenlor-
ablo events In plaln but decosous Ian.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-05-05
EUROPEAN MOVEMENTS.

TiIE proposition Of Germany 10
Isolate finance, by forming a CONNER.
ciai union with other leading powers,
IL progressing toward contamination.
A leading purpose on the part Of Ger.
many In 10 oonclliate Russia. We
stated ON Monday that the latter would
not accept OF the bait rendered without
the imposition Of a condition which
would In some way relate 10 the ad.
vanceof tho Car upon @ onstantlnople.
II appears that this Wow Is correct,
later dispatches asserting that Russia
VIII have nothing to do with the com.
mercial scheme unless the power Of the
Turkish Porte over the Dardannelles
shall cease. In other words, the Car
asks that the portion Of the treaty of
ls'l-conilrmed In London In 1871,
anu again at Berlin In ls7s-whioh
iorblds the passage OF foreign shlpa Of
war through the Dardannclles without
the consent Of tho Sultan, shall be
Abrogated. This means that Russia
demands southern seaboard for naval
purposes, aud ultimately that the
Turks shall DO driven out OF eastern
Europe and the Muscovltes occupv
constanllnoplc, one OF the strongest
strategic points In the world.
II Is stated that Italy, swIlzer.
land and Belgium are invited 10
become associated with the pro.
posed International commercial
union, the ostenslblo purpose
OF which Is to operate to the disaiyan.
tage OF heavily protected countries.
surprise j. expressed that such a pl,a
should be advanced as u reason for the
formation Of such an organization.
seeing that some OF tho nations lnyltei
10 participate arc more strongly nro.
'ec'ed than any Others. Ofoourse il IA
moi the real reason, the genuine object
being purely political, rather than
financial Germany wishes to break
up combinations that threaten nor
pssce' mol to say her existence.
the British government must IA.
watching the present movements upon
we we, European International chessboarI
WIN special interest aud merriam.
some degree Of anxiety. Thecandlt,a,
imposed by the Gar ms the basis upon
WHEN ne VIII consent to become party
~ 'ns proposed commercial union Ia
usSa'ng on tile tail Of the British lion
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-05-05
CAUSES AND PREVENTION OF
CONSUMPTION.

In Woods Medical and Surgical
Monographs, for April, 1891, there Il
an exhaustive and instructive article
on "Thc Causes and Prevention Of
Phthisis," by Arthur Ransome, NJ. ID.
He says that tubcrcie. In It's various
forms, at the present day, carries OF
n great host Of persons annually. One.
half Of tho people who die between
fifteen and thlrty.flve, and one-thIrd OF
those who die between fifteen and
fosty.iive are carried or by tubercle In
tho form OF phthisls or, ss II Is com.
monty called, consumption.
II Is only short time ago since this
disease was considered lncura bic. Sir
Thomas Watson said; "tubercular di.
Seasc. when established, Ia beyond our
power" This theory no longer holds
good. The medical profession now re-,
CARDS II both durable and prevcntable.
In the past 30 years tho disease has
diminished Icy one third In England
according to the annual death rate.
Professor Kochs dlcovery Of the
bacillus organism In all cases OF con-
sumption was flrst made known years
ago. This discovery Il now becoming
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-05-05
NEWS N A NUTSHELL.


"Brldal outfits to rent" Is n New
York sign.
A wire nail mill Is to be- erected at
Puget Sound.
Genital Africa IL to DO opened up TO
emigration.
II will cost the Canadian Pacific go.
50O, 900 TO build it, grand bridge across
Niagara river.
Liverpool steamers are letting passcn-
gers on Mt Halifax 10 come by rail and
avoid the laws.
There were sold last year II, 1000, 900
gallons Of whisky, or three quarts por
head OF population.
The Pratt Institute ut Brooklyn. New
York, n technical school, has had 81
0O0, 900 Invested In Il.
The scenes attendant on the cxpul.
sion Of the Jews from 81. Petersburg
are horrible. Read the dispatches.
There are deposited In tho Savings
banks Of Great Britain $685., 0OO,OO
but u is all loaned out excepting So.
100000.
The leading society woman IN Wich.
ita, kas., bases her claim 10 IT,. place
ON the fact Of having danced with the
queens son-in-law.
A MarylAnd railroad not long ago
carried n female passenger half mile
out OF her way, and has lately had To
pay $500 for doing 80.
An actor named Lawrence, ono Of
Mary Andersona old supports, Is under
arrest In New York. iIe IL charged
with forcing his wife to lead life OF
shame.
Sweden allows no emigrant 10 leave
the couatry without certificate OF
good character from the pastor OF the
emlgrant's church. That arrangement
would spoil Italian immigration.
Clyatt, the veteran reporter OF the
central criminal court In London, died
tbs other day. Ia flfty years Of ser.
vice he had heard 10000 cases tried,
had seen 1000 men sentenced 10 death,
and had seen 800 murdercis hanged.
y. Helmer Of New York IL working
on ship that will navigate the air, 90
he says. He assures the public conf
IDENTIFY that Mis- scheme will not mis-.
carry. Get the ship under weigh, Mr..
Heimer, and then you will not have to
talk.
Tho labor organizations Of Maasa.
chuseth failed 10 carry their polut 10
have the hours OF labor reduced 10
iifty.eight. The employers opposed Il
on the ground that they could not com.
pete with the Southern cotton goods
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-05-05

TINS situation In newfoundland IL
not by any means rcassurlng. At
Fortune Bay rlotlng is hourly expect
ed. This natives OF this place live by
selling halt 10 French, American aud
Canadian fishermen In defiance Of the
bait laws. The Newfoundland cruisers
have established blockade outside of
the Bay. Finy vessels broke through
the blockade. The poilco threaten to
conlscatc the vessels nn their return,
aud also 10 imprson their captains. A
special force for this purpose was dis.
patched from st. Johns. News Of
what was Intended reached ~. Pierre,
whcrcupon the French merchants paid
the blockade runners special bonus
on their smugglcd bait, gave them
liquor and arms also. The blockade
runners returned 70 Fortune Bay de.
termincd TO Gght tho Government.
Meanwhile two British warphips weru
called for. Lord Knutsford sent
message ordering the Newfoundland
Legislature to pass law empowering
tho enforcement Of the treaty between
France aud England. No notice was
taken Of this message. Eight Of the
leaders who resisted the Government
aEe under arrest.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-04-27

We agree with the Sunday Star that
when the Five Commissioner bill b.
comes law in the shape in which it
passed the Senate, that much will
depend upon Governor Reynolds to
give 1t a start In an honest direction.
The Governor has the appointment OF
the County Treasurer who is to be the
receiver OF taxes and the County
Comptroller If the Governor appoints
to the first nsmed Office professional
politician who sees nothing in politics
but how to contribute to his party's
success the County and the people
will be no better Off than they were
under the old law, and it is question
whether they would not be much
worse off. An honest and economical
administration Of the affairs OF the
County will depend entirely upon tho
character and ability of the men APP
pointed by Governor Reynolds to fill
the two offices named.
There are many in the Democratic
party, for we take it for granted that
only Democrats are to DO appointed
who would fill tho bill, but there ar,
many WHO are anxious to be appointed
who would think it incumbent upoI
them to act in the most extreme par
tlsan manner possible. or the latter
lot Governor Reynolds beware. Til,
county OF New Castle has to bear thu
brunt and will suffer II bad appoint
monts are made, but will not suffe
more than the reputation of Governor
Reynolds.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-04-27

49, r. e..
tater ~ nfae aseeffa'noQ tnem W 20
correct. Every month ne y 20 inspect
ana audit the books and accounts 81
the County Treasurer and receive the
taxesi Inspect and audit the books Of
the aehnquent tax collectors each
MONTH and he Is to have general
oversight OF the receipts ana ulsDurse-
ments OF tine moneys OF the county.
section IL compels the Levy Court
to advertise Tor proposals for all con-
tracts exceeding $500 and the lowest
responsible bidder Is to be awarded
the contract.
Sectlon ~ provides that the County
treasurer and Comptroller shall oe-
cupy the room in the Court House
now occupied by the present county
Ireasurer. The Levy Court is to pro-
vile everything needed Tor the Office
and new seals are to DO delivered to
the receiver OF taxes on or before the
@oih DAY OF June, 1881.
section 20 provides that any county
comptr9iler'after conviction OF willful
neglt q or malfeasance in Office, ma Y
be removed by tho Superior Court.
Tho salary OF the County Treasurer is
TO be 5000 and the Comptroller,
$4,000.
Section 81 gives the Levy Court au-
thority to employ legal counsel and
clerical assistance to the Comptroller
when they deem it necessary.
Section % provides that the Asso-
ciate Justice OF New Castle county, in
December OF each year, shall appoint
three freeholders to inspect the books
oil the Comptroller, Treasurer, and Re-
ceiver of Taxes, and publish the result
OF their inspection for three weeks in
two OF the daily newspapers of Viii
mington, at the expense OF the county.