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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-09-10
TELEGRAPH XViro.

There arc 0oo,OOo miles of tolcrronh
lines in the world, with approximate civ
",5Gl,C)0 miles Of separate wires. Ell
r2p2 alone has G7,dGj telegraph Gtatio~s
out Of TIC total of 10000. The ,yorld's
yearly messages arc put down at 2GG,-
O0o,000. From this number 81, SOC. 600
arc messages transmitted from one
country Il nnothcr. The total rcccipts
for thc worlds telegraph service amount
to upward of $3.50, 100000
THIS globe has had CO, or $40 .23o .O75..
2GG human inhabitants since tho bcrin-
ming of time. TO even bury this vast
number the whole landed surface Of tho
globc, every inch Of it, would have to
be dug over l20 times.
SThTI&TtCS show that $4,000. 900 of
people die cvcry year, and that to each
ni"' every ono Of these $4,000, 600 must
be allotted 2HC feet Of ground, making
total Of nearly twcnty-onc SQUARE
mics Of tho carth's surface that is each
year tai N up for burial purpogcs.--
Hcw York Medical Record.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-09-10
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
DE MOCRATIC
CountyCentral Committee

Pursuant to announcement a meet
ing OF the Democratic Central Com
mittee was held at Elko, Monday even
ing, Sept. 9Th, 1892. the meeting was
called to order by A. w. Hsssun,
Chairman, and on motion it was or
dered that primaries for the election
OF delegates TO the Democratic County
Convention be held at the various
precincts ON
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER II, 1892,
And that the said County Convention
Oe held at the Courthouse IN
Elko on
THURSDAY, SEPT. %, 1892,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-09-10
a H;cy7 RAILROAD In finn.

The l:!2T Of Siam recently cut the first
turf FIR TIC 2cIy railroad at Bangkok.
'rlc 1aini3ter Of pIblic wor!:s read q
Snort ail."a31, 10 which the king re-
piled, and then the King. taking n
i''oTJJ-,,l"allcI Gpatlc, thrust the silver
blade into tho turf, With he transferred
to a. ebony v&oolDarrow. The crow:
prince t-unIlc>l tho vhcclba-ro0 along
y c"rp21cd track about thirty yards il
l"1GHI, followed by tho ling, the royai
f-Ei'y aid the assembled guc",tts. The
turf, when removed f:o:n the ebony
whcclbarTow, was Gpri1lllcd with con-
Gcsr2t2d WAGER from ~ golden cy2cr by
four priests. The national anthem was
played, end that cadol The ceremony.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-09-10
Used to Wear Eoota.

eve nrc thcvictins of tickle fashion"
said L. a. IIcndricl:8, Boston leather
manufacturer. Formerly nearly every
ten men wore boots, but now shoes are
the prevailing style Of footccar. AS
tie amount Of finiaEcd leather required
to mako enc pair of boots is sufficient
for nearly three pair3 Of ahccs this v:,I-
i"tion Of fashion makes matters = tri3.c
cCrrilc2l for the tanners. For tho first
tine il the history CT The trade tho
uPN"r-iC",hCr tanners arc uniting u
c5::t-ol TIC output and maintain living
prizes. Tic proposed curtaiir2cnt this
season will amount to one million cidcs
Of finiGhcd leather. Scvcnty-fivc per
cent. Of the eastern tarrcrics will either
Shut Gown or materially curtail their
Gu pUtt"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-09-10
A LITTLE WIT.

WHATEVER good we demand in others
ought to be found in us.-Ram's Horn.
TIE fellow sitting on the fence can
always sec the furrow straightcr than
the man behind the plow.-Columbus
Post.
BOYS have been ruined because they
had to stay ut homo and turn the grind
stone when they should have been IL
lowed to go a-isbing.-Ram's Horn.
IF the telephone girl has 4 soft voice
it is next TO impossible for the man ut
tho other end of the wire to believe that
She isn't prctty.-Somcrvillc Journal
A Groat Irrigation Schcme.
Yuma's great canal is the most gigan-
tic irrigation enterprise % yet taken in
hand II Arizona. To tunnel through u
hill or mountain side SO Is to take tho
water of the Colorado without dam
ming tho stream, which is the present
plan and thct recommended by tho Eng
E3h irrigation engineers, then to bring
the water down on both sides Of tho
river, with IN aqucluct across tho CHA,
co IS to irriG2to the two million ares
of rich land lying adjacent to Murua in
Arizona, California, Sonora and Lower
California; in fact to build this canal
ninety miles in length, one hun
drrd feet IL width ut the bottom and
twelve feet deep is not the work. of an
hour nor the task of child, and yet
this Is but the outline of this treat
work, all of which is going to be done,
Hnd that, too, in the near future.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-02-18
Miss Frances E. willard's views.


am glad to say anything can to help on in
any way the movement Of the great tide OF more
brotherly opinion in this country. l would
abolish poverty:
Firstly living up 10 Sam Jones' cardinal
doctrine: "Qudt your ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in
daily habitudes, the tobacco habit, the drink
habit, the gambling habit and others that go
with these and swallow down money as a shark
swallows minnows. 1t is my opinion that no
person OF good habits and good health need drag
himself along under the yoke OF poverty in this
republic.
Secondly economic reform; such as ~
tariff for revenue only, with incidental protec-
ton; (2) by the introduction Of bi-metalism; 81
the Matchmaking Of all means Of communica ton
and transit; ~ the introduction OF physical and
Industrial tfafHing into all departments Of our
educational system; % the introduction Of co
operation IN place OF competition in the wage
system; 90 the formation OF national and inter
national boards OF arbitration to which all
differences should be submitted, whether be-
tween countries or between the employer and
the employee
Third-The enfranchisement Of women, and
their participation In ali public affairs on terms
OF equality with men, including, Of course, equal
pay for equal work, and ancequal standard Of
morality for both sexes.
The prohibition of the liquor traflc and the
opium trade with enforcing officers elected by
men and women, who would for this reason find
It 10 their inter ST not to let the law when once
enacted, become like a rusty sword in q still
more rusty scabbard
These things are all sure 10 be within the next
half or quarter century Happy are those who
help TO speed their coming.
FRANCES WILLARD.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-02-18
AMERICANS OF NOTE.

Louis HEIRESS-LOVE, the famous build
er of yachts, says that personally he is
not in favor of high-speed boats.
Miss MARY CHENowITH, the chief
apostle of Christian science, is said to
be worth $4,000, 900 and lives in house
with 100 rooms.
THE death of Judge James 7. Bouldin,
of Charlotte county, w. Va, occurred
recently in the same house, room and
bed in which he was born seventy-eight
years ago.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS has bought the
church edifice in which he once wor-
shipped, and to which he is much at
tached, in order to help the congrega-
ton pay off it's indebtedness.
CONGRESSMAN McMILLIN says that for
seven years he made it practice to
commit poem to memory before break
fast every morning in order to put him
self in pleasant frame of mind for the
day.
KATE FIELD knows a thing or two,
and proves it when she declares that a
woman to be agreeable must listen.
Keep a man wound up" she says,
''look as though you were hanging on
his lips, and he'll think you charming :"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-02-18
INTERESTING INFORMATION.


AN inch of rain means one hundred
tons to an acre.
GLASS has been made in the United
States since 1920.
For every foot of stature man
SHOULD weigh twenty-six pounds.
THF hour of four is usually marked
on clock dials by four ''I's," or straight
lines, instead of the Arabic numer-
ais, ".
DECEMBER was with the Dutch the
winter month; with the Saxons, the
mid-winter month, and with the French
Frimaire, the month of hoar frost.
THERE is no country in the world in
which the raven is not found to be a
native; it is also the only bird known to
ornithologists which is of such cosmo-
politan character.
AS FAR as known at the present time
there are but nine words which end in
''dous." They are: Tremendous, am
phibodous, hazardous, apodous pterop-
odous, cephaledous, gasteropodous, stu
pendous and gastropodous.
THE term ''tabby cat" is derived from
Atab, famous street in Bagdad, in
habited by the manufacturers of siken
stuffs called atabi, or taffety. This stuff
is woven with waved markings of wa
tered silk, resembling "tabby" cats
coat
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-02-18

First-Be content with your lott Wealth and
poverty are relative terms The poor farmer or
miner who has enough to eat and to wear, a
wife, children and the comforts and love of a
home, is rich He eats vel and sleeps we'll
The millionaire or wealthy manufacturer or
stockbrol1er, constantly perplexed by the prob
lem OF safely increasing his gains fearing disas-
ter In speculation, nervous lest HIS house or his
bank may be robbed or burglariEed and his life
ieopardized, lool upon all mankind as his
enemies ia a way. and from whom he must pro
tect himself, is poor His mind is too much ha
raised and his physical exercise too little to sc.
cure good digestion Pampered with ali the
Injuries of life, be has no appetite, and, lying
on tho most luxurious OF beds, he cannot sleep.
STANDARDIZATION should be such as 10 i'm
pose the minimum OF burdens by way of tariff
Quired by the poor, and when imposed TO meet
the state, the revenue should be drawn largely
legislation viii be TO equalize the possessions ct
the rich and the poor
Third-When from untoward circumstances,
beyond the control of man, by disastrous fire,
O food, failure of crops ana famine, a town, q
city or "A state may become impoverished, it be
comes the duty Of the government 10 afford neces-
sary assistance, not as charity, but because gov.
ernments are instituted among men for Esees-
sary protection. The good Of the state as web as
that Of the individual, requires this. Not only
should food and clothing bur paying labor be
supplied. Il IS always better to furnish EN-
ployment 10 persons in reduced circumstances
than 70 give money When nation or people
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-02-18
A WIDE RANGE.
thls session

OVER three thousand diamonds are in
the British crown.
THE Indian chiefs on the Umatira
reservation have been reduced to the
ranks.
THE Oldest liquor in any New York
club cellar is supposed to be some Savil-
lac brandy of the vintage Of 1903 at the
Union club.
A CRIpo snake is one of the interest
ing pets at the Central paI <, New York,
menagerie. 1t has taste for devour-
ing other snakes md it is feared hy
them all even the poisonous.
ONE of the best coin collections in this
country, it is believed, is that cf Cen.
Gates +. Thurston, Of Nashy lie, Tenn.
The English series is said to be almost
complete from tho Saxon heptarchy
down 70 the Victoria issues.
DALMATIAN, or coach dogs. are said
to have been first bred in Dalmatia, but
it is by the last quoted name that they
are best known. This arises from the
fact Of their being kept in stables and
are nearly always seen running after
carriages.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-02-18
GIANTS oE THEIR KIND.

NORTH DAKOTA has barley farm Of
250.0 acres.
IL California hogs that weigh 500 to
SEQ pounds are becoming common now
adays.
A SWEET potato was recently dug mp
IN Fresno, Cal, that weighed Az
pounds.
AKENTUcKY paper tells of seven ears
of corn, each weighing a pound, that
grew on one stalk.
a Boise CITY girl, sixteen years old
and six feet two inches in height, is
said to be the tallest woman in Idaho.
THE largest brandy still in the world
is located about two miles from Stock
ton, on Ell Pinal, the pioneer vineyard
and winery of San Joaquin county, Cal.
BABIES grow big in Missouri. The
oldest of two exhibited there, aged 5
years, weighs 1O7 pounds, and the
youngest, aged 2]E years, weighs %
pounds.
THE largest siphon, probably, is on
the levee between Mckinney lake and
the Mississippi river. The main pipe is
Two 1ecb III tudIneUtr anu SlO IeeI III
length, and it has adischarging capacity
of 10000, 900 gallons day.
SOME immense vegetables were lately
exhibited at Great Falls, Mont. There
is sugar beet weighing twenty-five
pounds, a twenty-pound turnip, fiveS
pound potato, pumpkin weighing one
hundred and twenty pounds, and cab
bage three feet in diameter, all raised
in that vicinity
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-02-18
Deafness Can't be Cured.

by local applications, as they can not
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way TO cure Deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an infamed con-
dition of the mucous lining of the Eus-
tachian Tube When this Tube gets in
famed you have rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, aud when it is entire
IL closed Deafness is tie result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored 10 its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases out of ten are caused
by catarrh. which is nothing but an in
famed condition of the mucous sur
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness (caused by ca
tarrh) that we can not cure by taking
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars,
free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.
BG-Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-02-18
DONT's FOR WV Es.

DON'T whine.
DON'T mag" your husband.
DON'T repeat what your husband tells
you.
DON'T be afraid to live within your
means.
DoN'T publish your domestic griev-
ances abroad.
DON'T attempt to make ''society
man" of your husband.
Don't try to wear SIS bonnet on a
twenty-fve-centi income.
Don't think your husbands heart is
bigger than his stomach.
Don't scold any more than is neces-
sary ito keep peace in the family"
DoN'T be afraid to assert your rights
as an equal partner with your husband.
DoN'T complain when your husband
wants you to stay at home with him in
the evening Free Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-02-18
How a Message Got Tangled Up In Trans
mission.

How q Message Got Tangled Up In Trans
mission.
The sending of telegram is APP
parently very simple matter, but oc-
cssionally an evil spirit gets into the
wires and perverts the original message
into a shape which causes wrath to the
sender and much mirth to the locker
on. A case in point occurred few days
ago. The telegraph operator of an en-
gineering and construction party, at
work near Hanford, telegraphed to a
friend of his in that town to send him a
couple of lamp shades, and being on in
innate terms with the family, added his
best regards to 'Mollie," the friends
wife. In the cipher used on the line,
my best regards is indicated by the
words ''seventy-three." The message
when sent read: "Send me two lamp
shades by evening train and seventy
three to Molie." When the dispatch
was received it read: "Send me two
lamp shades by evening train and sew
enty-three tomales." The receiver read
and reread the message, almost doubt
ing the evidence of his own eyes, but
"seventy-three tomales" was there
plain enough and the thing was to get
the requisite number. The resources OF
Hanford in the tomato line were taxed
to their utmost and that evening the
brakeman carried two large boxes tc
the telegraph car, dropped them on the
floor and handed the astonished opera
tor q note. Dear Y: What the -
do you want with seventy-three to-
males? l send you forty-fve, all l
could get. Have had two women max
ing them all day. VIII send the rest to-
morrow. Bill is seven dollars" The
air was blue about the car for awhile,
but the trainmen had a tomale supper.
Now the operator has his messages re-
peated if he thinks there's the slightest
chance Of their being misconstrued.-
San Francisco Newsletter.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-02-18
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, Feb. y, 1892.

Secretary Blaineis not a man of quick
temper, but mis- even disposition was so
badly disturbed by the silly statement
made without the slightest foundation
that his letter stating that his name
would not be presented to the Minueap-
oils convention was but the preliminary
move towards his permanent retirement
from public life, and that he intended in
the near future to resign from the Cabi-
net, tha. he lost his temper as he best
man in the world would probably have
done under the same circumstances.
He characterized the statement as IAN
Internal lie, circulated by idle men who
nave nothing better to do Mr.. Blaine
was never more interested in the duties
of his position, and in the welfare OF the
republican party which he recognizes
as that Of the country, than he is to-day.
and if his health continues as good as ii
now is he will certainly remain at tie
head Of the State department during the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-02-18

ian succeed il graduating its psuper classes by
ludiciOus legislation or moral suasion il win
also have 70 very great extent got - Of its
criminal classes Crime Is very largely the result
Of ignorance and pauperism combined Pauper-
ism is a disease OF becomes such In our large
father 70 son, and Is partly mental and partly
physical The children Of parents supported by
the town usually become paupers in turn, and
often 70 the third and fourth generation
Tourth-A sound currency and plenty Of the
circulating medium for all the necessities OF
trade and commerce have much 70 do with the
financial success Of the business portion OF q
community, and this always involves all Of the
smaller dealers and depositOrs who depend upon
the larger ones in the case Of money stringen-
cy- 1t would not have taken much OF prophet
70 foretell that the last year would be fraught
with bank failures and financial disasters and
that they would carry with them ruin and dis
may 70 many house OF heretofore unimpeached
standing. The withdrawal Of bonds from the
national banks in the payment Of the public
debt and the necessary contraction OF the cur
reney engendered thereby has borne its legiti-
mate results. There is no reason why the gen
eral government itself should not issue all the
money necessary for the use Of the country and
be responsible for its redemption.
Fifth-The education Of our children is, 10 a
very large extent, wrong, and especially that
u llc itlAa4c AQElDNt anu IN a large NUMBER
instances entails upon them poverty and mis-
fortune. l would have compulsory education
and compulsory labor taught the child, COM
mencing with his seventh year. The industrial
school is undoubtedly 10 become the school OF
the future. Both mind and body OF the child
should be cultivated, and at the expense Of the
state, as the good Of the state requires it. Every
child Of the commonwealth, whether Of rich or
poor parents, male or female, should be taught
some trade or profession by which he may be
able 70 earn livelihood and be made proficient
in it, They should learn the use OF money, be
taught economy and self-denial If necessary,
learn the effects OF alcoholic stimulants and
narcotics on the human body, and that exercise
only will perfect the human system. The pau
per is either the incompetent man or woman or
is q slave to appetite and vice. The child who
earns money is taught economy at the same
time. He appreciates its value. He win spend
his fathers money like water, but not his own.
The question Of poverty and wealth is socn to
become a great national one. Wealth is 40
quired quite as much by knowing now 10 save IL
as how TO acquire it. BELvA A. LOCKWOOD
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-02-18

THE Platteville NeWs failed to grasp
the italicized words in connection with
our article Are Exchanges Gratis?'
suggesting il the postal authorities could
control newspaper circulation they con-
fine it to "actual pad subscriptions. !"
That seemed plain enough, but the
words lin advance" will make the
meaning clear to the most obtuse
THERE'S no question but if all the papers
in the county should combine on a cash
in advance policy It would succeed to
the advantage OF the publishers The
HERALD has but few patrons who could
not doit. To let the subscription run to the
end of the year, and then possibly over
look it for another year, is habit and not
necessity. But when the established rule
is to allow subscribers their own time
(and to speak by the card the Nelcs
is no exception) it would be folly for
one paper to change the order alone
Ahe Nttoo pUlll5lf CoLuLHSHNo. ~ . a
fraud on its face when an honest sub
scriber pays 81 so year for paper
in order to let two dead-heats receive it
gratis" and then plumes itself on hav-
ing neither delinquent nor dead beat
lst. One would naturally suppose
then, that the patrons of the Negs would
receive the benefit ofthis fraud saving
machine, and instead Of paying for three
papers only pay so cents for one But
do theyP A glance at the head of the
local department shows: "Per AianuDa,
ia AdUance, $3.50 Comment is I'm.
necessary.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-02-18
Will Be Harrison

Hartfort Courant (Rep): Benjamin
Harrison is notably stronger in the es-
TEEN and confidence Of the plain voters
in 1892 than he was in 1888.
Knoxville journal (Rep.l: Now that
Blaine declines there can hardly be a
doubt that Harrison will be nominated,
and he will be his own successor.
Keokuk Gate City (Rep.) What the
republicans will fight for in this cam
paign is Ben Harrison as president and
James G. Blaine as secretary of state.
Burlington HawkeYe (Rep.): 70 US
it seems as If the proper thing for the
party to do. if, indeed. rot the only
thing, is the denomination of President
Harrison.
Lawrence (Kas) Journal (Rep.)
Unless the conditions change in man.
mel that is now unlikely, Mr.. Harrison
win serve two terms as president of the
United States.
Sioux City journal (Rep): A clear
field is left for Gen. Harrison. He is
not only the natural but tie necessary
candidate of the party He has also
the strength of Blaine.
Philadelphia Ledger (lnd) Unless
ali signs, as clear apparently as the sun
at MONDAY. are misleading, Mr. Harri
son will be again the presidential
candidate of his party.