Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1892-05-22
ELKO, NEVADA, SUNDAY, MAY 22, 1892
FROM THE Pho,
How Man Felt When Ito II,ar.
WORDS Nrpcltch

1'"" N fclt When Iir
Words Repeated.
Up town there is II phonograph. =.
The man who is running it is Il hot.
owner, says the Lewiston Journal Il.
taG caller recently whose ''dandcr~
was up. The room was quite full OF
people and the caller had an insane de
,'irH To give his man a piece of his
mind. He did SO. lie bcratcd him up
hill and down. He didn't leave him. as
tc expressed il, in any kind of shape.
Al! The time tine object of the attack
had on the counter by his side the pho
no%rap.i. in action. only the caller
didn't know it. When he had flushed
the Lew. ton man said:
Are ON dunc?"
: "G"S, ! ain DOME" was the reply.
just one moment" was the rciOindcr:
~ want you to hear what you said"
and the mcrcilcss phonograph WAS re-
vrrScd and the record pronounced
through the machine SO that he could
hear it,
blush ovcrsprcad the callers face.
ii" listened in wonder and surprise. As
0aths and cplthcts flowed out Of the
machine, the exact reproduction Of his
own vitupvratipn, he moved away. and
when all was done a man more sheen.
I iSh and ashamed could not br foupL.
said lac. after Il moments thought. turn
ing To thC Lewiston man: Il have had
valuable lesson. No man who would
talk like that il. public has any rig!, TO
De considered. | want you To pull that
record as you call il. Off from that ma
chine and give it To me. I'll pay for
Al"
II was done, and the caller stood bv
the counter uttcring apologies and
whiting into pieces the wax cylinder
that contained his remarks.
horse will travel 800 wards in four
and onc-haIf minutes ut a walk. 100
yard, IN two minutes at Il trot, 100 wards
in one minute nt n gullop. says the
Humane World. The usual worI, of a
horse is :nlicn 1t -, 800 pounds raised
| one foot per minute for eight hours pcr
day. y horse will carry go pounds n5
! miles per day OF eight hours An aver
age draft horse will draw 1000 pound,
- miles per day on level road, weight
of wagon included. The average
| weight Of horse is / 900 pounds; his
strength is equivalent To that of five
men. In horscmlll moving at three
he cNcrts with the machine the power
OF four and onC-h:Lf horses. The
greatest amount horse can pull in a
horizontal line i, 800 pounds. bu; he can
"rIJ do this momcntarily; in continued
cNcrtion probably half of this is the
limit lie attaims his growth in five
years, will live -. and average Ii years.
A horS" will live - days on water with
out solid food, l. days without eating
or drinking, but only five days on food
without drinking. 4 cart drawn by n
horse over an ordinary road will travel
IL miles per hour Of trip. \ fuur.horsr
team will haul from - To- Sc cubic feet
o' limestone at each load. The time
expended i'll loading. unloading. ctc..
including delays. averages - minute,
per trip. The cost Of loading and un-
loading cart using labor is 81. - Der
day and horse - cents il - cents u
pcrch--2i15 cubic feet On metal rails
u horse can draw one and tvo.thirds
times ms much nS on asphalt pavement,
three and onc.third times nS much ~. ON
good belgian blocks. five times as much
nS On good cohblc stone. twenty times
aS much aS on good earth road, forty
Times ns much rs on sand. \ modern
compilation Of engineering maxims
states that horse can drag. rs com
pared with what he can carry on his
back, III the following proportions: On
the worst carthcn roads, three times:
on good macadami2cd road. nine: Oh
plank, twcnty-iivc: on II stone track
way, thirty-thrcc, and on good rail
way, hf:y-four times rs much.
Maud (who has answered tho
door-bcll hcrsc!D-" George. you must