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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1892-04-03
SALMAGUEDI

To-day ia IN improvement over the
rost 0f the week.
ltis reported that another wedding
pill take place in Elko in the noar
iuinte.
The Republicans Of idaho ore hav-
ing a Kilkenny fight among them
a"lvas.
Oaly eleven Republicans out OF
eghty.seven voted against laying the
Bland bill on the tnble.
Sunday School in Presbyterian
Church tomorrow at l:30. Y. 2. S.
{. +. prayer nesting in parsonage at
Il o'clock.
Nrlso Omdcrkirk has bought the
Munaun property lately occupied by
Mrr. Schmidt aud moved his family
iutn town.
Thpnns +. Rove and Miss Amelia
l. kiug. IN eiopinS couple from Vir-
gina City, were married in Salt Lake
last rucsday.
John Lyons, who was convicted, Mt
NlnGcmurcd, or attempted rape aud
sentenced to tiv. years imprisonment
has been tHkon, TO tho ~penitentiary.
Ono hundred and twenty nine
Democrats. eleven Republicans and
c.Eht Farmcrs' Alliance men voted
isInrnSt laying the Bland bill Oh the
table.
bishop Leonard ot the Episcopal
Church prenched Il Very interesting
t"rnIon last night to a large audience.
lie will preach at tho church this
afternoon ~ $50 and this evening at
80. All are invited.
Joe LoseEstock ia out with a now
"a. - day. lIo believes in advertls.
:"s What he has 10 sell 30 TINT people
10 want anything in his limo will
kHow where Ia find it. Read his ad.
ana call nnL Inspect his goods and
p''c"s.
The Reno Journal says IL is re-.
ported Innt the Carson Guorl have u
Namm,ilcc appointed 10 wait Upon the
Governor and prevail upon him To or
der ell th" military compunies 10 take
rrrt IN u grand celebration to be held
thor: ON the Fourth Of JnIy, next.
III" ranch offered for sale by &. W.
G'oYcr IL waiercd by numerous
sr,r,ngs Of living water from which IL
h"" :renm flowed c%onatautly during
~" wear 1884, the dryest owe known
Ia Eastern Nevada. AZ tho watcr
from those eprings nevor freezes. there
Is an ample eupply OF running ~ater
for stock during tho coolest weather.
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FRANCES FORTS
Dofonses Of tho Republic Against
Her EnomleR
Tho Liuc OF Great ~Fort-essss aad In.
trcnchod Camps. on the Rnstesa
FrontIer = Etormous Arm.
nmonta. IS

a aturc Of Frances preparation for
the next war with Germany that has
not attracted much attention thu, far /,
the line of forts AMI intrenched camps
guarding her eastern frontier, says a !.
writer in tho Illustrated American. II
little has been said about these FORTH
cations, 1t Is only because little il
known. Thc government has endeay-.
orcd to preserve secrecy In re1nrd To
thom even moro strcnuously than It
has denied information about melin!te
and the Lcbcl rine. In the modern
syatcm Of fertilization much stress IS
laid upon tho Importance OF keeping
the enemy in the dark.
No longer frowning parapsts an
nouncc to him the quarter whence he
may expect resistance. The present
min IS 20 lure him into a trap ard thou
NOW down his regiments by \ hail-liEe
fire from hidden guns. For this purpoos
rapil-hra guns will be largely used.
The Maxim gun Gun deliver about seven
hundred bullets per minute. 1t can Be- d.
rcctcd by n man, who will show Only
his head above his scrcen cand will 10
tended by q other man completely
covered. Srao!scless powder b>ia .
used, n regiment would be dcrimatld
and panic-striciecn in q by such
u fire and would be in full yous before
the location OF tho Eun could be discov-
cred. To carry out such a defense soc
cc3sfully 1t is important, Of course, 10
preserve the most complete secrecy
about the plans of the Notifications.
Therefore only general facts are known
about the line Of forts on the eastern
frontier of France.
The Notifications consist OF treat IN
trcnclicd camps and huge fortre,scS.
The largest forts FrouarI, pont ST.
Vincent, Luccy, Wiley lie Sec. d'.Archc.,
Remircmont and ~Gi-onaguy have
added to their otherwise enormous
arnGmcnts arEored towers with tic
heaviest cannon. Every frontier fort
or ~intrcachcd camp IS within run-shot
OF the text one, is connected with the
others b. telegraph and is linked TO the
other members of the chain hT. a
doublc-tracls railway. The only break
IL the railway connection Is between
Fort G~iroInaSuy and Fort de Scrynpcc.
batteries occupy between the forts all
the Positions commanding approaches. .
The gums OF the forts vary in number
for each between twenty md fifty.
Some, however, have rs many az
eighty. In several forts there il
. for two thousand head Of cattle.
and in all for enormous quantities Of
Frovi5iona- The quarters OF the mon
aEd officers nre airy and ample Tho
command completely tho
slopes, which are, moreover, 80 woven
over with wires and SO mined with tor
pcdocs that the stand Of nm enemy
there and the undermining Of the walls
arc impossible.
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Change OF Teachers.

Miss Maud Henley has resigned MS
teacher OF the primary department
o. the public school, and tho Trustees
have eiected Hiss Mary y DJuneil, OF
PiicerVi!le, CAL, to fill the vncnncy.
The young lady comes highly rec.
ommcnded, rs will bo seen BIZ tine fol-
lowing extract from a luticr uf the
Managers Of Cheucy's Pacific Coast
bureau of ElucItion TO the Bard OF
! .istces:
"tiiss O'Drnnell, "a you will Fac
from her papers, makes primary work
her specially and has had several
years siperlon e. Sh, is il psrsJu
who IS constantly improving her tims
in tho ray o; study, AMI wo fuo! that
NO could hardly rscnmmsnd her too
h'ghiy. She has laly-liko manucr
that makes her particularly adapted
u teaching young children"
Miss O'D5nnoll vii arrive in EIko
to morrow, and will take charge OF tho
primary room Monday morning.
While the lTDEPESDEHF wishes the
young lady success IN her work add
hopes shc. will have the hcnrty co.
operation of parcnts aud pupils, it
cannot but condemn tho Practice of
importing lrlchors To ill our public
schools to the exclusion of those al
ready hero who arc equally ns we'll
qualified.
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[FRoh TUESDAYS DAILx.l
3ALMAGUEDI.

Bar silver is quoted at 3 IS again
to-day.
NJ. Chaser aud family came down
from Peko this morning.
Judge A. L. Fitzgerald arrived from
the west last orsaing GU No.3.
The ground was covered with a
light fall ~ sno this morning.
Walt Whitman. the good gray po
ct" died at Philadelphia last Satur-
day.
G.. II. Hale, who shipped n lot OF
stock to California some time age, re-
turned home last night.
The wool clip in Nevada is reported
unusually heavy and clean. The
sheep Wintered ~splendidly.
Miss Lida Russell went IN tn Deeth
this morning to meet an old school
mate on route vest on No. 4.
Henderson Green came up from
the Humboldt House last night and
will spend a few days in town.
Miss Nellie Quinn has closed her
school at South Fork and is spending
n Tow days in town visiting friends.
A robber Mt Ogden threw 4 brick in
tho window OF n ~jewelry store, picked
up 4 tray OF steven watches and made
his escape with them.
+ Rascals are repentant this year.
The United States Treasurer reports
unprecedentedly iurge receipts to the
conscience fund 80 far in 1892.
The examination OF William Day,
accused of selling whisky to Indians,
was continued Yesterday To await the
arrival OF U. S. Attorney Witcher.
The news from Washington to-day
about the Bland hill is that nothing
il being done and no prospects OF
there being anything done from the
present outlook.
Horny Is. Rule, formerly OF Elko,
now OF Reno, has resigned his posi-.
ton as Secretary and Collector OF the
Reno Water, Land & Light Co, aud
Will ut an early date engage in the
business of fire and life insurance.
The Wells Sabbath school gave an
entertainment, Friday evening last,
with a crowded house md u pro.
Hrarntne whose Set-up and rendering
reflected great credit upon officers,
teachers and scholars. Miss Rose
Gardner, OF Elko, neriting special
mention for training the children in
music.
Ii it would mot appear sacriligious
to our Republican friends, we would
like to know where Sennt John =.
Jones was when the Bland bill was
under fire in the IIouscH His great
~ influence might have encouraged
some weak kn-ed silver men had he
been in Washington attending 10 his
duties.
A Presbyterian church was organ.
lied Mt Wells Sunday evening, with
Mr.. 4. c. Murphy. Secretary; DIR.
Petty, Treasurer; aud Messrs. +.
Woodruff. K. PcnghIly, J. G. Schmidt.
William Knopt and +. +. Henderson,
Trustees. The people Of Wells are
showing gratifying interest in
church mattors.
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HOTEL ARRIVALS.
Depot IIntcl--CIark n Green. Pro-
prIetDra.

p%rIetDrs.
a Altenburg. Cariir: b " Wooivnr
ton, RUBY Valley; w S Yrates. PAIL
sHde; & 4 Kane, Golconda; Bert
Wines. Walter Thompson, Lrmoille.
Petor Madison. City; j " Senrlcs,
Salt Lake; Joseph Powell, Oglvn.
Thos Cdhill, Stephen Dikin, La.
moilie.
\ Palmer, Curlin; Al Johnston,
Salt Lake; G II Allen, Pleasant Val.
ley; j \ Robertson, L~unuiiir; Geo Il
Morse, Sacramento; Ed KavRnaugh,
Battle Mountain; J II Day, Ogden;
James L Meyers. Spring Creek; 4 G.
Douglas, st Louis; l. Prchart, Ter.
race.
Geo NJ Clayton i wifi, Ten Mile:
Miss Emma Is Reynolds, Hcaldsbnrg,
Cal; Chas Adams, South Fork: Geo
Anderson. EIko; Frank Burns, Asa.
watomir, KS; D q Powell, Ruby Val.
ley.
Rvbt L Wooks, Chicago; Mrs " j
Bruce. Rodwing, Minn; J a Robertson,
Lamoillc; IF Brennan, Fort Hallock;
Il P%riuenux, I uscnrora; j S Gregory,
$ +; Miss Mamie Reeves, Cal.
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THO 1chchcr-"Thcrc 10 ono OF my
brightcs: boys sitt'ng over there on
that rock writing, while his CON.
= niona nro WASTING thcir time In idlo
pay. No doubt he il writing his
lessons ont for tomorrow. Here,
Jimmy. let mo SEQ what you are writ
in Z"
hmmy-"No'm, I don't wRnt TO-"
"Ah, SEQ his mudestyl Come. /
want 10 read IT."
This 10 what shc read:
"pi"aHe sxcuAe my son James from
pcIIo"I to-day, ea he In needed ut
hOmN ."--lB0nton Globe. -
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The War Dance,

A't"r closing tho inndaugo Friday
Night, Indian Pete undertook TO got
ny II war dance On Muio street for
Saturday night Tho bray.s ssl,nted
10 perform were:
~" Biscuit Three Squnws
Dirty ~hirt How Much
""r" EyoD No britclios
Hctp Slcepum.
Aticr collecting 1851 by contribu.
t'on' P"ic snid TOO little money" aud
po2kcttnR the caah, tho braves with
captain Potts aauntetod OF to the
~''kinp to Piay with "Hre water aud
its "ttcrts ill tho 1850 should DO uscd
nr.-tHdrocuto.
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tFRoa FKInAY's DAiLx-]
SALMAGCNDI.

This ia all FOOLS day.
L. Ostreicher is ON tho sick list.
March wept out as a roaring lion.
Gay Da~le, and Mrs. RoUinsoa arc
slowly improving.
Miss Annie Sheei,an returned from
san Francisco last night.
Tue Chautauqua circle will meet nj,
Deacon P%luninI.ris tkio evening.
Hon. Geo. Russell loft for Chicnre
last evening, To- attend the mseting Of
the Worlds Fair Commissioners.
Hon. J. W. Haines pnssrd E,as. las,
night bound for Chicago, tn attend
the meeting OF the Worlds Fair Com.
mIssioners-
Stanley Taber leaves Sunday night
FOR Pocatello, Idaho. Tor n two weeks
lay oil. Mr. c A.. Kane will III! tn.
position OF night operator during his
absence.
Francis G. New!auds sta;cs in n
letter to II Reno friend that he will
accept the nomination for Congress II
rendered to hiuI by the Republican
Convention.
Tho membcrs Of Elko Lodge No. Is,
l. o. o. F., will celebrate the 73rd
Anniversary OF the Order in America
10y giving n grand bal. See the al.
under the head Of New To-day.
MI. NJ. G. Cecil left on No. 4 to day
for Chico, Cal- where he intends to
engage in business. rhe Young man
has made many friends during his
residence hore, who wish him well
wherever his lot may be cast.
The Washoe Indians ia tho Wes:.
ern part Of the State want Congress
To set apnrt II reservation for them.
They arc circulating II suhacripliCn
liz: among the whites 10 raise money
10 send u representa- re. u Wishing.
ton 10 urge the matter upon Con.
grels.
L. s. Witrher, OF Hal!scs, passed
through Eiko to day with u car load
OF work horses for Northern Cali.
fornia. II is safc 10 say il IL tho bes,
car OF horses ever. le!; tho State as
they were picked from tho best
lunches of horses in the c3uutY. a
Tow more enterprising taen like Sir:
Witchcr, Nevada will boom y9e.
The st. Louis Republic has been
bunting for Presidential preferences
in Tennessee. Among IS members Of
the Legislature first choices arc us
follows: Cleveland, 81; Hill and Pal.
uicr, 1 each; BJics, ;. and Gray
Flower and Campbell, l each. Sec.
ond choice, Boies ID, CIrlisle, q;
Cleveland, o; Palmer, 4; Hill, S; and
Gray, Flower, German, Villas, Whit
ney and Morrison, l each.
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~----
HEPUBLICAN IcXrRAvAGASCE

Representative Saycrs oi Texas. hns
been making u comparison Of ,cxpcu-
ditures under Democratic and TO.
publican administrations.
HIS cOnClusiOns arc startling. They
show that during the two years OF the
Harrison administration over $4,000.
COO have been needlcssly expended.
CoItiued 10 the figures obtained from,
from tho division OF warrants OF
money actually paid out, and with
all tho usual aud extraordinary OK
pendltures eliminated, with the cost
81 taking the census ~ tho country,
the interest on the public debt, tho
money paid for pensions and all simi.
lar expenditures taken out, the OK.
cess OF expenditures for 1888 and 1885,
Of Arthur's administration oyer 1887
md 1883 OF Clsvoland's admiuis,ra.
ton amounted to kl5,775,i?j. The
expenditures 81 1899 anil 1891 Of the
present Republican administration
ovor 1897 und 1888 Of Clcynlaud's nd.
minIstration wore sIo,SU,iIi.
This increuse Of erpcndituroa, Hr.
Sayers woll says, is not justified by
tho increase Of population, and tho
figures present a striking contrast
between the economy Of IL Democrat.
ic administration and tho eItravn.
ganco OF two Republican adIninistra-
tiopa And 80: ;hcro are some Demo.
Gratis who say that they haYo no is-
cue 10 60 tefore the people Oh except
the turiG.--tN. Y. Herald.
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dem uofci-.f. Ostreichcr, Pro-
pricior.

dem HoicI-.I. Ostreichcr. Pro.
pricfor.
VIM Yeatcs, Pine Valley.
Gallagher, Lovelock; A Il Sal.
linger Oakland; Q II Rives. Sacrd.
mento; II NJ Gilberti. Auburn; II
Webster. S r.
L Dakin, Lamuillc: Conrad Smith.
Il + Sksggs. Pleasant; Taylor Allen.
vii" & daughter, s, Louis; j |; Cul-
lon. Austin, CIark Drown, Loo. Il g
Orr, Dccth; j l. St'uson, Tuscurora;
X = IIamill. Wells.
\ Palmer, CIrlin; Chas Adams.
South Fork; J K Gallon, \ w Atchi.
euu, vito and chlid, ru,carorh; EuI
FKempcr, II J DirliuA, + B SJuth.
work. Sacramento; W II Spalding,
Truckoe; Ia K~avanauyh, Rattle
Mountaiu; a l. Fitzgerald, EIrokn;
NJ Glascr, wife and children, Poko;
Chns Grcruborg, O9ino.
JB ScJtt, Martin Mason, So Fork;
II Dofanti, q 5attani, Auburn, Cali;
Chas Toyn, Huntington, Q " PrioSle,
W IS Ru4co, Chicago; &c johnson,
North Fork: Lewis L foier, Iowa.
Henry R,vrs, Roas Wright Eurokd;
Julius BrownstoIn. j s Gregory, S f.;
Smith Wciland, james Adams. Tus
carora; J B Fitch, Wells; AG Broylca.
Chico, Cal
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IFRox WEDNESDAYS DMLr.l,
SALNAGDNDL

The editor or the 1EDErExBEHr is
not bald headed.
Seethe adj OF tho Georgia ,ninstrels
in another column.
Another wedding is on tho tapis for
next week. Who arc they?
1t showed again last night covering
the ground 10 the depth Ct two and a
hnlf inches.
A number Of ranchcra from La.
noble and Pleasant Valleys we're in
town last night
+. S. F%urringtop. Esq, went west
on No. 4 to day. He will be gone
about two weeks
James Dewar vas seriously injured
yesterday by the horse he was riding
feEiLg upon him, brrising Que OF his
lego badly.
1t is reported from Washington that
Bland and Speaker Crisp have had IL
falling out. We hope tho report will
prove 10 DO false.
A barn, about 2en tons OF hay near.
iy all baied for shipment, some out
buildings aud farmint inrlanents on
n Of p. n. Markers ranches. near
Lovelocks were burned Saturday
morning last Tho loss is about g.
500.
The Lyon County Times says:
Ross Levers, the Washoe county
orchardist, shipped a car load Of fine
apples 10 the commission FIRM Of
Could and Jaudin, Of Sas Francisco,
last week, and tine fruit has sold
rapidly ut fancy prices, owing 10 it's
superiority over California apples.
MIR. Henderson Green. Of the Hum
boldt House, informs the INDEprS
DENT that the item from the Sacra-
mento Bee published IN the Reno
Journal regarding j. u. ralken get
ting mad at his partner and my>teri.
ously disappearing, lacks every ole.
nent OF truth. Mr.. Green says tina;
no man by the uans OF Taken has a
ranch anywhere in the vicinity or the
Humboldt House.
Denver Ncrs:-"What fools these
mortals boz Let the Democratic
National Convention Ignore the voice
OF the people OF the South as ex-
pressed in the vote On the Bland Jill
10y nominating the Wall street gold
bug, Cleveland, and it will lose all but
three OF the Southern States. The
Alliance 10 the danger CHRISTENING
the Democracy. 1t is net the Repub.
leans OF the Northwest. Senator Hill
has discovered the danger.
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struck Home.

Tho prediction wa nsdo tho other
day in regard TO tho rraition tho !Sii.
rGr state would inko on tho silver
question in the Presidential oon..st,
seems to have s,ruoa tho mark, judy.
ing from tho way IL p1ueols 10 iLe
Fnefdny's issue. Ncisbbor, o cup
call ns anything you like. II won't
rnhlo ~ n Lit, in itrt, wo rather enjoy
u 10 long as IL amusos you. Keep
tolnpNr under nll circumstances
.Hni don't lot your angry pussiuus rise.
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tFRoH MONDAYS DAILI.l
SALMAGUNDl.

Bishop Leonard left for Salt Luke
on No. l this morning.
There Was about three inches OF
snow at Wells this morning.
Uncle Jimmie Clark went down TO
tho Humboldt House this afternoon.
Heoderson Green, OF the Bumboldt
House will arrive this evening on No.
B.
Regular meeting Humboldt Lodge
No. %, A. o. U. w, at their Hall to-
night
Silver is quoted at . .s5 to day in
New York. How is your Sherman
bill now?
We arc unable to got any news Of
the notion OF Congress- o.day on the
Bland Bill.
Aaron Hooper, a former well-known
resident Of Virginia City, died III Sau
Francisco AUST week. May he Iest in
peace.
The IEDEPESDESr acknowledges
the receipt Of the Fourth Annual Re-
port OF tho Nevada Agricultural E1-
mont Station, for 1891.
NJ. C. Cecil has resigned his posi-
ton at the Gem, aud will leave in a
Tow days Tor California. We wish
him well wherever he goee.
u $. Commissioner Palpor camo
up from Cariin to-day 10 hold sn OK.
animation of William Day accused
OF selling whisky TO Indiana.
From the Raw. John Wallace, Who
cauic down from Wells this morning,
Nc learn that yesterday WAS a wild
and woody day IN that town.
Chas. Adams, OF South Fork, and
Chus. royn, OF Huntington, we're in
town last night and attended the ser.
vices at tho Episcopal church.
Yesterday was IN old fashioned
March day. The wind howled and
snow fell, making it very disarreeable
for all who had to be cut OF Gours.
Mr.. A. l. Snider, principal .oi the
Eiko school. received word Saturday
Of the death OF his mother ia Ohio.
Tho ISDFPE%DEST extends it's syu-
pathy 10 him III his sad hereas.meuL
&. W. Priugie and W. 4. Rusco,
agents for Richards i P-:pglc's
Georgia MInstrels. arrived last uight
and are billing the town for this
famous company to appear at Free
man Hall, April 9TH.
by a notice in another column it
will ba seen tina; jim Pcnrod 10 the
happy father of "A bouncing girl. jim
writes that mother and child are do.
ing we'll. May the little one grow up
To bo Il comfort TO its parents.
Bishop Leonard preached ut the
Episcopal church last evening 10 n
largo audience. The Rev. gentleman
Is Nh eloquent speaker and held tho
attention Of his lis'eners throughout
tho entire discourse. The people OF
Fax" would bo .pleased 10 hear him
sgain.
Mr.. Joa. II. 'anGuinet left Yester.
day morning for m extended trip
through tho eastern States. He will
visit his witc's relatives at M,neville,
y. T., and his father at Fall River,
massachusetts. Mr.. Sanguinet will
take in tho principal places otintercst
in tho East aud will he gone about
t,-n n,nn,b,s
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BORN.

WoMscK: In Elko, Ncyada, March
%, 1892, TO tho wits Of Asa Won
nck. q son.
PESRop:--At North Fork. Glto com
~, Nevada, March IS, 1892, 10 the
Uifo Of Jas. Il. Pourui, u daughter.
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MARRIED..

ALLEN owE:-At tho residence Of
Mr.. J. a. Plummor, 10 Elko. March
90, 1892. by Rev. w. n. I. Houghton,
Mr.. Taylor Allen. Of ST. Louis, Mis-.
souri, 10 Mrs. Iilda j Lowe, OF
Elao, Hovadu
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Tho latest method OF Obtaining lifo
.inaDrurce hos been devised W ccftatn
London licehSed victuhltcrs' 10. every
customer WAC !spoads a miGimum OF
fo0f cGatG tacy prefut c coupon which
lnsn:cs tho holders lio Tor Eve bun.
Gr:i dollars in tho oycntoi denth tatinz
place by nccidcut or otherwise w,SAla
Gavsn GtvN OF tho datp Of ie,ua.
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AN ENGLISH TALE.
How Two southrracrs Helped Thor Eng
lish irIgud.

How Two Southrrncrs Helped THOR Eng
lish Irisud.
| had been travelling in n RAILWAY car
rage in the south In company with two
very pleasant men wy o CHANGED To BIO
seated opposite 20 rue Mt the end Of tho
crowded car, aud had got ont to buy Il
lunch," rs they say, NJ u station, my
two fcllow-passcngcrs having promised
to keep my scat for me. When I re-
turned 10 tho car | found a tall, gaupt
man in n broad slouch hat apparently
about To take my seat Int not yet actu-
n!iy taking IL, says n writer in the Con-
temporary Review.
y glance at my acquaintances oppo-
site showed me why he hesitated. Each
O! them was holding n cup OF coffee l.,
his mouth with his left hand, while lis
right graspcd . revolver covering the
intruder. Time being short they were
drinking their coiiec while tlley "ltept
the Britisher's seat" The tail strange
politely retired on my appearing, the
others put their rcvolvers in. their hin
pockets without any remark and we
resumed our journey.
What amused me most of all. though.
was Il glimpse l got OF q soicmp-loolxing
Old man about half way down the car,
who had drawn out from somewhere In
enormous a~ntiquated, ivory handled
siN-shootcr, and was holding Il with hia
finger on The trigger. ready 90 take o
hand in any little fcstivity that might
arise. lie looked SO disappointed
when 1t ali ended in nothing that I felt
quite sorry for him. Evcry lawyer,
says Mr.: Wakefield, llccps o revolver
in n ~pigcon-hole of his desk md any In.
silt TO n woman Is hold to Justify her
friends in the Immediate execution Of
her insuitcr.
THE CLASSICS DYING our.
Greek and LntIn f!n i.cuEcr Cultivated as
In Days Como nv.
II Is an undoubtcd, II lamcntoble
fact bat tho day Of the clussics ia
practically over. Many n buried literary
treasure will perhaps lie hidden for
years III their Greek ind Latin dress for
all that the world OF largo will ever
know of them. I had occaaicn. n y a
writer IN the Epoch. &c ASH for d certniD
translation n few deys ago, in ono 81
tho largest bool, stores in Now York,
aud the ''5uyer" told me: I'VE keep
very few OF tho cltsBics. and u doesn't
l"f ~ ttONh w WI. iIviSs ibNAS "
absolutely no dcmond for them. and n
perfectly equipped bookstore con -
suItuiucd nowadays without a single
classic on its shelves Tokc our modern
orators, aud how often will they en-
r!oy quotations from Cicero, Denies
themes. Plato aud the others? Not oncir
n hundred formerly when Ralph
Waldo Emerson. Wendell Philips
Oliver Wendell Holmes. Edward
Everett aud Amos Bronson Alcott were
on the IYccum,' it wgs necessary for
these who heard them TO have. n
kuowlcdTc Of TIC classics 70 Intelligent
~ follow them. BUS. now, good lands!
tho 'lyGoum' Is dead, and 90 arc the
clussics Probably Ave times . year
we hGvp a.cail for one, and IL decent
puy 70 keep : StoSA 10. t.e5g gGoy de:
mu.!as" ...