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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-03-19
Corn Juice.

Senator Picffer sud in temper-
"nce speech that tho amount Of dis
TILED spirits on hand in tho United
States would ti!l a canal twenty fcot
wide, ten feet deep and fifteen miles
long, or make "A lalio mile SQUARE
and thirty feet deep. All that has TO
30 down tho throats Of tho American
people this yoar; and there will 10 an.
other canal full by the time that is
cmptIed.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-03-19
4 Big Deed.

The 1nyo Index says: 4 transfer
has Just been put on record from A.
Il. TuGbs, assignee OF the Harmony
BoFax Company, Meridian Borax Com
pnny and California Chemical Com.
PnAy, To Mr. +. NJ. Smith. for u large
bohy OF patented borax lands in
southeastern lnyo, the consideration
being $4,000. The deed covers Ill
pages Of tho county records.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-03-19
The N,ll Knocked Out.

Assembly bill -, rolu cling the anlo-
Tic5 Of State ofllcers' deputies, will
not become lGw. II wns enrolled
md taken TO Speaker Boil for his Gig
nature, but he declined unless tho c:.-
rolled bill stated that it was n copy OF
tho original bill.
Lieut.. Gov. Poujado declined TO
nign 1t under any circumstances.
The bii! cannot become law and
tho deputies get their old salaIie ie5.-
Carson ApDcnl.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-03-19

Tho Legislature OF the state OF
Washington adjourned at an early
hour yesterday morning without cleo.
ting United States Senator. Hon.
d. Is. Allen, Rep. the present Senator
WI! ho appointed to fill tho vacancy
caused Dy tho failure Of the Legisla.
turo TO elect.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-03-19

Tho trccscs that are attached TO tho
hcada Of dolls nrc mndo OF tho
hn'r OF The Angora goat. It's produc-
tion. which in controlled by an En-.
glish fyndicatp, 10 said to bo worth
SiO,CO0,OO0 n year.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-03-19

THAT woman over thcro looks as il
she were painted" "Sir, that il my
wifc." 81 have not finished my son.
tencc. She looks as il nho wero
painted by Raphael and had Just
stepped out OF n framc."- Truth.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-03-19

Austin Rsvcillc:-Jacob +. less
will nrrivo homo from San Francisco
in day or 50. We understand that
ho sold his ear load Of horses at 500
per hoad, and will bring heavy stal.
lion and pair Of bloodod cattle home
with him.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-03-19

Charles Il. Kidd, nlias Frank VI.
Rogers, while express agent at Coils.
ton, Utah. ordered over $1,000 worth
OF diamonds from Denver firm to
be ecnl g. o. D., and when tho gone
arrived hc took them aud left. Iic
has boon captured Mt Lansing, Mich.
iunn
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-03-19

An american resident writes from
Honolulu: "'3incc the recent political
troubles horo there has been in tho
Islands an unprecedented rninfall
and the natives say that tho hoavcns
"rc weeping because their country has
becn taken away from them"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-03-19

In Nebraska town short while
ago, Mr.. Liver married Miss
Shnnke, Eldor Shinns officiating. A
newspaper commenting on the mar.
riage wished that Mr. Liver would.
with ali his heart, protect tho :;hauks
he had gained 10y tho nid OF Shiuns. y
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-03-19
Worlds Fair Rates.

n mon,ing OF tho agents OF the
traDscontinontal lines, held at Chi.
cIgo Thursday, TO consider Worlds
fair rates from the Pacific coast left the
matter IN tho hands ot committee.
1t is probable that round trip rate
OF $50 sill DO recommended.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-03-19

An old maid has observed that tow
men have tho slightest idea how TO
h"ldn baby No admit eho is about
right, but just wait until tho baby is
10 or II years old--that 10 if it ia n
girl bnby!--iix.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-03-19

what do you think OF tho board
OF directors OF the new stock com.
puny?"
Half OF tnem are pcopls who are
c2pHb.o OF nothing, while th. rest are
capnbl" OF nnything."-l Flicgende
B!Httcr.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-03-19

An excl nngo sayo NJ revival moct.
inG in nciGhboring town, tho min
is,or asked Nil those who wcro in tho
habit of paying their debts TO rise.
Nearly everybody stood up. lIc then
asked thosc who did not pny their
dc. t'to stand up. Ono solitary indi-
vilual STOOD up, and exclaimed that
hc did not pay because most Of tho
audience wero in arrears on their
subscriptions. lIO was an editor.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-03-19

Donocrat:--Allcock, tho poroug
plhster man, will most likely suo
Unclo Samuel for an infringement OF
patent In tho manufacture OF tho Co
lumEian poetogc G,amp. An old lady
III Boise whoso husband roHrcd ut tho
dcnG OF night with crick IN his back
having Eono OF tho usual remedies
noout tho houso brought him mound
III five minutes by clipping on four
OF tho Columbian postage stamps.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-03-19
Wnshoe Strictly "Iu I..o

BY acts Of the Legislature, Washoe
county got the largest appropriation
% State moneys over In her history,
ne Z, llD,rc.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-19
THE ROCKING STONE.

strength of q hundred men without
artificial appliances could not displace
1t. Three teams could not haul it If
placed on a wagon heavy enough to
hold it. Its body is composed of loose
and soft limestone, imbedded in which
are numerous round, Hinty pebbles of
diamond-like hardness.
Throughout the entire valley where
it is situated 1t is the sole specimen of
its kind, for the stones of the county
are entirely dissimilar. The table on
which it rests is hard stone, nearly
as firm and close grained as the blue
stone cut from the quarries of Sullivan
county. This dissimilarity gives rise
to the inference that it was lodged in
its present position by some volcanic
eruption during the drift period,
though whence it migrated lies not In
the old traditions of the county.
Not few of the adamantine pebbles
which indent its sides have been worn
smooth, and in some cases split in
half. Its sides and corners have also
been worn to almost emery fneness,
probably by the attrition suffered in
its passage.
The valley in which 1t rests is be-
tween two mountains and about 1900
feet above the level Of the sea, form
ing most appropriate pedestal. The
country round about is wild and for
the most part uncultivated.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-19

ist at all, will deal, and probably to a
greater degree than ever before. with
those more frail and ephemeral shades
of emotion which prose scarcely ven
lures to describe. The most
realistic novel, the closest psychology
ical analysis In prose does no more
than skim the surface of the soul
verse has the privilege of descending
into it's depths. In the future lyric
poetry will interpret what
prose dares not suggest. 1t will pene-
trate further into the complexity of
human sensations and. untroubled by
the necessity of formulating a creed, a
theory or a story, will describe with
delicate accuracy and under a veil of
artistic beauty the amazing, the unfa-
miliar and even the portentous phe.
nomena which it encounters"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-19
CAPTAIN OF THE BEAR
He Is an Able Sailor and q Thor
ough Gentleman.
Since 1865 Commander IIeaiy Has Been
Popular Omcer In Uncle Sans
Revenue Service-What He
Has Accomplished.

Until the question of the North pole
has been settled, anything relating to
Arctic exploration will have the most
absorbing interest for the general
reader. While Capt. Healy, who com
manded the Bear, the steamer that
represents this country in the seas of
the frozen north, may have views of
his own as to the most feasible way of
reaching the pole, he has kept them to
himself. But while others have been
busy with the great problem, he h.
not allowed his wonderful chances
for observation to be idle. One of the
first things he observed while cruising
In the Behring sea was the fact that the
Siberian EsquimauX were much more
prosperous than those on the American
peninsula. AS the climatic conditions
were almost alike, he became inter-
ested in this peculiar state of affairs,
and his investigations soon convinced
him that the advantages of the
| Siberians were entirely due to the
| presence of the reindeer. In the
Arctic regions this useful animal not
only serves as beast of burden, but
practically solves the question of liv-
ing, for it supplies the native with
food, shelter and clothing Its
absence among the Alaskan Es
| quimaux accounted for the great
suffering that prevails when the
fisheries fail, and the seal and
walrus have been driven away by white
hunters. As soon as Capt. Healy had
completed his Investigations he petit
toned congress to appropriate the sum
of $3.50 for the purpose of introduc-
ing reindeer among the natives on the
American peninsula. When the bill
failed in the house, after twice passing
the senate, he did not lose faith in his
scheme. He interested others in the
undertaking, and succeeded in raising
several thousand dollars. With the
capital at hand an unforeseen difficult
ty presented itself. The Esquimaux,
being of low order of civilization.
were full of foolish superstitions, and
| heir folklore had taught them to be-
| lieve that an awful fate would over
take the man who parted with his rein
deer. Probably no one but Capt. Healy
could have surmounted this obstacle,
for, during the many years he has been
among them, he has acquired great in
huepce by the services he has rendered
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-19

tograph of Princess Pretty Voice, say
ing that the Sioux considered her the
very highest type of beauty
The correspondent goes on with a
story to the effect that it fell to the
lot of the princess and her father to
nurse sick officer of the United
States army. When he was able to
travel, not being able to make a
presentation speech in Sioux, he
hitched his horse-a very fine animal
In front of the chiefs tent as token
OF his gratitude and went back to his
barracks in an ambulance. The chief
accepted this act as a proposal of mar
riage, and so announced to his tribes.
and he afterward paid a visit to the
headquarters of the troop and formally
accepted the officer as his son-in-law
to be. About this time the officer de-
cided that the situation hardly admit
ted of explanation short of the con-
summation of the contract" or flight.
He fled and afterward was regularly
transferred to another post. The
Sioux chief stormed awhile and want
ed to go on the warpath, but was in
duced to let the matter drop Princess
Pretty Voice, however, is a victim of
melancholy, for she had fallen in love
with the officer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-19
An HONOR ID .t..;;33.I.ICA.
John Fiske, tho Fam ous Historian
and Publisher.
His Remarkable Boyhood - At Eight
Years of Age He Had Read All OF
Shakespeares Plays = Some OF
His Greater Works.

Among the men of the present gener-
alton who by force and breadth of in
tellect have won the respect of scholars
and the admiration of the public, few,
If any, Americans stand higher than
John Fiske. Possessing mind of ex-
traordinary strength and clearness, a
tenacious memory that places every
thing that he has ever read at his i'm
mediate disposal, and catholic and
highly cultivated tastes, his equipment
for the work of original investigation
in history or philosophy is unusually
complete. Added to these qualities is
a style of marvellous lexibility, SIM
plicity and lucidity, which is the
natural outgrowth of an orderly and
logical mind and which has been one
of the chief causes of the popularity of
his writings.
Mr.. Fislze is now in his ffty-second
year. His father was journalist He
died in 1852, and in 1865, when her son
was thirteen years old, the widow
married Edward w. Stoughton, once
United States minister to Russia. Up
to this time the lads name had been
Edmund Fisle Green, but he now took
the name of his maternal great-grand-
father, John Fiske. He early showed
that he possessed extraordinary intel
lect. He had a strong taste for science
and the languages. Before he was
eight years old he had read all of
Shakespeare plays. At eighteen, be-
sides his Greek and Latin, he could
read fluently French, Spanish, Portu-
guese, Italian and German, and had
gained fair command of Dutch,
Danish, Sweden and Anglo-Saxon, be-
sides making a beginning in Icelandic,
Gothic, Hebrew, Chaldee and Sanskirt.
In college the studies of which he was
especially fond were history, philoso-
ply and comparative philology He
was graduated from the college in
1868 and from the Harvard law school
two years later.
Mr. Fiske opened law Office in Bos-
ton, and found it convenient place
for studying history while he waited six
months for clients. Then he made up
his mind to devote himself exclusively
to literature. He had already done
something in that line. In 1861, when
he was junior in college, he contrib
uted to the National Quarterly Review
an article entitled Mr. Buckles Fal-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-19

system, on account of some minor
features added by French and English
engineers, the essential idea was first
conceived and patented by Americans,
j. P. Schenlkel and A. IS. Savoni. as
long ago as 1850.
To facilitate handling the breech-
plug is sustained by sort of door, or
tray" hinged so as to swing side
ways; and on the back of this is one of
various devices for rotating the plug
The combination of crank, endless
screw and gearing, shown herewith, is
a favorite for heavy guns. For small
calibres, the arrangement is slightly
different
Another important device for use In
breech-loading cannon is the "gas-
check" ring which fits into the back
part of the chamber against the periph-
cry of the plug, to prevent the escape
of the gases generated when the pow
der ignites. One form of gas check
was invented by Broadwell, an Ameri-
can, who could not market it in this
country, and sold it to the great gun
maker of Essen, Germany. This is a
thin ring of softsteel, fitting up around
the crevice at the rear of the chamber.
French and American guns, however,
are provided with more pliable ring
"A mixture of 6brous mountain earth
resembling asbestos with tallow, in
closed in canvas, and fitted on to a
mushroom-shaped head on the inner
face of the plug.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-19

The immigration bill introduced in
the house by Representative Curtis,
of Kansas, is too sweeping. 1t is man
ifestly impossible for the captain of
every vessel bringing immigrants to
the United States to ascertain, before
sailing, the personal history, moral
character, educational qualifications
financial condition and political views
of each one who applies for passage,
nor can inspectors on this side do
this work satisfactorily. Were it en-
acted into law, it would be a dead
letter, because it is impossible of
enforcement.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-19
TIE ?oCK;Ni STONE.


Forty FIn Bowl Ice watch Is Ea.anseo
Wonderfully.
In picturesque Sullivan county, N.
Y, is the famous rocking stone. It is
on the farm of Joseph McLaury, two
miles west of the county seat, Month
cello, off of the old Newburg and
Cochecton turnpike AT first sight it
would not in all probability attract
more than a casual glance from the
wayfarer, situated as it is in the cen
ter of rather delapidated stone wall
of which it forms part. But upon
closer examination some of the myste-
rious and delicate workings of Dame
Nature are seen in the composition of
the stone, the history of which is as
yet unwritten by the scientists of this
country.
The rock weighs $4,000 pounds, or
forty tons, and is SO evenly balanced
on table of rock that it can easily be
set in motion from either the north or
south sides by the pressure of finger,
yet, SO solidly laid, the combined
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-19
FUTURE OF POETRY.
The Subject Discussed by Edmund Gosse
the English Critic.

The Subject Discussed by Edmund Gosse,
the English Critic.
Edmnnd Gosse, the English poet and
critic, has just published volume of
essays, number of which are devoted
to various phases of the question: us
verse in danger?" This question is ap-
ropos of the suggestion that poetry
has had its reign, its fascinating and
imperial tyranny, and that it must now
make way for the democracy of prose. :"
The neglect of poetry as living in
strument is partly due, In Mr.. Gosse's
judgment, to lavish zeal for the dead
Contemporary poets, he thinks, can get
little attention while they have to
wander disconsolately among the
tombs of the ancients on which criti-
cism is constantly writing fresh epi-
taphs. Looking to the future, 'po-
etry," prophesies Mr.. Gosse, 'if 1t ex-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-19

it meets tidewater. A few hundred
yards eastward is the rude beach and
farmyard leading to the old mill An
old Dutch house, still retaining it's wide
porch and broad, low-eaved gables,
faces mill and mill stream. High tides
rise all about the house, submerge it's
flower garden, and flood it's cellar.
The mill, three-and-a-ha -half-story
shingled structure, overhangs the tide
race in which its water wheel once
dipped and turned. The mill was
built in 1889 by Shute & Stanton, local
millers of that day. 1t was driven by
the tide, and for several generations il
ground the wheat from neighboring
farms. Robert Reid became owner OF
the mill about the middle of the last
century, and was reputed an honest
though somewhat testy miller. One
Waldron afterward became owner or
lessee, and in 1862 n town committee
was appointed to regulate Miller Wald-
ron's toll charges.
The old mill continued its work with
various fortunes and successive owners
until within the last few years. When
sthe region round about ceased to be a
wheat-growing country the mill ground
western grain into -four, and the
crooked little stream leading to the
sound brought upon its tide vessels
that bore grain and grist.
Reid's mill is now slowly falling into
ruins. The wreck of it's wheel and
other machinery is visible at the rear.
Many of its shingles near the ground
have been torn off as relics or to kim
die fires. The great oalsen beams re-
main seemingly sound. An oysterman
now keeps his tools of trade in the
large ground floor apartment of the
mill, and in the water just outside he
has fenced a space where newly-caught
oysters may be fattened.
Every high tide brings mass Of sea
weed and marsh hay about the mill.
The short, stone-built isthmian road
that leads to the mill door still resists
the action of the tides, and the visitor
of to-day may drive quite to the door
step, as Westchester people were ac-
.customed to drive century and a half
ago, when the new shingles of the
structure were not yet weather
stained
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-19
How to Clean Brnss.

The method described for cleaning
brass In United States arsenals is said
to be to make mixture of one part
common nitric acid and one-half part
sulphuric acid in stone jar, having
also ready pail of fresh water and a
box of sawdust The articles to be
treated are dipped into the acid, then
thrown into the water, and finally
rubbed with sawdust. This immediate
ly gives them brilliant color If the
brass has become greasy, it is first
dipped into strong solution of pot
ash and soda in warm water. This
cuts the grease, SO that the acid has
full power to act
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-19

No one expected that the McKin.
ley tariff would at once work out the
evil that is in it. Like some physi.
cal disorders, the effect of this dis.
ease on the financial and industrial
body was somewhat slow in devlop
ment, but now, when its rayages are
manifest, eminent political doctors
assure the patient that he is not suf
fering from the disease, but from the
effort to cure it. The trouble, they
tell us, is not in the Mckinley tariff,
but in a fear of the consequences of a
reformation of its iniquities and
abuses.-Philadelphia Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-19

A practical test is to be made of
the electric propulsion of canal boats.
The state of New York provides $10,-
900 for the trial, which will be made
on the Rochester level of the Erie
canal. Two wires will be suspended
over the canal, exactly as trolley wires
are suspended over city streets, and
the current is brought down trolley
pole to an electric motor in the boats
stern, which runs a screw propeller.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-19
HE DELAWARE, SUsoUEHANNA AND
L SCHUYLKILL RAILROAD.
Time table in effect September 8, 1898.

iihiN ttpic III chccI september o, 1875.
Trains leave Drifton for Jeddo Eckley, Hazle
Brook, Stockton, Beaver Meadow Road, Roam
and Hazleton Junction at 100, 10 a m, IL 10,
W p m, daily except Sunday, and 03 a m, 2 IS
=, Trains leave Drifton for Harwood, Cranberry,
Tomhicken and Deringer at 90 m, 12 10 D m,
daily except Sunday; and 03 a IN, 2 3S p m,
;, Trains leave, Drifton for Oneida Junction,
iarwood Road, Humboldt Road, Oneida and
SSneppton a5 ~ a m, Y ~, % m, daily except
Trains leave Hazeton junction for Harwood
Cranberry, Tomhcken and Deringer mt 6 81 a
m, % ~ m, daily except Sunday; and s Al m,
Is M Sunday.
Trains leave Hazleton Junetion for Oneida
Junction, Harwood Road. Humboldt Road,
p m, daily except Sunday; and 40 a m. 3O8 D
m, Sunday.
TrSins leave peringer for Tomhicken, Gran
berry, Harwood, HaZleton Junction. Roam
Beaver Meadow Road. stockton. Halle Brook
Eckley, Jeddo and Drifton at 240. q on n M
DAILY except Sunday; and 8 81 a m, 8 OF p M,
:, Trains leave Sheppton for Oneida. Humboldt
TOAD, Harwood Road, Oneida Junction, Hazle-s
Ton on Junction ard Roam at Z 52, 10 l6 a IN, / l5
o 20 =, si, daiiy except Sunday; and IA M, As
u Trains leave sheppton for Beaver Meadow
an,a hoad, l. Stockton, Halle Brook, Eckley, Jeddo
sunday; and "A a NJ, 45 m, Sunday.
trains leave Hazleton Junction for Beaver
Meadow Hnd%n WI Road Stockton, Halle Brook, EclSey,
oeuuo ana Drifton at 10 3S m, 3 II, 8 AZ, 8S p
Sunday. '
:, All trains connect at Hazeton Junction with
electric cars for Hazleton Jeanesyille, Auden-
X. X.
Trains leaving Drifton at 10 m, Hazleton
junction at 8 III m, and Sheppton at z SO a m,
10 m, connect at Oneida Junction with L. V.
h t. trains east and west.
Irain leaving Drifton at 90 a m, makes con-
nection at Deringer with p. X. X. train for
Wilkes Barre, Sunbury, Harrisburg, etc.
L. B. COKE, DANIEL COKE, 4
President. Superintendent
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-19
Color blindness and Tobacco.

A new theory has been advanced In
regard to the defective color-sense,
which holds that it is probably due to
the use of tobacco, and arguments are
adduced giving the theory some
plausibility. Inasmuch as it is chiefly
men who suffer from color-blindness
there seems some reason to suppose
that, at least, it is due to something
peculiar to men, as smoking in this
country generally is; and If tobacco is
not to be held accountable for 1t, what
is? In the exceptional cases OF de-
ficient color-sense found among
women, If the victims do not smoke.
they may possess the defect by In
heritance.