Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-07-09

snd faithfully. Ono in a million.
ohco in a lifetime, may do a heroic
act, but tho little .hings that rako
up our livos como every day, and
every hour. II 40 make tho little
eyents Ok liio beautiful and good then
liz tho whole life fAll of hcauty and
goodness.
TIE letters Of the Alphabet sccni
Fso very littie things. still they form
Tho ladder, which &c many have
ciirehsd, ADD SO uapy moro nre climb
log, to reach 'thGs which IS 60 vnln-
nbiS 10 ersry one-a good educn.
tioo.
II NE sish TO study n science We
hnvs TO take foot after fact until Wa
have n:copriished il. We can not
loarn il iii in a day. but by constant
and earncst stud, FOR months and
fssn years.
The discoTssits we're nearly all
founded upon tho bccurreEeo Of Gono
little Thing. Columbus. seeing II
picco OF Coating sea.wcsd, while sail
ing on the great voyage Of li92,
kGsw tnnt he would be able to Guell
tho Wutinies that Moro Gmong his
aai!ors by telling them that land wns
near.
The pendulum was discovered by
Calico. While sitting ! n the church
III PISA he roticsd that ihe Chandelier.
suspended from ti.s ceiling, vibrated
~ and FRO in cxsc:!y cquni intervals.
The idea occurred to him that he
might ba able TO construct a similar
apparatus Tor iho nc!.suremsnt Of
time. And now we have our clocks
which keep almost perfect ;imo.
The great results OF tho .en.
CINE may be attributed 10 IN indi-
vidual observing tho steam r;aing
from q bottle just etnptied, placed
verJ noar II fire, he plunged tae bus.
ties neck into cold wafer aud was in.
t:.!'iGont enough 10 notice :hn iIS,Hn,
taDeous ruSb OF water into tie bottle,
nearly filii;g il. Who would ever.
thirk that cut OF such Il li:,.e cir
cumstancc so great 4 machine na tho
s.eaB.nnsine could DC constructed?
a great many countries owe thc;t
prosperity 10 tho engine. rs
embodied in tho LOCOMOTIVES, espec-
tally oar W"s;crn States.
Iho art OF printing owes its origin
10 rude impressions carved en- the
OF tho bosch tree, ohief.y for tho
OF children. IL was u
slight matter, which many thousands
would have passed over With neglect.
a. langtb metal types wero made aud
uted in printing. Numerous other
inprors:ocn;C have been naGo. until
printing was reached its present nge.
Whom Franklin made his discovery
Jt the i5entitY Of lightning and cleo.
il wGa scored a., antl people
isked, "uf WI at use is it?" To which
ready ropiy wes, what is tho uss
q n childH II may Gccopc n mGn."
GaiSanism owes its origin 10
Madame GnlyaGi o3Ieryins tho con
traction Of The uluscies q! etiuncd
'rcg. which was a~ccideataiiy Touched
by Professor Galvani whi!s taking n
'pHrk from an electrical L.achine. I,
,ou!d scarcely DO imagined tina. SO
insignificant Il fact could lead to i'm.
results. 70: therein lay tho
;erms CT iho electric telegraph, mil.
ions CT which arc seer threading tho
in al directions,
The telegraph enables man to CON
uuni:ate oror miles nod miles OF in.
.cFrenipg lard, with almost The
Of thought. This grca. in
has ail risen from the fact
hat n frogs Lex twiscbed when
in coDtuct With different
The lt.lo bits os stone md fossil
lug out oi the o9r;h have formed tho
c;enco OF eeo!Sy. and the small
'articles OF tho metals in the rocks
iua gravel hnyo formed the gfoat &C.
'upnticn Of mining. in which so much
'Hp'snl Ia infested and SO many PEG.
Die employed.
Tho coral islapds are built by
my insecty, that onco lived beneath
waters. On tho rocks n soll 10
orrned, and q Gcanty vegetation tp.
llHotcd by hnrdy seeds, scat
cred over il by tho win,ls and waters
u ia tho little waves constantly
iGshinH. against tho shores ihn: do.
ermine Tie siinpo OF n continent.
Thorc is no fact 10 reyer t~tigisl,
nut may prove useful in soma way or
Tic g;E al!rsL leak, o~yesj1ohei,
Nay a!nk u ship. The smallest Ten.
10 evil doing or thinking, lcit
inGnu'aed, may wreck tho wholo lilo
,nA charnctcr.
Many OF tie most distinguished
'nmcs in tho @orld's history wore n
n'snS years 10 a~itraciics tho
mankind. For example, our
bottle George Washington, who has
'eeo % gratefully called the Father
u his Country. 10 odniring bis hfc,
70 must remember that lherc were no
rand advantages, in his time, but no
.'urnes;'y improved oil the email on. |
,o~stnni.ie's Afforded him. And
rose to honor and itmc, tho
dol OF bis people. 10 this groat nar
he greatest Of eulosiums has been
firstin war, first in pence, md
irst In the iioarls OF bis countrymen.
Though tho Yirtues OF eutno voro