Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-03-21
WHITE WINGS NO MORE.
Prospect OF Riding from Cape Horn to
Cape Town by Continuous Rail.

Prospect OF Riding from Cape Horn to
Cape Town by Continuous Rail.
1t adds something to the zest of life
III one has n healthy and active fancy
to reflect that there are people now
living who may travel by continuous
rail from Cape Horn to tho Cape of
Good Hope. The plan of 'pan-Amer-
lean" railway to connect the South
American systems. through Central
America, with the systems of Mexico
and the United States, is already well
advanced. There are. says the Review
of Reviews, to be roads from the Cana
dian Pacific away up to the Peace river
and Mackenzie valleys, and it is not
very hard to believe that these may
ultimately be extended across the
Rockies to the Ukon valley in Alaska,
and continued finally to the narrow and
shallow Bchring straits, across which a.
connection would be made with the
Siberian road. Continuous rail travel
from Siberia to Constantinople will
soon have become an accomplished fact,
and the link from Constantinople to
Egypt may be expected quite conf
dcntly. At the present rate of develop
ments in Africa the construction of a.
road from Egypt to the Cape ought to-
be realized within twenty-five years.
The channel tunnel will, of course,
have been built, and electricity or some
still more powerful motive forceowill
have superseded steam; SO that the Cali
fornians and Puget sound dcnizens
would naturally go to London by fast
Alaskan and Siberian express. If they
chose they might return by steamship,
making the passage in two or three
days from the west coast of Ireland to-
Labrador or Hnlifax. In view of all
that has been done in the past twenty
five years such further development of
travelling facilities is easily within the
realm of sober prediction.
ENGLISH MILITARY BANDS.
tration.
The official establishment of q band
for battalion of infantry consists of O.
DHnd mactcr, q sergeant. q corporal or
lance sergeant, twenty privates and
eight boys-thirty-onc in all. The cav
airy bands, according to All the Year
Round, nre smaller still, twenty-thrce
IN all, and these numbers arc certainly
too small for effective orchestration
But in practice tho band Is reinforced
ny CAbIh DItltiSLnSH WHO nave 1OlnGCb tho
ranks in expectation of speedier promo
ton and who play for the love of tho
thing, in addition to ordinary duty.
The band master has his pay as warrant
officer Of five shillings a day, with sew
cnty pounds year from the band
funds, and his share of what the band
earns by private engagements, which
varies according to the station and tho
reputation of the band The band SER
gcant and corporal generally receive in
addition to their military pay month
ly allowance from the band fund, and
the band9men something in addition to-
the soldiers daily shilling, while all
share in the private earning of the band
according to their degree. The gov
crnnent contributes to the band fund
rs much ns pays the bandmastcr's sal
nry, and it also provides the brass in
stramcntS, The other expenses of the
band fnll upon the officers, and still
form substantial deduction from their
pay. -
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