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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-07-21
MUSICAL SIGNALING.

Unique System for Securing Safety from
Ocean Collisions.
1t is q theory which seems to have
been confirmed by practical experiment
that pure tone of voice, such as that
used in singing, pcnctratcs to a much
greater distance than mere noise. This
idea, says Youths Companion, has
given rise to n new system of marine
signaling, to be used either at night or
in foggy weather, and based entirely
upon the action of successive musical
tones.
A limited number of combinations of
notes can be made to carry on all the
conversation necessary between ap-
preaching vessels to avoid collision, or
between lighthouses and dangerous
points of the coast, in order to prevent
wrecks
-Four notes, for example, serve to ask:
(Which way are you hcading?" and
two others mean: 81 am steering south
Gust"
The system can be employed on a
large scale by means of machinery con-
%isting Of q keyboard, on which the
operator would play, and speaking ap-
paratus." 1t is expected that by such
apparatus communication may be estab-
liShcl at Il distance of two miles. The
invention en- be- alIptcl t. the Morse
code Of signals when it becomes neces-
sa',y To spell ont names or words.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-07-21
Notice to Wa,er Consumers.

Consumers will please take notice
that until further notice, the use of
winter for irriRatipg purposes is pro
hibited bet~ cen tho hours Of 8 o.
clock p. NJ. ans o'clock A. M. The
use Of hose without hose pipe OF
sprinkiers, will be considered suai.
Client reason for shutting Off water
supply. j. A. MoBRIDE,
6-2S u For Elko Water Co,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-07-21

ReCl5hart & Froelich have received
carload OF Schlitz Milwaukee, beer.
in kegs, which they will sell to tho
saloon keepers at very reason bio
prices. 4-7.I.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-07-21
Live and Let Live
Livery Feed & Sale
STABLE.

....."...... STREET, ELKo. NEVADA
Special attention paid to
Transient Custom and Freight Teams,
HORSES KEPT BY THE DAY, WEEK OR
MONTH.
Having leased the Stoker sheds and
barn, l am now prepared to accom-
modate and feed seventy head Of
horses. Plenty Of corral room for any
number OF stock IS also attached.
EGF-I also run n drRy in connection with
the above, and will attend promptly to Q
work hat line.
81 1sf. II. 8. VANDRAILkN, Proprietor
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-07-21
Cnccn Victoria's Family.

The royal family of England is the
largest in Europe. Her majesty Queen
Victoria's family circle numbers fifty
living descendants, including sons md
daughf 2rs, Grandsons and granddaugh-
tcrs, great Crandsons and great-grand-
daughters, besides whom she has four
sons-in-law end four daughters-in-law,
five grandsonS-in-law and one grand
dauGhtcr-in-law. The queen has lost
one son and one daughter, five grand
sons, one granddaughter, one great
grandson and ono son-in-law. If these
were living her family circle would
number sevcnty-four.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-07-21
For Sale.

Ihave Walter A. Wood Binder
and Haines' Header, both in good
repair aud ready for use, which will
sell cheap for cash. Address J. r.
McDermott, Lamoille, Nevada.
Inn
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-07-21
ESTRAY.

Found on the Diamond A Desert,
one brown horse, branded NO, on left
thigh; one red-roan horse, Bald.face
branded and vented CIV on left thigh
T on shoulder and NO on left thigh.
Owner will please call Mt the Murphy
q Hill ranch, prove ownership, pay
charges and take the animals away,
+. A. CARRILLo,
North Fork, j.,
5-25.3Ods. Nevada,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-07-21

Leaves Blko every morning ct 7:3
o'clock. ..'.
yes from Tuscarora every even
u time to connect with EXPIRES
going both East and West.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-07-21

For ~ Years Suffered. d,
tool; Hoods sarsaparilla and began TO get
hotter. have not had an attack since be-
gan 10 usc Il. i was also cured OF catarrh
in tho head and am now in good health"
j. III. ROSE, Denison, Iowa
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-07-21

Hoods Pills act easily, yet promptly
and efficiently, on the liver and bowels. acc
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-04-13

Critical Moments.

The history of the casting of statues
is one long story of patience. When
Benvenuto Cellini cast his great
Perseus, according to rules which his
own genius had laid down, overwork
and exposure had SO undermined his
strength that, at the critical mo-
ment, he was obliged to take to his
bed, and leave the rest Of the process
to some faithful workmen who under
stood his plans.
Finally, however, one Of them came
rushing into his sick-room, where he
lay dazed and groaning with pain,
and told him, with many lament;i-
tions, that the process was a failure,
and that the metal was caked.
Cellini sprang from his bed, ran
across the street, and rapidly dragged
a load of dry oak wood back to his
furnace. He made roaring fire, and
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-04-13
How She Kept Her Place.

No two employees of the treasur
can become husband and wife. both re
tanning their places. AS a penalty 70
mating, the woman must resign or b
discharged, because it is held that on
family ought not to draw two income
from the government. John Shermal
first made this rule. One day he sum
moneG a pretty clerk and said to her:
you are employed in the treasur
while your brother is in the War ID
partment. 1t is not right that tw,
members of family should draw paI
from Uncle Sam. Which of you vii
resign ?"
The girl looked grave for a moment
Then glancing up with a sparkling eyd
she replied:
"Mr. Secretary, you are employed il
the treasury, while your brother is il
the War Department as general of til
army. Which Of you is going to RI
sign?'
Mr.. Sherman did not answer til
question, but he seemed great
amused. The pretty clerk is still in til
employ Of the treasury; her brotha
was not interfered with.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-04-13
DIED FOR HIS WHISPERS
An Old time Love story of the p.o,
Coast.

An Old time Love story of the pa,,,
Coast.
This statement may SAVIOR of avo.
geration, but there are men in So
Francisco to-day who remember a)I ~
facts, says the Examiner. Warsaw wo
his name-Capt. Warsaw of the pacif
Mail Company. Maybe YOU recall ~ /
man now. He was commander If ~
Japan when she was burned in III
Eastern seas about twenty wears arr
Well. Capt. Warsaw had wondarE,j
whjskers, and they were dearer to hns
than the apple OF his eye-than life II
self, one might as we'll say when one
about it; for he shutlled off his mo1tal
coil sooner than have them shovaJ
while he was yet IN the flower of III
career.
The Captain met a girl one dav-a
captains willard the Captain fen II
love with her. Later on he told hn
about his passion, and, like the pirl i
the "Bab Ballads" "she reciprocate1
it,
"Wiil you marry me, them" said It'd
Captain. Life Is blank witIoutvou.
'I'd like to-" answered the girl, "bntk
whereas | love you, cannot attach nv
self permanently to Il pair of whiskersE
Shave them and | am yours"
But | could not think of such
thing" protested the Captain.
"Well," said the maiden. with shrn
of her pretty shoulders, you pays vouf
money and you takes your ch0icaN
Which is it to be? Me or the whjskM
ers?"
"Whiskers," murmured the m,r;ro
with sigh, and, having withdrawn to {
respectful distance, he blew his BRAIN
out.
All Those were the halcyon davI
when Whiskers we're wniskers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-04-13

finding that the base alloy in his
metal had been burned out, he threw
in all the pewter vessels of the
household. Then the metal dubbed,
the great Perseus was cast, and the
maker and his faithful friends eX-
ulted.
Stiglmayer, German goldsmith in
the first part of this century, having
an ambition to attempt larger works
than any he had accomplished, went
to Naples in order to see the casting
of Canovas statue Of Charles I'LL,
but was denied the sight of certain
secret technical processes. Stigl-
mayer found them out for himself,
nevertheless, and as soon as he went
home made his first experiment on a
statuette OF Venus. Many delays oc-
cured, and the excitement increased
as the end drew near. BY some mis-
take one of his assistants poured his
molten metal into the air-hole. Then
the casting came to stand-still.
"The crowd of lookers-on," writes
the poor founder in his diary, "stood
first dumb about me, and then slipped
out, one by one, and left me with my
pain"
In a month a second casting was
begun, and failed With unbroken
courage he began the third cast, and
on Christmas eve the metal was
again poured in. 1t ran into the
mold, and spurted joyfully out at the
air-hole.
"Our Joy knew no bounds" he de-
clares. ave raised lond cry Of JOY,
and embraced and kissed each other.
Pasquale, the helper, kissed the head
of Phidias coming out Of the broken
form, and burned his mouth, for it
had not time to cool. youths Com
DaniOn
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-04-13

THE Maine Legislature has wisely
amended the game law by eliminating
the provision prohibiting the killing
of COW moose. AS long as the law
didn't provide that COW moose should
carry placard around their necks in
the daytime and red lantern nights
to distinguish them from hornless
bulls, excited sportsmen seldom
waited before shooting to see wheth-
er they were offending legally or not.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-04-13

A bill has been introduced IN
Connecticut legislature providing Tor
punishment of persons who send lax
news to newspapers. tine EVIL +. col
planned Of" says the Hartford llm'
"has certainly grown to great prop'
tons lately. Three or four centers
humbug Connecticut news SEND su
tales to New York papers, and TO "
Connecticut papers that Will pay
such services. 1t seems to be an "a
way for any fairly smart chap TO ID
IS or $40 payment, and the hu m \
of such enterprising fellows is AL Y
while increasing. They DO not al a'1
ufacture their wonderful facts and
currences out of whole cloth; ~
slight basis of their sensational a naa
stories and other matter may pos'
be hunted out, but it amounts 70 h hU
ing, and is made readable only on by; 9' \
ing it up into an 'iridescent dream
soap-bubble humbug."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-04-13
A HLY-COLORED' DUEL.
Amusing Franks Practiced Among the
Art students of Paris.

Amusing Franks Practiced Among the
Art Students of Paris.
A recent writer, describing the pranks
of the French art students, tells some
amusing anecdotes, not few Of which
are novel and characteristic. The most
curious of these describes an initiatory
ordeal which the two newest corners of
class are sometimes compelled to
undergo by their fellow students of the
BeauX Arts.
1t is painters duel, in which neither
combatant, no matter how small his ex
perience nor how great his nervousness,
need fear fatal termination. The re-
luctant duelists are provided with tall
stools and seated opposite one another
at arms length. They wear old clothes,
and in the hand Of each is placed large
paintbrush charged with color, the one
and most vivid azure tints, and the
other in carmine lake, which is q fine,
rich crimson.
The word is then given and TIE men
begin to daub Being usually strangers
to one another, and without the least
cause for quarrel, they commonly show
at first a great deal of caution and con-
sideration, not to say timidity, and do
not make much effort to inhict conspi-
cuous streaks or to touch each others
faces.
Soon, however, one or the other gets
a smear which he does not like and at
tempts to retaliate upon his opponent.
Then the contest wakes warm. The
spectators hasten to take sides and urge
on their favorites with shouts, cheers
and encouraging cries. The tall stools
totter; the wet brushes spatter; the an
tagonists daub more ana more fiercely
and furlously, until frequently men,
stools and and all 60 down together in u
struggling red and blue heap upon the
floor.
The duelists are then assisted to their
feet, shake hands, laugh at each others
appearance and adjourn to the lavatory,
where they good-naturedly help each
other to remove the traces of the con-
tlict. The knight of the red brush is
found to have smeared his adversary
until he might pass for hero OF the
goriest field of history, while the VIC
tim OF the blue brush, if only blue
blood were fact instead of figure,
might pose for survivor of an equally
desperate fight. 1t speaks we'll for the
temper and good-comrade ship of the
students that so rough kind of fun
ends where it begins, in the mock duel,
and never, it is said, leads to resent
ment and ill. will.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-04-13
BOTH WERE SATISFIED.
"A Transaction in Which the Swindled
Party Was Satisfied.

Party Was Satisfied.
An artistic little swindle was perpe-
trated the other day on a downtown
merchant. He rents for storage pur-
poses two or three Of those old build
ing opposite the warehouses on the
Brooklyn waterfront, ramshackle and
uninviting until one emerges through
the scuttle upon q roof of velvetv grass
and beautiful flowers, in winter spot
less sheet of snow. There burst into
his office the day after one OF the re-
cent snow storms chunky little Irish
man with an air Of blended excitement
and friendly interest. "Mr. NJ" he
down and broke his leg on the sidewalk
in front of your place on Furman
Street. The ambulance is sent for, and
the teller has found out your name and
sWears he'll make you pay heavy, be-
cause the sidewalk wasn't cleared. 1
slipped over here to tell you, and I'm
willing to be witness for you" Mr..
M. thanked him and got his name and
address. Then the fellow said:
would you give me a quarter for me
trouble and time in coming over here ?'
The money was willingly landed over,
and with q parting expression of his
goodwill and of his hope that the
threatened action would not amount to
anything he drifted out.
The merchant was filled with fore
boding. His business had not been as
iiourishing of late as he could have
wished, and there tloated before his
mind vision of dingy courtroom
and an ugly plaintiff crawling in behind
time with an exaggerated hobble and q
big cane; pettlfogger mouthing about
the callousness of the rich and the suf-
ferings of the poor; a stolid jury bring
ing in q verdict of heavy damages; and
big mortgage to raise funds for paying
the cripple and the lawyers. He had
hired a sturdy and apparently trusty
'longshoreman to clean the sidewalks
after every snow storm, and, heavy
hearted at the fellows costly remiss-
ness, he dispatched messenger across
the ferry to learn the worst.
Within an hour the clerk returned
with strange and pleasing tale. The
'longshoreman had made the sidewalk
as clean as the city's Board of Alder
men is unclean, nobody had broken his
leg on it, no ambulance had been called.
Then the fearful specter of the threat
ened law suit faded away IN the fervent
rays Of Joy that streamed into the win
dows of the Pine Street office, and the
merchant smiled again.-Ne,U York 1rib-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-04-13

cars will be suspended. The transit
on one Of these rails will be in the
direction opposite to that or the
other, and the cars will be firmly held
In place and perfectly secured against
tipping or running off the track by a
grooved wheel, which is to be the
motor.
Above the car there will be two
separate wheels Of from five to eight
feet in diameter, one on each end Of
the car, and beneath, on one side of
the car, will be four guide wheels,
which will run on continuous side
rail secured to the sides of the posts,
thus preventing any swinging motion
from rapidity of transit or the wind.
These guide rails answer also for a
conductor of the electric current, the
upper rail supplying the return cur
rent, connection being made through
the motor attached to the Car wheels,
thus forming the circuit.
An endless oblong track is to be
built in the vicinity of Passaic to test
the practicability of the new scheme.
On it the car can be run hundreds of
miles without stopping and be in
sight all the time.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-04-13
Tracheotomy on a Horse.

An interesting operation in veterinary
practice has been performed at Wa
bash, Ind. and the result will be awaited
with good deal Of concern by horse
men everywhere. A breeder named
Day, living in Kentucky, has fine
horse with record of 2:24I. Heshows
great speed on the track until he
reaches the last quarter, when his wind
fails him. To assist him in breathing
and enable him to hold up the full mile
it was resolved to perform the opera
ton of tracheotomy, and for this pur-
pose the animal was brought to Wa
bash. In the presence of number of
horsemen the horse was given half
pint Of whisky to brace his nerve Il
witch was put on his nose, and the
operator, local surgeon, cut slit in the
throat, removed portion of the carti-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-04-13
Ages of Men Before the Flood.

1t may safely be said that a very
slight error in the translation Of He
brew numerals has led to all the ap-
parent disparity, and on the author
ity of Genesis vi. 3, it may be accepted
that the age of the antediluvian was
not to exceed 120 years. That passage
reads: "And the Lord said, my spirit
shall not always strive with man, for
that he also is flesh; yet his days
shall be an hundred and twenty
years"
AS already remarked, the errors in
the ages of the patriarchs as given in
the Bible may be ascribed to the i'm
proper rendering of concrete numer-
ais by the translatOrS. The verse
Genesis v. 3, is properly rendered, and
reads thus: adam lived a hundred
and thirty years, and begat son, !"
etc, but if that verse had been trans
lated in the same way as the fifth
verse is, in the authorized version, it
would read thus: Adam lived thirty
hundred years, and begat sOn!"
This shocked the consciousness of the
Christian translator, and he was
driven to the true rule Of the Hebrew
use in cases of concrete numerals. In
the fifth verse the authorized version
reads: "And all the days that Adam
lived were nine hundred and thirty
years, and he died" The true reading
by the Hebrew rule would be: "And
all the days Of Adam which he lived
were hundred and thirty and nine
years, and he died." making the en-
tire age of Adam 1870 years instead Of
$50 years.
Further, so primitive was the sys-
TEN of enumeration at the date Of
the writing of Genesis that the He
brews had no means Of writing nine
hundred, or any number of hundreds
above one, without repetition or Cir
cumlocution.
The following are put forward as
the ages of the patriarchs before the
Deluge, with the remark that they
are subject to a few uncertainties in
the numbers below one hundred:
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-04-13
Beans and Brains.

One day during the period VIII
Henry Cabot Lodge-now Senat
Lodge-Was member of the House,
countryman and his wife were watchi
the proceedings on the floor from t
galley, one of the features being
speech by Mr.. l.. The old fellow HI
his eyes on Mr.. Lodge, in evident q
miratlon, and at last he turned to Y
man next to him for information.
"Who is that down there in the ais
talking to the boy ?" he asked.
Congressman Lodge" was the repI
"Where's he from ?''
Massachusetts Boston"
"Boston, did you say ?" querled Il
countryman.
eyes, Boston,"
The old chap turned to his wife, WI
had been listening.
There, Mary" he exclaimed, ~
see what beans and brains will do ion
man that amt half as big as h'a
stack. - Detroit Free Press.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-04-13

acrimonious discussion the consent
OF both the Late and the present
German empress had been obtained
to her marriage with Prince AleXan-
Ger of Battenburg, who for the space
of q few years ruled over Bulgaria.
The match excited great irritation in
state circles. The most elaborate
preparations were made by Queen
Victoria and Empress Frederick for
the wedding, the trousseau was pur-
chased, and the presents already
sent, when suddenly news was re-
ceived ten days before the time ap-
pointed for the ceremony that the
prince had just married at Cannes a
very beautiful opera singer, named
Loisinger, the daughter Of the valet
ard Of the cook of the old Austrian,
Gen. Won Martini. The union has
not, however, proved happy one,
and to-day Prince Alexander, who
now bears the title Of Count Hart
neau, and his plebeian wife are sepa-
rated.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-04-13
9 cents, but, of course, that would
not have been the regulation red
tape way of doing business.

BLINDERs which prevent horses
from seeing distinctly have probably
caused more runaWays than most
drivers would care to acknowledge,
and it has remained for a German
inventor to treat the matter on no
meopathic principles and make like
cure like. He has added to the har
ness line which instantly closes the
binders in front SO that fractions
animals cannot see at all.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-04-13

ONE of the latest ideas for illu.
minating towns is to suspend in the
air a balloon shaped like a torpedo,
and made of thin aluminium, filed
with suitable quantity of gas, and
having rotating fan to keep it
steady. The light can be derived
either from a number Of arc lamps
attached to the ends or the sides, or
from incandescent lamps with which
the outside of the balloon can be
covered. The height Of the balloon
above the ground would be regulated
by the length of cable employed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-04-13

REVIEWING the post-official career
Of the Presidents of the United
States, a Washington writer notes
that six Washington, Jefferson,
Madison, Jackson, Johnson, and
Hayes--became planters or farmers
upon retiring from public life; that
tive-Van Buren,, Fillmore, Tyler,
Grant and Cleveland,--openly tried to
get another term; that tlve~-Van
Buren,, Polk, Fillmore, Pierce and
Grant-traveled extensively at the
close of their official career; and that
four-Adams, Pierce, Buchanan and
Hayes-sooner or later became
reCluSeS.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-04-13

EVERY month or so the world is
convulSed by rumor that some
startling change is to be made in
woman's dress. 1t is very significant
that these reports vary widely, some
indicating desire for reform in the
direction of comfort and practicable
ity, others presaging a relapse into
the barbarism of bygone ages. Man
kind has hardly recovered from the
shock experienced at the announce
ment that crinoline was likely again
to become fashionable, yet here we
have the report of the national coun-
Gil of women on the subject Of dress
reform. In this document business
females are advised to adopt any one
Of several grotesque and outlandlsh
costumes, the main feature Of all be-
ing that they are dual at the bot
TOM" Between the two extremes 1t
looks as though feminine dress would
remain about where it is at present.
Whatever real reform has been
effected in this matter has been in
the direction of relinquishing the
tight corset With that abomination
entirely done away with woman's
dress would be healthful and COM
Portable, and it is quite attractive
enough now TO make her the greatest
influence for good o. evil on the
oorth