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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-03-28
,ELKO, NEVADA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1894.
\ PRIsoNER's4 SET OF TEETH
Tho Novel and Profitable Investment of n
Firm of Bankers.

Tho Novel and Profitable Investment of n
Firm of Bankers.
A well-l1nown firm of bankers in
London have just made profitable in
vestment. According to the London
Telegraph some time ago q man who
had defrauded them of large sum of
money was taken into custody, convict
ed and sentenced to long term of
penal servitude. Prison fare did not
agree with one who had lived on the
fat of the land. The change affected
him in many ways, but he complained
more particularly of the injury the
food caused to his teeth. They were
neither numerous nor in good condi-
ton when he was sentenced, and, us
they rapidly became worse. he applied
to the governor of the prison for q new
set. Being told that the government
did not supply prisoners with artificial
teeth, at the first opportunity he wrote
the banking firm in question, offer
ing II they would send him a new set
to tell them something to their ad-
vantage. Thereupon the bankers,
thinking the offer might be n genuine
one, sent the governor of the prison a
check for five pounds and asked him to
provide the convic; with a set of arti-
fetal teeth. In due course the convict
Kept his promise and sent the bankers
certain information by means of which
they were enabled to recover no less
than fifteen hundred pounds of which
they had been defrauded. .
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ORIGIN OF PRo7ER NAMES.

GoL1GHTLY. Lightfoot, barefoot and
Roefoot were nicknames having allu-
sion to speed.
Crook, Crump, Cramp and Crimp are
but changes rung on an old nickname
for q cripple.
SANDERS, Saunders, Sanderson, arc
variations of Alexander, favorite
name in Scotland.
W1sEaAN was once conjurer, hence
the family names of Wise, Wisely,
Wiseman and Wisman.
STEVEN was the original of Steven
son, Stephens, Steenson, Stinson,
Stimson nnd Simpson.
Town formerly meant farm, hence
the Touner, Towners, Townsends,
Tones, Tunes and TINS. =
ISAAC was the original of Isaacs,
isaacson, Hicks. Iiiclsson, Higgs, HiFS-
son, Higgins and Higginson.
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JOINT STATEMENT
0F AUDITOR AND TREASUIsER
OF ELKO COUNTY.

For the Quarter Ending Dec.
1894.
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AUDITORS OFFICE.
Jan. 2. 1894.
TO the Honorable Board of County Cemmis.
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~ sas,nsss aoprs NON . a.
The herald., 1894-12-25
Origin OF tho Christmas Tree.

From the Chicago Herald: Our GUS
tom OF having Christmas trees comes
from Germany and not from England.
Coleridge, writing from Ratzeburg, in
Germany, speaks of the custom as some-
thing novel to him, which. of course,
he would not have done had he known
it in England. He says:
On the evening before Christmas day
one OF the parlors is lighted up by the
children, into which tho presents must
go. A great yew bough is fastened on
the table at little distance from the
wall, multitude of little tapers are
fastened in the bough, but 30 as not to
catch it till they are nearly burnt out,
and colored paper hangs and hutters
from the twigs. Under this bough the
children lay out in great order the pres
ents they mean for their parents. still
concealing in their pockets what they
intend for each other. Then the parents
are introduced and each presents his
little gift, and then bring out the rest
one by one from their pockets and pre- .
sent them with kisses and embraces
Where l Witnessed this scene there were
eight or nine children. and the eldest
daughter and the neither wept aloud for
joy and tenderness, and the tears ran
down the face OF the father, and he
clasped all bis children 60 tight to his
heart it seemed as though he did it to
Htifie the sob that was arising within
him. was very much affected.
Coleridge also describes certain other
German customs at this season that are
very pleasing. Literature is full of
Christmas and Christmas doings.
Nearly all of the poets have given us
Christmas hymns. some of them, like
Milton's, of rare beauty and splsndor.
The novelists, too, have not neglected
the season and Dickens particularly, has
made it his own. If one wants to know
what Christmas jollity is, let him read
the account OF Pickwick's visit to old
Mr.. Wardle, or for it's pathos let him
take down the Christmas Carol.
The herald., 1894-12-25
Ehriatr,ana Gnstnrna

Crowding in the train of Old Christ
mas are customs and suDerstitions that
have endured since the pagan Briton
worshiped under the oak tree, and the
hardy Saxon feasted in honor of Thor,
or the Roman broke forth In widest
orgies during the Saturnalia.
The Yule-tide transports us to the
cherished feast of the Teutonio races,
when Freyer or Fro, the sun-god, awoke
and lighted up his wheel once more.
Our Anglo-Saxon ancestors sang to
to the Christmas boarhesd, just as did
the valiant N0rsemsn. Just why the
boar's head WAS the dish of honor at
this midwinter feast is hard to deter.
mine might it not 0e because it was q
boar that drew Freyer's ship, Skidblad-
mir. over the woods and meadows, maxi
ing light all the dark places by bis
golden brintles?
The Romans held feast ct this sea-
son in honor of the birth of Mithraa
and the return of the sun with life Civ.
ing rays.
The Saxona called their midwinter
feast, Mother Night, parent of all other
nights, also Yule. The midwinte,
feast whenever celebrated, was distin-
guished by excessive rsvelry, feasting,
etc.
The Christianization OF the pagan
resulted in the engrafting of his Gus.
toms ON the Christian celebration, fre-
ouently quite obsouring its holier signifi-
nce.-Elizabeth F. Seat in January
Lippincott's.
The herald., 1894-12-25
GnId at Lancastar.

Lancaster Gazette: Gold mining goes
steadily on in the fields northeast of Lam
caster on the desert. At Goler about
l50 people are at work with varied for
tunes. 1t 10 said that about 100 OF these
are barely making living. while the
other 80 are making money, some hav-
ing good thing.
Three stores are now at Goler. In the
districts beyond Goler-Red Rock and
Summit-nearly 200 more men are at
work with about the same result. One
mine with nine men at work had for
November work 12S ounces OF gold, worth
about SIG per ounce. The recent heavy
rains out there somewhat interfered with
work. The people have changed largely
from tents to lumber and paper for their
houses. One gentleman fresh from the
mines with nuggets in his pouch, a few
days since, told us that his grain crop
10 the San Joaquin valley had been a
total failure last season, but he had dug
out enough gold 80 that be can buy seed
and go ahead and put in three sections
now.
The herald., 1894-12-25
Julian Mining Matters,

San Diego Union: A 100-ton crushing
OF ore from the Kentuck mine will COM
meace next week at the Gold King mill
in Banner.
Feeler & Melrose are hauling ore fro m
their mine above Banner, near the
Bailey spring. to the Ready Relief mill
for crushing next week.
Messrs. Frary and johnson are hard
ct work on the Hidden Treasure mine.
The ledge looks promising and the boys
anticipate good crushing in the near
future.
d. f. Lane and John Corlett have
leased part OF the Blue Hill miEe an q
will try their luck for the next few
monthe at cornering as much of the
elusive yellow metal as the fates,
coupled with their well known skill and
energy, will permit.
The herald., 1894-12-25
San Diego News.


Frank McCandless, formerly con-
nected with the Aurora mine at Alamo,
has secured an option ON the mineral
ground held by Robert Anderson by con.
cession from the Mexican government,
surrounding the rich placer diggings
discovered by Ed Linsberger, as sug.
gested by a dream. McCandless and q
Los Angeles mining man are outftting
here 20 60 to the San Rafael valley, the
scene of the discoveries, with the inten.
tion OF opening some of the veins.
Rock from ths ledges has been shown
in this city, and it is very rich, having
the same appearance as that from the
richest Alamo mines. The placer dig.
gings are reported from Ensenada TO be
holding their richness and extent, and
Lineberger and those interested with
him are washing out much gold.
Passengers OF the steamer PRcheco,
arriving from Ensenada yesterday, re-
report considerable excitement at the
peninsular capital as the result of the
placer discoveries at San Rafael valley,
and also at place called Los Coches,
60 miles south of Ensenada. Outfits
were being made ready to go to both
diggings, and placer gold from both
camps is finding its way to Ensensda
The Los Coches discovery was made by
q Mexican and the extent of the field
is not yet known, though understood
to be very large. Gold has been found
in that vicinity for years, and one
camp, Valladares, has yielded consid-
cradle gold.
@. W. GeoQhegsn, assayer for the
Golden Cross Milling and Mining com.
pany at Hedges. ON the desert in the
eastern part OF this county, is in the
city for brief respite from the discom-
forts of camp life. Mr.. Geoghsgan
states that the Golden Cross company,
composed of Los Angeles capitalists, is
operating the largest group of mines yet
discovered on the desert. having o 40
stamp mill running constantly and
crushing 100 tons day. The mines
are Is in number, and though the
rock is OF low grade. averaging cnly $40
per ton, the output of gold bullion ia
from $50. 900 to $4,000 per month.
The rock ia very peculiar and known
as guartzite, having streaks of copper.
Drifting has been carried on in all direc.
tions, but no regular vein has been
found. There ia vast quantity of the
rock in sight, enough to keep a 60.stamp
mill, which is about to be established
there. busy for year. Superintendent
T. s. Fuller, who 10 also part owner of
the mines, has force of 30 men at work
in the camp, the exact location of which
is ak miles north Of Ogilby station on
the Southern Pacific. Water is pumped
from the Colorado river. IL miles dis
tant. at Ell Rio. A fair supply of iron-
wood is obtained in the vicinity of the
camp. the company buying it by the ton
The herald., 1894-12-25

Some idea of how much money q sue
cessiul doctor in England may accumu-
late in the course of long life is shown
by the sworn statements made to the
probate Office of the personal property
they leave. In the last five years IS
doctors have left G3. 500, 900, an average
of $50, 900, or $3.50, 600 each. This is in
part due to careful investments by Sir
William Gull. who was ply sioian in or
dinsry to the queen and prince Of Wales.
and when he died at the age of "a left .
fortune of 81, 100000. He once spoke Of
making over $65 900 In a single year.
Ssventy-five thousand dollars 10 proba-
bly, as much az any doctor or lawyer can
possibly make in England, and not more
than half dozen men probably In each
profession average more than $50, 600 q
year. OF 80 doctors in the list whose
agss were given l was 90, s more were
80 or over, and IL were between rs and
80. Sir Andrew CLARK. president of the
College of Physicians. left over million;
Sir Oscar Clayton, $750,000; DR.. Ar
mitage. blind man. over million. DR..
Morell Mackenzie, who was 55 when he
died. left only $4,000. Seven estatss
only out Of 65 exceeded $5o0.000.
The herald., 1894-12-25
1T FELL ON THE RAIL.
An Engineers Watch That VIII Not
Keep Time Nov.

An Engineers Watch That VIII Not
Keep Time Nov.
Sacramento Union: Engineer George
O'Neill, who runs from here up "the
hill, exhibits watch which has passed
through most remarkable experience.
Recently, while running his engine
this side of Arcade station, the head
light went out, and he went out on the
running board to see what was the mat
ter. While there his watch chain caught
on projection. and his fine gold watch
flew out into the darkness. He naturally
gave it up as lost, but knowing just
where it was lost. he stopped on his
down trip to look for it.
He found it, but oh, how changed. 1t
had struck on the rail in front of the
engine which had squarely passed over
it, smashing it as fat as q pancake and
welding il into one solid mass. works
and all, except part of one of the case
lids, which was broken loose. Whether
it struck on the rail just in front of the
wheels or struck on the ground and
bounded onto the rail. the result was its
ruin for all purposes of timekesping.
He will keep it as curiosity of rails
roading.
The herald., 1894-12-25

OF $5 about thrse cords. The force of
miners is down about 800 feet on en- in.
cline shaft.
The Cargo Muchacho mine, 20 miles
northwest OF Yuma, has shut down for
the present, but may be started up
again any time by .he Boston company,
which has lease en- the property.
The camp at Picacho. 10 miles north
OF Yuma, and originally a placer dig
gings, has a good ledge of rock. An
English company bought up the placers
come months ago. but delay occurred
in the transfer because the man who
owned the ground refused to include the
ledge in the transaction.
The herald., 1894-12-25
And piled it full o; sofa pillows
To 40 0.salling on the biliows.

And piled it full o; sofa pillows
To 20 0.SalIing Oh tho DiliOWs.
We took "a and several nails,
Aud water in the Gursery-ptls;
And fom said, Let us also take
Auapple ana slice OF cdke;''-
Which was enough for Tom and me
10 go a-sailing on, Till tea.
We sailed along for daya and days.
And had ths vscy best of plays;
But ON sll out and hurt his knee,
SO mere was no one lcit but me.
Mr.. Gosse also says Of Mr.. Seven
sons growu-up volume of verse, Under
woods: There is the came csndor, the
same revealing OF his real self to the au'
dience of his readers. In reading it one
feels as if the rect Of the worlds
rhvmers wore masks, and here only
did one look into the very face OF the
poet. 1t is an intensely personal book,
dedicated to his physicians and largely
addressed to friends, and yet we ara 30
one with the writer that We seem to
share his emotions and are Hattered by
his confidence"
Ihe requiem printed at the head OF
this column appeared in the volume OF
Underwoods, and here is another most
delightful poem, that is given as repre-
sentative OF Mr.. Steyenaon's style aud
fancy:
TO +. ]. s.
"I read, dear friend, in your dear face
Your te's tale told with perfect grace:
The river of your life trace
Up the sun cnequered, devious bed,
To the far distant fountain head.
mot one quick beat of your warm heart,
NO thought that came 10 you apart,
Pleasure nor pity, love nor pain.
Nor sorrow, has gone by i'll vain;
"But as some lone MOUNTAINEERING child
Brings home with him at evening Mid
The thorns and flowers of all the wild,
From your whole life, o fail and true,
Your flowers and thorns you bring with
you'll"
In June, 1888. Robert Lous Steven.
son decided, for mis- health's sake. to try
life in the South Sea islands. He char
tered yacht in San Francisco, and for
a year he and his adored and devoted
wife cruised about the South Pacific,
settling finally a few miles back from
Apia in Samoa. There he built his
house on high elevation which com.
manded beautiful view of the ocean,
filled it with rare curios and works of
art gathered in his iourneyinge, Cor he
had always been a great traveller, and
after six years, in which he by no means
allowed his pen to reat, he died Decem-
ber 9Th. 1894.
"Glad did 1 live, and gladly die,
and | lay me down with will"
Z, N, @.
The herald., 1894-12-25
Old New Years DAYS.

And 30, during my early boyhood, il
always happened that New Years day
was the one most important and festal
in the entire calendar. Before the city
grew 30 large that calling" died into
desuetude. its brilliancy, gaiety and
hustle were kind of carnival, intensely
vivacious and by no means unpictur-
esque. Along Fifth svenue and its ad.
jacent side streets carriages would al
most swarm from midday until late in
tho afternoon. Gentlemen thought
nothing of paying go or so visits in the
space of nine or ten hours, and some-
times it was almost midnight before
their full list was completed. Ladies',
and especially the young bellies in So
ciety, would make playful comparisons
with one another, on January I'd,
of the number of callers they
had received. Sometimes the sharp
strain OF their haste gave a harlequin
attitude to certain choppers in." In.
deed. 'poppers" (both in and ouD
would have been better name for them,
I used to tell myself, while too young
fer any sharing of their nomadic GAL
lantries. Toward the last. just before
the whole idea collapsed utterly. it had
taken, beyond doubt, hues of artificial
ity quite absurd. The pleasantest and
most natural visitors, I was wont to re-
mark, we're middle-aged gentlemen who
looked on the habitude both seriously
and healthiully. Their lists did not
stretch ON to the crack of doom, and
they were genuinely glad to cross each
threshold on which their footsteps fell
and sure that those who waited beyond
would be equally glad of their coming.
Edgar Fawcett.
The herald., 1894-12-25

Flammarion says that the earth is
cooling very rapidly. Europe has lost
Ave degrees this century.
The herald., 1894-12-25

1t has recently been said by the czar's
consul general at New York that there
are about $4,000 Russians. other than
Jews. living in that city. They are by
far the least prominent element of the
city's population, and seem never to
hold any sssemblages or make any kind
of public demonstration. The greater
part of them are engaged in the RUS
SIAN American trade.
The herald., 1894-12-25

The swords of the ancient Mexicans
were composed Of bits of flint or OBJ.
sidisD, set in Q stick about the length of
an ordinary ss..r
The herald., 1894-12-25

Maine's two Indian tribes. the Psnob.
scots and the Passamaquaddys, wear the
dress of the whites and for the most part
have adopted their ways of living. But
the nomadic spirit is still strong within
them, end the summer fnds parties
camped at the various Maine watering
places making and selling beaded
purses and woven grass and basket
work trinkets, while the squaws turn
many silver piece by telling fortunes.
In some wood lot. where the ash tree
that supplies them with working mate
rial ia plentiful. they sometimes build
their camps of logs and saplings. rooted
with bark or shingles and we'll ohinked
with moss. There is q feeling among
owners OF forest lands in Maine that the
Indians. as first proprietors, have o
claim to reside in the wilderness wher-
ever they choose, and, as they are
peaceable and do little damage to valu.
able forest growth, permission to occupy
piece of woodland is seldom refused
them.
The herald., 1894-12-25
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON,
A Brief Summary of His Life
and Works.
His Verses, Travels and Volumes of
Essays.
ghntIshow Quite ss.superior Art, but A re
Less WILDLY Known than His Va
rIous Tales OF Advent

REQUIEM.
"Under the wide and starry sky,
Dig the grave and let mo lie.
Glad did live and gladly die,
And lay me down with 4 will.
Arizona republican., 1894-05-16
HE WON HIS SPURS.
The Evil of Wearing Pants of Abno
NAL Width of Leg.

The Evil of Wearing Pants of Abnor-
NAL Width of Leg.
The next time Manuel Lopez desires
to admonish his wife he will choose
some other weapon than a common
heavy bitted horse bride. But he will
not be in the admonition business for
the next ten days. That's the period
of oenance prescribed yesterday by
Jus ice tombstone. ssRSS
Manuel is not the only man who got
into trouble yesterday for improprie-
ties committed with horse furniture.
Juea joaquin, Yaqui Indian, is an
stock for j. A. Plattner, the harness
dealer. He incidentally took also a
pair of spurs and concealed them by
hiding one in each of his trousers legs.
Nobody witnessed the abstraction but
it was observed that as he was walking
out OF the door he had gait that sug-
gested uncomfortably close-fitting shoes.
Juan unfortunately affects the prevail
ing style of wide pants, so wide IN fact
that they permitted one of the huge
spurs to fall through with clang upon
the hard and beautiful artificial stone
pavement. Mr.. Plattner saw the phe-
nomenon, but rubbed his eyes and
thought it was sort of sleight- Of hand
trick. About that time Juan lost his
grip on the other, and Mr.. Plattner
naturally connected the phenomenon
with Mr.. Joaquin's late inspection OF
his stock. Fearing that the Indian
might have an assortment of saddles,
brides, sets of harness, etc., similarly
concealed about his person, he hurried
after him. took him one back of the ear,
and fattened him upon the sidewalk.
He walked upon, sat upon, and other
wise entertained him until an officer
arrived and he was searched for hid
den stock of harness, but nothing else
was developed. Juan was taken before
the recorder. Twenty-Five days.
Arizona republican., 1894-05-16
Couldn't Marry on sso.ooo a Yea,

No." remarked the young man with
a touch of sadness in his voice, sit may
be that some day happiness will be
mine, but at present it is beyond
me. There is a girl whom 1 love
dearly. She would have me if only
asked her, but l dare not 1 really
cannot marry and live on $4,000 a
year" His two friends to whom he
spoke looked at him in wonder. For a
moment they were speechless-con-
sternation and pity depicted on their
youthful countenances. But present
ly speech returned to them exactly at
the same time, and they fairly howled
in their excitement: 'You cannot mar
ry on $4,000 year? Why not?'' ''Why
not?" echoed the youth with the sad
voice, which grew still sadder. ''Why,
simply because l haven't the $4,000. -
And the mystery was explained.
Arizona republican., 1894-05-16
Electric Fans.

The East End Electric works are now
prepared to make contracts for fan SER
vice for the coming season commencing
May 1, 1894, on the only reliable, safe
and satisfactory system ITO volt direct.
All other systems are unreliable, I'M
satisfactory and dangerous. Applica-
tions should be made at once to the
company's office, corner Second and
Adams streets.
Arizona republican., 1894-05-16

The Grand Canon of the Colorado, the most
sublime of Natures work on the Earth, indie.
Williams or Peach Springs on this road To
the Natural Bridge of Arizona and Montezuma's
well you can journey most directly by this line
Observe the Ancient Indian Civilization of La
guna, or of Acoma, '"rhe City of the Sky u
Visit the Petrifed Forest near Garlic. See and
marvel at the freak of Canon Diablo. Take
hunting trip in the magnificent pine forests Of
the San Francisco Mountains. Find Interest in
the ruins of the prehistoric Cave and Cliff
Dwellers. View the longest Cantilever bridge
in America across the Colorado River.
T. R. GABEL, General Superintendent, Albu.
querque, New Mexico. W. A. BIssELL, General
Passenger gent. San Francisco, CAL, and Al
buquerque, New Mexico. Il. s. VAN SLYCK
General A gent. Albuquerque. N. M