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The herald., 1894-10-31
A STRANGE AFFLlCTION.
Tho Mysterious Case of Anna May Barnes
of Surrey County, Wa.

Tho Mysterious Case of Anna May Barnes
of Surrey County, Wa.
Miss Anna May Barnes OF Claremont,
Surrey conary, this state. has been in a
most remalS Sab;c state o. mind for the
past month, and ncne has been able to
diagnose her disease. She was first taken
down with anervous prostration, caused,
it was thought, by becoming excited at
q religious meeting She was seized
with violent commissions and many
times was thought to be dying She has
had as many as So spasms in a single
night. During the first of her illness
she was occasionally delirious, and her
actions reminded one of a person with
delirium tremens. She would imagine
she saw her own coffin and would plead
tearfully to be taken away from the
cause Of her horror and fright.
Before the townspeople had heard c.
the death Of DR.. Randall at Oakford,
Pa, sho stated that the old man had
passed away, accurately described the
room i'll which he died and repeated the
inscription on the plate Of the casket.
Since then she has fingered between life
aud death and has been pronounced by
her physicians several times unable to
live for but few hours, yet today she ia
apparently strong in body. Her mind,
however, seems to be completely trans
formed, and her actions savor strongly
of the supernatural. She seems to be
being of some other world than this
Last evening, while in an unconscious
state, she sang "In the L0wlands," a
song of 10 stanzas, most beautifully.
When conscious, she could remember
but few lines. She never sang before
her illness, but now her voice is rich,
clear, melodious soprano. With her
eyes securely bandaged she reads pas.
sages from the Bible. TO show that the
young lady was entirely and wholly
unconscious, the lid of her eye was lift.
cd, when it was seen that the eyeball
was completely turned round, and only
the white Of the eye could be seen.
What her disease is no one can tell.
Whether or not she is growing insane
is q question. 1t is the opinion of many
that she is medium of great spiritua
powers ---Petexaerrg tVa.) special u
St. Lopia Glohs-D DcmocraC.
The herald., 1894-10-31
A CURIOUS CALLING.
Sweeping For Lost Anchors In the Bottom
of Vineyard Sound.

Sweeping For Lost Anchors In the Bottom
of Vineyard Sound.
Sweeping for lost anchors is one Of
the curious and remunerative trades of
Martha's Vineyard sailormen.
When likely spot is reached. the
sweeping line is made ready It is
small, about the size and strength of q
whaleboat's towline. In it's middle two
weights arc bent about 10 feet apart.
One end of tho line is fastened to the
stern Of tho schooner, while the other
is taken into the boat. Three men step
into the boat and row some distance
away from the schooner. Then they
range the boat SO she will drift with
the tide with the weighted sweepline
on bottom. Schooner and boat proceed
at equal speed, and the line between the
weights drags on the sand ready to
catch on any projection, be it anchor,
wreck or Sock.
The man in the stern Of the boat han
dies the sweep most gingerly. He is ever
in readiness to pay it out when it catches
on an obstruction. Sometimes milo Of
water will be swept before the line
brings up. Then comes sudden yank,
and all hands are Oh the qui vive. This
boat signals the schooner to stop, and
the vessel is brought into the wind SO
as to lie practically motionless. The
crew Of tho boat back on the oars, while
the man iii the stern slowly hauls in
the sweepline, being very careful not ia
dislodge it. Foot by foot it comes into
the boat, as that frail craft gradually
draws near tho schooner. Then one Of
the weights comes to the surface, and
few seconds later tho sweep between the
sinkers is examined for traces Of rust.
If the line exhibits the reddish tinge,
the sweepers are confident that an an
chor has been caught. The utmost care
is exercised so as not to dislodge tho
line from the fiuke or stock of the an
chor, for if that accident occurs the la.
borious work must be repeated.
The men In the schooner have at hand
a chain or heavy rope, in one end of
which is thiInble OF eye. The other OF
free end is bent to the sweepline and
then carefully pulled down to the OBJ
struction, under or around it and to tho
surface by the boats crew. When this
work is performed, chain occupies a
position formerly held by the sweep.
The free end Of the chain having been
passed through the eye at its other end,
sort of slipnoose or running blight is
thus formed. The moose is worked down
to the anchor, and when the sweepers
are reasonably sure is has fallen to the
proper position strain is brought to bear
on it, and an sffort is made to raise the
anchor to the surface.
If the anchor weighs 60, 900 pounds.
it is difficult matter to break it out Of
the sand, but by dint of backing and
filling the schooner shis is usually ac.
complished, and the ungainly mud hook
is raised to the surface and got aboard
by means OF purchases.
If the anchor is in good condition, ii
can be sold, according to the iron mar.
ket, at varying prices There are today
hundred tons of anchors thus secured
by Vineyard Haven sweepers that shoulG
bring cents per pound. Boston Her.
aid
The herald., 1894-10-31

protest by saying the objection to Lord
Hamilton came too late.
Referring to the affairs Of the railroad.
the president said that they had met
with a succession OF disasters in Canada
and in the United States. The serious
buninesa depressions in thoae two coun-
tries during the pact two years, the
question "a to the currency OF silver and
the tariff question had delayed or de-
stroyed all traffic; then there was the
coal strike, which was followed by the
empsthy strike at Pullman and its ruin
Gus consequences.
The herald., 1894-10-31
A Test of Shells.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.-A series OF in.
terestine teHss of shells that will pene.
trate ships having thin armor and then
burst inaide was begun at the Indian
Head proving grounds today. Two Of
those, one made by the Wheeler Ster-
ling company and the other
by the Midvsle Steel company,
we're tried today. Both were
fred with velocity Of go feet against
Finch nickel steel plate, and both
went through the plate and packing and
into the earth. They were recovered
completely uniniursd. Commodore
Sampson, chief of she ordnance bureau,
says ths test showed that both were ex-
cellent projecties. The tests will be
continued Thursday.
The herald., 1894-10-31
PAYMENT ORDERED.
Compens s1tIon for ths Southern Pa acifio'
Mptsve DiVisiou.

Compensation for the Southern Paoific's
Mrjave Division.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 30.-An order has been
filed in the United Statea court here
authorizing the receivers of the st.
Louis and San Francisco company to
advance money toward the payment of
$42S, 1873 due the Southern Pacific for the
use of ita Mojave division by the Allan.
tic & Pacific, the Santa Fe and the st.
Louis and San Francisco. The order
directed that a special master bs ap-
pointed to determine the benefits and
advantages derived by the three roads
from the use OF the Mojave division I.
The intoreas lie to be paid by November
1et
The herald., 1894-10-31
WiIaon,a Camnnirn.

MARTNsBURe, WA. Oct 30.-Chair-
nan Wilson had stirring meeting here
.oday. He arrived at l 80 .. m., and
After y hasty dinner proceeded to the
Central opera house, where fully 1000
psople greeted him with the most esr-
seat enthusiasm. 1t wac soms moments
before he could proceed with his speech,
loud and prolonged were the chserr.
lie held the crowd in cloae attention for
hour and hall.
The herald., 1894-10-31
A Sure WAY.

Ethel-Here is the loveliest housecoat
that | bought for Tom, and he doesn Z
seem to care for it the least bit.
Clara-I can tell you how to make him
value it above everything.
Ethel-Oh, how?
Clara-Tell him that you've given 1t
away to some poor man.--London Tit
Bits
The herald., 1894-10-31
n.,,fornia H.rh ra.

Is just the thing to take at this season. warm
weather induces dsbiiitAted condition of the
system. Torpid liver. Indigestion and blood
diseases assert themselves unless these troubles
are corrected. Z mis- il best done by the coca.
sionkl use of WeeA'A California herb tea. a
harmless remedy composed entirely Of roots
and herbs. 20 GEMS per package For sale by
all druggists
The herald., 1894-10-31
A orewsomo Cur,o.

A English hunter after "curios'' has
been trying to secure the carriage in
which M. Carnot was sitting when Ce-
sario stabbed him. To induce the town
council OF Lyons to let him have it ne
offered R2, 900, to be devoted TO the
poor or the hospitals but tha cEor vac
refrsal
The herald., 1894-10-31

he might differ from them on many
matters there were others doubtless on
which they could agree. 1t was in this
spirit he addressed them. They agreed TO
the proportion that the government OF
she city of New York Ia not what it
ought TO be. He proposed that they
join with the other good folk in trying to
make it better.
The herald., 1894-10-31

Constantinople has 1000, 900 people,
who are kept in order by 1000 policemen.
In 1890 only 5000 arrests were made, but
80 for drunkenness.
The herald., 1894-10-31
Women Full of Paina

Aches, ard weaknesses find comfort, strength.
and vitality il Cusic;..a Plaster &c nfst ard
only paiI-hilling, neryc-s;rcas; ;hsni-s rlastsa,
The herald., 1894-10-31

Eleeris oil heater for bedrooms; no
inoke or smell. Furrey g. Co.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-03-22
JOINT STATEMENT
Of AUDITOR AND TREASURER,
OF ELKo COUNTY.

For the Quarter Ending Dec. 4
.. 1894.
srHTE Sas.p1 OF u FfEE,XEADA't E,EA t....
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-03-22
MERRY BUT NOT WISE.

Witty Sayings or King Charles III. OF
England.
The sayings of Charles H., the king
who. according to the severe vet Just
epitaph written upon him by the earl
of Rochester.
Mover said q foolish thing
And never did wise one,
are SO many as to show us plainly why
he should be so beloved even by those
who could not approve his actions. Hc
was a merry monarch and he was good
company"
His was an age of nicli-names and he
was widely known as "Old Rowley,"
the name of an ill-favorcI horse in the
royal stables. One day young lady at
court was in her apartments singing IL
satirical ballad called "Old Rowley, tho
King" when Charles knocked at the
door.
Who is it?" she called.
"old Rowlcy himself, madam" he
returned, good naturedly.
lie could convey Il rcproof with wit
and Eentlencss. When Penn stood be.
fore him with his hat on, the king took
off his own.
Friend Charles" said the Quaker,
"whv dost thou not put on thy hat?"
otis the custom of this place." re-
turned the king, ''that never above one
person should be covered ut a time."-
Youths Companion.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-03-22
REWARDED At LAST.
A Man OF Versatile Accomplishments Out
Of . Job.

..f. Of . Job. .2
In western paper, under the head
ing situations Wanted" appeared
the following advertisement, which
shows in fair degree the versatility
and modesty of one American printer:
"Wauted-Situation by practical
printer, who is competent to take
charge OF any department in n printing
and publishing house Would accent a
professorship in any Of the academies
Has no objection to teach ornamental
painting and penmanship. geometry,
trigonometry and many other sciencea
Has had some experience as n Law
preacher. Would have no objection to
form small class of young ladies' and
gentlemen to instruct them in the
higher branches. To q dentist or CHI
ropodist he would be invaluable. or he
would cheerfully accept q position as
bass or tenor singer in n Choir
Remarkable as it may seem. this ad-
vert:sement appeared day after day,
indicating that the gifted printer was
Still without situation. At last there
appeared this addition to the notice:
up. S. Will accept nn offer to saw
and split wood at less than the usual
rates. .....
The advertisement was not inserted
again. SO that the readers of the paper
were left TO infer that at last the versa
tile printers requirements had met
with appreciation. n.-Youth's Compan-
ion -... .....
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-03-22
couldn't Marry on $50. ,o,n Yeu-.

No" remarked the young man with
touch Of sadness in his voice, sit may
be that some day happiness will be
mine, but ct present it is beyond
me. There is n girl whom love
dearly. She would have me If / only
asked her, but / dare not. / really
cannot marry and live on 10000 a
year." His two friends to whom he
spoke looked at him in wonder. For q
moment they wcrc speechlcss-con-
stcrnntion and pity depicted on their
youthful countennnces. but present.
ly speech returned to them exactly ut
the. samc time, and they fairly howlcd
in their excitement: "You cannot mar
ry on 10000 ycar2 Why not2" why
not2" echoed the youth with the sad
voice. which grew still saddcr. "Why,
simply because haven't the 10000"
And the mystery was explained.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-03-22
lAILY INDEPEN DENT.

TssuD EVERY DAY, SUNDAYS TX.
J esptSd.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-03-22
Oot. Of Court sottlemen,s Pav.

The American lawyer, n legal jour.
mol published In New York City, tells
of lawyer of that city who secured q
fee of 100000; of another who was
paid S25o, 900 for his service on q cele-
brated case; while other foes nre men
toned running from S25 200 to s1O0, 600
won by lawyers, not by conducting,
but by avoiding, litigation. In fact. it
Ia apparent that moro money is made
nowadays by lawyers who settle cases
out Of court than by those who put
their Cheats 70 the expense of litiga-
ton.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-03-22
w. w. BOOHER,
EDIToR AND PROPRIETOR.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

eas copy, enc year. 90
eae copy. ak months. Observation-Disclosures. oO
For any period under six months, one dollar
srmonth. Payable In advance.
AvaIsd By carrier in KIko At 25 cents . week
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-03-22
WEEKLY INDEPENDENT.

WEEKLY INDEPENDENT.
Published every Sunday, and sent to any adj
iseas tpostage paid, at The following rates,
1aysble In advance:
VnS year.. .-.......-.............. %
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For any period under ak months. Fifty
esats par month.
Entored at the Rlko, Nevada, PostofIlce for
iAnsnission through the mails a. second
lass mail matter.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-03-22
AUDITORS OFFICE.
Jan. 2, 1894.

Jan. 2, 1894
To the Honorable Board f>County Commie-
sionerE OF Elko County, Nevada.
GENTLEMEN: We herewith submit our Quar-.
teIly Report OF the Finances OF the County
for the quarter ending Dec. 81, 1898.
ReSpeclfully submitted:
GEO. H.AEIGS,
Auditor,
M. H. MILLER,
Treasurer.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-03-22
ADVERTISING RATES.

Vii be made a. low as te consistent with
sund business principles. Apply st the Of
- fOF terms.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1894-09-05
He Became a Teetota1er.

There are not many stories told of the
late Samuel Morley that appeal to a
mans better nature; but there is one
that is eminently creditable to him and
would have been clever, as his friend
Mr.. Labouchere would have said,
whether he fulfilled his vow or not.
When Morley first began to speak in
favor of total abstinence he was not
himself teetotaler. At a great meet
ing of workingmen whom he had ad-
dressed on the subject laborer inter-
rupted him with the question:,
'.Do you go without drink yourselfP"
adding, II dare say you take glass or
two of wine after dinner and think no
harm of it, and concluding with an
emphatic repetition of his question:
"Now, sir, do you go without your
selfp"
"This rather shut me up for a mo-
ment," said Morley, who used to tell
the story himself; 'but when 1 looked
round at those poor fellows whom I had
been asking to give up what they re-
garded as their only luxury I had my
answer ready at once. No. said,
but I will go without from this hour. >"
And he abstained ever afterward, ex-
cept during an illness, and under the
imperative orders of his physician. He
had not the dogged obstinacy of DIR.
Pye Smith, who in his last hours was
urged by a medical adviser to take 6
slight infusion of brandy in a glass o1
water. Declining it, he said to his
wife, "My dear, l charge you, if sucf
remedy be proposed when am incom
petent to refuse, let me rather die thar
swallow the liquid. IN Y. Commercial
dI1a,o,.fiooa.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1894-09-05
A Millionaire's Unusual Check.

They were talking about queer checks,
drafts, etc., in one of the local banks,
says the San Francisco Post, and gen.
tleman not long from Kansas City, Mo-,
finally told the following:
Il was once employed" he said, ''to
collect balance of $40 which was due
a well-known building firm of Kansas
City from an eccentric old millionaire.
How he made his money don't know,
for it is said he could neither read nor
write, but he had it all the same.
well, found the old boy down in
his cellar. and was gratifed to hear him
say that he could pay the bill at once.
I haven't that much cash with me, he
said, but just wait a minute
~He felt around as il looking for a
piece of paper, and was just about to
offer him some, when his eyes rested on
piece of board about eighteen inches
square.
"tJust the thing he said, and with
that he picked it up and made lot of
queer looking marks on it.
"'There,' he said, take that to my
bankers and it'll be all right
Il protested, but he insisted, and final
ly / did as he said. / handed the piece
of plank, obviously enough 1 tell you,
to the paying teller, but what was my
relief when he merely smiled, studied
the hieroglyphics moment, and hand
ed me $470. Then he laid the board up
on shelf, and that was all there was to
it.
"It transpired that the old man had a
system of signs all his own, which his
bankers had agreed to respect. All the
same the plank check seemed curious
even to them, and it is hanging up in
the office of their establishment now"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1894-09-05
BAY OF NAPLES.
A Stretch of Water Wherein are Mingled
Precious Things of Day and Night.

About Sorrento also there is some
thing of a Neapolitan flavor in the air.
The Neapolitan small boy is half mon
key, half comedian, and all thief, and
here as elsewhere the boy is father to
the man. In Sorrento there is the mu-
nicipal band, more inexorable in Italy
than death itself; there are little COM
panies of men and women who dance
the tarantella in costume on the ter
races of the hotels, and sing vulgar
songs, which the foreigner takes for ma
tional airs.
There are not, indeed, so many beg
gars as in Naples itself and its neigh
borhood, but the perpetual attempt to
extract small coin from the visitor oc-
cupies the sole and undivided attention
of at least one portion of the popula-
ton. Here, as in Naples, the guide
guides not. but chatters, butcherin g
what he supposes to be the foreigner s
language in order to make himself a
holiday. Here, as elsewhere, the lively
donkey boy twists the patient ass's tail,
ultimately requests you to dismount at
the steep places, and gets on himself.
Here, as in all southern Italy, the small
deceptions of a very poor and not very
clever people bring smile to the keen
but often good-natured Northerner's
face.
All this I might describe at endless
length had it not been done so often,
and in one or two instances so we'll
There it all is, more or less lovely as to
its surroundings, more or less modern
in its buildings, more or less civilized
by the people that move upon the scene.
And below 1t, and before it, and facing
it, stretches the sea, the eternal, ever
changing, ever-abiding sea- The
splashes of human-wrought color. and
the deeper tones of manipulated orange
gardens, and ohve-groves, and vines,
are forever contrasted with Gods own
palette, with that broad water wherein
are mingled the precious things of day
and night, the maiden rose-mallow OF
dawn, and the gorgeous purple of i'm
perial evening, the gold Of the sun and
silver of the moon and the precious
stones of the stars, all blending at last
in the depths of the great liquid sap
phire of that sea which wise men of old
believed to be the source of all living
ngs.-Mariom Crawford, IN the Cen
f2L7-7J
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1894-09-05
JOKE ON EVERETT.
Took Him Literally When He Said 'fPut
Out the Cigars"

During the discussion in the house
the other day upon the ventila-
ton of the hall DR.. Everett of Massa-
ehusetts applauded vigorously when
Mr.. Enloe scored the members who fill
the atmosphere with the smoke of their
"mean cigars" for DR.. Everett hates
the smell of tobacco and regards the
smoker as vile thing.
ALI of which reminded Massachu-
setts man of an incident in DR.. Everett's
life.
1t was the night of election day and
the little doctor rushed into the state
headquarters with the joyful news that
he had been elected to congress. The
room was filled with crowd of happy
democrats, all pulling enthusiastically
at their cigars. The air was dense
enough to cut with a knife.
HPut out the cigarsi Put out the ci-
the room and received the congratula-
tions of his fellow democrats.
So. while the successful candidate
passed into another room, the secretary
of the state committee literally put out
the cigars. He brought forth box of
the finest and every ybody was invited to
have one with DIR. Everett's compli-
ments. When the doctor came out the
smoke was something awful. He near
ly strangled.
"Why don't you put out the eigarsP"
he asked in his nervous, abrupt way.
Il have, said the secretary.
Good heavens" exclaimed the doc
tor, 81 meant to throw them out of the
window"
And then everybody rudelY laughed.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1894-09-05
Rabbits in Australia.

Mr.. Walter Dalrymple Severn recent
ly delivered an illustrated lecture to a
large audience at the Imperial institute
London, on "The Rabbit Plague in
Australia" The lecturer said it was at
the period of the highest prosperity of
Australia and New South Wales that a
patriotic gentleman thought it would
be good thing to import few rabbits
into the colony, as they would serve for
food and for sport.
He accordingly imported three couple
of rabbits and they were turned loose.
1t was not long before it was found that
the district in question had been trans
formed into a gigantic rabbit warren.
Indeed, it was discovered that a single
pair of rabbits, under favorable circum-
stances, would in three years have a
progeny numbering 15,716,OO0. Sir
Saul Samuel, in moving vote of thanks
to the lecturer, said the government
of New South Wales had 1900 schemes
sent in when the 925,O0O reward was
offered, but none of them were really OF
a practical nature, and the reward was
withdrawn.