Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-02-03
lFRoM TUESDAYS DAILY.l
SAI,NiAGUSDl


J.R. Bradley came down from Deeth
this forenoon.
In Maine the State tax is two and
onc-hnlf mills OH the dollar.
j. NJ. Dorsey. OF Fort iIalleck, and
Col. Hardesty, OF Wells, are in town
TO day.
There are 81 children in the or
phans' home mt Carson -i3 boys and
IL girls.
In China n young blood may go out
and have Il frolic Mt u cost of about l
cent for the nights fun.
Congressman Newlands has secured
p~ensions for Conrad Becker OF Vir-
ginia City, with back pay to 1891, and
for a. Evans OF Reno with back pay
To 1850.
The longest distance Il letter can
be carried within the limits Of the
United States liz from Key West, Flor
ida, to Uraiaska, GIL miles.
There's big money in electricity.
For example, the net earnings OF the
Edison Electric Illuminating Com.
puny Of New York for the past year
were Il little rising S7s9.0O0.
Philadelphia Rccord:-Go To the
ante, aud other insects for wisdom.
The making OF paper from wood
pulp, Tor example, was not Il human
discovery ut all. but originated with
wGsps.
1t dose no. lock reasonable that six
Ia twelve months should be needed to
make - billiard ball. but Il first class
ball cannot be made in Less time,
owing To the tendency OF carvcd ivory
to shrink.
If you want "a know how tn pass
away a night in the coli, cold snow,
ask illkois most popular grocery
clerk. Always anxious to please the
people. he will give you the desired
information.
''ihl ~. utNA. Va SdIllu. WIS ClT-
culating around town this forenoon.
lie informed the IwDEpESDENT that
his brother, y. Il. Puctt, had arrived
from North Carolina Ia make Nevada
his future home.
Atlanta Constitution:-When the
people Of the United States compel
their official servants Ia restore silver
as Il Part "f the primary money Of the
country, then will they have pcrman-
cnt prosperity, and not before.
Horace Chiffon. who will succeed
Senator Coke as the representative
from Texas i'll the upper House, is u
young man. but II years of age. He
is II si!yeritc. believing in the coinage
OF SILVER ut II ratio OF 10 to l in I'm
Limited quantities.
The common bread of Sweden is a
rye cake about tin size Of It batter
cake and with Il hole i'll the middle.
These cakes are baked twice q u
and after baking are hung up to dry.
They are said Ia he nourishiug and
are about as easy to chew rs disks of
mortar.
There is Il timber chute in the Ore.
gou mountains 1928 feet long. where
the logs come whizzing down the
mountain side int" the Columbia
river with the velocity Of Il cannon
ball and make the distance. which il
Hlout thrCCc iitths Of Il mile. i'll TWEEN
~ seconds.
Somebody has discovered the cur.
ious Tact that the reluctance OF women
to tell their ages is no mudersn sensi.
tiycnc>s. II is rs old as the hills. In
the Old Testament, although great
numbers al women are mentioned,
there is but onc-Sarah, Abraham's
wifc-whosc age is recorded.
Talk about records. There il u
Baptist doctor Of divinity down in
Virginia who boasts OF immcrsing
lGi converts i'll sixty minutes. His
name Is Bingcr, he il "a negro. and
the Richmond tNa.) Planet says Of
him that lie IL "unquCstionably one
OF the most pious men in the world"
y new style Of bottle for poiFons
that is described 10y The Lancet has
the neck on one side and il Of such a
shape that il will not stand up. Ly.
ing on II table. the word poison and
the liable would always be in view.
and by reason Of liz peculiar form il
would not hc mistaken for the ordin.
ary bottle.
Mr.. William Mitchell returned yes
tcrdny from n trip 10 White Pine
county Ia look after his sheep. IIc
went tho whole distance from Ell,o
to within ak miles 81 Hamilton. where
his sheep are winteriug. in "A sleigh.
lie found his shcap doing well. al.
though tho snow IL about six inches
deep and The feed rather scarce.
The report Of Warden Bell of the
state prison for 1891 shows that the
convicta in that institution on the
iirst of The ycnr wore apportioncd 10
tho different counties rs follows:
Two from DOuglns county. 8 from
Elko, 3from Esmcrnldu, . from Eu.
rcka. IL from Humboldt. 4 from Lin.
coin 1 from Lyon. = from Nyc, 1 FROM
OrnRby. II from siorcy,4 u. s. pris.