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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-06-04
cANNoNs or STONE.
DeSenses OF the Fortress OF Malta Cut Out
& s~ of tho Living Rock.

Degenses of the Fortress OF Malta Cut Out
of tho Living Rock.
The most wonderful cannons on
record are those which are described
by Byrdone, whose travels in Sicily and
Malta won wel1-deserved renown
toward the end of the last century.
Many facts and stories he recoHnts that
seem strangely old-world to us,
though the date is little more than one
hundred years ago, SO grandly did the
French revolution transform Europe.
Malta was full of wonders, more or
less droll, while the knights held it,
but nothing equaled the stone guns.
Everybody knows that the fortifica-
tions were cut out of solid rock, but
Brydone was right in saying that q
kind of ordnance used to defend them
was unknown to all the world besides.
:: AS we understand his description, the
knights left great block of stone
where they followed: out an embrasure
in the cliff, which afterward they
shaped and bored in the form of a
gigantic mortar. These engines con-
tanned a whole barrel of gunpowder.
y That shoveled in, they plugged it with
4. great piece of wood, fitted exactly to
the bore, as q wadding, and loaded up
with cannon balls, shells and other
deadly materials.
About fifty of these remarkable guns
commanded the spots which hostile
ship was most likely to approach.
"The mouths of some are six feet
wide, and they are able to throw ten
thousand pounds weight of balls or
stones" The range is not stated, but
| the falling projectiles covered an area
| of over three hundred square yards.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-06-04

ShRor. PRoKOp DaGoBiRNKo. II Rus
sian soldier, committed suicide lately
because young girl would not marry
him, but instead called him an "old
man" This was moro than the giddy
fellow, who was not much over ninety
nine years of age, could stand.
LIEUT.. PowHATAN CLAIKE. WHO was
recently drowned in the Zig Horn,
spent year with the kaiser's Eleventh
hussars az Dusseldorf, witt, whom he
became very popular. lie was q very
daring horseman, and was able to show
the best riders in Germany some tricks
with horses which they found it diff
cult to initiate.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-06-04
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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-06-04
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AN EVENING PAPER,
Issued every day, ,::sundayu1ercepted.
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-12-27
The Reason Why.

He was a minister of 45, and a
widower. He had tried to do his
duty by his motherless boy Tom and
with a sigh of relief he saw the child
lying on the floor learning the golden
text, and thinking of the promised
penny.
The boy needed a mothers care, so
brushing his already shining coat,
the minister started out on the path
he knew Miss Hettie would be sure
to take. She was only 16, twas
true, but then she always seemed to
like him, and was devoted to Tom,
so he confidently joined her on her
walk.
Imagine his surprise then, when
she fatty refused him, knocking all
his air castles to the ground.
But why" he began. Up ran
Tom, breathless yet triumphant. II
know it, pa" he shouted. "Ye ask
and receive not because we ask a
miss" Give me my penny" He
got Rams Horn.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-12-27
New Finds in Rome.

Near the Coliseum and the Baths
of Titus, at Rome, in the Via Dele
Settle Sale, rs feet below the surface,
an entire Roman house has been un-
earthed, with black and white mosaic
floors and polychrome decorations
on the walls, like those in the house
of Livia, on the Palatine, 1t seems
to have been the residence of the
prefectus urbis. Near the Forum
large private baths have been dis
covered at depth of l6 feet, with
passages paved with large blocks of
basalt like those in the Via Sacra.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-12-27
WISE sERPENTs.
Two Snake Stories Told by a Ger
man Naturalist.

Two Snake Stories Told by a Ger
man Naturalist.
A German naturalist who makes
the study Of reptiles his speciality
adds an interesting contribution to
snake lore. He firmly believes in
what he calls the speculative reason
ing power of snakes. His opinion is
based on the observation of serpent
belonging to the boa family and re-
joicing in the classic name of elaphis
quater radiatus. This snake, the
professor maintains, could easily
give the craftiest fox cards and
spades and then beat him at his own
casino game. One fine morning
while one of these snakes was lazily
swinging from low bough of tree
in the Geological garden of Berlin a
trio of sparrows lighted in its imme-
date vicinity. The snake instantly
became motionless, save for it's swift
ly moving forked tongua and glis-
tening eyes. The sparrows, in
blissful ignorance of their danger,
hoped about in careless Indifference
till they finally were in line under
meath the snake. Like flash of
lightning it shot its head down and
grabbed the middle one in its ca
pacious jaws. A gulp - good-by
bird. So swiftly was this done that
the two remaining sparrows never
moved or became frightened at the
loss of their companion. 1t had been
done SO swiftly they had not seen it.
They were not given a second chance,
because his snakeship picked them
up and swallowed them before they
had time to recover from their aston
ishment.
The other incident related by the
professor took place in cage and
was performed by thes same species of
snake. The cage contained half
dozen specimens, and the chief actor
in this incident was o female, no
doubt one of the advanced" of her
kind. 1t is customary to feed these
serpents with live sparrows, one be-
ing allotted to each. Her snakeship
was not satisfied with her meager
allowance, and by neat strategic
move secured herself an abundant
meal She caught the first one in
her mouth, and, droppingit, crushed
its life out by the weight of her body.
With dexterous move she caught
and crushed the second one in her
coils. She now wound her tail
around the frs bird, and without let
ting go her hold on these gave chase
after and secured the third one by
driving her fangs into it. Thus
having secured her triple prize, she
retired to quiet corner in the cage
to enjoy her feast. Her equanimity
did not appear to be in the slightest
disturbed by the angry Kisses of the
other breakfastless snakes.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-12-27
a Stupid Fellow.

Justin Mccarthy has been giving
some of his personal recollections in
lecture at Bristol. In committee
in the house of lords noble lord &C
cused the duke of Wellington of not
understanding the bill under discus
sion. The duke got up, and, thump-
ing the table, answered.: my lords,
] read this bill once, | read it twice,
l read it three times, and If after all
that I don't understand it, why,
then, my lords, must be Q did
stupid fellow"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-12-27
plain Norfolk jacket, with full leg o

plain Norfolk jacket, with full leg O.
mutton sleeves. The folds laid over
the shoulders and coming down the
front adorned with buttons. Belt
of material same as dress. White
cuffs and collar with dark blue tie
complete this modish gown A watch
and chain and handkerchief with
black and white striped border are
tucked into the belt The hat is
worn with face veil, black, with
white dots.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-12-27
Do
Buffer

From indigestion, sour stomach, head
Pc, hatulency, distress after eatingf
Or is it case Of lost appetite, want Of
percy, weakness, debilityf
Are you nervous, restless, sleeplesA worn
pt In body and in mind2
Have you pains in the bao alps, side
<ad, arms, shoulders, chest7
Are you filed with malsria-salloN
nplexion, coated tongue, hit iwsats
" cough, chills and fever?
~ any of these troubles arc yours, thu
ing you need is DIR. KINGS
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-12-27
DELICATE w !!!! NJ. !!
RExADE-IEIsD'a
FEMALE
REGULATOR.

LII Is "A SUPERB TONIC and
xerts a wonderful influence in
|rengtheRing her system by
living tH Tough the proper cham
all Impurities. Health and
rcnuth are guaranteed to result
Dm It's use.
Ny wife was bedridden for eighteen months.
Xer using BRADFIELD'SF FEMALE REGU.
TOR for two months. is getting well.-
j. M. JOHNSON, Malvern, Ark
RADFIELD REGULATOR co., ATLANTA, GA.
Sold BY all Druggists at si.o0 per bottle.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-12-27
ROYAL
( R M EFT UER

|ln the gentlest and happiest way, and
|th the greatest certainty known to med.
b! science, GERMETU Err removes from
b system the symptoms named above,
ring strength in place Of weakness. joy
& health in place of sickness.
There is no other remedy like It, and
ne that can do its work. And then 1t is
zeal pleasure to take it. Little children
Re it with delight, and it cures like
sgic. slOo; for $500. All druggists.
E|DgMETlER WILL elRE YOU.
/ Sold by R. G, Hardwick, druggist
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-12-27
Cold Gather
Is Comm 6!

Get you the best heater in thu
world. Fakes came and go, but tn.
genuine ROUND OAK contin
ues to lead the procession of heatins
stoves. The reason is plain, see thu
name on the leg.
We have the largest line of heat
ers in the city, ranging from So up
We Can Suit You,
SO don, 4 fail to see our stOc before buying
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-25

and concentrates power hundred and a
thousand fold and gives commensurate re-
turns for all the brain-force expended.
The profits OF the large ranch have les
sened or disappeared, while the man who
owns his well-tilled small farm and who
has the skilled intelligence to adapt him
self to modern ideas is permanently Sc
cure in his homestead. In fact, the small
fertile garden-farm represents more and
more the California ideal, for which the
whole superb land with its broad valley
plains and wild mountain wildernesses is
most completely suitable. By no other
system can the horticultural possibilities
of California be properly developed. Much
has been already done in this direction.
Within a quarter of century the total
annual value of the purely horticultural
products of the State, such as fruits, Wines
vegetables, flowers, seeds, plants, bulbs
and nursery stock, has increased from
about So, 900 600 to nearly $50, 100000. But
during that period the total area under
pillow las not increased more than 10 per
cent.
But there are other departments of
horticulture besides those which relate to
orchard and vineyard. With the growth
of finer horticultural skill and under the
pressure that greater population will GER
tainly bring to bear We shall finally wit
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-25
HORTICULTURE
AND FORESTRY.
Application of Science to
Tree Life.
The fountain Forests rIust Be
Preserved.
Written for THE CALL.
By CHARLES III. SHINN.
Inspector Experiment Station, U. c.

There never was time when the popu-
larizing OF scientific principles was more
necessary than now. Californians have
been slow to learn that the permanent
prosperity of their orchard planted valleys
must largely depend upon the mainte-
nance of the forest reserves of the Coast
Range and Sierras, but wisdom increases
from year to year, and it is becoming pos
sibe, by concerted effort, to pass and en-
force judcious forestry laws, State and
National.
Twenty years ago there was everywhere
a tendency, in outdoor California, to de-
stroy the small farmers, the small fruit
growers, the ten-acre colonists, the gar
dener and his garden. Vast empires were
being conquered by capitalists, stolen from
the Government, seized from herdsman
and miner, watered by river-like canals,
sown to wheat and alfalfa, or planted with
orchards and vineyards of ten thou
sand acres under a single ownership.
Doubtless there will always be room for
few of these noble estates, but the trend
of modern scientific thought is all toward
that higher horticulture which intensities
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-25
CONSTRUCTING
WAR VESSELS.
The Great Cruisers Built
in California.
One of the Giant Industries of
San Francisco.
Written for THE CALL
BY IRVING M. SCOTT,
President Of the Union Iron Works.

The attempt to construct war vessels of
the type required by the United States
Government on the Pacific Coast was
viewed with great distrust by people gen.
orally; looked upon by financial men as
chimerical; received the ridicule of the
great majority of people of this commu-
nifty who generally belittle their own ca
pacity, and a United States Senator, now
dead, went SO far as to state to the Secre-
tary of the Navy that these things could
not be done upon this coast. This was
the general impression of persons not well
informed.
The conditions that were charged against
and confronted the Pacific Coast enter
prise were: First the higher rate of wage s
second, higher rate of interest; third, the
freight on such articles as were not manu-
featured in this country, which would have
to be added to the cost, and the lack Of
skill of our mechanics.
The advantages claimed were uni
form climate that enabled the an
nual product of men in San Fran
cisco to average higher than in locali-
ties where they were affected by the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-25

ness the complete naturalization of large
groups of important garden industries, in
themselves seemingly of little value, but
really of immense collective Importance,
financial and intellectual. In many de-
partments California can supply the seed
trade of the world and undersell Europe.
High-class seed trade means the employ
ment of more capital per acre and neces-
sarily of more labor than is the case with
any form of the fruit industry. Under
proper conditions skilled grower of Hol-
land bulbs could undoubtedly produce
upon one acre of California land enough
bulbs to support his family from their
sale-this, be it understood, as soon az he
had taught the American market to recog-
nize the value OF his California-grown
tulips and hyacinths. With both seeds
and bulbs the profit would be small If one
only produced the common varieties, but
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-25

ana cheap supply of potash is assured to
the farmer. He is thus relieved from the
supposed need of raising cattle for the sake
OF making manure; system once sup
posed to be the panacea for the main
tenance of fertility, but by scientific in
vestigation quickly proved to be a fallacy.
The exact scientific determination of the
ingredients taken from the land by each
crop enables the farmer to give back to the
soil just what is needed to maintain its
fertility, and no more or less, instead of
fertilizing at random for all crops alike.
This is extremely definite practical infor-
nation where the land has been long
under cultivation; but where it is rela-
lively new, as in this State, investigation
shows very commonly that many soils
contain large excess of certain kinds of
plant food, which can therefore be omitted
from the purchase of fertilizers in favor Of
those in which the soil has been shown to
be poor. Thus, the investigations of the
California experiment station have shown
that potash is superintendent in the soils
of most of our valleys, while phosphoric
acid is rather deficient almost throughout
the State and that in some soils thought
so abundant that to add more by the
use of Chile saltpeter would iniure
instead OF benehting the land. The alkai
lands of the State, once considered next to
worthless, have been shown to be ex-
traordinarily rich in plant food; so that
what is needed is not to fertihze them, as
has often been done, but simply to do
away with the effect of the noxious excess
of salts by appropriate treatment, which IS
plainly indicated by the investigation.
Crops adapted to them, such as the Aus
tralian saitbush, nave been sought and
found by US in other countries. The costly
failures resulting from the random plant
ing of crops unadapted to them can mostly
be avoided by an intelligent preliminary
examination of the land. In very large
number OF cases crop failures supposed to
be due to lack of plant food in the land
and attempted to be remedied by fertiliza-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-25

business which is gigantic in its proper
tions and capable of development which,
in time, should supply the entire wants OF
the Pacific Coast. This business is already
here. 1t does not have to be developed,
and is awaiting young, energetic man
who will use the same methods in manu-
featuring here as are now used by the
most advanced institutions of the East.
If intelligently handled, there can be sue
cessfulIy built in this State all the locomo.
tives, cars and paraphernalia that apper-
tain to the running and equipping OF
railroad as cheaply as they can be made
elsewhere and brought here, and which,
to the detrlment of the entire State, are
now supplied from the East and paid for
out of moneys earned within this State.
The only attempt made to supply street.
cars or other cars in California has been
successfully carried out ty man who in
1866 was working for but 81 day for an
other person. By his own skill and hon
esty, unaided by outside capital or in
fuence, he has kept steadily at work
building up an industry, until to-day he is
building four electric passenger-cars a
week and two Bottom fatcars per day, giving
employment to large number Of men and
establishing an industry in our City worthy
of the support and commentator OF all.
In 1866 to make a tenon and mortise
took one hours work. Now the same work
is done in twenty seconds, less than half a
minute, more perfect, more complete.
The one represents the old method, which
is still in vogue in many places. The other
represents the state of the art as it exists
in the best manufacturing centers of the
United States within the State.
The building of warships and cruisers
in San Francisco made a market for the
sycamore from the San Jose Valley, which
is used for the decorative wood. The war;
ships that have been built here have been
ornamented with California sycamore,
and the decks have been laid with Oregon
pine, which has proved so satisfactory that
the ships built for the Government in the
East are now permitted to and do use to a
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-25

related to progressive, modern horticult-
ure-the preservation OF California forests,
the education of our people in that extern
sive forestry knowledge which aims to
naturalize the available wealth of other
countries, the proper utilization of all our
water supplies both for power and for irri-
CATION, and, lastly, but in truth OF pri.
mary Importance, mental and moral
evolution of a kind not easy to describe in
sentence. In some way the men and
women of California must take greater
interest in the problems involved in horti
culture. As a community we must go
back to the soil and base our civilization
more directly upon that homely corner
stone.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-11
BRIEF IGNITION.

Great Falls, Dec. 10.-Frank Wulsey
the horse meat crook, was up before
Judge Burleigh this morning. He
waived examination and was bound
over to the district court in the sum
of $500. The prisoner was remanded to
the custody of the sheriff Deputy
Sheriff Proctor accompanied him TO
Belt in search of bondsmen. Meantime
a cord of horse flesh is stacked I'D in
the rear of the county Jail awarding
the appearance OF a band Of Cree In
dams to banquet on.
Judge Hawkins, Charley Wagner and
John Moran called on Mrs c. p.
Downing this afternoon and presented
her with check for $1,000 from the
insurance department of the A. D. u.
W., OF which the late city marshal G.
L. Downing, was an honored member.
The Ammon-Stivers mining property
at Gilt Edge win hereafter be managed
by NJ. Stivers of New York who A.
now at the mines with abundant means
to work the different prospeacts sue
cessfully.
Creditors of the suspended Merchants
National bank received the receivers
checks for the third dividend TODAY
amounting to 10 per cent, making in
all 30 per cent thus far paid by rhe
bank. which failed during the panic OF
1893.
]. S. Neuman. formerly a butcher an
Great Fails, has just been convicted OF
arson in Colorado and sent to the mem
ftentiary for 10 years. During his bust
ness career in this city Neuman's meat
market was destroyed by fire twice
and in both cases he carried insurance.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-11
LEYDEN'S CASE.
HIS Attorneys viii Endsavsr TO Have
Him Put Under Bonds. .r

him Tut Under honda. 4
Great Falls, Dec. 10.-Attorneys Les.
lie and Downing had Steve Leyden,
who shot and killed Victor Elk, or Zig,
at Belt Monday night of last week,
bought before Judge Benton of the dis
trfct court this morning on a writ of
habeas corpus. the purpose of the pro-
ceedings being to have Leyden admit
ted TO bail by proving to the. court
uhere is reason to believe that defend
ant killed Zig in self-defense. The pro-
ceedfngs were decidedly interesting to-
day, inasmuch as the case must be re-
viewed and much OF the same testfmo-
ny considered that will be introduced
when Leyden is formally placed on trial
for murder. 1t is understood that Ley
denis attorneys have subpoenaed nine
witnesses who will testify that, in their
opinion, the defendent killed Ing purely
i'm seh-defense. Two of these witnesses
were on the stand to-day and their tes-
timony was favorable towards the self
defense theory.
1t is said County Attorney Freeman
has subpoenaed but one witness for the
state. He is long on witnesses, how
ever, but 1t is presumed does not intend
giving the defense the benefit of the
testimony which will be introduced by
the state at Leyden's trial in March,
Mr.. Freeman is making a strong fight
against admitting Leyden to bail and,
judging from to-day's proceedings, IL
will be several days before the court
passes on the important question at
issue.