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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-08-01
GOOD INVITATIONS OF AMBER.
Only Experts Can. Detect Them from the
Real Article.

Only Experts Cam Detect Them from the
Real Article.
When a man buys a pipe or a cigar
holder with mouthpiece, which the
dealer declares is amber, the chances
are ten to one that the purchaser is being
deceived. This assertion may seem hard
upon the seller, but so clever are the,
limitations of amber now In the market
that dealers need have little fear in
selling them. as none but an expert can
tell the false from the real. Celluloid
and amberine are the cheapest of the
limitations, says the New York Press,
and no dealer would think of recon-
mending them as amber to anyone who
appeared to know much about what he
wanted. But with amberoid it is diff
fercnt matter, for, as this substance is
made from the amber itself, there is no
perceptible difference in it's appearance
or properties. This is made from small
bits of amber ground fine and COM
pressed by hydraulic power. The proc
ess is secret possessed only by few
manufacturers in Vienna. All the long
stems of a clear, beautiful amber,
which give a meerschaum or briar so
fancy price, are made of amberoid,
excepting, perhaps, pipes of the highest
value. The belief that the sure test of
amber is that it will pick up paper has
deceived many people, for amberoid
will do the same thing, as will amber
inc, which is a still cheaper compost
ton made in England. Experts tell
celluloid at glance, but anyone may
distinguish it by it's smell of camphor,
which enters largely into it's compost
ton. Most of the amber sold comes
from along the Black sea in Turkey
and Germany. Here, buried in the
sand, is found the sea-green amber of
almost priceless value. This is chiefly
used for jewelry, although smokers ar
ticlcs arc sometimes made from it.
Green amber is seldom seen in this
country. Black amber, used for iewelry
and inlaying. and mill1-white amber are
also valuable. For many, centuries
amber has been regarded with favor on
account Of It's supposed medicinal pro-
pertics. a pipe stein which is valuable
and odd is one made from the pinion of
an albatross. The bones from the wing
arc about q foot and a half long and
hollow. They arc sold in this city by
sailors who capture the large birds that
alight on the masts of ships at sea.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-08-01
DOlNGS OF EURO e.

In many European CO. ries the
practice has been adopted i planting
nut and fruit trees in pla" { merely
shade trees along the highv'.'. ).
NEXT September the sc D." Italian
geographical congress wi; +! e held at
Rome, during the celebr. a Of the
twenty-fifth anniversary O. % unifica-
ton Of Italy.
PARIS keeps up it's MOI crusade.
The police have closed fie leaves
d'harmonie," in the Lat quarter,
where singing was kept up .,fter mid
night, because they were nc.sy and the
songs were indecent.
No FEWER than 900 estates are to be
sold ut auction by the State Bank of
Russia, which has forecloscd the mort
cages. They nearly all belong to no.
bles who are hopclessly insolvent, in a
few cases through succession of bad
harvests, but generally through ex-
travaRance and neglect,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-08-01
! sc MilliOnaire,

Who is this Woodworking man?
This is the millionaire, the man who
wanted to be rich and has got rich,
and is getting richer every day. Is
he the happier for it? Happy? Bless
your soul, he is more miserable, fuller
of cares and anxieties and harder work
than ever, He is the veriest slave Of
them ali. He Is pushed with bust
ness and business is pushing him. He
has so many irons in the fire that
some of them are burning his fingers
while others are getting cold. His
present life is arush from the meeting
of this board to the meeting of that
board, and thence to some other board,
He is director of this company and
trustee in that and silent partner in
another, world without end and more
coming. He hasn't time to eat and
scarcely to sleep, and when he does
lay his poor head on the pillow he
can't stop business plans and schemes,
HOpGS anu lSuIS lEOHl WIlTIl1B duu
whirling through it. He can't take a
day to spend in quiet out of town,
and if he could he would take all of
his business with him into the woods.
He is slave and victim. His mil
lions in bank don't bring him so much
enjoyment as new 10-cent piece Civ
en- to boy ten years old. He is in
fected with the mania for getting, and
the more he gets the more he wants.
If you could see him just as he is and
where he is inevitably going and how
he is going there you would pity him.
He is one OF the coming victims of
dementia paralytica, the prevailing
ailment among SO many Wall street
men.-TeXas Siftings.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-08-01

Cleveland Plain Dealer:--Let this
discussion go on; let the light be
poured in on the subject; let the PEG,
pie be enlightened; and when they
are enlightened, and they know how
they have been robbed by the inHu.
ence of the Wall streets and LON.
bard streets, in their might they will
rise up and reinstate the free coinage
law upon our statute book.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-08-01

Easy to take, sure to cure, no pain
nothing to dread, pleasant little pills
DeWilt's Little Early Risers. Best
for Sick Headache, Biliousness, Sour
Stomach and Constipation. FF.Mul.
err ut
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-08-01

Severe gripping pains of thestomach
and bowels instantly and effectually
stopped by DeWitt's Collie and Choi.
era Cure. T.. +. Muller.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-08-01

An immense stock OF the latest pat
terms in wall papers and carpets lust
received at Remnants. Their prices
are all right. Try them.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-08-01

There is no doubt, no failure, when
you take DeWitt's Collie q Cholera
Cure. 1t is pleasant, acts promptly,
no bad after effects II. T.. Muller.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-04-26
An Incident and an Accident.

A handsome woman elegantly dress.
ed. aud circlet of black silk surmount-
ed by silver buckle assisted hy rule
that requires people who ride ON street
cars To pay cents for the privilege
caused "a amusing episode on "A car of
the Suburban line Yesterday afternoon.
The lady took seat near the rear of
the car. There were but lev p.ssen-
gers aboard and they were seated near
the front.
The conductor wenI 20 collect the
lady's fare. She reached for her pock-
etbook She shook ont her handker-
chief and looked in her lap and ON the
seat beside her. Then blush over
spread her face and with embarrassment
she asked the conductor to return 30
che platform, saying that she would pay
her tare IN a few moments
The conductor evidently had an ink
liz of the truth. for he loft her without
"A word. ~ soon as he bad gone the
woman's right shoulder was seen 10
suddenly stoop, as though she were
about 10 pick something nom the floor.
Then her left hand went over 20 assist
her right and after few moments of
fumbling she resumed an upright post
ure and sigh OF relief escaped her
After a proper time elapsed the con-
ductor again went forward and she at
once paid her :are, taking the coin from
small purse and slightIyly flushed a.
she murmured few words of apology
for having kept him waiting.
She left the car at 9Th street aud a
few second later the conductor hap
pening to pass the seat she had just va
Gated, stopped, looked down and then
reached for something he saw on the
floor. 1t was a neat black silk garter,
with silver buckle, and had evidently
not been securely fastened after having
been Embossed to allow the lady to Sc
cure her purse from its hiding place
wherever that was-.St. L0uS Hcpubltc.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-04-26

"rhere is nothing takes such deep
hold of popular fancy rs a simple song
full of homely sentiment that everybody
can comprehend and appreciate, said
a music dealer on Wabash avenue The
great singers have all recognized this.
Patti, for instance, will be known Il
most people as the woman who could
sing Home Sweet Home, sweeter than
any other woman on earth long after
they have forgotten Lucia Ill Hammer.
moor.
Christine Nilsson almost invariably
responded TO an encore with Way
Down Upon the Suanee River. | think
Clara Louise Kellogg's encore program
included Home, Sweet Home What
Jenny Lind sang don't recall, but il
having a run of Ben Bolt. BY the way.
do you know, that the song had brief
revival some years ago, as result OF
its Introduction into Cables DR. Sewer.
The doctor was one of the most rigid
members Of the old French aristocracy
in New Orleans-cold and unapproach-
able. He was finally completely melt
ed by hearing the wife of the hero OF
the story singing about sweet Alice,
whose hair was so brown and all the rest
of it. The song didn't have very much
of vogue, however, and was soon for.
gotten again.
why it should be all the rage now
don't quite understand. Whether Trilby
made the song or the sony has helped
to make Trilby is question with me.
| think it may be little of both. This
song is the one touch of pure nature
and simplicity in that Paris life where
one sees artificiality and suggested
moral unceanness on every hand.
think its the dark background that
brought it out"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-04-26
BORN TO BE EATEN.
Chinese Dog brought 10 Baltimore by
sea Captain Queer Practices.

The Chinese Chow dog which has
been presented to Lyon, Hall ~ Co. by
Capt. Mahany of the bark Foohng Suey,
from Hong Kong i one of many kinds
of dogs that are eaten in China. The
word chow" is Chinese for food and
mas been transplanted into English in
the word "chow-chow. The full name
of the species of dog presented 10y Capt.
Mahaby j. Chinese black-tongued chow
dog SAYS the Baltimore sun. 1t is
yellow, with comparatively long hair,
and not unlike a collie or an ksquimau
dog in size and general appearance.
Its head resembles that of wolf aud
its tongue j. 80 back a. TO make il look
as if the animal had been drinking ink.
Dog meat i one Of the regular items in
a Chinaman bill of fare when he il
able to get it.
Few persons in this country have
any idea of the variety of queer things
eaten in China, said j. Crawford Lyon.
Dogs, cats, rats, anglewormS, insects.
fowls, and reptiles of every sort, ne
continued are TO be seen on sale in
meat shops everywhere i'm that empire
They are kept alive and killed as soon
can be bought already slain. but un-
cooked, OF they can be bought cooked.
The blood from the slaughter is kept
and made into soups and other dishes.
the .black-tongued chow dog is the
dog most often eaten, hut, "a far as
saw when | was in China. there IS no
species of the animal which the natives
will not eat. There are some kinds
that are considered more dainty than
others just as in this country in the
case of hogs, but the average China
man is so poor that he is glad to get
anything TO eat
The ordinary food of chow dogs is
rice and fish. Meat is not given 10 them
because II is believed that il will make
them mad. never heard of any spec
ial food being given them to make
their flesh more palatabe when eaten.
Il have tasted dog meat in Canton.
1t was served like praised beef, and |
found that it had no special or peculiar
taste and was not AT all disagreed BILE.
Ii is served IN a number Of STYLES
John X. TAFT the artist, in letter
suggests that the recent difficulty Of
the Baltimore custom-house appraisers
in determining the value of the chow
dog might have been settled had they
classified it a. edible meat easily. Some
years ago a laurel crown was sent bv
Belgian artists to Vienna to be placed
there on the coffin of the painter Hans
Makart. The local customs officers
were in similar quandary about the
entrance duty, but it was finally ar
ranged by admitting the the wreath un-
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-04-26
His Worldly Goods.

81 shall never forget, said an old
clergyman recently, the first marriage
ceremony | ever performed. ! was
newly ordained and newly married, and
was on my own wedding Journey in the
Southern States. We had stopped TO
visit some relatives of my wife, when
one of the servants, learning that was
a clergyman, thought it good oppor-
tunity for wedding the man of her
choice. The service was to he per-
formed at the residence of the groom,
tiny cabin not far from the house. and
my young wife with a bevy of girl
friends, went along ostensibly to act rs
witnesses but really TO see the fun.
Matters went on smoothly enough till
the bridegroom struck the sentence,
and with all my worldly goods | thee
endow, when il occurred 10 him that il
would probably be more businesslike to
enumerate the items. Starting in with,
Dis we're cabin en- de ba'an, he went
through with a list of all his possessions,
refreshing his memory from time to
time with rapid glances around the
room TO make sure that nothing had
been omitted. He finally wound up
breathess on the three pieces er hawg
meat an de mewl, leaving me with my
place in the prayer book lost, and my
mental faculties in state OF chaos.
The girls had long before fled from the
cabin, prudently distressing their power
of self-control so | finished up as best |
could and followed them. | have never
married "a couple since without slight
nervousness as the man neared that
place in the service. Suppose some
millionaire should take it into his head
to emulate my colored friend and
enumerate his worldly goods in the mid
die of the ceremony"-Kate Fields
Washington.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-04-26
BABY BYE. HERE'S A Ely"
4 Famous school Reader Song and the
Celebrated Man Who Wrote Ia.

Theodore TitOn was one of the most
promising aud ~ one of the most gifted
OF American writers. says the Washing
ton star He has not lived in the
United States for twenty years and has
not been here since his lecture tour of
ten years ago. | believe. He has his
permanent residence in Paris. where
found him a little while ago IN his pleas
ant and comfortable nome on ST. Louis
island i'm the seine
Elton aud | studied phonograph in
the same class when we were boys and
have kept the Old friendship alive. The
great stone house on whose first floor
is hls rambling suite of rooms j. on the
very banks of bohemia but he lives
neither like a bohemian nor an anchor-
lie, bat Ike quiet gentleman sur
rounded los comfort. content 10 get
through lie Pleasantly and do no harm.
In the midst OF libraries and galleries
he has rare opportunities 10 study and
such leisure or activity a. he prefers,
and hi, quarters probably cost him only
a fraction Of what they would in New
York OF Washington.
He has written enough good things 10
establish any mans reputation. such a.
his 'Conlab with a Cricket, The
Meadows 1t A-phodel, My Greed,
etc, and when said 20 him. "Iheo-
dore yom Baby Bye Here, Fly j.
in million American schooi-books: Id
give my pen-iinger To have written ii,
ne answered; THAT little song was
written some thwty-tye years ago for
my daughter Florence, then "A child. /
was spending my summer vacation at
Newburg- Ou-the- Hudson NV neigh
Dor was the well-known New York
physician DR. Carroll Durham. He
was great lover of natural history and
"A daily devotee 10 the microscope. We
used 10 ride together over the NewbuTg
hills. examining every nook and corner
70 find strange flowers and insects.
"Oue day he burst out with great in-
dignation al the tlimsy and inaccurate
use of scientific facts in the prevailing
literature for children. He mad bought
an illustrated book for his little boy
and, disguised to lind in il picture of
a spider with six instead of eight legs,
the offended scientist tore out the Of
Tending page and flung it away. ! was
much impressed by this act So inn
mediately set TO work and wrote The
Fly When the verses were finished
! handed them 10 him Let me see. he
said, If they will bear the test OF the
miscroscope. His wife was an ac-
complished woman - author of the
Mary Brown books for children. The
two critics did me the honor to say that
my little piece did not violate the facts
of nature and that it contained no stauza
to be angrily torn out and flung away
How long ago that song was written.
And how long, alas, those two friends,
the first 10 take an interest in the verses
have now been in their graves
Tilton', Washington friends may like
to know that ne spent the summer down
al the seaside on the English channel
where he was one of charming party
AT the Villa Castlemar. As he loves
salt water ike crab, he may not yet
have gone back TO Paris.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-04-26
MASSAGE FOR BLACK EYES.
Better Than Paint and Beefstesk for OBJ
literating Evidence fTistic Encounters.

Those who make business of oblit-
Grating evidence of listlc encounters in
the shape OF black eyes 10y painting tie
damaged optics no longer enjoy mo-
nopoly of such business This was
told hy "a pugili,tic acquaintance whose
experience entities him 10 be regarded
as an authority ON the subject.
Massage treatment of tne region az
iected, he SAID. will beat paint aud
raw beel,teak all hollow. Bun ii should
Ice applied Immediately after the injury
is received i'm order 10 prove thoroughly
ehicaciou, II does not require an eX-
pert TO dO il. All that j. necessary is
To move the fingers rapidly aud firmly
over the bruised surface. and 10 keep it
dp until the last yestige of disculoration
ha> disappeared. The explanation j.
easy Where the blow has been re-
ceived the blood becomes congested. II
!, The eliot, of blood showing through
the transparent skin that produces the
black effect. The pressure of the tin
gers gradually loosens the ciotted blood.
which passes off into the general cur
rent of circulation, and fresh aud prop
eIiy colored blood take, H. place.
However a, rule the professional
pug doe, not bother himself about
acceieraling the disappearance OF
black eye 1t is a >ign which proclaims
the tact that IL proprietor has recently
filled an engagement and as such he is
an object OF envy to his less fortunate
brethren. 1t is the man about town,
whose overindulgence occasionally
causes him to forget that discretion is
the better part of valor, who i apt to
profit most 10y the knowledge that mas
sage, promptly applied, will remove
the signs OF mourning from an eye that
has been IN violent contact with some
other fellow list, and thus obviate the
necessity OF inventing "A story to ac-
count Tor IT, which, however Ingenious,
vii! be sneered at by ,keptica and in
credulous acquaintances, some OF whom
may have been there themselves.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-04-26
Was "A Discriminating Owl.

A Ledyaid farmer eleven miles south
of Norwich. Conn, bagged a boot owl
with Ia steel trap at his hen house one
night recently, the biggest, greediest,
most ferocious one probably ever taken
in the county The bird had visited his
farmyard half dozen times after night
fall. and ON each visit picked up one of
the farmers tat hens or plump chick
ems, and went away to his home in "a
hollow tree with his prey. Finally he
tackled "a twelVe-pound turkey gobbler
The turkey struggled with his foe, how
ever. aud fierce battle ensued in which
the turkey was speedily slain. but the
owl was unable to get away with his
game, aud after partly plucking it, by
the dry process" popular in the Nut
meg state eft the gobbler's remains
head. bone. and peek OF feathers-iu
the farmer yard
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-04-26
Buffalo Robes Growing Scarce.

One of the results that have naturally
followed the practical determination of
the buffalo from the plains is ire
mendous advance in the prices of buff
falo robes, which are so popular with
all drivers VINO have to face the chilling
blasts of winter. A few years ago
these robes could be bought for from
80 to so apiece, according to quality.
but they have now become so scarce
that they bring anywhere from 500 TO
800. Even old ones bring good prices
from the farmers, who appreciate the
warmth of the thick hide. At an auc-
ton sale in Bucks county the other day
an old one was sold for $50. Doubtless
in the years to come the price will con-
tinue to advance, and finally the robes
will disappear altogether and be no
longer obtainabe at any price. -PttLa-
QelDhiu RecOrd..
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-04-26
SOME ADVISE FOR GIRLS.
Boys and Girls should he Openly and
Honestly the Best of Friends.

am not one of those people who
fancy il dreadful thing for boys and
girls 10 be friends Why should there
be any question in the matter? am
sorry when | notice, as do once in a
while, tendency on the part of girl
10 blush and shipper and look conscious
when boys are around. This is very
silly indeed, and no sensible girl does.
Boys and girls should be comrades, and
should meet and know each other IN a
simple natural fashion. as brothSs and
sisters do. Now that winter is here
with It's chances Cor out-of-dOor sport
skating, sleighing. tobogganing, amt
whatever else winter brings in It's train
the young people of a neighborhOod
ought to have many delightful outings
in common says writer in Hdrpcr
lOUHg People. And it, as is often the
case, the sons and daughters OF certain
families are in school together side 10y
side in recitations there i all the more
chance for their having fun when school
j. over. Jack IL apt 10 be polite to Jill
= she helped him out in his arithmetic.
20 YOU remember Writers pretty
stanzas about the schoolhouse and the
little scene he recalls?
I'm sorry that spclt the word,
hate TO 60 above you
Never, dear girls, indulge in any
thing which has an air of mystery in
your dealings with boy friends. Let the
walks and talks and drives be open and
under the eye of your older friends, and
you will find the breezy bright com
panionship OF clever boy will be worth
having.
Sisters should look out for their broth
ers in countless little ways. A sister
can make home so pleasant and CHEEKY
that her brother will prefer it of an
evening TO any other place. She may
take pride in having her brothers escort
when she goes about, and even if she
does not particularly care to 60 some
where he proposes it for amusement, she
will oblige him if she is the loving and
unseliish sister have in mind and sacr-
tice her own inclination to keep him
company.