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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-02-17
Congressional.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE Senate
amendments to the Chicago Public
Building bill were agreed to by the
House t today.
The Denver Mint bill was called up
by Chairman Bland Of the Coinage
Committee. Pence OF Colorado spoke
Of the advantage to be gained from
coming gold at the Denver assay Of
lice. because large quantities OF gold
are mined III the surrounding country.
In reply to Il question from Dingley
Of Maine he explained that the officers
will be given the same compensation
received by those at the Carson City
branch mint. 1t was agreed that a
vote be taken mt the end Of the SEES
sion to.day. Somers OF Wisconsin
was, at his request, relieved of duty
on the Committee on Public Lands
and Caminctti Of California wns up
pointed TO the vacancy.
The House then went into Commit
tee Of the Whole and resumed the
consideration OF the Legislative appro-
priation bill.
The bill to incorporate the Intcrna-
tional Pacific Gable Company for a
cable from California to the Hawaiian
Islands, thence to Japan and other
points in the Pacific and mainIands
OF Asia and Australia was introduced
in the House to day 10y Representa-.
tive Charles w. Stone OF P~cnnsyl.
ranin. The incorporators are William
Alvord, Samuel T. Alexander, Hugh
Craig, William 4. Diamond. AlfredS.
Hartweil, Edward B. Pond, John
Irwin, Ray Stone, \. G.. HAYES, Her
man Oelrichs, Charles II. Bishop. s.
w. McNear. Lewis b. Parrot. Vim.
Buckner, n. l.. Taylor. o. ID. Bald
win, Henry f. Allen, w. j. Adams
aud John ID. Spreckels. The bill pro.
poses to give the company the right to
hold the requisite connections of land
offices and stations and exercise such
powers us may be granted by any
other government with the provision
that nothing in the Act be construed
to commit the United States to any
financial liability or n guarantee Of
carrying out its contracts.
SENATE.
Senator Hill has introduced a reso.
luton declaring coin bonds to be nay
able in gold il the government cannot
maintain n purity between gold and
silver.
The Senate today agreed to the
conference report on the bill for the
removal and settlement Of the South
ern Utcs.
German withdrew his motion TO re.
consider the bill affecting the impor.
tant railroad mineral lnnds in Mon.
tana and Idaho. After some amend.
ments had been agreed to, Pcttigrew
presented n resolution nrraigning the
management of the Union and Cen
trail Pacific railroads. and directing
the President to employ counsel to re-
cover tho sums stolen by the Direct
ors, 'hnd use the sinking fund to pay
Off the first mortgage.
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STATE LEGISLATURE.
sEvEHTBEs SESSION
kIshte.nth p.y.. froee.dInr..

Carson, Feb. 4, 1895.
SENATE.
Met at IL a. NJ, Lieutenant. Cover
nor Sadler presiding
Roll call.
Prayer by Chaplain.
Reading OF Journal Us usual.
DEFICIENCY BILL.
BY Comins, without previous notice
ID No. 15-Providing for the pay
ment OF OF the deficiency in the ap-
preparation for 1893 9i-s5, 40 60.
Claims.
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Tho FIRE. Coinage BIII.

Following ia the free coinage hill
reported bp the Senate Finance Com.
mittee:
That from and after tho passage OF
this Act the Secretary Of tho Treasury
is hereby authorized and directed to
receive ut any United States mint
from any citizen OF tho United States
silver bullion Of standard nncness,
and coin the same into silver dollars
NJ 1929 grains each. Tho seigniorage
Of enid bullion shall belong to the
United States, and shall DO the dit.
ference between tho coinage value
thereof and the market price OF tho
bullion IN Now York on the day the
doposit IL made, aud all expenditures
Tor coinage done under the pro.
visions Of this Act shall DO paid out
OF said seigniorage. and the Sec.
Rotary Of the Treasury shall deliver
to the d~cpositors Of such bullion
standard silver dollars equal in
amount To the price thereof ms aforc.
said, and whenever the said coins
herein provided for shall be received
into tho Treasury certificates may
be issued thereon In tho manner now
provided by law.
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bills INTRODUCED

Bills INTRODUCED
BY McNaughton, y Is No 50-Auth.
orizing the funding OF the indebted
ness OF Esmeralda county. Esmeral.
da delegation.
BY Noel, \ b No 51-For the relief
OF l.. F.. Dunn. III. p. Flannery aud
jas. Hardy, Committee OF Whole.
BY Crisler, A B No 52--To regulate
the practice OF dentistry in this State.
Public Morals.
BY Denton, \ B No 53-To encour.
age agriculture. Permits the sale Of
farm PRODUCTS without license. Ag-
riculturc.
By Beck. a b No 5i-To fix the
number Of Co. Commissioners. Pro.
vides for tive districts and the same
number Of Commissioners. Counties
and County Boundaries.
GENERAL FILE.
Act concerning c~onveyances. Laid
on table.
By Corycll, \ b No 35-Act to pro.
vide for the care of the State Muse.
UNI. Passed.
BY Coryell, \ b No 2G-Providing
for printing and compiling the min
ing laws OF this State. Passed-2o
ayes; l no.
BY Pitt, y b No 3i-Concerning
public highways and to facilitate the
opening Of new roads. Passed.
By Conboie, y Is No 1910 regu.
late the cost OF transporting the re-
mains Of deceased persons. Provides
that corpses shall be transported at
first class passenger rates. Ordered
~engrossed.
At 1920 recess till . p. III.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
A b No 2s-Providing for the es.
adjustment OF high schools in the VA.
rious counties, on motion of WeiIand
was recommitted to the Judiciary
Committee.
GENERAL FILE.
BY Beck, A. b. No. 2.--Limiting
the powcs OF certain county officers.
Gives County Commissioners sole
power to contract for supplies, etc,
with certain exceptions. Passed
Ayes 81; nays2.
by Mcdonald, \ d No ls-Provid.
ing for the copying OF the Assembly
journal for the State Printer by Miss
Nellie Sweeney Of Carson for $50.
Passed unanimously.
BY Allen OF Eureka, 4 No 10
Clerical aid in the State Library
Provides for m assistant at $3.50 per
annum. \ substitute was offered by
Denton which, on motion Of Conboie,
was laid an the table and the original
bill was then passed-o to Z.
Allen OF Eureka moved TO econ.
slider the vote by which 4 b No IS was
passed. Carried. There is an m.
preparation in this bill, and it had
never been considered in Committee
OF the Whole.
by Beck, y b No 2O-To repeal Act
authorizing the Commissioners of
Washoc county to issue bonds for
road purposes. Passed unanimous.
ly.
y mo 1S-Considered in Commit.
tee OF the Whole, Allen OF Eureka in |
the chair. Reported favorably and in
regular session passed unanimously.
a B No 5l-Relief OF Dunn. Elan.
merry and Hardy. Also considered in
of the Whole, reported fa. |
vorably and in regular session passed
unanimously.
Beck moved that A c r No O.
Woman Suffrage Constitutional
Amendmcnt-be taken from the In.
pie and made special order for newt
monday at 2 p. IN. Carried.
At2;o0 r. NJ. Assembly adjourned.
Nintccnth Days P~rocccdIno.
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NOTICE OF BILLS.

BY Beck-Aet to increase the mum,
Der Of members in the Boards OF
County Commissioners in the various
counties OF the State.
BY Hogan-Act for relief of Grover
Cleveland. President OF the United
States.
BY Conboie-Bill relative to sala-
ries Of certain officers OF Storey coun.
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Tho Pekin Gazette. u journal that
was 200 years old when the Normans
conquered England. Inns the distinc.
iion Of having had 1900 Of It's editors
beheaded. lite contemporaries nc
knowledge the scoop, and have no
idcaof trying to break tho record says
the Colusa Herald.
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GENERAL FILE.

The unfavotable report OF the con-
mittec on the claims OF John Mullen
was adopted.
BY Comins. S C r No. s-Opposing
National and State banks Of issue as
being detrimental to the cause of sill.
YER. Considered engrosscd, and on
final passage carried II yeas, l ab
sent.
BY Skaggs. S b No. S-Prohibiting
free passes TO members and public
officers. Having been returned from
Committee without recommendation
it was re.referred to Judiciary Com
mittee.
At NJ. the Senate adjourned.
ASSEMBLY.
Assembly called to order, Speaker
Allen in the Chair.
Roll call.
Prayer by Chaplain.
Reading OF Journal MS usual.
Coryell, for Committee on Corpora.
tons. reported A b No. Z with recon.
mendation that il he referred to the
delegations of the counties through
which the Air Line railroad proposed
to pass.
Beck moved that the bill be referred
to Il select committee composed OF
delegates from White Pine, Eureka,
Lander, Churchill and Washoe coun.
ties. Carried.
y message was received from the
Governor transmitting report OF
Worlds Fair Commissioners.
MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS
McNaughton moved that Senate
resolution relative to the inaugural
ball be laid upon the table. Carried
Ia to 10.
McNaughton moved that Senate
Resolution No. Z, relative to the OK.
cellcnt public services of G. w. G..
Ferris, be adopted. Carried.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-10-04


the following structures are o,'en 70
the public: Manufactures and Liberal
Arts, o16x870 feetl Machinery, locx5oo
feet; Minerals and Forestry, sox22o feet;
Agriculture, 100000 feet; Electricity,
e1x25o feet; Transportation, i2ex4ia feet;
Woman's building. il0x22o feet; Fine
Arts building, ic0xo45 feet; Negro
building. looxsOo feet The buildings
are imposing, substantial and roomy,
the designs being mostly Romanesque
The Mineral and Forestry building Is
a handsome mosaic Of all the woods to
be found In the south The Horticult.
ural building is especially designed to
make a complete exhibit of the fora OF
the south, Not the least interesting
feature Of the exposition is the negro
exhibit, which shows the, best work of
the negro race In every department of
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-10-04
COTTON STATES FAIR.
The Great Southern Exposition
Opened in Grand Style.
Buildings OF Great size and Excellent
Arrangement what the Nations of
Europe and America Are
I Displaying.
special Atlanta tea.l Letter

The opening of the Cotton States and
International exposition at Atlanta,
Ca, September IS. marked new
epoch in the relations between the
north and south. The ceremonies fol-,
lowed so closely upon the opening of,
the Chickamauga-Ch Chattanooga national
park and the great Grand Army en-
campment at Louisville that they may
be said to have cemented the bond Of
brotherhood entered into by the boys
in blue and the boys in gray at their
profitable and entertaining reunions.
The month of September. 1895, will,
live in American history forever, be-
cause 1t witnessed the end of sectional
ism and the beginning of the end of
the. r&ce question in the south
Judge Emory Speers, of the United
States court at Macon, Ca. delivered a
dedicatory speech at Atlanta which
was as full of national sentiment as
was Henry Wattersons magnificent
prose poem, which is still the talk OF
both sections of the country. And
Prof. Booker T. Washington. most
famous Of negro educators, astounded
his thousands of hearers by pointing
out'the progress made by, his race In
every line of legitimate industry, The
professor proved his. statements by
figures, and convinced his audience
that harmonious cooperation would
benefit the blacks not whit more than
the whites.
The wheels of the exposition were
set in motion by President Cleveland,
who touched gold-rimmed button at
tached to wire connecting his Buzz
yards Bay retreat with the motor in
machinery hall at Atlanta. This act
of the nations chief magistrate closed
the elaborate opening programme, and
the people of the south, assisted by a
large delegation from the north, took,
possession of the exposition grounds
whose beauty has been commented upon
time and again in these columns.
The Cotton States fair, although not
yet complete, will be the greatest ex-
position ever held in the United States,
excepting only the Chicago fair. In
some respects the Centennial exposition
at Philadelphia was superior to this
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lagos. Then there Is big revolving
wheel, and no end of other novelties
that will make the Midway Heights
an exceptionally lively place. The cleo
trio fountain will compare with that OF
the Chicago exposition. The water
rises 1870 feet and flows at the rate of
$4,000 gallons minute. One Of the
features of historic interest will be the
old liberty bell from Philadelphia.
The awards to be given by the Cotton
States and International exposition
officials are to be on strictly compet-
tive basis. President CLAN, of Johns
Hopkins university, is chief of the bu-
reau of awards, and has evolved a sys-
tenn which he has called the Atlanta
system" He invited recognized ex-
perts in every department of labor, in
dustrial, artistic, or otherwise, to serve
as judges, and has been particularly
fortunate in securing the consent of
those invited. His system recognizes
four degrees of excellence in exhibits
The lowest is that of honorable men
ton. The next includes original de.
sign and superior workmanship, and
for these qualities bronze medal will
be awarded. The third degree includes
notable achievement in any art or in
dustry, and this will be recognized
with silver medal. The highest award,
gold medal, will be made for exhibits
which not only display the qualities
already mentioned, but have distinct
relation to the nations progress, ''for
40 10 sx,u 81 90 49,
significance, public works of wide
spread influence, new and noteworthy
educational establishments, improve
ments in the production of staple
articles, advances in the art of trans
portation, and contributions to the en-
joyment of life, such as parks, mu-
seums, etc" BY this system the awards
in the various classes of merit will have
specific meaning and value and will
represent honest competition.
Of Atlanta itself little need be said.
That the city is possessed of pluck is
shown by it's attempting this enterprise
so shortly after the Worlds Columbian
exposition. The business quarter is
built compactly. The electric cars run
to every part of the city. There are
many beautiful residence streets, and
taken altogether Atlanta is one of the
prettiest cities in the south. Georgia,
Tennessee and Alabama expect that
the exposition will be a great benefit to
them, inasmuch as it will acquaint the
northerner with the rich mineral fields
and the fertile agricultural districts
awaiting settlement. In five years At
lanta has doubled its population, AID it
is believed that this opportunity to
study the possibilities of the south will
not only benefit Atlanta, but the sur.
rounding territory.
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Not a Good Likeness.

1t is not always easy to recognize the
gentlemen and ladies of sculpture"
No wonder the old lady in the follow
ing story, taken from the Evangelist,
was somewhat in doubt: In the ''monu-
ment room" of Trinity church is large
marble tablet pat up in memory of the
late Bishop Hobart. 1t is bas-relief,
representing the bishop as dying, and
sinking into the arms of an allegorical
female figure, probably intended for
the angel of death. Years ago an aged
couple from the country were shown
about the church, and when they
reached the tablet they paused long
before it. At last the dear old lady
spoke. That's good likeness of the
bishop" she said, "but"-here she re-
garded the angelic parsonage attentive
ly-''it's poor one Of Mrs. Hobart. /
knew her well, and she didn't look like
thatr
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CENTRAL SECTION ON MAcHIN


southern enterprise, but in others It
was decidedly inferior. Foreign ex-,
hibitors have taken a lively interest in,
the Atlanta fair; probably because it
promises to open new market for their
manufactures.
Mexico makes complete exhibit of
her resources, and picturesque Next
can village has been built ON the
grounds. Guatemala will also have a
village, in addition to fine general ex-'
hibit. Nicaragua, Honduras, Vene-l
zuela and Colombia also fill space.
Cuba has a fine exhibit of tobacco and
other products of the island.
The European exhibits comprise
these: Great Britain pottery,
electro plate and silverware, cut crys-
t...,, Sheffield cutlery, Birmingham
goods, Bradford woolens and cloth,
Coventry cycles, pianos, furniture,
chemical products, terra Gotta statuary,
ship models and railway appliances,
books, etc.
Tapestries, rich drawing
room furniture, bronzes, lamps, statua-
ry, upholstery, scientifis and electrical
appliances, marine and mathematical
instruments, Partisan novelties, jewell
ry and fancy ornaments, enamels. APP
paratus used at Pasteur institute for
the discovery and treatment OF bac-
terra and bacilli, perfumery, soaps,
wines and liquors.
Germany-Pianos, artistic majolica,
Dresden china and glassware, cut
stones, new photo paintings and scien-
tific apparatus and appliances.
Italy-Most important and beautiful
collection of marble statuary, carved
aud artistic furniture of all descrip-
ns, decorated panels and drawing
room ornaments, artistic bronzes, Ro-
man and Florentine mosaics, Venetian
glassware, artistic maiolica and GER
amics, Neapolitan corals aud tortoise
shell ornaments, Roman canoes, artis-
tic and high-class jewelrv, tapestries,
cloth and cotton fabrics, hats, bicycles
and sewing machines, chemical and
pharmaceutical products, scholastic
and scientific books aud publications,
and great variety of exhibits in olive
oil, wines and liquors.
Belgium Brussels lace, embroideries,
patent hand stitching machines. opera
tive exhibits of glass engraving, fancy
goods, chocolates, spices, etc.
RUSSIA very important collection
Of Russian furs, from one of the largest
fur manufacturers of st. Petersburg;
aiAifa splendid collection of stuffed
bears, seals and other animals, Russian.
silversmith work and enamels, carved
wood and art fabrics, etc
The various exposition buildings are
nearing completion rapidly, but they
arc even now worth visiting. Besides
the United States government building
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-10-04
PEN AND INK DRAWING.
Modern Imitation OF the Ancients by
New Process.

Modern Imitation of the Ancients by
New Process.
1t is easy, of course, to understand
how pen drawing should have come to
be SO largely employed and elaborated.
: is a matter of rer ~oduction for illus
ration. Ar etching'will not print with
type, nor with a steel engraving. This,
says the London Spectator, led in the
early part of the century to the imita-
ton of steel engravings by wood en-
gravers, who did the business most
skillfully with immense labor. The
drawings for them were mostly made
in pencil. But Photographic process
rendered the Intervention of the wood
engraver needless, If the artist made
pen drawing that would photograph
and process we'll. A pure technical
difficulty can be overcome by large
numbers of craftsmen; large numbers,
accordingly, have learned to make pen
drawings to supplant wood engravings.
But it should be noted that to do this
is itself kind of reproductive process.
Few elaborate pen drawings are made
without studious foundation In some
other material. The pen line must fire.
quently be traced or drawn over the
pencil line, very much like the engrav-
er's tool.
The point about the moderns and an
clients, then, resolves itself into the
imitation by the moderns in q new
medium of the technique of an old. 1t
is certain that the ancients could have
performed this feat II they had chosen,
not altogether certain that they would
have chosen, For, to consider those
other points Of reproduction and dis
sernination, the modern master seems
to be In no greater hurry than the an
cient to make use Of the new facilities.
When such master does take up the
pen, he handles it to much grander ef-
feet than do its devotees.
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WORK az rig MISSISSIPPI.
Every Year the Fasher OF Waters Carries
Down ypnlre Mile Of Land.


The Mississippi has in the course of
ages transported frora the rlountains
and high land within it's drainage area
sufficient materisi TO make 100000
square niles Of new land by Filing up
an estuary which extended rom its
original oatiall to the Gulf OF Mexico
for length of 800 miles. and in width
from 80 to 40 miles. This river, says
Longman's Magazine, is still pouring
solid matter into the gulf, where it is
spread out in fan-like shape over
coast line of $50 miles, and is filling up
at the rate Of 362, 600, 000 tons year, or
six times as much soil as was removed
in the construction of the Manchester
ship canal, and sufficient to make q
square mile of new land, allowing for
1t having to fill up the gulf to depth
of 80 yards.
Some idea of the. vastness of this
operation may be conceived when the
fact is considered that some of this soil
has to be transported more than 5000
miles; and that II the whole of it had
to be carried on boats at the lowest
rate at which heavy material is carried
on the inland waters of America, or,
say, for onc7tenth Of penny per ton
per, mile over an average OF half the
total distance, the cost would be no less
a sum than e2ss, 900, 900 a year. Through
the vast delta thus formed the river
winds its way, twisting and turning by
innumerable bends until 1t extends its
length to nearly 1900 miles, or more
than double the point-to-point length
of the delta, continually eroding the
banks in one place and building up
land in another, occasionally breaking
it's way across a narrow neck which
lies between the two eXtremeties and
filling up the old channel.
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BOY AND ROBIN.
Friendship of the Two Brought About by
Cold Weather.

Friendship of the Two Brought About by
Cold Weather.
During the extremely severe weather
of February, 1895, myriads of birds
persisted from cold and starvation, both
in Europe and the United States. In
England this destruction was the more
sorrowful, perhaps, as the country
where the birds winter is more thickly
settled than with us, and there were
more to see their suhferings. But occa-
sionally the British birds found friend
ly shelter
The London Times published, during
the cold weather, this note from Ro-
dolph Walther, boy of twelve years,
who lives at Tunbridge Wells:
II thought perhaps you would allow
a schoolboy to tell you how very tame
and fearless the cold and hunger have
made the wild birds around our house.
"Of course we feed them with bread
and all sorts of odds and ends, and the
ground is simply black with our hungry
visitors. Even the suspicious rocks
come quite close to the house for their
share.
!" A little blue-tlt passes It's day In our
basement, needless of sleepy pussy
baking herself before the stove
'Most Of all / wish to tell you about
my strange bedroom companion, little
robin, which has taken up its residence
in my bedroom; and though leave the
window open, he never goes out except
to take short fly. We pass the night
together, and he makes his bed in one
of my football boots.
1.-THE other morning he woke me up
by singing on chair at the side Of my
bed. / suppose he Thought ought to
be at my lessons"
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labor, and its progress in education
and industrial pursuits since the eman-
cipation. The commissioners of the de-
partment are leading colored men of
the various southern states.
Many states have buildings of .hcir
own on the exposition grounds, among
them New York, Pennsylvania, Ala
bama, Georgia, Massachusetts,, Connec-
ticut and California. The Illinois
building, one of the best on the
grounds, will not be completed until
the end OF October.
Midway Heights" is the name Of
what was the "Plaisance" at Chicago.
This unique entertainment colony al
ready has, or will have within few
days, Cairo street, and German, Span
ish, Japanese, Chinese and Indian vii.