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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-07-26

Elko has been full OF hobos the last
three or four days and it might be
well for our people to keep Il close
watch on their valuablcs. Monday
night an attempt was made to break
into the Free Press bookstore. Part
Of the window sash was cut out and n
pane Of glass broken. The broken
glass falling on the floor inside fright.
cned the thieves and they left without
completing their work. Last even
ing a hobo, giving the name Of John
Jackson, went into the postClfice aud
gathered up ~ armfull Of Wallpaper
winch he took and hid under tho hay
in Ton Harris stable. IIc then en-
tered Mr.. Shirlcy's room in tho Com
mercial Hotel and took Shirley's cont,
vest and ~valisc, and started down the
railroad track. lie was overtaken by
Deputy Sheriff Watkins and lodged in
Jail. This morning he was taken be.
fore Justice Morgan and plead guilty
to two charges Of petit larceny. lie
was scntetenccd this afternoon to
eighteen days in the county jail.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-07-26

a Kunsas City dispatch OF the Goth
says that while the California dclcga-
ton TO the Populist Convention were
waiting FOR II train, they issued mn
open letter To- Hon. William j. Bryan
urging him to go before the country
as the nominee OF tho Peoples party.
Tho letter says III part: If you
will accept tho nomination OF the
Peoples Party, declaring yourself Il
Populist, yo,i will become a leader to
whom will rush every reformcr-bc
ho silveritc, Democrat. or Rcpubli-
can md not only bc elected your
aelf. bnt nlso elect tho Congress. tho
law making power. This is the OPP.
p~ortunity Of your life, which. taken
advantage Of, will, like Lincoln with
the Republicans, send your name
down 10 history as the savior OF your
country 10y ear OF Populism. IL
you do not do II, wo must In defense
OF II principles put another nominee
IN tho field. Can You thus he elect
cdr
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-07-26

The water gauge at tho gauging
station Mt tho lower bridge shows tho
following depths Of water in tho lTum-
bOldt river Mt that place tor tho past
ypnk.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18
pEARY'S ESKIMO DOGS,
One of Them, Snow Cap, Has q Trag
History.

-
One of Them. Snow Cap, Has q Tragic
History.
Five fierce, wolf-looking visitors late.
]y arrived at the Central park menag'
erie. They are Eskimo dogs which
were brought back with the Peary re.
lief expedition, and which have been
placed on view at the park by the
Natural History museum authorities,
to whom they were consigned.
One of the number is a dog
whose career certainly entities him to
much consideration. He is distinctly
the worst-looking beast Of the lot, and
he displayed a miserably cowardly
spirit when his companions, in their
rough-and-tumble fight over bones
which Keeper Snyder fed to them, trod
upon and bit mis- ears.
lie just rolled over and howled a
wolfish note, long drawn ont, which
caused the ~lioness next door to pace
excitedly up and down her cage.
Snow Cap-that is his name. proha.
bly, because there Is nothing white
about him, not even a single hair-was
one Of an uncommonly pack of picked
sledge dogs, fortv-one in number, with
which Lieut. Peary set off on his Arc.
tic quest.
T.ic dog is to the snow fields what
the camel is to the desert. He is the
Arctic explorers only hope of getting
there" and when he ceases to be of use
as a locomotive power, he becomes
food for the expedition, both for mar
and the other dogs who have more stay.
ing power.
Snow Cap proved the best out OF
forty, and is the only uneaten dog OF
that yelping, snarling, bowling pack.
They set Off gayly-anywhere from
five to a dozen dogs hitched to a sledge.
They were harnessel somewhat in the
fashion OF my lady's pet pug when she
takes the air; but the straps crossed
over their shaggy breasts, and the
leashes of different lengths, from ten
to seventeen feet (Which were gathered
and knotted together and hitched to
the fore OF the sledl, were of rough
sealskin stripe.
Forty dogs and their accoutrements
were devoured on that northern trip.
They began to lag and lie down ex
hausted, DIE by one, when they were
slain. Two days before the party
reached the goal on it's return, the for
tieth dog fell by the way and was con.
stunned by men and beast. The men
vert tempted to fall upon Snow CAP
afterwards during the ensuing forty.
eight hours. They had no food. and
barely strength enough to crawl over
that last twenty miles. But the forty.
first dog chung to his human compan-
ions with a dumb confidence they
could not bring themselves to betray.
So Snow Caps life was spared, and he
has become an exhibit.-N. Y. Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18
Lord RramWelr,s PIetx.

The late bishop of Winchester is said
to have possessed, among his many
other qualities, that of sarcasm. A good
story is told of a retort he made to the
late Lord Bramwell, who, meeting him
on his way back to his room to take off
his robes after reading prayers in the
house of lords, apologized for having
been absentfrom the ceremony. when
I kneel down it gives me palpitation Of
the heart" said Lord Bramwell; land
1t would not be respectful for me to sit
or stand while your lordship was pray
ing" Bishop Thorold, perhaps know
ing almost as much about the old
baron's sanctity as did Lord BramwelI
himself, answered, in measured tones:
aPray do not mention it, Lord Bran
well! I am sure your lordship can be
equally devout whether you arc stand
Ing, kneeling. or sittinglI win not say
lyingl. The playful old judge after
wards inquired who had read prayers
that afternoon, and, on being told. re-
marked, with a sparkle in his eyes:
.He's ! SHARP felloY.' - Household
IN
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18
NO JOY IN LEADVlLLE.
Life There Has Grown Too Tame to 1nta1

Life There Has Grown Too Tame to Inter-
est the Visitor.
There used to be a deal more variety
and life in Leadville than there is now.
In its early days every phase of human
nature was represented here, and if
there was any wickedness common to
any other section of the globe of which
this camp had no specimen some pub
lic-spirited bad man would import a
supply. 1t was a lively mining camp
in all that the term implies, and never
hid the light of it's wickedness under a
bushel. Nothing was hidden, neither
the saloons nor the gambling houses
nor the worst places. The man who
wanted to be bad need seek but lightly
for an opportunity. AS for the diver
tisement of ar impromptu duel to the
death, that was so easily obtained as to
quickly lose it's charm. Everybody car
ried a "gun," and, soon Oh late, every
body used it with a fellow-being for a
target.
Now this is largely changed. Lead
vile is not yet a prominent way station
OA Vic lOubO ~ S1lc OCttS1 1d1lA9 OuU Ia
as peaceful as the average town of it's
size in Or out of the mining region.
Men here are too busy to attend to the
affairs Of their neighbours; there does
not seem to be an undue amount of
drinking, and business goes on about
as it does elsewhere. State street is
still here, and those who knew it in
other days may be interested in know
ing that it's sanitary condition from a
moral standpoint is still bad and need
ing fumigation and disinfection. An
energetic and general conhagration
along that thoroughfare would result
in a publication of the moral and phys
ical atmosphere. Still, l contend that
Leadville is no wors than many other
towns, and by comparison with some
of them, and especially with its former
self, is a bright and shining light set
upon a hill.-Louisville C~ourier-Jour-
nal.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18
CRIME AND SCIENCE.
Proof of Dark Deeds EstabrSned b
Scientific Means.

Proof of Dark Deeds E,tabr.sned by
Scientific Means.
Photomicrographical pictures of
mans beard, hair. tip of woman's
hair, tip of mans hair, root of woman's
hair, root of mans hair" have also
played adhesive part in a murder trial.
TTo men have been arrested for the
murder of a certain person. On the
garments of one, which were saturated
with blood, a woman's hair had been
found, that is, its indemnity as such
was established only after it had been
photographed under a microscope and
shown, exhibiting tips and roots Of
woman's hair.
Upon the person of the second pris-
oner was also a quantity of human
hair found. The microscopical camera
showed that it was mans hair, partly
from the head and partly from the
beard.
The person murdered was a woman,
the wife of the first prisoner, and the
hair on his clothes was'.,dentical with
that on the dead woman ] head. This
settled his connection with the case.
The prosecution maintained that
more than one person had been con-
cerned in the murder. The second
prisoner, however, claimed an alibi,
which could not be disputed by direct
evidence, as it turned out. Finally
the judicial expert hit upon the plan
to compare the hair found on the
clothes of the second prisoner with
those of the first prisoner. Specimens
of the latter kind were procured, but
ocular comparison failed to establish
their similarity. Then photomicro-
graphy was tried, and by those means
1t was proved beyond doubt that the
hair came from the same head and
beard.
No expert is needed to distinguish
between the hair roots. Those of the
female are lank and thin; those from q
mans head are club-shaped. The tips
of a woman's hair show that they have
not been cut for a great many years,
while those of the mans head clearly
exhibit the marks of the scissors, where
the tips have been cut from the shaft.
All this and more testimony, that, in
spite of it's technical character, ap-
pealed directly to the understanding
of everybody concerned, was brought
out at the trial mentioned. and it was
finally found that the second prisoner
stood guard at the house while the
murder was committed. and that after
the deed the murderer, in q fit of emo
ton, threw himself on his friends neck
and cried then and there, leaving the
telltale hair from his head and beard
upon the mans shoulders. Pittsburgh
Dispatch,
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18

the settlement, she had to turn w
missin. / didn't know a blame thing
! about 1t till feed;n time come and she
want on hand. When the stars begin
to twinkle and the chickens fly up to
roost-when tie gold OF evenin meets
the dusk Of night, as it were-if kizzie
amt In the lot crackin corn and chawin
fodder l can gamble on it hat somethin
mighty wrong has come to pass. So I
had to pole off after supper and find out
what was goin on. When l found her
She was rippin and snortin around
down here with a scandlous bad case Of
the cholic. BY gatlins, Rufe, you
ought to Of been here to see her roll and
tumble and pillow up the earth and paw
the open air. 1t was a PLAIN sight to
look at / didn't know it in time to
help it, but l found out too late that
Miss Kizzie had been foragin around
over there in the pea field s%lldey, and
late in the eycnin she come on back
acrost the spring branch and stopped to
squench her thirst. So consequentially
a tremendous big lot Of swellin had
been goin On and somethin had to be
done right away Immediately to keep
down serious trouble. l had brought
the fixments along with me, and 1 then
drenched her with sweet milk and
molasses, and sody and salt, and the
Lord knows what all. But it was pure
vanity and vcxation. The rollin and
tumblin went on reglar and steady and
fast and furious till past midnight. In
the main time | had a quart of good
whisky at the house, and it stood to
reason with me that Kizzie needed it in
this hour of her pains and tribulations.
I had travelled the same road myself,
you understand. But it had cost me six
bits in spot cash, and / was savin it
back for some future day when it
mought fit a case Of pushencY between
me and you and Andy Lucas. And yet
a man would be blind stavin crazy to
lose a hundred dollar mule in order
ment to save six bits worth of sperits-
of-cats-a-fghtin. So presently 1 went
back to the house after the bottle. 1t
was like payin taxes or sheddin eye
teeth, Rufe, but by gatiins fetched it,
and Kizzie took it. You bet she took
it, and she took it like she knowed
what it was and the wonders it would
do. And by the twelve epistles, she
got up on her feet inside of twenty
minits and shook herself right and
natural. She amt to say plum straight
as yet, but she is clean past the danger
line and on the mend. So much fc1
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS."
when 1 left the scroggins place Blew
had led Kizzie back to the lot and she
was lickin salt and nosin around the
fodder rack.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18
pRAcTlCED ON CORPSEs,
Invention Of . Humane Physician ~ Q
Substitute for Q Policeman's Club

DR.. Abel w. Nelson, a practicing sur
geon of New London. has invented a
humane police club, which he claims
may be used in subduing obstreperous
citizens without infiicting permanent
injuries on them. 1t consists of a rub
Der envelope over a wooden core-a club
with a SOFT rind, Stimulating the bark Of
q tree, similar to the flesh on the bones
Of a fist. 1t is simply an elongated
arm, and gives the policeman the adj
vantage over the man without the ne
cessity Of disfguring him for life or
causing other permanent injury. After
securing the proper patents and before
the club was used the doctor feared
fracture of the skull at the base might
result from a blow on the top Of the
head-that is, the fracture might be
transmitted to the base Of the skull in
stead of At the place of contact. DR..
Nelson could not get any dead bodies
in the vicinity to experiment on, SO he
got permission to use subjects at the
morgue in New York.
He tried skulls by hitting them on
the forehead and top of the head, strik-
ing with more than ordinary police
mans force, but did not lacerate the
scalp, and there was no fracture at the
| place of contact or base of the skull.
The heads were opened, and tI.ere was
no apparent injury Of the brain itself.
The tests were made in the presence of
three reputable physicians. DR.. Mel
son wanted to see the actual effect on
the living brain, SO he selected calves as
his subjects. His first subject was an
active, fierce calf, weighing 200 pounds.
It was knocked down and out, but got
up in a few seconds, somewhat dazed
but soon recovered muscular power and
was then killed. There ~ers blood
stains under the skin of the scalp and
limited bloodstains in the inner men,
brane over the front lobes Of the brain.
There was no injury to the braia itself.
Everything indicated that the calf
would have fully Observation-Disclosures
Globe.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18
No One Wants Social inequality.

I doubt, in fine, if anybody really
wants inequality. None but the supe.
riors ever pretend to want it; the In.
feriors openly or secretly detest it. l
doubt whether the superiors have any
comfort in it; the body of a man. espe.
cially the face of a man, with his more
or less squirming. is not an agreeable
footing, and I think no one truly en-.
joys the bad eminence it gives him.
w. d. Howells, in Century.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18
Wh.,re 'Twould Pinch.

Wing-Considering PATHS populari.
ty, l should think she would act as her
WI manager.
EIics-Ah, but you forget that i.
would break her heart when she came
to pay herself five thousand dollars a
night!-Truth.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18
Very Remarkable.

Titt-Youll take part in the football
game, I suppose. MIR. TAFT?
Tatt-Vcry sorry, but I don't know
anything shout the game.
"Why 1 thought you had taken a
full college cnurse?"
$50 l hare. but l went to college to
study, merely."-Cincinnati Gazette.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18

TEA or coffee with your chop, sirl"
"Well, II that was tea you gave me yester.
day, bring cohee; II it was coffee, bring me
fee, I think pl try chocolate. "-Tit-Bits.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18

wind up I b Q
clock and retire
to bed. But in
the mainline it
would seem like
Mother she had
got sorter wound
up h e o W n
sweet self. She
was wound up
for n of her
plain family
talks and talk
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18
The Essentlal Point.

Uncle Backwocds-I don't see but
what you have one in three OF guessin'
the card in that three-card monte
game.
Nephew-That's right; but you
haven't any chance at all Of getting
the money,-Puek.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18
"Havin a Hog KILN Time"

From there 1 rode on over to the
Stribblin place to see how everything
was comm over there. Handy he was
sawin away on his fiddle when l first
driv up, and when l lit and dismounted
and got down and went in he met me
with a smile as broad as a crib-door.
"You are jest in time to be too late,
Rufe," says Handy. 1--WE have been
havin a regular hog KILN time around
here. Two weeks ago the col,ry got in
amongst my hogs and from THAT the fu-
neral procession proceeded. BY gum,
had twenty-seven head OF hos and
they was fat and thrifty IS : ever
saw. Everybody said l was s.cted or
the meat question by a goou, safe ma
jority. But confound the luck. the
celery killed twenty-six Of 'em in ten
days. 1t didn't leave bus one for seed,
and this mornin I took my x and went
forth and knocked that lonely n in
the head. l thought mought as we'll
to give it to the colery or the buzzards,
and make a clean sweep and a smooth
job of it. 1t is all in a life time any
how, Rufe, and everything that goes up
must come down."
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18

-Chapped Hands.-O Wash with .
mixture of bran and water; or ap appli-
cation Of vaseline rubbed in once q
day will keep the hands from chapping.
~ To prevent chapped hands, wasA
them in soft water and honay soap,
Dry with a soft towel
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18

TIE Latest Cut.-sMrs. Outfit and her
husband seem to be divided on tho subject
Of her bicycle suit" ''Yes; SC is the suit. ,
Detroit Free Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18

she would. She was ripe and ready with
one OF them ireside lectures, and it
was necessary compelled to come forth.
And naturally of course it was a mighty
good time of year for me to lay low and
say nothin and suffer and be strong.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18

AMONG the prophets Of to-day,
Which men r aggrandizing,
The greatest profit, so they say,
Is that called Advertising.
West Union Gazette.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18

"WHAr Is the trouble with the American
penal system7" SIT doesn't work."-Yale
Record. y
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18

MowLER-'I see some philosopher says
that the way to cure yourself Of a love af-
fair is to run away. Do you believe iii"
Cynicus-"Certainly-if you run away with
the girl. '-Truth.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18

In our judgment of human transactions
the law OF optics Is reversed; we see the
most indistinctly the objects which are
close around us.-Whately.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18

MEN end women profess to be 80 tired OF
marriage, it Is a wonder they do not quit it.
-Atchison Globe.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18

AS I GROW old more dross than gold
Appears in life's alloy;
And buckwheat cakes don't seem as big
AS when l was a boy.
IN. Y. Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18

In considering marriage, women never
consider It from q mans standpoint-Atch-
ison Globe.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18

Power unless managed with %gcntleness
and discretion, does but make man the
more hated; 40 intervals of good humor,
no starts of bounty, will atone for tyranny
and oppression.-Jeremy Collier.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18

If we must accept fate, we are not less
compelled to assert liberty, the significance
of the individual, the grandeur of duty, the
power Of charactcr,-Emerson,
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18

In all meanness there is q defect Of In
tellect as well as of heart. And aver the
cleverness Of avarice is but the cunning OF
Observation-Disclosures,
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18

II some people would do more thinkin,
their tongues would get more rest.-Ram'
Horn.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18

The GENUINE "BRowS's BRbScHrAL
are sold only in boxes. They are
wonderfully effective for Coughs, Hoarseness
or Irritation Of the Throat,llaused by cold.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18

AvAR1sE is a weed that will grow only In
Q barren soiL-Hughes.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18

WHERE to recover yourself-At the
tailor's.-Golden Days
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18
ODelOusas Courier

OpelOuSas Courier
Is the advocate of Democratic
principles and the friend OF the
people.
Their welfare is its welfare, and
it will ever be found defending
their rights with all of its
ability.
The value of a newspaper as an
advertising medium consists in
its circulation.
When you can secure the COM
bined circulation Of two papers
for the price of one, it is money
saved!
1.-THE st. Landry Democrat"
was consolidated on the Sd Of
March, 1894, with /" The Opelou-
sas Courier" The advertising
rates have not been increased
while the price of subscription
has been reduced to ~ d year.
THE COURIER being bV odds
the best paperin the empire Par
18th of ST. Landry is therefore the
cheapest.
gsl Our Prices III Job Work
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18

"WELL, has Tom been sending you an.
other lecture on your ridaAS too much1n
ayes, another sermon on the mount"
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18

PIso's CURE is q wonderful Cough medi-
Blake AYES, Brooklyn, N. Y, Oct 26, '94.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18

A ccO1ous flow Of language turas no mi
wheels.-Young Mems Era.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18

"ARE you fond of children, Mr. Ogerr'
"Well, I can't exactly say. I've never ate
any. n-Harner's Bazaar.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18

THERE are such things as adorable faults
and ~insupportable virtes.-Fliegende Blaet-
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18

CHECK Colds and Bronchitis with Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies T%oothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18

Sore Eyes Cured.
Jackson's Indian Eye Salve never fails to
do this; Csc at all drug stores.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18

THE steps Of faith fall on the seeming
void, but find the rock Observation-Disclosures.