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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-08-21
JUST LIKE WINGS.
A FrenchmAn Who II Endeavor1nE to
Fly Against the Wind.


Fly Against the Wind.
Louis Pierre Mouillard, n French res
ident Of Cairo, has, says the Philadel-
rhia Record, invented q flying machine,
comprising an aeroplnne of concave sur
faces, attached to the body of the avi-
ator and arranged to permit movement
of the planes in o horizontal direction
only with reference to the body CT the
aviator, the apparatus depending sole
ly for support upon VIVID pressure. cod
not upon any downward thrust upon
he air, either by tapping wings or re-
volving propeller wheels. TO q breast
plate, provided with an artificial stern
m, are hinged wings, each en- u vertical
axis, so rs to be capable Of forward or
backward motion, the wing frames OF
:luminum tubing being covered with
~ilk or other suitable fabric. When the
planes are thrust forward the aero
dromc rises; when they are pulled bsc!
t descends. The wings are controlled
by n spring, upon which, the invc"ta.'
says, "the life of the aviator Depends
and which must be strong enough t.
hold the two wings with their edges or
: straight line ut speed Of 60 miles ~:
hour. The acroplanc can glide upoi, III"
lir by q fall from q height sufficient t.
procure speed which shall cause til;
air to support the apparatus, or, by
Gkillful utilization of the force OF the
wind, which must blow at lca:t ia,
miles an hour. The weight of the AZ
7GrGtus should not exceed 55 rCi'nr;S
and it is intended to sail with winds
varying between ten and twenty-five
miles an hour.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-08-21
The First Odd Fellow Funeral.

The first public Odd Fellows fun
eral took place in Baltimor at dead
of night. 1t was i'll 1927. The de-
parted member was Andrew Wark.
who was accidentally drowre5 IN
Chesapeake bay. The time fixed for
the ceremony was 10 o'clock in the
afternoon. A unique procession WAS
formed in front of his residence. The
files composing the escort we're irreg-
ular in numbers; in no case was there
an even number in the sections. Or
ticers and members we're tricked out
In gowns. caps, sashes, collars and
aprons. grOtesque in color, and often
too large for the person ON whom they
were untidily placed. Some carried
black rods. eight or ton feet long, sur
mounted by globes covered with
black cloth, Others, and in large ma
jority bore in their hands blazing
torches. The procession was
preceded by an irregular band
of six or eight pieces.
When at last Ghe motely crowd took
up its line Of march through the
streets. under the shadows of night,
to the somber sounds Of discordant
Instruments, with thousands OF spec
tators looking on in wonder, the scene
was one to battle de, criptlon and to
impress all with the oddly of the SER
vice over the remains OF departed
member. At length mt the solemn
hour Of midnight the churchyard was
reached, the company stood around
the open grave and the remains were
slowly, solemniy and silently lowered
INTO the bosom Of the earth. Not a
word broke the silence of the scene.
while the members Ole after another
dropped their shovelfuIs of sand upon
the coffin until the grave was filled
up to the level of the soil. The pro-
cessinn reformed and returned to the
city with disordered ranks. This was
the first Odd Fellows funeral. How
striking the contrast to the inter-
ment ceremonies Of the Order today.
And yet the brother laid away with
these Grotesque services was loved
and mourned with great sincerity Of
heArt.-Weekly Union, Maschester,
N. II.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-08-21
A Remedy for Ta:nnoss.

A French paper tells the story Of n
dramatic instructor who had as pm
Pill girl who was very pretty, but
woefully thin. Thinness is so fafsl on
the stage-except where there i the
highest genius, as in the case Of that
great actress of whose admirers 1t is
said that they prefer grace before
meat.-that he consulted a physician
about 1t. The physician recommended
belladonna. "Why ?" asked the dramatic
instructor. Because" was the reply,
"belladonna has the property of dilating
the pupil"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-08-21

Michel Anyiolillo. the assassin Of
CTnovnS' tic, Castillo, the Prime Mir
lister Of Spain, was executed at IL
O'Clock yesterday morning. The as
sassin complained bitterly Of the FREE
quent visits Of the priests and de.
clared they would obtain nothing
from him. A priest exho ted him to
repent, to which he replied: "Since
you caunot get me out Of prison,
leave me in peace. I, myself, will
settle with God"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-08-21
"srARvE AND BE DAMNED"

Read the following from the pen Of
an Illinois clergyman and then Won
der il you can why he coal miners
are engaged i'll life and death str1g-
gle with the coal barons for raise in
wages. Read it and see il you can
discover any evidence of that great
wave of prosperity that was to follow
the fastening upon this country Of
the Britt. h financial system. Read it
in the light of the increased duty ON
coal nnder the Dingey bill aud say,
it you can. that protection benefits
the laboring man. Ponder it all who
love their country and see il the seeds
Of revolution. carnage and misery are
not hidden un.Ier the specious pre-
teuSes of the advocates of system
that brushes the manhood, yea the
very life, out Of the laboring classes
OF this co ntry. Study it all who
love their fellow man and register
VOW that Il system that brings the la
boring classes of this country to such
extremes Of wretcheduess shall be
wiped ont forever when next Ameri-
can frecmen arc mar hailed ut the
ballot box "Starve and lie damned"
says the coal baron to the request of
this man of God:
"having heard the walls of hunger
as long as my patience could endure,
my mind naturally drifted into the
consideration of remedy. With
few friends | visited the Office Of the
coal company, and there attempted to
convince the superintendent that the
miners did not deserve to be locked
OH: because they protested against
further reduction of ten per cent in
wages at time when they were re-
ceiving IN average Of only CT cents
day, as shown by the statistics of H.
linois. I begged him. in the name OF
STARVING WOMEN and CHI -
DSEN, to submit the matter to arbi-
tratiop, His brow wrinkled and his
fist cinched rs he a.grily replied
~STAEVE AND BE DAMNEDT
When [ look back On the revolving
scenes Of my visit, it occurre to me
that Ina seen or read or heard that
awful command every minute l had
spent i'll Brentwood. read it in the
relief store; [ heard it i'll the pitiful
story of the Italian, it came to my
ear in the moans Of the barefooted
women and the sobs and signs of the
little children. read it in the scald-
inC tears OF the little English girl; /
saw it in tie anxious look Of the
weeping mother as she stood over her
dying children. I read it on the al
tar Of every destitute home. heard
it in the prayer Of the colored woman
asking God to give her back to slav-
cry; [ saw it defied when the miners
cut the meat from the dead horse and
fed it to their starving children. l
saw it executed when the twin boys
Of the miner Moran died of starvation
l looked down the shaft of the coal
company and | am sure that away
down in the murky hooks and sub
terranean caverns, among tho poison
Gus gases where human life is cheap
and the sun never shines. I heard the
demons Of the corporations kissing to
labor. "SrARV AND BE
DAMNED" 1 heard it all the way
home. I can hear it yet. There will
never be Il night so dark nor sleep
so deep that will not hear fiat com
mani coming up from the eTuptions
OF he'll, "STARVE A ND Is T.
DAMNED"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-08-21

Outdoor life and Scotes
Emuls on of Cod-.iver Oil
with HypoPhosphites have
cured thousands of cases OF
consumption IN the cary
stages. Ar3 when a c Sc is
so far advanced that a cure
cannot Re nude, even then
SCOTS EMULSION
checks the rapid ty OF the
disease, relieves the pains IN
the chest, reduces the night
sweats, and makes the cough
easier. Don't ex -criment
with cures that destroy the
digestion.
Book about 1t free for the asking.
For sale by ali druggists at soc.
and $t.00.
SCOTT & BOVINE, New York.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-08-21
vi crit

Is what gives Hoods Sarsaparilla its great
popularity, increasing sales and wonder
full cures. The combination, proportion
and process in preparing Hoods Sarse
parIlla are unknown to other medicines,
and make 1t peculiar to itself. It acts
positively upon the blood, and as the
blood reaches every part Of the human
system. all the nerves, muscles, bones
and tissues come under the influence OF
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-08-21
chimes constantly on hand.

Agent for the Eureka suspender.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-08-21
Repairing promptly attended to

Needles of all the leading sewing ma.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-21

" LIS LycelIoncy's Command.
ga. OLIVER, Sec'ry.
"'God Save The King
"Remember what told You about the
place for Thanksgiving turkeys said
the turkey man, laying the paper on the
desk and walking out.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-21
THANKSGIVING AS AN ART

In an article entitled can Old-time Ac-
complishment," in the September "WO-
mans Home Companion" Edward L.
Pell says: 1.-THE girl who has cultivated
the spirit of thankfulness de- not gush
over at the gift of daisy, and snap an
indignant Thanks at the man who has
lost a day from the office to crafty her
little whim. OF course, those mothers OF
ours had their whims, and exercised the
priceless privileges of thoughtlessness
and swapping now and then, as girls, and
other than girls, have always done; but
| think it cannot be denied that the girl
of a generation ago had a conscience on
the subject of debts of gratitude such as
few have had since her day.
81 have said that am afraid that with
many of us to-day it is a lost art l am
sure that it is not given that prominence
which it once had, and that it is not cul-
tfvated with the enthusiasm with which
it once was. Girls are taught what eti-
quette says about it, but etiquette deals
only from the lips outward, and the re-
suit is that even our language tells the
story of the decadence of thanksgiving.
A traveller from Mars might hear our
'Thanksr sa&milliOn times and never sl1s-
pect that it%Mas meant as an acknowi-
edgement of favor. | am sure that up
to. say, dozen years ago, in those parts
of our country where gallantry has held
out longest, one could not give sea1
in a car without being sure Of full re-
turn in an acknowledgment that meaTfS
TO acknowledge something; and that to-
day the average man is utterly upset and
undone when his ears catch the old sweet
sound.
"Of course this does not justify or ac-
count for the current lack of gallantry
among men, but I am not engaged in the
hopeless task of restoring men to the old
paths, but in the hopeful one of pointing
out a neglected talent which the most
charming Of girls may cultivate with
good results. I am not grumbling. l do
not mean to say that the girl of the Pc
Rod is one whit behind the girl Of the
past. | do not believe in the decadence
of women. l believe that the girl of to-
day is equal to the girl her mother used
to be: but l do not believe that it IL
enough to say of our girls that they are
equal to the girls Of the past any more
than it is enough to say of a flower that
has had the best attention of the best
florists for generation that it IL as
I beautiful to-day as it was thirty years
ago. =.
eff we have done wisely. the girl II t.
dav ought TO have not only something
which her mother lacked. but she ought
TO have all her mothers graces as we'll.
But 1t is serious question WHETHER In
pretssing her DEVELOPMENT we have noe
cultivated some qualities at the expense
OF others, Just as in pressing the devel.
opment Of a certain flower we have IN
creased it's size and beauty at the eye
pense of its fragrance"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-21

Venus dc Milo best, some old scab-
bards, cheap cast of LAGOON, some
c~azy costumings of back centuries,
hair sofa with the spring sticking
through, several head studies in pen and
ink, floor unadorned except for scrap
of carpet-that was about the studio
which was separated by a high screen
from two apartments, also inter-screen-
ed. which served respectively for dining
and dwelling rooms. The young fel
lows had been colleges chums-the ar
list was a cheery-hearted dashing chap
with genius which he has since abun-
dainty manifested in a way. to make
him and his happy and plucky little
wife quite comfortable now in money
way. One of the chums had some days
before looked up the young artist AMI
had found him in his bleak studio quar-
tiers. He was proud duck and his
wife too and she was as pretty as she
was proud-but it was no use-desplte
their Bohemian gayety-it was all plain
enough to the visitor chum of earlier
days Il want my portrait painted" re-
marked the visitor, 'how do you sell EN-
in lots of dozen? Anyway there was a
sitting Of an hour that crisp morning,
and the bill that was handed to "Thad"
II
thu, the morning-that is to ''Thad."
1t was a jolly little party at the Thanks
giving dinner, and the consomrne wa
as clear as if it had been cuisined in the
Cafe Riche-the thin wedding china was
out on parade-and the turkey was Their
and then the salad dainty as the May
onnaise which was prepared by the
young wife's hand-everything en- regl
but yet simple and not eXtrayagant
with flash Of white wine through the
courses-maybe Rudisheimer, or Hoch
heimer or some of the equally cheap
brands of Rhenish. 1t was merry lit
tie company, and the heavy roll of mill
lionaire carriages along the frozAn
Avenue excited no enyy-without all
that cruelty OF comfort that the sufferin g
hear in their rumble-nobody cared and
the words seemed in a sitting of over an
hour to have sparkled with. recollections
in which all took common interest. Just
before we rose seq Thad-his glass in
hand. Boys you may not believe it but
l am devilish rich-in friends-Jack
knows what l mean-looking steadfastly
at his friend across the t-hle-es@ Dess
knows, taking his littl- wUsS Ak-u in
his-I guess we might as web les links
into the secret. Well, links ! swindled
man out Of $50 for portrait the other
day-and that accounts for the soft snap
You have struck to-day in the way of a
Thanksgiving dinner-rll show you the
portrait il you'll drop in in ten days, or
if you are in great hurry to know, look
at that homely mug beside YOU" and
pressing the little woman's hand warmly
again, her eyes seemed to glisten for an
instant even while she filed the snug
apartment with the music Of her mirth
and laughter at some light-hearted. bub-
bling reassuring bon mot that twinkled
so tactfully from Thad just then.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-21
THE OLD MANS THANKSGIVING.
written for the New York Ledger.)
(By T. G. Harbaugh.)

/ move my armchair to the door that
fronts the autumn world,
And gaze upon the stately trees, proud
in their garb of gold;
The quail her brood lis calling where
the brOoklet runs away
To find the sea, and Nature smiles this
glad Thanksgiving day.
The years have touched my hair with
gray, but still above me flies
The fairest flag that faunts its folds
against the azure skies.
! watch it in its beauty as it floats 'twixt
sea and sea,
From every lofty mountain top DER peo-
pie truly free.
No war within our borders, we can all
rejoice to-day;
At peace with all the nations far beyond
the dashing spray
Our navies ride in CIV, sea, our honor
is rs true
AS when was first bab zed in blood the
old Red, White ana Blue.
I thank the loving Father, He who
watches over all,
For blessings on our land bestowed from
mountain wall to wall;
For harvests that were bountiful from
far Dakota's plain
To where the old Penobscot rushes
meath the pines of Maine.
| seem to catch the echoes Of an anthem
in the South,
Where sings the golden oriole in some
grim lannon's mouth;
And the laurel and the cedar and the
branching chestnut tree
Grow side by side, where once were
pitched the tents of Grant and Lee
/ hear no more the battle drums that
beat in manhood's day,
For side by side, fore'er at peace. are
standing Blue and Gray;
Together they are marching to the des-
tiny of fame,
And each one crowns with deathless
wreath our country's noble name.
I dream of coming ages which our ma
ton loved will crown
With mighty triumphs which to her shall
give new renown;
Until in conscious wonder every country
meath the sun
Shall ring with lofty piaudits for the
land of Washington.
We're marching on to greater things, as
vessels sweep the sea:
And each Thanksgiving fills our hearts
with blessings yet to be,
America is destined, if to God we're only
true,
To be the favored nation meath the can.
opy of blue.
Then let the bells all ring to-day through
out our cherished cline:
Let old and young with pride rejoice this
glad Thanksgiving time:
Let paeans rise from morn till eve and
nothing come to mar
The peace that rules our happy land be-
meath the stripe and star.
The winds blow through the autumn
boughs; methinks ! hear a tread
A merry laugh and u little hand is laid
upon my head;
And soft lips touch my hewiIded cheel,
and this IS what they say;
"I've come to kiss you. grandma. dear
thankful kiss to-dayv
Ny eyes grow misty rs my arms about
the wee one Irvine:
/ cannot see the meadow and the wood
lands golden line;
Ny Old, old heart beats faster nc ~
bubbles DER with bliss.
And silently I'm thankful for the sweet
Thanksgiving kiss.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-21
"SWING YER PARDNERs."

Sing = song o fall time
Better time than snring!
Don't keer for yer mockin' birds
When all the fiddles sing!
Sing song ~ foil time
Summers dead an gone.
Shake thon' ROSY anp'os down.
An tilt the jimmyjohn!
Sing song ~ falr fine
loves y game a. chance
Pl1t al the cals are sn1i1fn' evoe+
CAiss Mary, viii Won dqnceM
#. L. Stanton.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-21

A Glutted Market.-Bin PIugrem.
Failed In my attempt to hold up that
bank cashier.
Sam Swatten: What was de cause of
de failure?
Bill Pluggem: Overproduction. pro-
duced one gun and he produced two.-
Philadelphia North American.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-21
A PIE MADE OF CHICKEN BRAINS
(ReidsYille Weekly

A pie made exclusively of chicken
brains is what a citizen of this county
is said to have taken fancy to many
years ago and determined to crafty his
appetite. 1t required $40 chickens and
cost $40. The chickens were given to
the poor, the heads being all the epicure
cared for.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-21
WELL SAID.

When the late Dr. Airey was made
professor of astronomy in the UNIVERSE
ty of Cambridge and given the obser.
vatory to live in, but provided with
no salary, some one quoted happily:
They gave to Airey nothing, a local
habitation and a NAME"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-21
4 THANKSGIVING NOTE.

Talk about Thanksgiving. with it's
pleasures and its joys
We're all a-looking forward to a I
meeting with the boys;
And Sue will come from college, and I
Jimmy won't forget,
And We'll fell mighty happy that :
we're this side Jordan yet.
I've seen the turkey spreading Of (
his feathers fair and fine.
And his "gobble, gobble, gobble,"
seems to dare the folks to dine: I
The verdict's been against him, and 4
his execution set, 4
And he makes the folks feel happy 4
that they're all a-living yet!
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-21

Newt Thnrs79v many p nraver az
,hanEs@.vio@ VIII he offorcd MANY
nFrn or praise win be SUNG. Put only
those nrayers viii ha heard and those
SONGS accented IN His SIGHT, that are
hal'owed nv sacrifice for somnhodv vbo
needs our help.-Charitv and Children
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-21

The Wilmington Star notes the con.
viction of the widow Of the notorious
Henry Perry Lowrie for selling whiskey
without license.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-21

Birds Of feather seldom flock together
when man goes cunning.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-21

Statistics IN the hands of a campaign
'rator are usually unreliable figures of
speech.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-21
A POINT SETTLED.
(Atchison Glohe.l

If Mary writes her name Mae or
Marie, that settles it; she can't cook
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-19

While the machines are being put
to their official test, an agent of the
Post Office is to be in constant attend
ance at each He will explain the
working of the machine to the public
and see that no one hampers with the
mail.
The charge for registering a letter
is cents in addition to the regular
letter postage. The machine makes
the same charge, assuming that a sim
gle 2-cent stamp is sufficient for the
regular postage Under the law let
ter prepaid by one 2-cent stamp must
be forwarded and any extra postage
collected at the other end.
To work the machine, you drop
silver United States dime into srout
at the upper right hand side. A square
iron cover flies up automatically and
reveals a roll of white paper. Oppo-
site certain lines you write the name
and address Of the person to whom
your letter is to be sent, and your
own name and address. At the right
hand upper end of the machine is a
small lever. You press this back and
the letter slot in front opens and into
this you drop your letter. Then you
seize the handle of a big crank at the
right and force it back until a bell
rings. AS you do this the iron cover
closes and locks over the writing tab
let. Now you draw forward the biz
lever until bell rings. AS you du
this duplicate OF your writing. on Il
separate slip of paper, is slipped out of
the machine at the left hand side ami
upon this paper is imprinted also the
Post Office date marks, the serial mum
Der OF the letter and the signature OF
the Postmaster. This is your receipt.
Your original writing remains in the
box until the letters are removed. and
then it goes with them. At the same
time that your receipt is printed thu
letter is dated
The next thing is to get the letter ia
the Post Office without giving the let.
ter carrier a chance to tamper with
either the letters or the originals of
the receipts. The box has hopper
bottom so constructed that it can be
opened only when the mail bag is at
tached to il. The mail bag can't be
opened, either. except in conjunction
with the hopper or at the Post Office.
The strip on which are written the
names and addresses drops into the
)ag with the letters.
The dimes fall into brass cylinder
in the order in which they are drop
ped into the machine, and the post
man, If he finds had one, can tell at
once, by running them over in order,
which letter it belongs to- Such a
letter will be held and its sender mott
fled to pay the postage in good coin
and get his bad coin back.
Aside from this. the machine is con.
structed to throw out bad coins if they
are under weight. When the coin first
drops into the slot it goes into a deli
cate balance. where it is weighed. II
it is too much worn to be current the
scale rejects it, and instead of passing
TITO the machine and starting the post
ing operations, the coin drops out of a
hole in the front of the machine and
fails to the floor. The inventor says
he has spent three years in perfecting
the machine.