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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-07
EASTER BREAD AND. CHEESE.
Origin OF n Custom Still Main tain Cd I'm
a Quiet ERxIiah VILLAGE.

a Quiet ER&liah VILLAGE.
Anold ceremony which links the pres
cnt with an epoch as nearly distant as
the Norman CONQUEST has been, duly OBJ
served in the quiet village of Biddenden,
in Kent, near Ashford, England. Easter
was celebrated by the distributing by
the vicar and church wardens of cakes
of gingerbread among visitors to the
place, while the residents were RECALLED
with hunks of bread and cheese. For
nearly 900 years these doles or gifts
have been dispensed, although now oil
idea of charity has practically disap-
peared, and the distribution is used
more for an occasion of conviviality
and ale drinking than for the pious
% commemoration of the two maids of
. Biddenden who founded the feast.
These ladies were Eliza and Mary
uhulkhurst, who lived at the beginning
Of the twelfth century and were joined
together like the Siamese twins. One
died day after the other, and they
left bit of land, of which the rental
lis about 5000, year, to perpetuate a
. fund for the distribution of bread and
cheese at Easter. The doles are all
stamped with likeness of the two
maids, with their names and the dates
of their birth and demise. Many peo-
I pie go to Biddenden for the express
purpose Of getting a cake and preserv-
ing it as curiosity.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-07
ARMIES OF GREECE AND TURKEY

The Turkish artillery forces con-
sist of 612 guns of all sizes.
The total war footing of the Turkish
army is o22,127 officers, men, guns and
horses.
The total war footing of the Greek
army is 212,630 officers and men.
There are 3,4O0 officers Of all ranks
in the Greek army.
The number, of officers in the Turkish
army is o,512.
Greece has a better, though much
smaller, navy, than Turkey. Her total
number. of war vessels, including the
torpedo. boats, is az, while the total
number of war vessels Of the Turkish
navy is 1876. The Turkish navy is poor
,ly manned.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-07
Small Men na AthIete..

There is Il notable lot Of strong small
men before the public. The strong man
of Yale, Verrill, weighs / 40 pounds only.
The strong man of Harvard. lowering.
weighs $50 pounds. Another strong
man, who is n boy, is William f. Kent
nor, of st. Louis, who weighs only 1877
pounds, and who is only feet Az
inches high. Three years ago, when he
became a turner, he was described as
slight and delicate.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-07
No. S5.
NEVADA

S~sHuSs ss.s1,. GeVVo0r-
Bookkeeping, Business Arithmetic, Bus
mess Law, Practical Grammar, AMI Cor
respondence.
Shorthand and Typewritng.
Send for circulars giving full inror-
nation.
CT N SSE. Principal,
Elk,, Nevada.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-10-06

pleaded with them to lend him their
books for the night. They refused,
saying that they We're going to use
them. This was too much for him and
he acted so that he had to be taken to
Bellevue hospital. He talked rational
ly at the hospital and said that he
was helping his mother, who took in
washing, and was waiting to set Il
chance to so to school, He asked the
doctor at Bellevue II he wouldn't help
him to get into school, promising TO do
anything he could for him in return,
There will be but one opinion among
normal children about the sanity OF
Romeo. They will feel sure that being
kept out of school would not affect
their mental soundness. But the case
is very pathetic. one, and perhaps If
Romeo hadn't been crowded out of
school his feeble reason wouldn't have
been crowded out.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-10-06
ROMEO WEISENBERG,

The case of Romeo Weisenberg, Of
New York, is peculiarly sad one. He
is eleven years old and has become vio-
lently insane. Romeo was eager for
an education. His mother has often
talked with him about the ADVANTAGES
of an education, and he has had an in
tense desire to go to school, He had a
short schooling period last session, and
this whetted his appetite for more. He
is said to have been q bright pupil
He has worked hard all summer, hay
ing earned his clothes. all of which he
has been keeping laid away for school
use When school opened he was one
of those who We're excluded because of
the congested state of the schools in
the neighborhood. He went about try
ing to obtain the assistance Of the lead
ing people i'll the neighborhood to get
him into q school. He has stood OUT
side of the school doors when they
have opened in the morning and tried
to get some one of the boys to allow
him to take his place. On several &C.
casions the boy waited around until
school was dismissed. and by promises
of sweetmeats induced some little fell
low to teach him what he had learned
that day. Frequently he borrowed the
books of the fortunate boys who We're
in school and got his brothers to teach
him from them at night. Whenever
some man was mentioned as having
some inuence in the matter of schools,
little Romeo would make it a point to
call on him and solicit his aid to get
into a school. The ambition of the boy
became so inordinate that it worried
his mother, and she tried to appease
him by saying that he could so to
school soon. citing some imaginary
public institution that was soon to
open in the neighborhood Monday af-
ternoon the boy followed some of the
children who live in the same tenement
from the school to the house. He
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rosrm4srEn noFrIy,s cAsn.

Ii is now said that Postmaster Loftin,
OF Hogansville, Georgia, has not APP
piled to be transferred to a place in one
Of the departments at Washington, but
is ready to continue to perform ms
official duties at Hogansville. His wife,
however, fearing for his life, has writ
ten To the authorities at washington
asking for her husbands transfer to u
place where he can serve the govern
lhent in safety.
Ii Postmaster L.oftn has the pluck he
is said to have we hope that he VIII
continue to be postmaster at Hogans-
vile, and that IL it becomes necessary
enough of the power of the United
States will be applied to make his con-
tinuance sure and safe. There isn't any
use now in talking about the mistake
made in his appointment If there was
one it doesn't compare in magnitude
and Importance With the mistake made
in shooting him. That was q mistake
indeed. Mr., Lcftin is a negro, but he
is free citizen, entitled to vote, to hold
office, to own property. According to
the Constitution, Georgia cannot
abridse his privilege or immunities, nor
can it deprive him of life liberty or
property without due process of law,
nor deny to him the equal protection of
the law. No application was made to
the Posto1fice department for his re-
moval on the ground of untitness or in
capacity, and there is nothing to show
that he cannot deal properly with
Hogansville's mail. 1t cannot be
claimed that the attempt to remove
him by assassination was anything but
illegal and dastardly.
The least that Hogansville deserves is
to see Mr.. Loftin serve out his term as
postmaster. And any part of the
United States army needed to make hin
safe will be well employed
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-10-06
HENRY GAOHGt,s c4NDIDaoY,

The political, situation in New York
continues to grow in interest. Henry
Georges entrance into the arena has
made great change in the situation.
While he will not make such a scare
as Bryan made last year, he will be
viewed with more or less alarm. If
he should be elected many people in
New York and throughout the country
would think the end was at hand. The
indications now are that as the cam
paign goes on the scare about him will
increase. There are about 100000 vot-
ers in the Greater New York. 1t will
take at least 10000 to elect, and some
think 100000. 1t is remembered that
when Henry George ran for mayor of
New York in 1885 he polled es 900 votes
beat wofully a strong Republican can
didate, Theodore Roosevelt, and, all
though there was then no open rebellion
in Tammany Hall, might have beaten
very strong Democratic candidate,
Abrarn s. Hewitt, had not host of
better element" Republicans, for the
sake Of insuring Georges defeat, aban-
doned their own party candidate and
voted for Mr.. Hewitt To-day Mr.
George, leaving free silver out of the
question, is probably as strong with
the labor element and with the other
elements that contributed to his vote
in 1885 as he was then. To his support
he now adds new and important ele-
ment of strength. BY raising the stand
ard of Organism he has drawn to his
following all the free-silver Democrats,
including the Tammany rebels, and
will make far heavier inroads on Tam
manys voting strength than he made
eleven years ago.
Ii the business interests of New York
get good scare about Henry George,
the effect of it will be important on
either the vote for Tracy or Low. And
Henry. Georges strength may turn out
to be his weakness.
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souare voke in hack and ho1ero finish
in front 10 this parn,ture were add
ad tbrea wired tabs nm each shoulder
and h,ob slashed collar The holt
was black eros grain ribbon and crane
r,,ff1ee con,nlatad tba sleeves
plaon fo,, .anar.l wear IL axtremelv
earvicaabla and malxas nm exoe,lent
fonrdotior for tha newast sobenas II
or,,o,,,arta+inr ard c,,t ynrr h1ac,.
hroadclotb hraiaod heavily nav he
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ELECTED.
season.

''Dah is some friends" said Uncle
Eben, dat is like de rainbow Dey
looks fine an bends polite, but dey's
gone when de sun ain shlhIn'. Wash
ington Star.
Jabbers--"I woke up last night and
found a burglar in my ROOM Havers
-"Catch him?" Jabbers-"C Certainly
not. I'm not making a. collection of
burglars. PUCK.
Teaspout-"Why are you SO angry
at the doctor?" Mrs. Teaspout-'W When
he told me to show him my tongue" -
Household Words.
Broad Hint --Husband"My friend
hardly recognized you to-day" Wife
That's strange, for / Wore the same
nat you bought for me three years
ago ''--Fliegende Batter
Graham Speaking OF Mortimer, his
wife is considered quite a good Judge
Of music. isn't she?" Morgan-"I be-
lieve so. IT any rate Mortimer never
plays at home Boston Transcript.
Enfant Terrible-Caller: Nellie, is
your mother ing
Nellie Mother is out shopping"
Caller-.-"When will she return Mel
lie?"
Nellie Calling back)-"Mamma, what
shall l say ?"-Harper's Bazaar
Found Wanting.-Th Rev. SANITY
'Ah, sir. When that new planet breaks
away from the sun the temperature on
earth will rise to 1000 degrees Fahren-
heit! Are you prepared for that 2"
Summer Hotel Proprietor (aghast)-
Great Scott! No. I've closed up my
hotel and let all the help go!"--Puck
'If 1 were to die would you marry
again?" asked Mrs. Bickers of her hus-
band.
My dear replied Mr.. Bickers, "ar
able philosopher once said that no mar
should be called a hopeless fool unit
| he has made fool of himself twice in
the same way."-Louisville Courier.
| Journal
Closely Drawn Distinctions Mad
am" said Meandering Mike, who tat
| been pleading in vain. 'ef nothin' else
| II move We, I'm willin' to do anythin
yer say in the way of odd jobs fur ms
breakfast "All right; there's SONS
wood that needs ehopping.' He looked
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at 1t for a moment aud then, turning
away, said: No; I'm man OF my
word, an I sticks to- the letter of me
proposal. I said odd jobs an there
ain't nothin' more common an ordi-
nary than chopin wood, Washing
ton Star.
song OF THE FRESHMAN.
Oh, I am a little stranger, and I've conc
from pretty far
Can | travel by myself?
You bet | can.
I've come way across the continent with
out my dear papa,
On hout the BIGGEST train that even
ran.
SO 1t really doesn't shake me
Ihat rs quite grown up you take me,
For l anna man.
Hooray
AM A MAN.
Boston Budget
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FASHION NOTES.
Contrasted Uses of Black i.

Those women who In bereavement
turn to fashionable dressmakers for
garments that shall be essentially sty-
fish, are at times in danger of present
ing the appearance of the free widow
of the stage, and strange as it seems,
too elaborate mourning attire is not
picturesque departure from the con-
ventional. The material was a heavy
lustreless wooden goods, which in the
skirt was banded with a fold of Grape
at each side of the front breadth. The
blouse waist was trimmed with Grape
bretelles that held down deep
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-10-06

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small
advertisements. One Cent n Word each IN
sertion. FIye Cents Word for full week
tseven times.
Display advertisements. per Inch, one IN ,n
sertoD. $1.20; each subsequent Insertion: ~, ~
cents one week. $3.50: one month, $lo;
one year. $40 -
Obituary Notices. in prose or verse; 10
cents per line. Notices Of Births. Mar
riages, Deaths and Funerals. 90 cents eacn'
Local Notices 10 cents per line; .,.
Yearly advertisers are limited TO tneis
own immediate business (all matter 10 ne
include Wants. To Let. For Sale. etc.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-10-06

The deficit for the first quarter of the
fiscal year ended October list is $29, 015,-
900. or nearly $4,OO0,0OO more than that
for the first quarter of the fiscal year
of 1861. But the new tariff isn't
really working yet.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-10-06

A big potato or big lie has been
produced at Loveland, Colorado, The
potato or the lie weighs 81 pounds and
measures eighteen inches in length.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-10-06

Senator wellington says he listens
with a deaf ear to all attacks made
upon him. Hope he doesn't hear any
of them.
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DELIVERED by CARRIERS IN THE CITY, 10
CENTS A WEEK, so CENTS A MONTH. 50 FOR
SIX MONTHS. So A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS
ny MAIL.
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The GAkRINGrO PUBLISHING co.
OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
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az Nol,rnal nma Wuucicr
NEW HAVEN, CONN.

THE OLDEST DAILY PAPER PUB
LISHED IN CONNECTICUT.
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1t has been decided by the Michigan
Supreme court that the legislature has
constitutional power to compel rail-
roads to sell one thousand-mile tickets
for 500, good for any member of a. fam
lily, but not otherwise transferable.
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Tomatoes are good for bicyclists.
They are not to be thrown at them, but
eaten by them. mo matter" says a
bicyclist, chow tired and exhausted the
rider may feel, the eating of small
piece Of tomato acts like magic, taking
away the depressed feeling and re-
freshing one remarkably
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They are not to be thrown at them, but
eaten by them. mo matter" says a
bicyclist, chow tired and exhausted the
rider may feel, the eating of small
piece Of tomato acts like magic, taking
away the depressed feeling and re-
freshing one remarkably
The experiment Of raising ostriches
ness that has 100000 invested in it al
ready and the likelihood is that this will
be largely increased another year. The
sales of feathers this year footed up
to $4,000, which shows percentage of
profit large enough to make it safe
to say that the experiment stage is well
passed.
Poor people who do not like to work
shouldn't go to the Klondike. A re-
turned miner says: Even in summer,
when it is 102 degrees in the shade, the
soil, after you have dug foot or a
a prospect is found, the miner must
dig first through two or three feet of
thick, disease breeding messy growth,
then maybe it is easy digging into the
soil for from twelve to eighteen inches.
Then a fire must be constructed, and
this is left burning all night. If a foot
deep of soil is sweated out, one is for
tunate, and this is then removed. This
process goes on perhaps for from three
to five months, until bedrock is
reached. Then when the shaft is ten
or twelve feet deep the miner must
work in smoke and misunderstanding
fumes, and if he doesn't do it himself
labor must be employed at SIS day.
ttTheatre sickness is the name of a
new disease recently discovered by the
eminent French physician, Dr. Morti-
cole, which is at present topic of
good deal of discussion in scientific and
lay circles in Paris The doctor de-
clares that theatre sickness" and sea-
sickness resemble one another, take
their victims entirely unawares, and
toms consist of giddiness, loss of con-
seriousness, a deep faint, and in per-
verse cases the malady causes death
1t seizes victim after he has gazed
long at the stage, and more commonly
in tragedy. than in comedy, and, in
brief, it constitutes a species of as
Bnyxta When men feel theatre sick
ness coming on they become, accord
ing to DR.. Morticole, oblivous to all
considerations of locality, and put their
heads beween their knees while women
feel an inclination to recline with their
feet at an acute angle above their
heads SO excessive is the vertigo. For
tunately, cases of theatre sickness
are the exception rather than the rule.
The various experiments made with
solar engines by the French in Algeria.
where the sun shines at all times and
with great power, have been attended
in some instances with marked success.
The best apparatus is stated to be a
simple arrangement of boiler and con-
cave mirror the steam generated being
condensed in d coiled tube surrounded
4 water, this being intended for dis
7g water merely. But in India an
4 ADAMS has contrived
by which more varied
mplished One of these
a cooking box, made
I with rejecting mir
4 of the box being a
4 covered with glass
a0f the rays concen-
Upon the boiler. In
ny sort Of food may
the result being a
steam is retained
te il is q bake The
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4 ADAMS has contrived
by which more varied
mplished. One of these
| a cooking box, made
| with rejecting mir
4 of the box being a
covered with glass
b)f the rays concen-
Upon the boiler. In
iy sort Of food may
the result being a
steam is retained,
Be it is a bake. The
e may be augment
Increasing the diam
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Free!
Helen Louise Johnson's
Cooking Recipes. An 1897
book full of what to eat and
how to prepare it. Given.
to every purchaser in
Housefurnishing DEPART
ment from 1Oc up
Enameled Steel Ware, including st.
Milk Kettles, I pit. Coffee Pots, 2 st.
Buckets, Baby Food Cups, Dippers,!
Covered Sauce Pans, Kettles, Fry
Pans, Cake Pans, Bread Pans, Pud-
ding Pans, Trays, Wash Basins,
Bowls, etc. each 1OC
Bath Room Oil Heater Sf.9S
Enain. Steel Tea Kettles, No. 8, 45c|
Japanned Coal Holds 1Oc|
Galvanized Coal Holds f9c
West Store. Basement
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-10

chief major domo. The remains viii bd
brought here on Tuesday
An individual who was heard to ex-
press sympathy with the assassin OF thl
premier and with his crime. has been ar
rested.
The newspapers OF this city In com
mentlng on the crime, say that though
the anarchists have no country, It Is
dreadful tu contemplate that the last twl
murders Of eminent men, that OF Presl-
dent Carnot, OF France, and OF Fremier
Canovas del Castillo, were the work OF
Italians.
The Indignation expressed at the crime
Ia shared by all parties In politics and II
IL generally believed that the members
OF the colonial secret societies were COM
cerned In the outrage.
1t Is reported that Senior A. Pidal,
president OF the chamber OF deputies
win be appointed president of the council
OF ministers In succession TO the late
premier, at the expiration Of the official
ninety days mourning. The ministers
for the present viii meet in council daily,
COLL developed in the examination be-
fore the magistrate to-day that he sue
ceeded In firing two shots at the people
who arrested him before he was over
powered.
The assassin calls himself "revolu-
tlonary anarchist"
Senior sllvela. the leader of the dissl-
dent conservatives, has followed the ex-
ample OF Senior Sagasta, the Liberal
leader, Marshal Martinez de Campos. and
others, in rendering their coincidence to
the government, while placing their SER
Vices at the disposal OF the ministers.
1t appears this evening that COLL,
the assassin, represented himself as q
correspondent of FL Populo, The prls-
oner cannot be tried under the laws
providing for the trial and punishment
OF Anarchists, as this law is so framed
that person prosecuted under its pro-
visions must have used or attempted
to use explosives in the commission or
attempt to commit the crime charged
against him. However. there is no
doubt that COLL will be summarily tried
and sentenced.
The public demands the adoption OF
stringent measures against Anarchists
and also against those who are In SYM
pathy with them.
COLL has confessed that he killed Sc
nor Canovas TO avenge the Barcelona
Anarchists, and the insurgent leader,
Don Jose Rizal, who was executed at
Manila, Philippine Islands, on Decem-
ber 30, last, as the instigator OF the
Philippine rebellion.
DIR. Rlzal denied that he was u rebel
leader, but he admitted that he had
drawn up the statutes OF the Philippine
Lague.
In Gollls room the police found to-
day a large double barreled pistol 1t
appears that when he left the house
yesterday he carried q parcel, which is
believed to have contained a bomb.
The theory Is that he hid this some
where in the fields.
COLL was implicated in the terrible
crime OF the celebration OF Corpus
Christi, although he left Barcelona a
few days before It occurred.
He was denounced to the police for
completely. but he had already disap-
Dearel.
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JoHNsTowN, Pa. Aus. O,-Four
masked robbers entered the house OF
Phillip and John Dever. aged and
wealthy bachelor brothers, living In
Munster township, Cambria county. last
night. and demanded their money. The
two brothers and a nephew aged thirty
years. were bound and gagged and the
house ransacked.
Failing to find any money the robbers
took lighted sticks and burned the feet
OF the three men to compel them to tell
where the money was secreted. While
the burning stick was being applied to
the feet OF Phillip, the nephew, who
had managed 20 slip the bllndfold from
his eyes, turned his head 20 see what
was going on, One of the robbers saw
the move and ran to him, striking him
n terrible blow In the mouth with his
revolver, knocking out his teeth, shat
tering the lower jaw bone and splitting
the upper lip,
All their efforts failed to obtain infor-
nation as to where they could find mo-
ney and the four men finally departed.
leaving their victims tied, They are ter
ribly injured, and one OF the brothers,
who is seventy-elght years of age. may
not recover. There is no clue to the
robbers.