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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-12
81 remnants of Innings
for &c. yard.

Oakley's Fine Extracts, all odors, for
l5c. ounce, usually q and Soc.
Double bars White Floating Soap, cheap
at &C., for &c.
80 Hair Brushes. were 40 and &c.. for
25c.
81 bottles Tooth-Powder, was l9c., for &c.
bottle.
COsmo Buttermilk Soap. &c. cake.
80 Dressing Combs, were &c, for 10c.
Mendsall. mends everything, worth $780,,
for Sc. bottle.
100 dozen Pearl Buttons for 2i9c dozen.
&c. boxes of Invisible Hair Pins, lc.
box.
Blasting Cotton. &c. dozen spools.
60-inch Tape Measures. 1c.
Red and White Rick-Rack Braid, &c.
piece.
pair.
Zoe. Stockinet Shields for &c. pair
3-yard Whalebone Casing, &c. piece.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-12

BY J. Thompson Brown & CO.,
Real Estate Agents and Auctionecrs,
lli3 Main street.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-12
Water stained Three
Quarter Size Dinner Nap
kins for SOC. dozen.

double.
Csc. Linen Damask Towels for IL l-2c.
Ice. Towels for &C.; Others at &C., that
cost ice
Remnants Fancy Plaid Cushion Linen,
25c kind. for Sc. yard.
l2l-2c. Cushion Linens Tor &c. yard.
Sample pieces Linen Table Damask,
mostly 2l-2- and S-yard lengths, 69c.
grades. for 800. yard SOC. grade for
Csc. yard grades costing up TO $l.25
for soc. yard.
&c. F'ringed Towels for ic.
u -l2c Open Hemstitched All-Linen
Towels for &c.
Fine Linen Glass Towels, hemmed, lOc.
ones, for &c.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-12

BY Augustine Royal Il Co.
Real Estate Agents and AuctioneerS
Leader Building. Manchester, Va.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-12
WANTED.
WANTED,

A COOK AND HOUSE GIRL. APPLY
at once az ZIG west Franklin Street.
my l2-ltS
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-12
Beauty Pins, ! for sc.

Sterling-Silver Olga Nethersole Brace
let's very thick, for 33c
! lot Belt Buckles, worth 25c., for 12c.
each.
! lot of SOC Belt Buckles for 25c.
20c Pearl Shirt-Waist Sets for l0c.
Il Boys Watches Uhe Ingersol 81
Watch for 75c. each.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-12
II Ladies' Linen Coli
Ored Crash Skirts for I5C.

1e Black Wide-Wale, Cheviot, and MO- MO-
hair Brocades at Soc; were Sl.2o ana
las - - % IN
Brocaded silk Skirts. were s., for S2.0O.
II Best Percalc Wrappers, emDroluery
each. x.ro..~or.
II Light and Dark Percale wrappers
for a5c: Werc 71c.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-12

Black Brussels Net, As inches wide, 10c.
yard.
Wide Black silk Laces, cost up to 25c.,
for &c. yard.
Black Lace Skirting Flounce, soc. yard
cost UP to $3.50.
Wide Cream Silk Laces. for over
dresses. cost $3.50 yard now 81 yard
L.erre Laces. cost 25 and S5c-, for 10c.
yard.
French Valenciennes Laces. 2 yards for
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-12
go yards I2aC. Whit
PiQue for sc. yard.

India Linons, and lOc. grades, for lie.
yard.
yard. 49, ,
Remnants 4O-incn India Linons, Plaid
and Striped Organizes, and Dotted
Swisscs &c. yard.
40-inch India Linons for &c. yard
Checked and Striped Dimities, 7 ana
loc- grades. for Sc. yard.
25c. White Pin Tucklngs, l. to 6-yard
lengths, o. -ic. yard.
pieces Ice. White Imported Organdie
for SC. yard.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-12

by request OF the owner we win 80
Tor sale. at public auction. on he n Vl'
ises. on r ti.l.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-12
WANTED.

ONE HUNDRED BOYS TO SELL HIGH
Life. Apply AT TAYLOR & TAYLORS,
500 east Cary, Saturday after 4. NJ.
my i2-lts
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-12
So Equipoise Waists for
SI.75.

Sizes 20, q. "a. %, %, q. and coo.
One lot of ]. b. and Warmers Corsets.
usual 81 kind. for Toe.
$3.50 and N.7J r. q G.. and Thomsons
Glove-Fitting Corsets for ST.
One lot Of Toe. Corsets, several different
makes; choice. soc.
Csc. Summer Corsets-sizes is, co. %, %,
% and 26-for i0c.
50c. Corsets for 25c.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-28
No. 1O2.
BABY CARRIED IN A vAL1sF
fne queer baggage OF an Elderly
Male Passenger ON nm Iown
Railway.

carrying baby in grip is a new
wrinkle on me-" remarked an old-time
palace car conductor at Chicago hotel
the other night. ut was away out in
western Iowa." he continued, that the
lncidsnt am about to relate happened.
L had two purters in my car. One was
the regular porter, who is familiar with
the travelling public, and the other
darky was just being broken in. He
was on the first run and wanted to
catch on to the kusiness. Well, sonre-
where west of Marshalltown an elderly
man climbed on the sleeper. He had
two grips, one fat one, the other a
mere hand grip. He remarked to the
porter to handle the grips very careful
ly and to keep them upright.
"The man went into the smoking
apartment and ordered his grips placed
in his berth. 1t so happened that the
new porter got hold of them and 1
can never understand how it happened
that there wasn't tragedy on that
car, for he took the fat grip and gave
it big toss, landing it up to the top
berth. There wasn't a sound.
Pretty soon the man came out of
the smoker and proceeded to retire. He
made considerable fuss about the rough
way i'll which his grips had been han
died and the finding Of the large one
upstairs. In the night some time a
baby's voice was heard. The little one
cried several times, but always quieted
down. The sound was traced to the
berth of the man who had been fussy
about his grips. Next morning he did
not get up and remained in the berth
until the train reached Chicago.
when he left the car the big grip
was as heavy as ever and the porter
received the same precautions about
careful handling. 1 managed to get
around in front of him and asked him
if the baby was all right. He looked
4 little puzzled and then answered in
the most Indifferent way that it was all
right, but had spent rather restless
might. He said he always carried it in
the grip to avoid appearance, taking
along several bottles of milk when on
a long trip"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-28
To Whom it May Concern.
STATE LAND OFFICE,


CARSON CITY. Nevada, August 81, 1899.
Notice is hereby given that the State OF
Nevada, under the Act Of Congress APPROX
ed June 16, 1880 (21 Stats. 287), has filed in
the United States Land ONCE at Carson
City, Nevada, List No. 232 Of lands selected
under said Act, and has applied for pat
ent for said lands; that part of said list is
open to the public for inspection, aud q
copy thereof, by descriptive subdivisions,
mas oeen posted in u convenient place in
said United States Land ONCE for the in
spectlon OF all persons interested and the
public generally.
Within the next sixty days following the
date OF this notice protests or contests
against the claim Of said State of Nevada
to any tract or subdivision described in the
list, on the ground that the same is more
valuable for mineral than agricultural pur-
poses, Will be received and noted by the
register and Receiver Of the United States
Land ONCE at Carson City, Nevada, for re-
port to the General Land ONCE at Wash
ington, d. @.
scribed, to wit:
E. 4 Of s. E. a Sec. 20, the e. Il of N. e.
= and E. n OF S. E. u Sec. 81, N. w. "a of
N. w. y Sec. %, Lot Of N. w. d Sec. 2, E.
z OF N. f. = and Z. y of S. E. d Sec. 81 II.
80 N. K. SO E. M. D. b. q M.-482. go acres.
f. D. KELLEY,
State Land Register OF the State OF Nevada.
Date Of first insertion, September 1, 1899.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-28
Ordinance,

The Board of County Commissioners OF
Elko county, State Of Nevada, for the use
and benefit Of the Inhabitants of said Elko
county, do hereby order and establish an
ordinance to prevent ball playing on any OF
the public streets, in the town Of Elao, in
the above named county and State, and to
prescribe a penalty for the violation thereof
to wit:
Each and every person who shall play
ball on any OF the public streets OF the said
town Of Ell1o shall be guilty of disorderly
conduct, and upon conviction thereof shall
be fined for the FIRST offensc, in the snm
OF four (SD dollars, or imprisoned in the
County Jail two (2) days; and for any subse-
quent offense, he shall be fined in the sum
of eight tss) dollars, on imprisoned in the
County Jail four (D days. This ordinance
shall not apply to what is ut present known
as the Elko Base Ball Ground.
The Clerk of the Board is ordered to have
copy of this ordinance published in the
INDEPENDENT and Free Press.
Said ordinance to take effect upon Octo-
ber 5, 1890.
BY order OF the Board,
fO~I Attest: A. G.. DAwLEY,
SEAL Clerk.
&0-4
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-28
Few Printers In Jail.

The first Australian newspaper, the
Sydney Gazette, was published on
March S, 1903, Is years after the rise
of the colony. The delay was caused
through there being no printers among
the convicts, who represented every
profession, including the legal. The
plant was brought out in the first fleet,
but it could not be used until the au-
thorities caught a compositor. 1t has
been suggested by writer who has
suffered at the hands of compositors
that they keep all their crimes for the
composing room.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-28
Makes Mrs. McKinIey's Shoes.

Beloit, Wis, leads the world in the
number of gas engines it manufactures.
One firm turns out 100 week, and an
other has capacity almost as large.
both concerns are enlarging their
plants. A Philadelphia company for
merly held the record. BeIoit also
leads in having the greatest number
OF skilled artisans in proportion to it's
population, which is 10000, and partic-
ularly is this true as to the number Of
skilled workers in iron. An interesting
fact in connection with the big fac
tories of Beloit Us that they pay out
in wages each month an average of
nine dollars to every man, woman and
child in the city. A Beloit company
claims to have the finest ladies' shoes
in the world, and Mrs. Mckinley, at
least, is convinced Of the truth of this
claim, as she has her footwear made
an that city.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-28
NOTICE.

BY order of the Board of County
Commissioners of Elko County, State
of Nevada. made this 9th day Of
February, 1899, notice is hereby
given that all persons who are charg-
es upon the e'county must come to the
County Hospital, or all claims for
their support will be disallowed by
said Board except in cases of extreme
emergency.
Attest: A. q. DAwLEY
County Clerk.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-28

BY order of the Board of County
Commissioners, all bills against the
County to be acted upon by the
Board, must be filed on or before the
Saturday Immediately preceding the
Monday upon which the Board meets,
otherwise the bills will not be acted
upon until the next meeting of the
Board.
Attest: A. G. DAwLEY
County Clerk.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-28
For Ladder HMta.

Two recent consignments Of goods
to London houses, include 5000 birds
Of paradise, 1900 Impeyan pheasants,
$500 crested pigeons and 500 small birds
Of various sizes, etc.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-07

certain. that Liberia coula-eue vpr---
tunities considerably superior to those
being eagerly sought by Europeans in
the! African colonies of the various
powers. Indeed, Liberia is already
in advance of any of these. colonies, if
we interpret the signs Alright. There
is more coffee under cultivation. and
there are more good farms owned and
managedby negroes than in any other
part. Of tropical Africa. There are
more good houses, more Intelligent
people, ! more churches land more
schools, and, while the aggregate is
yet etinfnitesimal compared with Eu-
rope or America, it constitutes the
most favorable nucleus of civilization
to be found in tropical Africa. TIC
attempt to arouse excitement and stir
up On exodus Of American negroes
would be to invite disaster or a large
scale. The negro can honestly be ad-
vised only to stay where he is unti he
has far better assurance of safety than
can now be given him. The impor-
tant point is that the supposed failure
.of, colonization. during the last half
century failure is not demonstration
ofthe existence of any insurmountable
obstacles in the way of furnishing a
home in Africa for those who find
themselves Uncomfortable here.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-07
MoNnov1A, THE CAPITAL, FROM THE HARBon.

are no opportunities for men to grow
rich from speculation OF by rise OF
land values. Very little land is sold,
the new arrivals being too poor to
buy, while improved property is sell
dom alienated from the family. The
Government provides emigrants4 with
land free of charge.
But it will not do to continue this
recital of facts favorable to Liberia
without admitting and explaining the:
popular adverse opinion on the sub
iect. Tile well-lnformed reader has
noticed before this an entire discrep.
ancy with the frequently published
reports of returning emigrants. Their
narratives are usually exaggerated.
and often incoherent, but in the main
tue. Liberia resembles the house
planned by a famous French novelist.
1t was success in all particular save
one-there was no doorway, no STAIR
case. Between the penniless emigrant
and prosperous farmer there 11is, in
deed, gulf fixed, in the shape OF four
or five years of semi i-starvation, sick
ness and difficulties of all sorts. The
climate, the soil, the crops, theafood,
and even the cookery, are new. Ihe
emigrant starves by refusing OF makes
himself ill by attempting to eat inn
properly prepared native foods which
III the right condition sare bothnour-
isbing and palatabie. He tries rancid
palm oil and goes back TO imported
butter ut seventy.iiye cents pound,
until his money is exhausted. He
wastes his time planting his cropstfat
the wrong season or il the wrong way.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-07
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

The skin of an elephant usually
takes about five years to tan.
1t has been observed in the hospitals
that nails on amputated fingers con-
tinue to grow.
Until the reign of Henry VIII, Eng
lish sovereigns, as we'll rs their sub
iects, ate with their fingers.
In the middle of game Of tennis
in Central India the other day tiger
bounded into the midst OF the players.
A Frenchman has Invented duplex
piano, at which two people can play
on different keybvards at the same
time.
The fastest flowing river in the
world is the Sutlej, in British India,
with descent of $4,000 feet in $50
miles.
1t is estimated that fully thirds
of the whole amount OF public money
held by the LouGon banks does not
bear interest
A custom peculiar to Buddhists is
that Of wandering about the country
with hammer and chisel and carving
holy symbols rnon rocks by the way
SIDE. = - tE&s
The Swedish bride fills her pockets
with bread, which she. dispenses to
every one she meets on her way to the
church, every piece she disposes of
averting, asshesbelieves,s a misfortune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-07
.,.z,. ,urr1cres- make excel

yyuo5c EGarLICleS- make eAcel-
TENT sotlps. In a few there is SO much
fat that cakes or cartridges would be-
come rancid in keeping" Canned
meats, canned s:ews and canned soups
came next, and comprised canned
corn beef, canned boiled beef with
carrots and turnips, canned beef and
potatoes and canned concentrated to-
mato soup, nil of which were regarded
by the board as unsuited for an emer-
gency ration.
An interesting compound known as
the standard emergency ration" re-
ceived partial approval from the board.
The ration is put up in tins and con-
sists of one ounce of tea, powdered
and compressed into a thin cake
and wrapped in foil, and three cakes
of a grayish friable material. The
chief objection was stated to lie that
it would become rancid iug keeping.
The cakes, consisted of a mixture
of foods, as follows: 3 IL ounces
of fat bacon, 4 ounces of pea mea, :,
Alp ounces of. hard bread, 3 l-2
ounces of evaporated beef, 1-2 ounce
of potatoes, IA ounce Of onions, 1-S
ounce of salt and celery seed; 3-4
ounce of pepper. Of this the. board
said: "Wheu the emergency ration is
to last only day or two this might
be of value, but the board is confident
that no large body OF men would sub
sist satisfactorily on this food for ten
days" 49, -
In conclusion tile board says: "The
board further considers that the pres
ent emergency ration will answer as
we'll for Cuba, Porto Rico and the
Philippines as for the United States.
It is true that when one is on full diet
fat should be lessened and the starches
and sugars increased in tropical eli
mates, but when the soldier is on
short allowance, as when the five days
emergency rations have to be made to
last for ten days, the food which has
the highest food value should be pro-
vided as it will be assimilated, and
this food is that which is now pro-
vided in the authorized emergency
ration,n .s
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-07

thing, the thing it will certainly
prove to be. Gloves made to order
with monograms are devoid of stitch
ing, and the monogram is embroidered
in the centre Of the back of the hand.
Those which are purchased from
stock and then embroidered have the
monogram set between the thumb
seam and first row of stitching, and
others have it placed on the wrist
below the stitching. This latter po-
sition is not altogether a very advan-
tageous one, as glove usually wrin-
kles so much at the wrist that the
monogram is apt 10 lose its promi-
nence and the small amount of beauty
it. might otherwise possess. The
most popular-if the new fad may be
said to be popular SO soon-are the
self-colored embroidered monograms.
These decorations are so striking,
even in self-coloring, that few will be
brave enough to hazard SO striking a
contrast as white or black, or vice
varSo
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-07
TRAVEL BY STAGE COACH.
How the New E,glanders Went on Their
Journeys Many Years Ago.

How the New E ,glanders Went on Their
Journeys Many Years Ago:
In lecture in the free municipal
course the Hon: George G: Crocker;
chairman Of the railroad commission,
told mahy interesting facts regarding
the e:rly means of transportation in
Boston. During the first third Of the
present century stage lines increased
greatly III number and gave more
frequent service. The. stage coaches
for long distances generally accom-
modated nine passengers inside and
four or five on the roof, one sitting
with the driver. The back part of the
roof was reserved for the baggage.
The stages for distantp points left early
as early as 4 a. m.,; and sometimes
2 a. m. 1t took Mr.. Quincy and
Judge Story four days to get to New
York, and Mr.. Quincy congratulated
himself in a letter on liviug>in the
days of quick travel. 1t took them
eight days to 60 from Boston to
Washington.
In 1882 there were nlnety-tnree
lines of coaches running out Of Bds-
ton, some of them making trips twice
or three times week: The average
number of coaches leaving Boston
each day for points more than six
miles distant was sixty:three. An ex-
animation Of Badger & Porter's stage
register showed that in the first third
of this century stages on the main
routes. travelled at the, rate, including
stops, of four or five miles an hour.
In 1892 the schedule time trip to New
York was forty-one hours, travelling
night and day, or trife over five
miles an hour.
AS the number of stage lines in
creased fares decreased, and in 1882
the fare to New York was $1l, or 5
cents per mile. But stage coaches did
not carry freight, which could only be
carried profitably by canal. As the
great water routes did not connect
with Boston, a canal was built at
Lowell to junction with the Mystic
river, near Boston, and opened for
traffic in 1903. 1t was used for fifty
years, and was tifty-seven miles long:
After the opening Of the Erie canal
ll;. -sfa4a nanc;.larad tho snhona tf,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-07

<All right, "rsaid Philip, struggling
with BIS white tie. A servant had just
infocmed him that his father wished
to see him in the library.
iiPhilip was arraying his comely self
Tor the Mortons' party, and as he fin
ished he surveyed himself moment,
then taking up:his gloves he stalked
down the stairs and into the stately
library where his father sal at 4 table
writing.
Philips father was great railroad
maghate of whom most men stood in
wholesome awe, but his stern face
lighted up wonderfully as the athletic
figure OF his only son came up to his
chair and laid hand affectionately on
his shoulder.
"What is it, excellency?" Philip
askeds andrthe tones of his voice sent
p thrill of pride through his Fathers
pulses.
''Sit down, PHIL said his father,
motioning to chair near at nnud.
"Were you in that crowd last night
that nearly wrecked horseless car
riage and frighteneda horse that an old
woman from the country was driving?
She might have been killed if one OF
you-I fancy I know Who Philip
blushei)-hadn't taken flying leap
at considerable risk md caught the
horse just in. TINA and stopped it.
eyes, J. Was there, said Philip.
s'You see, father, the boys took old
Steele with them. He knows all about
motorcycles and things like that, but
not much else. But Steele put on airs,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-07
OUR EMERGENCY RATION
THAT USED BY THE ARMY SUITABLE
FOR THE TROPICS.

Beef and Selected Vegetables in Cans
Not Adapted for Our Soldiers In the
Philippines, Porto Rico a. Cuba
Coffee In Compressed Tablet approved.
The report of the board appointed
to investigate the present emergency
ration of the army was transmitted
recently to the commissary-g generals
department. The board decided that
no change was necessary in the ration
for use in Cuba, Porto Rico or the
Philippines. The report shows that
this decision was reached after an ex-
amiuatien of many different kinds OF
preparations submitted as suitable
articles for the ration. The board
consisted of Colonel CharlesA. Wood.
ruff, Lieutenant Colonel Smart and
Captain Louis A. Craig. 7
It's report begins with "a reference
t0 tile examination of certain prepara-
tions Suggested by Colonel A.. G.
Bates, military attache at the court OF
St. James. The articles were canned
preparations of beef and carrots, beef
and onions, beef and celery, Scotch
broth or pea or rice julienne. The
board remarked that these articles
seemed better fitted for an officers
mess rather than an emergency ra-
ton for soldiers, and added that beef
and selected vegetables in cans were
not, in their opinion, suitable as an
emergency ration for United States
troops. ..,
The board next referred to samples
Of new kinds of hard bread, and con-:
rluded that the present kind was bet
ter than any other offered for its ex-
animation. Coffee tablets and COM
pressed coffee were also tested. The
former were rejected as having no
aroma; though the board was OF the
opinion that it retained the full
strength of caffeine. The compressed
coffee was in cakes inclosed in close
fitting inner jackets of thin water
proof paper with an outer equally
close-ftting envelope of strong imper-
vious parchment, which, the board
said, "seems to act efficiently in pre-
serving the aroma of the tablets. !"
Each cake weighed four ounces and
was marked into six parts, each part
making one pint of coffee. The board
invited attention to the advisability
of putting coffee up in packages SINH
lar to the sample. .,.t
The next subject treated OF in the
report was evaporated and desiccated
vegetables. Under this head came
potatoes, onions, peas and bean meal.
Potatoes in dried, thin slices like
waters and potatoes ground into a
meal wara Avan,ina1- H. 49, ,----.:''''.