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The Philipsburg mail., 1899-02-24

supplied with money and jewelry II
he wishes to see the fair Barbara at
her best. At such times she is bub-
bling over with vivacity, wit and good
cheer. She may insist upon his drink
Ing a bottle CT wine with her, and II
he takes his losses in the proper spirit
she may even advance him sufficient
money to see him back TO his friends.
She is herself of gentle blood, and she
appreciates the usages OF polite So
ciety in others. Barbara is now about
IS years old. Ten years ago she dis
appeared from her home in the village
OF Bandze, in the government of Ku-
tails. Just why she left the surround
ings which she had previously graced
SO charmingly is not known. The Sc
cret is securely locked up in her heart.
She has been identified, but never be-
fore law court, for she Is still very
much at large. and snaps her fingers at
Cossacks, governments and police with
the same confidence in her own good
luck which has accompanied her ever
since she took to the mountains. Not
that the course Of her strange love of
adventure has always run smooth. Bar
bara has had downs as well as ups in
her curious career. Four or five times,
tor instance, the lady was surprised
or betrayed and arrested. But her luck
never left her. Once her prison door
1T was a manor house-was opened
at night, II not by an angel of the
Lord. at least by friend of the lady,
whereupon she rose up and walked
away before her accusers could bring
her to trial. Another time her jailer
set her free and went with her to the
mountains, where he is now one of the
most fearless daredevils Of her band.
The third time that Barbara found
herself in durance vile nothing hap
pened to help her and she was duly
sent to trial. Her jailer would prob
ably have fallen in love with her had
he known that his sympathetic prison
er belong to the female sex. But as
Barbara has invariably worn the pic
turesque costume of male Georgian
since she took to the hills the jailer
entertained an angel unawares and
conscientiously looked after her. The
trial therefore duly came on, and ow-
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-02-24
Hard Luck for This Scientist.

A scientific gentleman told a little
tale worth repeating at British asso
citation meeting the other day. He is
engaged in collecting material for a
book on magnetism. and heard o. a pa
per on the subject in a German peri
odica,. Not knowing the Teutonic
tongue, he sent the article to a trans
lation bureau. In due time the trans
lation was handed to him, and when hs
scanned the lines he became yer,
wroth indeed, for the article was sim.
ply a German rendering of one from
the gentlemen's own pen. which ap-
peared in an English paper year ago.
Insult was added to injury when the
scientist had to pay for the translation
exactly as much again as he received
from the proprietors Ut the journal IL
which the article originally figured
Invention.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-02-24

younger days he was good horseman
and an excellent pistol shot. and
though he possessed a mild character
and gentle disposition, he was abso-
utely without fear. When very young
he studied telegraphy and began the
practice of 1t at time when telegraph
lines were strung along turnpikes and
highways and not along railways. In
deed, there were but few railroads In
the west at the time he commenced
with telegraphy. His first engagement
was with the old Pittsburg, Cincinnati
and Louisville line, and he remained
With this line, receiving from time to
time many promotions, till it was final
~ consolidated with the Western Union
Telegraph company. Then he visited
different points in the northern cUun-
try, working at short engagements in
many different places. In 1859, while
working at Indianapolis, he accepted
good position on Indiana railroad lines
with headquarters at Indianapolis. In
that position he continued till 1867.
when he was made superintendent Of
the Indianapolis, Cincinnati and La
fayette railroad lines, with his own
headquarters at Cincinnati
In 1864, when the civil war was in
progress, he had frequent occasion to
60 to the union front and set up or re-
pair or take down telegraph plants.
On one Of these occasions he ventured
too near to the confederate lines and
was taken as prisoner of war, but not
being belligerent in the true sense he
was soon let go.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-02-24
SENTIME EMIT AND SPITE,
Great Britsin's War In the SouGan--
E:nrflci.l Results.


B.nrilcisl Results
The battle of Atbara was q severe
engagement, says the National Review.
On that occasion the Anglo Egyptian
force was 1900 and there were 5i5
casualties. It was. Of course, to be ex-
pected that on these figures the senti-
mentalist would look in with his pious
exclamation Of "battue." There was,
however, no alternative but to kill just
as many derv!shes as chose to fight US,
and-there was never a race that so
richly deserved killing. They had been
the scourge OF the Sudan for fourteen
years. 1t may be laid down as an
axiom that the greater the number Of
the enemy killed ard the fewer upon
the victor's side the more brilliant Is
the victory. War means killing the
enemy, we can't get out of that. 1t Is
very dreadful. and all humane people
declare the fact, but the history of the
world shows that it Is means OF prog
ress and civilization. 1t may be truly
said that of all the wars Great Britain
has embarked in during her long his
tory none has been more certain of a
beneficent result than the one we have
just brought to a conclusion in the
Sudan. We can afford, therefore, to
disregard the selfish sentimentalist who
espouses no cause. but, like the lotus
eater, exclaims: what pleasure can
we have to war with evil? Is there any
peace in ever climbing up the climbing
vave?" We can equally afford to de-
spiee the venom OF the French Journal
ist which found expression in quoting
q "shopkeeper In the Strand" as a typi-
cal Briton who said to him: There
were not enough men killed In this
battle at Omdurman. I should have
preferred the slaughter of more than
three-fourths OF the dervish army with
heavier loss on Cur side; for great
battle pleases us only when there has
been a great butchery." Such is the
stuff provided by one of the graads
1ourneaux of Paris for it's readers,
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-02-24
ELECTRICAL POWER
Charles H. Summers Gave it Many New Uses-One Of
the Pioneer Experimenters with
the Telephone.
the Telephone.

and that It was these suggestions
which enables the system to be operat-
ed. Hence 1t is true that largely to
Mr.. Summers is owing that which has
since become a standard part Of land
and ocean telegraphy.
Mr. Summers caused to be erected
tho first incandescent electric lighting
plant in the west. He was equally
early in the field of telephony. The
first Bell telephones were brought to
Chicago by Gardner Hubbard. Graham
Bells father-in-law. There were two
sets of instruments and they were
taken to Mr.. Summers Office to be test
ed. A line from his home at Highwood
(now Fort Sheridan) to his Office in
town was made use of, and the first
telephoning over actual lines was done
from Mr.. Summers home.
There are many anecdotes related Of
these early experiments and the amaze
ment with which people regarded the
magic talking boxes" which were q
conspicuous figure of Mr. Summers
Offices in the old Union building at tho
corner of Washington and La Sale
streets, Chicago. General Phil H. Sher-
idan, then commander In this depart
ment of the army, had Offices adjoining
Mr.. Summers, and the loud talking,
singing and yelling once made him ask
II a riot was in progress. When he
found that 1t was not riot, but noise
created over a cumhersone-lOokinX
wooden box about the size of a small
travelling trunk, he was inclined to
question the sanity OF those about It,
But he was usually chacy OF Ques.
tioning any odd thing Mr.. Summers
might do, for he had had proof before
of the electricians ability at scientific
joking. Afterward General Sheridan
used often to say he did not believe
that box could talk, until one time he
got Mr.. Summers to sing through IL
"Old Rosin the Beau which was ona
Of his occasional musical achievements.
His offices became the center Of gen.
eral curiosity. Newspaper men and
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-02-24

In 1869 he was summoned to Chicago
to do what nobody then could do; he
was summoned to put in operation the
first testing instrument ever brought
to the west. This instrument was fit-
ted up with polisher brass and plate
glass, which had been sent out from
Germany. No one here knew their
uses. Mr.. Summers had at the same
time. in his private laboratory in Gin
.innati, a set exactly like that Of for
eien make, and which he had made for
his line in the railroad shops. Soon
thereafter he was called to direct as
electrician the new methods adopted
in the Western Union service. From
that time down to his death he was
in the same capacity in the employ Of
that company.
Mr.. Summers was connected with the
early development OF almost all the
commercial applications OF electricity.
It would be difficult to say just how
much his personality has been i'm
dressed upon some of the most import l.
ant inventions in this field. The pat
ent Office contains no record Of him as
an inventor. but he is known to have
been the maker Of suggestions and or
lginator Of ideas which often after
ward developed into valuable inven-
ons. This fact was brought strik-
ingly out some years ago in certain
evidence produced upon the trial of a
patent suit in England. This suit in
volved the primary principles upon
which all duplex telegraphy operated.
It is this method tht is used to operate
all ocean lines and most Of the modern
land lines. It was found on the trial
that in the earliest experiments that
had been made Mr.. Summers had sug-
easted to Mr.. Stearns. the inventor. the
vse Of what are known as conderssrs.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-02-24
CHARGED WITH MURDER.

Louis Ahern, alias GehriNe, was re-
Gently taken from Chicago to Peoria to
be tried for the murder of William ].
Mahoney, alias Manning. Ahern. alias
Gehrike, was arrested in connection
with the murder of w. J. Mahoney at
Peoria. He is in the last stages Of con-
sumption. 1t was with difficulty that
Ahern told his story to Inspector Shea.
He admitted having served two years
in the penitentiary at Joliet for bur-
glary. He said he lived at the Bruns-
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-02-24

this result of his suicide when ne
.eaped from the saloon deck OF the roy
al mail steamer Scot on the way from
Cape Town to Southampton. Out OF
$500 person on board the ship but one
was willing to court destruction for
the chance of saving Barney Barnato,
whom he barely knew. This was w.
+. Clifford, fourth officer OF the Scot,
one OF the bravest men and most pow
erful swimmers in the British mer-
chant marine. His heroic effort prov
I'd futile, but it pays to be hero for
all that. since young Clifford has just
won for his bride Miss Gertrude Rod
ney, beautiful South African heir
ssS, who witnessed her lovers gallant
action and used it to win over an OBJ
ltinate father.
Mrs. Barnato, moiover, has settled a
handsome annuity on Clifford, aud his
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-02-24

81 the drawing room, her conversation
Is delight to the ear, and the trav-
eler who has met her comes to regard
himself as a person specially honored.
II am delighted to have had this op-
portunity Of meeting 80 amiable gen.
tleman," says Barbara, after the trans
fer of property has been completed.
And the gentleman will probably as
sure her that the pleasure is all his.
The American tourist who ventures in
to that wild country in the south Of
Russia should not neglect to 60 we'll
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-02-24

wick lodging house, owned by Ma
honey, without cost to himself.
Il did not know why Mahoney went
to PEORIA" said Ahern. He asked me
to so with him and did. He told me
he had some business to transact, and
l asked no questions. We registered at
the Farmers hosel. remained in bed
all Tuesday and al Of Wednesday, but
Mahoney was out nearly all the time.
We occupied the same room. He met
nobody as far as l know. On Wednes-
day evening l parted with Mahoney
at the railroad depot and returned to
Chicago, arriving Thursday morning at
about 1880 o'clock. Manning remained
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-02-24
". r. CLIFFORD.

bank account Is swelled to good pro-
portions by several testimonials Of
$500 each, the gifts Of Johannesburg
citizens and two steamship companies.
All South Africa has been greatly in
terested In the outcome of Clifford's
eourtship, and the happy elimination
OF It, which is to take place in Port
Elizabeth, Cape Colony, and it will be
the occasion for town demonstration
and general rejoicing among admirers
OF the brave young Clifford.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-02-24

When the fine lines begin to show
under the eyes procure small pack
age of fuilers' earth and mix it with
m equal quantity OF wheat -four. Take
q little Of this and mix 1t into a paste
with clear water. Spread i. beneath
the eyes and let 1t remain an hour,
then moisten it and gently wipe 1t off,
Fos wrinkles on other PARTS OF the face
make a paste of white wax and oil Of
sweet almonds. and apply it as hot as
can be borne. using a small pine stick
for the pIrpose. that It may be applied
% the line ed nowhere else.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-02-24
MIS- EMERY
,user Place for Electric s,,oc,

When Bar Harbor well digger COM
planned that he received electric shocks
while descending a we'll in that fash
ionable resort, his fellow workmen
laughed at him. But when dog fas-
tened to a platform, was lowered to
the surface OF the water he howled
piteously for an instant and was dead
when hauled to the surface.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-02-24
Poor Field for IrventorS,

The patent laws Of Japan afford lit
tie protection to foreign manufacturers
or inventors. A native may patent any
trade mark Of foreigner If the pat
ent be taken out before the real owner
has moved in the matter. Then the
only course open to the owner Is to buy
from the lative the right to use his
own trade mark in Japan.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-02-24

Ing to come curious conflict of e7idence
Barbara got of. whereupon she return
ed to her lawless subjects and her ex-
citing mode OF life. In her male at
tire che would never be taken for q
woman we're it not for her delicate fea-
lures. her silvery voice and her small
hands and feet. always neatly gloyed
and booted. She sits on her horse os
though born to the saddle. She IL q
dead shot, and can hit the edge Of a
Russian coin no larger than 4 10-cent
piece With q rifle bullet At . distance
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-02-24
Fishes That Bald Meats.

There Is fish found in Hudson bay
which absolutely builds a nest. This
It does by picking up pebbles in its
mouth and placing them in a regular
way on selected spot on tho bottom
OF the bay. where the water Is not too
deep.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-02-24
Never Touched Him.

De T.-How startling are statistics.
We drank seventy million gallons Of
whisky las, year. Mrs. Do T.-Speaa
for yourself please; you know I neyes
:ouched . drop Of it-Hsrlem Liss.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-02-24
ALL LOVE THE BRAVE.
1t Pays Financially to Be Hero-Clifford, Who
Tried to Save Barnato, Won Wife
and Wealth

HE last act OF
Barney BarnatO's
life was to make
the fortune Of a
young ships off,
Ger. The Diamond
King Of South At
rica, who had been
the ruin and bless
ing OF so many
lives. probably did
n O t contemplate
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-02-24

HARLES H. SUM-
MERS. the cele-
brated- electrician,
who died in Chica-
60 the other day,
was born in Flem-
ing county, Ken
Nucky, Of parents
who had emigrated
from Virginia. 1t
was an old Virginia
fam lily. In his
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-02-24
A QUELN OF BANDITS.
f9 BARBARA DANELlA, WHO
RULES RUSSIAN CAUCASUS.
4 Georgian Of Geatle Blood-she Con-
ducts Her nold-Ups with All the
Etiqustte Of = Drawing -Room--Thc
Dora Cox Of Russia.

ARBARA Danelia
is the Dora Cox of
the Russian Cau-
cacus. A most pic
turesque, polite and
altogether charm
ing creature is Bar
bara. II those who
have met her in a
business way are to
be believed. Her
manners are those
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-01-30
Order Appointing Time for
Probate of Will.

IN THE DIS rRICP COURT OF
the Fourth Judicial District in
and for the County of Elko of State
of Nevada.
In the matter Of the estate of Gar
rett Pierce, de ceased Oder appoint-
ing Time for Probate of Will, and Di-
recting Publication of Notice of the
same.
1t - hereby ordered, that Fridav
the Third day Of February. 1899, at
O'Clock =. NJ, Of SAID day, at the
Courtroom Ct said Court, ut Exc, in
Elko County, State of Nevada b..
and the same is hereby appointed
the time for proving the last viii
and Testament uf Garrett Pierce de-
eased, and hearing the application
IT John A. Sullivan, for letters of
administration. with the will an
nexeo. he having fled his peti-
ton for the same; ~ d any per-
son Interested may appear aud COZ
test the said Will. ard may file obiec.
LIONS IN writing t. the grHntI..g Of
letters OF administI attic n TO said De
tItioLer.
1t is further ordered, That notice
he given thereof by the Clerk u said
o. urt, by publication not ,ess than
teb days before said Bird day of Feb
ruary, 1897, in the Daily INDEPEN
DfNT. Il newspaper printed and pub.
lished in said Elko County.
Dated Jan. 16, 1899.
@ +. TALBOT,
Judge Of the District Court.
A. G. DAwLEY, Clerk.
BY JNo. F1TzeERALD,
C~~ Deputy.
&~~~1
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-01-30
Orders by Mail will receive prompt
attention
THE NEWSPAPER LAW.
All Subscribers Should Read tho
Following Law and Avoid Trouble,

All Subscribers Should Read tho
Following Law and Avoid Trouble.
l. All subscribers who do not
give express notice to the contrary
are considered wishing to continue
their subscription.
2. If subscribers order the discop-
tinuance OF their periodical the pub
Usher may continue to send it until
all ARE arages are paid.
8. Ii subscribers refuse or neglect
to take their periodicals. from the
office to which they are directed, they
are responsible until they have set.
tied their bills and ordered them dis.
continued.
a. Subscribers moving to othe
places without informing the pub
Usher, and the papers are sent to the
former address, they are held re-
ponsihle.
b. The courts have decided that
refusing to take periodicals from the
Office or removing and leaving them
uncalled for, is prinIa fdcie evidence
OF Intended fraud.
8. Ii subscribers pay in advance
they are bound to give notice at the
end OF the time they do not wish to
continue taking it, and tile subscriber
will be- responsible until an express
notice with all arrearages are sent to
the publisher.
z. The latest postal laws are such
that newspaper publishers can arrest
anyone for fraud who take paper
and refuses to pay for it.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-01-30
His TorEuc His Wcnpon.

An English writer who iilicns Talley-
rand 10 cat wEich scratches. dealing
wounds that infiaINc but that Go not
Kill. gives few examples Of lis irli-
ta;iEg wit. Director EcwEcjl in Il fit
of rage. flung an InkStand 1T Talley-
raEG'* head. cNc!ai.ni"T: "Nilc cmigre,
your mind j. ~ crooked rs your feet ;"
Tic cripple waited his revenge. Glow
are things Coing?" asked Rewbell one
"aN Ct the prince. "CrCSsways. as you
co.. replied Tallcyrard to the Girec-
&C.. NhoEc eyes crossed. Mime. ;;p Stael
was suspected Of PAINTING hcr.rlf IS the
he c':@ Ct her Ionarcc. "DC'phine,"
are &!lcyrnrd IL tic character of the
Gi>cCy ard artificial Nine. C Vernon.
~ BE-, tel nc" said The wit. meeting
her econ after her hooks had appeared,
CO.; beth You and / are in the book.
mainm. disguised as fema!cs."-Dc-
troit Free Press.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-01-30
DEWEY ORDERED HIM AWAY.
The American Admiral's Curt Answer
to an Eccentric Austrian
NO5leman.

Count and Countess FesIetics, who
have had trouble at nearly every port
IN the South seas where they have
touched in their sailing yacht, the
iolua, recently ran up against Admir- II
Dewey 1T Manila ami were rercmptor
!ly ordered out CT the harb0r after a
1ne-day's stay. The countess is the
laughter Of Millionaire Lloyd Teyis,
and ever since her marriage 10 Count
FeStetics, an Austrian nobleman, tn.
couple have been sailing through the
southern seas. They have had several
mutinies Of their crew because the
count is very eccentric and very eco
nom.cal. They have also had several
narrow escapes from being wrecked.
Their vessel arrived at Hong Kong re-
Gently and the titled couple at once
longed to go 10 Manila and see the city
which had just fallen into American
hands.
When the yacht entered the harbor
the count expected to be received with
salute. as both he and the countess
knew many of the naval officers in Adj
miral Dewcy's fleet. AS the Tolua
sailed up the bay to Cavite about dusk
strong searchiight swept over her
and in the fierce light the count de-
scribcd Big war vessel approaching.
He fancied she was coming to do h I'M
honor, when suddenly IL siN-inch shell
went screaming over the TcIua's bow
and struck water not far from the
yacht. The helmsman in his f. ght put
about promptly. y long boat soon APP
pcared with a very dictatorial officer
on board who came or board and III
sisted on examining the yachts papers.
He then CURLY order her to drop an
Choir for the night. The count ascer-
tanned that il was the Concord whicc
had fired across his bows.
Next morning the Concord steamed
toward Manila and the count decided
10 go nearer Cavite, but had only sailcI
about two miles when the Concord was
down upon him again. The same officer
came aboard ami ordered the count f..
leave the harbor. He pleaded the
necessity for getting fresh water and
sent message to Admiral Dewey ask
ing for this favor. When the admiral
learned that the count had voyaged 10
Manila simply to satisfy his curiosity
and thereby had given his feet another
vessel to lock after and protect, when
he had use for every ship in his fleet
for more important duty, he was very
indignant. lie sent back this message:
you will be given until to-morrGw
night at eight o'clock to get water;
after that your vessel must leave the
harbor. This is final" The Tolua got
the water and sailed for ITong-Korg.
Now Count Festetics is going about in
the English settlement declaring that
Dewey is martinez who should be
promptly suppresscd.-Cb:cago Inter
Ocean.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-01-30
Greater linn Grcck.

Prof. JCbb made an excellence mn.
pearancc on the congress platform and
showed that acaGCuic pursuits need
not make man poor Judge Of affairs.
Perhaps it is TO Mr.. .JCbb that the Rec
ord refers in ono Of it's congress
Notes" lie was learning golf. so the
story runs, at ST. Andrews. and making
but Indifferent progress. "Why cannot
play golf?' he inquired Of The ever
ready caddy. "I can manage most
things pretty we'll" "Aye. aye" re-
replied the caGdy, Eye ken it's no vera
hard thing to teach Greek and such
Ike, but 1t takes held to play gowf!"
Pail Mall Gazette.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-01-30

HOODS PILLS are the only pills
TO take with Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Cure all liver ills. 90 =
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-01-30

Catarrh in the head Is cured by
Hoods's Sarsaparilla which eradi-
Gates from the blood the scrofulous
ta'nts that cause it, soothing and re.
building the delicate and diseased
tissues.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-08
ONE OF TWELVE BEST

lows Newspapers In The Highest Rank.
DIES MONIES, Iowa, Dec. 2.-The New
York National Advertiser, prominent
journal for newspaper men, recently
published list of 1.-THE twelve best
and most progressive American daily
newspapers" including the Des Moines
Daily News as one of them. This is
considered q high compliment to the
News, which is the only daily news
paper in the world offered to yearly
subscribers for 81 q year. The News
now has over $1,000 circulation, which
is more than any four other Iowa
dailies combined. It belongs to the
Associated Press and publishes all the
news condensed for the busy reader.
Its market reports are alone worth the
price Of the paper. It is q real miracle
of journalism.