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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-11-21

series of experiments made by
Hcnno Erdmann and Raymond Dodge
show that in normal reading the let
icrs are not spelled out separately and
enc after the other, but that q short
word Of not more than four letters can
be read off in less time than q single
letter.
\ wcll-preserved Roman camp has
been discovered in Herzegovina; Sec
ton $50 feet long by 27O feet wide has
been traced. A portion of the walls.
the gates and the doors are still stand
ing and many utensils and weapons
have been dug up. 1t is believed that
the camp was erected in the time Of
Nero.
Investigations have been made of
sewage irrigation on the truck farms
south of Los Angeles, Cal. The health
officers have recommended the prohi-
bition OF the sale Of sewage for the ir-
rigation Of land where certain kinds Of
fruits, vegetables and garden products
are grown, stating that the use Of sew
age for that purpose is injurious.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-11-21
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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-11-21

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Arizona republican., 1899-04-21
IT HAS BEEN FOLLOWED.

The American troops have won an- other sarics of engagements, although their loss strikes us as very heavy. and we dcuEt whether the results are conclusive What America has to guard against is guerilla warfare, such as broke down the Spanish or ganiz3.ion in Cuba, ana the C1ly way of guarding against that is the driv- ing of roads through the heart of the country, and the penning of the in sur gents in corners from which they cannot escape Otherwise the states may have to deal with an ever rstreat- ing but never wholly vanquished fee, whose main reliance will be on Gen. eral Fever rather than on General AguiEaldo. This advice has, we be- lieve. been rendered to Che American military authorities, and we have 10 doubt it will be fonowed.-LonGcn Chronicle.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-21

We need not be alarmed at occa- sioral flurries in Wall street, such as occurred last week. They clip the wings of the gentry who make living by speculating in inflated stocks, but they do not seriously affect the coun- try at large. Beside the present wage increases throughout the country, in the mines, mills, iron and steel works and offices, the skyrCcketting antics cf the stock operators are insignificant and local since they neither ere ate nor represent true values. Wages are the bottom gauge of wealth and prosperity Of the country. So long as they are fair and stable the good times will ramain.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-21
UNCLE SADI'S FRCFIT ON STAMP
 ED ENVELOPES.

The history of the government en- velOpe contracts shows that every year something has besn accomplished in the way of rstrenchnent, 8 far as the national expense is concerned, while at the same time the weather eye has bc5a kept upon the wisdom of increasing the government profit. The envelope contractors made an annual profit Of $GS5 900 on a four years contract, beginning in 1890, but at it's expiration competition caused a drop in the price, and 'ecG2y Uncle Sam is paying seventy-three cents 2 thousand for his envelopes, instead of S170. The envelopes cost ihe con- tractors about siXty-fiVe cents a thou sand, and they therefore have 9 pro it of eight cents on each thousand. Uncle Sam makes Q much larger pro- fit, as he sells them at $2O a thousand. It must be understood, however, that the figures given\ are estimated, the No. envelope being taken as basis. The No. is chosen because Uncle Sam sells more of those envelopes than all others com bin9d. The fact that about 650 millions envelopes will be manufactured in 1899 should also be taken into account The number will certainly net fall below tha,, al though it may exceed it. The man who is responsible for the big drop in the contract price and largely in creased profit to the government IS Horace J. Wickham of Hartford, Conn. He Invented the machines now in use in the government envelope agency at Hartford, which, in their way, are quite aS remarkable as th2 cotton gin and the spinning jenny VTT ..O the world One machine now does the work which formerly required twenty persons to accompl.sh.-New York Press,
Arizona republican., 1899-04-21
CAUGHT SWAPPING.
Two Mems Futile Attempt to Get a
 Picture of the Shamrock.

London.-In the early dawn Sunday morning two men were found in Thornycroft's ship building yard at Chiswick, and the circum- stances point to a daring attempt to discover the jealously guarded secrets of the construction of Sir. Thomas Lipbon's racing yacht the Shamrock, which is there building, and with which he hopes to bring the Americas $ cup back to English waters. The whole of that portion of AGessrs. Thor nycroft's yards in which the Shamrock is building is covered with a huge cor rugated iron shed The premises are most jealOusly guarded by night and day, and the expert services of MT. J. L. Littlechild, late chief inspector Of the criminal investigation department at Scotland Yard, have been specially retained for some days past. A cou- ple of suspicious looking men have been hiring row boats from the, yards about Eammersmith, presumably to so for a pleasure row or to go fishing. Whatever reason they have, they all ways kept to the immediate neighbOr- hood of Messrs. ThOrnycrCft'S yard
 Just before o'clock Sunday morn ing the two young river enthusiasts put off from Hammersmith in a skl1f which they engaged over night, on the rather thin excuse of a fishing excur- sion. They pulled up under the Sur rey shors on the opposite side, and then they made over for the Middle sex side, and in the gray half light the skiff sneaked in shore at Messrs Thor nycrOft's, and, passing under the shadow of the torp5do beat destroyer Cygnet, took land just by the side of the ShamTock's slip. One of the men landed, but although the boat was plcntifully furnished with fishing tackle of the accustomed pattern, he seemed to prefer a snapshot camera as the most attractive bait for the kind of fish he Was after. With this in his hand he moved up to the side of the Shamrocks' corrugated iron screen.
 At this moment MT. Litt,echild, ac- companisd by his chief assistant ip spectOr, appeared from a convenient hiding place, and the young man who was ashore made for the roat as if with the intention of escaping, put he and his companion were surprise 10 find that a little launch which they had seen pass up the river was block ing their way. In these circumstances they endeavored to give the required
Arizona republican., 1899-04-21

to England was made imperative by matters demanding his attention there.
 Under his direction representatives of the museum are engaged in collect ing samples and information concern ing the same in all parts Of the globe, and, besides this, he is in constant communication with the United States consu.s in foreign countries, who have baen especially instructed tci do all in their power to further the interests Of the exposition. All the reports re- ceived from MT. Harper indicate chat, while foreign manufacturers will not have the opportunity to display their goods individually at the exposition there will, nevertheless. be shown a most valuable collection of foreign manufactures. and in such way as to do American home industries the most g-D1-PhiadeIPhia Record.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-21
BRYAN OFFERS RESOLUTION.

MT. Bryan has written another let ter, in which with sweet magnanimfty he says that while the democratic lamp holds out to burn the vilest sin nerN may return "The doors of the party" he says, "are always open to receive new additions, whether they be new converts or former members of the party. To err is human. and those who erred in 1896 have only to admit it and subscribe to the party creed in order to be taken back into the Farty." This ought to- make the men who were democrats and whose fathers were democrats long before Bryan cast his maiden vote for the populfst ticket very amiable They voted as their consciences dictated in 1896 against the revolutionary and de- structiva doctrines of the Chicago platform, but all they have to do now is to get down on all fours, throw the dust of repentance over themselves, and acknowledge that while they were so human as to err in 1896 this eX- populist Bryan was so divine as to for give their vile sins. Lick my boots
Arizona republican., 1899-04-21
GLOBE SIGHTS.
(From the Atchison GloOe.)

(FrOm the Atchison GloOe.)
 The most sensible woman will put on a little before the preacher.
 When a woman entsrtains she makes more enemies than friends.
 An Atchison woman who has just had enc, says she never wants another gcl-d- time.
 A man is not really prominent until funerals
 An old maid dearly loves to watch a quarrel between husband and wife, to see how it comes out.
 It must be 9, terrible misfortune to go ti3 war to win fame on the battle field, and then die of disentery.
 The trouble with the average busf- ness woman is that she studied stem ography the same way she used to study music and knows just about as much about it.
 An Atchison poor man has permitted his daughter to spend hard earned money cn her voice with the result that she is able to sing in church choir for nothing.
 The strange actions of a number of women caused some excitement in an Atchison neighEOrhocd recently. Che woman stood at the end of q block, and another at the other. and all teams travelling that way were turned back It was learned that they had an angels food cake in the oven at their house and were afraid the vibrations of a team passing in front of the house would cause it to fall.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-21
FIGURES THAT sURPAss FICTION.

Statistics are generally regarded as dull reading to the average person, but to these who can appreciate their i'm port, figures sometimes tell story as Intensely interesting as the work of a master writer or painter There have recently been published at Washing ton by the bureau of statistics some figures relative to the phenomenal growth of the foreign commerce of the United States, which, properly inter preted, surpass the imaginings of Jules Verne, but have the added fascinatj-n Of being the actual truth. The tables show that decade ago France, Ger many and the United Kingdom ex- ceeded the United States in their ex- ports, those of the United Kingdom be- ing more than double our own. Tn 1897, the last year for which full com parison can be made, these Of the United States were greater than those of France or Germany, and but 20 per cent less than those of Great Britain. From 1888 to 1897 our exports in creased 51 per cent, while those Of the United Kingdom fell off IA per cent; France showed an increase of but 108 per cent; Netherlands, 366 per cent: British Australasia, 9.9 per cent; Bel gium, less than per cent, and Russia, a decrease of S.1 per cent. Germany showed a gain of 13.5 per cent from 1891 to 1897, the figures for earlier years not being in form to permit an accurate and just comparison. In imports the United States showed an increase Of but 56 per cent from 1888 to 1897, while the United Kingdom showed 16.3 per cent; Netherlands, 34 per cent; and Russia 514 per cent. Germany showed an increase of 10.8 per cent from 1891 to 1897 France, Belgium and British Australasia showed a slight decrease in their inn portations from 1888 to 1897 China increased her imports 18.4 per cent from 1888 to 1897, and Japan increased hers 121.9 per cent, while in exports China increased 1S.1 per cent, and Ja- pan 63.1 per cent. No other country shows so large an increase in exports and so small an increase in imports meantime as does the United States, while no other is able to present record such as that which ours made in 1898-of exports double the amount of imports. In the face of these facts and figures we may readily beIizve the reports that Europe is dazed and alarmed at the sweeping inroads of American competition and is casting about fer expedients to overcome it. These figures tell the story of the changes of a closing century and they draw vivid picture of the most pow1 erful commercial nation the world has ever seen.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-21

explanation They meant no harm, they said, and as to the kodak-well, they always went fishing with a ko- dak.
 MT. Iittlechild suggested to them that they go with him to the police station, and to the police station they went, where they gave their names and addresses. It was discovered that, in addition to the kodak, they had a supply of skeleton yacht plans, already marked at points where the di- mensior5 were to be filled in They had also certain measuring instru ments. After spending some hours at the station the young fsh5Tmen were allowed to gC. MT. Littlechild kent tbe films of the camera and the skele- ton plans.-Providence Telegram.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-21
IN OHIO POLITICS.
Organ Shows Why
 "Foraker People" Will Toe Line.

T OH1kGT feOplG w -44 4CN ANA-@0
 Same of the foolish supporters of Mav-r McKisson are already threat eping to get revenge for the defeat of the latter by doing 'their utmost to de- prive President Mckinley of the sup pcrt of his state in the national con- yention next year. That is the course they purpose taking to punish senator Hanna because thousands of repnbli- cans of this city refused to vote fo- the reelection of the mayor.
 It may be natural for some of the mayors friends to feel that way. but the faction of the party in Ohio to which the mayor belongs may not countenance such a betrayal of the best interests Of the party. The Fora ker people will lol-k beyond the local contest in this city. They may regret the defeat of Mayer McKisson. but if they decide that the mayor must not seek to get even with these who op- posed him he will hardly dare to dis obey them
 Of course, Senator Foralzer desires to return to the senate at the exbfra- ton of his present term He knows that he cannot be reelected without ths. hep of the friends of President Mckinley Therefore, he will not do anything to promote the factional diff ferepces in the party. It will be 10 his interest to have a replbuican governor elected this year, and to have the sup port of Ohio given to the president next year. These two things must happen as a condition of the election of q re- publican legislature when MT. Foraller conlss up for reelection.
 Furthermore, if the mayer and his friends and the faction of the party to which they belong succeed in taking Ohio away from the president, 1t will make no difference The president can be reno minated without the support Of his own state, and he will be re- elected, too.-Cleveland Leader.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-21
RUssIA's ICE BREAKER.
Trial of Vessel Designed to Facilitate
 Commerce in Frozen Harb0rs.

St. Petersburg-I have just received 2 detailed account of an important ex- pertinent made at the instance of the minister of finance for keeping open communication from the Baltic and St Petersburg with the port of Cron- stadt during the winter months. CrOn- stadt is, as is well known, icebound from about the first week in Novem- Der until the middle Of April by a solid, compact mass Of ice. so strong that artillery is regularly transferred on sledges from the island to the mainland. How to convey passengers and goods 10 Cronstadt during these months by ships has long been under the consideration of Russian ship de- signers, and to Admiral Malaroff has fallen the honor Of solving the prob lem.
 From the designs of 5he admiral, Mess.s. Armstrong. Mitchell & Co. Of Newcastle have lately constructed a vessel called the Ermak She is Of steel is 305 feet long, Of 5000 tons burden and G,000 horse power. The ship is very strongly built and besides provision for carrying passeng and cargo is also adapted for towing. But the chief fe1ture is a specially ar V mira1 Makaroff came to the conclusion that if a volume of water could be forced beneath the ice Llo would have the effect of raising the huge mass which, in these circumstances, could bo broken by the brow of the ship be- inE propelled against it. In n vessel employed on such work it was essen- tial that she should be bl.Is without a keel. To coUntsract the great rolling which must follow from the adoption Of this plan, wa5er ballast was placed on board and So arranged as to avoid any great lis.. The full account of the voyage Of the Ermak, which has just reached here, shows that the ship has answered every expectation formed Of her by her designer.
 Tn vessel left Newcastle on the d of this month, Admiral Makaroff and several Russian officers and conner cial men being on board, as well as nineteen passengers. The arrange ments for the comfort of the latter were complete. The saloon is con structed with double windows and
Arizona republican., 1899-04-21

double skylghts to preserve the heat, together with appliances for intrOduc- Ing hot air into .he apartment. The walls are English oak veneered with walnut, the saloon and the ship throughout being lit by electricity. When the Ermak arrived at Revak, 8 port in the Baltic, she met with solid l ice. The screw at the bow was at ones brought into reQuisio.on, the ice was broken and the vessel was able to steam at the rate Of seven knoss an hour as far as the island of H0gland But the novelty of the experiment de-
 maEded cautious navigation, and Ad- miral Makaroff hove the ship to at night.
 When the island of Sescar was sighted large frozen floss, varying in
 thickness from nine to ten feet, were fallen in with. Here the value of the special apparatus at the bows came in-
 10 full prominence. The ice was bro ken into large pieces, which fioated ast5rn; but 50 arduous vas the task of getting through the solid rhss that the rate Of progress was but two and half knc'.s. The Ermak reached TOlbeacOn lighthouse about nine miles from Cro1stadt, on the 16th of March. So unusual sight in winter natU. ally attracted the ,1istention of sh2 whole of the population, and the progress Of the vessel through the ice from three to five feet thick, surrounded as she was by sledges, crammed with sight seers, was eagerly watched. The fa- c.ltty with which the ice was broken end sent astern as the ship steamed aheld was the one topic of conversa- ton. On reaching CronstaGl- harbor the Erm2k, which carried the Russian commercial flag, saluted the port, and at once proceeded alongside the iron clad Poltava. The admiral and com mander in chief of the port, together with the municipal authorities of Cronstadt, went on board she Ermak to extend their congratulations to Ad- miral MaE1arof, and subsequently, the officers and crew were entertained on board .he Poltava-London Standard.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-21

as a token of true repentance" says this man in whom the democratic incarnate, "and I will grant you abso- lution." HCw many Of tha sinners of 1896 who refused to bow before the sil- yer prophet will now grove, and sub scribe to the new doctrine of infalli- billty? Unfortunately for their man hood, good many. It will be the most distressing spectacls of the cam paign of 1900
Arizona republican., 1899-04-21
AGUINALDO ENTRAPPED.

Aguinaldo can neither go forward nor backward He cannot fly to the
 hills of norch-rn Luzon, as he pre- tends; for there are the Aetas ard the fierce aborigines. who hate him and his Tagalos bitterly. He cannot go s0LthWa=d, for here are the Visayas; and thes2 also are the natural enemies of the Tagalos and would therefore resent the leadership of the arch rebel. Indeed the Visayas have al ready manifested their hostility to AguiEald0, and if he were once so unfortunate as to fall into their power there is little doubt what his fate would be. So the Filipino rebel is as it were batween two fires He can neither advance nor retreat. 1t is true that with a few thousands of his followers he can lead his American pursuers lively chase, but there can now be but ona result, and that is his final defeat and capture, and of this he is well aware. 1 believe he should 0e hunted down at once. Security in the civilized part of Luzon is impossible as long as he remains at large to foment insurTection. With Aguinaldo dead or captured the rebellion is at an end, for he is the soul of the revolt, it's an- mating spirit, it's brain and guiding hand. The ether generals are not to 5a feared. They have acquired their pr as tige and influence through their chief, and their reputation is but the reflected lustre Of his fame. When his sun declines their stars will sink into sudden night. lAguinaldo is tha man, and he must be taken.-Ramon Reyes Lala Ca native FiIipino) in the
Arizona republican., 1899-04-21
A COMMERCIAL WORLDS FAIR
William Harper Interesting Europe in
 One Philadelphia Is to Hold.

4 cablegrarn was received by the Philadelphia Commercial museum Wednesday afternoon announcing the arrival in London of William HarpsF, chief of the bureau of information, who has been in the far east recently in the interest of the Philadelphia commercial exposition. NJ. Harpsr has in charge the all-impfSrtant work of securing foreign exhibits for the great enterprise These will not be in the nature of individual exhibits, but will consist of complet5 line Of trade samples, such as will illustrate the requirements Of the different for eign markets. By means of these samples American manufacturers Will bet able to learn just what competition they wi1l meet abroad. They will also be able to see just how far adaptations and alterations must be made 1n sim liar articles manufactured in this country, and to judge to what extent American goods may find market without modification. This depart ment of the exposition will also be of special interest to foreign merchants and importers, who will come from all quarters Of the globe, and who will thus be enabled to make a comDara- tive study of ths worlds manufactures. That American export trade will he largely increased by means of such comparisons goes without saying.
 Mr. Harper has been abroad for about three months, with headquarters in England, from whence he has made numerous more distant points, taking in all the important manufacturing centers where goods are made for eZ- port as well as the principal headquar- tsrs for imports and exports. On March IS he sent from Athens, Greece, a very favorable report, and shortly after he left Smyrna, in Asiatic Tur
 key, where he also accomplished great things for ths .eAposition. His return