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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-11-27
SECRET Of RADIUM HEAT.
Lord Kelvin SugEe>ts IL Nay lie Sup
oiled by Ethereal W~nHcS-lliuS-
trntcs Ills ThcorS

What Prof. c. V. Boys termed tho
miracle of radium" has naturally re-
ceivcd much attention in London scien-
tific circles. At 4 recent meeting OF the
science branch of the British asEocia-
ton Lord Kelvin, in a papsr which BIZ
read, made an interesting suggestion In
connection with its perpetual emission
of heat at, according to NJ. Curie's cA.-
culation. 4 rate OF about 30 centiSrade
calorics per sramme per hour.
He said that II the emission OF heat at
this rate went on for 0.000 hours there
would be as much heat as would raise
the temperature OF 100000 grammes Of
water one degree ceutiGraGe. II seemed
utterly impossible to Lord Kelvin that
this would come from the store OF ell
erey lost out OF n gramme OF radium in
10000 hours.
II seemed. therefore. absolutely GER
tain that the eIerey must somehow be
supplied from without. He suggested
that ethereal waves might in some way
supply energy 10 radium while II was
emitting heat TO matter around II.
Lord Kelvin illustrated his theory by
the following comparisons: Suppose a
piece OF white ard 4 piece OF black cloth.
Theoretically sealed III similar glass
cases. We're submerged IN similar glass
vessels Of water and exposed TO the sun.
The water In the vessel containing the
black cloth would be KEEP; very scnst-
bly, warmer than that containing the
white cloth.
Here the thermal energy was COM
municated 10 the black cloth by waves
OF sunlight and was given out as Their
mometric heat 10 the water in the elass
around IL.
Thus through the water there was &C
tually an energy travelling inward In
virtue OF the waves Of light and outward
through the same space In virtue OF
thermal Coaduction.
Lord Kelvin suggested that e1pcri-
ments be made comparing the heat
emission from radium wholly surround.
ed with thick lead with that found In
the surroundings heretofore used.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-11-27
COST OF PANAMA. CANAL.

1t is estimated that it will cost the
United States 1854 ,2S3.35S to acquire
and complete the Panama canal, be.
sides the amount to be paid to the gov
eminent in control of the isthmus for the
concession.
Already there has been an immense
mount OF money and energy expended
on the canal. 1t ia safe to shy that 4 sum
more than sufficient To dig a waterway
from ocean to Jcean ut sea level has
been collected from investors mt differ
ent times in its history.
When De Lesseps organized the inst
company in 1889 for the construction OF
the canal, it started work with Il pal! up
capital of SG0,0C0, COO. For eight years
the O n toiled, e employing at times
rs many Us $4,000 men. Then came II
necessity for changing the plans and the
company failed, after having collected
III round figures from the sale or stocks
and bonds s2G0,0CO .0CO. or this it was
shown -: the expenditures actually
made on tie istllmus amounted to $780,
100000, and tho cost OF excavation and
enbnIkmeut proper was S~SS,G0O,000.
The ultimate cost was then estimated
mt sl7I Goo, 00n. For several years nm
effort was made to capitalize Il new
company to complete the work, aud at
last, in 1891, the present Panama Canal
company was organized with Il paid up
capital Of Sl2,00u,O 600. Since that time
work. has advanced ut the ratio OF about
1000, 900 cubic yards OF excavation each
year.
Tho total amount Of eXcav alton up to
the present has been abou. 1000, 600
cubic yards. Unfortunately only about
100000 cubic yards Of this IS avail-
able for the waterway proposed in 1892
1900 by he canal commission, nf which
Rear Admiral Walker was president.
Tho Walker COMMISSIONS recommends.
tons included this available excavation
in the SI0,000,0A0 to Inc paid the canal
con pany for its work, maps, records.
drawings and the property OF the Pan.
ANA Railway company. Tho commits
sion estimated that the total anonnt %!
excavation which would be required for
the canal to be built from it's plans, cx-
elusive OF that for the Bohiu dam and
the Giganti spillway, wOuld he "a ,S'i3. 7O3
cubic yards. The work remaining to be
done. therefore, represents the differ
cnce between the nmount of available
excavation which it will acquire by
purchase from the Panama Canal Com.
paDy, or nearly thrce.fitths OF the entire
work. 1t IL estimated that the cost ni
this work will be siiI.223.35S. in addi
,iou TO the sum to he paid to the present
owner Of the property. BY the time il
is completed more than sJjO,t 10000 Wi
have been obtained in one way or mn.
Otle for use in building the canal
while nearly s3I2.OUO,O 600 will have
actally been spent in connection with
its construction aud administration.
1t was the intention OF the Panama
Canal company to mako tho canal 2i.I
feet deep. Tho increased dimensions
OF steamers now being built has made
it necessary to plan for II much deeper
canal, md the Walker commissions
plans are for n waterway thirty six
decp.-New York Tribune.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-11-27
BUSINESS LOCALS.


-" SUN" '' '""' D"E''
VI
\ fine line Of gentlemen'f suits at f..
Oseli'F.
~
coats NJ rnGicr Co.'S.
Novelties in Ladies' wear. belts. lace
collars, etc. AZ Enrler Co.'S,
n I"' .'
Hot ,bi.rcr ,,m.,s o.r,,,a o,o.,
~oveping nj ,,,.. Erosh ,ro,, la, q.
Ahe " the oest W"'RIng
snoo III 'ne u'"rHet LOT men III -!
"acopH'
The ladies Of EIlto arc cordially in
yitcd To call md inapcrt the line nf ucw
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-11-27
biggest SchnOI an EmrtL.

Tho Board oi education in New York
has authorized the erection Of tho
biggest EchooIhOusc III tho world. 1t ia
to cost over II million. md will ac-
~comohatc 1890 pupils.
The modern school in our large cities
is taking on very much the nature Of n
hotel. The mammoth building will be
for hO!s and girls. 1t will comprise a
big gymnasium. 4 cnmmOGiuu5 cooking
room, II workshop and hathrou ms.
Pupils may have lunch il they desire 1t.
This is TO be tie first schoulEouse in
tho world to be provided from top To
bottom with elevators. II ia To- be six
stories high and IL Ia contain l24 class
rooms md will he provided with IN
auditorium that will sea! 1900 pupils.
Tho poorest nrchin in New York once
inside the achool Will he taken care Of.
II Inc is ragged, the sewing room will
patch him up. II Ito ia iilthy, he will b"
thrown in tho bathing tank, and should
he he hungry. the lunch establishment
will lnko Iarn OF him till his circum.
stances aro inquired after,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-11-27

-liathmitc,' the new explosive now
being experimental with 10y the govern.
mGnt, is one of the most remarkable
products OF the chemical laboratory III
recent years. Its force is much greater
than that OF dynamite. Climate will
not affect it. Fire will moi impare lie
energy. II retains its original strength
under any and all conditions, and though
ten thousand attcrapts he made to cause
it to explode it otpys the command OF
but II Hgeni-fulminatc OF MGR
curry. But until this agent ia en-
ployed and the button is pressed its
giant strength and astonishing proper
tIed are as safe i'll the hands OF an infant
~ il il were 50 much flour. How hath.
mite can resist all other attempts to eX-
plode it Is the secret of its inventor, Mr..
Hathaway, who has worked for fifteen
years in perfecting it.
Beyond doubt it will bo a great factor
in tho future, not only M q war mater
ial, but i'll mining operations. because it
can he handled more safely than any
other known explosive and under all
conditions. It is further claimed for it
thni it gives oil no poisonous gases
when exploded,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-11-27
Were DeHct by DimcuIIicn ana Dis.
oournRcmentH Unknown at
the Present Nine,

How little the medical wOmcn Of ia.
day know OF the annOyances and Irri-
tations that women physicians were
subjected TO In their first years OF prac.
tlce," says DR.. Townsend. in her article
on New YOrk's Medical Women md
Their work. In Pcarson's, "of the
snubs OF male physicians, who declined
To counsc with them, OF the refusal
OF medical societies to admit them. even
the reluctance Of druggists to compound
their prescriptions. Frequently, their
signs would be torn from their Office
doors. What they bore I'm the way OF
Insults can scarcely be estimated, Now
nearly every college is open to them for
the ful and free pursuit OF knowledge.
IL has taken only 4i years to accom-
plish this rcsult-lcss than an ordinary
lifetime. Since that time Gambia md
tho United states have opened the Joors
OF 53 medical colleges to boil scrca
anu elght Tor women alone now erIai
Inc average number OF medical woman
graduates each year Is about 900. and
IL Is estimated that there are nearly 5000
women physicians practicIng in this
country. WIN
.fitty four years ogo II required tho
greatest influence toadmit medical won.
On TO Visit the hospital wards; thcy worc
treated rudcly and subjected TO jnsuIt
To-Day hundreds Of hospitals welcome
thcm cordially.
iehrs nGo. n medical woman had n
nara limo to make ends meet win ,hn
p,"L'eus OF her labor. At this period
e"ci large city will chow the Nance m
.s[ noo VINO arc earning 5000. $iO.0OO
$4,000 and 100000 annually"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-11-27
.Dcspcrn,c Indian IL Custody.

Yesterday n Modoc Indian, known no
George Miller, who had been arrested
Mt Yeriugton, was brought to this city
by U. s.. Marshal Emmiti and Constable
D.. a. Dilton, OF YcringtnD, Gays the vir.
ginia City Entorprise. Tho officers are
greatly pleased over the capture OF the
Indian, who Ia known ia ono Of the most
. desperate in this section, and has cold
moro whiskcy to his tribcsmcp ,han
auy other dozen persons engaged in the
practice. lie killed a policeman III Cal.
ifornin by striking him on tho temple
With Il revolver, and has already served
n term in the State prison for selling
whiskcy to Indians. lie was gwen II
hearing by U. s. Commissioner II. j.
Smith and bound over 10 appear before
the U. s. Grand Jury, and will he con.
fined III the Jail here until the jury
mccts. Spcnking Of thts Indian the
Times Gays:
"lf the courts cannot find u way to
attend TO hia casc the citizens Of tliia
place probably will il he comes back to
this section. lfc openly dcIics the Of
iicers here, says hc can buy all tho
whiskey he wnptp, and will give il 10
whom no plcascs.H
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-11-27

Judge Brown OF Elko aud Judge : i.
Bonnitield 81 Wipnemucca have been
appointed judges at the debate between
the high school tclms Of the tw" towns.
They will select t." third Judge. Judges
Bonnifield aud Brown are excellent
selections and their decision on the
merits OF the debate sironId leave no
ground for controversy.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-11-27

Considering that he has only threo
toes left, remarks the Denver Repub-
lican. there will be no chance to mistake
the Peary footprints around the north
pole. HzeAA.
VI saw a man on lny a.TCct the other
Gay who Lot away with GIg u! The SIM
piCst O4A frauds | yer LuITd d." sI.i
4 ~ ins. rc,ur wHI was ~ EcW Yurn
on his rCsGI!r tour & duty. This man
was CInl 10. Ell In { an. In n city up
state. a. !.fGeG Uut when the ban
CIusrd CUUrs shat II had Lcln run
very iUUss.y. but that had nothing in
particular TO do with this mans opera
ions. l." was II CLERK in tiic bank and
made M the quarterly Interest account.
This "as q sheet saUwing what was
Tue eay" % ..p3itOr Ter interest. II gen
rally l.. - three or Tour sheets, and
the fnu.i.2 Of each had to be carried
to the t., 81 the next one. Well. about
the third snCct the clerk would enter
the iootiGC properly. then let n drop
OF in; fall on tho first column Of the
figures. He would let II dry there. thus
obscuring the footing Of the sheet.
TN carr! ing over to the next sheet
tho fOOti. Z that was blottCd he would
add Sl.C0j. ~ that The total of the report
would show 81 1000 more c~hargeable to
interest than actually was n charge
against the bank. He'd let this report
30 to the directors of the bank. with tho
idea that ii tho error WINS detected he
would nccOuut for Il by tho blot. saying
he had made n natural mistake. When
the sheet went through uuUuestionCd he
proceeded TO gCt possession OF the $1,000
by opening mn account IN tho name Of n
fictitious PRISON and crcdi;ing this nc
count with $1,000. The banks accounts
were thut forced TO n balance.
"ThCr b" drawing checks on the nc
count OF = titious dcrositor he would
draw o. '..y out. When We nabhcd
him he y Il \ confession. He had been
stealing f,'ui $4,000 year In this way.
That was thr bank" continued tho r.
fptctOr. "whrra, when the dirCciors
found The hole In Tho bottom. they fitted
up n prtsifcri'R nGico IN marrincnrt
style. went our and rot " IN bilious r,ir.
liornir'. showed hin 10 tHicc. pc II
him " he wouldn't ~ 3 10 br pr,s;f.t
md then sold him thoiy stock Mt $40.
He wasn't In q month before the bank
failed"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-11-27
Wnnia to lie Rnnnfed-

George Hendel, Of Royal Center, Ind,
has had an iron coffin made. When dead
he wishes his body placed in this. which
Is to rest On a huge pile of cordwood.
Tho latter is to be fred after being soaked
with coRl oil.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-11-27

y carload Of hnhcmscr Bush kcg beer
just received Mt the Club saloon will be
rctailcd IN quantities to suit the trade. d"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-11-27
MAY DESERT LONELY ISLAND.


That lonely island. st. EIdn. one ofthc
lonoitt.. o. -" HcbriGes. is likely to be
lCf; " - ill In thcl ar future. Its
inh H. it is rjrortcG. propose de-
~sor;i-' it' is!and and cmigratiHg to
South 81. D. This is rot much to be
wOEj = i % Tor 81. EilGa Is one Of the
most fee 'ible Islands In the world
OILY & INES q year. once n month
IT, J. ..'. AUGUST and September.
IOrs " y clll from Glasgow. For
III" rest ~ ~" wear "a" inhabitants arc
G; ':~ "v' on from the outer world.
Tho" 81 mail Is In a tin box. into
which %: : It letters. toss IT into The
sea ant .'G-' % Fro. IdeECe and favor
able " 20 carry II to- the shores OF
the CU''- 'irEridrs. The population ~
the isi%ij has gradually dwlndlCd to T..
The llst ;.mo there was Il great exodus
was wen &c Islanders left In q search
for gold in Australia.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-11-27
The Pcnry Toe Steps.

Considering that he has only three
toes left. remarks the Denver Repub-
lican. there will be no chance to mistake
the Peary footprints around the north
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-20
TELLING THE STORY.
Wanted to Tell it Himself. But His
Friend Knew il Ali.


Friend Knew it All.
Ine man who always anticipates
When another is telling a story was the
ed: - ia pen
Did you ever remember that world
forgotten something's"
And fail utterly to remember what
IL was you had forgotten? Why. of
course. Everybody does that"
Dld the recollection of what you had
FORGOTTEN suddenly dawn upon vo1-v
Al the same inopportune time? Ger
tainly. That's always the way"
time ago." '-oi
Il know the story"
oh, you do?"
Enthusiastically. But go ahead and
tell it, anyway" anu
was going away on a train. hay
ing peen up to my neck in business
that kept me worried"
quite understand. So many deals
on mana that you knew you'd forgotten
something
Il did"
And you couldn't remember what %
Il couldn't"
You cudgeled your brain before
boarding the train, but failed utterly"
%, 1 know that story like a hook
We've all been there. After Won had
boarded the train and were speeding
along at rate Of sixty miles an ho1,r
you suddenly remembered what Won
had forgotten"
You've hit it."
I told you knew the story. It's one
OF the ancient hard-luck tales "
20. 1t is, is it?"
Sure it is. can tell 1t to you down
TO the last detail-all except the sum
you stood to lose. Of course YOU stood
to lose a large sum on account of YOUR
forgetfulness ?''
Il certainly did"
And you pretty nearly had a mental
collapse on account of it. o, I'VE been
there. You figured on timetables TO
see II you could get a train back in
time to save yourself, and found Won
couldn't. You were wild-eyed as vou
inquired out your probable losses and re-
ahzed how helpless you WERE"
Nothing Of the sort"
'What?"
Nothing of the sort. I simply closed
the deal out by wire at the first stop
and had a peaceful journey. And saw"
would you mind letting me tell nv
next story myself?"-Chicago Post.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-20
GRADES GRADUATE
Big CLASSES ALSO
More Than 400 Have Been Adj
vanced to the High
Schools.

Vacation for the city public schools has
begun. Yesterday was the limit definitely
fixed for the close Of the school year, but
in most of the buildings the work had
been completed on Thursday, and nothing
remained but the distribution Of promo
ton certificates.
The number of pupils graduated from
the grade schools to the high schools this
year is the largest in the history of the
public schools system of the city, and al
though complete figures had not been re
ceived yesterday, there was sufficient data
at the Office of the superintendent to show
that the total number graduated from
all of the grade schools of the city will
be at least Ais.
Reports received thus far as to those
who have qualified for the high schools
are as follows:
Lafayette school, 6; Monroe, IA; Ames,
z; Jefferson, 10; German, u; SibIey, IL;
Garfield. "a; Mcclellan, 10; Douglas, Il;
Lincoln, %; Franklin, II; Van Buren,, 26;
Hancock, 20; Alexander Ramsey, s: Baker,
IL; Mckinley, 43; W. P. Murray, Is; Irv-
ing, 81; Humboldt 20; Madison, 40. The
Dean, Grant, Webster. Hendricks, Rice,
Smith, Longfellow and Mattocks were
still to be heard from.
This number to be received into the
high schools will still be increased by the
addition of those who may take the ex-
aminations in the fall.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-20
The New Army Rifle.

The work of replacing the old black
powder Springfield rifle in the national
guard with the Krag- Jorgensen is only
now fairly under way. and already the
krag is obsolete and is to be superseded
with new Springfield. This weapon,
which Is now undergoing its service test,
Is officially described in the current num-
Der of the Journal Of the Military Service
Institution:
1t is a magazine rifle. centrally fed by
clips.
1t has a rod bayonet, which may also
De used as cleaning rod.
Its calibre is 80
1t fires 220-grain bullet-say half an
ounce-with 1873 grains of smokeless pow
der
The bullet starts off at a speed of .. 400
feet per second and is still going at the
rate of $50 feet per second when il @m
Travelled 1000 yards. at which point it has
left striking energy of 447:9 foot-pounds.
The energy at the muZzle is 2,71S.6 foot
pounds and the bullet will penetrate over
four feet and half of white pine at a
distance of IS feet.
The new rife is made Of eighty-two
pieces.
1t is to be provided with riot cartridges
each containing two round balls made Of
lead and tin in proportion of Is to l.
ominous ratio-and propelled by thirty
four grains of smokeless powder. These
bullets VIII have an effective range OF
200 yards.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-20
HE HAD GREAT CONTROL.
Merry Demand of a Southern Murder
Suspect Saved His Life.

"A man has got to possess a whole
lot of CONTROL as the baseball fans
say of the pitchers, when he can keep a.
cool head with rope around his neck,
but the possession of a headpiece
Which would not become heated under
any circumstances won South Caro-
lima man out of just such a situation
a few years ago." said citizen of the
Palmetto State. TT happened in one
of the small townships, and the South
Carolfnian, the keeper of a small store
was suspected Of having shot one of
his ne1ghbors, very popular man in
the community, from ambush. The
c1rcumstantial evidence against him
seemed so strong that the citizens of
the township got together one night
and decided to take him from the jaiI
and string him up to a tree.
They didn't have any bother in get
ting him out of the Jail, and they led
MIN TO tree couple of hundred yards
from the pail. He was perfectly calm
and collected. contenting himself with
quietly remarhng to the leaders Of
the lynchers that they were making a.
mistake. The moose was placed around
his neck and the loose end was thrown
over the limb of tree.
Zeb, said the leader of the lvnch-
ers, you've got five minutes. You can
spend the time prayin' an confessin'
If you want to-
"T haint used to prayfn'. an I
hain't got airy thing t confess was the
cool reply Of the man with the moose
around his neck, so I'll spend my five
minutes enjoyin' myself-has airy one
O you got chew O. tobacco bout y'r
jeans?'
THAT request knocked the lynchers
all of a heap. and, after a moments
pause, one of the leaders voiced the
changed sentiment of the whole crowd
when he stepped forward and said:
Zeb hain't tn man what done TIL
KILN. No man that's human enough
an game enough t ask fer a chaw o.
tobacco endurin' his last five minutes
on earth amt a-shootin' nobody from
tn bushes. an think we'd better turn
Zeb loose
THE suggestion was carried with a
Whoop. The rope was taken from the
mans neck and he was given his lib
erty-they did not even return him to
jail. Instead of that, they advised him
to get out of the state for a while. and
furnished him the means to go. Six
months later a darby Of the township.
who was about to be strung up by an
other lynching party for having brutal
~ murdered one of his children. con-
fessed, when the rope was around his
neck, that he had committed the crime
for which the white storekeeper had SO
nearly forfeited his life half a year be-
fore. Washington Post
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-20
ALWAYS THE WAY.
Guide Thought He Was Doing the Right
Thinu.

Thing.
at had a guide in the Holy Land who
almost bored me to DEATH" said a rich
young man who had just spent year
abroad after being graduated from a New
England college.
''You don't have to go to the Holy Land
to be bored by a guide, remarked his
classmate. who had put in the year in
downtown law office. The guides around
the Albany capitol are pretty good bores.
But last summer ran across guide who
beats Albany or the Holy Land guides
all hollow. He didn't bore me so much
as he stung me. He made me want to
Il was up to Lake Ontario fishing for
muskallonge," continued the prospective
lawyer. ut was my first experience in
catching this gamy fish, and as all the
ought to have a guide, why. / employed
one His name was Beau Brummel.
I'VE toook boat and started out. !
insult If a man can't propel rowboat
with a pair of oars where he wants it to
go without somebody counteracting all his
efforts with a rudder, he Is no better
than dummy engine or a quart Of gaso-
line. He simply furnishes the power.
Finally 1 told Beau Brummel to take the
rudder off and put it in the boat. Then
row.
said was good for muskallonge fishing,
he bent forward and whispered:
Throw yer line in on the right and let
'er run out
well had to obey, so 1 threw in my
line. 1t wasn't long before had a bite.
Look out. on your line,' said Brum
mel.
II was going to say something, but
thought that too much talk would scare
away the fish. At any rate. I didn't let
the line out / pulled 1t in and 1t had a
great load of mud and grass on the hook
" Yer ought ter have let yer line out
same as told YER said the guide with a
chuckle. which made me feel like pull
ing off my coat. Then he said:
" Throw 1t In on the leftr
We'll, did throw it in on the left
did it before thought. The line ran out
and then thought | had a vaudeville ac-
tor on the end OF 1t. There would be a
sudden tug, then the line would slacken.
and then thirty feet ahead great fish
about four feet long leaped out Of the
water. With every fin distended he
plunged headlong under the surface again.
Then came tug that nearly sent me out
of the boat.
Take in yer slack every chance vor,
can get, said Beau Brummel. was going
to say that any fool would pull in his linz
after he had his fish, but / didn't.
thought couple Of times the line would
snap, and so pulled in cautiously. when
Brummel said: