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Newport daily independent., 1904-09-08
IMPROVEMENTS IN TRAVEL.
Com fortabIe Fittings of Railway Cars for the Benefit of Sub-
 urban Passengers.

Some newspaper attention has lately been attracted to the "club cars" by which little groups of wealthy New York and Chicago business men increase the comfort of the daily trips between their suburban homes and their city offices, states Youths Companion.
 Each car Is in effect club house on wheels. Most of the gorgeous fittings of the ordinary cars are removed, and simp- Ter and more tasteful decorations are substituted for them. Movable wicker chairs replace the fixed seats. Electric fans cool the air in summer. There are dressing rooms, libraries, experiments for the women, in short, everything which can contribute to the comfort of the travellers.
 The cars ara open only to members of the group which hires them, but they represent merely the climax of a con- stAnt improvement in travel, both by water and by rail.
 At the other end of the scale ~e see the steerage accommodations of the ocean steamships. Persons who are familiar Uuly WlCn LuO COAOlIlOAo 'OI which "a steerage passage" used to stand would be astonished if they were to visit . modern liner. More room, more light, more privacy, better food, better sleep ing and sanitary accommodations and an abundance of water, both for drinking and for bathing, are now possible even to the poor immigrant. The steeraes passage of to-day is more comfortable mode of travel than was the second cabin passage ten years ago. First cabin accommodations have improved correspondingly. One of the newest vessels has between 40 and 50 suites of rooms, each provided with it's private bath.
 What is most needed now is substitu- ton of wicker or leather seats for the nnsanitary plush so dear to American car builders and album makers, and gfeat"r seating capacity in street cars.
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-08
JAPAN'S FIRST IRONCLAD.
Her Crew Made a Brave Start, But Couldn't Stop Her Till Fires
 Went Out.

That the role of Japan as mar. itime power is a new one is brought strongly to our notice by recalling the quite we'll authen' ticated story of the first adven. ture of the first Japanese iron. clad, says Country Life.
 She was built in England. While she was building her crew were also in England practicing, in other ironclads how to drive her. When she was finished the Japanese seamen took possession of her, bravely maintaining that they were fully equal to the task of starting her.
 And that, to be sure, they were, for she steamed out finely. The trouble only began when she came back to port again. Then, when they wanted to slow her down and stop her, they were unable to do so.
 They had to put her out to sea again and go on steaming her about till her fires went out, her engines stopped for want of steam, and she could be lowed in.
 From this to having the best mentally-equipped crews, perhaps, of any nation seems 2 long step, but it has been & very rapid one.
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-08
\ "sHoWERPRooF" CLOTH.
Germans Treat Ordinary 1atsrials with Petrolsum-Curious Aquatic
 Displays in Tailors' Windows.

It has usually been thought that rubber was about the only substance which would render cloth waterproof, although oil silk is coated with another one, prep aration of linseed oil. However. sshowerproor cloth is known as that which repels water very largely and yet remains porouss appearing in all respects like or diary wetable cloth. The methods of treatment of such cloth are often trade secrets, and even the patent specifications do not d. v1lge all that must be done to achieve a satisfactory result.
 "Petroleum," a German period. ica1, says that the oil to which that paper owes its name Is one of the most successful showerproof preparations. It says that the only reliable shower proof is ob- tained by impregnating the cloth outside and in with a fine film of waxes. Paraffin wax is the staple, but owing to it's low melting point 1t is not fit for use alone. The com. position used is so alloyed with other waxes and chemicals thatat the boiling point of water the wax stands firm. A rather elaborate preparatory form must be gone through, and after the wax has been applied finishing process is required. The interesting fact re- mains that it is petroleum that keeps out the wet. In tailors' win. dows in Germany many aquatic displays have been arranged to show that cloth can mysteriously be made to exhibit the power of the ducks back. Wool, cotton, silk, linen, velvets, braids, and even sails, awnings and tent cloths are thus wrapped in an in. visible film of rock oil.
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-08
POLITICAL POKER.
mined by the Game in the
 State of Kansas.

Topeka is much agitated over revelar uons of draw poker in high places, and nothing could better show than this up roar what inroads the civilization of the east Is making on the life of the bound less prairies. Once upon time, states the Kansas City Journal, draw poker was to Kansas what bridge whist is to the parlors of the fashionable. It was prae- used a au art, pastime. . profession. No one thought then of concealing his play of the game, but, rather. 1t was . subject of pride and boosting. Indeed, 1t was more than game, for it served aa times in the adjudication of the most serious problems of state or government
 At present the law of Kansas recog. nises the game of chance known a drawing lots'' as the proper means ot deciding all ties in elections. but form. erly draw poker was resorted to as . moro orderly means of compromising For example, in one of the western coun. ties, when two amiable gentlemen tied for the office of representative they played a game of "freeze-out" to de- termine which should enjoy the oface Again, not so many years ago, when the senate committee on congressional ap- portionment came to deadlock over tho divers plans for dividing the state into congress districts, the members ad- journed to a room in the Copeland, took each a generous stack of chips and played to finish. Under the terms ol this historical game the committeeman who lost his chips withdrew himself and his apportionment plan from further consideration; and when the game was reduced to two gentlemen, the one who froze the other out fixed the plan of ap- portionment, which stands with little change as the plan of to-day.
 Volumes could be written of poker in- cidents in Kansas. Once a well known congressman, who, by the way. hasr reap peared in Kansas politics, had to meet tho charge made by some overprudish people that he was addicted to the game of poker. He appealed to his political associates to help him out. The one who came most energetically to his recuse was Capt. Bill Hackney. the Winfield statesman. "I am in position to state" !" certified the doughty captain, "that Mr. Blank is kss addicted to the game thar any man ever played with"
 More elaborate but quite as effective was the defense once made by Steve Os- born, ex-speaker of the Kansas house. Some 12 years ago Steve was running for in western Kansas. The pops got out handbill accusing him of being a poker player" and circulated 1t widely.
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-08
PHYSICAL CONSCIOUSNESS.
The Brain in Certain States of Activ. ity Can Act on the Organic
 Functions.

"Cenesthesia" is the name given to the general feeling we have of the existence of our own bodies, says the London Globe. This sense of existence is chiefly owing to accidental and local impress sions awakening or stimulating the sensibility, but it Is completed by certain obverse conscious. ness of the exercise of the organic functions, for example, respira. tion. It is by this sensation that the spiritual Ego perceives itself existing locally in the limited ex. tent of the organism. In perfect health this feeling is continuous, uniform, and equal, and therefore, not special or local. In order to be remarked a certain exaltation of well-being or distinct uneasiness Is required. In the hypnotic state certain subjects have a more or less distinct perception of their internal organs and can exert cer. tain action over them. In fact, they can modify at will all the functions of the "vegetative" life. for instance, the beating of the heart. The fact shows that the brain in certain states of activity can act on the organic functions. If there is a nervous current from the brain to the organs there is also, perhaps, a contrary current from the organs to the brain. Dr. Cromer, Liebault, and others, maintain that some hypnotic sub. jects perceive their internal or. gans, and even those of other per. sons with whom they are in hyp- notic relations.
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-08
JOhnStOn'S
 Capsules s

is the grand specific for this great American dis sase because 1t goes straight to the source of the weakness, building up health and strength by supplying rich, abundant food and pure blood ts tho worn-out tissues, rousing the liver to activity and regulating all tho organs of tho body. 'Ths Michigan Drug G., ," Detroit, Mich.
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-08
Joke on the Professor.

Once apon a time Prof. Wilson, ol Edinburgh, wrote on the blackboard iA his laboratory: -.
 Prof. Wilson informs his students that he has this day been appointed hon. orary physician to the queen."
 In the course of the morning he had occasion to lsave the room, and found oo his return that student had added to the announcement the words:
 "God save the queen. Gateway.
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-08
Atmosphere as Mirror.

There is one place where man sees 6 reflection of himself as big as he fanciee himself in his dreams. It is on the Brocken, a mountain in Prussia, where the vapors of the atmosphere act as q great concave mirror, magnifying tks image thousands of times.
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-08
TaiIors in London.

Tn 1861 there were in London 37.0ee tailors; in 1871. 3s.OOO; in 1881. 4O. 300: iE 1891, 52,300, and in 1901, 80.074.
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-08
DIR. HARRY E. DOWELL, DENTIST;
 PRACTICING IN Tuckerman, Arkansas.
Notice for Bids.

Notice is hereby given that the contract for furnishing png and driving the same to support the foot way across Newport lake and to rehoor the bridge and approach thereto will be let to the lowest responsible bidder, by the city council Of the city of Newport, Jackson County, Arkansas Sealed bids for the furnishing piling and per- forming said work will be received at the office of the Recorder in the city of Newport until F o'clock of the 14th day of Sept. 1904. Plans and specifications for the performance of said work may be seen at the office of the City Recorder.
 The right to reject any or all bids is reserved. and the successful bidder will be required to give bond for the faithful performance of his contract
 J. R. NATHAN,
 Recorder.
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-08
Nervousness AN AMERICAN DISEASE

Dr. .. Weir Mitchell is authority for the state- ment that nervousness is the characteristic malady of the American nation, and statistics show that nerve deaths number ono fourth of all deathi recorded, the mortality being mainly among young De0pl0.
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-08
Women in the Trades.

Tn Worcester bere are 703 womsn who make needIs sad l.ola female aax1- MskerA
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-08
rimber for Cigar-Boxes.

factically all the timber used
 &igarboxes comes from Cuba.
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-08
Insect Senses.

Naturalists have decided that many insects have senses which human beings lack. That of loca. tion, shown by the wasp, for in- stance, is remarkable. One spe. cies builds it's nest in sandbank that is only part of several acres of such soil, and when it leaves in search of food it covers the nest so carefully that no ordinary eye could discover it's location. That is to say it is just like all the sur- bounding location, and yet the wasp flies back to it without he's tation and finds it without mak- hg a mistake. There is another asp tfat uneyringly locates the egs of the mason bee under a lick layer of sun-baked clay, and
 posits her eggs in the same
 Is that her young may have
 d when they are matched.
 Timber for Cigar-Boxes.
 Factically all the timber used
 kigarboxes comes from Cuba
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1904-06-11
Bright Future for Fallon.

George Coslett, the pioneer
Tonopah lcaser, hasjust returned
to Reno from a trip to Fallon,
where he investigated the recent
oil discovery. When asked by a
State Journal reporter for a
statement concerning the oil
properties at Fallon, Mr.. Cos
lett said that he could not say
anything about the quality of
the oil and that it was difficult
to say whether there was any
great quantity of oil in the To-
calitv or not. He said that Fal-
Ion and the surrounding country
are an ideal agricultural section
and that from this fact alone
Churchill would some day be
one of the richest counties in the
State.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1904-06-11
Notice of P%ostponement
of Sale of Real Estate.

IN THE SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT
1 Court of the state of Nevada. in aud for
the County of Churchill.
L. +. Crumpacker. r%laintitt,
"
Nevada Rrll Consolidated Mining aud
Reduction Company, II Gorputntion,
Defendant,
Notice j. hereby given that Oh request of the
Judgment lIthtor herein. ana hy consent of
the Judgment creditor herein. the above
II ii,e Ell sale of real estate j. hereby postponed
Ia WEDNESDAY the fi~iill EkNTlI day al
JULY, lS0L at the hnur al one O'Clock y. IN
OF said day aud date.
Dated. May =. 1904
ROBERT SHIRLEY.
sheriff.
BY MANIE SN>FoHr.
Deputy sheriff.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1904-06-11

BY virtue of an execution issued out of the
said Second Judicial District Court of the
state Of Nevada, in and for the County OF
Churchill. To me directed and dated the Fifth
day of Nav, 1904. III II certain action wherein
+. +. Crumpacker. rs Plaintiff, recovered jndg-
ment against the Nevada Bell Consolidated
Mining and Reduction Company, "A Corpora
ton. Defendant. for the sum of Four Thou
sand Four Hundred Forty five and 5l-lO0
t$4l45.5D Dollars. lawful money of the United
states, and interest thereon nj the rate OF seven
per cent per annum until paid, and costs of
suit, taken mt Eight Hundred Fifty four and
lo-lM 1855. 10y Dollars, on the Fourth day of
April. 1904. | have levied upon the following
described property, to.wit:
One frame bunk house. size Is Il. by 30 II.
one frame cook house, size II II. by 30 #.
one frame once building. size II IL. by II II.
one frame blacksmith shop. size l6 it by Ii
feet
one frame dwelling house. size u #. by soft.
one frame boarding house. size ~ Fl by 3Oft
one frame assay office. size II It. by lsft.
one frame wood shed. size II fl. by II #.
one frame stable. size l. II. by 10 fl.
One frame blacksmith shop. size II fl. 10y 20
feet.
one corrugated iron and frame building
called aud used as IL Smelter binding. with
one Fraser and Chalmers Forty-ton Smelter.
complete. contained therein:
one large water tank.
That certain spring, and water right and
privilege. apper aiming, known rs "fhe Bell
Mare spring D."
That certain spring of water. and water
- 10 "''' I'''' hi'N ~ as
Gilbert Spring.
one and one-half 40 miles of wafer pipe.
laid in the ground and running To the large
water tank above mentioned
AND the following named full quartz mining
claims, to wit: The copper Giant. lndepen-
dence, Lulu. Nirgie. Minnie Ia Ha, Copper
King, stanford. b. & NJ, Monte Christie, Nam.
moth, Nevada Queen. Colorado King. AZuTite,
Gardner, Gibbs. Cedar, Philadelphia. Hamil-
ton. Puritan, Kentucky Bell. Security. Timber
Line. Modoc, and the Pine Shade-all in Table
Mountain Mining District, Churchill County,
Nevada.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN thnt ON Wed
nesday, the First bay of June, 1901. at one
O'Clock. p. III If that day, in front of the
Court House ut Fallon. in the County of Chur-
chill, ! will sell all the right, title and interest
of said Nevada Bell Consolidated Mining aud
Reduction Company. II Corporation. the de-
PENDANT, in and to the above described real
property, nj public auction, for cash. lawful
none of the United States, to the highest aud
best bidder, TO satisfy said execution and all
costs.
ROBERT SHIRLEY.
sheriff.
by NAME SANFORD,
Deputy sheriff.
Dated at Fallon. Nevada, the 9th day of May,
1904.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1904-06-11
A Golden Spike.

The driving of the last spike
connecting Tonopah with the
outside world by rail will be the
occasion for a celebration. The
spike will be a golden one, made
from Tonopan ore.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1904-06-11
FALL0N ON
THE FOURTH
Interesting Program for
Natal Day.

July 4th 1904 will 60 down in
the history OF Fallon as one of
her greatest days. A snrg sum
o fmoney has been collected and
every cent OF it is going to be
spent in one grand, glorious Gel
ebration. Nothing that money
can buys going to be overlooked
and on independence Day this
valley will fairly resound with
fun and mirth. An open-air
dance hall, horse and t~oot-racing
baseball, and other sports will
be the features OF the afternoon,
while in the morning Il monster
parade will be the chiet attrac-
ton. HOrrihlts such as YOU
have never witnessed will be on
deck. Just who they are will,
of course, be kept quiet until the
great day. Their makeup and
antics are guaranteed to be
hilariOuslv fun-Drovoking.
Strangers will be here in large
numbers to witness the celebra-
ton and view the new and grow
ing town of Fa.lon-the coming
metropolis of Nevada. They'll
not forget their visit, either.
The town will be theirs for the
day. Anybody found not having
Il good time will be "pinched''
and severely dealt with.
The race committee announces
the following program. purses
subject to increase
10O-vard foot race for men
Purse $50; winner take all.
7o-yard foot race, boys under
10 wears of age-Purse, $500;
winner take all.
Seward foot rdce. DO VS. under
10 years of age-Purse, $3.50;
winner take all.
THE PONIES.
One hall mile dash-PurSe, 500;
10 per cent entrance, entrance
aGded. Free tor all.
Three-cigh;hs mile dash-Purse
500; 10 per cent entrance. En-.
trance added. Free for all.
One-halfmile dash-Purse, $50;
10 per cent entrance, entrance
added. For hrst-class saddle
horses that have never run for
public money.
One-quarter mile race-Purse,
$40, 10 per cent entrance, en-
trance added For scrub saddle
horses.
The committee reserves the
right to reject any horse III sad
d,e-horse race. Horse-race purs-
cS. to be divided. so per cent to
1st horse and 20 per cent to I'd.
All horses to carry 145 lbs; 3 to
enter. 3 to start.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1904-06-11

F. +. Crumpacker. Plaintiff,
VS.,
Nevada Bell Consolidated Mining and
Reduction Company. n Corporation,
Defendant.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1904-06-11
Well Boring

We are now prepared 10 bore wells at
any point in Churchill County. Two
complete outits-at Alpine and Fallon.
Wells bored TO order any size desired,
and satisfaction guaranteed. All work
done promptly and at reasonable rates.
For references call at the |. IL. Kent
Cumpany's store.
p. j. HENSLEI, Alpine.
JOS. MOORE, fallon.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1904-06-11
Notice of Sheriff's Sale
Of Personal Property

IN THE SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT
L Court of the state If Nevada, in and for
the Comfy of Churchill.
The sun., 1904-07-17

demonstrated his courage once when
Quantrells band OF guerrillas captured him
and strung him up three times to compel
him to divulge the secrets OF his leaders.
borderers rode away. He was saved none
too soon by the arrival Of his comrades.
After that, he became an itinerant Meth
odist preacher, but chafed under the re-
strictions Of creed and Joined the Presby-
preach what he pleased, and he took to
newspaper work. A few years later he
took homestead in Cunning county, which
he still owns. His first wife. a cultivated
English woman, died in 1882. leaving two
Brooklyn and Mrs. Charles Barras Of Council
Bluffs.
Later Tibbles married the daughter of
Joseph LaFlesche, head chief Of the Omaha
Indians, a girl Of remarkable beauty and
unusual education. Bright Eyes, the
18th '-the-am'- -ba, was for years con-
tributor to magazines and newspapers.
She died year ago. Tibbles met her
while defending as volunteer lawyer the
Ponca Indians in a habeas corpus suit
growing out OF their disinclination to be
gave him much testimony in the case, and
after it was over he married her. At the
suggestion of an Episcopalian Bishop,
Tibbes and his wife then took to the lecture
platform. and spent five years In teinng
Americans and Englishmen the story OF the
Indians and their wrongs.
I,ongfelow once met and admired the
Indian girl. He declared she was his ideal
Of Minnehaha, and praised her English az
the most limpid and perfect he had known:
She was educated in Elizabeth, N. j.,
and won every prize save that OF mathe-
matics Later she became teacher in the
reservation schools, where she was en-
poyed when she met Tibbles.
The Vice Presidential nomination came
to Mr.. Tibbles unsought, but he will accept
and will go on the stump. He says he does
not hope for success, but his efforts will be
devoted to maintaining party organlTa-
ton around which the people may rally
when plutocracy unmasks itself and drives
OF voters, with eyes newly opened to the
iniquity OF government as now conducted.
The sun., 1904-07-17
JUDGE PARKER DID THE WORK.
| How the Democratic Nominee Removed
an Obstruction to Navigation.


an Obstruction to Navigation.
an that fierce light which beats upon a
throne"-or the Presidential chair and those
who may attain to it in our own republic
anecdotes of distinguished aspirants are
the floating notes. Judge Parker's NOM
ination lends new interest to stories the
currency of which was waning. This in
cident, which was described in the Kingston
papers when it occurred some years ago,
reveals in an interesting light some Of the
Judges best characteristics:
In leaving the landing at Esopus where
she had been moored a small river steam
boat had knocked from the dock a heavy
piece Of timber, which became lodged just
at the edge Of the wharf in such a way as TO
tempting to land there. The departing boat
which had done themischief was uninjured
by the collision that Jared the timber
overheard, and steamed placidly on
her way up the river. There was
aided were hopeleesly inadequate to re-
move the dangerous obstruction to naviga-
ton. As there was another boat due to
land, and it was growing dark, the man
went for help
The scant population OF the Ulster county
the last few weeks and Of the few who
might have been met by the workman,
Judge Parker happened to be the flrst to
appear. The man hesitated bit about
asking the Judge to help in popriu persond,
but reported the accident to him.
Now the new candidate has always COM
bined with his judicial dignity rare sym
pathy and a genuine democratic, spirit
with small initial, as well as the one
with capital D) in his home neighbor-
hood. The occasion was pressing, time
was short, the work must be done and
done quickly, SO the Judge hurried down
to the river with the man.
At the dock the Judge shed his coat,
they entered a boat and tried to dislodge
the timber. This was so firmly fxed as to
defy their united efforts, but the ingenuity
OF the Judge equalled his muscular prowess
and suggested an expedient which was
promptly applied. Tying a stout rope to
the timber they hitched It to the stern Of
the boat, and by rowing round and round
it, with a steady centrifugal pull. they
gradually worked 1t loose. The beam
hoated free, the danger was removed.
The Judge donned his coat and strobe
up the hill to his home.
A simple incident enough but they still
tell it with pride in Esopus to show that
Judge Parker is as good q man as Judge.