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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-02-03
EYEsIGHT OF LIONS
CAPTIVITY INJURIES VISION OF
THE KING OF BEASTS.
eerlss Of Experiments Conducted by
German oeullst Demonstrates the
Faet-Not Intended by Nature to
BE Confined In Small Space.

An eminent German oculist hat
been inquiring into the eyesight OF
menagerie lions. a laborious task, and
n demanding both patience and In
genuity.
II IS obvious that you cannot very
well invite a lion who looks as II he
would like to have sour blood. to try
on spectacles graduated to different
sights. or a snarling lioness TO read
4 series Of words in various. type on
the opposite wall. At least. you
might ask them. and politely. but
What the intrepid oculist did was.
with the aid of a mirror. to project
luminous rays into the eyes OF the
patient, ray sufficiently powerful to
enable him TO see whether the crea
lures cornea was convex OF concave,
and then to estimate the curvature in
terms OF seeing capacity. The re-
suits arrived at were, Of course. neces-
sarily only relative. but still sufa-
ciently accurate TO allow OF the par
ticulars being tabulated and reduced
to statistics.
In conducting his Investigations the
oculist frankly acknowledges hat he
found discretion to be the better part
Of valor. He did indeed enter his
patients cages. but. rotwithstand-
Ing the protective presence Of the
beasts' keeper. he kept at a respect
ful distance Of a good yard and a half
out OF reach OF teeth and claws. The
lions were not good" patients; they
objected TO having electric rays
thrust into their retinas, and regarded
the intruder with no cordial mien.
The results Of the inquiry are some
what curious. Seven out Of every ten
menagerie lions were found e be
shortsighted: and this Is exactly the
same proportion as among German
students. In Germany this Is ascrib-
ed to overstrain OF the eyes in the
use OF books, a result which can sur
prise no one who has had to wrestle
with the grabbed black-letter Gothic
type still In use in Germany, and with
the still more horrible German hand
writing. Similar overstrain of the
eyes has produced similar results
among these unhappy lions. The king
OF beasts. child Of the boundless wilds,
accustomed to range a vast horizon
with the eyes which nature has
given him. that, roaring after his
prey. he may seek his meat" has had
his horizon narrowed down to the
bar Of a pitiful cage; he Is taught
TO jump through a hoop, TO dance on
a tight rope. 10 sit upon stools, and
1t Is only with pain and difficulty and
after long training that his eagle
glance grows able to focus these pal
try things beneath his nose. The
strain on his eyes ultimately renders
him s~hortsighted. Poor King Lion!-
Montreal Herald.
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LOOK AFTER BANKS
eINKERToNS GUARD coUNTRY'S
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.
Association Has Done Much to Put an
End to Burglary and Forgery
Elaborate Precautions Taken. and
Crooks Are Well Watched.

Not the least interesting OF the lit
erature OF the American Bankers As.
suciation. which recently held its con.
Vcniion in this city. Is the report to
the Protective Committee OF Piuker.
tons National Detective Agency. Ii
reads like Sherlock Holmes" adapt.
ed 10 the prose OF real life. The bank.
cTs realize that a bank and its money
are soon parted II crooks are allow
ed TO have tLc!r way. So they have
engaged Pickcrtun men all over the
United States 10 pounce upon the
bank sa'ahs. both before and after
their ~HtteEuts-c chiefly before. how.
ever, FOX the bankers also realize that
Z rCu!fce OF prevention is worth n
pound OF cure. And the crooks respect
Piakerton and the banks that Pink.
crtOn takes under his wing.
Statistics OF the report show that
out Of the iOrty.nine burg!aries com.
mittcd on American banks between
Sept. 10, 1903. and Sept. l. 1904. only
seven were committed on the banks
Of the association. During the same
period seventeen unsuccessful at.
tcmpts ut burglary were made on
banks which We're members OF the as.
sCCiation, whereas the ronmembcr
banks were the victims OF forty.ave
attempts.
Iuy report gives the impression
that Their" exists in the United States
q large class OF persons who engage
IN the occupation Of swinGling in IS
mattcJ-offact a spirit as a grocer sells
= butter or q lawyer defends n bad
case.
The system by which the Pinker.
tons keep track OF the crooks Is won.
dc-fully complete. They possess a
fu!. ro"urs' gallery Of their own; keep
q record Of the handwriting Of pro
f~cssiCral for%ers. and have a personal
acquaintance with their victims that
helps them penetrate the confusion o.
Gisgu:s-5 and aliases. Nevertheless.
the prof. siCHal fOrccr has not been
! suppressed. Tie professional ~forger.
says the report. has during tie pas,
year been unusually active, but
through our efforts for your a~ssocla.
tiol So have e cd the arrest Of
t~hirty-Hvc f0Tgo-s whose operations
were reported 10 rs. convicted twenty.
who we're sentenced to %ffty-thrce
years and seven months. In addition
to which six We're sentenced TO in.
d~cterm!Gatc terms in prison, one cs.
caVcH. p g"n'Dac" suspended. while
ten are awaiting trial, and five we're
rcloascl"-% "w York Evening Post.
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A Fallen Queen's Revenge.

The following story comes from
Vienna:
The story Of a postage stamp and the
evenRe OF a fallen queen is the N
topic OF conversation throughout Servia.
Bulgaria and Roumspia.
To commemorate King Peters coro-
nation, he Servian government decided
TO issue a series Of specially designed
postage stamps OF considerable artistic
value and Of large size. When the
rough design OF the clamps, which we're
TO bear side by side the profile OF King
Peter and his ancestor, Kara George,
was approved, the final drawing and en-.
craving were entrusted Ia a French
artist, NJ. Mouchon.
The result was admired by all. But
before the stamps had been in ~circula-
ton many weeks, the government sud
denly celled in all that were not sold,
n made desperate efforts to collect
even single specimens in the hands Of
private individuals. For when the
stamp was held upside down, there ap.
peared clearly TO everyone the death
mask OF the murdered King Alexander
Obrenovitch, The CHASTITY face OF the
dead sovereign was made TO appear by
the engrnYer manipulating cleYerly the
eyebrows, eyes and nose OF the two Kara
georgevitob profiles.
King AleIander's distorted aud mutt.
lated face is formed by a portion OF King
Peter'e head aud TINT OF his ancestor,
Kara George. Tho n~ostrils OF the two
heads together form the eyes, the
mouStaches make the eyebrows, and the
eyebrow and eye Of Kara George iorm
KING AleIander's nose and mouth.
1t is asserted tina. the engraver was
inspired by ex-Queen Natalie to fake
the design and introduce the foatures OF
her murdered sou.
The death mask stamps," as they are
now called, have undoubtedly made q
profound impression in the Sorviar
army and among the uneducsted
classes. Tho governments attempt tt
recall all the stamps proved iruitless, n,
thousands Of them have been used OF
l~etters, and vac. numbers arc held b,
private individuals in Servin. The gov
eminent bas, however, instructed it,
agents IN Vienna, London, Paris ant
Berlin to visit stamp dealers and specu
lators and buy up as many OF the i'll
omenod postage labels as possible, re
Hardless OF cost.
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Does Not Remember

Mr.. James f Harper. the victim ot
Negro Levi Wchber. does not remember
OF being assaulted 10y the black wretch.
She has no recollection of any one enter
ing her room on the morning that the
assault occurred. and unless her memory
Is obscured ~ her i~iluess, she will be
able to offer no testimony that will
strengthen the iiectity OF Wrhhcr.
For the first time Sunday Mrs. Harper
was allowed TO receive company. Severn!
ladies' called Oh her, but her physicians
cay the effect was bad, as last night he
WIS greatl! excited and slep, very poor.
ly as a result Of discussing the terrible
affair. To prevent a repetition of the
incident the physicians have ordered
that no one shall be allowed To see her
except her immediate family and they
are prohibited from discussing the
uegrC's visit.
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CHINAMANWASSMRA
NEAT TRICK BY WHICH HE Sc.
CURED A WIFE.
Pretended Conversion to the Teach
lnss Of Christian Missionary Until
He Had Married the Girl he Loved
Then Back to the Joss.

A certain missionary in one OF the
rescue homes IN local Chinatown Is
disguised. and declares that she in
tends to retire and give up the work
OF saving souls. All on ccoun OF lit
tie Dan Cupid who has been using
the mission as a means TO further his
ends.
One day not long ago a neatly
dressed Chinaman entered the mission
and informed the lady in charge that
in a certain alley In Chinatown there
was a slave girl who wished 10 run
away 10 the mission and study Chris.
tianity. but was unable to do so on
account OF her owner, who was nego-
tiating her sale for $4,000 I o an old
gambler.
The next day the missionary made
her appearance in the alley and, with
the help OF an interpreter aud a po-
lice sergeant. rescued the girl. who
took up her abode in the mission. She
became an interested pupil and soon
embraced Christianity.
About the same time the Chinaman
who had caused the rescue appeared.
This time he wished TO join the church
himself. He had not been a member
long before he came forward with the
request for a wife. which was granted.
Among the names suggested was that
OF the rescued girl. and he chose her.
Her consent vas the only condition
and. needless to say. that was easily
obtained.
The wedding was not delayed. The
time taken 70 deceive the missionaries
had been too long for the loving
hearts. They were united by the mis-
sion pastor, after which they left for
a josshouse and were married by the
priest in real Chinese fashion.
The last the missionaries heard OF
them they were living in the heart OF
Chinatown and were worshipinC Joss.
even more devoutly than their neigh.
bors. Later It was discovered that the
Chinaman. who was really tx girls
lover. but had not sufficient funds
with which to purchase her, had used
the missionary people In this shrewd
manner He got the girl he loved
without paying the $4,000. But the
missionary has lost her confidence in
the yellow race.-San Francisco Call.
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The following rather curious piece Of
composition wa placed upon the black
board at a certain teachers institute
and a prize Of a dictionary offered to
any person who could read it and pro-
uounce every word correctly. The book
was not carried of, IS twelve Vas the
lowest number OF mistakes in pronun-
citation made:
"A sacrilegious 6 N Of BeliI who has
suffered from bronchitis, having ex-
hausted his finance. in order to make
good the deficit, resolved TO ally himself
To q comely, lenient and docile young
lady OF the Malay or Caucasian race.
lie accordingly purchased a c~slliope
and coral necklace OF a chameleon hue
and securing a suit Of rooms at a prin-
cipal hotel he engaged the head waiter
as his coadjutor. He then dispatched a
letter OF the most uneIceptional calig-
raphy eItant. inviting the young lady
70 a matinee. She revolted at the idea,
refused 70 consider herself aacnficable
10 his desires and sent a polite note OF
OF refusal. on receiving which he pro
cured a carbine M bowie knife, said
that he would not now forge fotters
hymeneal with the queen and vent to an
isolated spot, severed his jugular vein
and discharged the contents OF the car
bine into his abdomen. The debris was
removed by the coroner"
The mistakes in pronunciation were
made ON the following words: Sacri.
~legious, Belal, bronchitis, exhausted,
finances. deficit, comely, ~lenient, docile,
Malay, caniope, chameleon, suit, co.
adjutor. c~aligraphy, matinee, sacrifca.
BILE, csrbins, hymeneal, isolated, jugu.
lar and debris.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-02-03

The noise is more than the powder
the Mexican way 81 SAYING it is -hot
air..
When it rains. We all re; we:-.he
Mexican way Of saying, -MisEortunes
never come sipgl!.
The devil is not astu;e because ne is
the devil, but because he is old used tn
express :he value of experience.
Wien bread is cut, crumbs are left
expressing the fact that we all have a
share in our ueiGhnor-' good fortune.
After the child is druwued, cover up
the wel-the Mexican way OF ea!inc,
After tine horse is s~tolcr. lock the
stable
1t Is better to GO around than to fall
down. expressing the fact tina; it is often
better to avoid a difficulty than to Try 10
overcome it-Chicaco journal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-02-03
Sand.

i observed a locomotive 10 the yards
ono day, it wac waiting IN tho round
honsc, where the locomotives stay; IL
was painting Tor the journey, II WIS coal.
cd and fully uanucd, il hud n box the
fireman was filling full OF sand, II
appears that locomotives cannot Al gaye
got u grip on their slender iron pave.
ment. because the wheels are ant 10 elm.
and whom they reach q elippery spot
their tactics they command, and 10 get A
grip upon the rail they eprinkle m tho
sand. lie about this way with travel nj.
ong hto's slippery track II your load IL
rather heavy and you're always clipping
back, &C il n common locomotive you
completely understand, yOu'Il provide
youreclf on starting with n good supply
OF snnd. IL your track is steop and
billy and You have II heavy grade, and
IL those who'yo gone before yon hnyc the
rails quite tlippery made. 10 you over
reach tho summit Of tho upper ,ablc
land, You'll find you'll havo to do 90 with
a good supply Of sand. You may get 10
any station thnt's on liio's schedule seop.
Il there's a fro beneath tho boiler Of
ambitions strong machine, aud on will
reach a place called Flupbtowp, NJ n
rate Of speed that's grand, u Tor ali tho
slippery places yon'vo a good supply o,
asnd.--Soleeted.
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Sire. Harper stiiI Improving.

The special trained nurse in charge of
MTS. j. f. Harper at the Whitaker hos
pital reported at nm early hour this
morning that the general condition OF
her patient was much better, She said
that Mrs. Harper had suffered from sey.
er"l attacks OF weakness during the day
and that che was unconscious Mt times.
Those spells however, were only duo to
fever, Gays the Journal.
The injured woman SCENE to be i'm.
proving rapidly and the nurse says tina.
she will DO alright IN a few weeks Yin.
lees she suffers from n relapse. She ia
receiving the beat OF care and skilled
physicians are attending her every day,
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Reward for Discovery.

The discoyerer OF gold in Australia
was Edmund Hammond Hargraves, an
Englishman. According to the Mining
World he vas born in 1916 and settled
III Australia in 1884. In lsI9, having
heard Of the California gold find, he
went to California, where he worked for
about a year in the gold diggings. As
he had travelled considerably through
Australia and had some idea Of geology,
he was impressed much With the SINH.
larity between the geological structure
OF California and that Of Australia.
EARLY in 1851 he returned TO Australia
and started soon after from Sydney TO
explore for gold in New South Wales.
His first trial OF washing earth there
produced a small particle o: gold and in
each subsequent pan there were bright
specks OF the yellow metal. HRrgraves,
having satisfied himself that gold exist
ed in paying quantities, returned to
Sydney and addressed a letter to the
Colpniul Secretary, stating that gold
existed in Australia and that the govern
ment should reward him to the extent OF
$4,000 and left it to it's generosity TO
make additional reward commensurate
with the public benefit that might result
from the discovery. He was informed
that the government would not pay
money to him III advance. but that in
event OF his information proving correct
he would be given suitable reward.
This being satisfactory Mr.. Hargraves
gave to the government information ms
70 where gold could DO found md the
result OF this created the second greatest
stampede in search OF gold that the
world ever saw. Within a year follow.
ing l~iargraves' disclosure gold to the
extent OF s2, 1000, 900 wa taken from New
South Wales lad Victoria. The govern.
ment's generosity TO Mr.. IIargrhvcs was
most marked. Mr.. Hargraves was mp.
pointed commissioner Of crown lands.
Tho legislative council OF New South
Wales voted him ESQ. 900. a gold eur,
valued Mt s2,5O0, was presented him at n
grand public reception and many uthcr
public and private rewards were given
him.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-02-03

Following Senator Clnrk's
ment TINT Las Vegas would DO the great
certrnl division point on tho Salt Lake
Route, material is going to that place
by the carIoad. II In to he used in
building tho now roundhouse. shops. ice
plant and twelve dwellings, which the
railroad will erect at once. In addition
TO the railroad work private pnrtioe nrc
pushing the town Ia The front and what
was a desert a few weeks ago Is now the
site for many building operations. Seven
now storcs arc going up and }. W. Nc.
Willisms, having closed HE title to the
land has orders for many residences.
He will build ut once ten houses and ne
many moro ma will warrant later on.
lilo bss namod the stroots attor three old
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Andrew JacksUn's Duel.

At the cloae Of the revolutionary war
.ndtew jackson went TO Burke county
North Carolina, and applied to Waight.
still Avery 10 take him M a boarder
at his country home aud instruct him
az n Law student. Colonel Avery told
him no had just moved 10 the place,
and had built nothing but cabins. md
could mol grant him his request. Jack
son wont TO Salisbury, etudied law
there, and settled at Joncoboro, until
tho nov county Davidson with Nash.
Vile as the county Oeat) was establish.
cd, Nashville becoming subsequently
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the capital Of Tennessee.

VIC capita OF tennessee.
Several years later Avery appeared
in some lawsuit at Jonesboro as OPP
posing counsel to JACKSON. and ridi-
culeed the position taken by jackson,
who had preceded him in the argument
Jackson considered the argument in
sultipR and semi him a chsllenge.
Colonel Avery was raised a Puritan. He
graduated at Princeton with the highest
honors in l766. and remained there a
year as a tutor, under the celebrated
Jonathan Edwards and the famous DR..
WATERPROOF, who signed the declara.
ton of Independence as a Representa-
tive OF New Jersey. Avery wss a
Presbyterian. and was opposed on priu-
ciple to duellinR, but he 60 far yielded
TO the im%perious custom As TO accept
the challenge and 60 to the field, with
Colonel, afterwards governor, Adair ri
Kentucky as his second. After the
usual preliminsries he allowed jackson
to shoot at him, but did not return
the fire. Thereupon, having shown
Ahh1 NC was noh alraIu W o% tnOI al,
Avery walked up 10 jackson and de-
ivered q lecture to him, very much IL
the style q father would use in Iectur-
ing r son. Avery was very calm, and
his talk to the brave young man who
hRd fired at him WIS full OF good sense.
dispassionste and high in tone, ard was
heard with great attention by The seconds
Of both parties, who agreed that the
trouble must so no turther.-Harper'e
Weekly.
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Tho rcadcrs ~ this paper will ho
pleased to learn thui there ia at least
ono drendcd disomsc that ecicncr hna
boen able to cure in all ,tR stages, md
that ia Catatrh. Halle Catarrh Cure ~
tho only positive euro known Ia the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional discnsr, ]rcquirca q ron.
sti'u'ional treatment. Halls Cntnrrh
Cure In taken internally, acting directly
upon tho blood md mucous eutfacna ~,
tho systcm. thereby d]cs,ro,ing tho
foundation Of Tho diacnsr. md piyrrg tLc
patient strength by building up tho con.
stitution mud assisting nature in DOING
lite work. Tho pr0prictors hnvc go much
faith in ita curative rowcra that ihcy
offer One IIrndrcd Dollnra Tor nnv cnco
That 1t faila tn euro. Send Tor tcaIimop.
inls. Address.
FL. CHENEY co. ToIcdo q
Sold by all Druggisia, TIC.
Take Hnlrs Family PILE for constitution
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Grave Trouble Forcsecn

IL ueods but little foresight, to tell,
that when your stomach and liver are
badly affected, grave trouble il ahead,
unless you take tho proper medicine for
your diaeasc, 10 Mrs. John a. Young. Of
Clay, N. Y, did. She saya: Il had neu.
ralgia OF tie liver and stomach, my
heart was weakened, and I could not
eat. was very bad for a long time, bni
in Electric Bitters, [ found just what !
needed, for they quickly relieved and
cured mo- Best medicine for wcnk
women. Sold under guarantee by Elko
Drug Co.. druggist, ut Soc a bottle.
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are instantly relieved, and perfectly
healed, by Bucklcu'a ATnica SaIvc.
6. Rivcnbark, Jr., OF Norfolk. Va,
writes: Il burnt my knee drcadfulIy;
that 1t blistcrcd all over. Bucklrn's
Arnira SaIvc st0Jpeh the pain. and
healed 1t without ii scar.- Also heals
all wounds and sores. DC at EIko Drug
Co., druggist.
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TIL" woman whose pocket money
does not roach the demands upon her
purse can add C"il" Il sum by the cul.
tivatiDn q .s.I.. We often look over
our iulruu" searching for the uncom
mon, nut H." little mint patch yields
ready T,.r."s. and mint can be raised
upon al ".t any shady patcn Of turf
anG Ue"s only To be well watcred
The Gr.. cars crop is always best,
not on because the growth is strong
or. hu. because a strong weed grows
up the second ar. which does much
to dcslro. IL" quality Of the crop. II
is valnahl" rs a medicine: 1t makes
an aIEr,.Z.n" "2rnish; 1t males a
tasteful sau"". Il is saIablc among
fruit dealers. g., wards Of restaurants,
chemists an other professionals.
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The saiye that cures wi.hnu; Il scar j.
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Saiyc. Cute.
burns, boilF, bruifes aud piles DISAPPEAR
before the use Of this shlyc It's snow be
fore the sunshine Of spring. Miss II. VI.
Middleton, T:ebes, H., says: Il was
Sc riuusly afflicted with Il fever sore that
was very painful. DeWltt's Witch
Hazel Salvc cured me in less than "a
week Get the genuine. Sold by
Elko Drug Co.
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Original Worlds Fair.

Worlds expeditions may be rlid T.,
be lineal descendants of the annr D.,
fair at ~StourbrldGc, car Cambr.l r.
England. which. 1t Is claimed. was In.
stitutcd by C%arausIug. the rebel Ro.
mar emperor Of Britain. on Sept. 70.
a.. ID. 2O7. 1t certainly flourishcd rs
early ms this. and British commerce IS
believed to have had It's first real
boom In consequence Of the reports
carried TO the continent By f~orcirn
traders who nOckcd to this worlds
fair. About n thousand years later
Stourbridgc fair got n new lease Of
life from King John for the benefit OF
a leper hospital. and for eight ccntur.
len or more II was tho greatest fair
In England.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-02-03

A certain mar in Philadelphia, who
goes fishing two or three times a
year and brings home more stories
than fish. was talking TO a friend not
long after his last trip. And what
did your wife say" inquired the
friend. when you told her you had
caught t~hirty-fvc fish. none less than
n pound weight That wIfe of mine
Is a queer woman was the reflective
response. you know the statue of
Truth we had there In the parlor
without any clothes On?" Yes"
well. do you know. when ! told her
what ! had caught. she didn't say n
word, but cent right over to that
statue with tears in her eyes and
wrapped a rug around II. Now, what
do you suppose she meant by that?"
and his friend assured him that II was
entirely beyond his explanation.