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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. March 26, 1896. NUTRIMENT IN EGOS. Tklr Valae M a Fo4 and Tfcalr Dm la Certala DIhum, Six large egg will weigh about a pound. As a fletth producer one pound of egg is equal to one pound of beef. About one-third of the weight of an egg is solid nutriment, which is more than can be said of meat There are no bones and tough pieces that have to be laid aside. Practically the egg is an imal food and yet there is none of the disagreeable work of the butcher nec essary to obtain it Eggs at average prices are among the cheapest and most nutritious articles of diet Like milk, an egg is complete food in itself, containing everything necessary for ths development of a perfect animal It is also easily digested, if not dam 1 ged in cooking, indeed, there is no more concntrated and nourishing food lhan eggs The albumen, oil and saline matter are, as in milk, in the right propor tion for sustaining animal life. The valuable or important salts are con tained in the yolk, and hence this portion of the egg is most useful in Nome forms of disease. A weakly per son, in whom nerv force is deficient and the blood impoverished, may take thi yolk of egg with advantage. The iron and the phosphoric compounds are in a condition to be easi y anim ated, and although homuepathic in quantity, nevertheless exert a marked influence on the systsm. The yolks of ejrgs, containing as they do, less albu men, are not so injuriously affected by heat as the whites, and a hard- toiled .yoke may be usually eaten by invalids w ithout inconvenience. HE KNEW TOO LATE. Lacking the Information He Had Ileea Scooped in Right Along. "Could I get a little information from you?" asked a farmer-like-looking man at the Northwestern station in Chicago. "Yes. sir," replied the officer. "Well, I want to know how these confidence men work?" "In various ways. Sometimes they borrow money and give a worthless check on a bank " "They do, eh?" gasped the man, with a sudden start "Yes; or perhaps they borrow money and turn over a check for a trunk. Vhen you go to look for the trunk it is not to be found." "By George!" muttered the man. "Then again they sell you a bogus bond, or borrow money on it" "Sakes alive!" "And they sometimes hire their vio tims to boss a mill or factory some where, and then borrow money to pay a freight bill." "Four different ways!" shouted the man, as he jumped clear of the floor. "Yes." "And 1 11 be hanged if I haven't been taken in on every one of 'em in a rida of a hundred miles! Say, come down and show me the river the deepest spot in the river the place where I can drop in and won't never come to the surface again with my dough-filled head." THE LITTLE BIRD. The Latest Form or Literary Hysteric Touched I'pon. The little bird stood on the roof of the cowshed and scratched its neck. Afar down the alley a lone ragman drove his chariot slowly along and chanted his plaintive lay. The wind moaned through the chimney pots, the red sun looked dimly down through the smoke, and the little bird stood on the roof of the cowshed and scratched its neck. The little bird stood on the roof of the cowshed and scratched its neck. Sadly the stray policeman in the gray distance swiped a banana from the cart of a passing Italian and peeled it with a grimy hand. Ha was thinking, thinking. And the dead leaves still choked the tin spout above the rain water bi-rrel in the back yard. The little bird stood on the roof of the cowshed and scratched its neck. Adown the gutters in the lonely street ran murky puddles on their long, long journey toward the distant sea. Borne on the wings of the ' sluggish breeze came a far-off murmur of vagrant dogs in fierce contention, and life was a hollow mockery to the homeless cat The little bird stood ont the roof of the cowshed and scaatched its neck. And it softly said: "I scratch because St itches." Why Hayes Didn't Carry a Watch. , Ex-President Hayes did not carry a watch, the reason for which peculiarly illustrates one of the traits of his character. It appears that in his younger days the watch he then car ried was the cause of sending two men to the penitentiary. It was stolen from his pocket; the thief was cap tured, tried, convicted and sent to the penitentiary for a term of years. Mr. Hayes recovered his watch and a sec ond time it was stolen. The thief turned out to be a poor man with a large family, and after he had been sent to the penitentiary Mr. Hayes came to the conclusion that he would get rid of the cause of so much trouble to his fellow-men. Since then he never owned a watch. Ktchest bold Mine In the World. Late reports from the srold mine of Mount Morgan, in Queensland, Aus- tra 1a, the richest in the world, show that the prospecting which has been carried on makes it evident that gold bullion to the value of scores of mil li ns of dollars will be taken from this deposit before it is exhausted. Transi tions in value are rarely contrasted more strongly than in this astonishing gold find. Ten years ago the entire hill which goes by the name of Mount Morgan was sold for $3,200. Since that time it has paid in dividends to the stockholdr a in the company that owns the mine more than $15,000,000, with the prospect of almost unlimited payments in the future. TO INSURE LONGEVITY. Am Knt-lish Member of Parliament's Diet st 86 Tears Old. Mr. Isaaa Holden, M. P., is 86, He appears about 00, and in the small hours of the morning, when the house of commons is having a late sitting, he looks fresher than anyone else. The Bradford Observer has lately published an interview in which Mr. Holden ex plains the way to live long. The normal duration of life, it would seem, is 120 years, being five times the period that it takes for the bones to harden. If people consume much lime their arteries bee " me ossifi 1 and the capillary Teasels blocked up. If their brains are out into when they are reaching midlife it Is like cutting into a sandbag. To arrive at a normal old age a man must take a good deal of walking exercise and see that the air is frequently changed in the rooms in which he lives. Starch diet produces acidity in the blood, and has to be converted into sugar of fruit before it is assimilable. A meat diet is also undesirable. The meals must be regularly taken, and eating and drinking must not go to gether. Mr. Holden's daily bill of fare is as follows: For breakfast and sup per he takes one baked apple, one banana, one orange, twenty grapes and a biscuit made from banana flour with butter. His midday meil consists of three ounces of beef or mutton, re duced to powder in a mortar and then passed through a colander, with a half cupful of soup occasionally poured over it Theory is all very well, but Mr. Holden has proved his case by his health and vigor at a perio.1 when most men are, to suy the least, verging 6n old age. FACTS ABOUT TREES. Uses of Their Woods and Leaves Valu. able for Many Things. 1 he butternut is a tree that likes best a rocky, uneven soil, and in whose shade neither shrub nor herb will thrive. . The bark is used as a dye-stuff for woolens. Curled and bird's eye maple is a wood of the same family that sometimes have curiously arranged fibre, one which curves, the other with eyes, hence the name. White ash is used in carriage works. It is poisonous to snakes. It is said a snake is never found in its shade. White oak tirabsr is valued in ship building. Applets excellent for food and fuel. Weavers' shuttles are made of the wood. Black birch timber is used in basket works, and that tree is claimed by the Indians as their natural inheritance. It emits a pleasant odor when burning. Mountain laurel wood is used in making combs. The leaves are poison ous to some animals. Black wild cherry timber is much valued in cabinet works. The bark is highly medicinal. The leaves, when wilted are poisonous to cattle.' Of dog-wood, weavers' spools and handles of carpenter's tools are made. Witch hazel is a large and cu rious forest shrub. The small branches we.'e formerly used for "divining rods," and an extract from it is valued in medical practice. The wood of the American aspen, or white poplar, is used in the manufacture of paper. A Mew Swindling- Scheme. A gang of sharpers are having suo- cess in a swindling game in the interior towns of West Virginia. A well-dressed man puts in an appearance at a country store, and informs the proprietor that he is searching for rare coins, giving a list of specimens and their alleged value. He asks the storekeeper to keep a sharp lookout, and in case he gets any of the coins mentioned in the al leged list, to keep them until he re turns, which he says will be in a short time. Soon another stranger casually drops in and buys some little article, and, in making change, exhibits sev eral coins which, he says, are pocket pieces. The proprietor consults his list and finds the value of the alleged pocket piece put down at $40 or $50 each. Anxious to make a good thing, the storekeeper usually pays a good big price for the pieces. He then waits for the man who made the temptin g off era, but he never turns uo. SAVED1 Rescued From Death by the False Tall of Ills Home. "When I see the docked tails of the horses of the fashionable," said Ar- mand Cherie of Detroit, as he sat in the hotel rotunda, "I recall the ludi crous escape from the Paris insurgents of 1848 of one Captain Prebois. The captain had on his person important instructions, and had just turned the corner of the Place Vendome, when a band of insurgents seized the reins of his horse and asked him to surrender the papers he was carrying. He re fused. 'Down with him! Shoot him!' they cried. "He put spurs to his horse and it plunged and reared. One of the in surgents got hold of the animal's tail, and immediately there was a loud roar of laughter. The now hilarious mob let the horse gallop off, and so Captain Prebois escaped. He rode a magnificent thoroughbred. It noble and splendid symmetry of form had been every morning the admiration of the loiterers in the Hois de liGulogne. When it galloped off, leaving its tail in the hands of the ragamuffin who had seized the appendage, there was nothing to do but to laugh, for it was a false tail that this proud and pre sumably faultless horse had been wear ing all the time." Overworked Her Teeth. A contributor to a JJew York paper says: "I met a hotel chambermaid the other day whose lower teeth were n-arly all missing, and from a singular cause. She had been for a great many years in the habit of holdings the pil lows in br teeth while she drew on the slips with both hands and it re sulted in the loosening and gradual loss of those teeth upon which the strain was the greatest A WARM SPOT. The Plea are of Imagination t a Pom Little Fellow. In the process of cleaning the streets of recently fallen snow the laborers la New York found it necessary to heap the snow up in big drifts or piles at in' tervals along some of the more fre quented streets. In the course of a day or so these drifts became black with the soot of the city, but the drifU were snow just the same. One after noon thert was a little boy found seated in the middle of one of these drifts with his hands in his pockets and his toes cuddled together. "Why are you sitting there, my lad?" asked a passer. "Cause I was trun down, answered the boy. "What do yon mean bythat?" "Why, see, I went inter de saloon on de corner to get warm, and I just got me back agin the registrum, or what ever dey calls it, where de heat comes out, an' dey fired me, see?" "But didn't you get warm, and if not, why arc you out here in the snow?" "Why, yer see, boss, dis here is de warmest spot I kin find. You don't know how good it is if you haint tried it. Yer just settle down here, like as if yer was in yer easy chair at your libry, wid a fire in front of yer and, though it's cold at first, you don't know, boss, bow warm it seems after two or tree minutes." Poor chap! AFTER YEARS IN EARTH. Curious Instances of the Freservatioa cx Human Bodies. The tomb of Edward I., of England, who died in 1307, was opened onJanu- ary 2, 1770, after 463 years had elapsed, and his body found to be almost per fect, the face even retaining its ex pression. Canute, the Dane, who crossed ovei to England in 1017, was found in 1776 by the workmen .who repaired the cathedral. His body had reposed in the grave for nearly 750 years, but was perfectly fresh and life-like. In 1569 three Roman soldiers were dug out of a peat bog in Ireland, where they had, in all probability, lain at least 1,500 years, yet they were perfectly preserved, even to skin, hair, eyes and nails. In the reign of James II., of Eng land, the big church at Warwickshire fell. In clearing away the debris it became necessary to move the tomb of Thomas Oray, at one time marquis of Dorsetshire. When this had been done it was found that the body of the marquis was as fresh as a corpse newly buried, the joints even being pliable. This discovery was made exactly seventy-eight years, three months aid two days after the burial. Robert Braybrook, who was bishop of London in 1381, and who died in 1404, was found to look perfectly natural when removed from the tomb after the great London fire of 1606; even the color of the eyes could be dis tinguished. Riches to P 11 per. An Inmate of the Lambeth work house named Sheridan has been identi fied as the heir to . a fortune, in real and personal property, of 300,000. This fortune was awaiting him when he entered the workhouse as a pauper several years ago, but the lawyers of the estate could not locate him until last week. A sister of Sheridan's father, a Mrs. Blake, died in 1883. in testate, leaving property aggregating 300,000 in value, and Sheridan is found to be the next of kin. Two sons whom he has not seen for some years he believes to be in America. The Average Womaa. The average woman can now bs ax pressed in figures, so far at least as her physical qualities are concerned. She weighs one hundred and seventeen pounds and is five feet three inches high, if she is an American. If she is French she is only five feet one inch tall, and if she is English she is the tallest of ' the three. These statistics have been obtained by measurements of . over a thousand women in their stockings by the French academy; of over seven hundred women by Dr. Francis Gal ton, in England; and of nearly two thousand women by Dr. Sargeant of Cambridge. American women, it is said, weigh slightly more than either French or Kuirlish women. This is a statement difficult of belief. Is That Diamond Genuine? Here is an easy means of determining whether a supposed diamond is genuine or not Pierce a hole in a card with a needle, and then look at the hole through the stone. If false you will see two holes, but if you have a real, diamond, only a single hole will ap pear. You may also make the test in another way. Put your finger behind the stone and look at it thiough the diamond as through a magnifying glass. If the stone is genuine, you will be unable to distinguish the grain of the skin, but with a false stone this will be plainly visible. Furthermore, looking through a rcil diamond, the setting is never visible, whereas it is with a false stone. Horse-Power of Whale. The horse power of a whale has been made the subject of study by the anato mist. Sir William Turner, of the Uni versity of Edinburgh, Scotland, in con junction with with the equally emi nent Glasgow shipbuilder, John Hen derson. The size and dimensions of a great finner stranded several years ago on the shore at Longriddy fur nished the necessary data for the compu tation of the power necessary to propel it at a speed of twelve miles an hour. This whale measured eighty feet in length, twenty feet across at the flanges of the tail, and weighed seventy four tons. To attain a speed of twelve miles an hour it was calculated that 145-hcrse power was necessary. Patronize those persons who advertise In this paper. THE CAUSE OP LAGBIFPE. Now Admitted to be From De- ranged Digestion. Careful observation in many cases of La Grippe extending over several years have gradually developed the fact that it is very generally caused from dietetic errors. In other words, during the prevalence of La Grippe, persons who suffer from indigestion or stomach troubles are almost invariably victims of theepidemic. This can be readily understood when you remember that the germs of any disease cannot gain a foothold in the system of a man or women who is blessed with perfect digestion because perfect diges-. tion means perfect health, and such persons can bid defiance to La Grippe or any other prevailing epidemic. For this reason physicians nave re cently introduced into their practice the new preparation known as Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as an almost certain preventive of La Urippe, as tnis remeay by giving perfect digestion and assim ilation of the food so fortifies the system against disease that all danger from this epidemic is reduced to a minium. So popular have steuart.s uyspepBia Tablets become that it is claimed within one month after being made known to public one hundred and ninty-three drug gist in Detroit, Mich., alone were selling it and today they pronounce it trie most satisfactory remedy they .are sell ing for all forma of stomach derange ment. The price at druggist is but 50 cents for full sized package. It is not a cure-all, but it is recommen ded as a cure for Dyspepsia' and stomach troubles only. A little book on stomach Diseases sent free by addressing Stuart Co., Marshall, Mich. Bring Your Friends to Nebraska. The Chicago. Burlington & Quincy R. R. publish a sixteen-page monthly illus trated newspaper called the "Corn Belt," which gives in an interesting way in formation about western farm lands, particularly those in Nebraska. The regular subscription price is twenty-five cents per year, but if you want it sent t o any of your friends living east ot the Mississippi river, send ten cents in stamps for each such person, giving name and full address and the paper will be sent for one year. The B. & M. R. R. R. agent will show you a sample copy of the paper on request. Help your state and induce your friends to immigrate. Ad dress the Corn Belt, 209 Adams street, Chicago, 111. ... 8t4 30 FIVE FACTS. Great Rock Island Route ! Cheap . Outing Excursions. First For ths National Educational Meeting at Denver. opening J nly 6th. the rate will be one tare plus $ 2 00 for round trip Ticket good to return ana time up to ana including sept. isi. Second- The regular Tourist Car to California via Kansas City runs once a week, and leave Chicago ever; Thursday at 6 p.m., Kansas City at 10.50 a.m. every Friday. Tickets based on second class rate, and car runs on fastest trains, and known as the I'hillips-Kock Island Tourist Excursions. Car arrives at Colorado Springs Saturday, 7:Ri a.m. 1 hird Home-Seeker's Excursions to Texas and New Mexico. Next one June 11th. Kate, one fare for round trip. Tickets Rood twenty days. Fourth For Mexico City the Hock Island runs a through sleeper from Kansas City dally at v.40 p.m. via Topeka. McFarland, Wichita and Fort W orth and Austin to San Antonlp. Two routes from there are International K. R. to Laredo, and Mexican National to the City of Mexico; Southern Pacific and Mexican Interna tional via Spofford and Eagle Pass to City of Mexico. Connections are also made at Fort Worth via the Texas Pacific to El Paso, and over the Mexi can Central tn City of Mexico. Kir h Send to address below for a Souvenir called the "Tourist Teacher," that gives much Information to tourists. Sent free. JOHN SEBASTAIN, G. P. A., Chicago. Now is the time so subscribe. To say that the opportunity will never return ftirnin would be to nredict the irrmro- bable, but there is no time like the pre sent and no better use to which a dollai can be put. Time Reduced to California. REMEMBER THAT THE GREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE Rnns PHILMPPS' PULLMAN TOURIST CARS on their Fast Trains, and California Passenger should examine Time Cards and see that wt are nearly - - TWO HOURS - - Quicker than any other route Chicago to Los angeios. The Rhlllips excursions are popular. He haf carried over 125,000 patrons In the past flfteei rears, and a comfortable trip at cheap rates is marnnteed, and the fast time now made puts the PHILLIPS-ROCK ISLAND EXCURSIONS AT THE TOP. Post yourself for a Callforna trip before dlrld intf. and write me for exnlicit Information. Ad drees JOUSSEBASIAS.G.PA, CHIVAUU. Delinquent subscribers must pay up, a least in part. 71 si W- s , BANE & ALTSCHULEB, Attorneys-at-Law, 1101 0 Street. NOTICE. In the district court, Lancaster county, Ne. braska. Cora L. Wagoner, Plaintiff, vs. James B. Wagoner, Defendant. To James B. Wagoner, Defendant; Yon are hereby notified that on the 9th day of March, 1896, Cora L. Wagoner filed a petition against yon In the district court of Lancaster county, Nebraska, the object and prayer of which are to obtain from yon a dtvoroe on the ground of non-support, and extreme cruelty, and further object of said petitioner Is to be restored to her maiden name of Cora L. Wllcoxon. Ton are required to answer on or before Mon day, the 20th day of April, 1S9. CORA L. WAGONER. 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There are two reasons, either one of which ought to be conclusive with every American citizen. First The trip from Denver to Utah via Rio Grande Western, "Great Salt Lake lioute," is the grandest to be found anywhere on the continent. No European trip of equal length can compare witb it in variety and grandeur of scenery and wealth of novel interest. Second You should go because, when you have made this wonderful trip, you will find Utah at the end of it Utah, one of the world's famous spots and a land of gold, silver, copper, iron and coal: of lofty mountains and fertile valleys; of vineyards, fruits and flowers, bait Lake City, the capital, is of great interest on account of its historical ana religious associations. Here are Hot Thermal Springs, Warm Springs, Sulphur Springs, Sanitarium, Parks, Drives, Canyons and the most healthful climate on earth. Great Salt Lake with the new and beauti ful Saltair Beach Resort of Moorish de sign, has no equal in America. Write to F. A. 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Several times stronger than sea. water. Rheumatism. Hkln, Blood and Nervous DIs asas. Liver and Kidney Troubles and Chronle lilments are treated successfully. g,Sea Bathing ay be enjoyed at ail seasons In our large SALT IW1UMINQ POOL, 60x142 feet, 6 to 10 feet deep, seated to uniform temperature of 80 degrees. Drs. M. H. & J. O. Everett, Managing Physicians. Rio Grande Western Railway. Great Halt Lake Route. Mercur, Utah's New El Dorado. Won derful Development of the Camp F oyd Mining District. The Camp Floyd Mining District of Dtah, dis tant bnt 49 miles fjom Salt Lake City, is now attracting the attention of the mining world as the only western rival of Cripple Creek, Colo. The district has bad a most remarkable history. The town of Lewiston rose, flourished, and pattHed into decay twenjy-flve years ago, on the very spot on which Mercur bag been built within the last eighteen months. It was renowned as a sil ver camp in '71 by the development of the Sparrow-hawk and Last Chance mines, which pro duced over Sl.OGO.OOO in the white metal. At that time there were 1,009 people in Lewiston, and the district was very lively, but the rich pocket having worked out, Lewiston's fame began to wane. The next big strike In the district, one that is yet talked of by old-timers, was the Car rie Steele, from a pocket In which some parties, scraped ont $H3,000 in abont three months time. This caused great excitement, so much so that in '72 and 73 the hill was swarming with pros pectors. Then the camp again declined until '7 and '80, when It was abandoned. In 18U0 atten.'' process, and a test of the ore was made In Den ver witb snch elaborate results that the old Spar-,. row-hawk or Marion mine was brought out of a 440,000 or S50.000 indebtedness and put on a divi dend paying basis. The formation at Mercur la very similar to the region about Johannesburg In South Alrics, except that the Camp Floyd ore bodies are mrger and richer. Geologists atid mineralogists differ as to ths origin and forma tion of tho ore body, some elaimlnr three dis tinct gold-bearing veins while others seem to favor the single blanket vein theory. On on point, however, all agree, that no such gold de posit has ever before been discovered. In the Mercnr mine, recently bonded for $1,500,000, the ore bodies average $15.00 In gold to the ton, while some assays run into the hundreds mark. With the aid of the cyanide process this ore is mined and milled at an average cost of $2 50 to $3.00 per ton, leaving a profit of $12.00 to $12.60 per ton. On thisbasls the mine has. in the year just passed, paid dividends to the extent of $300, 000. The adjoining properties, the Oolden Uate, Marion and Ueyser are equally as rich. The vein or veins have already been traced from the clus ter of mines at Mercur, to Sunshine, a distance of six miles, where tbe Sunshine mine and mill, another large property, Is located, together with numerous claims of less mngnitnde. In the Mer cur mine alune 200,000 tons of ore are now blocked out, with an average value of $14.00 per ton, making a total value of $?;S00.O0O; the Gol den Gate is able to show 100,000 tons of higher value than the Mercur, while the Sunshine has tn sight more ore than either of tbe above, bnt of lower value. II the discoveries recently made twelve miles west of Mercur and far to the south are uncovering of the same vein, then there Is atrong evidence that the great deposit covers an area of from 100 to 150 square miles. It Is hardly supposable that all portions of the vein will yield profitable values, although that Is the belief ot many, hot It is quite within the range of possi bilities, as no barren spot has yet been touched. Keeping in mind the fact that any ore exceeding $3.00 in value per tan, can be mined and milled at a handsome profit, there can be no question but that the Camp Floyd district w I yet be one of the largest gold-producing camps tn the world. Owing to the mildness of the cliinHte, prospect ing can he conducted at all seasons of the year, 1 and at the present writing viuorous work is be-,' Ing done at many points io the district. The re sult of this work will show Itself during the com ing year In the opening of the oiH bodies In VAP--lons localities throuuhout the distrli-t, and num bers of claims that are now mere prospects will undoubtedly become paylrnr mines In the near , future. Nowhere at the present time can there be found a field for speculation which will exceed that of the Camp Floyd district. Mercur or the Camp Floyd Mining district! best reached via the Mo Grand Western Hallway to Salt Lake City. For further particulars o'r for printed matter apply to V. A. W ADLKIGH, General Passenger Agent, Rio Grande Western Hallway, Salt Lake City. v
