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The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-06-23
ELKO, NEVADA, WEDNESDAY,, JUNE %, 1863
oUIs CIvILIzI:I,s.
The bronzed and stalwart pioneers,

The bronzed and stalwart pioneers,
Who swing the Ak and guide the plow.
Are ciyilizsrs I'D the peers
OF men who lift tine larreled brow
The echo Of ,hcir labor cheers
The solitudes where forests bow
Before the wand. and future years
Shall see their s;ar urclouded glow:
The music of their labor thrills
The listening leaves OF forests old.
And wakes the weird and sombre hills
where the unhindeTed streamlets rolled,
Which turn the wheels Of humining mills,
In valleys filed with green and goi!:.
Where forres blaze and commerce fills
Our homes with blessings manifold.
Inventors skilled IN wcndroas art,
ReforIn the race and help 10 swell
The ;riunphs Of the head and heart
They love their tasks of tuil so sen.
That nature kindles thoughts that start
And in her sofiest whispers TIL
The secrets, which are kept apart
From the dun tortoise in his shell.
They added to our searching eyes
The telescope with VIII ch we trace
The wonders Of the spangled skies
They gave unto n grateful race
The messenger Of flame. which iics
Swift as 4 thought through REALMS u sp&ce
And tho paved path of steel which lies
Where stced Uf steam in harness race.
rhry hewed dowr tie vast wilderness,
And made t blossom white and red;
They gave us tlIe plow to bless
Our lardcrs Will abundant bread;
they gave tie printing press,
That minds which hung red might be fed;
They Iaais the hours Of ,Arbr less
And now the hands obey tue head.
These are the times tiIe prophet sought.
With eager eyes. aud prayers ahl tears
For now thews are fllea 10y thought.
And brutal man must bow to seers
In church aud school nalion taught
OF justice in the future ycs:s
Shall think Of miracle. they wrought
Those brains and hands were pioneers.
-Gsorgs ". BEngdy
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T: D. EDWARDS,

ATrURSEf AND COUNSELLOR Ar LAW, Carsor CITY.
SeSsha. will prahtco ul She Cour,s % ,hs Stat"
Having paid especial attention to tl" practice hcfpre
the L. Land Oihce for years, he respectfully
ders his s,rft-s for that branch nf business. VIII
take necessary steps To secure The selbcti OF iEr 10y
the state and obtain patents for the sae FOR partits
with without tncir being pr, sent. Sin
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Dissolution Of copartnersbip.

NOTICE il hereby given, that tile undersigned this
' day dissolved the copartncrship heretofore cN-
iEting between Them under the maine Of schroeder &
Co., by mutual consent The milk aud wood business
will be- carried on hereafter by John S"hrolcr, sud
all the debts due the old fTm will I've collected 10y him
aud ho will pay all the oSsting debts owing ry the
arm of Schroeder Co,
I. NICHOLS.
JOHN SCHROEDER.
Elko, June 18th, 1869.
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WAsHOE SALOON

Commercial Street,
OPPOSITE THE LOWER FREIGHT DEPOT,
gLKo NEVADA
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RECENTLY All Indiana farmer had eight
teams, and many neil, at work plowing,
when thunder storm came up, and Il stroke
cf lightning Instantly killed four If the
horses and three of tie men, and tore their
plUHs to pieces.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-06-23

THE English are talking of through line
of railroad from China to Europe, via the
Euphratcs.
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They have introduced new dodge st thb
Washington boarding houses. They pitt half
dollar in .he hash ht breakfast, and tho
boarders eat hash then TO the neglect Of oil
other dishes, hoping to got the money. Hash
cougouuence
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The White Pine News says All the lead
ing citizens Of Hamilton wear stars, made OF
silver rom the rrcnsur. City IniHcs.
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SrArS is having 80 gunboats built in this
country. They nre designed 10 guard the
coast Of Cuba
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las LOCATED Ar KNOXVILLE PERMANENT.
! ly. aud rtspec.iully tsnderh his professional
services To the :tifeu5 OF uuior. lille ard Humboldt
County. 37N
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DR.. JOHN c. WATKINS!
D. LUTHER. N. D.,

7 ATE pOs-r SURGEON at camp Winfield Scott has
l. locstei at WinIiSmuoca, SC7. III
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UsLrKE.--That parents have children On.
like themselves, Is shown by tho fact that tho
eldest daughter Of Dnmo Fortune Is Miss
Fortune.
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The Milky Way.

The grand and glorious nebula, or
star cloud, Of which our solar system
forms part, is beginning to attract
the same kind of familiar attention
that the system itself did a century
ago, ere astronomy took the daring
and certain flights of which it now is
capable. The most powerful of the
telescopes at present in use seem able
at length to penetrate the recesses OF
this wondrous agglomeratiOn of sun
and planets. The black depths OF
the farther heavens beyond are viSi
BILE through the veil Of stars. The
external border of the nebula extends
to a distance which at least equals
that of stars of the thirteenth magni-
tude, which were the remotest visible
through Herscheps twenty feet tele
scope.
Now these are $50 times farther
from US than the star Alpha, in the
constellation Of the Centaur, i. e., the
radius of the milky way is, altogether.
| $50 times the length Of space which
astronomers have been in the habit
Of counting |. Alpha OF the Centaur
is among the stars nearest to the
earth, yet it is 100000 times farther
off than the sun, or, in other words,
100000 times 95,O00,000-1O,000,-
OO0,000,000 miles.
Now, light has been finally ascer-
tanned to have the speed of electrici-
ty; and if one continuous uninterrupt.
ed electric telegraph wire ran direct
ly around the globe, commencing and
terminating in New York, it would
take perfect signal just one seventh
of a second to make the tour. In
eight minutes and thirteen seconds
light passes from the sun to the earth
and in four hours it reaches Neptune
the outermOst planet of our system
1t would arrive at the Alpha Centaul
in something more than three years
and at stars of the sixth magnitud,
the remotest visible to the nakeC
eye-in between thirty and thirty on,
years; and, finally, at those on thu
outer edge of the milky way in 200C
: years.
To traverse the entire diameter OF
the milky way, then, would requir
, 1000 years, 50 that light can hav
been reflected but once from side t
side of the galaxy or nebula to whic
) we belong since the creation, accord
ing to the Mosaic record. But b
calculation we discover that the net
ula of Hercules is distant from US 10O
, times the diameter of the milky way
t and hence the light from it reaches u
only after a trip of 100000 year,
: minus eight minutes and thirteen sec
Onds.
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arm rather than take advantage OF
its unresisting helplessness; bear rath-
er than beat, remembering that "of
such is the kingdom of Heaven. y
Halls Journal Of Health.
Persons who wear kid gloves in hot
weather, and who perspire freely,wil
find that injury to the gloves will be
prevented by applying ordinary corr
starch to the hands (dry) before draw
ing on their gloves.
GLAZE FOR HAMs.-Boil a shin OF
beef twelve hours in eight quarts OF
water; draw the gravy from knuck
lie of veal in the same manner; put il
herbs and spices as if for soup, ant
add the whole to the shin of beef
1t must be boiled till reduced to
quart. The above will keep good TO
twelve months, and when wanted 70
use, warm a little and spread it owe
the ham.
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The Children'S Crusade.

There is an odd tale with this title,
which we find in an English journaI,
which we do not remember ever to
have heard before:
In the summer of 1918, a boy was
noticed wandering from town to town
in France. His hand was never
stretched out for aims, nor his voice
subdued into the beggar'S whine. He
belonged not to the tribe of vagrant
students, and still less to that Of the
mOuntebank or the picaroon. Neither
did he carry either Of those universal
pOrts-the palmer'S staff, or the
gleeman's cithara. Unlike each and
all of these, his mein was sanity and
his conduct irreproachable. Wher
ever be went he chanted the words,
Lord Jesus, give US back the Holy
Cross" pausing only to indulge in
fervent prayer. In a little time he
was universally revered as the messen-
ger of heaven, and happy was that
house esteemed wherein he deigned to
take up his lodging. But soon alarm
began to permeate and deepen the
awe with which he was everywhere re-
garded. And truly the effect of his
example was appalling. All at once
strange infatuation seized on all the
boys of the same age. No sooner was
his voice heard in any town or hamlet,
than out they poured, mustered in his
track, and accompanied him blindly
whlthersoever it pleased him to direct
his course. Bolts and bars were USE
less to retain them; tears and prayers
to turn them from their purpose. They
fastened to quit father, mother, home,
everything that was dearest, to follow
this strange leader, and chant with
him-"Lord Jesus, give US back the
Holy Cross p They came to him by
twenties, by hundreds, by thousands.
Every day added to the throng. until
at length no city could consent to re-
celve them within its walls. Having
gathered this great host, he directed
its march towards the shores of the
Mediterranean. Himself led the wav.
reclining in chariot lined with cloaks.
After him pressed he countless
throng, chanting-"Lord Jesus, give
us back the Holy Cross" And every
instant they trampled the weaker to
death, as they struggled for the place
nearest to their leaders car, for he
among them was envied exceedingly
who could touch his person or gather
thread from his robe. In the end,
the whole of them persisted Oil tic
land or in the sea.
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A TERRIBLE DEARH-BED SCENE

A TERRIBLE DEARH-BED SCENE.-
Mention has already been made OF the
terrible death, in Patterson, N. j., OF
Mr.. Eckerson, of hydrophobia. The
Patterson Guardian gives the follow
ing additional facts: A neighbor, who
was engaged holding Mr.. Eckerson
after the symptoms of hydrophobla
began to manifest itself, gives touch
ing incident of the last scenes. just
before his death, while temporarily
relieved from violent spasmodic strug-
giles, Mr.. Eckerson desired to see his
wife before his death. Requiring from
four to six men to hold him all the
time, of course it was not prudent,
his wife being ill in the other room,
and even if he were able, it was tho't
his dreadful condition, held by men
all the while to prevent instant injury
from his sudden fits or spasms, might
make her worse. He begged and con
tinued to entreat them to let him look
upon his wife once more before he
died, and finally his friends and neigh
bors could hold out no longer, anC
consented to take him in to see her
he expecting to die in the next spasm
which he knew would not be long de
layed. He carefully wiped off th'
froth which was foaming all the whil'
from his mouth, lest any of it shoulc
get upon her, and closing his lip
tightly with a desperate effort, wa
borne to her bedside. Bending dow
his lips met those he had so often kiss
ed in joy, love and holy Affection
And then, with one long look upon
face he well knew he ought not to asI
to see again, he babe her last adieu
The strong men who gazed upon tn
scene wept like children as they say
the dying man, who, with lips still
compressed, signifed the necessity O
= being removed again from her pre-;
ence, and was then ready to die
Shortly afterwards. in renewed pal
. oxysms Of the dreadful complain
2 death came to his relief.
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COOLEY & DAUCHEY.
v,HE MEDICINE FOR
WHOOPNG COUGH.

DODD'S NERVINE AND Inv luORsAIO ",
s s of Whooping Cough. This is complaint
that all children are expected to nave "a anu ~
when it comes. strange to say, they are ieis 70
fight it through as they best can, little or not9
ing being done to break its intensity or neip IL
along. And when it is reflected tnat very I har
of the diseases of older and adult years have
their origin in the tear and STRAIN of Whooplng
Cough, this neglect would be utterly unaccount-
able but for the fact that children's diseases,
like many of the weaknesses of women, are con-
sidered so much matter OF course that peopIe
have become stoicalIy unconcerned about them.
Let them cough it through, as we did, seems
generally to be the unfeeling word. Whoopne
Cough is a nervous disease, and Dodds Nervlne
and Invgorator treats it with COMPLETE sue
CESS. Mothers Try 1t, and save your itttie ones
the worst agony of this distressing afiiiction. a
sure and benefcent medicine.
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Let II dance above the blazing ire,
And leap from its glittering she'll
snowy night! where arms SO white
Are casting dangerous spell.
Then a cheer for the corn, the yellow corn.
And a health to the girls who pop the corn
CoRRECTIoN.-A. A. Earle In the re-
port of the Irasburgh Farmers Club-in
your paper of March 23-we find few err
rOrs in the brief notes you published OF
our discussion. What was said by u. E.
jameson, as reported, "My idea is the same
as is with the human family" was derived
from a somewhat lengthy allusion to the
facts that among the human family, where
there is poverty and insufficient protection
from cold, and lack of nutricious food,
there seems to be shorter average dura-
ton of life more fatality during growth ;
and more liability to suffer from pestilence
and disease than among those who have
comfortable homes So our native stock,
descending as it does from cattle that were
kept poorly and exposed to the rigors Of
the seasons, would naturally have feebler
constitution, poorer digestion, and great
er liability to disease than the pure breeds
that have always had the best of care
You ask, Mr.. Editor, eff the Dutch are
best, why not raise them and make them
more plenty?" / would say that on ac-
count Of the rinderpest that prevailed in
Europe a few years ago a law was made to
prevent all importations of cattle or hides
from there to the United States and | am
assured, by what suppose is good author
ity, that the law is still in force; therefore
they cannot be imported; and they are
very few in numbers in this country com
pared with other breeds, and the prices of
the best are very high. So farmers viii
generally do better to choose the Devon Of
Durham, as these breeds have been thor
oughly tried and have proved good, anC
well adapted to this country, and can b,
obtained u. f. JAMESON.
In regard to what was reported from G
b. Brewster, instead Of saying "The Dur
hams will bring two or three cents a pound
more than other breeds )" it should read
"Durhams can, at the same age, be mad
TO weigh heavier than Devons and il
market yoke of cattle that weigh fou
thousand pounds will bring higher pric
per pound than a pair that will weigh onl
three thousand pounds therefore, it woul
seem to be wisdom in the producer to rails
the heavy cattle" They sell better, nc
because they are Durhams, but becaus
they are the heaviest cattle, and are prot
table TO raise on account of their earl
maturity. The assertion that l put tn
Aldeny calf out Of sight when visitor
come, was never made by me, and neve
did it. Visitors can see him at any time
He is evidently Of a smaller race of cattl
than those l have usually raised. Fror
what hear of this breed / have stron
hopes that the half-bloods will be quite a
improvement 10 our dairy stock.
GEO. b. BREWSTER.
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from LAMBERT HASTINGS, Esq.l

ST. JoHNsBURY, VI, OCT. TO, 1000.
PADDOCK, DEAN & Co.,
GENTs.-I have used Superphosphate upon
my farm in St. Johnsbury, Concord and Lunch
burgh, Tor some years past, with the most satis-
factory results, and have endeavored TO learn
how far its use might be profitable upon various
crops 1 am satisfied it pays well on corn, pota-
toes and turnips. 1t gives vigorous growth to
the young plant, natures it two weeks earlier
than barn yard manure alone, increases the yleld
by about one-third and improves the quality OF
the fruit. This year L used equal quantity OF
yours and Bradley's, and find the Vermont fully
equal to any phosphate ! have ever used:
LAMBERT HASTINGS.
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From RICHARD ". PEABODY

ST. JOHNSBNAY, VI, OCI' To, IoUO'
PADDOCK, DEAN s Co..,
GENTs.-In regard to the phosphate procured
of YOU for use on the railroad farm at Lyndon,
of which have the charge, would say we
niowed two and one-half acres of light sandy
soil, in low condition, not having cut over 4OO
pounds hay per acre the previous season. We
Spread ON a light coat of manure, narrowing
thoroughly, (but owing to the usual drouth' the
crop got little benefit from the dresslng,I anu
nlanted to corn and potatoes. They came up
Strong and vigorous, growing finely and looking
remarkably green, SO much so that frequent in
ouiries were made to the cause. We had good
crop, particularly the corn, while the potatoes
were much better than any l saw on similar SOL
r. W. PEABODY.
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from ABEL Il. GOSS.
LOWER WATERFORD, Oct

LOW Eh " AItTIE O1F1, OOS q 4N00'
PADDOCK, DEAN & Co.,
GENTs.-My corn land was all manured broad
cast and plowed in, and planted as follows
Two rows with Vermont phosphate, TWO rows
without anything, then two rows with Bradley's $,
and thru the Vermont again, and so on through
The piece That which was phosphated ripened
ten days earlier, producing much more than that
not phosphated, all doing nobly-but decidedly
the heaviest yield from the VermL nj phosphate.
The same was true in potatoes, planted on green
sward without manure, and after the same meth
cd followed in the corn, excepting that used
plaster in the two rows between the Vermont
and Bradley's. In harvesting l got the same
from the plaster did from Bradley's phosphate,
while the Vermont yielded some bushels more
in each row. 1 am satisfied it pays well wherev-
er have used it.
ABEL B. GOSS.
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There are at the present time one
hundred and sixty-six theatres in
Great Britain, of which thirty-three
are in London, six in Liverpool, and
three in Glasgow and there are four
teen circuses in various parts of the
Kingdom. Of the London theatres,
eight have been totally destroyed by
fire within the pas twenty-seven
wears.
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The LAMP WITHOUT OIL.-While
spending a week lately in the society
of a great number Of faithful pastors
from the canton of Vaud, one of them
at public meeting, related to US the
recent conversion of a lady in his par
ish She was one Of those who lived
only for this world; the thoughts of
her sins had never caused her uneasi-
ness; she was careful and troubled
about many things, but neglected the
one thing needful. One night, while
alone in her room, she saw the lamp
which lighted it suddenly 60 out. AL
though she was alone, she said aloud
thinking only of the accident which
had LETT her in the dark-"There is
no oil in my lamp" The words thus
spoken echoed in the room and sound
ed in her ears, but with a new sense
She recalled the parable of the five
foolish virgins, who had no oil, and
whose lamps had gone out at the com
ing OF the bridegroom and from thai
moment Gay and night, that word of
Goa remained in her soul, as an arrow
remains in the side of stag who flies
far away from the hunters. 1t recur
red TO her constantly: mo, have nc
oil in my lampl My God, what will
become of me? have not thy grace
i'll my hearth She was filled will
fear; then she began to pray, and con
tinued in prayer until God answered
her favorably, and gave her his peace
through the Holy Spirit, and now sht
is happy and full of zeal. Like Enocl
she walks with God; and we trus
that, like him, she will continue to d.
) so until the end.-L. Gausseg.
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The Richmond Wing is glad that
Charleston, Kanawha county, has been
selected as the capital of West Vir-
guia, and thinks that a reunion of the
two states, with Stanton as the seat
OF government, or even Charleston
would be hailed with satisfaction by
the best people Of both states.
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An Ohio agricultural journal is re-
sponsible for the statement that "hand-
some apples are sometimes sour p
Horace Greeley learned, at consid-
cradle expense Of time and money,
that in putting down a drain it does
not answer 30 have the outlet higher
than the other part.
Ashes of wood and common salt
wet with water will soak the cracks
of a stove and prevent the smoke from
escaping.
Alum or vinegar is good to set col
ors of red, green or yellow.
Sal soda will bleach very white !;
one spoonful is enough for a kettle
OF clothes.
Save your suds for garden plants,
or for garden yards when sandy.
Rinse your tea trays with cold suds,
polish with little flour and rub with
a dry cloth.
A hot shovel held over vanished
furniture will take out white spots.
Two thin shoes make one cold
two colds one attack of bronchitis
two attacks of bronchitis one mahoga-
ny coffin.
1t is stated that there are already
three thousand steam ploughs at work
IN England, some of them with sta.
tionary engines capable of driving
from three to six ploughs each.
How TO KEEP A GATE FROM SAG
GNG.-A correspondent Of the Rural
World suggests the following plan,
which he has tried with good results
Set the hanging post three and a
half feet in the ground, lamp well at
the bottom, on the side opposite the
gate; then dig a trench six inches
deep from one post TO the other; in
this put a three-by-four scantling, or a
pole of white oak, black walnut, null
berry, or some other lasting timber
seeing that it just fills the space be
tween the two gate-posts, and cover
with earth, and the gate will stand
as you hang it till the post rots off.
SALT FOR THE SOFIA member Of
the Herkimer County Farmers Club
states that last spring he ploughed al
old sod, in which there was an i'm
mense number of grubs. He soweG
upon three and three quarters acres
soon after ploughing, two bushels of
coarse salt. This was dissolved by
rain, which came day or two later
The, ground was then thoroughly har
rowed and planted to corn, about half
a pint OF leached ashes being place.
with each hill. The yield was very
large, and there was not the slightes
injury Dy worms. He has no doubt
that the crop would have been quite
destroyed had there been no applica
ton of salt.
How TO TELL GOOD Flour
Wheat should not be cut until it il
absolutely ripe. A little may be los
In harvesting, but nothing like wha
may be lost while cutting it while an,
portion of the berry is liquid. TIL,
moist straw,.by its evaporation, draw
the fluids out Of the berry, and less
ems enormously its nutritive value
Gut ten days to early is equivalent tt