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The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1875-08-14

MeTcn now prepared to buy and sell through
our San Francisco brokers any stock dcnlt I'm
Al The Board, and upon the usual terms and
conditions. Daily quotations of stocks re-.
ceIred direct from The Board while IN session.
me favorable developments In our home
mining interests, and the fact that some Of
our home stocks will soon bo plnccd upon the
Board, together with the growing disposition
of all classes. whether mining, mechanical or
mercantile, TO deal to limited extent In the
great and all absorbing Interest Of the Stute,
Us well ns the fact that such transactions,
heretofore unfavorahly regarded by the more
conservative, are now looked upon Us lcgiti.
mate Investments, have induced us to add this
10 our other business and Thereby cuablc our
friends to nvail themselves Of the many favor.
able opportunities every day being offered for
profitable investments.
NJ P. FREEMAN, = Manauer.
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Moro than Resigned.

"Wcll, we'll, John, accidents will hnp
pen. You must try and be resigned"
citlcntsl-licsignclT What DIV,
call accidcnt' What All to DO rcsirnct
tot" -..a.
"Why, l alludc to the separation be
tween yourself aud Susan Sitter. O
course 1t must have been something of {
disappointment"
''GOodness gracious! no. It wns tht
blessodest thing that srer happened
Mercy on nc, it WIS the grandest thing
Of all my lifcl 1t was my Fourth Of
July-my Independence DuyI Jerusalem
just s'pose Inc married To that gal. Can
you imagine itf"
"Well, really, John, nm free to con-
tess that Susan is not exactly the girl that
l should suppose II good. looking young
man like you, with house of Ills own,
and prospects bright would select for q
wife"
"No,-iust so,- exactly and vet,
uncle, came plaguey near getting hitchcd
to her for life. Did you ever hear how it
came to be broken oft"
mo.
SWELL, I'll tell you. 1t WAS Sunday
morning, bright and sweet, with tho flow
crs blooming and tho birds singing, and
Susan AUD /, arm-in.arm, were on our
way to church tn get married. We'd
been published three weeks, and a con-
siderable lot of creation had turned out
to sec the knot tied. l felt kind of sheen.
ish, with Susan. hanging on my arm and
everybody staring at me. But held up
my head and trudgcd on.
"By IN by we camo to tho brook close
TO Widow Simpsons, where the willows
hang SO thick and SO low, and rs We
struck the shade Susan snys to mc,-says
she, lookin' up-'IIow nice it will be,
John, when VIC get to kccpin' house. i
Says I,-'Ycs.' And then saws she,-
How nice we will live. After you have
built good fire, I'll get good broak-
fast and-'
"At this point stopped kind of sud.
den like, right thero unGer the willows.
Says I,-'IIold on, Susan. WHAT'S that
you say about building firos1' Why
says she, of course. after we arc married,
you'll get up in tho mornin' and build
the fire. Guess not says l. That's
duty that belongs to the woman. NY
mother always built the fire till her
daughters wcrc big enough to do it, and
l calculate that my wife will do the same
With that Susan looked up IN spitcful
way, and says she: I'D have you to know,
John Pippin, that mint n goin' tn build
your fires for you And l says, just as
independent: And you mny he sure, Mis-,
Sitter, that shan't never build fire for
you, unless you nrc sick Mister Pippin,
do you mean thatE says she, snnppin' like
nturtle. mean exactly that told her,
putin my foot down hard. Then, says
she, letting go Of my arm, I'm blessed If
I'll marry your You won'tl says I. Il
will not says she. WELL says I, I'm
glad we understand ono another in season.
Shall I sec you home ngninl' NO says
she, Il can go home alone And with
that she turned back. 'Good-by,' says I.
Good riddcnceH says she.
sand that's the way it ended. I've
thought of it good deal since, uncle,
and am moro than rcsigncd-I am
happy"
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Training Horses.

Not one man In ten is fitted TO train .
morse correctly. Ono is too passionate.
another too timid, another too severe, nm.
other Ignorant, and so on through tho cot.
aloSnc. a highly nervous animal can bo
thoroughly spoilt by passionate man in
lew days timc. Bad habits in Tho
trainer begets bad habits in the horse. Tbe
hhbits and character of the horse. liks
those of man, urs formed in tho training.
and when once confirmed generally Y 'stickii
through life. 1t il IN Uasy matter to pro-
vent, but a scriOus one 10 cure. Win,
ping q young animal for eEery real or fan.
cleu oilensc, Is one OF lie worst of prac-
tees, aud yet iS almost universally in.
uulged IN. know horse that iumps
every time the harness is put on him. Tho
man who "brokG' him Ia hudu't common
sense, and the first time he threw the har
ness on him, lie did it just as he would on
an old horse, cnrclcssly; the colt was
badly scared, aud kicked, striking his
owner on tho leg. This enragetl him 30
tilnt he beat him numerically. That wns
hve years ago, and the horse has not for.
gotten it, and never will. Tho appearance
oil the harness thrown over him iy insepa.
rabiy connected with that outrageous
beating, and believe no amount OF caro-
or counter training can overcome his fear
when tho harness is first put on him.
soma men whip horse whenever ho
shies. 1t neverdoes my good but always
works mischief. 1t is just tho way to
form the habit. 1t is perfectly natural
Tor young colts to shy Mt objects with
which lie is notfaniiliar. But let him shy;
pny no attention to it. IIo will soon get
over the habit when no finds that mono of
these things hurt him. But whip him the
hrst few times he shies and the habit be-
comes confirmed, for hc will assuredly
nsSociatc the whipping with the appear.
ancc OF stone, stump, child or any
other object, and will DO continually ON
the alert for something 10 DO frightened
ut. Aud it is just 30 with stumbling.
whipping will not euro It. 1t is a de-
feet, md the remedy must be sought in
ascertaining what that defect Is, and re-.
moving it if possible. .,ti
The whip should never bo used to urge
horse forward on the roud. They speed
lily become used to il and will not 20 with.
out 1t. 1t is rs ensy to train them to 90
at the word, and nothing is so detestRble
as to sec man urging horse by contin-
ually applying tho whip.
These arc only few thoughts on this
highly important subject, but enough to !,
Indicate what ought to be done, and what
must be avoided. a cool, calm judgment,
perfect control of ones self, absence of
coTardly timiditY, respect for the animal;
knowledge Of his character md disposi.
tion, an understanding of your own du.
ties, and above all, good common senso
and strictly temperate habits, are necos.
sary elements to q horse trainer. a horse
trained correctly and free from bad hab-
Its ls worth double the animal that is not,
and hence, l.nttach rs much Importance
10 the trainer Gs to the breeder, and think
that more should be said and enforced on
this point in our agricultural papers,
Ohio Fdracr.
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The Discharged Government Clerks.

Says tho Washington Star of a recent
date:
If n novice about to eutcr tho public
service wore to look into tho Treasury
Department to-day and see tho sorrow and
despair Of tho poor fellows who havo had
to step down and out In consequence OF
tho reorganization Of the department ho
would, if any manhood was left in him,
shake the dust of Washington off his fcot
and "go West," or nny place o!so where
he could get fnir days work. To.dayI
decentralization is oven worse than yoster.
days. Then 1t was anxiety; now il is do.
spnir. A rough estimate of Tho number
dismissed to-day will approximate I6O.
This number was swellod to such proper.
tions by tho dismissal of all clorks hcrc:
tofOrc b0rno on tho temporary rolls, as
under the now Sundry Civil Approximation
Bill NIL funds heretofore available for pay.
Ing this class Of employees lapsed into tho
Treasury. Included in this discharge ara
some forty females. The scenes and In.
cidcnts in tho corridors of tho Treasury
today nre sad in Somo instances and
amusing In others. Tho tears of tho
"wcHkcr vessels" are lost in the ludicrous
attempts of tho money brokers to collect
Sho au'ouCcs 1hcy uaFe Whuc 10 tu0e0
numbered among tho unfortunatcs. Ono
OF these brokers camo rushing 10 after
discovering that ono of his customers had
boon dropped. Ho first patronized liI
"cliont;" then ho sympathIzel with him;
finally camo to business, asked how that
little mattor was to DO arranged, and WAS
told to go whore tEcro was less humidity
than thsro is in Washington in July.
1t seems, from the remarks dropped by
those discharged, that many, too many,
hnve livod above their incomos, and II iI
q problem with them how now to sootlIo
their irato landladics and waHherwomcn.
Other snnguinc onos, instead of broodns
over their troubles, present or prospective,
hnvc gone to work to got back. Tho tel.
cgraph brings cvery hour numerous dis.
patches from members Of Congress inter.
ccding for favorites. Meanwhile Mr.
BristJw Is pcstsrcd to death. Not only
Is he bosought by tho lightning to staJ
his hand, but Ia crowded with tho victims
of reorganization in his own room. II Is
hard to convince those who are set adrifl
that Ito Is acting only as tho executive Of
Inv forced upon him by tho very lcgs.
lators who now appeal for clemency for
tho dismissed.
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French Chimncy.SMecps.

or all tho roguish, brighs-oycd, impish.
locking creatures that walk the earth, the
little French chimncy-swccps carry tho
palm. Born and reared, no ono knows
where, they nppoar in great numbers, and
all havo the same saucy abandon, seen
only in tho boys Of that class.
These small fry arc up with tho lark,
and rs you arc taking comfortable
morning dozc, you hear tho clear child
ish voices crying, each ono trying to sec
which can scream the loudcst, "Ramencr
de ham en- bds!"
If you chance to look out of your win
dow, you will sec tiny boy dressed in
tight black clothes, barcfootcd, with n
small skull cnp drawn down over the
cars. Behind him is the man who super.
intends tho cleaning Of tho chimncys
You may wonder how such littlo fellow
can bo of any use TO this man, but tho
smaller tho better.
When they come to chimney, tho
man lifts tho little sweep to tho opening
at tho bottom, and, with his long brush
In his hnnd, the boy scrambled up, md up
until lie rrnChos the vory top, when all OF
sudden you will scu his little black
head popping out Of tho chimney on the
top of tho house.
1t takes short time only to du this
work thoroughly, and when tho sweep
next appears hc is blnckcr than over.
Those sweeps Nrc tho bugbCars of al
small, respectable children, and the men
tion of one to M unruly child is sufficient
to establish order at onco.
In pairs, after their work is done, thcy
nrc seen on the boulcvartls, haunting thu
cafes, md believe s0mc of them picl
up quito meal from scraps Of bread nnt
| sugar thrown to them from the tables. I
they eco nothing left on your plate, the!
will como up to you, with heads on onI
sido, hold out dirty hand md beg, "U,
tou, q II rom pidit," which seems to then
n large amount.
Few persons refuse thcm, and by mid
night they have collected quite enougl
for nights lodging, and for break
fast, which they generally cat along tn
streets rs they go to their work. OF all tn
gdmins TINT lnvc eYor seen, these socm T.
DO tho happicst. Although II may DO
short life, 1t 10 q merry onc.--Ohiid'
Companion.
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JOB PRINTTNG
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
Promptly done I'm the hest style or the 4 Art

Our Only Authorized Agents:
CIV. CRANE, 42G Montgomery ST., sole Agent
for the ELH0 INDEPENDENT. he Is authorized
to contract for Inserting advertisements for us
Al our lowest rates IN coin. Orders left with
Nr. Crane will receive prompt attention.
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AN EMBARRASSING SITUATIoF.--A con.
ductOr on tho Pennsylvania Railroad 70.
Gently got himself into an embarrassing
situation. A lady entered n car at liar.
risburg carrying basket which tho rail-.
road Oillciul deemed entirely too bulky
to remain In the passenger car. IIo iaid
II must 20 into tho baggage car. Tho lady
domurrcd, hut tho conductor insisted and
sczlcd tho basket. 1'hcn his fair pa.sen.
ger deliberately uncovered the basket, and
bclIOld! two charming babies, twins
peacefully sleeping. Tho blushing con.
ductor beat prccipitato retrost, and tho
lady remained inastor Of tho situation,
Tim family Jar Is frequently = Jug.
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TO keep polished iron work from rust.
Ing In salt mir, cont It with mcrCurinl oint.
mcnt, or, what answers nearly as we'll,
with mixture Of mutton tallow (freC
FROM salD and whito lead applied Ia a
melted state. When tho machinery IL tc
ho used tho coating can be removed by
slightly warming the metal.
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WHEN n man nearly breaks his nrak
trying to got out OF tho way Of eight
ming bug" supposing II 10 be the head.
light Of a locomotive, II 10 time for him
to sign tho pledge.
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NJ. P. Freeman Co.
BAN NJ * ERS.
AND DEALERS ~

Gold, Grccnbncks. Stocks. Bonds,
Foreign Exchange, Baso and Ro
fined Bullion. ard Securities of
all Kinds. CO.,.
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THE EIREsrDE,
How to Eat,

Before man becomes hungry, watch
ful nature has calculated, in her way, how
much nutriment the body needs, and pro
vides us much of q liquid substance a.
VIII be necessary 70 prepare from tho food
which may be eaten, that amount of sus.
tcnanco which the system may require,
When this is stored up and ali is roudy.
tho sensation Of hunger commences, and
increases with tie steadily increasing
amount OF tho digesting matariul Just re-
terred to, and the very inSa the. tint
mouthful OF food is swallowed, this "gas-
trio juice" is poured out into the stomach
through thousand sluices; but no more
has boon prepared than was necessary,
for nature does nothing in vain; so that
| II n single mouthful more of food has been
swallowed than the untemptcd or unstim-
ulatcd appetite would have called for,
there Is no gastric juice for its solution,
and it remains to fret and worry for hours
together. If the amount eaten is much
in excess, the stomach, ns If in utter dis
couragement at the magnitude of its task,
ceases its attempts at digestion, and forth
with commences the process Of cicctiug
the unnatural lond by means of nausea
and vomiting in some cases; in others,
1t remains for IN hour or moro like a
weight, hard, round ball, or a lump OF
lead, an uneasy hcavincsS; then it begins
to "sour," that is, to decompose, to rot,
and the disgusting gas orliquid comes up
into tho throat, cHusing moro or less Of a
scalding sensation from the pit of the
stomach to the throat; this is called
"heartDurn." At length, the half-rotted
mixture is forced out of the mouth by the
outraged stomach with that horrible taste
and odor with which every glutton is
familiar. In sUino cases the stcnchy mass
IS passed. out of the stomach downwards,
causing, in its progress, gush Of LIQUID
from nil parts of tho intestinal canal, to
wash 1t, with food, out Of tho system;
this is the "Diarrhca" which surprises the
gourmand ut midnight or in tho carly
morning hours, when a late or ovcr-hearty
meal has been eaten. When sufficient
food has been taken for the amount or
gastric juice supplied, hunger coascs, and
every moutlIful supplied after that, no
gastric juice having been prepared for its
dissolution, remains without any health.
tul change, inflaming, irritating, and e1-
hausting the stomach by its efforts to get
nd of it, and this is the first step toward
dyspepsia" which becomes moro and
more deeply fixed by every repeated out
rage, until ut length itremuinsa lifetime
worry to tho mind, filling it with horrible
imaginings,i and q wearing, wasting tor
tuTo to tho body until it pnsses into the
grave.
The moral Of the article is that the
man who "forces" his food, ho who eats
without nm inclination, and who strives
by tonics, or bittcrs, or wine, or other al
coholic liquors, to ''gct up" an appetite,
is II sinner against body and soul-a vir-
tual suicide l-Hall1 Journal Of Health.
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How TO MAKK CUCUMBER PICKLEs.-
Put your pickles as soon rs gathered in
salt, using about four or six quarts for
each Gushcl Of pickles, and no water, as
tho salt will draw brino enough from tho
pickles to cover them. Put up in this
~ny they will koop for years. When you
wish to mako them up for use, soak in
warm water until they nro frcsEoncd; thon
take ono part vinegar and two parts rain
wntcr, md add tcnspoonful of alum for
each gallon; put them In brass kettle
and let them come to u boil, stirring uc-
cnsionally; thon skim out and put in the
vessel they arc kept in, and cOyor them
with good vinegar. In about two days
they will bc ready for use. If you wish
thein spiccd, add spices when you scald
Pickles mato in this way will bo worry
nice, but the vinegar acting on tho brnS.
kottlc, makes them somewhat poisonous
will layo no copper in them but will no
bc Of so lovely color. You can TAX,
yotr choice. A few grape loavcs in th,
Kettle, IL tho latter method Is used, vii
help the color. :
| VINEGAR PtEB.-Take two cups Of mo
lNsscs, ono oil vinegar, three heGping tn
bIcspoOniuls Of flour, wet up ono cup o
water, add lump Of butter tho size of
hens egg, flavor with lemon or nutmeg
put the molasscs and vinegar in n skilic
md let II come to a boil, then stir in tn
roSt and let boil.--OiacinadH Times.
CORN BREAD. Take two eggs vol
bcaton, ono pint Of cream, tenspU0nful o
soda, dissolved in small quantity of wa
ter; add II littlc salt and corn meal, sutfi
cicnt To form thick batter; after mixing
thoroughly, put In pans and bako immc
diatcly. y.--CiHcinndfi 3imts.
SEED CAEEs.--'rhrcc cIps sugar, on
cup cream, three eggs, eight cupI Iluur.
LEMOS PIE.--OnU aud Onc-half lomOn
ono cup m0Irsses, Onc.LRlf cup sugar, tw
eggs.
SrOSGh CAEH.-I'ireG eggs, ono Gu
flour, ono cup white sugar, salt and nu
meg.
,puyps.--'rhrce eggs, one pint milk, ou
pint flour, littlo salt. lIakO Ia cups llftoc
or twonty minutes.
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HAsTR makes waste.
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SUGAR AS A REMEDY Fon WouNps.-A
correspondent Of the Rural New Yorker
sends the following recipe:
The incloscd Is excellent, and ought Il,
be published once year. 1 found it in
paper some time ago, and have triod it
and can recommend it from experience
Take pan or shovel with burning Goals,
and sprinkle over them common brown
sugar, and hold the wounded part in the
smoke. In fow minutes the pain will
bc nllnycd and recovery proceeds rapid
~. In my case, rusty nail had mnde n
bad'wound in the bottom of my foot. The
pnin and nervous irritation were severe
This was oil removed by holding II
in tho smoke for fifteen or twenty
minutes, and I was able to resume my
reading i'll comfort. Wo havo often roc.
commended it to others with like results
Last week one of my men had finger.
mil torn out by pair of icc.tongs. II
bocamc very painful, ms was to havo beor
expected. Heidi in sugarrsmokc for twenty
minutes, the pain ceased and promiscc
speedy recovery.
The New York herald., 1875-07-16
DOMESTIC MARKETS.

GALVESTON July 10. 1878
Cotton no omlnalt miadlne. 4kc; low middltng lskc.
rood ordinary lac. Net receipts Al bales Exports
ooastwise, sales, a. stock, 5,SIs
Ngw ORLKANs July rs, 1874
Cotton duli and unchanged; middling lskc. low
mtidna la<c., GOOD ordinary lc. Aet receipts, ~
bales gross. H. sales, 50 STOCK, 2Al7d
MOBILE, July Is ls7A
Co,ten auIst ana unchanged; milding. llkc. low
middlng Ia,lo good ordinary, lS<c. Net receipts,
baloa salos, "a stock, LUZ.
SAVANNAH, July Is 1874
Cotton nominal; mddung, lA<c.; low fntddlng lyIkc,
rood ordinary is1fc Net receipts, IL balsA Exports
eoastwiss, I61 sales Is Stcck lssi
CHARLESTON. July Is, 1874
Cotton easy: middins. l..sc. low mdaIing, AXE. ;
Exporn coasiwise. i6a ales. 81. stock, 6,sSs
wILnxoroS, N. O., July-l6 1875
sprits turpenfne Arm at NC Rosin steady at 81 40
for strained. Tar steady atSl 76
OswRoo July Is, 1878
Flour nrm and IN good demand; OF IeOJ bbls at
20 50 tor No. sprng; y Tor amber winter 81 70 tor
40 Miwaukee club. 81 ~ ~ So; extra white Nichi.
gan AZ Corn uncha aged eVc. Sc. low and
inxed meal xSS FOR bolted so eF un boted per
Ton. MIlfesd unchanged. Canal froaghts-Wheat Bha
- ~ Is Gs hRAEss Es2A rsasists s.-ixl NJ snsnsi.
The New York herald., 1875-07-16
AN UNSUCCESSFUL ELopEMENT.
THE DAuoHTER OF WELL KNOWN FALL RIVER
CITIZEN APPREHENDED wH1Lz EN- ROUTE ron

THE DAuoHTER OF A WELL KNOWN FALL RIVER
CITIZEN AppREHENDED wH1Lz EN- ROUTE ron
SAN FRANCISCO.
Early yesterday morning q telegram was re.
seived at Police Headquarters from A. r.
Wright CITY Marshal oil Fall River, Mass. request.
ing the apprehension OF Miss Enc Tnurston, en-
route Ter san Francisco via New York, who had
eloped the night previous with young man
naned George Allen.
Detective thompson, OF the Central once, was
inttusted with the case, ana arrested the young
LADY AZ the pier just as she was entering carriage
with her escort. on being brought before TIE
superintendent OF Police, MISS Thurston. VINO is
very prepOssesslng girl oil ABOUT nineteen years
Ol age, refused 10 answer any quesuons. and
assumed an air OF unassullable silence. Is
was subsequently ascertalned that she was the
aauS hter o. well known hotel proprietor In Fall
ploJed IN her fatner's hotel 1he attacoment De-
tween the pair did not receive he approval OF the
paterlanas, and the result was the essfui
elopement Allen ~ a young man about thirty
years 0id anu very styllsh III appearance. He
called &C headquarters yesterday afternoon ana
urgently requested the privilege OF an interview
win tue object OF his love, but nus pleadnKs were
ia vain ana ne went away dsconsoIate.
superintendent waning staLsu tnat he was in
that Alien was already "a busbAAd, his vile peInR
resident vi some Western city.
teleRram was sent TO the Ether OF MISS Thurs
Ton. acQuaintinR MIN With the apprehension Uf
nIs daughter, aud reply Was received, RivinR iu-
safaetiens 70 dsIain hef pRt ths fathsf's affivaA