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ASSESSMENT NOTICE,

DUckEYE NINE, TUscAROrLL btsTntcr
ll ElkO County, EovndS. Notice /. Lrrehr
gwen That at meeting Of the owners of u:s
buckeJc Mile. an assessment $50. ~ Of 80 Gents
saiu Ducteye gtonnd. rAysbio Immediately iI,
U. y. E0d eoiII 10 the Secretary. II noi UaLi o,i
or belo!e the 2llt day OF February, legal steps
will DO tskhn TO collect tho anIe, ? = u -
Dy order Of tho Company.
on. lnIaHr. stctttary.
Cornueopia. New, jan. 2I, iST7. fi.jw
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A MAN who jumped overheard recent
ly to snve his wife from drowning hns
explained the matter satisfactory to his
friends. lie said she had good deal
Of jcwelry OH her person, and gold was
high
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PAYMENT lOF ELgO co. BONDS.

lT TACC0IeDANCE;. WITH TIE PHO
a +. visions or Seettoii H. of An Aci tntjtIId :
An Actto consolidate and fund TIM Indebted.
1871, notice is hereby given, that II ,rrsci.d -
my 9tlcc in ElLo. Nevada, on or before Saturday
thg Iclitll day Of March next. tho following lko
Cmn'y D2nds Issued IN pursuance OF said act.
that shall hayo Mcruod, at the daio prrseute,l
to-wt; lIonda Nos. eleven IN, t9cl,c tig,
aud thirteen tl3 OF (Ssn0l ilTc hundred floiinrs
hunurcd dollars. Bonds Nos rltiter,i IIs,
nInetccnl l9l. twenty t2u), twenty one I2I tynt,
1'ienr t2il, twehiy.ivo i2Sl, aud twenty sIx j1SI
OF ltJOOl. hYG hundred dOll1ra cacl, SiouId All
said bonds not bc presented within iho tIn,C
Elscincd. then from and after tho date IAnlt.Js
to.Tit Saturday, the Tenth day of Marcl, ticIt
Interest thereon will ccaso. ''o'''
Jso. II. BRADLEY. County Treasurer.
Elko. Ncr.' Ftb'y. 9th. 1877. ,''".' D. n
20 '.ss--- -i .-.' ffI0M
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i. +. Butler is tho San Francisco
Chronicles choico.fo Secretary of War.
in Hayes Cabinet. It speaks of him
ns n man far more sinncd against than
SHINING. g. .-. ..." ..ss Z
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NOTICE.

TINTED STATES DISTRICT COURT. FOR
~ tho District of Nevada District. Of No.
rHue, ss-Tho Undersigned hereby gives uo-
nse oi his appointment as Assiyncc or tho ey.
tate OF WILLARD A. TUCKER OF EIkO, In tile
county os' Elko and Rtato OF NeSada, Wi0 has
been adjudB bankrupt upon petition Of Ills
creditors. sElSI l1'-El'7 7TG " n SWITJ ~" ~"
AEaiYneS OF tho Estate OF Willard A Tuskr-
bankrupt In Bankruptcy. ia Gaw-Jw
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DELINQUENT NOTICE.

H'USCN RORS CONSO LIDATED
! Mining Company. Location aud principal
place Of business. Exc, Scvatla. Location OF
"orES, Iu'carorA aluiuS District. Elko. Elku
county. Nevada. .....
SoTIcE.--Thcre arc delinquent upon The fol-
lewing described stock, OH account OF asses
nrnt iSn u levied OH the l.t day Of SoTcIu-
Der, lSIG. the tcNrrsl amounts srt OppuSite the
names Uf tho respective shareholders IA follows:
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PROPOSALS.

SEALED PROPOSALS. FoR TIL.
y County rrlnring for tho year enflinr lice.
Slbt, 1911. viii bo received ut tito olire nf Lho
SoGnty clerk up TO the l2th day Of ofshIarrIl, A.
ID. 1871, at 10 o'clock A. n. Tho Doanl rrscrrra
tho right TO reject any anil all bids. Ijy 7nrLsr
OF the Board of County ComInissiunl rs VI Eiko
County, Nevada. s-. go
Elko. February 8, 1917. l,,.i, 20 jS.ti
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now look hero, John; thom fellows
"o"n town wouldn't hnyo known this II
you hadn't gono down aud told 'Um. Is
nA' Tho way you 90 round, plOying tho
p'r0o0ntcd lamb, md giving mo such n
v""r"ctor. III have tho gOlno II havo
'no nano," and grabbing pair Of longa,
sno ', "''fod him oFor tho head couple Of
,,"o"' mud now Ito CURSES 81. Valentino
like pojor. 800
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Fresh OystCrE.

Fresh OystcrE. ...... B
Fine Saddle Rock Oysters, just re-
crivcd nt the GEM. ..
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~ Titkcls for sale al tho prominent bn.Iues,
houses. tI.d
, 1877-04-28

WHAT Do YOUR CHILDREN READr-A
bad book, ma gaZIne or newspaper, IL as dan
gerous to yolr children as d vicious C mpan-
ion, aud will as surely corrupt their morals
and lead them away frnm the paths OF safety
Every parent should set this thought clearly
before his mind, and ponder 1t well Look
to what your children read, and especially to
rbe kind of papers that get into their Maids,
for there are now published scores Of weekly
papers, Wi attractive and sensuous Illus
trarious, that are as hurttri 10 the young and
innocent a. poison 10 n healthiul body Many
of these papers have attained large circula-
tons, and are sowing broadcast the seeds Of
vice and crime Trruching on the borders OF
indecency, they corrupt the morals, taint the
Imagination, aud allure the weak aud un-
guarded from the path OF innocruce. The
danger 10 young persons from tins cause was
never SO great as At this time; aud every
father aud mother should be on guard against
an enemy that Is sure TO meet their child.
Our mental rompsniobs-the thoughts and
feelings thzt dwell with US when alone, and
influence our aetious-these are what hi us
up or drag Us down. If your child has pure
and good mental cump4nions, be is safe: but,
If. through corrupt boOks and papers. evil
thoughts and impure imaginiDgs get INTO his
miud, his danger Is imminent. Look TO 1t.
then. that your children are kept as free rs
po-sibIs frum this tainf. Never bring into
your house d paper or periodical that Is not
strictly pure, and watch carefully lest any
snch yet into the hands of your growing-up
bows
, 1877-04-28

TERRIFIC FALL AND INJURY-On
Friday night of last week A + Viers,
better known as '-Kentuck," >" while en-
route from the boom to Frank EVar-
ra's place, missed the trail and in the
darkness walked off the bluff south OF
Evarra's house, first stumbling on
steep grade about 60 feet and falling
80 feet perpendicularly upon the rocks
On a bench in the side of the biuft
where Z pool of water had collected
from the late rains. lie was uncon.
cious after he struck the rocks. 1t
was about s o'clock in the evening
when be fell. When he came to his
senses be found himself partly IN the
water, with his right leg broken above
the knee and the femur pro;ruding
through the skin, also the bridge OF
left foot broken and his head ent IN
several places and blood oozing ont.
He dragged himself from the water
and called for help. No help came.
He continued calling for help at inter-
walls till ten o'clock oil Saturday morn>
inc when his cries were heard and
help came. And he was let down OH
The bench and taken to Eyarra's house,
Dr. Mox ey was sent for who made eli.
fort to bring back The broken bone 10
its place but could not do IT till he
had cut off the lower end. Saturday
night he was brought to Lewiston in
boat On Sunday morning after
consultation between Dts Moxley sen:
ior and Junior. and Kelley, 1t wss
deemed essential to amputate the
right leg about the knee, which was
accordingly done by DR.. Kelley in
the presence OF the other physiclans
named. The patient endured all with
much fortitude and was comfortable
that evening. He must Lave remain
cd on the side of the bluff after has
fall full fourteen hours before assls.
lance came. and iu great suffering
Ls,oistoa Teller.
, 1877-04-28

SUICIDE.-The suicidal mania seems 70 be
spreading, and We are called upon to ohroni-
Gle another case of srlf-destrueriOn which oc-
CURED at Eugene City. The name of the
unfortunate man Is Enoeh Smith. dc has
been a member Of the police force IN that
town for a number of years. The ball pene-
trared the stomach through the front of the
body and has inflicted mortal wound. The
opinion is divided as 10 whether the shot Was
intentional or accidental, although the ma
iority favor the latter view. This Is the
same Iarty who. in 1919, was accused of the
murder of Mr. Hooker, IN Polk county. he,
with another man. was convicted of that
crime and sentenced to death, but snbse'
quentlv il was ascertained that be was innO-
cent, and pardoned Just as he was mounting
the gallows 10 suffer the death penalty Since
that time be has eDdeavored TO lead quiet,
industrious life. He married and settled
down upon a farm, and gained the esteem OF
all who knew him. subsequently family
troubles arose, and he separated from his
wife about two years ago, since which time
he has been engaged in different ayocations,
and was employed for while as one of the
guards at the State prison. His life has
been an eventful one and cannot be said to
have been a pleasant one. Its trials were
many, and too great for man OF his calibre
to struggle against successfully. He at last
concluded to buffet the world no longer, but
enter upon that unknown land that leads TO
eternity.-PatIQHd STANDARD.
, 1877-04-28

REPRODUCIIoN.-Ther reproductive power
of nature Is marvellous 10 contemplate. You
plant al ear of corn and it produces its kind
fifty fold; you set out cutting from an aP-
pie tree and it produces ten thousand-foid-
A blade of grass in time spreads all over the
lawn. Through all the vast range OF nature
the law of multiplication is the rule. From
inanimate life-at least You call 1t such, the
multiplying law can be applied to animate
life. Everything IN the universe Is trying
70 reproduce itself. 1t is an instinct, pas
siou with all things that have an existence.
You have noticed the crowds that flock TO
photographic galleries In your short-sight-
ednes- you say 1t is human vanity that tases
them there II Is Stronger power Ihey
90 TO reproduce themselves, even the shad-
ows; at other times q still stronger passion
moves them to be reproduced IN realities.
But the instinct is the same; 1t Is reproduce
ton all the time, ID one o- another The
man resembles the blade OF corn; the family
resembles the apple tree. The ediet TO in-
crease and multiply was written In nature,
before il was ever written In books 1t Is as
violent In potatoe or an onion ss 1t Il IN 8
poet or a philosopher. Put .he two former
in q cellar and the two latter IN parior,
and ell will sprout or sprout alike under the
sll-powsrfnl law Of reprodnctlou-
, 1877-04-28

LAND RULINGS - Recent instructions
from the Com missioner of the General Land
Office authorize the filing Of homestead
application upon tract of land already hied
upon by pre-emptor, to prove up and pay
for the land. The homestead applicant IN
such case takes all the risk OF the pre-emptors
rights being established. and his purchase OF
the land in which event the homestead entry
fails. The class of cases to be benefited by
the ruling are those where pre-emption nj
ings appear upon tracts which have been
abandoned, and wherein it would be necrs-
sary for the person desiring 10 tile home
stead application 10 first incur the trouble
and expense of proving such abandonment
and before procuring u cancellation OF the
pre-emption filing, find the tract covered by
another pre-enpiion fling to the exclusion
OF his homestead application. Homestead
applicants are cautioned against exercising
this right except in cases where their entries
are not in danger Of being interfered with
by prior pre-emptiCn rights. The latest de-
cision by the Secretary of the interior In cases
of lands claimed by railroad companies Is TO
the effect, that a tract covered by nome
stead entry at the date of the grant to the
company segregated the land 50 as to except
it from the operation of the grant. Upon the
cancellation Of the entry the land rever's 10
the United States and not to the raiITca
campaDy. y.-EJcAangs
, 1877-04-28

LOyE-NO sign of real tenderness Is given
by those who die Cor love, for the narrower
the mind, the more it is liable to be deyoured
by whatever predominates over it. II there
were such a superabundance of tenderness
that life itself must be the forfeit of lis
Wounds, il would appear also on other occas-
iouS but you may see people lying for love,
who have not docility enough to submit to
the correction of disappointment. In violent
minds, love will be Il violent passion, like the
rest Violent, ungoveruable love shows the
fury, not the tenderness Of disposition. Mel
ancholy, or thinking people, make the most
romantic lovers, and use all quaint cunceit
of vuluiDg .ritirs belonging TO the object OF
their love, aud are tediOusly interested about
the smallest concern relative TO the sad divini-
ty which is always insipid aud ridiculous to
Others. They love and despair, and love till
they lore despair itself, and fancy themselves
ten times more in love than they really are
But this IL an error common to all lovers
The sanguine love very bountifnlly. They
are not only liberal of their affecuioD, but
they generally sscIifce perfection, 10 the
selected object. There is a continual aDina
ton in their passion, and these are the peo-
pie who will quarrel and forgive thousand
times. The impetuosity of their emotions,
however renders them the victims of jealousy;
and though they love deeply, they are apt to
be Troublesome, unless they meet with mind
a. impassiUned as their own.
, 1877-04-28

AMERICAN PgoPLE-An appreciatiVe ar
tiele ON the American people has appeared IN
Naemllicn [Eaglish) Magazine. from their old
friend. Goodwin Smith. As 10 American
corruption, he told bis eountrymen 1t WAS
nothing TO Freuch corruption under Napol on
third, or En- ;lish corruption in he last cen
tury. He furesees that the eolored race At
the South must become politically dePsnd-
ent. you cannot always" be says, hold
a bayonet under the chiu of the black man
to keep his head politically on level with
that Of the white" This Is true enough,
remarks a contemporary, and edneationai
means, moral and intellecutual, are the only
agencies which can be legitimateiy used tor
that purpose. The ignorant OF si classes
and ali countries fall into political pupilage
which renders them essentially dependent
upou those who are better informed hanca-
,ion can alone relieve either white or black
from their condition, while bayonets can
only aggravate 1t and render 1t more deoaS'o
and hopeless
, 1877-04-28

The TAIMUD.-Jews, Protestants and
Rornanists all agree in receiving as cauonicai
the books Of our Old Testament. But as The
Romauists would add to these the spocryphal
books, OF the Jews insist ON adding their oral
law. They say that when the written law
was given TO Moses, inscribed on two tables
of stone, God also gave another and verbal
law explanatory of the first, which he Was
commanded not to commit 10 writing. but to
deliver it down by oral tradition. When
Moses came down from the mount, they tell
us that he first repeated the oral law to Aaron
aud his SOUS, aud then TO the seventy. and
finally to all the people, each of whom wac
Obliged TO repeat it in his hearing, to insure
It's correct remembrance. just before his
death, they say, he spent Il month and SIX
days III repeating it 10 them again; and then
they assert, he committed it in a special
manner TO Joshua, thongh whom it WIS i'm
parted 10 Phineas, aud 80 on through the
whole line of prophets, aud afterward OF
TEACHERS, down TO the time of Jndah the Holy,
who lived in the second CENTURY, by whom 1t
was committed to writing, lest it should be
lost. This work, consisting of six books, Is
the famous Mishns of the Jews, which with
Its Gemara, or commentaries, constitutes,
their celebrated TalInui, in which Is cOmpre-
hended all their learning and much of their
religion as people. The whole work is held
bv them in far higher esteem than the Bible,
81 much SO, that they say the Bible is water,
but the Talmud is wine and they even de-
clare that he who studies the Bible when he
mi ght read The Taimud does but waste his
time; and that 10 sin against the former
So implicit is their confidence in this oral
law, that IL is almost useles 10 reason with q
Jew out of the Old Testament for he is ever
ready with su answer from the Talmud,
with the authority of which he is fully satis-
fed.
, 1877-04-28

MsIDENs' HEARTs.-As soon as the bud
of womauhood has opened, then commences
loves fairy tale. The maiden lives n bowers
coyered with sweet-scenied roses, End white
snow-drops. peeping up from their emerald
leaves. growing at her feet; the feathered
soussters hover near her to join with her III
her sweetest songs; she believes that there is
noibing in this world SO beautiful, So angelic,
ss this new enohsutmenS which is creeping
fast in'o her virgin heart. In silence she
CLASPS it to her warm embrace; she deties
time TO destroy il, or age 10 decay II. The
primary lesson Is apt 10 bs learned in the
school days Of the sexes, when the miuiature
lover tells the girl Of his choice tho, she is
the girl for him. She then listens with
oulck ear, downcast eyes and blrshIng cheeks,
feeling herself ssrenely happy. Years ouly
find the gamnt of love run higher in the
scales. Its songs are ballads Of greater bliss,
more rapturous joy. 1t is we'll that provi-
deuce has placed this exquisite season of life
where innocence aud purity have never lett
The taint of experience or the defeat Of hopes.
1, Is the boundary line that separates The
dreamland Of joy aud rapture from the Arctic
regions of blight and disappointment.
, 1877-04-28

A NICE BUsINEss.-Soms men are 50
IiberaI in their ideas Of honesty, that they
think il smart thing, if not virtue, 10
rob the government Defauiting officers and
whiskey rings are bad euougb. but bad as
they are. tbsy find parallel IN the roooelis' s
Of The silk importers, some OF whose SNUG
Cling exploits are Just DOW beng Grou ~
light 1t is stated that they aei'a" -
aovs,nmfpt of 80 per cent. OF its revenues
"a that On an aggregate snuusl importation
of $40 oOO, 600 their stealings range from
s,0 600 OO0 to sI5, ,OOO.O They operate
had h. snob complete control of ths New York
market. that the house OF A. I: Stewart q
Co which has its own mills in France can
bny silks cheaper at home than il can make
and import them. Secretary of the Treasury
sherman Is about 10 pay his respects 70 ln7s0
sentrT.
, 1877-04-28

PoRE-PACEING IN THE WEsT.-The
Cincinnati Rrines Current has Just published
i,s annual statement of the packing of
the West. The whole uumter Of hogs pack
ed in Ohio the present season was 19l, 1oS,
against e19 ,602 last season. In Indiana, the
present. season, $50 .64l; last season. 575. .4335-
Ia Kentucky, present season, 254 $50; last
season, 263, ,14S. In the six cities Of Chicago.
Cincinnati, St. Louis, indianapolis. Miiwau-
kee, and Louisville, the whole number pack
ed during the present season was :. 29l ,065,
against 3,2I3, ,622 last season. The average
net weight Of The hogs packed the present
SEASONS wac 2l5 pounds; last seasOn, al7. A
live hog of average weight in one Of these
cities IS worth this season 81 81, against
50 90 last season.
, 1877-04-28

WHAT Was Done ABOUT IT.-Years ago
when the Infamous riDg" of swindlers aud
corruptionists of New York city Was first at
tackled. they insolently turned upon their ac-
ousers and sneeringly asked " Wha. are YOU
going TO do about itf" For some time, hedg-
ed about By the thousand breast-works OF
corruption. it did seem, as if they could bid
defiance to anything like a peaceful and legal
attempt to drive them from the vantage.
ground Of the official position. But public
opinion has always been too strong when
once fairly excited, for any setof rogues. aud
the Tweed " ring formed no exception 1t
was broken, aud its members, though load
ed with spoils, driven as ontcasts from the
community and the country. Then came
the time Of their retriGution. Freighted
down with plunder, they were wretched.
They wandered hither and thither, revelling
in riches, but with the brand Of Cain npOn
them. Tweed, their chief, wss captured,
convicted and punished. He escaped, but
the Nemesis Of Justice pursued him still. He
had no rest for body or for soul. he now
comes back, humbled and penitent. seeks to
make what restitution he may, imPlores
pardon aud only asks permission to live on
American soil. What q commentary Is this
upon the modern desire to ge, rich hastily,
no matter how. but to get rich. Look at
them See the notable examples who have
done so and declare their condition Go
where they will, do what they may, protest
as they best can, there CONES the burden of
their offence, from which they can never be
ridded. Tweed recognizes this and, utterly
exhausted, he implo- es 70 be released from the
bideous load of his offences. The American
people are generous and forgivIng. TSey
will not deal hsrshly with supplian,. They
will bid him arise and go and sin no more.
That Is what Tweed has done about it and
what the great American people will d..
There are others who may profit by this
episode of the history of the present time.
There is Shepherd, the Delanos, Scott, who
cursed South Carolina, and the rest of the
Washington carpet-bag thieves. They had
better follow Tweed's example confess their
crimes, and give up the spoils and ask for
giveuess. If this is done, what bost of
peuitents will be found throughout the land /!
, 1877-04-28

THE SLASDERER.

From heavens four winds collect in one
All things most hateful 'neath the sun;
All things that blast and sting and kill;
AL things that do your emblem Ill;
The frost that nips the opening bloom;
The frost that seals the aoweret's doom;
The farnine's hungry, spectre form;
The spotted plague and sweeping storm;
The qnieksand'r deep. enguling snare;
The sGuken rock that bafffes earel
The adder's foul and fatal sting;
The Panther's sudden, deadly spring;
The robbers grasp and riding hand;
The cloak'd assass;n's ruthless brand.
Thee fearful things collect in one,
Or fields where death and carnage ride;
Not By .he liyhtnlng's scathing fash,
Or by the earthquakes whelming crash;
But by the slanderer's pest like breath,
That smites your uame with worse than death !;
That, charged with poison straight from hell,
Besets all things, than plaques more fell;
That often dim young genius eyes,
And often, too, has darkly spread
A cloud around fair virtues head;
Go, then AMI search the world all round,
And naught so deadly can te found,
As that vile, creeping, hateful thing,
Whose heart is false-whOse tongue Is sting.
, 1877-04-28
SERENADE.

SELA1@NiDss
Breathe thou but lUwly,
While I am but slowly
Nearing thy cottage so charming and neat
Strain soft and airy
Wake ye my fairy
Not from her slumber So gentle and sweet.
Not violently
Rustic, but gently
Whisper, O, zephyr, through leaves OF the lime
SO that thy signing
With my voice yieing
May 10 the dreamer in unison chime
Dreams are like singing,
Down for US bringing
Glittering stars from the mansion above;
Song IS but feeling
Uttered, revealing
Inner1nost throbbilgs OF frIen lslip and love
Singing or dreaming
see thy beaming
Features before Dle and thy form Of grace;
Now doubt torments me,
Now hope contents me,
That also have in thy dreams place.
, 1877-04-28
BEYOND TIE STARS.

The moon sends down her silver rays,
And here and there star is seen
That sparkles with dazzling sheen;
With longing eyes ! upward gaze,
While thought and fancy traverse ways
Beyond the range of vision-far
Beyond yon farthest, brightest star.
heard in childhood of cline,
a sunny cline with shady bowers,
4 land with fairest fruits and flowers,
OF sights and sounds and songs sublime,
Beyond the boundary line OF Time
This land OF Oldeu story lies;
At times We call IL Paradise.
In that far country, we are told,
a high eternal city stands
4 city builded not with hands
Whose gates and walls of pearl and gold
With spleudor glisten, as of old
They locked and shODe ere man was made
Or earth's ioundation stone was laid.
Grand is the palace of the King
Who sits upon - Il great white THRONE"
and reigns III majesty alone;
While all his subjects tribute bring,
And sersphim OF many wing
Before Him, in the sacred place,
With reverence veil their ieet and face.