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The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-05-12
INVALUABLE TO ALL!
w EsrEcIAI.LY ApArTED FOL ALL
Lung aud Throat Com plants Pssu-
liar to Miners.
DIi. EBEL.'S
InlSnm and Cough niedIcinet

This wonderful remedy IL highly useful In all
cases "t colds or coughs. but IL especially
adapted for ia" cure Of -sch complaints al
miners are liable To- from exposure o. cold
gIUUud: uT the ahEDrhtion II powder smoke In,
Ia the iuuE'. Three doses a day will keep thu
lungs C'a add enable Tia" miners ~ work In
the mid-t uf powder smoke without coughing.
II IN no, claimed Tor this HalAm. like most
hai"n' medicines. thnt II ain euro ali diseases,
put II II guaranteed To cure all diseases Of the
luu -. On" bottle 81 the BalEAm viii, In nearly
al Casa, euro = bad cold ar cough Of from one
to- two months duration: two bottles cold or
cough uf from two to four months standing,
aud three bottles any similar al, elton that "a
been In existence frum four months TO two
years.
up.T" be had at +. =. Mullcr's Drug store.
ElkO. Nevada
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Correspondents,
NEW OK Agency 81 the Rank Of California,
IAN F1tASCSCo. Tho Bank Of California
LOHIOS. The Alliance Bank.
AN FIlASCIgCO,. .Messrr. J. n. Latham 4 o.
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~ Parties in the interior wishing 10 no
Informed auout The market prices, etc.,
will receive the desired information by
addressing the firm nt then office, No,
Col California street, O ofpS, Of Kcnrny.
San Francisco. Cal
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BANKING HOUSE

ar NJ. y. FREEMAN a CO.,
ELMO. NEVADA,
VI. q. FUEEMAS.
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'l'IIE BEST SADDLE HORSES AND
I EugSy iurp"ufs Ia thr CITY.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-09-19
The Efficacy OF PRAYER

There is a heap said these times
about the efiickisy of prar," said Bar
ker, as he awoke from prolonged fit
of abstraction, ''but l knowed a in
stance that bangs um ALL" And he
relapsed into silence, in accordance
with an established custom OF his.
"Well,' questioned a bystanGer,
what was the nature of the case you
knew of? Tell us about it, please"
"Wall. sense you want to heer it, |
don't mind if l do tell it jest onced,
Jmt | am afeared its ruther mcredibul
that's all. You see Jim Peters he'd
been sick long time, an alter awhile
he was guy up to die by the doctors,
jim WIZ; an he was ruther hard case
Jim WuZ. He'd cUSS and sWar like
anything when he WuZ well, but when
he found out he WuZ gWine to die he
got Skeered like, Sim did, Jest like
most on us does. SO jim said to his
mother-she WuZ prayin' woman,
herself, his mother WuZ, an believed
i'll the power NV prar; but she says to
this day she never seed its good affeN
SO fully complicated Ell they wuz in
jim s case, she does Mother, said lie,
'sposen you send fur preacher Hood
wInkum, lie WIZ strong Methods,
Jim wuz AN tell him to pray fur me-
An Jim said this so solumn-like that
his mother she gun to cry an pray jest
rs hard as she could, she did, an she
sent fur the preacher and he cum an
praid an praid all night jest as hard as
he could; an you better believe he
wuz sum on prar, and everybody sed
the feet WIZ marvellous, an | raley
think it WIZ" And Barker was silent
again until the suspense became strain
ing upon the nerves Of his audience,
when some one inquired:
"Well, Barker, did Jim get well?"
NO, he died.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-09-19
Two Noted Grave Robbers.

Our readers viii remember the account
given in these columns of the robbing of
the grave of the Hon. Scott Harrison, in
Ohio, last May, the body being found in
the dissecting-room of the Ohio Medical
College. Public Indignation justly brands
any man as a scroundrel who will rob
the grave OF the dead. But there are two
noted grave robbers In the country, SO
far from being the subjects of the
peoples wrath. are universally Landed
for their virtues. The reason is plain.
While the former class steal the dead
bodies of our loved ones to submit them
to the dissecting knife, these only rob
the graves to restore the living victims
to our hearts and homes. Their names
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
and Pleasant Purgative Pellets-are
household words the world over. The
Golden Medical Discovery cures con-
sumption, III its early stages, and all
bronchial, throat, and lung affections;
Pleasant Purgative Pellets are the most
valuable laxative and cathartic.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-09-19
A National Taste for Gaming.

1t is a remarkable fact. says the Lon
don Times, that taste for gaming
appears in some cases to peryade d
whole people, and to become one Of
the chief national characteristics.
Nowhere is this more manifest than
among the inhabitants of the Asiatic
Islands. Games OF hazard are the fav
orites Of these islanders. Some Of
them they have learned OF the Chinese,
the most debauched Of gamesters. and
others Of the Portuguese. The only
game of hazard Of native origin, among
the japanese, consists in guessing the
number Of a certain kind Of beans
which the players hold III their hands.
But of all the species of gaming that to
which the Indian islanders are most
fondly addicted is betting on the issue
of the combat5 OF pugnacOuS animals,
and particularly the cock. The breed
in highest estimation is the produce of
Celebes. The people Of Java fight their
cocks without spurs; but the Mayllys
and natives of Celebes with an artiii-
cial spur, in the shape of a small scytHe
which, Notwithstanding its barbarous
appearance, is in reality less destruc-
tive than the contriyance employed
among ourselves.
Quail fighting also is extremely com
mon in Java. Ide most ,mOu5 breed
Of this bird is found in the Island OF
Lombok; and II is a singular fact that
the female is used in these bitter but
bloodless combats, the male being com
paratiyely small and timid. Neither
do the Jayanesa hesitate TO bet cOnsiI-
cradle sums on battle between two
crickets, which are excited to the con-
flict by the Utilization of a blade of grass
judiciouSly applied to their noses.
They will likewise risk their money on
the strength and hardness of a nut,
called kamiri; and much skill, patience
and deXterity are exercised in the
selection and the strife. At other
times two paper kites decide the fort
me Of the parties; the object of each
in this contest being to cut the string
OF his adversary. On favorable day
fifty or sixty kites, raised for this pur-
pose, may sometimes be seen lowering
over n Jayanese city.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-09-19
.fesc advertisement
scHENcxs PuLMoNI- $500.

SSALN TX [OLACNIC y kxOE.
For the cure of Consumption, Coughs and
Colds. The great virtue OF this medicine is that
1t ripens the matter end throws ii out Of the
system purities the blood, and thus effects q
cure. Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic, for the cure
OF Dyspepsia. Indigestion. &c. The Tonic pro
duccs a healthy action Of the stomach, creating
an appetite. forming chyle and curing the most
obstinate cases of Indigestion. Schenck's Man
drake Pills, for the cure Of LIVER Complaint, &C
These Pills are Alternative, and produce healthy
action of the liver without the least danger. as
they are free from calCmeI, and yet more offc3-
clous in restoring healthy action of the liver.
These remedies are a certain cure for Consump-
ton as the Pulmonic Syrup ripens the matter
and purifies the blood. The Mandrake Pills act
upon the liver, create a healthy bile, and re-
move all diseases of the liver often cause Of
Consumption. The Sea Weed Tonic gives tone
and strength 10 the stomach makes good di-
gestion. and enables the organs TO form good
blood; and thus creates healthy circulation
OF healthy blood; The combined action OF these
medicine as thus explained, VIII cure every
case of Consumption if taken in time, and the
use OF the medicines persevcred IN.
Or. Schenck is professionally at his r-inCipa!
Office, corncr'Sixth and Arch Sts Philadelphia.
every Monday, where all letters for advice
must he addressed. Schenck's medicines for
10y all Druggists
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-09-19

It is easy for those who have plenty
to tell the poor how to economic.
and for those who are healthy and
strong to tell the sick how they ought
to bear their troubles. 1t is hard to
appreciate condition of life different
from your own. The petted girl. who
drove out in her coupe every afternoon
on being told of some wretched!y poor
people who hadn't bread TO eat. and
who replied, We'll, why don't they
live for while on cake, then?" gave a
fair sample of some peoples sympathy.
And now we find a chip floating on the
journalistic stream to this effect
Better go to bed supperless than get
up in debt" 1t was evidently written
by q man Of aldermanic proportions
just after a hearty dinner, or by sick
ly sentimentalist whose religious creed
WIS evolved from his dyspepsia
Ordinary human nature with an empty
stomach fails to see the better" On
the other hand, it dispoSes of the bowl
Of bread and milk which have been put
down on the old score, and then grows
sad TO think that it cannot enlarge the
Indebtedness. There are very few of
us who in our real inwardness think it
better 10 Starve than 10 have a little
bill at the corner grocery.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-09-19
The Horn Bag.

One Of the most common and most
interesting American beetles met with
III wooden regions, says Professor {.
V. Riley, is what is popularity called
the thorn bug" and entomol0gically
known as PaSsn}us corntt,ts, Fabr.
Few insects are more familiar to the
Western farmers boy, who finds it in
every old stump or under every old log
that he digs into or turns over. The
polished, rather elegant creature, with
its slow, clumsy motions, makes very
good plaything for little folk, who are
fond Of causing it to draw diminutiye
objects hitched by means OF d thread to
the curved horn Oh its head. How few
of them, however, ever interest them
selves in its development, or ask them
selves where it comes from and how it
grows! When disturbed, this beetle
makes known its displeasure by a pc
culiar half squeaking, half Kissing
sound, produced by the friction Of the
horny terminal joints of the abdomen
against the inside of the hard wing
covers.
Common as is the beetle, its laIya
and pupa are but seldom met with, and
the natural history of the specimens
was first published in the fourth AID
fifth Reports On the Insects of Mis-
souri,. The eggs are deposited under
the loose bark Of decaying logs, are
Oyoid, and Oh inch long. The shell is
smooth, flexile, but tough, and of yari-
Gus shades Of olive green. The eggs
hatch in July, and the larya acquires
full growth in the amazingly short
period OF six weeks. The larva is very
exceptional, in that It possesses but
two pairs Of well developed thoracic
legs, the third pair being so rudinen-
tary as to be almost invisible. The
form is, in other respects, grub-lke,
the thOTacic joints being slightly en-
larged and fattened.
The color is blush white, except the
head, which is light rust brown. 1t
transforms in the autumn, within the
decaying wood upon which it feeds, to
blush white pupa, in which the front
pair of lges of the future beetle are
thrown forward under the head, and
the horns are plainly visible on top. 1t
remains in the pupa state only about
two weeks.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-09-19
Senaratirg Silver from The Orc.

AS the ore is extracted, it is carried
III small iron cars TO the surface, and
wheeled to the reduction-miils, where
It is delivered through chute proyid-
ed with sieve. The pieces that pass
through the interStices of the sieve,
which are three inches square, 90
directly into the reCeiying-bin below,
Willie the cOarser pieces are diverted
into the rock-crusher and broken be-
fore they are restored to their smaller
fellows. From the bin the ore is fed
10 the stamps" by which it is pulyer-
lied in immense iron boxes and turned
by the addition of water, into a seeth
ing, milky-look.ng liquid. The next
stage is reached III the amalgamating-
room, where it is deposited in the
shape of fine, glittering sand, and put
into pans which are heated by steam
When it has been steamed and ground
for two hours and a half, some salt,
suiphate of copper, and quicksilver,
are mixed with the pulp which the ore
has become; ami at the end Of five
hours the ore and the quicksilver are
drawn off into settling-pans. The
silver separates from the ore in
the amalgamating pans, being changed
from Il chloride and sulphuret to
metallic form by the action Of the salt
and sulpha.e of copper; and it then
unites with the quicksilver, which
clings TO it with the tenacity of very
poor relation. The object of all this
grinding and washing is the removal
Of the earth, some of which remains,
AMI is not finally eliminated until the
metal is passed through bag of heavy
canvas suspended in stron ooX with
an iron I'D. While it is THUG iEclosed,
much Of the supevluoUS quicksilver
flows away from it, and. rs Il pasty
mass, it is transferred into an hydrau-
lie strainer-a cylindrical iron vessel.
in which pressure of one hundred and
fifty pounds to the square inch is APP
piled to il. Imee-fourths of the mass
are still quicksilver. and it is next put
into a ret0rt, where the application of
heat drives out the mercury and leaves
the boiling silver, which is moulded
into bars OF bricks, almost ready for
coinage into dollars. Applet0pS' Jour-
nal.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-09-19

A sort of steam wagon is soon to be
put at work out in Arizona which may
yet, perhaps, win Wisconsins $4,000.
The contract for carrying daily mail
between Yuma and San Diego, has been
let TO firm that intends to put a steam
wagon on the route, which consists of
100 miles across the California desert A
two horse power engine has been pur-
chased as the motive-power. The wagon
will have two driving wheels OF seven
feet diameter and twelve inches width of
tire. The whole apparatus will weigh
about 1900 pounds, when supplied with
fuel and water. and ready for business.
II is intended to make an average speed
of eight or ten miles per hour, carrying
five or six persons and 4 moderate weight
of baggage and mails. 1t will consume
about ten gallons Of water per hour.
One man will manage the locomotive,
and it is expected it will be running De-
tober list.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-09-19

Mr.. WILLIAMS, who accompanied the
Azor's shipload of South Carolina ne
groes to Liberia, is unwilling to take the
responsibility of advising the colored
people Of the United States to emigrate.
Il is a magnificent country, and money
is to be made there: but the risk of
fever and disease is great, and the eli
mate is enervaing. Thrift, patience and
good management are essential to sue
cess. No emigrant should land at Mon
rovia without a six months stock OF
provisions, supply of simple medicines,
a little ready money, and all the bright
calicoes, brass trinkets, notions, and leaf
tobacco he can lay his hands Oh. Salt Is
always valuable too. In the interior the
natives lick visitors hands for the salty
taste of the perspiation. Those who have
from 500 to $500 over their passage
money will have much better chance of
becoming independent in Liberia than IN
America; bat those who expect to find
there a heaven On earth, where they viii
not have to work, and who are unpro-
vided with means, will soon become dis
heartened and be anxious to return to the
United States.-EI.
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-
GDD3siti0n.

The man or the organization that has
merit and capacity for good IS helped
by a certain amount OF opposition.
Large birds rise against The wind, not
with it. y fine ship makes little pro-
gress in DEAF calm. A stiff breeze
puriiies the atmSs@here, supplying life
given principles. Man never shows
his latent force units opposition faces
his darling schemes. Hardship is the
native soil of manhood and self-reliance,
lie who cannot abide the storm with
out tiinching. or fight fo> the right
against the legions in opposition, is not
made of the stuff that commands sue
cess. Fair weather men, those who
prosper only in the sunshine and under
II cloudless sky, must resign the leader
ship TO those OF sterner qualities, whom
opposition strengthens ana whom tile
sight of tie foe only nerves 70 brave
deeds,
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Fat Man Made Happy-L0ses 81 lbs.
Prattville, Ala, July 90, 1878.

Prattyille, Ala, July %, 1878.
Botanic Medicine Co., Buffalo n. Y.
Gentlemen-Aboutt three months ago
I commenced using your sAnti-Fat," 1T
which time my weight was 30 pounds.
BY following your directions carefully, /
have succeeded in reducing my weight
to 1j9 pounds. This is all very satisfac-
tory and pleasant; but just previous to
my commencing the use of your medi-
cine, l purchased two suits of fine cloth
es at high price, and find to my dismay
that they are entirely useless to me now.
When l put one Of my coats on, my
friends tell me it looks like a coffee sack
on u bean pole, and when [ put the
pants on, well, description falls. My OBJ
ject in writing is to ascertain whether
you have not, IN connection with your
medicine business, an establishment
where your patrons, similarly situated,
could exchange these useless garments
for others that would fit [ think you
ought to have something of the kind, as
it would be an inducement for many to
use the Anti-Fat, who now object to
using it, in consequence of the loss they
would sustain III throwing aside valuable
garments. Just turn this matter over in
your mind. a Clothing Exchange" is
what you want in connection with your
Anti-Fat business. GEORGE BOYD.
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4flanitomoe 1)ilot.
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 10, 1875.
Our Own.

If | had known in the morning
How YEARLY all the day
The words unhind
Would trouble my miId,
said when went away,
/ had been more careful, darling,
Nor given you needless pain;
But we vex "our own"
With look and tone
We may never take back again;
For though in the quiet evening
Imay give you the kiss in peace,
Yet il might be
That never for me
The pain al the heart should cease!
How many 90 forth in the morning
That never come home at night
And hearts have been bru ken,
BY harsh words spoken,
That sorrows nc'er can set right.
We have careful thought for the stranger.
And smiles for the sometimes guest,
But oft for "our own"
The bitter tone,
Though we love .'our own" the best.
An! lips with curse impatient.
All! brow with that look Of scorn.
'i'vore a cruel fate,
Were the night too late
To undo the work OF the morn.
-LAustralian star.
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Why Our Eggs spelled.


Ineyer had practiced putting down
eggs till two years ago, writes cor
respondent of the Utica u. " Re
publican. | thought it would be nice
to pat down some when they were only
eleven and twelve cents per dozen, and
keep till the price was twenty-five or
thirty. | saw receipt for making a
brine with lime and salt, which was
highly recommended, and | decided to
try il. [ had Indifferent success: that
is, there was ONE loss through harden
ing Of yolk, but most OF them were
good, and I sold part for twenty-five
cents and used the rest, thus being
able to sell my fresh ones for good
prices. And when last merstepped
in upon us with its low prices for eggs,
lined some six Or eight dozen more,
and waited a while. Upon eXamina-
ton. found they were spelling, and
only prevented a total loss by removing
The last ones put in. Then the inquiry
came in the Household, "What causes
the hardening Of the yolks OF my eggs,
put in brine, or lime and salt?' am
convinced it WAS too great proper
ton of salt, as the receipt read two
quarts OF salt and one quart lime and
one and one-half pals of water. Then
read receipt given at meeting of
the National Butter and Egg Associa-
ton, and appended to their third an
nual report; and | yentured to try just
a few dozen more, for the sake OF the
experiment, though | could hardly at
ford the loss of another dozen. This
receipt tone bushel lime, eight quarts
salt, twenty-five ten-quart pals OF wa
ter), | reduced to the proportions which
wanted to use, and carefully pre-
pared the brine according to direction,
though used air-slacked lime, as |
had no other. and put i'll the eggs; this
was the last of August, think. and
though the others spoiled in four OF five
weeks, these remained good at the end
of more than that many months.
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She was an angelic blonde, and trip

She was an angelic blonde, and trip
ped through the market until she
reached y stall where Il handsome
butcher stood. "IIaye you heart .
she said, blushing timidly. "IIave l
heart, MISS" responded the butcher.
'Do you think l can watch you day
after day and see your eyes dropping
as they meet mine; that l feel your vel
vet breath on my cheek, as l stoop
over to serve you, and not have heart?
All. maiden, / am all heart, and you
ask me have | one?' Yes" she sigh
ed family, this is beautiful, this is d.
vine, but it amt the kind want this
morning, SO give me Il bullock's heart,
quick, and trim it for stu1ing, or my
old man'll be raising Cain if his dinner
amt cooked
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a man in Waco, Mimi, having mon
sy enough to indulge his desire for Sc
.clusion, lives alone in room to which
nobody else is ever admitted. The rest
f tie house is used 10y his family and
servants. His meals and whatever else
he calls for are handed to him through
an aperture in the door, lie is entire
ly sane, unless this eccentrcity
amounts 10 mania. His novel mode
Of life was begun year ago, and he
says lie likes it SO well that he will con-
tinue ii until he dies. lie spends a
large part of his time in reading.
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az CAElgssI2 ia COUNTY.
EsTs.ssSg. ,s'tygn %. sE.ur-, 91.

- : see. -, 1863 acres. mes sec. a. leo acres.
Joining the City of HaniJowoc. north side, on
:" lSLl-tll = eii9S- 100 acres, 20 rods front.
above lands. lying chiefly between Spring Creek
depot : mile west, and ReeGsville miles east
Good soil Tor wheat. Roads stores. mills. schools
and churches convenient Markets 80 SDriu-
Creek, heedsvtilc, Manitowoc Green Bay, Nc
uaS1a. Neenah and Appleton.
Terms OF sale. onc-ifIh cash. the balance i'm one
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Address Rev. MEAD DIMES, Rockford H.
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In every Department throughout his immense
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the following decided Bargains offered To the
public:
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TRU MAN & MORSE
LAND FOR SALE IN
IIANIToWQC COUNTY.
maple Gresss Town %. IEam.c 81.

E&ossuti, E'oa.. 90, ssaagc 23. ;.e:.t
sssc kEE:sECta.