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Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-05-22
TAPE WORM

nfallibly cured with two spoons of medicine in wo
or three hours. For particulars address, with
stamp, H. IcKHoRE, No st. Marks Place New
York.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-05-22

THE mother of Jennie Wade, who was
killed by stray bullet during the battle
of Gettysburg, while she was baking
bread for Union soldiers, has been re-
fused a pension on the ground that her
daughter was not obliged to bake the
bread, and may have been doing it for
gain.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-10-16

worth were recovered by the police;
and, four years after. the superb Regent
was found. as it is said, buried in the
beam of the attic of an old house IN
Paris. At least it was recovered by
noted detective, who was aftarward
promoted to be Chief of Police. Such
diamond would have been of no value
whatever to thief, as it was familiar
object to every person in the world
able to buy it.
During the reign of Napoleon. the
Regent was inserted in the end of the
hilt of his sword of State. Upon his
return from Elba, Louis XVIII. carried
Off the crown jewels, but brought them
back again after Waterloo. The value
of the collection at the present mo-
ment, according to the estimate OF NJ
Turauet, is about four millions OF dol
lars; Of which he proposes to sell SIX
hundred thousand dollars worth. This
large sum well invested will yield about
twenty thousand dollars a year for the
purchase of works of art.
A curious circumstance is that most
of the fifty-nine sapphires which dec
grated the crown worn by Louis XVIII.
and Charles Y. have been discovered
to be false. One of the ancient crowns,
which is to be preserved for its historic
interest, is composed of five thousand
five hundred gems, and there is
sword which is decorated with l,56.
gems.-Jdnses Parton, tn N. \. LedJer
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-10-16
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

IL tho calm blue light of n summer sea
a heat went fitting by.
Aud n youth and II maiden earnestly
Watched its beautiful white wings ny.
They cazcd as only the young can gaze,
with longing. and joy. and hope.
Ana the white sail. iuihng little, showcd
The legend of .'Samsons soap
In the sweet still light, another sail
Came fas; and ever faster,
Aud the motto bright. that IL bore aioft
Wa, .DJdson's Porous Plaster.
And farther OF. but hurrying on
Eierce roars the surf and louder,
came a sail with the sweet suggestion 10
81 Use Lightning Baking Powder.
Z. How sweet" said the maid. lit is TO SIT
Al Natures feet. and adore her,
Heading and learning the virtues OF
.Ihe Thunder Hair Restorer.
Yes" said the youth. and he dropped tear
such joys one never forgefs,
| love 10 be told, in this gracious way,
OF .Tecumseh's cigarettes.
-Scribner's Bric-1-Brdc.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-10-16
Mince.rie ami Destiny.

WITH the appearance Of the oyster
the mince-pie evolves itself out OF the
vastly deep, and its old familiar name
again decOrates the menus of our res
taurants. Justice never has been done
to this dish, and this is probably why it
wreaks itself upon the human race. 1t
is triumph of eclecticism, cosmopol-
itan dainty which has chosen its sub
stances from the four quarters of the
globe, and which is graved with a re-
spectacle richness, an oily, sleek fat
ness redolent of high living, dyspepsia
and govt. Everybody makes fun of the
mince- pie, even those who eat 1t most
readily. and it is currently believed that
all possible jokes about its makeup
were exhausted before the war, but
nearly everybody eats it. Some appar-
entity happy in the possession of cop
per-bottomed stomachs thrive upon the
pie; others are simply pale and sicklled
slaves of habit as hard to break of as
the use of opium. When man or
boy gets the custom fastened upon
him he is gone. No one knows
the amount of mince-meat daily assimi-
lated into the st. Louis system. but an
idea of the quantity can be gained from
the fact that it is invariably the first
article exhausted on the bill Of fare in
every restaurant where it is sold. The
waiter will inform you sadly that the
mince-pie is all out in nine cases out OF
ten when you are late for dinner. No
body ever heard of the apple-pie being
exhausted, or the sage pudding. This
fatal mania for mince-pie has queer
history, and is working out singular
destiny. In two or three centuries it
will have utterly changed the American
character and person; it will alter our
civilization. weaken our morals and
diminish the calves of our legs. 1t is
even now our National dish, as poker
is our National game and politics our
National business. And it need sur
prise no one if our harmonic equivalent
for the roast beef of Old England fifty
years from now will be the mince-meat
of OLD America. We are gradually
coming to this. and there is no use in
lodging the issue.-St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-10-16
Personal AND LITERARY.

An American, Miss Hardness. has
won the long-sawed-for prize for excel
lence ON the violin. ut the Paris Con-
servatory.
PROBABLY the oldest copy Of the Ri
BILE in this country is owned by William
F. Clay. of Camden. n. j. 1t was pub
lished in London in l55S.
EUGENE SCHUYLER Life of Peterthe
Great" will be simultaneously published
in five different countries immediately
after its completion in magazine form
JULES VERNE, the novelist, has made
$3.50, 900 from his writings. He is fifty
one years old, enjoys good health, and
works as hard as il he hadn'ta cent
laid up.
JOHN BRIGHT, the great English
statesman, has so great an admiration
for Millions writings that he carries
with him wherever he goes a copy OF
Paradise Lost"
The City of Caen is enjoying an ex-
hibition of rare books printed in Nor
mandy, arranged in celebration of the
four hundredth anniversary Of the In
PRODUCTION of the art into the city.
JOSEfH L aiSiAIs VI tic w.
lege of Wales. has composed q Welsh
opera called Blodwen, or the White
Flower" which is to be produced in
I Cleveland and Cincinnati this month.
Mr.. LARKIN j. MEAD, in Florence. is
engaged upon n colossal figure which
will Symbolic the Mississippi River, and
which, it is said. is being done on MIR.
Elliott +. Shepard's order for Central
Park.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL, says the
London Vanity Far, sis learned.
kindly, strong, pleasant, honest man.
He writes with great quickness and IA
cility, and always with great correct
ness, that English language Of which he
is so proud and so fond; and he is per-
sonally altogether one of the most de-
lightful of men,"
HERBERT SPENCER. the distinguished
philosophical writer. is described as be-
ing of medium statue, SHINY built. long
legged and great walker. He is .
bachelor, living in a quiet boarding
house in the West End of London. He
talks with the same force and perspicu-
ity as he writes.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-10-16
HUMOROUS.

PRAIRIE chickens are game to the
last.
DOES person become stone blind
who is petrified with astonishment?
A WAC says of q topper: His nose has
passed the rubicund. Chicago Tribune.
PARApoxIcAL: The person who wish
es to stay in this world will avoid the
deadly constellation Courier.
ALMOST time for husking bees.-Lha-
ca Journal. We'd just like to see you
husk bee once.-M Y. Graphic.
"YoU can't play that on mer' said
the piano to the amateur who broke
down on difficult piece Of music.-N.
Y. News.
THERE are hundreds Of entertaining
writers who would be good historians
il they did not know SO many things
that have never happened.-M U.
Picdynne.
A CALIFORNIA woman seven feet tall
and weighing two hundred pounds
broke her heart for love Of little runt
of a man, wearing number four boots
and leading a poodle by chain.
"WHAr is meant by the power be-
hind the throner' asked the teacher.
1.-The ace," replied the smart, bad boy,
(which is greater than the king" r.
S.-The $. b. b. stayed in after school.
-Hawkeye.
EVEN q deacon won't say grace Then
he steps into . railway eating house
He knows that it would be asking too
much to request that he be made thank
full for anything he will get there
Boston Post.
THAT Spanish baby over which such
a great fuss was raised is pug-nosed and
almond-eyed. and we can't help but
feel glad ont. One baby ought to Do
as good as another the world over
Detroit Free Press.
"INQUIRER" asks: as the Great
Eastern the largest vessel ever built!
An impression has got abroad that she
Is, but such is not the case. The May
flower, in which the Pilgrim fathers
came to this country, was the largest
ship that ever plowed the waters Inc
old furniture scattered over this coun-
try brought over by the Maynowef
would fill the Great Eastern dozen
times or m0re.-NorTistown Herald.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-10-16

THERE is lake on the Saw Tooth
Mountains that has probably no equal
in the United States. 1t is about sixty or
sixty-five miles from Bonanza, and at an
altitude of nearly twelve thousand feet.
The lake lies in q basin among the
sharp crags of the snowy Saw Tooth,
and is sheet of perpetual ice- 1t was
discovered in August Of last year By a
party Of prospectors. and named the
Ice Lake. The sun seemed to have no
effect upon it except in places adjoining
the shore. 1t is simply a great bowl
in the hard mountain rock brimful OF
solid ice. upon which the rays Of the sun
descend with no power to penetrate
Yankee Fork (Cdl.) Herald.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-10-16
THE FRENCH CROWN DIAMONDS.

II
A PRETTY piece of news comes to us
from France. NJ. Turquet, the Minister
who has charge of the Department OF
the Fine Arts, proposes to turn to ac-
count the Jewels of the French crown
for the increase of the public collections
of paintings and sculptures.
His plan is to divide these jewels into
three classes. The first class, which
will include all tine jewels having an
historical interest, he wishes to deposit
at the Museum of the Louvre, open to
the inspection of the public. The sec
ond class will comprise the stones
which have a value as meteorological
specimens, and these he desires to have
deposited at the Museum of Mines. The
third class, which is much the most
numerous, consists of the jewels which
have only a commercial value. These
he proposes to sell at public auction.
and invest the proceeds for the annual
purchase of works of art. Every ra-
tional being in France approves this ex-
cellent scheme, and there Is reason TO
believe that it will be adopted by the
National Legislature.
The crown jewels of France were re-
nowned for centuries, and 1t was
thought to be great concession TO the
people when, in 1874, the gallery in
which they were kept was opened to
visitors once month. Before that
time. it was a sort of distinction In
France to have been allowed to inspect
that wonderful collection. and even aft
erwards it was not an easy matter TO De
one of the crowd of monthly visitors.
From an inventory taken IN lI9l
(Which employed twelve men three
months), we learn that the collection
comprised the following gems: 9,541
diamonds; 5l3 pearls; go rubies, OF
which 145 were not mounted; 6o To-
PAGES not mounted; $50 emeralds, OF
which 1873 were not mounted; l34 sap
phires not mounted; and large mum.
Der of other gems of various values and
colors. The Jewels were arranged IN
eleven cases of large size, in such way
as to exhibit their splendors to the
greatest advantage.
Among the diamonds there were four
which were celebrated throughout the
world. each of which had q history.
First, there was the Regent. brought
from India early in the last century by
Thomas Pitt, and sold in 1717 to the
Regent of France, the Duke of Orleans,
for 100000. 1t weighs little over
1856 carats; and although not the largest,
it is considered the finest diamond in
existence. The Duke de st. Simon, who
persuaded the Regent to buy it, describes
It thus in his Memoirs:
ut is of the size Of Queen Claude
plum, of a form almost round, OF
thickness proportional to its volume
perfectly white, free from every spot
shade and flaw, of an admirable water
and it weighs more than five hundred
grains"
St. Simon adds:
81 applaud myself much for having
induced the Regent to make so illus
trious purchase"
1t is, indeed. q most beautiful object
The reader may be amused with tn
arguments used by St. Simon to per
suade the Regent to buy the diamond
When it was offered for sale, in 17l7
the finances of the French Government
were in great disorder. The Regent
though he coveted the possession
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-10-16

A BosroN happy thought is to turn
the abundance OF the apple crop TO &C
count for the poor people OF that city,
Bags are sent to farmers who will con-
tribute, and the railroads give trans
pOrtatiOn free.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-09-19


Col. WOrthingtou. who has been EN- :
ployed to gather statistics relating to
labor and wages in the various States
OF the Union, reports that the average
wages paid for labor in the State Of Yer
mont is considerably less than in any
State north of the Mason and Dixon
line.
Governor Proctor, in q recent speech
IN Rutland, Vermont. stated that large
increaoe in the number OF convicted
criminals in that State was causn OF
the greatly increased cost OF It's Govern
ment. He reported the NUMBER OF Grim.
inals to be nearly three hines rs MANY
as it wac o few years ago. :,
Judge Dunton stated il his charge to
the Grand Jury last September that the
amount paid for Intoxicating liquors
consumed in that State, in the year 1870
iEa6 Sc. !CO ,OU0. aud it bad inceeased in
amount since that time. Now, this
would furnish to every voice in the
State forty.fivs gallons Of Ium nj - a
gallon, a quantity sufficient to keep
every one of them drtik 800 days in
the year.
Vermont has always been under Re.
PUBLICAN rule.
Thus it would appear that the State
of Vermont is remarkable for .five
things, viz:
l: has the largest per cent. Of crime.
The lowest wages.
Tho least gain in population.
II drinks the most rum.
AMI has the largest R-publican Ta
iority
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-09-19
From Indiana.

The Louisville Courier. Journal has
the following special from Iudianapo-
lis, under date OF the first: Hon. WIN.
Basnum. Chairman OF the Tstional
Democratic Committee was in The city
to-day. He held q conference with the
Democratic manEgers, aud took careful
note of the situation in Indiana. In
conversation with your correspondent.
he stated that if the Democrats carried
Indiana next month. New York. New
jersey. Connecticut. Maine. Wiscon.
sin, California and Oregon, with the
Solid South. would vote for General
Hancock in November. He says there
is no trouble in New York, New Jersey
and Connecticut, and that these States
are certain for Hancock. The majority
in New York will not be less than 50,-
600. Mr.. Barnum states that the Re.
publicans East are sauguine OF carrying
Indiana. but he regards it as a game of
brag: He says: Il know that the In.
diana Democrats are the hest political
fighters in the Union, and feel conf.
dent that they will carry the State.
There is no possible doubt OF the elec.
tion of General Hancock, if Mr.. Ian
ders is elected Governor, and coase-
queutly if there is a Democrat in the
State who wants General Hancock
elected, hc must vote for Lnrders."
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-09-19

we need not SO out Of our own State for
illustrations. The Republicans had
control OF the state for eight years and
left il Ss00.oO in debt aud without a
dollar in the General Fund. That Gal.
liant old Democratic who how sleeps
beneath the saGebrush in Elko-I mean
Governor Bradley-(Ent ap-
plause1 found the State in that condi.
ton. When he was inAugurut,d he
said to me: "My son, have to put
my hand in my pocket 10 pay the Incl
dental expenses Of the State" In 1878.
Governor Bradley surrendered the reins
OF Government to the Republicans. aud
loft $3.50, GO above ali debts in the
Treasury that lie found empty. 1t was
the Sack that defeated that grand old
man and left him to die of q. broken
heart, and every man who voted against
him should feel his cheek Jingle with
shame today. (Applause.) The Re
publicans are in power again, and the
State Treasurer has been using your
money to su stain a.rottrn bank u, Ro.!o.
Dad Jerry Schooling ever do that2
tell YOU less prostestations of 10, atty
and more honesty are what this country
needs. The only honest PRECEDENT the
Republicans ever elected was Abraham
Lincoln, (Applause) aud his friends are
advising the people to vote for Han.
cock. ..N
As member of the National Commit.
tee. you perhaps expect me to say some.
thing about the situation in the East.
Ar. BaInum writes that there is no
doubt that Hancock will be elected
President, and il elected there is no
doubt that he will take his seat.
Mr.. KeGting wns warmly anplaidel
at the conclusion OF his remarks.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-09-19

AT LeaAdville, Thursday morning,
Thomas Morgan, former assistant su.
perintendent Of the gas works a, st.
Joseph, Missouri, fatally shot Richard
Stevenson. former deputy Sheriff Of
Kansas City. Morgan had escorted
Stcvenson's wife, who had returned 10
her mother on account Of i'll treatment,
TO one or two parties. Stevenson be.
came jealous and insultcd Morgan. md
was Immediately knocked down by one
OF the latter's friends. Stevenson fol.
lowed Morgan around town, II seems
With murderous intent. but when .lfey
met the latter was too quick.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-09-19

Or the trouble between the Ontario
md Henrietta mining companies. in
Utah, dispatch OF ths 9th. from PARK
City says: Shaughucssy's men remain
in undisputed possession Of 200 feet OF
the Union tunnel ana 100 foot drift on
the vein each way from the cross cut.
The Ontario men We're driven out by
their smoke passing out of the tunnel
instead of ascending the Henrietta
shaft, ms they INTENDED It. They sue.
eSstri n BHikh5aiI.t ,ag :"a.,el
within 900 feel Of tho vein. The tunnel
II l.ci5 fee. long. Several shots we're
fired this morning by individuals on
both sides without effect. The Omrrio
men are guarding the FRS. 500 fee. Of
the Cuiuu trunel. Tho E.nvirtia non
are guarding their shaft and the wu.kI
taken. 1t is claimed that the vein taken
carriee a fine body Of ore, but probable
net 4 Let of ore is stored away ia the
drifts taken.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-09-19
A had Break.

The General Of the Army made n
fearful break in the brief speech he at
tered at virgini. City, Tuesday evening.
He probably forgot that he had reached
the Pacific Coast when he asked,
what dc I care for the Chinese?"
II was not expected tha, General sher-
man would feel very lively interest in
4 matter which lies SO near the heart OF
the common people OF the Pacific Slope.
Mongolien immigration has never af.
fected General Sherman or his interests,
- yet, consequently General Sherman
cares nothing whatever nbout this Chi.
nese curse TO America.
II. as there is ever reason to believe,
this junketing Of the Administration to
the Coast, at this time is designed to
assist IN creating enthusiasm for Gar.
field and Arthur. two of the "boomists"
at least. were very unfortunate sclec
tions for the Republican party. Could
Sherman have been iLduced to remain
silent, his military record might have
served to partially smother the recollec-
tion Of Hayes and John Sherman vio-
lent and persistent opposition to those
eminentIy just measures in which this
people are vitality interes,ed-the re.
mOnetizntion Of silver, and the suppress
sion Of Chinese mmigration-but the
indiscreet expressions quoted, makes it
clearly mauifes. that the General OF the
Army has quite as little sympathy with
the people Of the Western Slope, and
would pay no more regard TO their me-
cessities and supplications than Hayes
or the hybrids Of his fraudulent sd-
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-09-19

A GESTLEMAS veil known in town,
says the Tunes. Reriew Of the 6,h. this
morning received from uuluestionaLle
authority the Sharon programme. He
Fill make fight in The primary elcc.
tions in Storey and Eureka counties.
and il those aro carried by his heuch
men. he will depend upon securing all
other support that he needs for re.elec.
ton by purchase after the Legislators
are elected. This news comes from
those high in authority in the Republi.
can party, and can be relied upon as
correct. The miserable IIossians who
have beon hanging around in this
county for the purpose of organizing
piece clubs, and benefuing by Sharon's
candidacy. had better emigra,c to Eu.
reka or Storey, for they will be able to
accomplish nothing iu Elko county.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-09-19
= Misguided Republican.

Y. Lyford, owner of the Fort Home
stond property, reports that while hc
WIS lowering the flag over the fort Oh
Tuesday evening, three guushots were
fired from near the Belcher tank, tv o
Of which came near hitting him. The
shots were probably fired by some mis-
guided Republican who hal been in.
cited to the dnstnrdly deed by the reck
less ana wicked advice OF the Enterprise
to Gil somebody "chock full Of lead' iu
honor Of II. Is. Hayes's visit to- the
Comstock. - Virginia Chronicle.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-09-19

SAYS the Scniihel Mr.. Cassidy. Of
this pepper. Democratic nominee for
Member Of Congress, departed Sunday
morning for the West. He hns been
seriously i'll for the past two weeks. but
hopes 10 be able to on.s. the cnrstss
actively within n few days. His Health
permitting, he will remain in the field
from now until election day. Ho will
recupernte aAsome favorable point be.
fore taking the stump.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-09-19
SECRETARY EyAnrs wns asked whit h

SECRETARY EvARTs was asked what ho
proposed to do with tho immigrants
now on their way TO Mormondom. He
said that II they attempted 10 carry on,
their views in regard TO marriage, they
wouid be proceeded agoinst for polyg.
amy. would bo punished accordingly, as
they had received duo warning in the
circalar issued TO foreign countries. and
In accordance with this circular, which
has been extensively circulated, prose.
cutions would at onco DO Instituted
against them. -. ..
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-09-19

Gro. WATKrSs, who shot and killed
Officer Bob Whitaker in Bodie, died in
the Jail at that place last Friday night.
Ho had been addicted to opium smok.
ing, and becoming nervous, asked for o
norvine. slonu, IN Jail on charge OF
being accessory to the same murder.
passed bottle Of chloral bydrato to
Watkins, and 1t is supposed ho took an
overdose OF IL.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-09-19

THE Times says that prominent Dem.
ocra,s Of Chicago declare that they have
eSssilont reasons for believing that
negroes are coming hero ffottI the South
In large numbers, andaro being dislrib
utcd by the Republicans 70 points in
Indiana where they will do the party
tho most good. The Indiana Demo:
cratic COMMITTEE has been botiaed Of
the facts.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-09-19

Ir would have been n sirong poia in
Garhold's favor n Tho people could
have boon made to believe that Grant
was neainst him. NcStto Grants nom
indlion. tho next very best thing for the
Democracy Is hearty support by Grant
OF the man who was nominated.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-09-19

LSosAnD KMo. better known as
Pony" one Of tho FIRST drivers ON the
old Overland route, fell from stable
loit Ia Carson Tuecdsy etening, break.
ing threS ribs and dislocating bis
shoulder. Ho lived but few hours
aitor the accidon,!