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The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-04-25

THE Hall Brothers. Of Reese River,
says tho RtreRis, will start In o few
weeks for the Black Hills. Dakota Ter.
ritory, with a band Of cattle. They had
intended to start nbout the first Of May,
but tho backwardness OF the season will
nocessita,c n delay until about tho Hrst
OF june In order TO give tho animals n
chance TO failon mp somewhat before
starting on their long and tedious jour.
ncy. II Is expected that II will require
about four montbs 70 mako tho trip.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-04-25

Tue Idaho ArGioaehe Of tho 18th
says: ut Is reported that Matt Den.
ming. the wellkno~n butcher Who left
here for Jordan Valley in the early part
OF the week In quest Of cattle. got lost
somewhere in tho country and Il IL
feared that he hos persisted. A large
number OF his friends havo Como on, to
search for him and It is still hoped that
ho will turn up alive somewhere"
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-04-25

IL regard to the alleged malt1enimeni
OF Cadet Whitaker ct the Military
Academy al West Point. General Soho.
held issues a general order expressing
unsbaken faith in the corps Of Cadets
honor and integrity and appreciation Of
their manly bearing under the grevious
wrong and injustice which they have re-
Gently suffered. Even II the outrage
was committed by one Of them, II Is no
excuse for the indisoriminate insult and
indisni,iss heaped upon them. As a
mark OF his appreciation. no removes all
restrictions heretofore imposed on their
usual privileges.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-04-25

GEonoE w. CossEn, OF Tuscarora,
died after q brief illness. on Saturday.
and was buried by Tuscarora Lodge,
=. A. N. Sunday; be being q member
Of the fraternity. Deceased vas a
brother Of Mrs. Judge Berry, Of Winnie.
mucca.
William Truscott. an old resident,
died Of pneumonia Monday.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-04-25
WOuIdH't Have IL.

The Eureka Lddsr is responsible for
the following. Coming up on Sa,ur-
day evenings train Conductor Crowley
was proceeding N the evea tenor Of
his way collecting tickets, when he met
With 4 slight ~difbenlty. which. for the
time, rather H~onplusSed him. -Four
bright eyes were smiling upon him from
one seat. and from the possessor Of the
nearest pair he took q ticket. Turning
to her ~neighbor. be politely said: 'Ti,k.
ct. please" Il have just given it to
yon." was the reply. ''Ob, pardon me.
but il VAS this lady Who gave me her
ticket. We'll. that's ne; ism, it
Miller" Certainly. Christine" re.
sponded her companion. ''DDt, ladies,
/ assure you 1 have only received one
ticket" mildly demonstrated the eou
duetor. well. that's mime" asserted
both ladies ut once. Nov, ladies.
pray dOn't quarrel about it. have 10
doubt 1t is a uBinieD;ional error on III.
part Of one Of You. which can be easily
settled. Now. here Is one iicke, ] have
collected" witch ] gave you" re.
sPonded each lady. Come. ladies'.
this is going a little too far. / don't
wish 70 contradict: a lady for the sake Of
a ticket. but I must say. aud / say it
boldly and without hesitation that"
just then Charley Welsh happened to
come along. and explained that Mile
Christine AMI Christine MiIIie Travelled
for iare-or it's hard 10 tell how the
matter would have ended. Crowley
walked away scratching his head and
mut,ering. Gosh darn me il / can make
1. ont, anyhow. but l think they've got
the best OF Us for one fare"
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-04-25

WEDsEsDAr's Rsreiih says the team
and buggy Of Edward s. Stokes, arrived
on last nights trim, and Mr. Stokes
himself Is expected tomorrow nigh, or
Friday.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-04-25

TnE sale OF the Washington pool Of
mines in Pa,agoni" District, Arizona,
which have been bonded to Eastern
capitalists for some time. has finally
beer closed at tho sum ngreed upon
s205 1000.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-04-25

rng Salt Lake Tribune states tba.
lodges Bennett and Thomas, the dele.
gates to represent Utah in the Republi.
can National Convention at Chicago,
elected by the Convention at Salt Lake
City. ON Tuesday. are both Grant men =.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-04-25

The Reno Gazette. though Republi.
can. does not appear to take kindly to
the third term. 1t being urged by the
admirers Of Grant that his extended
travels in Europe have afforded him
advantages calculated 70 peculiarly ct
him for the position which he has
twice before filled. that journal peril.
nently asks: How much does n man
learn about any country by riding
through il and shaking hands with tho
big men in it, He learns next to moth
ing, and any o who has travelled will
say 10. General Grants travels have
not changed him to any porcePtible de.
gree. lie Is mol q mon 10 change much
nj any age, and at sixty men have pretty
nearly lost their u~daptability. II he
should be elected President he will no
doubt have the Same methods aud
nearly the same men he had before.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-04-25

Cas-. RowELL and Blower Brown nre
arranging for six days n -ss.you.
please match with Frank Hart and John
Dopier, fe~ $4,000 = side. The match
70 tsks place in New York.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-04-25

lhnE Grant stood on the platform
Of y sleeper 70 shake hands q, Deca-
tu1E III. Sunday, . man named Kelley
Asn on - tightly that the General
theEalsned TO kick bin in the face 10 he
dat Ietgo. Kelley iooseDed bis hold.
an GRAFT could with difficulty DO per.
suS1 led to grasp other hands,
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-04-25

IT - said tilst 1000 negroes who have
RHs.s OF never voted in Delaware have
lately paid their POLL tax and had their
Anss pat OBJ II, voting list.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-04-25

Tnr Eureka Lerkr is authority for
saying that Hamilton, White Pine
county. is TO have a Republicans news.
paper.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-04-25
500 REWARD
STRAYED OR STOLEN.

A THREE YEAH. OLD cOLT-BRowS
coIof mlScd, With gray; black name, tail
nnn irgs branded \ on The len hip. the 4
Forming The Top OF the r. The above reward
wlI y, paid TO any person delivering the nI,oyc
ucsctloch animal IT, my stable, ciihcf al Tns.
ap31'Im in. RiSuuIn
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-04-25

COMMITTEE or AHRISGExEST..
Liert- = T. r eloE. LlerI 4. J. TIU.,
LieC.- JoI5 HDO-.s. q. - L. {. CE.r.
Cop J. p. To-.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-11-02
Finger Rings.

In earlier days medicinal qualities were
supposed to reside in; he wedding ring,
capable Of removing - crfections of the
skin, though In later agesl; wo uld seem to
be more effectual in developing impcrfec-
lions Of the temper; in those ages of easy
faith ring which had touched the skulls
of the magi reposing In solemn splcndor In
the cathedral of Cologne, would secure the
owner against the evil-eye, sudden death,
or accident, while that which bore the
name of one of those kings of the East, or
had been blessed by the sovereign on Good
Friday, was talsman, to which the most
fastidious could not object, against cramps.
Legend and history " eet about this littlo
hoop of gold, and cur eh it with spell or
story, as the ancient jewellers bcautifled
1t with elaborate chasings and precious
stones, with skilful labor lavished upon
cameo and intaglio. Nowadays 1t has be-
come somewhat matter of fact ornament;
rustic lovers no longer break it in halves
as an assurance of constapcy, ballad.mak-
ers no longer hang their rhyme upon 1t;
all the cunning of our improved civilization
cannot fashion us ring like Solomon's,
which can seal the evil genius of the times
In jar; and what goldsmith Of today can
warrant his rings to render the purchaser
Invisible, Or to appease the injured If thrown
Into the scar
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-11-02
FALLEN FLOWERS.

ono OF tie workers Of the world
Living toled and toiling died
out others worked and the world went on.
ana was not changed when he was gone
s'rong arm stricken, wide sail furled,
Aud only few men sighed.
One of the heroes Of the world
Fought to conquer, then fought to fail,
And fell down slain In his blood stained mail.
Aud over his form they stop;
Hia oau-e was lost and his banner furled.
And only woman wept
ohe OF che singers among mankinl
sang healing songs from an o'erwroush int
heart;
Dat ere mon listened, tho grass and wind
were wasting the rest unsung like wave;
And now OF his fame that will no or depart
He has never heard in his grave.
One OF the women who only love,
Loved and er:eved a, d faded away--
All, me arc these gone to the God above?
What more Of each can say?
They are human flowers that flower and fall
This Is the song and tho end Of them ALL
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-11-02
Fiddle and Sin

Years ago, before the contribution was
taken up to the rythmic time of operate
music, or the churches boasted more Of
their choirs than of their ministers, there
was an earnest, able expounder of the gos-
pei holding forth in one of the Presbyterian
churches of Pittsburg, Pa. He believed
In simple singing without the use of lnstr,-
ments, and when after long contest, the
younger members of the church introduced
bass viol into tho choir, he was deeply
disturbed. In the church he said nothing,
but night after night in the directors meet
ings, and during the day time on the street,
did he labor for the removal of what he
termed ''that fiddle" but without success.
Each Sunday the notes Of the instrument
were heard, to the JOY of the congregation
and his own annoyance. at last finding
persuasion useless, he arose one Sunday
morning in his pulpit, and after the usual
exercises, said, "Now we will fiddle and
sing to the glory Of God, the Tooth hyrnn.' y
There was no 'addiing In that church for
many day after.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-11-02
Chestnut Culture.

In some localities in Italy and Spain and
in Eastern Europe and Western Asia the
chestnut crop Is equal in Importance to the
wheat crop IN OHIO. Chestnut bread con-
stitutes the principal food Of more than
hundred millions OF people the healthiest,
handsomest and most slnewey people in
the world. 1t is estimated that the value
Of the Chestnut crop of Ohio is 100000.
1t ought to be $40, 900. 600, and can be
brought up to that figure within twenty
years. The natural home of the chestnut
Is barren soil-waste land-thouph it
will grow and flourish on any soil in Ohio.
Chestnut trees one hundred feet IN heiCht
and from three to seven feet in diam 1ter
can yet be found on the hill tops nf South
ern Ohio, growing IN soil which cannot be
made to produce five bushels of corn to
the acre, and where oak, hickory aud
other trees are mere dwarfs. The chest
nut is a valuable timber tree, and Is of
very rapid growth. Under favorable cir
cumstances bearing chestnut-tree twer4y-
five feet IN height can be grown from the
seed in five years. The proper way is to
plant the chestnut where 1t is desired that
the tree shall grow. Like the hickory, the
chestnut does not take kindly to transplant
ing. Farmers in Central and Western
ONO nave tried the experiment OF import
ing chestnut trees in vain, and have ar
rived at tho conclusion that there is some
thing in the soil which initiates against
the growth of the chestnut. That is
mistake. Any farmer who desires it can
have chestnut grove, or as many chest
nut trees as he desires, by planting chest
nuts. They should be planted before they
become dry and hrivelled-within week
or two afther gathering, the sooner the bet
ter. The chestnut should be about half
buried in the ground, and then covered
with leaves or litter-barely covered, not
buried or smothered. Twenty chestnuts
should be planted for every tree desired;
for although every healthy chestnut will
germinate, and is liable to produce a tree,
provision should be made against moles,
mice, chipmunks and other vermin. OF
course, hogs should be excluded from the
ground where chestnuts arc planted.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-11-02
Cookery In England.

How many OF our readers. even those
who possess kitchen gardens, would think of
cultivating the basella, the palm-k kale, the
burnet, the cardoon, the celeriac, chervil,
corn-salad, lentil, ice plant, parslane, Swiss
chard, or water chestnut Yet all these,
together with others as unfamiliar, are
given in list, as under cultivation or used
in France. Some mlstresses also are be-
ginning to learn that the cookery which
they may have met with even at the cheaper
restaurants in France, or the establ shments
which initiate them in this country, is not
the luxurioue and expensive affair they i'm
agined 1t to be, but that as matter of fact
good cookery is cheap cookery. We shall
see this plainly enough if We compare, for
example, the French method of making the
pof-au,}eu, and the careful utilization of
the liquor in which anything has been
boiled which obtains in that country, with
the waste that goes on in this country,
even in many households which can i'll af-
ford it. Poor people are, indeed, the
greatest sinners IN this way: they will boil
great deal Of nutriment out of meat and
then throw away the stock, when the ad-
dition of few of the commonest vegeta-
bles growing in their gardens would make
1t into a pleasant and nourishing soup.
There is. indeed, no more wasteful system
Of cookery than the ''plain roast and
bolled," which has been the watchword Of
so many an English kitchen for years, and
1t ls the fact that mis'rcsses Of households
arc gradually awaking to that truth which
makes us hopeful for the future Of Eng
lish cookery. They are beginning to dis
cover also what NJ. Soyer said he was 80
proud to show his friends that things can
n nh oy,1p nd
1t is possible ''to make q nice little dish
almost out of nothing" For in many cases
1t is not 80 much the amount of meat or
other ingredients of dish that makes it
successful, but tho manner in which it is
prepared. 1t would be, perhaps, going too
far to affirm that good cookery would be
an absolute safeguard against crime, and
that the costcrmor ger would never begin
jumping on his mother had he just par
taken of talets de 2oOulet aatG truDes,
suuce supreme, with glass or two of
Pomard but there can be no doubt of the
civllizing effects of we'll cooked food.
There Is no occasion to gormandlze-to
initiate the Scotchman, who, after stuffing
himself with haggis, continued to eye the
collapsed bag with grateful affection, told
the waiter to behave kindly to it when re-
moved, and followed 1t out of the room
with silent benediction; nor that other
hero mentioned by Byron, who, having
heard that the biz ds called kittiwakes were
good whets, ate six of them, and complain
ed that he was "no hungrier than when he
began.' But prudent man will, If it be
possible, take heed as to what he eats and
the proper preparation of his food; and
though the dinner-ball be hardly the "toc-
Sin Of the SOUP to him, he will hear it
with pleasurablc anticipations, and not be
doomed to disappointment.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-11-02
A Patent Alarm Bed.

Dir. Washtub is the name of the gentle
man who won't stop at an up. country hetel
again. 1t seems that the clerk had to get
up very early IN the morning, and finding
difficulty IN waking, built patent alarm
bed In accordance with plans given him
by Dir. Edison, who once stopped at his
house. The bed had q powerful clock
work attachment, and at set hour it
would arouse any man who wasn't dead.
Tho day after they had got the thing set
up In the house there was great rush of
guests. and the clerk in order to accommo-
date MIR. Washtub gave up his bed to him.
lie also forgot to shut of the alarm, and
the result was that about four o'clock in
the morning Washtub was aroused by a
most terrlble!r racket. He opened his eyes
and sat hp in bed, and then he heard a
voice, which came from q phonograph at
tachment to the bed, exclaim "You old
mucker, pile out! " If he had understood
the thing he would have hoped out of bed
and shut of the alarm. But he didn't and
thought 1t was burglars. So he lay down
again and pulled the covers over his head,
and the bed began to shake violently, and
he thought 1t was an earthquake, and was
terribly scared. The bed shook 80 that he
had to cling to the mattress to keep In,
and finally the bed seemed to rise up right
underhim, and he was hurled violently to
the floor. He tried to rise, and Just then
the mattress came off upon him with great
force and floored him again. Ho had a
terrible time getting out from under them,
and just as he did so. shower of ice water
came upon him, and then the Stats of the
bed began to whack at him, and as he
could see but little In the dim light of the
room, he thought he must have gone to
sleep in threshing machine, and some one
had started it. His yclls finally brought
the landlord, who stopped the machine,
and tried to calm the terrified guest by ex-
planning the thing to him. But the ex-
planation only made matters worse, for the
victim lost two trains stopping over to lay
for the clerk, who had found out what he
had done, and kept out of the way.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-11-02
Under the Guillotine.

On the morning of the 9Th of September,
just at daybreak the murderer Mcnesclon
was executed at Paris. Accc riding to the
custom here he was kept in ignorance of
the time fixed for his death until within a
few moments of his execution. He had
passed the evening In company with two
jailers, who had for some days been his
constant companions, in playing cards,
ane It was feared that an unusually
beautiful supper which was supplied to
HIM, had aroused his suspicious, but 1t did
not, and at midnight he went to sleep.
Shortly before 0ayb-eak the governor of the
prison, with the priest and the execution
er and his assistants, entered the corridor
leading to the cell of the condemned. The
jailers, at signal, opened the door of tho
cell, and first awaking Menesclon,
Informed him that his last hour had
come and admitted the priest. The latter
remained with Menesclon for ten minutes.
The Governor, the executioner and his as
sistants then entered. McndesclOn was now
in agony Of fear, and it was with diff
fculty that the executioner and his assis-
tants made what is called the 'ttolet,"
cutting the hair of the prisoner short,
cutting off the collar Of his shirt and binding
his hands behind him. This being done
the convict was hurried through the corri-
dor to door which opened upon the
square where the guillotne was ready to
receive him. The scene at this moment
was terribly sombre. The sun was Just
rising, but Its light was obscured by dense
clouds, and at the moment the prison door
opened violent storm of thunder and
lightning broke forth. The condemned,
at this instant, was overcome with terror,
and sank almost to the ground. The as
sistants Of the executloncr had to drag him
to the guiilotine which had been erected a
few PAGES from the portal of the prison,
and in a moment afterward the knife had
fallen and all was over.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-11-02

some knowledg Of Juggling tricks. AS we
were not allowed to touch the Instruments
OF the exhibition after the particular per
1ormanoe began, the baskets, wraps, eto,
could not he disturbed; but with our own
eyes we saw the performer draw out the
branches, etc, from the folds of tho cloth,
and noticed him sticking them into the not
beneath the covering, working away with
his hands, and, as we thought, very clum-
silly.
ihe question may be asked by a doubter
OF our account Of the process, how about a
green and ripe fruit, as well as
blossoms, being produced simultaneously,
say ut period when there are no such
thing; hat is, when they are out of season
This indeed, has been brought forward as q
complete answer by those whose who be.
lieve In these jugglers. To answer this is
not 80 difficult, however, as 1t appears.
India is vast continent, and from its
southernmost limit on the Itdian ocean,
where there is little difference between
summer and winter, to it's northern bound
ary on the snowy Himalayas, ther.. is ex-
listing every variety OF climate at any given
time of the year. Tho mango flourishes
equally in Ceylon and in tho sub-Himala-
yam countries. We lave ourselves, in
passing throagh the plains into upper
Himalayas, in tho course of successive
weeks, seen the mango season just over on
the plains a little higher up mangoes were
just in season; the fruits forming higher up
still; The blossoms in full flush q couple OF
thousand feet higher; while higher still the
blossoms had not yet made an appearance.
With this fact are to be taken two others;
the first, that Indian jugglers all belong to
one masonic brotherhood, and are lnti,l ate
communication with one another, all ever
on the move; and the second, that even
they will decline at times to perform this
particular feat; that is, when they are not
provided with the blossoms, green and ripe
fruits. The seeds, shoots. etc., are always
everywhere procurable.
II there be still any other doubter, let us
only add that after the performance detail
ed above VIC took the man aside UNWILLING
naturally to expose the man, and destroy
the credit by means Of which he made his
hving) and asked him if it was not true
that the branches and fruits were all there
in the wraps. The glance of our oye told
him that we knew every detail in the pro-
cess, and had watched everything that he
did. and 80 he confessed that what we said
was the truth, and apoloHzcd by saying that
he must make q living.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-11-02
Tho n ango Trick.

With certain Indian jugglers tho "man-
20" trick is their most effective feat. A
mango seed is produced, and flower pot
filled with mould, and after lot Of cere.
mony Gin plain English, fuss), the seed Is
put under the mould. and several coverings
OF baskets and cloths are placed over the
pot. Then there Is more ceremony and
lingering about tho covering basket, and
the pot Is shown with the mango leaves
just sproutlng up. Then it is covered over
again, and moro hocussing goes on, and tho
cover Is lifted up again, and the plant Is
seen to have grown. The covering, hocus.
sing and opening go on, and the plant
meanwhile having further grown and be-
came strong enough to bear fruit, tho
blossom to appear, the fruit to form, and
finally the fruit to ripen, which is then
plucked of and given to DO eaten.
Now we, for 0lr part, cannot under
stand how any one cannot see through tho
performance. Nay, even when to a fell
low-spectator, who once viewed this per-
formanee, we explained the details of the
trick after 1t was over, he would not be-
lievc, but reckoned the affair wonderful,
and oven parlaking OF the supernatural. We
can only attribute 1t to his having been 80
mystitfed as to have been actually
mesmerized, though par:aking of conscious
ness. The real truth about this feat was
that the green aud ripe fruits, and overy
branch and shoot that was exhibited, were
actually there, just as much as the seed
and the tlowerpot--aU in the
aOraps and fotds and 6askets
aOhich formed the covering. We
We're carefully watching the mans pro.
ceedings, and at that time had acquired