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The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1881-07-03

4 SAH RA1AsL dispatch says: The
people bsre sre sgitated over tho ap-
prsrasos d smoke and SPARKS from tho
summit u HoSns rsmalpais and are
fearing . volcanic outbreak. The ap-
psaranoe probably proceeds from q
hrnAh are on the summit.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1881-07-03

Ezra DE YARMo, night Waterman on
. hydraulic miuing claim q. Grass VAL
10y, was murdered while on duty Mon.
day night. The smalgsm was taken
from co feet Of boxes. Four suspected
mon have been arrested.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1881-07-03

HA1ax RsxSont Ans years old. in .
~ = - tess rom . water tank NJ
SODA I'M, Ssaday. had his right arm
Hsariy tom nom his body, To member
SsinR fs1fully mangled-
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1881-07-03

TuE explosion Of q powder house a.
Tucson. Monday night, burst doors aud
windows In tho town, the damage
Amounting TO $40, 900. o.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1881-07-03

AT Butte City las, Sunday, s. A..
Ropnico,t. " book keeper, fatally shot
Jesse Saunders, a sporting man better
known as TEX" In Kings saloon.
Both we're vol known rasidonts Of tho
place
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1881-07-03
UeElW ElKo INDEPENDENT.
s..aaz. ssly 9. I.sl.

IN capture Of cAss. Asnh. the
aaeo soboNe. for whom EurtAa county
o2ss . rrv~rd Of oaS0. = reported
from Nsv Me1isA
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1881-07-03

VIRGINIA.. Rono aud Carson conjoiDt.
~ celebrate the Glorious Fourth at the
latter plsos.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-11-16
HE SOUTHERN PULPIT for November. Con-

The SOUTHERN PULPIT for November. Con-
tents:
Sermons-The Mission and Ministry of In.
fants in the Family and in the World, by Rev.
John E. Edwards, D. d. The Gospel as a Wit
ness, by Rev. E. j. Drinkhouse, NJ. D.; The
Curse and the Gross. by Rev. J.. l.. Burrows,
d. d.. Outlines of Sermons-An Expository
Sketch on the Twelfth Chapter of Romans, by
Rev. F. P. Mutually. D. d. The Growth of the
Church, by Rev. E. G Gordon; More than Con
querors, by Rev. T. D. Wtherspoon, d. D.; A
Sermon to Parents, by Rev. D. Rogers; Sermon
on Prayer, by Rev. John Miller
The WESTMINSTER REVIEW for October. Con.
tents:
The Irish Land Act and the English Land
Question Political Memoirs-The Goderich and
Wellington Administrations; The Systematic
Philosophy of Aristotle; The Latest Bohemian
Literature; The Copyright Question; The In
ternational Medical Congress and the Progress
of Medicine; Dean Stanley Women's Rights as
Preached by Women India and Our Colonial
Empire; Contemporary Literature
Leonard Scott Publishing Co., Al Barclay
Street. New York.
The SANIrARIAN for Move nber New York,
A. N. Bell, A. NJ M. D., Editor
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Free Masonry.

The real origin of the order, as we have it
now, appears to date from about the beginning
of the eighteenth century while an extinct or
ganization which furnished the motive for
Freemasonry, though having no immediate
connection with it, is some three or four CEN
lures older. 1t has been indsputably proved
that the institution of Freemasons took It's rise
in the guild of operative masons which, under
the name of the Z" Fraternity of Masons," was
formed by the architect and workmen employed
from the thirteenth to the fourteenth century in
the building of Stras urg Cathedral. The flow
and pick of The profession were engaged upon
this mastery edifce, and they were n,turally
eirous of perpetuating the secret of such good
work, Just as the Coincide Franchise preserves
the traditions of the art of perfect acting Their
example ws followed by other groups Of masons
throughout Germany, and all these different
pletion of the tower of Strasburg merged into
one association Their act of Uniformity was
drawn up in 1859 and ratified by the Rmpe
ror Max milan thirty years later by an imperial
diploma. They adopted the instruments of the
craft-the square, level and compass-as their
emblems. and had secret password, Lib
erty," whic in itself gives a clue to the aims
of the society. The Fraternity of Masons
lasted until 1907. when it was authoratively
abolished by the Imperial Diet
These are the simple facts about the origin
of the society or rather of the society whose
constitution served as a model for the more re-
cent association which has taken its name. 1t
is essentially a European institution, has no
claim to remote antiquity and has not the
slightest immediate connection with the East
or the least pretension to antiquity .-Sdtur-
day Rcvie,0.
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Fear of Disease.

1t is said that while the plague was
raging in Buenos Ayres, the grave-diggers
bore charmed lives. Of the three hun
dred men SO employed not one died of the
disease.
1t has often been noticed that during
the prevalence of pestilential diseases,
physicians, undertakers, nurses and grave
diggers, whose business compelled con-
slant liability to infection, have usually
escaped in a far greater ratio than their
numbers would warrant The A." charm
of this immunity from the prevailing
scourge is very simple. They are not
scared They are positive to the disease,
and repel its attacks. Fear is great
ally of death. Whoever is afraid Of dis
ease Is in Negative condition, and really
invites its approach. And thus it is the
world over, The brave die but once,
while towards die many times.
Much unnecessary alarm exists in every
community in regard to many diseases.
We are, it is true, all liable to sickness
and death. But if we are all sober, clean
ly, and brave of heart, we need have no
fear of disease Of body or mind.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-11-16

MARTIN LUTHER AND HIS Work. By John II.
Treadwell. New York: G. P Putnam's Sons.
u and 20 West 23d street 1881. limo, pp.
The life of Martin Luther is one of the no.
bleSt in the annals of history, and we are much
pleased to see this little volume brought out,
adapted, as it is, to the general reader, and to
the young. No better book can be placed in
the hands Of young man than the biography
OF Luther. lie was man-every inch Of him,
and most loveable, fascinating character in
every respect. The work contains a fine por-
trait. For sale in this city by West, Johnston
& Co., Main street.
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lows into the rich ripeness, Of an old age
made sweet and tolerant by experience.
It is then that man returns to first prin-
ciples. There comes love more pure
and deep than the boy could ever feel.
There comes conviction, with strength
beyond that which the boy could ever
know, that the earliest lesson of life is
infinite-Christ is ALL. w Robertson.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-11-16

liz THE BRUSH, or Old. Time Social. Political
and Religious Life in the South west. Bv
the Rev. Hamilton w. Pierson, D. D., Ex-
PRESIDENT OF Cumberland College, Kentucky
author of " Jefferson at Monticello" etc -
With Illustrations by w. L. Sheppard. New
321. --A0' pP
This is very well written and readable &C.
count OF Bible Agents experience in the forest
wllds of the South-we 1t presents vivid
picture OF life "in the brush" The merit of the
volume lies in its being an unpretending and
conscientious narrative or delineation of the
scenes which characterised the backwoods life
In the West and South west before the war
The author is evidently man of high intelli
gence and considerable humor and shrewd
observer Of character and manners. We have
been particularly entertained with the descrip.
ton of the Negro Preachers of the Old Re-
gime, and the sermon of the old colored Meth.
o ODDS preacher against the Baptists, pp. 252-
This work, we may add, has this additional
interest for our Virginia readers, that it is illus
trated by our own gifted and accomplished ar
fist, Mr.. VIM. l.. Sheppard, of Richmond.
For sale by West, Johnston & Co., Main St..
Richmond.
DIR. Plerson is Presbyterian minister who
was at one time in the employ of the American
Tract Society, and subsequently in that of the
American Bible Society. His sketches are ex-
tremely natural and simple and bear on their
face the evidences of truthfulness.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-11-16


EAST OF THE JORDAN, Record of Travel and
Observation in the countries of Moab, Gilead,
and Bashan during the years 1S75-'77. By
Selah Morrill,, Archeologist of the American
Palestine Exploration Society. With Illus.
trations and Map. With an Introduction
by Professor Roswell D. Hitchcock, D. D..
President of Union Theological Seminary, N.
York. Charles Scribners Sons, New York.
1881. Octave, PIP. $40.
Eastern Palestine, that is Palestine on the
east of the Jordan, was not embraced in Ca
naan" or the Rowland" west of that river, which
was the Philistia' of the ancient Hebrews. It
was. nevertheless, chosen by two and half of
the twelve tribes for their dwelling place, and
was already then an ancient land the home of
the Rephaims, and the Zuzms, and the Emims,
and subsequently of the Amorite, and the Mo-
abite, and the people of Bashan. At yet later
period it was Settled in part by some of the vet
Grams of Alexander the Great Here John the
Baptist commenced his ministry, and nearly six
months of our Lords ministry was spent on the
same side of the river In the first century the
Christian Church of Judea took refuge there
from the legions of Titus, and in the time of the
Antonines it was full of cities. In the fourth
and fifth centuries it was a great Christian cen.
tire, with numerous and well-organised church
es. From the time of Chederlaomer to the Sar
acens it has been historical ground, and there
lie now crowded together the ruins of hundreds
of cities, with one civilisation superimposed on
another. Porter, De Laynes Burton, De Vogue,
and others, have made some hurried examina-
tons of the surface ruins in this region, but
practically the country is yet unexplored and
vast amount of work is before the American
Palestine Exploration Society.
The book of DR.. Morrill, gives us the results
of the exploration down to 1873 and will prove
a valuable addition to the literature of the sub
Ject. The volume is in considerable measure
occupied with the incidents of travel, and we
are told IN the preface that it has been found
impossible to introduce more than limited por
ton of the large amount of archaeological mate
rial in the possession of the author.
The early chapters are devoted to the cities of
Bashan and Hauran Architecture. Four or FIVE
chapters are on the Jordan Valley; others on
Gilead; Arab Life in the Desert, &C., &c.
, The public is to be sincerely congratulated
that the work of exploration is now fairly be-
gun IN this interesting region, and those who
realise the value of such Investigations will be
grathed at the appearance of this first install.
ment OF the results of the labors of the Ameri
can Palestine Exploring Society from the pen of
SO competent an alcheologist as Dr. Morrill,.
The work is abundantly illustrated and beau
tlfully gotten up by the Messrs Scribner. 1t is
Tor sale by West, Johnston & Co., of this city.
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aginable covers, and form large square vol
ume of nearly 400 pages, with no less than $50
engravings. Just think of tia new picture
and new story for every day in the year
Verify, the expense lavished upon children
nova days is enough to spoil the best that ever
filled nursery. To look upon the lovely rosy
faces of the ten little men and women that beau
tify the cover, is quite sufficient to upset the
economic scruples of any mother, and make her
buy the book. MARGARET ]. PRESTON.
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MISTAKEN CoEsUMPr1vEs-In the treatment
of lung and bronchial diseases the liver is often
implicated to such an extent that hepatic
remedy becomes necessary in eifecting a cure of
the lungs. In the treatment of such cases l
prescribe Simmons Liver Regulator with entire
satisfaction
l. l.. STEPHENSON, NJ. D., Greensboro, Ky.
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From FoRT Henry TO CoRrvrH. By A. f.
Force late Brig. General and Brevet Major
General, D. S. A, etc. New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons. 1881. Uniform with the
preceding
For sale by West, Johnston & Co.
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Those unhappy persons who suffer from
nervousness, headache. and dyspepsia, should
use only "Sellars' Pills"
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For loss of appetite, nausea OF st mach, and
indigestion, Lindseys BLOOD Searcher" has.no
equal. Sold by druggists.
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The OUTBREAK OF REBELLION. By John G..
Nicolay, Private Secretary to President Lin
coin. New York Charles Scribners Sons.
1881. limo, PIP. 220
The title Of this book is enough to repel the
Southern reader.
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j. A. GRIGG,
Tenth & Main Streets, Richmond, Va.

BOOTS. SHOES, TRUNKS, vALIsEs, &C
Orders by mail solicited. The articles below
are sold so close that unless the postage accom-
panies the order the money will be RENTED.
Children's SCHOOL SHOES, 81;
Misses $3.50:
Ladies GRAIN SHOES, 81.
Ladies' FOXED SHOES, $3.50;
Ladies Pebble Goat, BUTTON BOOTS, "a bar
gain) so;
Ladies KID BOOTS conoavo heels and pointed
toes, $3.50;
Ladies Top and fine Kid Foxed French Heel
BOOTS, So;
Gents Calf CONGRESS CATERS, new style,
$2.75
Gents Pointed Cap LONDON TIES, very mob
by, $3.50;
Gents Blue Cloth Top LONDON TIES, button
boots "a
Old Ladies' and Gents BROAD BOTTOM,
FLAT HEEL SHOES. jal9-1y
Warren sheaf., 1881-04-06

Il Fl. I. = .
can side with great skill and caution, sent a
page around among the republican senators,
with q list of questions, to which affirmative or
negative answers were requested. These
questions were:
''First- Shall we now begin to have night
sessions and make it matter of physical en-
durance?" There was an almost unanimous
negative given to the proposition, owing doubt
less to the fact that in this the democrats would
have a great advantage, as they would be
obliged to keep but sixteen men in the senate,
just sufic icient to demand the Yeas and nays
Second-Shall we go into executive session
each day at 4:3O o'clock and do some bust
ness?" There was small majority against this
plan
"Third-Shall we have caucus?" Upon
this also the members were almost equally di-
vlded, small majority being in favor of a
caucus
Various propositions for compromise are
suggested, but the prospect of brt aking the
deadlock seems as dim as at the beginning
Warren sheaf., 1881-04-06

Bradstreet..r reports 1873 failures during the
past week in the United States and British
provinces, a decrease of seventeen compared
with the preceding week. The indications are
that trade is improved generally, for most Of
the failures were comparatively small con-
Germs.
There are many rumors of assassination in
the foreign dispatches: A lady obtained private
audience with the pope, and warned him that
the day and hour were fixed for the murder of
himself and Cardinal Pecei. telegram from
Geneva says tnat if Sophie Peioffsky is con-
demned and executed, the czar will perish. A
dispatch from Berlin says: The Crown Princess
Victoria has received an anonymous letter de-
claring Prince Frederick will be murdered dur
ing the ceremonies at St. Petersburg. The let
ter bears Berlin postmark.
Warren sheaf., 1881-04-06
FEEDING A GIANT.

Chang, the Big Chinanlan, Making a Res
tauant-Keeper Look Blue.
New York Sun, March Is.
A restaurateur of Brooklyn lately had for
guest Chang, the Chinese giant.
A Sat'o reporter happened to dine at the
restaurant several evenings ago, and had
Chang for a neig ighbor A little natural curl
osity led him to note the bill of fare of the
giant. First Chang ordered oysters, raw,
on the shell; next, steamed oysters on toast:
then green turtle and printaniere soups,
and, after that, fish, including broiled shad,
hlet de sole, sauce tartare, and boiled sal
mon with lobster sauce.
The reporter thought Chang would stop
there, but the giant politely signifed to the
attendant that he was waiting for the next
article on his written bill. So he had for
his entries turkey wings, jardiniere, and
chicken croquets and tomato sauce. Then
HE ATTACKED WITH GUsTo
roast ribs of beef and half chicken stuffed,
accompanied by fried parsnips, sugar corn,
and boiled onions. He appeared to be
weary at this point, and mildly asked for a
small plate of plum pudding, piece of ap-
pie pie; and a little ice-cream, to which he
subsequently added a small cup of cafe
nOir.
The proprietor was noticed Illuminating in
a quiet corner and apparently specializing
as to the advisability of an early assignment
for the benefit of his creditors. To ques-
ton by the reporter as to Chang's wonder
full appetite, he replied with an earnest
sigh:
Don't speak of it; my gracious! never
had such an experience. When Capt.
Bates, Barnum's giant, was here I was
astonished to see how little food he required
to sustain his immense frame; but this
Chinese giant has
THE STOMACH OF AN OSTRICH,
and the appetite of a goat. Mind you, these
dishes are not of the order received by old
diners out, many of whom have gone
through with much longer list, but they
are what we in the business call full por-
tions, that is, any one of the dishes eaten
by him this evening would satisfy
the hunger of an ordinary ?nan.
1 don't want any more giants
if they are blest with the appetite of Chang.
Why, contracted to entertain him at the
rate Of 81 day! Just cast your eye over
the bill of fare and see what I would re-
ceive for the same meal from my regular
customers"
The reporter did SO and found that he
would be compelled to pay exactly 1886
for similar repast.
The restaurateur continued:
Nov, you figure up. There is SIS. IS for
one meal. Well he has three other table
exercises during the day, and one or two
bites as he calls them, then he goes to the
barroom, and to the inquiries of the man.
ager and others as to his health, replies:
don't feel velly well; lost appetite.
Warren sheaf., 1881-04-06
Drift Of Democratic Sentiment.

The Chicago Times lays before it's readers a
condensation of interviews with hundreds of
representative democrats throughout the North
west, the South and the East, on the points sug-
gested in the following interrogatories:
First-Are you in favor Of maki1g the next
president canvass on the issue of tariff for rev.
enue only?
Second-Do you believe it worth while, after
the defeat of last November, to longer main
tain the democratic organization?
Thira-Would you favor reorganization
under another name, as the whig party was re-
organized into the republican party after the
if and no protection" the chief article of the
party policy?
Nearly all the northwestern democrats favor
the free trade issue for 1884, but more than
four-fifths scout the idea of reorganizing under
new name The preponderance Of opinion in
the south, so far as can be judged from the re-
ports received from that quarter-but it is to be
remembered that they are from the larger
cities-is against the active agitation of the
subject. The southern statesman deems it i'm
polite to antagonize the democracy of the man
ufacturing States by bringing this question into
undue prominence.
Warren sheaf., 1881-04-06
Railroad Collision and Death.

A dispatch from Fergus Falls of the 31st
says: A passenger train going north this fore
noon ran into delayed freight six miles north
Of Rothsay. The caboose took fire and one man
was burned to death and six wounded, as fol-
lews:
Killed-Joseph Bingo, St. Paul.
Injured:
Oliver Sischtz, Waterloo, Ia. ...
Martin Walker, residence unknown, right
thigh broken and other injuries.
David G. Young, Reeds landing. head, hands,
back and face cut
William Wissinger, Saltwater, head and back
cut; legs badly burned.
Henry Koppell, Hastings, thigh and shoulder
fractured, head and face cut.
Edward Gallagher, side, back and head cut
Angus McClelland, Pembina. slightly injured
The injured were brought in this evening and
quartered at Bells hotel.
Warren sheaf., 1881-04-06
Some Gross SuperstitiOns.

From Chambers Journal
In my grandfathers family the old cook
was accustomed to bake cakes in large
rounds, which she cut into four with sharp
knife, each quarter being put to bake by it.
self. She was most careful that during
baking the pointed end of each of
these quarters should not be broken, other
wise death might shortly be expected
Even the slipping of a piece of soap from
persons hands when washing has been con-
strued to mean that the death of some rel
ative is imminent, as, indeed; is also
the persistent burning of a fire on one
side onl of the grate. Every one
knows that to dream of losing teeth means
that some calamity may be looked for If
the eyes of a corpse are difficult to close,
they are said to be looking for successor;
and if the limbs do not become quickly stiff
it is supposed that some one Of the family
will be soon also among the dead. If the
housed door is closed upon the corpse before
the friends have come out TO take their pla-
ces in the carriages, Sheffield people say
another death will happen before many
days; and if at funeral where the mourn
ers walked the procession went in strag-
Cling or scattered manner, this was thought
in the west Of Scotland to betoken the same
misfortune. Even if the mourners walk
quickly, the oman was bad. 10 walk un-
der ladder betokens misfortune, if
not hanging, as it does in Holland
To meet a funeral when going
to or coming from marriage was consi-
dered very unlucky in Lanarkshire: for if
the funeral was that of a woman, the newly
made wife would not live long, and if it was
that of man, the fate of the bridegroom
was sealed. If one heard tingling in his
ears, it was the .sdeid bells" and news of
the death of friend or neighbor might
soon be expected. If knocks were heard
at the door of a patients room, and no per-
son was found there when the door was
opened, there was little chance of recovery:
and if a man caught glimpse of person
he knew, and found on looking out that he
was nowhere to be seen, this was, SAYS Mr..
Napier, sign of the approaching death of
the person seen.
Warren sheaf., 1881-04-06
POLITICAL NOTES.

The New York nomination continues to be
the subject of general conversation in political
circles, and Senator Conklings action is awaited
with great interest
Senator Conkling is determined to wage re-
lentless war against Robertson and against the
administration. He holds secretary Blaine re-
sponsible for the nomination Conkling ex-
poets to be defeated, and realizes that Robert
son will be confirmed, but says there is prin-
ciple involved, and that he would make a fight
if he knew he were the only senator who
would vote against Robertson.