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The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1882-09-03
Cigars nnd Cigarettes.

A physician calls attention to tho
fact that II tobacco be instantly elected
from tho mouth and throat before dc.
scsudiog into tho chest aud DO male to
pAps through 4 c.mbGic handkerchief
dsAWn lightly noross the open lips. a
permanent deep yellow STAN, CORE
'pondiDg IN sizs and sbAp. To The open.
ing between tho lips, and having pu-
merous spots Of . darker hue prevailing
~. will be l,ft on the handkerchief; brt
that the prolonged PGtf from the cheat
after inhalation from u Gig arctic fails,
under similar CIRCUMSTANCES, 10 produces
any but II scarcely p]sreopriblo aud
speed ly eYanesoeni mark. What. in
tho lattor case, becomes OF tao cub
stance which staiIS2 This physician
thinks ii remains in the lungs, and he
therefore condemns the common man
ner OF smoking cigarettes as dangerous
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1882-09-03
Tn oricr OF nnrincs..

Tho election OF ten delegate, 10 The
State Convention. TO DO named by The
Chairman and shbmit,,d to the Con.
ven,ion for ratification.
The nomination Of Sheriff, County
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-08-17
@or Nou,,a Headtrs.
FARMER GREEN'S scAREcRoW.

crow that was black as ever was born
Flew out of his nest one beautiful morn
And, calling his mates from far and from
near,
Spoke words that they all were anxious to
hear.
"You all, fellow crows, know old Farmer
Who raises good corn as ever was seen:
Well, funny it is-you'll laugh, ] dare say
He's put up scarecrow to keep us away"
Cav. eaw" laughed the crows, "a sorry old
To think an old coat will give us a fright
-CaWi caw! and "caw! caw!-now let us
To where Farmer Green has. put his scare
crow f3@
Then quickly they flew, and, led by the one
Who called them together to tell of the fun,
They soon reached the field where stood. ali
forlorn.
A horrid old image among the green corn.
The crow in advance, to show he d no fear,
Went near to the scareerow-alasi too near!
For crack went gun, and, shot through
The crow that was careless tumbled down
dead.
"Caw! caw!' shrek the crows, now laughing
"Caw! caw!" they all cry as upward they
soar.
And never again was one of them seen
10 go near the scarecrow of old Farmer
Green ~ - H.
Our Little Ones
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-08-17
Sanitary Condition of Summer Resorts.

Within the last few years the demands
OF the public in regard to health resorts
and watering places of this country have
increased, not only as to quantity, but
as to quality, Quite a number of peo-
pie now require not only bathing, boat
ing, and amuSements of various kinds
at their summerresort, but also that they
shall have, some assurance that they shall
have pure water to drink, and that the
air which they are to breathe shall not
be rendered offensive or dangerous by
imperfect systems of house drainage.
At the present time the dangers from
fouled water supply, especially. if this
be derived from wells, are in most places
much greater in boarding houses than in
the hotels proper, and this is due to the
fact that the hotel proprietor is usually
not only sufficiently man of business to
understand the Importance of keeping I'D
the reputation of his house for health
fulness, but his attention has been called
to the close connection which is now
generally believed to exist between such
diseases as typhoid fever, diarrhea,
dlptherla, etc., and methods of sewage
disposal, and he therefore pays more at
tention to sanitary engineering details
about his premises than does the keeper
of the average clearinghouse. The
tendency of all popular health resorts is
to become unhealthy, because they de-
part more and more from their original
type, which is that of a temporarily
occupied camp, and tend to become VII
lagos, with village methods of water
supply and disposal of excreta. This
appears in foreign health resorts as well
as in this country, and the insanitary con-
dition of some of the most famous water
ing places is a common topic of discus
sion in European medical and sanitary
journals. 1t would certainly be wise on
the part OF those selecting summer re-
treat to give as much attention to the
water supplyand drainage as they usually
do to the table in making their selection,
but it must be confessed that at present
it is difficult to obtain satisfactory infor-
nation. as to the sanitary condition of
such places without personal visit to
the locality. We advise our readers to
look before they leap, for to leave ones
comfortable city home in pursuit of
health and pleasure. and contract ty-
phoidi as the result, is too much like
going out to look for wool and coming
back ShoEn- Enoi71eer..
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-08-17
Revolutionary Peers.

The upper chamber of the Legislature
| has OF late displayed a curious disposition
for violating the sanetity of entails and
setting at naught the announcement wis
dom of its ancestors. The Peers were
aghast at rabbits being pronounced YER
min and at the right being granted to
farmers to shoot them with as much free
dom and impunity as if they were Irish
process-servers. But to tie up an estate
i'm order that it may go to son who has
been rioting in post-obits, or to far-away
cousin whose name is an abomination, is
quite another matter. Lord Cairns bill
paFes the way for all this, and when the
owners of the Woodstock Library and
the Hamilton Palace art treasures are
permitted to put them up to auction the
Peers must be verging on the revolution
airy. s.'Vathek. .England's wealthiest
son." sold Fonthill for much the same
reason that his great-grandson sells for
second time SO many of its choicest
contents. Horace Walpole' Strawberry
Hill toy shop, The. ct,1iosities imswhich he
strived yainlys to keep out of Beckford's
rival collection, went because his heirs
like guineas better than gimcracks.
e@sO' s-NtA& SiIlCC
shared the same fate. But this is
really the first time that great historic
house has been dismantled simply and
solely to raise money, and this, too, with
the acquiesence of the three estates of
the realm. ~. And there are evidences
around us that it will not be the last.
We are coming on iron times. Scrimp
rents, OF none at all, will not admit of
the luxury of huge mansions full of treas
ures costly to keep, and yielding to those,
who rarely inhabit them, barely the in
teresss Of pleased glance, but which
hundreds of wealthy parvenus are eager
to buy for a lordly price. Every acre of
land which is in the market is eagerly
snapped up-bargain or no bargain
long as it confers some social prestige1
on the new men; and tomorrow, were
all the old domains to be freed from the
dead hands grasp, they would find pur-
chasers, despite the fact of their being
the poorest of investments, and not |
the most perfect of securities. Londa,,
World
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-08-17
FARM AND PRESIDE.

1t is said that If the stems of cut flow
ers are cut again in the Uater they will
remain much longer fresh.
Cream sponge cake: One cup OF
sugar, two eggs, beat together, add
three-fourths cup of thick sweet cream,
/ one teaspoonfM of cream of tartar, one
half teaspoonful of saleratus, nutmeg,
flour enough for q thin batter, and bake
in steady oven with care The House
hold.
/ -Carbolic acid is very useful as pre-
ventive OF insect ravages. Radishes may
be protected from maggots, and orchards
from borers, by its use. A mixture OF
one part of alcohol and nine parts OF
crystallized carbolic acid is stated to at
ford great relief in cases of bites from
Insects Chicago Journal. ,9 ~.
Ducks may be bred in small pen,
where there is merely tank of water
four feet by two, and two feet deep.
Many OF the eggs, however, will be UNI
fertile. For success on a large scale, a
good-sized pool of water is essential.
The birds should have the run of field.
Care should be taken not to overfeed
breeding ducks, and if early eggs be
required, meat diet must be given and
warm quarters at night.
Mothers who have taste, time, and
little skill can make pretty and sug-
gestive things for the baby. Damask
spreads for the little bed are lovely if the
pattern is outlined with crewel, either
blue or pink; choose pattern with ref
erence to this work. The square pat
terms are pretty, outlined with little stars
in the center. Plain white spreads may
be ornamented with border of butter
cups or daisies, or with simply one little
carefully careless bunch in one corner.
Torchon is not only pretty but durable to
trim the pillow-cases for the baby's bed.
IN. Y. Post.
Laying hens or pullets do not re-
4uire such food as will induce them to
acquire superabundance of fat, for
this at certain stage prevents the pro-
duetion of eggs. rendering the birds
sluggish. and disposed to fatal diseases.
When the birds are to be fattened for
immediate consumption, then strong,
fat-producing food is needed, and in
liberal quantities. Corn, in its different
forms. is the best and cheapest, no doubt,
for this purpose, while for laying hens.
wheat, wheat-screenings, etc., are prefer
able, and generally used by successful
poultry breeders. -DenUer Tribune.
Puff Paste: Use one pound of butter
and one pound of -four. Sift the flour,
and then sift into something else a little
additional flour for sprinkling and roll
ing. Wash all the salt from the butter;
then divide it into four parts: put one
fourth into the flour, and divide the re-
mainder in six pieces; mix, with a knife,
the flour and butter into a stiff dough,
sprinkle a little flour over the paste
board, flour the rolling-pin, and roll into
thin sheet; then put, in little bits, at
equal distances, one-sixth of the butter,
fold the paste, flour it and roll again,
and SO on until the butter is consumed.
Divide into as many pieces as you wish
pies, roll each piece and put into pans
previously buttered. Always roll from
you.-Gernaantoon Telegraph.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-08-17
A Horse at the Pump

Our Dumb animals, of Boston, the
organ OF the Society for the Prevention
OF Cruelty to Animals, is responsible for
the following story: One day last month
a lady whose home is at Portsmouth, N.
H. was enjoying ride through a vii
lage near that city, when her attention
was drawn to horse at the roadside
7, near a respectable looking house, trying
to pump water into trough to drink
by Selling the handle of the pump with
his teeth. Owing to lack of skill or some
defect in the pump the horse was unable
to get the water. The lady gave the
reins to her sister, alighted, and drewsa
bountlful supply to quench his thirst.
Inc morse evinced his sense of obligation
litely asa gentleman could express his
thanks for a like courtesy, and the LADY
returned to her carriage and resumed
her drive
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which, it is true, will require most OF
the surplus in the company's treasury
to pay, but by careful economy they
hope it may be fully earned in the future.
The issuance of this official falsehood
has been prepared for by the industrious
propagation of rumors that the affairs of
the company are in a truly deplorable
condition. The board votes the reduced
dividend, the men who are in the secret
have previously sold their stock, and
they set to work to break down the
market by short sales. The price. begins
to sink rapidly, innocent investors are
frightened at what they see and hear,
they make haste to sell, and the price
goes on sinking with every lot offered.
AT last it reaches q level where the con
spirators decide it is time to buy. They
have covered their short contracts, and
make their profits that way; and under
their buying the price rises as rapidly as
it went down, which catches the swarm
of Wall Street stock operators who had
been selling the stock short and were not
in the secret. When the men conduct.
ing the deal get all the stock they want,
official announcement is made that tha
rival companiesshave agreed to combine,
and the stock of the consolidated con.
Germ will be doubled. This being done,
the conspirators desire to sell their enor
nous holdings of the watered stock.
They therefore meet again in their
official capacity as directors, and issue
another quarterly statement in which
everything SAID in the last is unsaid.
The revenues are declared to have
increased in most unexpected way,
great economies have been effect
ed, and the profits of the quarter are
large enough to allow dividend to be
teclared at the full rate on the whole
doubled capital stock, while the outlook
for the future is such as to give assurance
that it will be continued and possibly in
creased. This official statement is lust
as much a falsehood as the last was
NORTH american ReUiew.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-08-17
MOnstrous Fungi

v ~ III s. IF EzIt
Visitors to ancient .wine-yyu|t
damp coal-pits are sometiiic y
ished by the curious fungi yhich1|
the walls with gruesome tai essrIi
every instance Of this kind llp'
into the shade BY the extradld
growths which have recentIyhesa
covered in some of the deserted
can silver mines of Nevada qbs
warm timber galleries and At
these old workings abandoned tot
selves for years, have silently
birth to a monstrous breed a
vegetation, which, apparently, n
parallel in the regions OF thw IT,
and the upper air. ~ In genera NJ
all OF a snowy whiteness, and ~
the hooded masses rise up ssttIz
from the ground, like. sheeted n
Others, in the distance, take ftt
of bearded goats or sleeping or
great punches of long. white halfs
down from the roof; and then
pulpy masses encumber the Doc
brainstone coral. The latter apYe
have sprung miraculously iron
thing spilled upon the roels y
days, while the former seem Y
crystallized like hoar-frost rom
mosphere itself. Somexd tue p'
masses have actually lifted up HQ|.|1
floor blocks Of stone weighlhg a.
and even 100 pounds tese aS
three feet In the higher Levels
mines, where the air Il 'dfier. W.
are far less bulky than Rel0l
much firmer in texture. lne =
lere are. however. more elsDcis
beautiful. One kind grows y,
spiral like a rams horn, to leg5
five feet, and hangs from the
like q trophy Of the chase; q q
like a serpent suspended ~
Another sort sends out stem "
ness Of a pencil to . height q
two feet, where it blossoms inR Z
bous knob something Ike
Nothing like the toadsteol ~ I
mon mushroom is to. be founa -
wondrous growths have ~ 81 s.;.'
of being called into 3, speclA a NJ
the peculiarities Of their ens''os
sf0af As9ltsa
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-08-17
!" Tompin" and Chic.

a word used by some of the ultra
DELEGATES of the end of the Second Empire,
the word "tompin" is beginning to come
into vogue, again. One of the smart
young men of a leading boulevard journal
has written two columns on the subject.
Iheard the word used in the diyan of the
Cirque d. Etc on Saturday. 1t is being
adopted in the clubs; in short i it is a word
coming into fashion. What does sstom-
PIN mean? Ingeneral terms .'tompin''
is an imperfect "chic," Of kind between
"chic'' and sham sschic" Sham .chic''
is loud, parvenu; real sschic'' is discreet,
natural, distinguished, but unobtrusive:
- tompin'' is "ehic' that betravs eff
fort, preoccupation, excess of accentna-
ton; a"chic'' where the task is not ire
proachable and the initiative not discreet.
The smart young man of the boulevard
journal spoils the study of g tompin', bv
his instances The word 'stompin'' Iap-
plies to shades, to nuances of elegance.
and elegance is never. absolute; it is al
ways relative to the person who displays
1t. The question is at bottom one of.
sentiment, of tact, of feeling. The
truly "chico person will give, in his
manners and exterior, an Interpretation
OF the sentiment of .schic'' that he con-
celVes within him with gertrude, but
which he could not, perhaps, explain.
The man who is .'tompin" will be SO
from the want Of this Sentiment, orfrom
the uncertainty of it Matthew Arnold
IS tompin'' in his eternal war against
Philistinism. The Prince of Wales is
never stompin, London World.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-08-17

Cashiers in China are not paid sal
aries. They depend for their remunera-
ton on buying imperfect coins and pass
ing them off on their customers
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-08-17

The Albany (N. " Journal de.
ciares that lovely young rosebud of a
cadet at West Point is .stEe owner of 120
pair of white duck trousers -. IS
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-08-17

The Salt Lake Tribans deelsss'
polygamous marriages stu q y
Utah, and gives the names z z su
Mormons who increased tnen -
of wives in the Endowment q
one day.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-08-17

There is to be another CO. (
the ocean with Baltimore e. "
quarters. The bottom o. ta NJ
be an electric gridiron il tins sn'''
up.-New HQuen Re0lsssr
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-08-17

MIR. Fox, whose family have for
generations acted as Consuls for the
United States at Falmouth, England,
comes OF most consular family. The
firm of which he is amember were a few
years ago, and probably are to-day,
Consuls for the United States, Chill and
Turkey. and Vice-Consuls for Austria,
Brazil, Bremen, Denmark, Greece, Guat-
emaia, Hamburg. Lubbock. Oldenburg,
Mexico, Peru, Bolivia and Tuscany
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-08-17

Il sassaisssst;sLy. Let US take one glaring ex-
n @ampn. Suppose thatt there exists large
& corpoEation having heavy capital, and
performing highly important functions
q infeiation to the public. It's Board of
DEectQrs Is composed of the leading men
The financial world and large bro
portion of the stock of the corporation is
] s&neias as permanent Investment.
! re AnQth En- company is started as a rival
70 the former. Hcan pay no dividends,
SEantt rs not likely to- for its promoters re-
aaid themselves double their original
o aa 1slay through the medium of a con-
fcp com, any and tliey propose to
MAXI more by selling out But this
concern can and does fIniure the d;y;den5 3
vspaylrsg company, though not much. In
ssfation come tocether secretlv and
uusarrraHge What, in a term borrowed from
s. he gaming table is called 4 .sdeal -
i ne iiyidend- paying company il to All
pfD the other, and to double its own vu
q &fotk. An elaborate programme il laid
but, attending over MANY months. I AZ
the-frst step In it, holders OF theIlividend
paying stock must be induced to sell ont
shakrn out the street calls it. The
corporate dishonesty. begins al this
point. The Board of Directors meet and
an taeir official capacity they issue
quarterly statement of the companies
affairs, which is carefully conccocted
falsehood from beginning to end. In it
they represent that business has fallen
: OFF 30 the most serious extent: that
the revenues have SO greatly shrunk |
that it would be highly impolitic to
declare the usual quarterly dividend;
thata reduced dividend must be declared /
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-08-17

|.a II spe 4 watering has an evil SQUAD IN
s the public ear and justly so by reason Of
|s.-. its associations. But stock-waterirle Der
g is nst'a strand. It is nothing more.
When legitimately done than REALIZING
the edii'aaeeu value of a property. 4 1t IS
@jEs A. proper q proceeding as that of a
q snia bsntpwho marks up the pricesof the
sssssteek ii. goods be las on. hand. Never
- .he Less it has an evil odor clinging to it,
: ior the operation presents such tempta-
! i tons to fraud on the part Of those in
.seontrel ,ofsthe property, that it is rare for.
Etthe thing to be. done without, fraud at
some stage. Sometimes 10 is a series of
IS frauds from first to last, enriching the
few men who planned and executed it.
Intiietingg severe losses eon hundreds of
innocent Investors, while the property
siiseh h irretrieyably'i injured. All this
VII be called a Wall Street trick. or stock
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-08-17

"a Shows and go straightway to ma
safe win come out best in the long run.
srxEgeys vii have made good and SUBJ
! niA y ring. whilst the spendthrifts of
tAeas towns are still wondering. with
= empty heads and purses, how it can be
IS done. The South and Northwest still
80 offer welcome, and the generous soil vet
cont sins rewards for those who are de-
= serving Farm and Fireside.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-08-17
4 Field that is Still Open.

Young men are disposed and with
tome justice nowadays to complain that
I Ill the vacations are overcrowded, and
hat for every vacant clerkship there are
ascore of applicants. 1t is also made a
theme of lameat that the professions are
loo full, and young men who have a
moderate capital and some business ca
pacity and experience, declare that in
mercantile pursuits competition is ruin
BUS and that q small sum of money is of
: little accourtin the settled communities.
9 Granting that these complaints are
! well-founded, there is field yet open for
energy, skill and ambition The prob
3 lem of how to make living can be per-
2 haps more satisfactorily solved by falling
back on the soil than by any other ex-
pertinent. There are still cheap lands
: in the West, and South, and if a young
man lacks money to farm on big scale,
: he can begin in smaller way, and by
stock raising, small fruits, truck patch
ing or some other limited essays in this
wholesome and useful field OF agricul-
ulre secure .. living, and, with reason
able fortune, in time a competence.
There are hundreds of young men in
cities, who could, in few years, save
up enough money, II they were SO in
clined, togbry little place and devote
Themselves to raising food for the ever
increasing millions of consumers in the
country.
With all the hardships offarm life and
they have been greatly exaggerated, It's
the happiest life known to men. It is
freer from tae chickering's and the worri-
ments and the tortuous devices and the
sefiShrivalries and the antagonisms that
mark the struggle of humanity for food,
AshelteF'assd clothing than any other mode
of existencas 1t is a life which is COM
monty atteaded with health, with good
appetite ana digestion, sound sleep, clear
ohlaexfdn. expanded lungs, firm mus
Glet Rn open mind and an untroubIed
conscience. TheFman who gets fairly
updeFwayan this pursuit with his house,
hiSlands anl his crops unembarrassed is
certainly IN Independent man, if such a
being exists. In the genial southern