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The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1884-09-07

\ hcndi Ii crime WAS committed in
~ F.gt springs. Two Lite girls, ch.l-
d:cm "i john McGuih.n, az Il I and .
Yeas, were ovvr.akcn III the wOuLs ny
pnItirs Ii outraged. The
rIvISh,rS then .ls,nbowc.cd the el.vst
'Iild and Afterwards shooting her in The
head, "a ter wn,cn tdc tnIuIt Ca the
y"uuS,s ~ WAS cit. LynchIug via be 1 IL
order l the Ia.tics ale vnught. The
whole country II nruu I'D.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1884-09-07

VIA You sun r with Dysp psia aud
Liver Comp aigtt onIob 4 ,It,n r ~
snirtatc.u ~ sur. yOu. oJid ny s.. 4.
uullIs.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1884-09-07

The following c,.IvvI,Jus -. the nou'h
or August were paid into the Coun y
Treasury S,picInb, LIT. u! lie A>s,s-
So:
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-06-06
The Commercial Tourist.

A man who lives between a gripsack
and Pullman sleeper, who seldom takes
more than three successive meals in one
county, and who is known to be the
most successful commercial traveller in
the country, gave some interesting i'm.
pressions of travel in a recent converse
tiou.
During the last fifteen years." he
said, II have travelled over 50,00(
miles. or ten times around the world.
This habit of rapid and incessant mo-
ton at all hours and seasons has made
me an autOmaton. The ordinary op
erations of buying tickets. eating when
l can get food. and sleeping in any po-
sitiop, lying, standing, or sitting down,
are purely mechanical with me. If
stay off the road any length of time my
mind becomes, as it were, side-tracked.
l can not check my conversational bag
gage through from subject to subject
but lose myself in all sorts of vagaries
and decisions. know this sounds alb
surd, but in city where l have beer
detained on business over certain
length of tt me I have actually ridden
fifty miles into the country and bach
agsn. SIMPLY to compose my thoughts.
OF course l feel the thraldom of such /,
life and would like 10 escape from it
but shall always remain wanderin:
Jew, compelled to move on until m!
perance is ended. The most curiou.
part of it all is land l hsve compared
this feeling of mine with others Of m,
fellow-tral elers) the temptation TO stoI
abrupuy in The most out-oftAs-VA3
Place."-NReAeae Itaueli1.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-06-06
A MIRAGE In the Nubian Desert.

We were making about thirty miles
day, sleeping soundly at night, when
the ever-watchful hyena, AMI occasion.
ally troop Of wild asses, would pay Us
their nocturnal visits, and upon the
fourth morning we began to approach
the shores of the Mirage seas. These
atmospheric phenomena on the Nubiar
desert are not only very perfect imita.
tons Of real lakes. but have on many
occasions inveigled expeditions away,
to perish of heat and thirst. A little
time before my expedition to Centra
Africa body of Egyptian troops cross.
ing the desert found their water almost
at boiling point in the skins, and near.
" exhausted. They beheld few miles
distant an apparent lake overshadowed
BY forest and bordered with verdure
and shrubbery. Although told by the
guide that it was an illusion, they broke
ranks, started off in pursuit of the sheet
of water. chasing the serial phantom,
although it receded with the pace oil
their approach. At last they sunk
down from thirst and fatigue, and died
Twelve hours on the Nubian desert
without water means . certain and ter.
rible death; and even to this day, hav.
ing been near such an end. with all its
Undesirable anguish, seldom raise
glass of water to my lips that l do moi
recall day when l lay upon the burn.
ing sand, awaiting with impotence the
moment that should snap asunder the
vital cord and give peace to my burn.
ing body. EE
A mirage certainly presents an in.
comparable scenic effect. Once in its
midst you are encompassed by an i'm.
ponderable mirror. 1t reflects the rocks,
the mountains. the stray mimosa trees.
and reproduces by inverted mirage ev.
cry prominent object of the extended
landscape. It has the blue of polished
platinum, and lies like . motionless sea,
stretching away from the craggy bluffs.
Sometimes during the MONDAY heat il
dances within . few yards of the cara
van, and gives motion to every object
within its area, changing the waste tc
the semblance of rolling seas peopled
with the semblance of men.-AirGn S.
Southworth, tn Leslic's Sunday Mag.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-06-06
Virginia Oysters.

This country here is the land of the
oyster, and millions of bushels are
raised yearly. They grow in the salt
water at the mouth of the Elizabeth
River. and naturally fasten themselves
to the rocky parts of its bed. During
the season. the river swarms with boats
of all kinds fishing for them. They are
caught by kind of rake or tOngs,
which the oyster catcher thrusts down,
catches hold of them, and pulls them
up into hi boat. The business of catch
ing them is dOre chiefly by the colored
population. and .he fish and oysters
form the principal diet OF the negroes
of this region. 1t is a good business,
too, this catching of oysters, and many
of the oyste. ers make good wages A
good catch is always salable, and the
river Is free to ALL After the men have
caught a boatload they bring them to
the oyster packers and sell them. l
visited the largest of these establish
ments here to-day and watched their
preparation for the Northern market.
A scow containing about 500 tons of
oysters in the shell, all of them dirty
and Shiny, piled up like q big lot Of
stones on its floor. had Just come in.
Thee were unloaded by means of .
derrick and a bushel tub with an iron
handle. The oysters were shoveled,
still dripping. into this tub, and ter
handling, were wheeled into this
long, low shed. Each tub was
worth thirtr-tive cents, and they
were counted as they were unlOaded.
Stepping inside the shed. saw two
rows of narrow stalls with a sort Of
manger in their front ends. Each Of
these was filled with big colored oys-
ter shucker. The oysters were emptied
into the managers and these men, with
small hammer and shOrt-bladed
knife, opened them, took out the oys-
tiers and threw them into bucket the
size of a common wooden pail. First
they would lift up the oyster shell, then
break off its end with the hammer, then
inject the knife into the broken place
and pry it open. They worked very
fast, and as they did so their queer
outhern songs mingled with the short
hammeringS of the breaking shells. l
ate few OF the oysters Just as they
were opened, and found them to possess
a delicious flavor which L have never
found in he oysters of the North.
When a shu :ker has filled his bucket
he hands it over to the washer, and this
man empties it into large vat Of
water, where the o, sters are washed
and drained of their liquor before being
sent away. The shuckers sort them as
they open them, and put the little ones
into one pail. the medium ones into an
other, and the big ones into third.
They are paid twenty cents bucket,
and sometimes they make as much rs
IS day. Many of them save their
money, and find here the same rcport
found on the peninsula, namely, that
the colored people OF the south are do
ing well, and that many of them are &C
curing pro- erty. After the oysters are
washed. they are packed in tubs and
shipped. When packed, there is no
liquor in them and am told that oys-
ter sellers in the North often water
their oysters before selling.-Fort Mon
roe Cor. N. y Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-06-06
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

AN unknown friend gave the Uni
versity of New York $500 recently.
~ Y. NeUs.
The largest school in the world il
said to be the Jews Free School at
Spitalfields, London. 1t has daily
attendance of over $500 pupils.
Rev. Phoebe A. Hanaford, pastor
OF the Second Uniyersalist Church Of
Jersey City. has resigned her pastorate
OF that church, having accepted call
from church in New Haven, Conn.
President Porter, Of Yale College,
receives for his services about "a, 900
year. The professors receive about
s., 500 and the tutors from 81, 200 to
o, 500. Harvard tutors are paid 81 900,
while most of the professors "a, 900,
and some $1,000.
Rev. Dr. H. NJ. Scudder points OUT
three effective things laymen can do to
make the church more. attractive: 1.
Set an example in attending church. 2.
Assume the right attitude toward
strangers. 8. Try to bring in some
who are not accustomed 10 attend
church. To do the firss, have . def
mite purpose; and second, enter into it
with Chicago Journal.
1t will require full gr1er.tion to
beat up the jungle of stolid ignorance.
and bribe, coax or force our untaught
masses ~ consent to the fit education Of
their childrsn. Then will come, per-
,haps, longer generation, when the il
literate portion of the land will be
cursed by superficial mental training
which pretends to do everything and
rally does nothing.-Journdlo Of Educa-
fion.
An industrial school for camsfdatep
for the ministry, in order that they may
be enabled to support themselves while
studying, is urged by Bishop Gallagher,
of Louisiana. "a garden farm he
says, devoted to the cultivation OF
small fruits and vegetables, could be
easily cared for by young men assem-
bled for course of study, and the pro
ceeds of their labor would make the per
petual endowment of the institution"
The great objection to the present
system of teaching is that it is all dog
matical-full of . conglomerated mass
of disconnected facts. which are not
facts to the child, although the child is
q lover of and searcher after truth. The
mind can only act on things; it can not
act on empty words; empty words can
not be formed in the Imagination;
words are not food for the mind Of the
child.-Colonel +. W. Parker, Lecture
in Brooklyn.
The Southern Baptist Convention
recently concluded at Baltimore, was
made up of six hundred delegates, from
thirteen Southern and Southwestern
States. The white churches number
about $50, 900, and the colored 833, 900.
The total sum Of money raised during
the year for religious purposes was re-
ported to be 81, 240, O78A. The Theo-
logical Seminary at Louisville, KY. has
120 students, real estate amounting to
800, 900, and invested funds of $780,
600. The convention was one of un-
usual interest. Baltimore american.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-06-06
Speculation in Washington.

In no city, perhaps, considering its
size, is the spirit of speculation so rife
as in Washington. Especially true Is
this of speculation in q small way.
Among the thousands of Government
employees receiving on an average from
$500 to $4,000 q year, there are very
few, venture to say, who have not at
one time or another taken ''fiyer" at
stocks or dabbled IN wheat The OPP
portunities for doing so are many. The
temptation to increase their little in
come by some lucky hit is not always
withstood, and the victims who are
bitten at an early stage of the game
do not always benefit by the lesson
taught them. The spirit of gambling
extends to the army and navy, and
even some of the foreign diplomats, at
taches principally. whose way of eking
out a living is as much problem to
them perhaps as to Others, have caught
the fever and are seen at times to make
their way into '.bucket-shops' and kim
bred institutions. The latter in certain
quarters are as plentiful as groggeries
IN the Fourth ward in New York. Some
of them are highly-respectable looking
concerns. You wouldn't suspect them
of doing anything but legitimate
banking business. Others carry on
their trade-l might almost say profess
sion without the least attempt to con-
cesl it Flaming signs announce to the
passer-by that So & So are ready to take
orders for stocks on a margin OF one per
cent In windows you win see screens
which inform the public that private
wires offer special facilities for the tran
saction of business-viz., the fleeing of
the innocents. No wonder, then, that
with such temptations thrown into their
way, women, and clergymen even, walk
into meshes out of which they can not
hope to find their way without being
ruined in reputation or bringing dis
grace upon themselves and others
To think that Congress has success
fully put a stop to tho "ten-per-
centers." as they are commonly called,
the men that lend money t. Govern
ment clerks upon assignment OF their
salaries in advance at the ratS of ten
per cent. month, is to suppose some
thing very erroneous. The business of
those sharks is in as iourishing con-
di:ion as ever. 1t was only Yesterday
that one OF them mortgaged his house,
his furniture, and everything upoa
which he could possibly RAISE money st
six per cent, in order to be able to
lend 1t out again at ten per cent. .
month. The Government, il Is true,
does not recognize any more the valid
ity Of pay-vouchers ASSIGNED to others
in advance Of the time when they fall
due. but the Shylocks, apparently. are
willing to take the risks. and. 80 far as
I can bear. have no Eeasop to regret
thsir willingness - 1ast tn heaast3 81
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-06-06
A Rural Love Affair.

The love affair between the rural
Arkansaw boy and the & RI of his choice
is almost pathetic. The young lady
has no ''parlur" where she can receive
the young man, and where, safe from
intrusion, make him feel the power OF
her smile The .'old folks" stay in the
room. and between the inquiries made
by the old man concerning the condi-
ton of the crops. and The sol citude of
the old lady with regard to many mat
tiers of poultry and house old economy,
there is very little left for the girl to
say. Sometimes, by studied arrange
ment, she mana es to place her chair
near the young man. Then they Occa-
sionally turn and regard each other
with looks o. deepest affection. Some
times the girl catches up string and
waves it coquettishly at the young man.
He grabs at it, and SAYS:
YOU'D better quit that, ur he, he"
mo. won't" she replies, IAN You
ka mt make me-"
..Don't you fool yourself, ur he, he"
"Have yer run aroun yer con yit?''
asks the old man, who. although his
early experience was very much like
that of the young man, seems not to
understand the situation.
'"Sided it one way" replies the young
elbow.
"Cut-worms putty bad?"
.sOnly to,erable."
Then the old lady looks up and asks:
"Did your mothers last settin' O.
goose eggs hatch?"
'.i don't nome"
81 lowed that the bad weather
mout've had suthin' ter do with their
not hatchin'. A goose is SIGH u plague
taxed til ng not ter set when yer want
'em ter, an SIGH fetched things ter set
when yer don't want 'em ter. that yer
ka at put no confidence in en-
The girl looks at the young fellow
and gig rles.
~, hat're you laughin' at?' he asks.
"What do you reckin'" and at this
brilliant repartee they both laugh. In
the meantime she takes up the string
again and waves it at him.
"T'Il take it away from You if you
don't quit"
"You KANT"
. "Keep on a foolin' an I'll show
YOU"
"-he "keeps on a foolin'" and he
catches the 5 ring, says thar now, I"
and puts it in his pocket.
'What're you going to do with that
Id string?" =,
"Gon' ter keep it as long IS I live, :"
he 50 Q, in an undertone Of care. lest
he old folks should hear him.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-06-06
A BURRo TEAM.

I've wondered oft how Atlas bore the earth,
But wonder now rs wholly lost In ninth,
For here, before my very eyes, see
r Apt illustration of the imagery:
II was burro. not q god, guess,
Reduced to such unspeakRble distress;
Among motley swarm Ill pack and ears,
Awaiting showcase visibly appears.
{ stand aside 30 let the marvel pass,
II Ii eight feet long, brass hinges, French
Seeming pesscssed of voluntary motion.
Starting pilgrimage on private notion;
The motive power invisible il quite,
Even the Tapping ears hidden from sight;
only catch q glimpse of earnest eyes,
Expressing just shadow of surprise
At my amusement at his uncouth burden
Poor beastl curses too oft his only guerdon!
Ahi we New Yorkers are behind the times.
Spite of our love of dolIars made from dimes.
sn se On
Without cover-open to the sun.
And hope to land IL safe in Silvcrton-
From Del N0rte-a hundred miles at least,
Surefooted howsoe'er his little beast.
And over roads whose ruggedness is even
Worse than the highway to the poets heaven
Others are packed with mining tools and grub,
From corn and -four to baked beans from the
Hardware. naii-kegs, un-pans, in dire confu.
Stoves aaes. handles. ropes. wild profusion.
Picks, shoyels, bales of dry goods, everything
That man can want, or beast of burden bring:
Canned fruit in boxes. one on either side,
The cute diminutive completely hide, .- ..
Yet on he trots with enviable sangfroid,
As unconcerned as any truant boy. g. cd
Necessity, the mother of Invention. .H.|
Develops art worthy of high mention,
Where bars of iron and steel too long to pack
Are fastened SO they trail behind the jack!
One end Is to the saddle firmly ted
Always one bar or more on either-side.
And where of extra length too long to trail,
Think not that Ingenuity will fail:
Bars for all purposes for sneters. mills,
Perform the part of elongated thills.
Between which arc two burros hitched in tan
dem. ..
With skillful care. not jostied in at random.
Like you the picture? Words but i'll portray
The lsugh-provoking, comical display,
And fail entirely in the dolefui bray.
can't describe 1t; can only laugh,
He looks SO like q longing, half-weaned calf:
Mouth wide, head forward, stiffened tail out
stretched. MA --u0e
As that queer sound from its extreme were
fetched. 1.TCi
From sympathy with that pathetic vail ID
Some wag has christened him the nightingale,
Cent'ring in force Whist it in beauty lacks.
1t has no rival but-another jacks. r--l
HI. Hason, in Denver Inter-Occdn.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-06-06
High Style on Wheels.

Icrossed Madison Square and wan
dered far up Fifth avenue. with the pal
aces of tho millio Iaires on either hand.
He!e there was change of scene.
There were not great many people on
the sidewalk, but the street was crowd
ed with snperb equipages, in which the
wives and daughters of millionaires
were airing themselves. The carriages
were all of the open sort. SO that those
who rode in them could get the full
benefit OF the fresh ar and see and be
seen to the best advantage. perceived
no disposition to hide any lights under
a bushel The horses were such as
would fill the hesrt of my old friend
DR.. Ferris, OF Fort Bond, with delight.
Their -groomed skins glittered with
in the sun almost IS brightly As the gold
and silver trappings on the harness and
carriages. Almost every carriage had
one or two positions behind-I believe
that is what they call them-and 8
driver in front. All of these were dressed
in handsome frock-coats of black cloth,
buttoned up to their throats. They
wore snowy white gloves and silk hats
with cockades of black feathers, which
were fastened to the hats with large
buttons Of silver. Their pants were what
are called knee-pants, believe-after
the style of Oscar Wilde and the
Revolutionary fathers. They were
generally of yellow color. had 3 low
of glittering buttons down each leg. and
fitted so tightly that they seemed to
me constantly on the point of bursting.
OF course they wore stockings below
their knees. They wore boots also,
with low and broad tops, from which a
number of pretty silk tassels hung
down. The positions sat like statues
on their seats, with their arms crossed
in an exceedingly digniied manner on
their breasts. They seemed never to
speak word or to move their heads,
or even bat their eyes. They looked
steadily ahead, and so solemnly that
couldn't help wondering what they
were thinking about. They seemed to
me the very picture of dignity on a
monument: yet, in spite of all that. L
could not help believing that they felt
themselves to be asses. / am sure 1
would feel so if were in their p aces.
Their special duty, so far as could
make it out, seemed to be to march up
to the heads of the horses and stand
there like statues while the carriages
stopped. The ladies in the carriages
were not so solemn by good deal. On
the contrary, they left all the solemnity
and dignity to be used by the positions.
They chstted and laughed merrily, and
bowed and waved graceful recognit ons
to their acquaintance whom they saw
on the S rect. Bless mel it was all fine,
very fine, even in luding the solemn
postil. ons.-M 7. Cor. Galveston NeUs.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-06-06

Sunday, wheE they attend church, he
conducts her to the door and then Joins
the collection OF young men who have
deposited themselves outside on shawls.
When the :" himc y is begun, he saunters
in, and. during the sermon, should he
remain inside, casts chances at the girl.
Meeting her eyes he bushes and for
some time he has not the courage to
look at her again. They take dinner
ut q neighbOrlng house, where quite a
number of young men and women
congregate. and ut night he accompa-
MES the young lady to church. Should
revival be in progress, the girl be-
gins TO look longingly at him when the
preacher calls for mourners, and after
awhile when the performance begins to
glow with fervOr. she goes to him and
begs him to kneel at the bench. He
hesitates, but finally goes and kneeis.
This action tells the congregation thst
they are in love with each other. After
services. as they ride along, he says:
IL wush had your pictUr."
"What do you want with it?'
81 want it to keep. I'm going to
have my pictur tuck in few days"
1t is bis hope Il at she will ask him
for one, but as that on her pan would
be too decided confession of love. she
says nothing except to speak to her
horse and complain of his stumbling,
regardless how eDre-footed he may be.
II amt goin' to have but mighty few
tuck, he saws, endeavoring to catch .
glimpse of her face. when they ride
from the shadow of great tree intOthe
moonlight.
''Why?" she asks.
'Cause Amt"
cause amt no reason for q man"
lit is for me" he replies. with .
sigh. Nobody don't want one O. my
picturs.
elbow do you know"
"Cause just know" -4
Somebody might want one"
81 don't know Who
"Who do you reckon?'' she replies,
with little laugh.
II don't know who wants it, but /
know who | wish did want il"
"Why?"
"Why do you reckon?" and he at
tempted to laugh.
Il know somebody that wants your
pictur." she says.
sWho?"
"She amt very fur from here"
"How fur?"
"Never you mind; she amt fur"
'I'd like to knowP'
''kain't you guess?"
81 might make 3 mistake"
"No, you wouldn't. just try it an
see."
''Is it Sue Joyner?"
"Sue Joyner. the mischiefr' she re-
peats, contemptuOusly. "What does
that great. strappin,' ugly thing want
with anybody's pictur? 1 reckon you
want hers"
'.No, l don't"
"Yes, you do, and you know it."
"Please don't treat me that way"
says he in an imploring voice.
"Never mind, sir. I'll tell her that
you want her to have your picture and
when you give it to her" she almost
breaks down, but finally says-.'when
you marry her II here she breaks
down.
Their horses stop in the road. Lean
ing over, he catches her hand and
swears that he will never marry any
body but her. They kiss each other,
and with hearts from which the dark
shadows have crept, and into which
the moonlight is shining, they ride on,
purer in soul and with more unselfish
devotion than all your glittering en-
gagemcnts where the diamond flashes
under the oleander boughs.
1rdrctier.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-06-06

John Hole lives in the town of Sew
ard. Schohsrie county, N Y. The sig
nature he uses is j, with round hole
punched in the paper after it. A deed
thus executed was recently taken to the
County Clerks Office for record. 1t
was recorded in the same mannsr.-
Ituv Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-06-06

An communication for this papsr
should be accompanied by the name Of the
rs an evidence of good faith on the part OF
the writer. Write only on oqe side Of the pa
per. Be particularly carefuft O. giving nance
and dates to have the letter. aud ngures plain
and distinct