The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1884-07-13

per at the same rate for another hum
dred years what n grand nation this will
be.
But in this land with all its advan-
tages. "A few evils desecrate our age. and
can we not even now see that cloud OF
destruction rising over the political hor-
izon. Are not official corruption, finan-
cial dishonesty, IA growing contempt for
labor and a low state of morals and of
public opinion already present as the
harbergers Of national dissolution and
decay? After three hundred years Of
proud prosperity in Rome, the people
became stepped in luxury. The dignity
Of labor and the standard OF morality be
came lowered and that great republic
tottered and fell from its own
Are we following in the footsteps of
Rome, and can We predict for this nation
SO iSnomipious an end? II We would
avert it, three things We must do: We
must educate; we must uphold the dig
nifty of labor, and We must build up Il
strong sentiment against political dis
honesty. Every good citizen should aid
IN doing these. For when we think of
all h lives that have been sacrificed on
the altar Of freedom; Of all the suffering
that has been borne in support of its
tenets, Of the widowed mothers and or
phaned children, whose husbands and
fathers died for the support and protec-
ton of the nation; Of all the tender ties
that have been been broken, We only
partly perform our duty when we have
due respect to our noble dead and drop
a silent tear over their dust. We have
IA further obligation to fmlfll to ourselves,
to the living and to posterity. After such
sacrifices on the part Of our fo%refathers,
is 1t not our solemn duty to carry on the
work they begun, to endeavor to better
the government they bounded and sus-
tain the great principles for which they
fought and bled. Epch day brings a
change either for better or for worse.
When Galillio FIRST proclaimed that the
earth revolvcd on its axis, he was taken
before the inquisition and sentenced to
retrhct Lis assertion or be burned at the
stake. Blu after making q forced re-
traction, he exclaimed 'it moves for all
that And it does move-not onIv
around its axis, aud around the sun, and
around IN its planetary system, but il
moves III science, in morals and i'm
thought. Let us not drift idly with il.
but let US do our part in helping il to
move III the right way; let Zach and all
do our part, as members of IA great re-
public III promoting the wei are of our
government, and upholding the princi-
pies on which it is based. Let Us strive
to dIspcl erroneous IDEAS; let US think
and reason for ourselves, and when pub
Pile opinion is right, accept it; and
when wrong, oppose and reject it. We
are too often mislead by popular prcju-
dice. No higher duty ever devolved
upon an American citizen than that Of
working for tho publication OF his gov
eminent. Let us see that we are not
deficient i'll the performance OF that
duty.
The exercises Mt the hall then closed
with music by the Band and the children
repaired to the rcfreshment tables; n
majority of the adults proceeding to the
baseball grounds and witnessing the
match between the Elko and Curiin
clubs for n purse of $50. The game
was Il spirited and closely contested one:
the latter winning with IA score Of ID, To
Ii for the former.
The funny part of the business was.
however, reserved for the evening when
the motley army Of the Fantastic, Cali
t~humpiaus Nonklets made their numer-
Gus and unanimous appearance with u
battery Of flying artillery; a musical CON
glomeration that laid the choicest Mon
goiian ear-splitting melody in its littl,
bed, and with beggcrs on horseback
and Princes o~n-ioot; n gorgeous Car OF
State filled with fat ShoshOue maidcns
and all the studded pomp and pagcantry
oil high and naughty hoodlums, in
solemn state meandcred through the
town, concluding with II highly milan.
able Grafton by the Ancient and %elouucn,
Joscphus Orangeblossom, nrl are
gorical poem by the Priv. 3D. Aesthetic
Dudes, Sir Osuccr Wilde. The comicnl
''pcrs Of the Calilhumpians filed the
80 until the grand display Of fire
works which continued until the opening
Of the grand ball, where all who could
find sufficient room TIPPED the "lilh,
fantastic until daylight did appear
n then got ready for the fu- on the
following day.