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The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1885-07-05
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.

The Partnership heretofore existing
between II. j. Keith aud harvey Mc,
Adams, in the livery stable business AT
THIS place. ~ to-day dissolved by mutual
consent. Tue business will hereafter
be conducted by II. j. Keith, who is
authorized TO collect all bills due the
hrfu, and will also pay all claims against
the same.
III. j. KEITH. HARVEY NcApAMs.
EIEo' june liz lNSJ. 3ud.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1885-07-05
Imported Stock.

SIR. II. wilsey, of Petaluma, Cal,
passed through last evening with twenty
eight head OF PercLeron and Mormon
horses. He left Paris, France, May
18th, resting the stock ouly fourteen
days On the trip. These horses cost
Mr.. wiisey fr-m s1.lOO to $500 a
head. and will be placed on his farm nj
Petaluma, California.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1885-07-05

SECRET VALLEY, June 90. 1885.
l bought n Missouri Steam Washer Of
MrscLemon in March. and would not
part with it for double the amount /
paid for it. II you fol ow directions it
will never fail to do good washing.
Mrs. l.. COVERT.
Many others of a similar character
might be given. but space forbids.
Address. Mas. MARY LEMON.
Agent for EIko county. Halleck, Ne
vadA. jy2-dw-4t
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1885-07-05
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
LAND OFFICE. EuREKI, NV. I

LAND OFFICE, BUREN,, NEv.l
June Is, IsS
Notice Is hereby given that the 70 lowing
NnAmed settler has n ed notice Of his inten.
tion TO make nnsi proof In -upport Of his claim
and that ssid proof will he made before The
District J Judge Of Llho County, at EIEo. Sevada
on SATURDAY. JiL Ky EIGnTEENTH. 1895.
viz: Homestead Application No. iiS, Thomas
.. Porch, ,or tho n y Z Of Section as. Town.
ship 20 North, ksngc IS. X. N d. q.
lie names the fol ,oWinR witnesses to proys
HE co tinuous residence upon, aud cultivation
Of laid land. viz: II. u Porch, Huntington,
Nevada; 4. W. Miller, Huntington. Nevada,
Peter duidager, LlEo Nevsds: d Rel h ri,
blEo' nevada y. II. ~HISCKLBY,
'u Register.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1885-07-05

CLOVER VALLEY, June &c. 1885.
/ have been washing with "A Missouri
Steam Washer. bought OF Mrs. Lemon.
and Hnyone wishing their washing done
easily can do no better thar to buy this
machine. MEs. +. HoSEYNLS.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1885-07-05
CLOVER vALLEr. June %. 1885.

CLoNER NALLEI, june %, 1850.
/ have one of the Missouri Steam
Washers. which / bought of Mrs. Lem
on. and which l recommend To all wish
ing a cool machine.
Mrs. c Ii. WIsEMAS.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1885-07-05

STAR VALLEY, June %. 1855.
l bought IA Missouri Steam Washer Of
Mrs. Lemon. aud am glad to say my
hard labor in washing is over. It's
equal cannot be found.
Airs. j. II. ATKINSON.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-01-15
CIGAR SHOP INDIANS.

| Interesting Talk With sculptor" In Wood
| Iron "Ffggers" Bad for His Trade.
In a little room reached by going
through a long passage-way and as
cending two flights of rickety stairs,
just off Harry Howard square, one day
last week reporter found two men
working away with mallets and chisels,
while under their well-directed blows
pine logs grew to noble red men,
clowns, Indian princesses and other
familiar shapes that adorn the fronts of
tobacco shops all over the country.
| "How's businessP' asked the re-
porter.
"Well," replied one of the s.sculp-
tors ..there amt much danger of
| overstocking the market, There's not
| more'n a dozen and half manufact-
urers of wooden fggers in the country,
and of this number ten are in this city.
But times amt as good as they might
be- and he deity Clipped away at
clowns neck until it was short
| lv encircled by an Elizabethian
ruff. .sBefore rents got so high
that all the ship-building and repairing
was driven down east, around Ports
deal of ship carving-fggerhead and
the like, which pay better than cigar
store tiggers-to be done about here.
Now it s all gone and we have to fall
back on wooden Indians. Sometimes
we get wooden coat of arms to make,
like that lion and unicorn you see
against the wall, for some rich man.
They pay pretty WELL Wooden figgers
don't pay so well. This Indian chief
will cost the owner $50; that sultana,
$45; the, little Indian sguaw to the
right of you, S25, and so ON. They
have begun to make cast-iron figgers
at some of the iron-works, and that
cuts in on us. We get our designs
from every source. We go to the the
alter and pick out a figger among the
actors and study him, then go to the
shop and chisel him out. Most of tho
clowns are cut from photographs of Fox,
the original Humpty Dumpty. Some
times we take the pictures on the inside
of the cigar-boxes for models. Last
week [ cut out fgger of Sir Walter
Raleigh for a tobacco store down on
South street. / have an order to make
a black with patches on his knees and
a plug of 'niggerhead.' the sailors de-
light, in his hand. Barnum and Fore
paugh also buy good many tiggers
for their band-wagons and vans. They
will put one live man on a wagon to
dance and half a dozen wooden ones to
keep him company, and half the peo-
pie who watch the procession will never
know but what they are ali alive
''Where does the wood come from?'
sometimes we take the seasoned
masts and spars of wreck, but gener-
ally it is white pine logs from Maine. !
Pine chips easy, you see"
care there any apprentices in the
trade?" s
ooh, yes, but not many, of course.
A good workman can make five dollars
a day at this business. IN Y. Tribune, I
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-01-15

,e,,rr from 4 visit, I was met BY Tom
with the announcement that ne had
very sad news for me. Tom was q
regular teaze. and 1 knew ~ she
twinkle in his eye-in spite OF his long
face that it was nothing very serious
Had anything happened TO Bellss
(my dolly inquired
mo. Sis.' he said, ssolemnly. IT'S
Mrs. Tripit!, You must be prepared t1
see her greatly changed. lt's Al the
fault of that rascal. the tin peddler; ne
came here in your absence and mas;
stolen her heart away. And. now, Alas!
she's but the wreck Of her former sell.
"He escorted me to the closet door.
and, sure enough, there was poor MRS.
Tripit. sun-bOnnet, boots and al, put
her once wen rounded form was In
state of collapse, and she had . forlorn
and detected look. 1t was mourniui
and vet laughable to see. =,
"Neyer mind, Sis, said Tom, sneH
pick up and come, round again, Il she
has the right kind of diet. And with
that we slammed the door, and ran
away laughing Observation-Disclosures
children that we were.
.And now, my dears, it's time for
you to go to bed.
..Oh, dear! is that allp" said the
children.
Eyes, y said grandma, :" that is the
last / remember of Mrs. Trlpit, ana
with her faded away the last bugbear
of my childhood. "-RebeccG Hart.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-01-15

Farmers good, honest souls are the
special prey of the sharper and conf
dence man. Their belief in anything
that pretends to be scientific is un-
bounded. Anything, therefore, that re-
lates to fertilizers and analysis of soils
is very apt to be favorably considered
by them. But in this respect the great
est caution should be observed. The
fruit-tree peddler and the lightninp~rod
men may be received rs friends with
open hearts, but when the patent-manure
man comes around--as he does and viii
he should be received with suspicion
and GOODNESS, if not warned off per
emptorily; and this because he is most
dangerous fraud. His cheat is not dis
covered and its effects are ALWAYS to be
explained away. A common crab pur-
chased for Baldwin or a choice rrisset
speaks for itself and bears its own sins.
but the patent manure formula for
which five dollars has been paid is
buried in the soil, and it's failure can
never be identified. It may be sns-
pected, but can never be proved. Knit
the experiment stations have taken hold
Of this manure fraud and have exnosed
the worthlessness Of his formulas. and
farmers should have nothing to ID with
him. IN r Times. ~
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-01-15
18TH AND POINT.


my day picnic and q broken
ID engagement are in one re-
81 postponed on account Of
I'll Burdette.
anybody tell why everybody
atre manages to cough just IS
tKer Is pronouncing the one
wich OF all others you want to
! Journal of Chemistry gives
tR OF consolation: "H you live
inn don't cry over split milk.
y 1t closely, and you may lind
itmilk after all. y
MY" said a thoughtful boy to
b nurse, what comes of all the
9n?' deed, I'm not very
snild, !" she answered. Maybe
Hchipped up to make stars out
ats. - Golden Days.
wife of DR.. Tanner used to
600 a year as a physician be-
4 marriage. Now she has lost
aincome. It is never advisable
disappearing woman to marry
q man.-LoaueH Citizen.
incessant talker may be of use
hYorld, but there is a strong sus-
rbroad that his principal service
t1ind is to illustrate the fact that
1T require much brains to make
Sin the world. Oil City Derrick.
proof-reader, out for walk,
st by a Typographical Error;
/ prOof-reader did not speak,
] he even bow in recognition.
a." chuckled the Typo graphical
II knew he wouldn't see me!'
-slatle CO4y.ier-JoHr7adl.
sou were asleep last night,
It you, my dear, when I came
p asked. Eyes, and it was a
blessing toyou that was asleep"
oily think, . he returned mildly,
st was a great blessing. It was
I to the fact that you were asleep
! escaped a great blessing. IN
family in Lewiston, Maine, re-
received avisit from prominent
man. In the family is a girl of
years-the pet and privileged
ster of the household. At the
she listened attentively while
was being said, and when the
man had reached his amen, :"
claimed: 'Tain't pretty to talk
3he table; my papa don't. Troy
London chemist, in an analysis OF
a we drink, found that it con,
"nut-galls, iron filings, filbert
sulphate of copper, hornets
acetic acid, green paint, tar
desiccated door-mats, ammonia,
sweepings, etc., This would
to disprove the general belief that
adulterated, unless something of
ind may Turk in that suspicious,
'-NorrIstoson Herald.
New York dude went to a cele-
doctor to be examined, as his
| was on the wane. Thephysician
ned the young man carefully and
II find your heart is affected. !"
thing else, doctorp" Eyes, your
are Slightly Affected ANY
else about me that is affected?"
your manners are also affected. "
Y. Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-01-15
A TINKER IN RUBBER.

The Peculiar Trade of an Old Man Who
Buys Used-up Overshoes From Rag
PicEers. ....
In front of a small, dingy basement
in Brooklyn is little board sign which
reads: Rubber repaired" After en-.
tering the shop door, at the foot of q
long, steep flight of steps, one finds
himself in dark cellar, in which are
piled up on every hand rubber goods
patent fire escapes, models of elevators
and thousand and one things that
have nothing to do with rubber at all
''Good morning, a CHEEKY voice ex-
claimed from among this heap of goods
as reporter entered the door. Peering
about, he saw a little old man, who
proved to be the proprietor.
:'Can mend it?'' he remarked, smil-
ing, as he took the torn rubber air cush-
ion of football which the visitor
handed him. ''Of course I can, and
make it stronger than when il
was new. To put patch on
the inside I use a thin rubber cloth,
on one side of which put a coat
of cement, and then carefully place il
inside the cushion and smooth the torn
edges of the rubber over it. When this
is done blow up the cushion, and the
air serves as an excellent brace to keep
the patch it place. 1t is then an easy
matter to put a patch on the outside.
and the thing is done. can mend
anything that is made of rubber"
As the rubber member was talking, an
italian ragpicker entered with several
pairs of old rubber overshoes. He
threw them down with the question
..How muchaP'' twenty-five cents, I
said the storekeeper. This price the
Italian gladly accepted. THAT is an,
other branch of my business said the
old man. 81 buy all the old RUBBER
the Italians bring here, and turn them
into almost new ones. All of these
Shoes" he said, pointing to long lines
of them around the room, '.were picked
up out of ash barrels by Italians and
brought here. Ibegan this business about
a year and half ago, and find that not
one in thousand knows that RUBBER
can be repaired. In addition to fixing
rubbers 1 can mend fine leather shoes,
in this way so that the patch can moi
be seen three feet away; and I otter
put rubber soles and heels on leather
boots and shoes. IN. y San.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-01-15

fed horses the hunters will pursue the
wild bands when they are somewhat
weakened by the rigors of winter. Rid
ing as close as possible the men will
shoot the stations from time to time.
1t is hoped that by spring. nearly all
the stations will have been killed, and
that the capture of the mares by the
wholesale will then be made possible
Cheyenne Cor. Chicago Tribune. :, ii,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-01-15
SNAKE AND BIRD.
lmakable Contest Between q Partridge
and q Black Snake.

imakable Contest Between q Partridge
and q Black Snake.
neither or not it is scientifically true
snakes ever charm birds, it is true
thirds sometimes attack and Kill
les. An account is given in the In
.hpolis People of an exciting contest
lis kind, in which a partridge was
Victor. 1t happened in Preston.
lne County, pa A travelling sales
while trout-fshing in creek
that place, heard a commotion in
D bushes near the creek, and cries
b as are made by young chickens
d they are lost. peered through
8 bushes, and saw a hen partrid ge
large black snake engaged in a
sbat.
5uddled together a short distance
" was the partridge's brood, peep
in terror. The partridge attacked
snake with her beak and feet, and
ok also below with her wings. She
+ed with such rapidity about the
ssSe, that, in spite of the quickness
4 which the reptile is enabled to
5w its folds about anything it at
IS, the snake was foiled in all its at
pts to encircle the bird, which
med to be seeking to blind the ser
Il by striking at its eyes.
d its efforts to get the bird within its
the snake seemed to glide over and
Ter her like flash, but, no matter
at course it took, the partridge
.er failed to slip away from it and
iver telling blow upon it.
)nce the snake retreated several feet
# tiying from the bird, and the latter
owed it closely. Suddenly the
Ike turned and rushed back at the
fridge with its head raised more
n a foot in the air. The bird dashed
ward to meet the serpent, and deliv-
d a blow with its beak which struck
snake square in one of its eyes.
is was apparent to the witness, who
cd within ten feet of the contestants,
the snakes instantly dropping its
ID to the GROUND and rolling it from
e to side as if in great pain.
The bird did not lose second in fol-
ring up her advantage, but pounced
the snake close to its head, and, with
okes delivered with surprising rapid
inflicted wounds with her beak
ich seemed to daze the snake and it
ded first in one direction and then in
,ther, making no further effort to
end itself, and yet apparently unable
find way to escape.
rhe partridge kept up its effective
king on the neck of the snake until
, head was almost separated from the
iy and the reptile ceased to move.
rhe man advanced at this point In
. battle, but the bird continued to
r at the flesh of the snake until he
8 near enough to touch her, when
!. became aware of his presence for
. first time. She retreated hurriedly
the spot where her terror-stricken
,od were huddled, and calling them
or her with few clucks, led them
Az into the underbrush.
1n examining the snake, it was found
q besides the fatal wounds it had re
we'd in its neck, both of its eyes had
u put out by the partridge. The
Ike was nearly five feet in length,
j had in its stomach the partially
rested remains of a large rattle
Ike.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-01-15
READING FOR THE YOUNG.
LITTLE BY LITTLE.

: = Little by little, = the Tempter said,
As dark and cunning snare he laid
For the young, unwary feet
Little by little, day BY day.
Will tempt the careless soul away
Into the broad and fowery way,
TIL the ruin Is made complete.
Little by littie," sure and slow,
We fashion our future Of bliss or WOO
As the present passes away.
Our feet are climbing the stairway bright
Up the region OF endless light,
Or gliding downward into the night,
Little by little, and day by day"
-ChTtsttan Union.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-01-15

= Recent soundings over the bed
the Atlantic Ocean. prove the existen
OF sunken ridge, often less than
thousand fathoms from the surfac
while on either side the water has
depth of $500 fathoms. The elevate.
of the oceans bed to a height sufficie
to make it dry land would thereto
bring up range of mountains varyi,
from 5000 to $4,000 feet in heigf
The higher points of the sunken rid,
now form the Azore Islands.-N
Tribune,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-01-15
1 scientific observer claims tn

"A scientific observer claims that
he fiatness of the earth at the pole
brinrs the polar ocean thirteen miles
bearer. than any other portion OF the
Llobe to the central ball of fire upon
yb;cb he believes the earth to be built.
consequently the heat is so great that
he water could never freeze over. and
+ there is a sea at that spot at all 1t
must be an open one. Boston Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-01-15
-Police-Justice Eisenmengre

-PoIice-Justice Eisenmengre,
Schenectady, N. Y, wears on
watch-chain a small glass charm
badge, encircled with gold, VIII
was found on French battlefield
his grandfather in 1913. It is said
have been the badge worn by some
the Scottish Highland clans during
Scottish rebellion, in 1745.-T
Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-01-15

"A young man who left home
Connecticut several years ago to sc
his fortune. recently wrote from Tex
saying: '1've settled here. - It |
since transpired that he was right.
settled at twenty cents on the dollar
N. I. Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-01-15

dom of their aotion, but may be thank
full that he has Of his own accord taken
himself into tho grave which, sooner or
later in American politics. opens fox
men like him N. Y Times (Ind.)
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-01-15

-Sawdust paper is the, latest inven-
ton of the paper-maker. The Rutland
Herald was few days ago printed on
paper made of sawdust. With the ex.
ception of color, the paper was pro-
nounced superior TO the ordinary print
paper made of wood pulp and rags
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-01-15

The shade trees of Savannah. Ca.
which have been the pride of that city
for many years, are dying at rapid
rate.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-01-15

"A man went fishing in the Mime
sofa River recently and hooked a large
wall-eyed pike. He began 70 play him.
when the fish, running under tho boat,
capsized it, got in himself. and. putting
on the mans overcoat, started for New
Orleans. This shows the danger of go
ing fishing in q State where the whisky
is stronger than the veracity of the in
habitants.- burlington Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-01-15

horses until they turn, of their own ac-
cord. and pass near the camp. Day
and night, on they go. If the weather
be clear and the nights not stormy, the
rider will continue close after the ami
mails, sometimes half mile and some
times within a hundred yards. 1t
makes no difference whether it be dark
or light, the horse that is ridden and
trained to the business follows after the
herd, When the first rider succeeds in
turning the bunch and bringing them
back to the camp he is relieved by the
second, who, with fresh horse. starts
after them, while his companion turns
in and takes a much-needed rest This
time they will not probably 90 so far
After awhile they become tanner, and
the hunter can turn them at pleasure
This may require a week or it may be
done in a couple of days. If the horses
do not become scared they will not run
so far, and are more easily managed
When the bunch becomes worried and
starved out, it is driven toward the
nearest corral. Formerly corrals were
erected especially for the purpose, but
now ranches are so numerous that they
are not needed any more, Once inside
the widest of the band are caught and
chains fastened to their legs. Men walk
among them and treat them kindly, and
they soon learn that there is nothing to
be feared. They are turned loose in
any ordinary pasture, and when they
are wanted they are driven to the cor
raj and roped. If two men can gather
q bunch of ten or dozen horses in a
week they of course make good sum
of money out of the transaction, as the
animals win sell at from. $50 to $50
each; but misfortune sometimes over
takes them when in pursuit.
The present movement of the stock
raisers threatens to put a stop to this
business. Mounted upon their grain
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-03

MRs. HELYAR. of the British Legation,
while a strlking-!OOklng lady, and one who
has an especially fine figure, does not surpass
many of the Washington beauties.
$ 5 CONANT, the missing editor of
HdrDer's Weekly, is a son of DR.. 4. }. Conant,
formerly connected with Rochester Universe
ty. and an eminent Biblical student.
KAISER WILHELM's frequent illnesses are
the results Of a weakness for heavy meals OF
hot lobster, soups curdled with cider and Gu
cumbcr pickles. sDlced veal and cake stepped
in pineapple rum.
TIE mother of Lieut.. Schwatka has just
died at Salem. Ore, aged 20. Her daughter
died last week. Lieut.. Schwatka's father, n
years Of age, who lost both legs IN an acct
dent year ago, is very feeble.
THE Secretary of War has directed that no
names of persons shall be placed on the map
of discoveries made by the Greedy eX-
petition. except those OF the members OF the
expedition and Mrs, Greedy and MARY Muir
ray" Lockwood, the favOrlte sister OF Lieut..
Lock wood. when they occur as the names of
places in the record from which the maps are
made.
SUB-INDIAN AGENT HART, at the PapagO
agency, Arizona Territory, arrested some IN
truders on the reservation, and he was him
self arrested and a sentence of Imprisonment
and fine was imposed upon him. The Com
missioner of Indian Affairs has asked the At
torney General to direct that the agent be re-
leased. as he obeying the orders of the
department in enforcing the laws.
VICTOR HUGO at first said he would vote
against admitting Eugene Lablche to the
academy. But when the candidate called on
him to so icit his support he said: "Mon-
sieur, decided to vote against you. | have
changed my mind, and will explain to you
/ the reason OF the change. | was suffering
greatly from violent insomnia. ! set about
reading your plays, and | laughed so much
that my disorder wore out, ana | ana now in
good health"