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The rustler., 1891-10-02

Teacher. lin grammar classl-
Tommy, correct the sentence, Il
kissed her onct.' Tommy-"I
kissed her twict."
$50 you live In Chicago" "Yes."
"Are you interested In the fair 2"
"YOu bet. I'm engaged to two Of
'em, now"
They have a skeleton In their
closet, am certain" 'rYou are
wrong. II Is one Of those patent
dress forms l saw II myself.n
He-"I have had you a good deal
in my mind lately, Miss Helen"
she-"You always did try TO make
me feel small, MIR. Chumpley."
II nearly always spells the effect
Of the sermon on a man when he
intends to put n nickel on the plate
and absent-mindedly puts ON
quarter.
"But, Marie, my dear" said her
mother. Harlow Is extrayigant"
BETTER that than meanness, moth
er. Extravlgance may be eurbed,
but meanness is indestIuctible."
Editor.in. Chief TO managing ed
itor-"I understand that James has
resigned" Managing Editor
"James has abdiealed, sir, not re-
signed. James, you will remem-
ber, was the Office boy"
"My theory about Hamlet" !" said
Baconius, mysteriously, sis that he
was printer" "And on what
do you base this theory ?p asked |
Criticus. "On that line in which |
he said, 'either subdue the devil |
or throw him out"
They had been talking about
Beethoven, "Vogner," Annie Roo
ney, and other musical celebrities
when she remarked; "Do you
know Maggie Murphey's Home ?"
mo! is she ?" he exclaimed. some-
what startled at the sudden change
of subject. 81 didn't know she
was away"
There was fire down at Albu-
querque not many months ago, and
local reporter went around TO
write IL up. Seeing business man
standing near, gazing at the work
of the lurid flames, he asked II il
was the work OF an incendiary.
Dunno" said the b. M, at may
be, but my opinion Is ii was sot.
He-"We shall never be able to
get back to the hotel before night
fall"
She-"Dear me, how dreadfully
improper"
He-"There is only one way out
of II, and that is for us to be en-
gagged"
She-"Well, 1 think l prefer to
loose my reputation.
David Kerr, writing of the peo-
pie whom he has visited, says that
IN Siam the servant always comes
into the presence of the master ON
all fours, and in serving dinner the
waiteE comes on his knees, bearing
his tray before him. Inasmuch as :
this decreases the probability that
he will spill the soup on the guests
head, there are restaurants in this
great and glorious country of ours
which might prohtably take tips
from Siam.
A Cerrillos mother came shifting
into the house the other day where 1
her youthful son was enjoying him. L
self in his own way. y
Johnnie" she said, "are you >
a cigarette ?"
"No'm," he answered from be- !
hind the curtain, as he threw some- -
hing out of the window.
"Yes you are, too, smell it,"
"No'm, / aint," he insisted. at
vas only cigar stump ! fou nd in
he street." =
"Oh," she said, apparently much
'elieved, 81 beg your pardon but :
lon't let me catch you smoking a ic
cigarette. Do you hear me ?"
"Yes'm.u - and Johnnie went out
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-03-21
SELFISH BRiTONS.

They Arc tho Only People Who Do Not
Assist Their Race.
1t is peculiar fact, we'll known and
frequently commented upon by emigra-
ton officials, that the English immi-
grants who land in New York are the
only ones who, If they are in want or
trouble, are not looked after by their
countrymcn, aftirms the New York
Star. The Castle Garden Mission and
the Irish Immigration Society have
watchful eye and helping hand for
every Irish man, woman or child who
steps ashore at the barge Office. The
German Immigrant Society is active in
behalf of the newcomers from the
Fatherland, and, like the French So
ciety and the Italian home organiza-
ton, have offices on State street, from
which they carefully watch their i'm
coming countrymen. The Hebrew
Charity Association never lets one of
the faith leave the pier without know
ing his condition and destination,
whether he comes from far-off Poland
or the nearer continentnl countries.
But the English immigrant must go to
strangers for help or welcome. The
wealthy English organization, the So
ciety of st. George, pays no attention
to immigrants, and, indeed, I believe
makes it @ point in their bylaws to
have nothing to do with newcomers,
though watchful enough of the inter
ests of English residents of the city.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-03-21
sc4LeEb INDIANS.
They Are Regarded as .:Bad Medicine
,- -. by Their TrlboH.

r.5- -.. -, Dy Thotr TrlDoO. .-.. -. Z. .
A young squaw fleeing from the ad-
van0ing Sioux reached the Enclosure
pursued by half score Of painted dew
lis, their hands already reeking with
Pawnee gore, writoS a New. York
Tribune correspondent. Seeing escape
impossible, She fell fiat on the ground
and pulled her blanket over her head
to lose sight of the descending blow, It
came from a tomahawk that glanced off
her skull without penetrating it. The
whites were within few rods, firing
as they ran, and one of the Sioux
braves fell, shot dead, beside the pros.
trate woman. Another, however,
jerked the blanket from her bleeding
head, and with haste born of fear cut
around and cruelty lifted her scalp, she
conscious all the time, but never utter
ing sound. The savage fled with his
bloody trophy to rejoin his comrades,
The troops came to the rescue of the sad
~ Outnumbered Pawnees, and together
they succeeded in putting the Sioux to
rout. When the panic subsidized the
wounded squaw was borne to the mis-
sion hospital and her injuries dressed.
In spite of the scalping she bade fair to
recover Strange to relate, however,
her friends showed great reluctance to
her receiving medical treatment, clainl-
ing that according to all Indian preccpt
and example scalped person should be
dead, and her recovery would only
bring bad medicine" to her tribe. The
woman acquiesced in this opinion, and
expressed perfect willingness to be sac
rifced to the ancient customs. The
next morning the squaw's cot was
empty and the patient nowhere to,be
found.
Two days later some troopers hunt
ing a stray horse on the river bank,
miles away, were startled to hear
groans coming from a neighboring
thicl1et. Thinking that some wounded
Sioux had been abandoned to die, they
cautiously approached. There, buried
all but her face in the drifting sand,
was the scalped squaw, still alive and
conscious. They dug her out and
brought her back to the mission, thor
oughly cured of Ecf willingness to die.
She told how she had been stolen from
the hospital by her own family and
buried by the river bank. She now
wanted to live, and close watch was
kept to prevent her being again offered
as q victim to savage superstition.
Once hftefward, when walking in the
yard, she was spirited away by the
Pawnees and hidden in n tepee, that
when night fell she might be buried
more securely. Again she was restored
to the mission, and, upon strong threats
of military vengeance should any thing
occur to her in future, the poor creature
was allowed by her tribe to live out the
remainder of her DAYS.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-03-21
Tho Crlino of Renntv.

Those old-bachelor tales of the hatred,
m&lice' and Observation-Disclosures of-woman-
kind one toward the other ate scandal-
onslX false, and yet there are WOMEN to
whom another's physical loveliness is q
criminal ofFenses%7 Honestly; Ugly girls
are invariably generous in according
the fall beauty Of their rivals, but it Is
those tepidly, vaguely pretty creatures
who rebel against superior attractions
Ind can not tolerate TO hear belle
spoken of kindly! ......-..--.. ga. .. .
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-03-21
DIS.
Now You See 1t---Now You Don't

A letter from Senator Sproule on
the subject of the Elko Railroad bill
published in this mornings Free
Press says: -. .
at came up in the Senate this
afternoon and passed without the vote
of Sproule." ..
Well; did Mr.. Sproule vote against
the Elko Railroad bill3 When. re-
ported by the Senate Committee,
che Elko delegation in the Senats,
did Mr.. Sproule report adversely to the
bill9 Pending its passage in the
Senate did Mr.. Sproule utter a word
in condemnation Of the bill? Did he
consult the taxpayers Of Elko county,
or any of them, to ascertain their
views on. the propositionr But why
did he permit the bill to pass with
out the'vote of Sprolle," whom he is
in favor of the measured, as is clearly
expressed in this mornings Free
Press, from which we quote as fol-
lows:
1--WE think there is a mistaken idea
by most people Of the provision OF this
bill. Whilo it reads that the county
shall issue bonds at the rate of 5000
per mile, the county is not RESPONSE
BILE for those bonds, as they are to be
paid ONLY out Of the fund created
from the taxes collected from said
railroad. The road will be taxed for
State and school purposes, while the
other taxes collected from it will 20
into the fund to pay the bonds and
interest. The simple proposition is,
that the road is exempted from tax
alton for Is years. Every county in
the State has a railroad bill like this.
They are beginning to see that their
only salvation is to have railroad lines
Ia every direction and think it best to
encourage id small way, their build
ing. X - If the
road is built it may hurt the town of
Elko some, but it will increase the
taxable property Of the entire county,
md open up large mineral coun-
try in the northern part of Elko."
If the measure is to be great
benefit to Elko county by increasing
the taxable property of the entire
county and opening up large min
eral country in the northern part Of
Elko," what object could our senior
Senator have in permitting the bill
TO pass without theXote of Sproule"?
II Mr.. Sproule thinks the measure o
good one for Elko county, as he owl
IDENTIFY does, he should have cast his
vote for the bill; and if he does not,
he should have made an adverse re-
port as d member Of the Senate Com
mittee, and raised his voice against it's
passage when It wis presented to the
Senate for final vote. AS the mat
ter now stands, while expressing a
favorable opinion Of the measure MIR,
Sprou 10 permitted the bill to pass
without his vote; and the people OF
Elko county are left to conjecture
what could have been Lis object in
pursuing the course which he did in
reference to the Elko Railroad Bill.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-03-21
La Wallace Knocked Out2

Parties from Carson say that Wal
lace 10 considerably crest-fallen over
the passage Of the Australian ballot
law and the railroad bill. Vulgarly
speaking, he is completely kn ocked
out.--(teno Gazette. 49,.
II, as is intimated in tho above, G.
q. Wallace has been, is, or will. ber en-
gagged in the vote purchasing indus.
try, 60 far from being knocked out
by Che passage OF the bill lie isilaueh.
ing in his sleeve Mt the SUCCESS of that
little Assembly amuendment,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-03-21

Mr9. L. s. Bowers, the Washoe
searsaat hasaatered suitiin SIAN Fran
CISCO for HO5OO against a. nilliner
oSlhod Mira. Stacom. 1t is tho out,
como OF light betwecu tho two ladies
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-03-21
Advertising

fits said will sell anything, this Il
true In . measure; but for staying
qualities merit is the test. Extensive
advertising may sell anything whore
It is new or unknown, but after IL
comes into general use, it is judged
according t. its worth. The continued
and steady growth of Swift's Specific
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-03-21

q tho best evidence of its excellence.
1t is most popular where it is best
known. Every bottle sold. sells ten
others. Every one that takes It be-
comes its friend, and recommends 10
70 their acquaintance.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free.
SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Atlanta, Ga
The National tribune., 1891-07-09
NATIONAL TRIBUNE: WASHINGTON D. O. THURSDAY JULY 1891

this country, and then foreign wool growers,
having the control Of the market, would put
mp the price ana consumers would pay more
for wool than under "fulI and adequate pro-
lection"
President Harrison is keeping in Office Con-
sui Griffin, at Sydney, who. in March last made
aspeech declaring bis purpose to aid in reducing
tho American wool tariff. The Treasury De-
partment is keeping in Office some officers who
have taken every opportunity 10 favor import
ers Of WOO, and in plain disregard OF some Of
the provisions of tie law They should be
speedily removed. IL has been more than inti-
mated that some manufacturers are buying
Australian woods rather than American, for the
purpose of making wool growers believe that
this wool tariff is not beneficial TO them, and
this is done as a means of securing rs soon SIS
may be free wool. Australian wool growers
are doubtless quite willing TO sell wool at the
lowest possible price to aid this movement.
Wool growers should wake mp and exert their
political influence in a way to be felt.
Respectfully, WILLIAM LAWRENCE,
President Ohio Wool Growers Association,
Bellefontaine, o.
The National tribune., 1891-07-09
OUR SUGAR PRODUCTION.

1t is believed that the bounty system
will work radical change in sugar culture,
and aid to enormously increase production.
Experiments during the last few years in
Louisiana have shown conclusiveIy that
sugar can be raised very successfully on the
upiands of the State, which had previously
been thought not adapted TO that crop.
These lands are specially suitable for small
farming, as they do not require the expen-
sive bitches of the lower country. 1t has
also been demonstrated that small farmers
can raise much more cane TO the acre than
can be done under the gang system Of the
large plantations. In one instance three
men, with four mules cultivated 100 acres
of land, and raised upon it $50 tons of
cane, 935 bushels of corn, go bushels of
sweet potatoes and so barrels of rough rice.
This gave them enough of other crops to
support them, and left the cane for profit.
a ton of cane ought to yield an average of
1iO pounds Of meIchantable sugar, which
can be made up on the farm. Improve
ments in apparatus are doing away with the.
old, enormously expensive plants, and now
farmer can buy for $50 an apparatus
which will make 1000 pounds of sugar per
diem. AT present the annual production of
sugar in Louisiana is about 100000 tons. 1t
is believed that if confidence in the bounty
is gained, this product can be doubled or
trebIed. This is a contamination most de-
yOutly to be wished. We should not be
obliged to buy a dollars worth of sugar
abroad. Every cent Of the SlOO,OOO,OOO now
sent abroad for sweets should be kept at
home and paid to our own farmers. This
would be putting the money in our own
pockets in double direction. In the frat
place, it would keep the money at home and
circulating among our own people. In the
next, there would be free trade between the
sugar raisers and our farmers and Inanufac-
turers, which cannot be the case as long as
the sugar is produced under the Spanish
flag. A duty Of Sc barrel is now paid on
every barrel Of -four sent from the United
States to Cuba. Our own sugar-raisers will
be vastly better customers for our products
than any foreigners can be. Except Eng
land, we are now the only civilized country
in the world which does not raise its sugar
under its own flag. 1t is a scandal upon our
intelligence and progressiyeness that this is
so. We are to-day the greatest sugar-eaters
in the world, and every year shows a greater
consumption per head. There is no eco
nomie question before us of so much impOr-
tance as the production Of our own sugar.
The National tribune., 1891-07-09
PERSONAL.

The remains Of the Confederate Gen. A P. Hill
were quietly removed from Hollywood Cemetery.
ia Richmond, Va, where they have rested for the
past : years, and placed ia receptacle at tile base
OF tle monument now being erected to his mem
DRY in IIenricO COunty, Va The removal was
made under the auspices Of Pegram's Battalion
Association. Until the monument rises 70 such a
hight 20 prevent the possibility Of disturbance
Of the remains. the spot will be constantly guarded
by detail of veterans who served under Cen
Hill.
Lieut.. Robert @. Duff, 9Th U. s. Cav, and Miss
Margaret Head, daughter Of Lieut.-CoI George E.
Head. Il;h u :. Inf. were married at Fort Meade
5 d., on Sunday, June p.
Reports from California say that Gen. Eli II
Murray Colonel Of the Sd KY Cav and ex-Gov-
enor Of Utah Territory. is tho head of an A.ncri-
can syndicate which proposes to erect a gam
bling establishment, on the order OF Monte Carlo
ia Lower California, an immense tract OF land
having been decided to the syndicate by the Gov
eminent Of Mexico. Gen. Murray objects to having
his name connected with any such enterprise, and
says that II there IS nothing more to the scheme
than he il, the whole thing Is simply the work OF
the vivid Imagination Of some newspaper reporter
Ia words there Is not the least bit Of truth in
tic whole story.
Gov. Simon Bolivar Buckner of Kentucky, Is
taking his vacation at tbs " hite Sulphur Springs
Va. where The Governors wife "a great belle
in her girlhood. The Governor is a we'll preserved
specimen Of the Southern General IL tall ard
straight. and carries his Gs years lightly. He was
the commanding officer who surrendered Fort
Duuclsou to Gen. Grant la February 1869, his su-
peTiprs Floyd and Pillow, making their escape
before the cIpituation. It was to Gen. Buekner
ll.st Gen. Grant directed his famous dispatch
calling for tie uueonditoHa! surrender Of the big
fort.
Miss Fisher, OF North Carolina, who once wrote
good many novels under the name OF Christian
The National tribune., 1891-07-09
Ar A I:EUSIoN.

BY CAPT. JACK CRAWFORD. THE POET SCOUT ~
Yes, children, Il was a terrible war,
Aud these old Hlcu tn blue
Who are marching by With tbolr flags on high
Fought well the whole conflict through,
From the first grand rally ia sixty one
Till the sullen roar OF the final gun.
Look AT their hair all strealed with gray,
Look at their aging forms
Read la each face the wel.-stamped trace
OF exposure to Wiutry storms;
Aud your grandpa. children, did vel mis- share.
La throttliHg the tTaitorous wolf ia its lair.
Those were the days that tried mems souls,
When the slogan sounded forth,
That our glorious land was by traitorous hand
Assailed, aud the loyal North
Sent forth the flower Of her patriot sons
To sti.I tie roar OF the southron guns
Did battle tho foe9 Aye. did my share,
A. "a patriot, brave aud true;
When I.incon'- pen called Tor yet more men
My check on t!io bank drew,
Nor paused ul answered my country's cry
By renting substitute six feet high
The National tribune., 1891-07-09
AZ AaIENDE.

The Southwestern Christian laUooalc Of
New Oheaus-lhe organ Of the colored
McthoJists in The Southwest says:
The Washington %. O. NATIONAL Tr1rr,r -
June D credts 30 us un article which reflects most
hhame.ui.y upon tlo q, irIo l#ur.ur1 iu ila .ral-
iur ofpouaiDus and upon the Omitted State. Pcr.iou
Office Do Washington. Tint article m.sIt Iays
bean published hy some other paper t.si -l.,d In
tho Southwest, bat d certainly aid not auieAr IN,
the b0tdiuesIrra Christian Adr0caie We are MOI
lu that kind u busurs-; neither do we belong "a
the soidIur-h at.Hg cuss." we Represent a Ioy,I
constituency. that believe in au open Bible aud in
ihe old hHE, and iu cd llg thoy represent W.
are glad 10 learn from THE TUHrSE that. sncr
thorough investigation, tie srlsoIe ss and mali
cious reflection upon thc system aud The oalcrf. Ina
question has been found TO be utterly devoid Of
any foundation
We are glad 10 have this explicit denial
from the 1drocate, and its emphatic express
sion Of proper sentiments. We find the ex-
tract in question in our exchanges credited
10 the Adpocate. or COURSE the soldier hat
ing papers would not have the slightest
hesitation in forging the name Of payer, II
il would serve ,heir purposes
The National tribune., 1891-07-09
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
BY CAPT. r. K, SHAW. GaD ONO. MARIETTA, o. |

Like a knight Of the cavalier tins
Rode Mcpherson, the leader, sabine,
When the halo of hattie was near:
The proud monarch Of danger and fear.
And hero 0f heroes was lie
When lac led. twas his pride, Tennessee.
Like King on his Majesty's throne
Rode Mcpherson, the peerless. alone.
When The sun 30 the heaven Was high,
~ Atlanta ia sultry July.
Aud King 81 the battle was he
When lac led in his pride. Tennessee.
When the guns Of the skirmisher- broke,
Ere their pcIliuE the echoes pwo,o,
His black charger was mounted iu haste
And his heas. Co the enemy f,ced,
Swiftly flies where his master would DO,
When he led 10 the fight. Tcuuesses.
Prom the siztoenth, ms, holding rs ground.
To the Seventeenth lac hurriss around,
And his sou! it, high purpose d.yiacs
A. he runs into the enemy lines
But one chance and he takes % al sight,
To turn back and lead Tennessee 8 fight.
Twas glance, and Teiuing-l wheel,
And Tire black charger springs to the steel
The lines shudder-N Mcpherson Is DOWN.
And McPhersou-" Revenge" is the word
From the lines Of the Tennessee heard.
And McPherson-reveuge-is tho way
That the soldiers remember that day.
They push forward, conquer the plain
Where Mcpherson, their idol was slain;
They soon cover the ground where he laid
In the front Of Ohio's Brigade.
He still leads them, though dead. on the field,
With a dead.ier purpose they WELD
In his presence the weapons they hold,
Till the rebels far backward arc rolled,
And a hero in victory, he,
When he fell at thy head. Tennessee.
In the hearts Of his soldiers he rests,
For they buried him deep in their hreasisI
While a throbbng their bosous shall give,
Will the love 81 NcIher-on sti.I live,
And a hero 81 heroes shall be,
As he was when he led Tennessee.
The National tribune., 1891-07-09
AN OLD soLDIEK's REELECTION.
BY A. n. o., wAsuryGToy, D. @.


Solemn Memorial Day Il past;
Once more sweet flowers we have cast
On graves OF comrades, fearless, brave,
Who pronercd all our flag 10 save.
With NJ they marched on fields II goro.
Amid the carnon's dreadful roar;
History prociaims how brave and well
These Comrades fought mid shot and shell.
But though so bold where danger seemed,
Though first ia line their bay'uets cleaned
Tonight they lie In lowly beds,
Our choicest flowers above their heads.
Comrades, 'tis sad 'tls sad 20 think
Each cOmrade taken breaks "A link;
The chain fast shOrteus, who may know
How soon another link may gol
These aching limbs. this tott'riug gait,
Give notice we've not long 10 watt
But few more years pass DER our head,
Ere re are numbered with the dead.
Who knows bat next Memorial Day
~ spirit shall have passed awayl
And comrades loyal. brave and true,
Shall DER my grave swee. flowers streai
Comrades alasi full well we know
Memorial Days can come and 90
But few, before the GAR
Has vanished ike fallen star.
As soldiers now IN nobler strife,
4 conflict for eternal life,
60 let N live that when tva dia
Wen meet a. comrades in the sky.
The National tribune., 1891-07-09
EETGog.Sa III E4z.l~...
What The Methodist Episcopal Church
Is.---WAat it SPr2ng From and
Nhat Ii is Doing.
By BISHOP JOHN p. NEWMAN.
IIEXE w EEK.

We shall begin our great series Of articles
Cd Church Work" next week by CON
tribunonon De Methodist Episcopal Church,
BY the Rev John z. Newman, DID. LID,
Bishop in the Church. Bishop Newman's
fame Is move than National. He is one Of
the very foremost Of living Metbodists, and
no man is btter qualified 10 speak Tor his
great Chursh. His article viii be Of the
highest interest not merely to Me:hodists
but to adj who are engaged or interested in
Christian work.
Like al the rest Of The series, this article
was written exclusively for THE NATIONAL
TEmUyr.