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balance. Still another, throw can be
made by pulling backward and to one
side, so that your hand comes directly in
front of the body; then push it away
outwardly.
The best position to take is the one
shown in Figure 1. The forward foot is
placed against that Of your antagonist
and the rear foot about thirty inches re-
moved from and at right angles to the
forward foot. Both knees should be
bent.
The rules of hand wrestling are as fol-
lows: The man moving his foot or
touching his hand or any part of his body
to the floor, so as to get better base, is
thrown. Turning on one toe, so as to
reach further, is allowed. Moving
either foot sideways or allowing either
to drag is a throw. In all cases the
throw must be made with the hand.
Pushing with head, elbow, shoulder. or
nde is strictly forbidden. Tue beauty
of the sport is that it requires no con-
veniences. It can be enjoyed with an
ordinary street dress on, and mat is
not required.-New York Sun.
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humanizing influences of newspapers, OF
home and social letters, without which
men, when exiled, tend to ignorance and
brutality. No question as to what reve-
nue will be derived from the new Office
has weight; the consideration is, Will it
be of substantial benefit to grant postal
facilities, and, if so, then supplies are
,ent to the point and bids invited for
carrying the mails.
As an Inspector I visited Lees Ferry,
In Coconino County, Arizona. The
ofice is on the Colorado River. Being
in Utah we went by the mail route south.
ward from Salins, where early on a
March day we took stage for Kanab via
Panguitch. The ride occupied three
full DAYS, and at the end the 205th mile
We stopped at farm house late at night,
thoroughly chilled and worn out.
Thence TO the ferry was ninety.three
miles, but, fortunately, We had day in
which to rest before proceeding on our
journey.
For over two hundred miles we
!raversed section Of the American
Desert upon which there is little water,
scant vegetation and few people. The
latter are specially praiseworthy for
being hospitable from so meagre store.
At Lees were scarcely dozen patrons
Of the Office, and it cost the Government:
many dollars for every letter and paper
that crosses the route. But the people
1t the ferry are Americans, and they
must have letters; and, further, should
an obstruction occur on this isolated
route an agent of the Government must
investigate it, personally If necessary,
with the same alacrity that is observed
when trouble arises in New York City.
In Wisconsin and Michigan when the
roads are blockaded with snow drifts
the mails 90 forward with regularity by
snowshoe and dog sled carriers. Such
methods of locomotion though primitive,
are not as slow as migh be supposed.
Many of these Indian carriers will make
fifty miles day and their paths are not
nearly as arduous as the bride paths Of
the Eastern mountains, where in spring
It is almost impossible for a man to find
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west Territory, going forth into a
boundless, wooded, unknown continent
they knew not whittier. To travel but
few. miles Of such country after a
country OF partial settlement requires
unusual fortitude. We met but one,
traveller upon these remote bride paths.
He was the purchasing scout afoot of an
eastern carriage factory buying hickory
trees for 'sstumpsge." Keeping little
inn we found man who was formerly
prominent physician in Cincinnati with q
large practice and income, but who, be-
coming an inebriate, took the heroic
treatment of exiling himself in the Al
leghenies. He had horses and servants,
and was literally monarch of all he sur.
veyed.
Beyond the difficulties attending the
reaching of remote postofices there is at
times unusual danger in the work of the
mail-carrier. In winter many of the
routes in the Rockies are very dangerous
and almost superhumsn efforts are re-
quired to avoid fnes for delinquency.
When the rich Lamartine mines were
opened in Colorado, was ordered to
that point in midwinter. Without a
guide, and following verbal directions,
/ I rode from Freeland, turning my horse
into the bed of mountain stream. 1t
was dark as we approached Freeland,
and had grown much colder. The stream
had turned to thin ice, making it diff
cult for the horse to keep his footing. I
endeavored to keep him on his feet but
he grew nervous, and reaching wide
place in the stream where all feet were
on the ice, he slipped aud fell headlong
and in trying to rise rolled from the bed
of the shallow stream into deep ravine,
the bottom of which could not be seen
in the darkness. was uninjured, and
picking my way cautiously to Freeland
remained there all night, going on to the
Springs by daylight. On nv way l met
the carrier coming sfoot slowly up the
mountain. He had lost two mules by
their slipping from the narrow path, but
was trying to perform the service with
degree of regularity, as the mines were
filing with people anxious for their let
ters from home. York Herald.
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Norfolk and Wilmington. Regularity is
enforced on this as on other routes, and
good cause must be shown for delays be-
yond schedule time. The mountain
regions of West Virginia offer special at
fractions for depredations upon the
mails and have many Offices that are very
hard to reach in spring when the roads
are deep in mud. The route from Gauley
Bridge, on the Kanawha, through the
Alleghanies to Addison and Nicholas
supplies several Offices of this character.
We crossed this route in April and had
difficulty to get horses, their owners
fearing to let them undertake the jour
ney. We started with two horses and a
mountain buggy. but getting set in the
mud mile away left the vehicle there
as danger sigh. Procuring saddles
and a guide we again set out and by
nightfall had covered ten miles of the
sixty upon the route. The journey was
more tedious than 600 miles across the
desert. 1t took US directly over Powell
Mountain, the highest peak of the ALLIE
ghanies, requiring nine miles of sharp,
circuitous ascent. But when once its
wooded crest was reached our labor was
amply repaid by the panorama of moun-
tain scenery that opened to the view.
Having seen the most noted points OF
Americas natural scenery, I regard the
view from Mount Powell as unsurpassed.
It was vision Of what greeted the ex-
plorers of Virginia and the Carolinas.
We could conceive the difficulties that
confronted Lewis and Clarke when on
their hardy two years expedition they
penetrated the wilderness of the North
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to express trains and telegraphic mes
sages, we are apt to forget the fact that
the great majority of our postoftices are
not yet served by railroads, but are situ-
ated on stage routes, or are reached by
horse carriers and even by footmen, who
penetrate to fastnesses where it is impos.
sible to urge horse with safety. In
winter many of them travel by snowshoe
and with dog sleds like those of the Es.
quimaux. The new Territory of Alaska,
now within the postal confines of the
United States, has twenty two postofhces
in regular operation, but they are no
more remote than are many in regions in
the Eastern and earliest settled States.
The aim of the Government, regardless
of expense to it or of labor upon the
part of its servants, is to place within
the reach of all citizens the refining and
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Mea .uring n Rivers Breadth.

Anybody can measure, approximately,
the breadth of river without a survey
or's compass or any mechanical means
whatever. The man who desires to make
the experiment should place himself at
the edge of the stream, then stand per-
fectly still, face the opposite bank and
lower the brim of his hat until it Just
cuts the opposite bank. Then let him
put both hands under his chin, to steady
his head, and turn slowly round until the
hat brim cuts some point on the level
ground behind him. Mark the spot
where the hat brim cuts the ground, rher
pace off the distance aud it will be found
about the breadth of the riVer..-New
York Advertiser.
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An Elk Trained to Harness.

A female elk was brought down from
Port Oxford to-day on the steamer Em-
lily and taken out to the paddock in
Golden Gate Park to become compan-
ion to the big male elk. The Oregon
elk is very tame and William Linfester,
her former owner, has frequently har-
messed her to a cart, which she drew
with ease. At the park the elk will
probably be used occasionally to draw a
light wagon in the children's play
ground. The elk had hard trip of it
coming down and was slightly euised
and scratched by being flung against the
sides of her stall box during the rough
weather. San Francisco Chronicle.
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How He Finished His Defamation.


!. An Amherst graduate, night or two
ago, in a reminiscent mood related the
following story of school days to some
friends:
"Good old Doctor B. had the some
what discouraging task Of training us to
become the country's future orators.
We always called him 'Prexy Rhctori-
cals.' He was an eccentric old fellow,
and had habit of cutting our weekly
declamations short that he might 20
home early in the afternoon. We never
could know when one of US might be cut
off in the most eloquent part of some
stirring bit of oratory with the stereo-
typed remark-'Vcry we'll done, next!
"Tom Cotting was the most promising
member of the class for the oratorical
laureateship. One afternoon when
'Prexy' was in greater hurry than, ever
to finish declamatlons, Tom held US
spellbound by mastery rendering of
the speech of 'Spartacus to the Gladia-
tors.' Just as he was launching out his
defiance of the Roman tyrants 'Prexy'
cut him off in the usual way.
"Tom, the next week, when his turn
came, mounted the platform, and making
most profound bow carelessly re.
marked: -.. ''...
"'As I was saying last week when
was interrupted, after Spartacus,' and
then be launched into the rem alnder OF
the speech. 'Prexy' was speechless,
and that afternoon and for several after.
ward the boys were allowed to finish
their pieces without Interruption
Boston Globe.
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Miss Kollock is studying Egyptology
and Assyrian archaeology in the British
Museum. On her return to this country
she expects to act as co-pastor of the
University Church in Pasadena, Cal. For
thirteen years past she has been pastor
of church in Chicago, and she has made
the remarkable record of being absent
only once from her pulpit, and then on
account of the grip. Miss Kollock's edu-
cation was obtained at the Wisconsin
State University and at the University Of
St. Lawrence.-New York World.
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How's This 2

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward fof
any case Of catarrh that cannot be cured by
taking Halls Catarrh Cure.
We. the undersigned, have known +; J..
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tions, and financially able to carry out any OBJ
LEGATIONS made by their firm.
WFsT g. TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo.
o.
wALpIya. K1NNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Csiarrh Cure is taken internally, act
Ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists-
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Rev. Florence Kollock.

An American woman who has made a
most favorable impression in England is
the Rev. Florence Kollock. Over there
the clerical Office is still almost entirely Q
masculine prerogative, and evidently
there was a popular impression that q
regularly ordained minister of the other
sex must be a strange person. When the
tntervlewers discovered Miss Kollock to
be graceful, bright, intelligent woman,
with wavy hair and dainty dress, they
we're agreeabIy surprised.
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4 Gigantic Skeleton.

Workmen in. clearing the right of way
for an extension of the tram road for the
Yellow Pine Lumber Company, near
Colmesniel, Texas, dug up an immense
beech log, under which was found hu-
man skeleton, the bones of which were
only partly decomposed. The skeleton
was that of man of gigantic frame,
and the skull was cleft as if with TOM
ahawk. An Indian tomahawk and nu-
merous flint arrow heads were found be-:
side the skeleton. The spot where the
discovery was made is six miles from
Colmesniel, on the Trinity River, in the
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An Important Difference.

To make it apparent to thousands, who think
themselves i'll, that they are not affected with
any disease, but that the system simply needs
cleansing, is to bring comfort home to their
hearts, as a costive condition is easily cured by
using Syrup Of Figs. Manufactured by the
California Fig SyrupCo.
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yicipity where history s.ys Ia

immediate vicinity where history says Il
Sale, the great explorer, wss slain whsn,
with few of his followers, he was max.
ing bis way back to the Illinois River.
The bones and the relics have been caro-
fully preserved, and a thorough invesa.
CATION will be made to determine, 4
possible, whether the bones are those q
some Indian warrior or possibly OF ono
of La salle's men. Chicago Herald.
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English ignorance of America did not
begin with this generation. Goldsmith's
description of Niagara Falls includes the
statement that "some Indians in their
canoes, sit is said, have ventured down
it in safety,'
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Canon Carr may now be said to be the
wealthiest clergyman in England, he
having inherited the vast estates of Sir
William Evans, the Derbyshire Baronet
who died some weeks since. The Canon
was connected with the late Baronet by
marriage only.
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The Sultan of Turkey has ordered a
competitive trial of Krupp and Gail
cannon. The latter are used by the
French army; and the Ottoman army has
been using the former.
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Washington was sheep faucier, and
raised wool equal to the English. Hb
breed was called the darlington, !" OF !,
long-wooled Merino. ", =
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POSTAL PERILS.
THE DANGERS BRAVED BY
FAITHFUL MAIL CARRIERS.
They Climb Mountains, Ford Tor
rents, Thread Swamps and Cross
Deserts to Deliver Letters-A-
most Inaccessible O6ces.

HE residents of cities
Whose letters are at
times q little overdue
would be less impa'
tient with the public
servants if they un-
!derstood with how
much labor and Of
tentimes danger the
duties of the mail
carrier are attended,
writes an ex-United
States Postoffce In
A A4a~o%1ro oI
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England las revived an old law against
swearing. ...
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Enamored Youth (who has been bid
ding her good.by for half hour)-"Oh,
darling, how can leave theea"
Deep Red Voice (from top of the
stairs, with fiery sarcasm)-"Shall l
come down and show you how, young
msn2"-Puck.
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II sfdicted with sore eyes uso Dr.. Isaac Thomp.
son hEye-water. Druggists sell at 2Sc.per bottle
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Disease ,s unnatural and is but the proof
that we are abusing Nature. It is claimed that
Garfield Tea, q simple herb remedy, helps Ma
tnre 10 oyercome this abuse,
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FoR CouaHs AND THROAT D1soRpERs use
BnoTNis BRoNcHIAL TRoonEs. "Have never
changed my mind respecting them, except
think better Of that which began by think:
ing well of."-Rep. Henry Hard Beeeher. Sold
only in boxes.
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Mr.. Vim. Wade
OF Lowell.

Hood Pills are the best Liver invigorator and
oafharfic Purely Yepafahla.
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FOR HUNTING IN THE WEST.
Sixty Thousand Acres to Bo Purchased
for That Purpose.

Sixty Thousand Acres to Bo Purchased
for That Purpose.
A gigantic hunting scheme which sets
all historical preccdcnts in the shade is
ON foot.
Interested in it are the great landed
proprietors and varied men of Europe
nnd the United States. 1t is no less a
project than TO purchase sixty thousand
acres Of land in this country and fence
it in as n huge hunting ground.
Some time ago q party of English no.
blemen and military men, in which
were Lord Lonsdale and other we'll
known mobile SPORTS" started out west
On what was thought to be Il pleasure
trip. 1t had a wider intention, how
ever, for this is the scouting party
which has carefully surveyed land in
Texas, Arizona, Utah and other states
for a proper site for their "happy hunt
ing grounds"
They shave at last decided on buying
up from the settlers and proprietors in
that district sixty thousand acres at the
junction of Utah, Arizona and Nevada,
taking in portions of cach state and a
part of the Snake range OF mountains.
This is well known to be the best hunt
ing region in the country. A company
will be organized with a capital stock
of twenty-five million dollars; to obtain
and to hold the land membership in this
company or club will cost the small
figure Of 49,, 600. The whole district
will be fenced, and the noble scions of
Europe, with the Vanderbilts, Astors
and varied aristocracy of our free land
will hunt at leisure, as the barons of
old did on the confiscated lands of the
poorer people.
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THE TABLES TURNED.
How q Fighter Put an End 60 Nocturnal
viSitorS. .

How q Fighter Put an End TO Nocturnal
Visitor. A..
"When the Chinese first began to
overrun California the laboring men
felt about their occupation much as
Othcllo did and failed to extend to the
celestials hat courtesy which the
youngest should extend to the Oldest
civilization on EARTH" said Chang Lee,
the bright-eyed Mongolian secretary of
a San Francisco capitalist, says the
st. Louis Globe Democrat. "Thcy used
to abuse US terribly. A~favorite amuse-
ment of theirs was to catch us by the
cues and drag US about. We are not
lighters, and, being in a strange land,
we could do no better than to quietly
put up with it and hope that our tor
mentors would become ashamed and
let us alone. A lot OF us were employed
to grade a railroad, and the American
workmch used to invade our camp at
night and abuse US shamefully. One
day a big Irishman named OFallon
came to US and told us ii we would give
him fifty dollars he would make our
tormentors wish they had never seen a
Chinese camp. We agreed and he
stained his face, shaved his head, put
on q Chinese costume and waited for
our visitors. They called that night rs
usual, and O'Fallon took care to be the
first 'Chinaman' they tackled. He had
been n prizc-fightcr, and the men used
to say that he could kill n bull with his
fist. About Il dozen got around and be-
gan to kick and cuff him before he
made 4 motion. Then he turned loose,
and the way he laid that crowd out was
fine sport to witness Ho cleaned out
the whole lot, and the nocturnal visits
were discontinued"
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FOOT KEPT FOR AGES,
Eaten at n Queer Feast Given by n Brus-
sells Antiquarian.

Eaten at n Queer Feast Given by n Brus-
sells Antiquarian.
II " eaten apples that ripened
moro than n thousand eight hundred
Jcars ago, bread made from wheat
crown before the children of Israel
passed through the Red sea, spread it
With butter that was made when Eliz-
ab2th was queen of England, and
washed down the rcpast with wine that
was old when Columbus was playing
barefoot with the boys of Genoa" said
" gentleman the other day to q reporter
for tha New York Advertiser.
The remarkable 'spread'' was given
by an nntiquary named Gorbel, in the
city OF brussels, in 1871. The apples
were from II jar taken from the ruins of
Pompeii, that buried city to whose peo-
pie we owe our knowledge of canning
fruit. "
The wheat was taken from n chamber
in n of the smaller pyramids, the but
tor from q stone shelf in an old wcll in
Scotland, where it had lain in an earth
cnware crock, in icy water, and the
wine came from an old vault in the city
Of Corinth.
There e six guests Mt the table,
arc each had q mouthful of the bread
II n tcaspoonful Of the wine, but was
pcriuittcd to help himself literally to
The butter, there being several pounds
Of It..
IN apple jar held about two-thirds
OF !" gallon, and the fruit was as sweet
a'G TIC favcr rs fine as though put up
Yesterday.
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Total OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Is {

Bal in Treasury ...... 3o,469 90
Tho above amount stands to The
credit OF the several funds as per
Treasurer's Bal. Sheet, dated Oct, 1.
1892, hereto attached.
TREAsURER's BALANCE SHEET.
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Germs Reasonable.

Having leased the Stoker sheds and
barn, 1 am now prepared to accom-
modate and feed seventy head of
horses. Plenty Of corral room for any
number OF stock is also attached.
BaE~I also run a dray in connection with
the above, and will attend promptly to "
work hat line.
81 1atf. II. s. YANDRBLEE, Proprietor
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til paid.

til paid.
JAMES CLARK,
County Treasurer and exIOfic
Tax Receiver.
BY q. w. HULL, Deputy.
Elko, New, Dec. ID, 1892.
JOINT STATEMENT
Of AUDITOR AND TREASURER
OF ELKo COUNTY.
For tho Quarter Ending Sept. 30,
1892.
Sr1 Goan eF Of F ElES: SIS.
AUDITORS OFFICE.
Oct. 4. 1892.
To the Honorable Board Of County CemmIs.
sioncrs OF Elko County, Ncvada.
GENTLEMEN We herewith submit our Quar-.
telly Report Of the Finances of the Comfy
for the quarter ending Sept. 80, 1892.
Respectfully submitted:
GRo. H.MEIGS,
Auditor,
JAS. CLARK,
Treasurer.
Bye. w. HULL, Deputy.
RECEIPTS FROM ALL SOURCES.