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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-09-01
RURAL GEORGIA JOYS.
The Old-Time Log-RollinEs and Cor
ShuckinHs Arc Things of the Past.

The Old-Time Log-RollnEs and Corn
Stockings Arc ThinEs OF the Past.
\ The old-time corn-shuckings and
! og-rollngs have played out in land
Of the SOUTH" remarked u Georgia
farmer from Ebert county recently
to nm Atlanta Constitution man, the
conversation turning to farm life and its
joys. YES, one rarely ever sees the
genuine old-time Georgia corn
shucking these days. You, see, for
Il number of years the farmers
of this section Of country did not
grow enough corr to have n re-
spectacle corn-shucking, and as for log
rollings, the farmers have not been in
the humor of late years to clear up
much new ground land, and for this
reason there has been no occasion for
much log-rolling."
y listener wanted to know WHIT was
II loS-rolling anyhow.
why, have you never heard of the
log-rollings we used to have in this
country?' asked the farmer. "Then
you've missed half your life. 1t was
the greatest fun the darkies on the
arms had for years and years. The
farmer who had cleared u new ground,
when the trees had all been cut down
and the brush clipped off and burned,
wanted to get all the logs off the field
before he could cultivate it. Therefore
he would give what is called u log-roll-
ing, to which he would invite all the
darliics and laborcrs on the neighboring
farms on some suitable day. There was
no compensation in it, for il wa n pic.
ME, though you would never think it,
for IT was h hardest sort of work.
The dariiics all would come in high
glcc. knowing that a great Jug of
whisky would be dishcd out to them
and that a big dinner would be given
by the landlord who gave the log-roll-
ing. What is meant by rolling logs is
putting Il handstick under them, with
II darby ut each end of the stick, and
lifting the logs from the ground and
then conveying them to n pile here and
there about the new ground, where
they would be burned later. The fun
came in with the rivalry among the
darlkics to see who vas the champion
litter of the day. They would have
great straps of leather that went over
their shoulders in n loop, and trough
this loop they would stick their hand.
Sucks, sometimes enabling them to lift
with their hands and their whole bod
les mt the same time, throwing their
strength against their opponent, who
had hold of the other end of the hand
stick under the log. This strap of
leather. for some reason, was called an
Alabama 1t was great fun to see
thcm stra;ning their very lives away
under tho grcnt. heavy logs here and
there about the field. When night
came on the frolic wound up with n
great dance and hot supper. as they
called it, in the landlords Kitchen"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-09-01
Hishes. of all in Leavenng Power-La,es, U IS. Govt Report
@a!a!!! BakiRg
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Hishes. of all in Leavening Power.
A wom.n.s Opinion.

at Is useless for women to claim
equality with man. They are not not
equal and never can be, industrially,
intellectually. or in any way which
demands sustained effort throughdays
months and years. Women are phys.
ically debarred from that equality
they love to clamor about. Then they
""~7rd equal pay with men for equal
=. IN IN '"i yiG-l in
nen'se except nltuHy. For u time.
perhaps, yes. But after a little WON.
en- either go all to pieces from the
physical strain or else Il long rest be.
comes imperative to avert an utter
breakdown. Then ever after there is
the haunting, hampering dread Of an.
other Collapse.
at is true that women occasionally
reach the same results as men; but by
such weary paths! Women always do
things in the hardest possible manner
while men select the most direct meth
DDS and work in the easiest way. Men
are economical workers-women are
not.
@The average woman Is always ham
pered, consciously or unconsciously
by the sense that her work is u TEN.
Porary thing. No amount OF denial
alters the fact that every normal wo.
man would rather have a happy mar.
rage than any other career! In the
depths OF her heart she dreams OF it,
and as she works there is always a
recognition Of the hope that the gold
en- apple will fall into her lap and toll
be ended.
-Hesitate before you thrust n girl
into the thorny path Of n career for
which there is no reason and no ueces-
sity. Women had better not do such
things unless they have to."-New
York Sun.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-09-01
Gold Bond. in ohio.

A new and important point In the
controversy over the silver question
has been raised in the East by the de.
cision OF Chief Justice Mainshan Of
the Supreme Court Of Ohio affirming
It to be unlawful for a municipal cor
poration to contract that it's debts
shall be paid exclusively in gold.
The statement OF facts in the case
is thus given by the Chicago Inter.
Ocean:
The trustees Of the sinking fund OF
the city Of Cincinnati were anxious
to refund per cent. interest.bear-
ing debt OF 100000. A syndicate OF
capitalists are ready to furnish money
for the refunding ON a basis OF 3.65
per cent, provided that the new bonds
shall be made payable, principal and
%interesr, in giia. The trustees are
about to accept the offer Of the syndi-
cate when certain citi7cps r-5~ ~
injunction IN restruiutUt .-J.s..v...
pay ngp!a only. The Common Pleas
Court rules that the trustees are EN-.
powered to enter into such obligation;
the plaintiffs appeal to the Circuit
Court and the decree in Common
Pleas is overruled. The trustees now
appeal to the Supreme Court, and by
it the ruling Of the Circuit Court is
sustained. Thus, in SO far as the
highest court Of OHIO can determine,
it is made unlaful for a public body
to discriminate between silver and
gold.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-09-01

The following named citizens have
been drawn as trial jurors in the Unit
ed States District Court:
Storey county-E. Strother, Chas.
Gabriel, j. Reick, a. Fitzgerald, T. T..
Newlove. j. b. Dazet, 7. Dick, G. II.
Neimeyer. l.. p. Wardle, E. Hernle-
ben, III. Trembath, J. w. Albrighton,
G. L.. Hawkes., b. l.. Higbee, J.
Crossley, b. Shaefer. b. PfeifTer.
Ormsby-C. II. Kelley, S. Tonga
baugh, A. Bergman, G.. II. Nicolas.
key, w. Nj. Spencer, G. f. Singer
land, a. E. johnson, H. S. Wills, A.
Baker.
Washoe- A. w. Watson, S. J..
Hodgkinson, Z. Wills, G. w. Sawyer,
A. Sauer, w. Donaldson, w. Hast.
ings, w. Miller, L. D. Smith, o. c.
Ross, Cooper, r.. G. Ide. NJ. L. Hol.
land.
Lyon-D. 4. Willis, +. a. Burke,
f. A. Teasland. E. It. Reynolds.
w. G.. Boyue, w. w. Byron, G.
French.
Douglas-A. w. Ramsey, G. Lar.
sen, P. v. Lundergam, f. c. Spring.
meyer,
The Grand Jurg is busy investigat-
ing tho Mint steal. Specimen bars Of
gold and silver bullion, including
some Of the famous spurious melt,
and books and documents from the
Mint have been examined by the
Grand Jury. Inspector Mason is
pushing the investigation.
Since the above was put in type we
learn that the Grand Jury yesterday
returned true bills against John T.
Jones, James Heney and Henry Piper
for robbing the Carson Mint. They
were released on bail and ordered to
appear for arraignment to day.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-09-01
The Sin Eater.

Among the many traditions con.
nected with deaths and funerals which
exist in Great Britain may be men
toned the strange office of -sin eater
held by an old man on the Welsh
border.
When a person died notice was Civ
en- to him and he at once went to
the house OF the deceased. 4 cricket
i. O., a stool, was brought and he
sat down in front OF the door.
a groat, a crust OF brcat and Il full
bowl OF ale were given TO him, after
which he rose and pronounced the
ease and rest of the soul departed. for
which he would pawn his " soul.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-09-01
Will Test The Law.

DiStrict Attorney Massey informed
the INDEPENDENT this morning that n
suit to test the constitutionality OF
the Weiland sheep law would be be.
gun in the District Court next Mon.
day.
The suit will DO against the Vince.
Ter Bros, or j. G. Ford, the Eureka
county sheep men, and with ms little
expense to the parties rs possible.
The complaint in the action will be
80 drawn that a demurrer to it will
raiso all questions touching the va.
lidity Of the law.
Hon. Thomas Wren, who hes been
employed by the defendants to fight
the law, will be here on Monday when
It is expected that the papers in the
case will be filed.
1t 10 the intention OF the parties to
the suit TO waive time and other for
inalities 30 that n decision can DO.
speedily rendered. 1t is expected
that Judge Cheney will DO here and
hear the case.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-09-01
HE WANTED BLOOD.
An Insuitcd HridcGroom's Opinion of IL
lustratcd journalism.
as this tho nditorou

An Insuitcd BridcGroom's Opinion of H.
lustratcd journalism.
as this the editor?"
"Yes, sir. What can L"
MY name is Grumpy. I was married
last week."
Let me offer my congratulations,
Mr.. Grumpy. l arn glad to see you.
by the way, we published in this morn
ing's paper n full account OF your we'd
ding"
"Ycs, sir; 1 saw it."
you have come, perhaps. to order
some extra cop"
81 have cornc, sir, for personal salts
faction. Your reporter asked for pho
tographs of Mrs Gumpy and myself,
to use in writing up the wedding, SIR"
"Tcs, sir. Didn't he"
ale said he would have ~engravings
made from them and run them Il with
the article he wrote about the affair
YES. Was there any"
And some lop-carcd, wopper-jawed,
bow-lcgged. gOurd-hcadcd son of q
printer in this Office mixed up the por-
kaits, sir. You published me this
morning, sir, in you advertising col.
umns rs n Tennessee barber who had
suffered for fifteen years with n lame
back and II sore throat, and had been
cured by twcnty-sevcn bottles of DIR.
Billjaw's Compound Extract OF llokus
Pokus,' and you run the portrait Of that
Internal Tennessee barber in your nc
count of my wedding, sir. You can
stop my paper, sir. And now will YOU
show Inc the typesetting department
of this office? / am on the wnrpath
this morning, sir, bigger than n grizzly
bear, and / am going to find the man
that mixed those cuts and rcorganize
HIM from the ground up"
In the excitement and confusion that
followed, some hastily turned in n
fire alarm, and it took the entire de-.
partment and a squad of police to
qucnch the fiery young man.-Tcxas
Siftinps.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-09-01

l.. II. Taylor has heen down in
Mason Valley measuring the flow OF
water IN the Walker river. He says
there are $1,000 inches in the river
and 10000 inches are taken out for
irrigation above the place Of meas.
urement. The Carson river below
Empire had OF the Goth between 1000
and 5000 inches.
On the 18th instant Mr.. Taylor
measured the flow of the Truckcc
where it issues from Lake Tahoe.
With %two-thirds of the gates closed
at the old dam the flow was about
$4,000 inches, with all the gates open
the flow would be about 81, OOinches.
The humboldt is lower than it has
been for many years, in fact there is
no water in the stream below the big
irrigating bitches near Lovelock.-
journal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-09-01
a BOTTOMLESS PIT.
Exploration OF n Peculiar Cave Formation
In France.

Exploration OF n Peculiar Cave Formation
In France.
Among tho most remarkable Of nn-
lures wonders the snbtcrrancan Dit ut
jean Nouvcau, near Vauclusc, France,
which reaches n depth Of five hundred
ana forty feet, while nowhere more
than twelve feet wide, has only recent.
ly been explored. The French Society
OF S~Dclcology (cavc study erected q
derrick at the mouth of the pit which
begins with II funnel fifteen feet wide
Mt the top and narrows down TO three
feet mt II depth of about twenty feet.
From here down the c~rcvicc In the
rock, for such IL is, extends vertically,
getting wider rs IL extends deeper, un-
I'll ut Il depth of about four hundred
and scvcnty-lvc feet IL is twelve feet
wide. AZ this point the shaft opens
into u roomy ave in which just beneath
the opening OF the vertical pit n thick
layer Of clay, containing rcmains of
bones, both human and animal, was
found. The explorers found no cyi.
dcncc hat the place had ever been Wis.
tied by man, but tradition has IL that
criminals were thrown into the "bot.
tomlcss pit rs IL was popularity called
in the ncighborhood, and the remains in
the cave just beneath the shaft tend 10
corroboratc this belief.
The descent made into the shaft was
exceedingly difficult; IL established the
fact that there must be II further cave
far below the one now known, but the
crcvicc through which IL Is accessible
Is clioltcd up with debris and powders
SO tina ~ will bc n ypry 1iuicull mnii,r
TO penetrate further into the cnvc than
has been done. The deepest point
reached In this crcvicc Is five hundred
and nincty'thrcc feet underground.
Great quantities OF water rusl, through
the shaft Mt every time there is n storm.
still no trace Of water was found in the
cave explored, which proves that sonc
other subtcrrnucun exit must exist.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-09-01
-La,es. U. S. Govt Repor.
a Confident Confederate.

One OF the most devoted adherents
the Southern cause ever had was Col
onel Nj. When my surrender
to Gederal Grant was inevitable. a
young officer delicately hinted to the
Colonel that perhaps his confidence
in the ultimate success of our arms,
which was still as boas:ful rs ever,
was perhaps n trife overweening.
The Colonel looked at him for a mo.
ment with IN expression in which
contempt, anger, horror and amuse-
ment struggled for the mastery. Then
with hands uplifted, hair standing on
end and Dyes aHsh'~- fro. hc roarcd
OUT III the discounted Lieutenant in
the voice Of II stentor: "Dam up Nj.
aga Falls with tissue paper, bottle up
the Atlantic Ocean in Il whisky flask,
paste TO Let on the sun and moon
catch a flash of Lightning between
your thumb and finger. build u worm
fence around a Winter supply of Sum-
mer weather, harness n thunderbolt
to a suiky, watt all the clouds out OF
the sky with Il lady's fan, saddle and
ride Il hurricane. fasten Il dish clout
to the tail of a comet, pack up all the
stars in Il beer kcg, knock Il tornado
out OF time with your fist, put Hades
to cool in a Spring house, put the sky
in your pocket, unbuckle tho belly
band of eternity, but never again al
low yourself to fancy for a moment
that the poor little North can cver
whip the great Southern Confeder:
acy!-From n Letter of General Rob.
ert f. Lee.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-09-01
Sorry For tn. Girls.

When the women all wear bloomers
and their skirts are laid away; when
their legs no more are rumors coyly
hid from light OF day; when the
pettlcoat's forgotten with it's
swishing, wishing swirls, and
there's less demand for cotton,
I'll be sorry for tho girls. I'll
be sorry for the lassies who in school
or Mt their books-at the head OF foot
OF classes I'll be sorry for their looks,
for their mas will make their trous-
ers, and, good heavens! don't you
know, who were boys but are not
now, sirs, that they'll make n holy
show! 1t is bad enough when John
ny wearcth pants his mama made, and
it often knocks You silly just to see
the youthful blade wearing pants that
no man knoweth which is front or
which is back-if he cometh, or IL he
goeth there is quite an equal slack.
But your Susie! Oh, It's CALLING;
scalding tears will downward glance,
when you hear the urchins calling:
Say where did you get them pants"
You will sec her youthful, glowing,
but by no dead certain rule can you
tell il she is going or is coming home
from school. Therell be trouble
you'll allow, sirs, there1l be anguish |
for the pas when their daughters all
wear trousers that are Just revamped
from mas. So I'm weeping as I'm
writing. and my great tears fall like
scarce l know what I'm in
for I'm sorry for the girls.-St.
Louis Chronicle.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-09-01

Ottawa Journal:-The eternal fit.
ness OF things often got badly mixed
up. The Democratic national con.
vention declared in favor OF silver,
and nominated n candidate for pres
ident who is opposed to silver. Now
comes the state OF Kentucky, and de.
clores for gold and against silver, and
nominates Il man for governor who Is
Il friend Of silver and FREQ coinage.
All this to catch votes by footing the
voters.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-09-01
Carlin, New. Aug. %. 1895.

News . Miner:-Water will have
ceased to run and grass to grow, gold
will DO growing on apple trcsc, tur.
keys will DO running with forks stuck
in thor breasts, crying, como and
cat long Gro tho Republican Nation.
al Convention will nominate Senator
Cameron or any other silver man for
tho Prcsidoucy.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-09-01
Card OF Thanks.

Tho undersigned hereby extend
their sincere thanks to the people OF
Carlin and vicinity for tho assistance
during the sickness, death and burial
OF our beloved son and brother.
Mrs. a. ROAon,
Mrs. J. II. WATsoS,
AMOS RoACH.
Carlin, New. Aug. %. 1895.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-09-01

An exchange tells OF a man who
vent into HE COW stable tho other
night and by mistake mixed the COW
up a nice mash in Il box full OF saw.
dust instead ofbran. The COW merely
supposed the hard times were the
cause OF the economy, meckly alto her
supper. and the man noyer discovered
his mistake until the next morning,
whom he MIXED the COW and she let
down half II gallon OF turpentine, n
quart Of shoe pegs and a bundle OF
laths.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-09-01
Sye County Mines.

Archie Harrington informs the Bel.
mont Courier that the gold mines in
Union district, in the western part OF
that county. continue to look we'll.
Hon. Il. j. Bell and the other mine
owners have very fine prospects be-
fore them. Mr.. Mayette's quartz mill
Is completed, and running on gold
orc from his mine. Mr.. Cirac's mill
will be completed in a short time.
Altogether, the gold mining pros
poets are excellent in that section OF
Nye county.
The early prospectors did claim
that gold ore existed in Tint portion
Of the county, but in those days
miners were looking for silver orc
only. Now prospectors are searching
for gold ore not only in this county,
but in other parts OF Nevada also,
and many Of them are already being
richly recompensed for their labor, Is,
FOR instance, in the southern section
OF Nye county, and in the counties OF
Lincoln, White Pine, E%smeralda,
Douglas and Humboldt. In the
language OF the old forty miner: Boys.
gold is whore you find it. and il you
want il you must search for it,"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-09-01
Omaha stock Market.

OMAHA, Aug. 2G-Iho cattle market
is active and stronger OH everything
Feeders especially in good demand.
Western steers 3259i.35 Gamer lbs
gas; stockers and feeders
. 10 q 4 0QS calves, 2 80 "a 4 80
Sheep steady; fair to choice west.
crns. 2@2 10; common and stock
sheep. l.T5@250j lambs, 3@i50.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-09-01

"Aro authorizations proporf' asked
the Young woman. at depends re.
Piled hor mother, "on which you have
reference to-the English language OF
u bicycle costume.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-09-01

Following is a report of the Upper
South Fork school for the month
ending Ang. 23, 1895.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-07-20
Missing Links.

Two colored women of Sedalia. Mo-
run farm themselves, and when plow-
ing time comes, i'm lieu of using a horse.
one woman draws the plow while the
other guides IL.
According to the Engineers Gazette,
the oldest mathematical book IN the
world which dates some 1000 years
back and was written in Egypt contains
a rule for squarinC a circle.
In carload OF cotton opened at Bidde-
ford Me-. recently, seven trampS were
found. They had been there two days
without food, fresh air or water Their
only complaint was that lit had been as
hot as the devil"
A school district ia Grant county, Kan
sas, contains but Que family. The ia
ther, mother and eldest son have elected
each other trustees. and appointed the
eldest daughter, at $35 q month, to teach
the children.
Offenbach was the French Gilmore
He always tried 10 please rather than in
struct, aud of the sixty-four operas that
he wrote In less than twenty-five years,
only one had the good misfortune to last
more than three or four years.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-07-20
Washington Letter.
From our regular correspondent.

From our regular correspondent
WASHINGTON, ID. c., July Is, 1895.
VIII the United States recognize tho
Cuban insurgents as belligereats !?
Stranger things have happened. The
Spanish minister to the United States
is so much afraid of that very thing that
he has, doubtless under orders from his
government, gone to spend the summer
IN the same neighborhood in which Sec
rotary Olney is spending his vacation.
Before leaving Washington the minister
frankly said that he was going so as to
be where he could keep in touch with
the secretary of state" A gentleman,
who. though not himself Cuban, is In
hearty sympathy with the Cubans 10
their Efforts 10 throw off the CALLING
Spanish yoke, assured me that the revo-
ldtionists would ia the near future
formally ask this government for that
recognition, and will insist upon getting
1t or point blank refusal. The same
gentleman says the insurgents are emily
waiting until they are in position to
claim recognition on the grounds laid
down by Woolsey, and since accepted by
nearly every civilized nation; /. e., has
an organized government, prepared by
law for war on either element, or ON both.
he says the organized Cuban govern
ment will quickly follow the recent elec-
For, hal hy D hn mi
temporarily In the United States, and
that then IL will only need a vessel or
two to comply with all tho requirements.
The Monroe doctrine may also be APP
pealed to by tho Cubans to aid them in
their fight for recognition. President
Monroe wrote In that famous m essage,
which, by the way, dealt with the revolt
OF SPANS South American colonies:
"As soon as the movement assumed such
a steady and consistent form as to make
the success of the provinces possible,
the rights TO which they were entitled
by the laws OF nations as equal parties
to civil war have been accorded them"
Should this government accept President
Monroe's Wow OF similar affair there
would be little doubt OF early recogni-
tion. No one need be surprised when
the demand for recognition is made TO
see It strongly Sacked by influential
Americans.
To hear the talk of Pennsylvanians
who come TO Washington, one might
suppose that the presidential cam paIgn
was raging In the Keystone state, instead
Of fight for the head Of the Republican
state committee, the result OF which will
merely give to Senator Quay or his op-
ponents an opportunity to control the
state delegation to tho national conven-
ton OF that party. A. PennsyIvania
business man said Of this fight: ~
heard Gu the best authority In PhiladeI-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-07-20

We are in receipt OF a copy of the
souvenir edition OF the city OF st. Ignace
aud Mackinac county, published by Ed.
Jones. of The Enterprise, and we are
pleased to note thu, 1t IS one OF the best
In tina; line ever produced in the upper
peninsula. The pages are filed with
choice historical matter, giving resources
OF the county, and biographical sketches
of the prominent citizens, AID is well H.
lustrated. The book is certainly great
Credit TO the publisher