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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-20

1t is remarkable how old-time super
stitions crop out now and then, and take
root in the public mind. Atpresent the
"lucky horseshoe" is .the favorite en-
blem, appearing in nearly every device
to which it can be adapted irrespective
of the horses hoof. Horse shoe pins in
gold, bronze, or oxydized metal, are worn
as ornaments by men and women alike.
Small looking glasses, framed in imita-
tion horse-shoes, gilt, are used as frames.
Most bar rooms have horse shoe nail
ed up somewhere, and the old woman
who sells newspapers at corner tables,
prefer horse shoes to brick for paper
weights. The original notion of the
tailsmanie properties of the horseshoe
arose from the supposition that an evil
spirit, in traversing it, is sure to fly off
at one of the ends.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-20

They have a span of horses in Depere,
Wisconsin, which are keps for trading
and speculation exclusively. They sold
in Green Bay for 65 cents. Then they
rapidly rose in value until they brought
S.. Excitement running high, and APP
pearances indicating that they would
soon be able to stand alone, they were
put up at "a rattle, and seventy-fve tick
cts were sold at dollar each. A De-
pere man won them, and thought him.
self lucky, but after feeding $40 worth
Of hay and oats, he became discouraged
and sold them at rs cents. The man
who got them traded them TO barber
for twosmontLs shave, and the barber
went out the other day and hung him.
self. The result is that the horses ar,
now without protector.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-20

An American citizen in the person Of
Mr.. J. II. Puleston has just been elected
to Parliament in England. To be sure
he was once British subject, but, by
naturalization here and considerable po-
litical service in Pennsylvania, including
much usefulness as the agent Of that
State in Washington during the war, We
have right to call him ours. However,
Parliament will find in Mr.. Puleston "A
hard-working, well-meaning, sunny-tem-
pered member, who will be all the moro
useful because a graduate Of the Great
Rennblic.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-20
POETRY.
IN EXILE.

The sea at the erag's base brightens,
And shivers in waves of gold;
And overhead, in its vastness,
The fathomless blue is rolled
There comes no wind from the water,
There shines no sail on the MAN.
And not a cloudlet to shadow
The earth with its fieeey grain.
Oh, give in return for this glory
SO passionate, warm and still,
The mist of a Highland valley
The breeze from a Scottish hilI.
Day after day glides slowly,
Ever and ever the Sanlei
Seas Of fntensest splendor,
Arrows which smite hot as flame.
Birds Of imperial plumage,
Palms straight as columns of fire,
Flutter and glitter around me;
But not so my SOULS desire.
long for the song Of the laveroek,
The eateract's leap and fash,
The sweep Of the red deer's antler's,
The gleam Of the mountain ash.
Only when nights quiescent,
And peopled with the alien stars,
Old faces come to the easement,
And peer through the yine-leaved bars
No words But guess their fancles-
Their dreamings are also mine
OF the land of the cloud and heather
The region of Aud Lang Syne.
AGAIN we are treading the mountains,
Below us broadens the firth,
And pillows Of light keep rolling
Down leagues Of empurpled heath.
Speed swift through the glowing tropics,
Stout ship, which shall bear he home;
o pass. ae God-seni arrow,
Th-1agh te.upest, d.rsuess and foam.
Bar up through IN. silent grille
fV.a- circias TiIe 4 ring earth,
III Z y i.s-e 81 IA blaze IN shr Compass
Tf,a latlis s-a- over abe nor b,
i T4 .s win is OF the hills may greet us,
4h.t our I ,otsseps again NAV be
4. ~ eet
iul el ,se to the s.Oried sea.
--Ci10be's journal
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-20
School Savings Banks.

The Philadelphia Press finds in for
eign journal an account of the school
savings bank system, which has succeed
ed admirably in Ghent after six years
trial, and is perfectly in accord with the
careful character of the Belgian people.
We learn that by the system adopted
there the schoolmaster keeps register,
consisting of as many pages as pupils
He receives daily any sum entrusted to
him, and enters them to the credit of the
Contributor. When these savings in the
case of any one pupil amount to franc
he deposits them in the savings bank
and hands over the receipt. Next day
the certificate is returned to the school
master, who keeps it in order that the
investment of subsequent savings may
be recorded upon it. Ghent is no Ion
ger the great and busy town it was when
the Emperor Charles V. boasted that he
could put all Paris into his glove (gant, }
for its manufacturing importance has
declined and railway lines have turned
tourists aside from its art and architec-
tural attractions. Still, however, it has
a population of one hundred thousand
In six years its school children have de-
posted under the simple organization
above mentioned, sums of money to the
amount of $26,047. The Belgic govern
ment thought so we'll of the framer and
introducer of the plan that it sent him
a prize of $4,000 "a very large sum in
the Low Countries,) and ordered that
eight thousand copies of his little treat
Use, in which the working of the system
is explained, should be printed and dis
tributed among the schools of Belgium
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-20

There is a curious trial for polygamy
in progress at Portland. A Mrs. Waite
is charged with having married Mr..
Waite while her first husband, Mr.. Wal
Ter, was alive. Her reply is that she
had been mistaken for Mrs. Waller
She professes entire ignorance of the
man who claims to be her husband, and
of the girl and boy who claim to be her
and his children. These three persons,
Mr.. Walters sister, his brother-in law
and half-a-dozen other persons, swear
positively that the woman used to be
Mrs. Waller. Yet she maintains her
plea steadily. The evidence is over
whelmingly against her, but the case
may be a parallel in real life to f.
E. Hale's "My Double, and How He
Undid Ne"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-20

A TIcHBoRNE IN STEUBENvILLE.-
In his will the late Robert Mears, OF
Steubenville, bcqueathed $4,000 to John
Sloan, a friend living in Ireland. Mr..
Robert Sherrard, the executor Of the es-
tate, when he was ready to pay over the
same, asccrtained that Sloan had died
at sea, while on his way to New Zealand,
and that his remains had been deposited
in the ocean. Mr.. Sherrard recently re-
ceived a letter from New Zealand, from
an individual asserting himself as the
identical John Sloan named in the will,
and claiming the legacy. A reply has
been forward to "Tichborne" Sloan to
furnish proof of his identity or to come
and prosecute the matter in the courts.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-20

The manufacture of cheese has be-
come in the last few years one of the
important American interests. 1t now
wholly supplies the home demand for
this popular appetizer, and also provides
the material for large and lucrative
export trade. Fourteen years ago the
first shipment of American cheese to En-
gland took place, but the article was so
worthless that it was thrown into the
docks at Liverpool. Since January 1st,
the exports of cheese have amounted to
s, ,166,211 boxes, against s93,154 boxes
as compared with the corresponding
time in ls72.-Detroa Tribune.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-20

An Illinois youth is in trouble, and
writes az follows 10 an editor for advice:
"Lately becoming acquainted" he says,
with a young girl attending school,
was smitten with her, and she appeared
to regard me favorably. She is very
much of a lady, although but sixteen
years old. l sent her a present of a
handsomely bound book of poems cost
ing eight dollars, which she returned
with note, stating her father would
not let her keep it, for which she was
very sorry. Don't you think it was an
insult to return the book without more
of an apology? Hadn't / better whip
the old man if he don't apologize fol
the insult?"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-20

To keep sweet potatoes through she
winter. treat them as the ladies do their
dahlia bulbs. Pack them I'm dry sand.
which had been thoroughly heated, 80
as to drive out I'm the moisture, and then
set them in warm dry place. In
stances have been known where they
have been kept for two years, being
stored in q warm dry cellar, near iho
furnace. Keep them away from mois-
ture. Unlike Irish potatoes, which need
m cold situation 10 keep we'll, the sweet
po.ntoes need 20 be kept warm and dry.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-20

In large cities prevailing custom is
the placing Of the name Of the resident
on plate of the door post. A Western
paper suggests that the farmers follow
this example, and have their names
painted on or affixed to the gates in
front Of their residences. The adoption
Of this would afford great satisfaction to
travellers and especially to those who de-
sire TO familarize themselves with the
names Of residents Of localities through
which they pass.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-20

ARKADIA.-"Garden Island" is the
name of little islet in Lake Ontario,
near the city of Kingston. The popula-
tion is about a thousand. Twenty years
ago law was passed that NO liquor
should, on any pretense, be on the is-
land. There is not pauper nor po-
liceman among the inhabitants and not
a cause has come before the magistrate
for fifteen years.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-20

Saturday a policeman in Detroit
heard that citizen Of Twelfth street
had been badly injured, and he called
at the house to obtain particulars. lie
found the man lying on the lounge, his
head bound up and his face badly
Scratched. He asked: "Whats the
matter-did he get run over or fall
down stairs2" "No, not exactly re-
piled his wife, "but he wanted to run
the house his way, and I wanted to run
IL my way, and there he Is"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-20

A resident Of Kalamazoo, Michigan,
has refused to pay his school tax on the
ground that the schools have no right
to teach any languages but the English,
and that when the other languages are
taught there is no longer any right TO
compel the payment Of taxes for their
support. They must be maintained by
tuition fees. His case is made a test
one, and great deal Of interest gathers
about it.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-20

\ Boston paper thinks that the man
who plunged beneath the ice and saved
a lady from drowning in that State re-
Gently, should be rewarded with the la
dy's hand. Let that man accept such
reward, and half the unmarried women
in Massachusetts, viii be under the ice
in four-and-twenty hours.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-20

1t is related that an aged couple who
lived in venango county, Pa, that they
never spoke to each other for ten yeara
except in an occasional quarrel, although
living together up 10 the time Of the
old lady's death, which occurred on New
Years morning, aged about eighty yoars.
During her last aickness her husband
did not speak to her, but showed signs
Of relenting after her death. This pc
culiar couple raised large family, all
of whom are respected and honored cit
izens
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-20

The insurance companies contend
that an explosion is not fire. A suit
on this point has followed the blowing
up Of Bradford & Cos mill in Ben.
nington. The companies will only set
tie the loss that was caused by fire after
the premises had been blown into COM
parative worthlessness.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-20

"a distinguished member of the Ken
lucky Legislature" is reported in the
Louisville Commercial, as having cam
didly acknowledged the corn" Reap
pearing, after an absence from his seat
of three days, he said, che had been
sick" "What's been the matter with
you?" he was asked. well, some folks
call it nervous chills; others pronounce
it kind of affection of the heart; but,
to be candid, I call it PLAIN case of old
fashioned drunk"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-20

A veteran observer says that "Old
friends are like old boots. We never
realize how perfectly they were fitted 10
us till they are cast aside, and Others,
finer and more stylish perhaps, but
eramping and pinehing in every corner.
are substituted"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-20

An Atlanta paper says: "We are
dreadfully drove with job work just now,
but we'd cheerfully lock up the Office
and lose a whole day to attend JEFF. Da-
Wis funeral.n
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-20

The Des Moines Register says the
good things at Governor Carpenters re-
ception "displayed the culinary skill of
Mrs. Carpenter" Which is very like
the man who always stopped at the As
tor House when he went to New York,
"because Mrs. Astor was such good
eook ),
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-20

A matron winds up philippe against
sleeping cars with the accusation that
the system forces young girls to become
"familiarized with that unattractive OBJ
iect, sleepy and unwashed man"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-20

A gentleman in Missouri drew all his
money out of the bank during the late
panic and put it nobody knows where
Then he died suddenly, and his heirs
are widely prospecting in all sorts of
probable and improbable places.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-20

An English wag asserts that the ma
chinery is the most modest of all things,
since it almost always travels in cog.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-20

The Danbury News man states that a
New Haven editor spent last Sunday in
Slawson and attend church. When the
contribution-box came AROUND he was
in a dose, but, on being nudgod, hastily
exclaimed, 81 have pass"
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-12-06
Application for Paten t i.
NOTICE No. 2if.
L. =. Survey No. 50.

~ S. LAND OFFICE, CARSON CITY,
= Nevada, October s, 1S74.-Notice is
hereby given that the Green Gold and Silver
Mining Company, corporation organized I'M
der the laws of the State of California, having
its post Office address and principal place of
business at San Francisco, California has by
". W. Turney. the agent thereof and a
stockholder therein. this day made applica-
ton for United States patent for sixteen hun
bred and thirty-siX 1886 linear feet of the
Green Lode in Gold Hill and DEVILS Gate
Mining Districts, being partly in Storey and
partly in Lyon county, State of Nevada. with
surface ground three hundred 1900 feet in
width, extending in a southerly direction
from the mouth of said Company's tunnel, at
or near the northerly end OF the claim. along
the line of said vein or lode, and embracing
the same, with all its dips, angles and varia-
tons, to any depth and throughout its entire
width and depth. although the same be found
to enter land adjoining the said claim or L.
s. Survey No. IS being described upon the
surface by the plat and field notes on file in
this Office as follows. viz Beginning at Post
No. l. about 200 feet westerly from the Devil
Gate Toll-road, and whence the quarter Sec
ton corner on the south line of Section D,
Township l6 north, Range p east. Mount
Diablo meridian. bears north IA degrees west
distant ,730 feet and running from said Post
No. along the westerly boundary of the St.
Louis Companys survey Lot No. Ct, south IL
degrees east 276 feet TO Post No. .; thence
south IA y degrees east 1898 feet to Post No. :;
thence south SOL degrees west 800 feet to Post
No. 4 thence, fourth course, north l44 de-
grees west ,636 feet to Post No. 5 thence
north S2A degrees east III feet to Post No. l.
the place of beginning-c 10 $500
acres of land. situated in east half Section s,
Township 16 north, Range u east, Mount
Diablo meridian.
Courses and bearings expressed from true
meridian. Magnetic variation, l6h degrees
east.
The st. Louis claim. Lot No. e., as sur
veyed, adjoins this claim upon the northeast
The claim herein applied for is recorded at
page 101 of Book f, Records or Gold Hill Min
ing District, kept in the office of the Recorder
of Storey county at Virginia City, Nevada.
The right to follow said Green Lode and eX-
tract and remove the ore therefrom for 1886
feet along the course thereof, and throughout
its entire width and depth. wherever found,
although it enter land adjoining said u s.
Survey No. 95, is claimed under any patent
that may be issued upon this application.
ADOLPHUS Waltz, Register.
HoYT. SEARS 4 MCKEE, Attorneys, San Fran
cisco, Cal. 44-G5d
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-12-06
The P. R. & Montgomery
CONSOLIDATED
MINING COMPANY.
PROSPECTUS.

YEIHE Claim of this Company is located in
4 Devils Gate Mining District, south OF
American Flat, next adjoining the America.
The Company have sunk shaft l53 feet,
and have run tunnel in on the ledge 2GG
feet the last $50 of which is in pay rock,
assaying from a few dollars up to $3.50 per
ton. There is about 200 tons of this rock on
the dump, and the company will commence
shipping to mill as soon as one can be pro
cured.
There are 5000 feet in the claim The
stock is divided into 10000 shares, linn
tied number of shares are placed in the
market at the price of One Dollar per share,
and can be had at the Companys office, on
the southeast corner Of & and Taylor streets,
Virginia City, New.
P. RUSSELL, President.
z. S. ELDRIDGE, Secretary. I'm
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-12-06
ASSESSMENT NOTICE

VIRGINIA CITY COAL COMPANY-
Location of Works, FL Dorado Canyon.
Lyon County. Nevada. Notice is hereby
given, that at meeting of the Board Of
Trustees of said Company, held on the Fourth
l4th) day of November, A. d. 1874. an asses
ment mo. ~ Of Ten l1Ol cents per share Was
levied on the capital stock of said Company
payable Immediately in United States gold
coin, to the Secretary. at the office of the
Company, Room No. 7. Medin Building, No.
l6 North Street. Virginia City, Nevads,
And any stock upon which this assessment
shall remain unpaid on MONDAY. the Eighth
tsth) day of December, A. D., 1874, shall De
deemed delinquent, and will be duly advsr
tised for sale at public auction, and ufless
payment is made before. will be sold on
SATURDAY the Ninth 18th day of January
A. ID. 1875. to pay delinquent assessment
together with costs Of advertising and sI
penses of sale.
F. @. LORD, Secretary.
Office-Room No. 7. Medin Building North
Street, Virginia City, Nevada. 55-td
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-12-06

ST. LOUIS musical circles are
convulsed over the question,
Should or should not Down in
Coal Nine be sung in a minor
key ?"
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-12-06

A PARTY of ladies in Australia
recently played a cricket match to
raise funds for some charitable
purpose, in which they were very
successful.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-12-06

"WHAT is the matter with you,
my friend ?" inquired judge, who
had called to see his sick neighbor.
Veil, 1 don't know, chudge-dey
say it ish de cout-but Wy should I
have de cout? I lives blain; I
don't eat doc much nor drink doc
much; Wy should I have de cout?"
Perhaps" suggested the judge,
it is hereditary" VEIL" re-
piled the invalid, with the look of a
man who has suddenly been en-
lightened on a difficult subject !;
Veil, l guess it ish hereditary I
remember my wife's uncle had de
cout."
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-12-06

IF every lady in the land had a
pair. Of pretty little feet, we would
wager a "blue-eyed kiss" that a
long dress would not be seen in a
days journey.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-12-06

VIsrroR.-Mr. David, of Carson,
visited Silver City yesterday. He
reports everything getting along
smoothly at the Capital.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-12-06
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

NSTATE OF D. L. HASTINGS, De
~ ased.-Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned. Administrator of the Estate Of
D. L. Hastings, deceased, to the creditors Of,
and all persons having claims against, the
said deceased, TO exhibit them, with the ne
cessary vouchers, within ten months after the
first publication of this notice, to the said
Administrator, at his office, in Silver City,
Lyon County, Nevada.
Dated at Dayton, Nevada, November 10th,
1874.
]. NJ. MCGINNIS.
Administrator Of the Estate of d. L. Hast
ings, deceased.
JOHN POWELL, Jr., Attorney for the Estate.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-12-06

An exchange speaks Of couple
resolving themselves into com
mittee of two, with power to in
crease the number.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-12-06
A r r I v e D
BY REQUEST OF MANY FRIENDS,
DIR. FOWLER,
OF C Ii | C a G. o,

EgAS RETURNED TO VIRGINIA CITY,
n a and is at No. 81 SOUTH c STREET,
where he will be pleased to see all who need
his services. The Doctor has had many years
experience in the treatment of CHRONIC
DISEASES and feels confident that he can
give satisfaction to those who will give him a
trial. The Doctor is a graduate of one of the
oldest and most reliable Medical Colleges OF
the East, aud for the last three years has held
a ProfessOrship and lectured to a large medl-
cal class in one of the most enterprising Med
iCal Colleges of the city of Chicago, and has
held the responsible position of MEDICAL
DIRECTOR and MEDICAL, EXAMINER of
the largest Life Insurance Company Of that
city.
LADIES-Those of you suffering from dis
eases peculiar to your sex, call and get the
Doctors opinion.
Having had an extended practice in the line
OF your diseases among the rich and poor, his
position in his profession has given him &C
cess to all the modern improvements OF the
day. There is no branch of the profession
that has made the advancement as that per-
tanning to the treatment of your diseases. He
uses new medicines, and his mode of treat
ment is entirely new in this section of the
country, and he guarantees satisfaction
CATARRH he never fails to cure. and il is
the first step to Consumption or Bronchitis.
Those suffering from any affection OF the
Heart, Throat or Lungs will do well to consult
him.
RHEUMATISM is so difficult to handle, yet
the Doctor can show many testimonials of per-
feet cures, even in this city.
Call and see the Doctor. He charges you
nothing for his opinion, and if he prescribes
you will find his charges light.
OFFICE HoURs-FROM A. NJ. TO Il NJ,
AND FROM TO $50 P. NJ
II. r. FOWLER, M. D.,
No ~ South c street
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-12-06
ASSESSMENT NOTICE,

hANEY GOLD AND SILVER MINING
R1 Company.-Location of principal place
of Business, San Francisco. California. Lo-
cation of Works, Lyon County, Nevada.
Notice is hereby given, that at meeting of
the Directors, held on the 27th day October,
1874. an assessment NO. III of One Dollar
per share was levied upon the capital stock of
the Corporation, payable Immediately in
United States gold coin, to the Secretary at
the office of the Company, No. 800 California
Street, Room No. 5, San Francisco, California
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the Fourth day of Decem-
Der, 1874, will be delinquent, and advertised
for sale at public auction and unless pay
ment is made before, will be sold on the
Twenty-eighth day Of December 1874, to pay
the delinquent assessment. together with
costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
GEO. r. SPINNEY, Secretary
Office, No. 800 California Street. Room No.
San Francisco, California.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-12-06

CHANFRAU, the actor, proposes to
contribute 81, 900 toward prosecut-
ing for SANDER any clergyman who
will specifically accuse any noted
actress of immortality.