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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-11-08
COAST BREvITIES.

The Alden Fruit-drying Works at
Los Angeles are curing figs.
There are six well-developed
quicksilver mines near Cambria, San
Luis Obispo county.
Marysville has pear that weighs
four pounds and measures eighteen
by twenty-five inches.
Thirty actions for divorce were
commenced in the District Court of
Santa Clara county last year.
Fourteen TASKS of quicksilver
from the Mohatten and fifteen from
the California reached Napa on
Monday.
Wood-hauling is the principal oc-
cupation of the people of La Porte,
in view of the threatened hard
winter.
Persons from the northern part of
Sierra county were obliged to wear
snow-shoes last week to reach Dow
melville.
Senator Morton is deriving great
benefit from the hot springs near
Santa Barbara. He is hopeful of
complete recovery.
The flax planted at Little Calaver-
as Valley as an experiment demon
are adapted to its production.
The body of man supposed to
be that of John Williams, was
found near Copperopolis on the 24th
ultimo. The cause of death was
unknown.
Collector Sedgwick has seized for
violation of internal revenue laws
the distillery of Z. T. Tarbox, To-
Gated at Los Angeles, together with
some 10000 gallons of fruit brandy
therein.
John Brownlee, of Vallejo, while
hunting near Suscol, Napa county,
on the 3lst, was severely injured by
the explosion of his powder flask,
which by some means was ignited
while he was pouring powder into
his gun.
On Monday last, man whose
name is unknown was struck in the
forehead by the local train going
East, about a quarter of mile be-
low BantaS. He fingered until the
train arrived at Lathrop, whore he
died, while having his wound
dressed.
Elizabeth Morgan, ii years old,
with light brown hair, blue eyes,
fair complexion, and large of her
age, left Boston, Mass, for Grass
| dllty, anu HAS HOI SliICc Dtcl hCc'i u
of. Her family and friends at Grass
Valley are greatly distressed by her
disappearance.
Several leading capitalists of
Salem, Oregon, have organized a
Home Life Insurance Company.
There are now 1900 pupils in the
public schools of Portland. The
cost per annum is 100000.
The Columbia River Improvement
Company have filed articles of in
corporation. They propose building
a canal and locks at the Cascades,
on the Oregon side. Capital stock,
$25O,OOO.
John Mcguire, brakeman on the
Central Pacific Railroad, was shot
and probably fatally wounded on
Thursday last by r. G. White, who
was paramour of Maguire's wife.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-11-08

KNOW ye the printers hour OF
peace? Know ye an hour more
fraught with joy than ever felt the
Maid of Greece, when kissed by
Menus amorous boy? 'Tis not
when news of solemn note his col
umns all with sadness fill; nor yet
when brothers quote the effusions OF
his blunt-worn quill. But o, tits
when the weather's fair, or clad in
rain, or hail, or vapor; tits when he
hears the welcome sound, +" Fve
come to pay you for your paper.'
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-11-08

LET 1T ALoNE.-As q general
rule, it is better to take little notice
of foolish or even of malignant
gossip. Let it alone. By and by,
those who go about retailing such
stuff will grow weary, if not
ashamed; perhaps they will feel
disgust at their own baseness. II
they are not noticed, they will sink
out of sight.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-11-08

ONE of our freshmen. lately, in
giving the divisions of an Grafton,
called the last "perforation." "That
is right said the professor, "if you
intend your Grafton to be bore"
Connecticut western news., 1874-03-13
Light Houses.

Most of the lighthouses in the U. s. are on barren, desolate, and exposed points of the coast. In some of them the keepers can not communicate at all with the shore during the winter months, and in such cases supplies of all kinds for the lights and the keepers must be accumulated beforehand. In many fresh water for the keeper and his family has to be caught in cisterns j; and there is an official circular to light keepers, telling them how to avoid the poisonous effect of the water dripping from the leads of the lighthouses by putting powdered chalk into the cis- tern, and occasionally stirring it. In many places it has been found that cat tie, attracted to the light at night, de- stroyed the strong-rooted grass which holds down sand dunes, and thus ex- posed the lighthouse itself to destruc- tion and in such cases considerable area of land must be fenced in to ex- clude these beasts. On stormy nights sea-fowl are apt to dash themselves against the lantern glasses, blinded probably by the glare of the lights, and all light-keepers are specially warned in their printed instructions to be on the watch for such an accident, and extra panes of glass, fixed in frames, are always in readiness in every lighthouse, to substitute for those which may thus be broken.
Connecticut western news., 1874-03-13
Fashion Notes.

It is whispered that the spring season will bring many changes in ladies' dress. The milliners and dressmakers seem determined to take revenge upon the forced economy of 'spanic times"
 We hear that the graceful polonaise is now really doomed to extinction. Its admirers will not, however, part with it readily.
 The polonaise is to be replaced by corsage having long points in front and pleated busque at the back, accom- panied by rather ugly shaped over- skirt. The overskirt is to be open in front, pleated at the back in full straight pleats, and without the usual pouf.
 The new style of walking skirt is to be worn rather short which, consider ing the state of our streets, is very fortunate. It is founced up the front, each founce being finished by bow or buckle, and one very wide founce at the back.
 Ugliness has never so abOunded in calico patterns as at present. Many of these resemble the blue and white check aprons worn by butchers. Others are printed in plaid patterns. About thirty five cents yard is the usual price for new goods.
 Let ladies beware of bright blues and pinks. They don't wash as 8 rule. Brown and violet are the most durable colors.
 White silk richly trimmed or striped with various shades of velvet still holds sway, and forms beautiful contrasts.
 There are not many great changes in the mode of dressing the hair. There is no rule as to whether it shall be worn high or low, and people generally suit their methods to the shape of their faces.
 Curls are again reinstated. They were always graceful, but only suited to certain styles of beauty.
Connecticut western news., 1874-03-13
A Revival of MohammeiIanIsm.

It is we'll known that Mohammedan- ism has been making great progress in India of late years, to the alarm of the Hindoos, and that instead of being a dying religion, it is undergoing great and ominous revival. Recent informa- tion on the subject is as follows: A census of Bengal lately taken makes the population 67,O00,O0 instead of 4O,- OOO,00O, as was estimated. In some districts there are 600 to the square mile. The number f Mohammedans is far in excess of popular estimate. They number 2O,664, ,O0O. Of all who call themselves Hindoos in faith, there are Az, ,674, ,O0O. The BuddhisIs are 85,- GOO in number, and the Christians 93,- 900. Of the aboriginals, included in neither of these classes, there are over two million. It is stated that the Mo- hammedans, with their armies of mis- sionaries, their theory that all faithful races are equal before God, and their practice of raising any convert at once to full social equality, are becoming so numerous, that by 1900 they will be half the population, and ultimately will control the religious destiny of Bengal. Throughout many of the richest dis tricts they are already nearly or quite one-haH of the population, and in some they exceed the Hindoos by twenty per cent, the most astounding instance of wholesale conversion in modern his. tory.
Connecticut western news., 1874-03-13
The Shipping of Seamen.

The present excellent shipping law has cured many evils clustering around this part of the sailors life, the causes of which the public scarcely under stands, and which ship owners and cap- tains could do much to prevent by their own efforts did they choose. Sailors are gregarious; they haunt certain not very reputable parts of the town. where they are apt to spend their savings rap- idly, and then they must go to sea again. When sailor wants ship he applies not to the owner or the captain, but to shipping master; an agent who undertakes to secure crewfor the ship without trouble to the owner or cap tain. It is the shipping master who engages the seamen, selects them, pays them their "advance," and holds them in hand until the ship is ready to sail. It is the sailor clearinghouse keeper oftenest who deals with the shipping master, supplies him with men, and re- ceives the greater part of the advance money. Oftenest the owner never sees the crew on whom depends in large measure the safety of his ship: and the Captain does not see them until he comes on board as the lines are cast off. Suppose they come aboard drunk; SUD- pose 8 large part are incompetent, and others of them diseased? It is too late then to remedy the matter; the ship puts of to sea, and the Captain, enraged perhaps at the cheat fer which his neglect is chiefly to blame, falls to abusing his men. The greatest atroci- ties have been committed, and, indeed, are sometimes still perpetrated, in the shipping of men. It is but a few months since a mechanic in Baltimore, an in- dustrious man, with a family depending upon him, was kidnapped, put on board vessel which instantly sailed, and only returned, after serious suffering and long detention, to find his family in want and himself mourned as dead. In New Orleans, some years before the war, there was 8 story told of an un- scrupulous clearinghouse keeper to whom had come the day before an uncle from Ireland, a venerable person in knee brooches. Him his nephew drugged-being compelled to make ur the tale of 8 ships crew-and stuffed him into the forecastle as an able sea. man, pocketing in his name the hun. dred and fifty dollars advance money which was just then paid for the "run' to Liverpool; and thus the poor olo creature spent but single day in the new country before he was borne back to the old. The shipping act has put { stop to most of the abuses connected with the shipping of seamen.
Connecticut western news., 1874-03-13
Marriage by Contract.

An interesting case of alleged con- spiracy is oh trial in the courts of Pitts burgh, the incidents being of quite a romantic nature. The prosecutrix is Regina Steiner and the defendants her husband and large number of his relatives. Mrs. Steiner is a large, handsome middle-aged woman, 8 native of Alsace. She appeared in court in the richest and costliest of toilets, and with profusion of elegant jewelry. It appears that in 1869 wealthy merchant named Gottfried Jacque made her &C., quaintance. They lived together for over two years, when :: MT. Jacque con- cluded to marry some one else, and after revolving the question over he had hired Julian Steiner to marry her, agreeing to settle upon her an annuity of $1 200 in gold for the support of her self and children. Steiner came to America and remained for while in New York, but ultimately went to Pitts the lapse of about nine months he re- turned to Paris, married Regina, in pursuance of the previous arrangements between himself and Jacque, with whom she had been living, and brought ueE IO AuS11Cds IOSotueI WILL 1WO Cu1A- dren, of whom the wealthy merchant was father. In the meanwhile the mer- chant had settled on Regina an annuity of 5000 francs but, before the year had expired after their arrival in Pitts burgh, the husband, with the other de- fendants, commenced series of sys- tematic abuses on the wife. They tried to force her into Dixmont Insane Asylum, and in other various ways to rid themselves of their presence. For considerable time it seems her hus- band appropriated her money to his own purposes, and with it purchased some property-that was not recorded, however-and he conveyed it to Adam Weigand, a relative, evidently for the purpose of getting rid of the diff culties occasioned.
 The defendants deny any conspiracy for the sake of obtaining the annuity. The paper provides that the two must marry, and the inference is that the money belongs equally to the husband and wife.
Connecticut western news., 1874-03-13
Compulsory Education.

An important bill for the compulsory education of children was introduced into the New York Legislature by Sen ator Wood. Many of the leaders of the Senate are in favor of it's provi- sions. The first section provides that:
 All parents and those who have the care of children shall instruct them, or cause them to be instructed, in spelling, reading, writing, English grammar, geography, and arithmetic. And every parent, guardian or other person hay ing control and charge of any child be- tween the ages of eight and fifteen years, shall cause such child to attend some public or private day school at least fourteen weeks in each year, eight weeks at least of which attendance shall be consecutive. or to be instructed reg ularly at home at least fourteen weeks in each year in spelling, reading, writing, English grammar, geography, and arithmetic, unless the physical or mental condition of the child is such as to render such attendance or instruc- tion inexpedient or impracticable.
 Section two is as follows:
 No child under the age of fifteen years shall be employed by any person to labor in any business whatever dur ing the school hours of each school day of the school term of the public school in the school district or the city where such child is, unless such child shall have attended some public or private day school where instruction was given by 8 teacher qualified to instruct in spelling, reading, writing, geography, English grammar, and arithmetic, or shall have been regularly instructed at home in said branches by some person qualified to instruct in the same, at least fourteen weeks of the fifty-two weeks next preceding any and every year in which such child shall be em- ployed, and shall, at the time of such employment, deliver to the employer @ certificate in writing, signed by the teacher, or School Trustee of a dis trict or of school, certifying to such attendance or instruction; and any per son who shall employ any child con- trary to the provisions of this section, shall, for each offense, forfeit and pay a penalty of $50 to the Treasurer of the city or Supervisor of the town in which such offense shall occur, the said sum or penalty, when so paid, to be added to the public school money of said town or city.
 The ninth and tenth sections provide that Justices of the Peace, civil Jus tices and Police Justices, shall have jurisdiction, within their respective towns and cities, of all offenses, and of all actions for penalties or fines de- scribed in the act which shall take effect on the 1st day of September, 1874.
Connecticut western news., 1874-03-13

MACHINE SoNas.-There is a house in London that furnishes songs for every body who applies for them, and on every possible subject. This furnishes em- ployment for a good number of pens, for the demand for songs is very great in London. When the Shah of Persia came every music hall had to have 8 song about the Shah, and so with every event that interests the people. The street singers have to have songs, and so do many of the saloons !; 80 that you may write song to pay for your break fast to-day, and sto-morrow have it brawled into your ears from the most unlikely place in town.
Connecticut western news., 1874-03-13
Russian Young Men.

After the attainment of his fifteenth year no Russian subject is permitted to emigrate before acquitting himself of his military liability. Upon the attain ment of the twentieth year all Russian subjects become iable to serve in the army. A certain number not determin- ed beforehand and variable at pleasure will be freed from the obligation every year. By way of selecting those who are to be benefited by this provision, the young men who have attained their twentieth year will draw lots. The drawing of lots and the enrolment of recruits will be held annually in Euro pean Russia between the 18th and 27th of December, and in Asiatic Russia be
 tween October 27th and January 18th.
Connecticut western news., 1874-03-13

A MISTAKE. correspondent of the Cincinnati Times writing of the visit of the Legislative Committee to Newburg Insane Asylum, says: One of the fatherly senators stepped up to one of. the young lady attendants, and said, My poor girl, do you know how long you have been here?' The 'poor girl smiled and replied, Nearly Q year. 'How long do you think you will have to stay?' continued the sena- tor, in the same sympathetic tone. Well, sir,' continued the fair lunatic, T shall probably stay till they stop my wages or I get married And she walk ed away laughing. The kind-hearted senator locke after her with tears in his eyes, and murmured, m Poor thing poor thing while the 'poor thing re- lated the affair to the matron and laughed till she cried." s.-... ....
Connecticut western news., 1874-03-13
VOL. III.
She Always Made Home Happy.

She Always Made Home Happy. In an old ch1rchyard stood stone,
 Mathematical and stained, The hand of Time mad crumbled it,
 So only part remained. Upon the one side I could just trace,
 " In memory of our mother" An epitaph which spoke of home"
 Was chiseled on the other. I'd gazed on monuments of fame,
 High towering to the skies I'd seen the sculptured marble stone
 Where great hero lies But by this epitaph paused,
 And read it OCT and OCT, For had never seen inscribed
 Such words as these before. "she always made home happy!" What A noble record left; A legacy of memory sweet
 To those she left bereft; And what 8 testimony given
 By those who knew her best, Engraven on this plain, rude stone That marked their mothers rest. It was 8 humble resting place,
 know that they were poor, But they had seen their mother sink And patiently endure; They had marked her cheerful spirit, When bearing, one by one, Her many burdens up the hill,
 Till all her work was done. So when was stilled her weary head, Folded her hands 50 white; And she was carried from the home She'd always made so bright, Her children raised monument That money could not buy, As witness of noble life Whose record is on high. A noble life but written not
 In any book of fame; Among the list of noted ones
 None ever saw her name; Fer only her household knew
 The victories she had won And only them could testify
 How well her work was done.
Connecticut western news., 1874-03-13
CLOCKS! !

Besides splendid assortment of Fancy Goods Pocket Cutlery, Musical Instruments, Stationery together with . thousand and one other articles too numerous to mention
Connecticut western news., 1874-03-13

An economical way of retrimming black silk skirts, so as to make them look new, is with cross-b bands of color, and such ornaments as buttons, buckles, agraffes, and so forth which are on & monster scale and abound everywhere.
Connecticut western news., 1874-03-13

persisted in treating her as Ga slight acquaintance"
 In few weeks he brought his bride to the city, and introduced her to his fashionable friends. She was only a. simple, innocent, country girl, but, az the wife of John Martin, she was welS' comed to the best society. And Greasy never ceased to regret that she pro nounced Martin only "G slight acq1aint- ooooo O
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1874-03-11
LA VILLA DE BILBAO.

Bajo este nombre SO acaba de abrir un nuevo
establecimiento de merceria en- la calle de la
Cruz frente al almacen dc D. EustaQui0 CaDre-
ra, en- ell que todo compradOr hallsra un exec
lente surtido de mercancias de seda, lana, llilo
Y algodon; TODD precios sumamente m0dicos;
pues su duelio desea vender barato con ell fin
de acreditarlo ponerlo & la altufa de los de-
mas de su ramo. I.
Buenos y bonitos casmires dc sde 81 hasta 90
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1874-03-11

yara; paf1os negros de color desde 10 rls. Q
hasta S3 i'd; cortes de casimir desde % hasta
81 unO; lindisimos warandoles 10 centavos;
calic6s < 10 centavos. He aqul expresadOs algu-
nos artfculos; los que creemOs suicientes para
que el piblicO pueda juzgar de t0d0 10 que en-
la La villa de Bilbao SO encuentra. PuertO-Ri-
co Ener0 % de 1874.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1874-03-11
Nueva l1nea de Vapores Espanoles


Ell vapor puerto Rico" Sc despachara en- Ii
verpool para San Juan, Ponce, Mayaguez de-
mas puertos de SUI ruta el 20 de noviembre pro-
ximo. Para fetes demas detalles dirijirse en-
Liverpool q los Sres. William White y Comp
Pacific Buildings. James Street J. en-. estaa La
timer 0omp:'-PuertoRioo:
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1874-03-11

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el presene 9 principles del entrane
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entire este puerto St Thomas hay
no nndiendo admit ndmero mtadO de pasageros
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1874-03-11
UNICO DEPOyITO I'm la ISLA
de Guano leg1timo del Peru.

La Empresa del Guano legltimo del PERI pa
ra las Antillas espanolas, establecida en- la Ha-
bana, la sola autorizada por el Gobierno del Pc
ri para la venta del artlculo en- las Antillas es-
panolas, ha resuelto establecer un dep6sito en-
esta villa, y habiendonos nombrado al efecto sus
dnicos agentes en- la lsla, tepemos el gusto de
ofrecer los Sres. Hacendados, este fertilizador,
el mejor hasta hoy conocido. Ell precio de venta
es $85 al contado por tonelada espahola, sin ta-
ra, entregable en- la romano.
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1874-03-11


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