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Dividend Notice.

VNHE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE STATE
BANK OF NEVADA are hereby notified
that at the regular monthly meeting Of the
Board of Directors held on the Sd inst, divi-
dend was declared for the month Of January Of
Two and One.half Per Cent.
On the amount Of capital stock, payable at the
Bank in United States gold coin on Tuesday,
the 10th inst.
J. W. WRIGHT, Bank Manager.
Phoebe, New. February 3, 1874 fe4td
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Utah Southern Railroad.

VNRAINS LEAVE THE UTAH CENTRAL
i Depot, Salt Lake City, at 4. IL. and 2 ~
O'Clock p. IN.
Canyon, at $40 q. m. and $50 p. IN.
Arrive at Lehi at a. IN. and 80 p. IN.
Leave Lehi at $50 a. m. aud p. m; Sandy,
ut 10 80 a, III. and GAO p. IN.
Arrive at Salt Lake City at 1l:3O a. m. and
p. II. a2u-3tf
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A PIocHs sHoorISo ArrAII.-our dis.
patches announces shooting affair in
pan francisco yesterday, in which two
Piochers figured conspicuously John
Maliy, miner, was the shooter ana
j: d. Z. Cavalier, not unknown in tb;s
place, was the shot-at.
No matter what may be the object of
your solicitude-be assured-wbe,ber
You are thinking of the maintenance
OF general health, or Of comfort and
coHpetehce In your old age, or
OF the interests of wife and children
Wheh you may be no more, or Of a pro.
vision for your boy when he reaches ma.
ture age, OF of the happy marriage and
the wedding portion of your little
daughter, one day to be, you hope, a
oiushlng bride-never mind the subject
ma'ter-be assured.-[ Charles Dickens.
1T is strange anomaly that men
should be careful TO insure their houses
their furniture, their ships, their mer-
chandise, and yet neglect to insure their
iives, surely the most important Of all to
loss.
A POLICY of life insurance is the cheap
est and safest mode Of making certain
provision for ones family.
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Probate Notice.

TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
l. Seventh Judicial District-County Of Lin
coin, State OF Nevada.
State of Nevada, County Of Lincoln,-1n the
matter Of the estate of Michael O'Neil dc.
ceased.
Notice of Publication, or time appointed TO,
proving will, etc.
Pursuant to an order of said Court, made on
the 9th day of January, A. d. 1874, notice Ii
hereby given that Saturday, the Seventh
day of February, A. d. 1874. at 10 O'Clock
m. of said day, and the Court Room Of said
Court, at the town Of Phoebe, in the County Of
Lincoln. have been appointed as the time and
place for proving the will Of said Michael
oNeil, deceased, and for hearing the applica-
tion OF Patrick ONeil for the issuance to him
of letters testameniary when and where any
person interested may appear and contest the
same.
Dated January ~, 1874.
p. B. MILLER, Clerk.
BY ]. NJ. HANFonp, Deputy Clerk.
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p p I F A z
DR.. Paul M. Brennan.

DuBLIC LECTURES ON ALL CHRONIC
l. Diseases, and his Private Lectures 10 Gentle
men on g Manhood, its lcss and Restoration"
and on " The Physiology ef Man." and the va
rious diseases Of the gentle urinary Organs. have
made him master of this most important rub
Ject of The profession.
Thousands of brolen-down constitutions can
be raised to the full standard smong en- men,
tally and physically, by timely calling upon
him.
He is also thoroughly familiar with all the
diseases and weaknesses to which woman, with
her delicate and fine organization, is subject,
and the best and shortest method CT treating the
same.
Consultation at the Office free.
Correspondence promptly answered, and list
of printed questions sent to any part Of the
United States on application.
Private circular will be sent containing many
things worth knowing.
Everything with the Doctor strictly conf
dental.
Office -I27 Montgomery street, San
Francisco, Cal.
Hours: From TO IL M; to s, and from to IN
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Utah Central Railroad

TIME TABLE.
vLRAINs LEAVE SALT LAKE CITY DAILY
i at $50 q. IN and 3a5 p. m. Arrive at Og.
den at 80 a, M. and 5A5 p. IN.
Trains will leave Ogden daily ct $40 a. IN. and
$50 p. m. Arrive Gt Salt Lake City at 10 u. IN.
and $50 p. IN.
Mixed Trains
Will run daily, Sundays excepted, leaving Salt
Lake City at 8 q. m. and G:30 p. m, and Ogden
at q. M. and ESQ q. m. au23-tt
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8ailroads.
NEVADA CENTRAL RAILWAY
Q. P, R. r,

ON AND AFTER MONDAY, SEPTEMBER
" go, 1874. Trains will leave OGDEN
dsilys follows:
; $50 p. Nj. Passenger Train for Sacramento
and San Francisco.
5:55 p. nj. Freight Train for Sacramento
and San Francisco.
T. II. GOODMAN,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent.
A. n. TowHE, General Superintent. n2l-tf
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gsaal.
SheriE's Sale.

10y VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF SALE IS
ID sued out of the District Court in and for the
County Of Lincoln, State of Nevada, and to Inc
directed and delivered, for judgment rendered
in said Court, on the 10th day of January, A. D.
1874, in favor of p. Sherwood and W. H..
Sherwood, and against Isaac Turgoose, for
the sum Of four hundred and seventy nine
50-l0O dollars, damages. together with one
hundred 9O-l00 dollars, tax costs, and all accru-
ing costs. have levied on the following prop
erty, to-wit:
I hat certain lot situated on the east side Of
Lscour street IN the town of Phoebe, county Of
Lincoln, State of Nevada, on which stands that
certain building known as the " Capitol Res
taurant," said lot being 25 feet front Tn said
Lacour street, and extending back from said
street an equal width co feet, and now occupied
by the said defendant and wife as residence
and being Lot No. in Block 20, according to
Lacours survey of the town of Phoebe.
Notice is hereby given that on
Thursday, the Twenty-SiNsh Day OF
February, A. u. 1874,
at u O'Clock M, will sell all the right, title
and interest OF said defendant in aud to the
above described property,a at the Courthouse door
in Phoebe at public auction, for cash in hand. ia
the highest and best bidder, to satisfy said exc.
cuiion and all costs.
W 5. TRAVIS, Sheriff.
BY L. II. Hereford, Deputy.
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MINING COMPANIES,
MING COMPANIES.

Following are the principal Mining Companies
on the San Francisco Stock Boards, together
with the number of feet in each mine and
shares to each foot:
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senittiteur in The Ferguson Murder
Case.


The Judgment of tine Supreme Cour,
in the case of the State Of Nevada ngains.
Owen Ferguson ON charge Of murder
,npealed from the ruling of our Distric,
Court denying the motion for a new trial,
defendant having been convicted Of muir.
der and sentenced to be hung on the 3lst
of October last-has been received, to-
rether with the opinion of Justice Haw-
lev reversing the judgment of the Dis.
rict Court. We omit the opinions, but
1--WE the judgment of the Supreme Court,
as follows;
JUDGMENT OF THE SUPREME COURT.
State of Nevada, respondent, vs.. Owen
Ferguson. defendant-on appeal from
the District Court of the Seventh Ju-
dcal District, Lincoln county.
This cause came on to be heard at n
former day, and counsel for appellan,
and respondent appeared and were sew.
orally heard IN argument, and thereupon
said cause was submitted and taken un-
der advisement by the Court.
And now on this day, all and singular.
the law and the premises having been
seen, heard and fully considered; the
opinion of the Court is delivered by
Hawley, j., Belknap, j., concurring, to
the effect that the judgment of the Court
below is reversed.
Whereupon, it is now ordered, ad-
judged and decreed by the Court that the
judgment of the District Court of the
seventh Judicial District, State of Ne
vada, in the above entitled cause, be and
the same is hereby reversed, with costs,
and cause remanded.
Judgment rendered January 10, 1874.
State of Nevada, ss-I, Alfred Helm.
Clerk of the Supreme Court OF said State
Of Nevada, do hereby certify that the
foregoing are full and true copies OF the
original judgment and opinion OF said
Supreme Court in the above entitled
cause, as the same appear OF record in
my Office.
In testimony whereof have hereunto
set my hand and the seal of said Supreme
Court this - day Of January, A. ID. 1874
ALFRED HELM, Clerk.
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ASSESSMENTS,

Following is list OF sales of delin-
quent stocks now advertisedin our paper
suyYR prau
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Hours: From TO 10 M; 2 to s, and from to !
p. m. Postoftice Box. 29l. jaS-tf
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pIPIFHAX.
TWENTY DIFFERENT HERBS,

Gathered at such seasons Of the year whom their
juices are strongest and virtues unimpaired
forming a combination unrivalled in the mate
ia menirn.
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The Human Body Compared to a
Machine.

In the promotion of health and lon
oevity, too much stress cannot be at
tached to the importance of preserving
this harmony or balance of Organiza-
ton. In some respects, the human
body may be compared to a perfect
machine, made up of many complicated
parts. How different the working or
running of such a machine from that of
one imperfectly constructed and I'M
equally balanced in all it's parts The
one, seldom needs repairs, the other fire.
quently. The one will last as it were
for an age the other becomes almost
useless in short time. It is SO in ref
erence to the human system. When
ever a certain organ or class of organs
becomes relatively too large or too
small, causing a want of balance or har-
mony in their action, there must be in
the very nature of the case far greater
liability to disease. Accordingly, it is
in persons possessing this imperfect, i'll
balanced organization that we find not
only the greatest amount of sickness,
but that which is most obstinate and
fatal. How often it happens that some
light arrangement or trifling weakness
operates as the entering wedge to the
most serious diseases 1t is the weak
spot caused by inheritance, or developed
by exposure, where disease finds its
germ or starting point, though all other
parts of the system are in perfectly
sound condition; and not unfrequently
life is terminated by single organ, or
even some part of it, giving out, when
all the other organs might have per-
formed their healthy functions for many
wears
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The bishop was reverend and dig
nitied man. In kind manner he asked
Malchus who he was and whence he
came. Malchus replied that he was
one of the seven youths who had re-
Gently been immured in the grotto at
the command of the Emperor Decius.
but that the Lord their God had again
given them light and freedom. "The
Emperor Decius? 1t is nearly 200
years since Decisus sat upon the throne.
Many emperors have reigned since then.
TheodOsius DOW reigns by the grace of
God. Heathendom has long since
fallen. The cross is everywhere victo-
rlous. But tell me, where are your six
companions? Show us the cave"
Thus spoke the bishop. And NAL
chus led him to the cave, followed by
an immense concourse of christians. In
the cave they found the iron casket
with the parchment roll, containing a
full account of their history. For two
centuries the youths had slept, and
now they awoke to see a regenerated
world.
Tne bishop fastened to send an ac-
count of the matter to Theodosius at
Constantinople. The emperor himself
fastened to Ephesus to behold the
wonder. But the youths, obedient to
an inner voice, in the same honr that
Malchus returned, had again laid down
and the Lord took their souls to heaven.
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Florida,s S Oldest Inhabitant.

Sailing back, we were treated to the
sight of an alligator fifteen feet long,
summing himself on a hummock of yell
low grass. The wrinkle underneath
his lower jaw gave him good .humored
look, and he seemed actually to smile
as the bullets hissed around him. The
alligator is by no means a trifiing enc
my /; and the Floridian tells strange
stories of the creatures strength, fleet
ness, and strategy. An alligator hunter
in Jacksonville gave me an idea OF these
characteristics, somewhat after the fol.
lowing fashion:
"The 'gaiter, sir, is ez quick ez light
MIN, and ez nasty. He kin outswim
deer, and he hez dun it, too he swims
more N two-thirds out O. water, and
when he ketches you, sir, he jest wab
tles you right over n over, a hundred
times, or mo-, sir, ez quick ez the wind;
and you re dead in no time, sir. When
a dog sees one he allus begins to yelp,
sir, for 'gaiter is mighty fond of dog
and q nigger, sir. Nobody can't tell
how old them old fellows is, sir; reck-
on nigh on to a hundred years, them
biggest ones. Thar Is some old devils
in them lagoons you sec off the st.
Johns they lie thar very quiet, but it
would be good tussle If one of you
was out thar in a small boat, sir. They
won't always fight sometimes they run
away very meek the best way to kill
'em is to put a ball in the eye, sir
thar's no use in wasting shot on a
CATERS hide. When the boys wants
sport, sir, they git long green pole,
and sharpen it; n then they find a
CATERS hole in the marsh, and put the
pole down it, then the 'gaiter he snaps
at it, n hangs on to it, n the boys get
together, n pull him ont, n put rope
aroun' his neck, and set him to fghtin'
with another 'gaiter. o Lord reckon
t would make yO' har curl to SEQ the
tails fy."-Scribner's.
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Extent of the Universe.

Since the beginning of this century
our idea of the universe has undergone
complete metamorphosis, though but
few persons appear to recognize this
fact. Less than a century ago the SG-
wants who admitted the earth's motion
(some still reject it, pictured to them
selves the system of the universe as
being bounded by the frontier of Sat
urn's orbit, at distance from the GEN.
tral sun equal to 109, 900 times the di-
ameter of the earth, or::about $50, 900, 900
miles. The stars were fixed, spherical
ly distributed, at distance but little
greater than that of Saturn. Beyond
this limit vacant space was supposed
to surround the universe. The discov-
cry of Uranus, in 1855, did away at
once with this belt, consisting of Sat-
urn's orbit, and the frontier of solar
domination was pushed out to a dis
tance of 1900, ,O0O, 900 miles from the
center of the system, that is to say, be-
posed to be occupied by the stars. The
moved these limits to a distance that
would have appalled, our fathers, the or
bit described by this planet being
1852, 600, 900 miles from the sun.
But the attractive force of the sun ex-
tends farther still. Beyond the orbit of
Uranus, beyond the dark route slowly
traversed by Neptune, the frigid wastes
of space are travelled over by the comets
in their erratic courses. OF these some,
being controlled by the sun, do not leap
from system to system, but move in
closed curves, though at distances far
greater than those of Uranus and Nep-
tune. Thus HalIey's comet recedes to
distance of over 3,2n0,OO0, 900 miles
from the sun; the comet of 1911, &c.
600 100000, and that of 1850, $4,000,
100000. The period of the last-named
comet is $500 years.-PopstIGr Science
Monthly.
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How Destruction of the Forest Growth
Affects a Country.

The Khanate of Bokhara{ affords
signal illustration of the damage done
by denuding a country of its trees.
Thirty years ago the Khanate was one
of the most fertile provinces of Central
Asia, and, well-woo oded and watered,
was regarded as an earthly paradise.
Five years thereafter a mania for forest
clearing broke ont among the inhabi-
tants, and continued to rage as long as
there remained timber to vent itself
What trees were spared by rulers and
people were utterly consumed during
civil war. The consequence of this
ruthless destruction of the forest growth
is now painfully manifest in the i'm
mense dry and arid wastes. The water
courses have become empty channels
and the system of canals constructed
for artificial irrigation and sup lied
from the living streams has b, en- rem
dered useless. The sands of the des-
ert, no longer restrained by forest bar
riers, are gradually advancing and
drifting over the land. They will con-
tinue their noiseless invasion until the
whole Khanate will become a dreary
desert, as barren as the wilderness sep
arating it from Khiva. It is not sup
posed that the Khan has sufficient en-
ergy or the. means at his command to
arrest the desolation that now threatens
to spread over his territories. The exam
pie is one to stimulate enlightened gov
ernments to avoid similar catastrophe
by preserving a due proportion of for
est land in their domains, and bv res
toring those which have been improvi-
IDENTIFY laid bare.
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Save the Leaves.

"Leaves have their time to fall, ;"
but they are only a nuisance if left in
the yards and on the sidewalks but
when gathered dry, and stored in the
barn or shed, they add greatly to the
manure pile in the spring. A litter of
leaves in the horse stalls is more desira-
bic than one of straw, for it can be re
newed without the necessity of cleaning
out the stall more than twice or thrice
a week. Besides, the leaves absorb the
ammonia more rapidly than straw, and
can be more thoroughly worked over
and trodden into it; and they also make
the manure of much more value, for
flower gardens, as they are particularly
rich in phosphoric acid, which is, next
to ammonia, the most highly treasured
constituent of plant growth. Apply
bed of leaves plentifully around the
roots of your vines, shrubs, roses and
all Towering trees, then throw a shovel
of manure over them, and next spring
will show how beneficial is their effect.
Aside from the practical use of leaves,
a due regard to appearance should
prompt us to gather them up from our
door-yards and lawns, and put them in
some place where they will not lie
around loosely. Dame nature ought to
have an attic in which to put away her
cast-off clothing, and not let the au-
tumn winds scatter them broadcast
but she prefers that we should do her
household cleaning for her, and so We
should attend to it directly and reap the
enefts of our labors in another sense.
Pile them in one corner of the yard, if
there is no COW or horse to use them.
Cover them with a layer of earth and
turn all the house slops upon them /;
and, another spring, you will have
good supply of fertilizing material for
your flower garden.
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Franco Arrninp-

Orders are said to have been given to
proceed Immediately with the manufac-
ture of the new musket, model 1874
(system Gras). Those weapons will
only be constructed in the workshops of
the state; private firms will not be
called upon to assist. TIE calculation
is that in about 6 year a million of
them will be made. Then only will the
new arm be placed in the hands of the
soldiers of the active army, and the
men of the reserve and the territorial
army will be drilled in the management
of the musket. The chassepots will be
Withdrawn, and they will be altered to
the new pattern. France has at present
l,8O0. 900 of them. One year will be
necessary for that transformation; so
that by adding 200, 900 new ones to be
constructed in the interval the minister
of war counts upon possessing, at the
end of 1876, 1000, 600 muskets (model
Grass, with store of $50 metal cart
ridges per weapon. The manufacture
will afterward be continued on a normal
scale and in proportion to the resources
of the ordinary budget of war.
The news concerning the artillery is
no less satisfactory. France will have,
at the end of the year 1875, 494 bate
ries of six cannon each, of calibres 5
and Z, with iron carriages, the pieces in
bronze, breech-loading, on the Reffve
system. The results of them are ex-
cellent, and events may be awaited
without apprehension. But from the
beginning of next year the construction
of bronze cannon will be abandoned,
and those in steel on the Lahifolle sys-
tenn will be adopted. That metal is OBJ
tanned at LIE Creu. OF, and the compost
tion and make of it leave nothing to be
desired.
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Growth in Man,

Observations regarding the rate of
growth in man have determined the
following interesting facts The most
rapid growth takes place Immediately
after birth, the growth of an infant dur
ing the first year of its existence being
about eight inches. The ratio of in
crease gradually decreases until the age
of three years is reached, at which time
the size attained is half that which it is
to become when full grown. After five
years the succeeding increase is very
regular till the sixteenth year, being at
the rate for the average man of two
inches a year. Beyond sixteen, the
growth is feeble, being for the following
two years about six-tenths of an inch
a year while from eighteen to twenty
the increase in height is seldom over
one inch. at the age of twenty-five the
growth ceases, save in few exceptional
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English Poppies.

Bailey. of tho Danbury News writes !:
The chief weeds with which the Eng
lish farmer has to contend are thistles
and poppies. THERE'S nothing remarka-
BILE about thistles unless you are bare
footed, but the idea of poppy being a
weed is striking enough. You know
how choice we are of them in our gar
dens at home, and what an addition to
a plot are a half.dozen of these bril-
liantly Towering plant. Try, then, to con-
jure up thousands of them in one enclos-
ure. They are called 'red weed" in Eng
land. They flourish principally in the
grain fields, where their deep red con-
trasts magnifcently with the dark green
of the wheat and barley and oats. I have
seen fields so abounding with poppies
that they looked as though they were
spotted with blood. have seen great
beds of them springing from newly turned
earth along the railway, and their beauty
never saw equaled in nature. Surely
Solomon in all his glory was not ar
rayed like unto these-nor smelt like
them, hope.
Rearing their scarlet heads among the
dark green grain they present picture
that must touch every heart-although
differently. have seen two men stand
at fence on opposite sides of field,
and gaze for half hour at the wonder
full blending of color. The one was
speechless, his eyes glistening with the
most exquisite delight. He was tour
ist. The other was speechless also.
But his eyes did not glisten. He was
the owner of the field.