Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-12-01
VARIETIES.

Where there's will there's way;
Tomorrow the sun may be shining,
Although it is cloudy to-day.
Massachusetts, didn't want an,
more Aver.
What is the only pain we max
light of? A window pane.
How to make money go as fast a.
possible-give it to the foreign mis-
sions.
There is something noble about
goat which all boarders might imi
tate. He is not particular What hi
feeds upon.
An Abbess is on trial in Moscow
for forgeries to the amount of $780,.
900. The case causes profound
sensation in Russia.
1t is estimated that lO,OOO,0O box
es of sardines are annually sent
away from the coast of Brittany to
all parts of the world.
The biggest locomotive in the
world is claimed by the Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad Co. 1t has II driving
wheels, and weighs rs tons.
An old lady hearing somebody
say that the mails were irregular,
said: at was just so in my young
days; no trusting any of EN-"
Under Grant the number of Fed
eral office-holders has increased from
81, ,207 to $4,000. What would be the
increase under a third term?
A Wisconsin candidate for the
legislature published a card deny
ing that he was an idiot, drunk
ard, or hired TOOL" and affirming
that he had pledged himself to en-
tirely abandon the use of intoxicat-
ing liquors.
The Detroit Free Press reports
that one of the victims Of the recent
accident, being asked what she
thought while flying through the air,
answered.: 81 thought I'd fall on
some ones head when l came
down." Sweet instance of tho
thoughtfulness of the sex!
The Pacasmavo railroad in Peru
has Just been finished from the Pa
cific to La Vina, distance of 10
miles, The eastern termination is
3,469 feet above the ocean. The
most wonderful part of the road is
the great iron mole which is to ex-
tend 2,l9O feet into the ocean. Mr..
Meiggs is to build the road for
100000
IT is reported from Florence that
Mr.. Joaquin Miller, the poet OF the
Serras, has eloped with an 1talla9
married woman, the mother OF seVe-
raj children. The affair is said to
have produced a great commotlon IN
the society of that free-loving city.
Though the report comes well au-
thenticated, we sincerely trust that
it may after all prove to be un-
founded.
THE immediate predecessor of the
present Grand Vizier of Turkey, Mo-
hammed Rusdi Pacha, has just died
at the Hedjaz; of which place he had
been governor. He was man of
great ability, and had raised himself
from the ranks of the Ulemas to the
highest office in the Empire. He
was, however, latterly followed by
ill luck. His palace in Stamboul
was partially burned; his only son
was struck by paralysis and died; he
himself was summarily dismissed
by his sovereign and RENTED to an
honorable exile in Arabia, where he
has fallen a victim to the climate.
NOT many years ago there lived a
sweep in a certain Somersetshire vii
lage, who had two mischievous boys.
One day the boys insulted the parish
clergyman, and the angry divine
went to the father, whom he accost-
ed with, "What do you intend to do
with those boys of yours, John?"
swell, sir" replied the sweep, with
a wicked twinkle of the eye, "there's
the oldest of 'em's a fine, sharp BOY,
I'm gwine to make sweep O. ne.
But the youngest is a dull, stupid
sort o. lad. I don't really know
what cad do wi ne, 'cept make a
parson o. 'm."
MASTER CARPENTER" wen, my