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, 1874-12-30

From TIC Strathroy {Cun.> Uispatch.
AS Or. Billings, Of lhiB town, was riding along
ncar Mount Carmel, lo deserted d deer Oh the
road aud shouted at 1t, expecting to 200 q fne
run ncross tho fields. Tho doer was 30 fright
onod that, In attempting to jump the force, 1t
struck tho fonco-rttler and foil back. Tho Doctor
kept on shouting all tho whilo aud tho conf.lsion
OF tho animal becatno 80 groat that each sllccood-
ing attempt was orn0re successful thau tho first.
scoing this. tho Doctor refucd hfs horses In q
corner Of tho fonco. jumped out OF Lln buggy.
as1o for tho deor, aud actually caught It, bu. had
no sooner touched it than llo found himself in
the ditch. Aftor two or tllrqe ups and downs it
got away from him; but, boing a doctor, ho
fought OH scientific principles and in hiH onduay-
ora to cut tho carotid artery inflicted wo und
on fts rcca. Tho confused mud now woun ded
animal ran of ton Or twelve rods md actua lfy
came batE 10 tho very SAME spot to jump tho
fence. aud with tls same ill-sllccess aa before.
Tue Doctor CLOSED IN aud caught it second time,
md, aftor anat!lor series Of ups and downs. Bs,c-
ceodcd IN BoYcrIng t!,s carotid artery with his
ponknito when tho doers llfo-blood soon c1ruscd
and it ssuk victim to Its captor's pluck. Aftor
tho excitement WAS orer tho Doctor found him
acf too mitch exhausted to lifs hi prize into tho
carriage. ]]Y rcstin; nonle ti,n,, however, ho
was ablo to do TO n.,l that tcils dono. ho irovo
home, We will not say bigger. hat certainly
ploasea, muddy, ana btoaiY man.
, 1874-12-30

going to support Durdick or Is Il going ovor ts
Lonergan and tho rest 7 -
Ar. Iotdcu-I don't think It tH right for mo ia
ray anything about TINT just nov;
Iloportor--Wat lA tho RHpoct7-
Mr.. lIoldon--1f yesterdays voto war . tsst
vote It showed Conloy Carrol]. and McCaffrcy
on thu snmo aiao With Lonorgnn, Hotting. aud
Tho old Commissioners, certainly.
Eerortor-1H Tie 1}onrd going to do anything
In tho matter OF tho County Agont's oflloo and
tho alleged o1travaEanco tl,oroln
Mr.. lloldcn-No action has yet been tnkon In
tho matter.
Ncporter-1Iov about TINT report OF yours
Mr. l1olues,-I think can safely say that itt
nature Is aucl ns to insure itB making coisdor.
nblo atir whcn Its contents aro mado public:
Reporter you give me general ides 90
hIr. 11oldon-Wcl, It contains about an inch
thick OF solid ega!-cap pancr,* aud treatH OF mora
subjects than wc could talk OF conveniently al
present.
lloportcr-wl,at dcca It Hay about contracts
Mr.. lfolaen-fho Committee recommend o
chaugo Of tho practice Of contracting for all tho
supplies. mud will no doubt recommend that In
iutnro all supplies bn purchased direct, e1copt-
Ing porliaps. meat. milk. bultor, and bread.
And tits "as all the reporter could got out OF
Immediately after tho adjournment Of tho
COMMITTEE on Supplies, which met III tho morn-
ing, ca,1clls was hold Of those recognized as be.
longing to tho 1.oncrgan wing, including ConleY,
hlcCa!rtoy, aud Carroll. Commissioner. Jones'
also dropped in, and maile 4 feablo pretougo
Of taking part III Tho discussion, but was
not rocetvod will, any great cordiaIityt
aud ho Quietly slid out. What was dono is moi
Iuowu, except that arrangements wero partially
mndo for to-dhy's programme. Another cauoua
will DO held tliB morning 1t is most llko'y that
there will DO no cectinn Of officers to-day, but
that 1t will be deferred till Thursday, and that
ca'lcns will naoes this evening to make out tho
slate.
, 1874-12-30
oated physic1ans Of lawyors q goneral knoHl-
edge Of lnw., Thus It ought to DO Of soachera;
they should 10 scholars hot skf1Iod moroy fu

oated phys'cann; Of lawyers. q goneral knoNl-'
odgo Of inv. Thus It ought to bo OF tcachera;
They should 10 scholars, iot skilled meroly in
tho II particular snbloo.s they taught ot bus In
ne Thought tho best thing tho Association
could do waa to Ignore tho past In tho education.
q! syslefn and ondeavor to End out what were The
psF9sent y 'Sas ,si Of aoslot Taking c4 !. tho
pound body and how to proservo II. According
to tho prosont Bystom It took twonty-ouo yoarr 10
oomplote the education Of all tho grndes ho fol-
lowed. Ho thought that tho achoals wcra
feared that they woro laying tho foundation
Of gcnoration OF nervous, unhealthy poopto, by
rohHon or tho want Of observance OF sanitary
n,csstiroa IN Tho chtldrcn's sa9ioos., Tho course
10 had locked oycr. 1lo found over 1000 qncs-
tona to be memorizod by thoao littlo follows.
Nino hundred md ninoty-niho OF thom woro lHo-
losB, and should only be etudicd BY n convict IN
10 crammed ipto ohidren'a hoada. Tho criticism
applied to tho study OF geography. there was
too mitch OF msnutim, Which wcre devoid Of prin-
ciplo. Flo would teacl, them tho rrtmonts OF
whit to cat and how to ont 1t. II WAS competent
for the boys and girls to lcarn something OF
moral philosophy; thcy wore capable Of learning
something about truth, purity, bonoyolence, an1
charity. Tho Roma.,tsts had somo ground for
their saying that tore enough Of religion Ii,
o1tr schools. Thoy were wrong 10 claim that tho
State should Introduce religious tcachiug into
tho tcloolB but they wors right that there should
bo Taught wllnt morality IL.
lie would havo moral philosophy taught In tho
primary schools, because, as these branches wc,o
taught now only in the High School, they could
mover know anything Of it. for tho proportion Of
inflnttosima So nlso with the studies OF botn,,y
aud zoology, which woro now taught only In the
High School. The objection might bc made that
money was not ut hand to accomplish tho plans
, 1874-12-30
STATE TEACHERS MEETING,
ysFnt,1, 1tuztrh ~ 4lrfN iQlnOr tsrT0N

Tho twenty-tlrat annual meeting Of tho Lii
nols State Toachors' Association was hold yoster-
lay afternoon In tho First Methodist Church, In
tho Methodist Church Block. Tho assembly will
last until tho afternoon Of Thursday, Dec. 0l.
The exercises comnleuuod at $3.50 p. M, ut
which timo the capacioua church waH we'll filled
with tho monlbars and their friends.
About forty pupils OF Chicago achools-boys
and girls OF tho llrat nntf second grases-sang
two ollorusps, undor tho leadership OF L. j..
WEsstemoro. Tho gcloo!ions woro nelthor az
molodious nor ~ auItahlo for tho exhibition Of
apy degree Of culture 10 could hayo been ma1o.
, 1874-12-30
THE THREE NEW MEMBERS.

ARE THEY GOING OYER TO LoSERnAS?
For some days prior to tho reorganization Of
tho now Board Of County Commissioners thoro
WAS much strife mud considerable doubt a. to
who should DO elected President, tic contost DO.
ing between Mesars. Crawford and Burdck. Tho
strongest man against Durt1clt would have l,ocn
Commissioner Lonergan. but llo positively do
clined to seek the Office. md Dur1clts opponents
woro compelled to fall back on Crawford. I
was for soma tinle doubtful how tho newly y-olcet-
ed irish monbers, MoCaGfrey, Conloy, and Car
roll, would voto, but they finally sided with Bur-
dick, aud in tho election Of President, Ut laaat.
tho Loncrgau faction was beaten.
But two other anbiocts havo comp up which
have tendod 10 broak tho ranks OF tho minority,
and to give tho Lonorgan nooplo tho supremacy.
Tltoso ara tue questions, whothor tho present
vicious eystem Of purchasing supplies by COLI
tracts ehAll bo retained or abandoned, and
whether the high salaries adopted by The old
Doard shall DO adhered to. 10 change tho con-
tract system would upao perlolat, aud that worthy
iB consequently work1ng desperately against
any modification Of tho prosont ordor OF things.
Now officers are to bo elected. and tho prcaont
incumbcnts, nj vol "a thoso wlo lopo to Buc-
coed tlcn arc using all their influence to
prevent any alteration Of tha schedule adopted
by tho outgoing Hoard. T1ls tatluenca bus con-
coutratel ltsoIf OH those tllreo Irish 1aombofs,
always considered Hhaky, aud their yotes Monday,
on tho salary question: indicated strongly that
tl.cy had gone over to Lonorgan. and e1travs-
Sorlsy Of ona In tho noar.l. fhis cnaIiaation M ct
tho contract system and high Halarins IL, it mnHt
be admitted, d very strong team, nll powerful
enough to shako thu .lr1ntcsa 0f I'LL ordinary
Commissioner.
lilo Willingness Of theao throo geutlenon to
hirll rfaR mil tf,rHIIuL, flIn
, 1874-12-30
MISSOURI STATE TEACHERS AsSOc,A
TlQN

MEETING or THE ASSOCIATION AT JEFFERSON CITY.
ST. Louis, No., Dec. 20.-The State Teachers
Association mot In Jefferson City this morning,
with ABOUT 200 *enohe1s in attendance. Judge
Arnold Krekol, OF tho United Statos District
Count, Welcomed tho Association aud delivered
al address,. in which he ray,owod tho
its offoot upon humanity. 1Io also specially re-
ferrod to tho school system OF Missouri, aud
pointed out many OF Its advantages to tho poo
plo.. The lion: John Montoith, State suporiu-
tendoat OF Public Schools, also nlado an address
done mud yet to be done by the teachers In tl.o
State. lilo said tho full roturns Of tue school
ollicors woro not 20. in, hut from those recplyod
It might he stated approximately that tilcre are
7s, QUO children III tho State Of school ago, g. o01
schools. 10000 toaohoru, and 100000 enrolled
nchotarn.
, 1874-12-30
Or. THOMAS.
LECTURE BEFORE THE BTATE TEACHERS Aesup1A-


LECTURE BEFORE THE BTATE TEACHERS Assup1A-
TON,
Tho evening session OF tho State Tonchera'
Association was opened at 730 o'clock, Mr. Hull,
Prcsident occupying tho chair. The programme
conBisted of a lecture by tho Rev. H. ". Thomas,
D. D., pastor OF tho Firat Methodist Church. It
was announced that DR.. Thomas could not bo
present until 8 p. m. on account Of an ongago-
mont the parties iutorosted in which could not
bo porsuaded to put OF tho transaction. It waB
Understood that tho Reverend Doctor WAS oc-
oupied In the happy duty Of uniting two loving
people iu tho bonds Of matrimony.
The attendance waA not large, which was no
doubt owing to tho very low temperature pro-
yailing, rendering O Journey Of any distance
quito an act Of bravery, especially as regards tho
ladies'. Some routine business Was therefore
disposed Of.
DR.. Thomas arrived on ti.no, and after Il
formal Introduction by Afr. Hull ho proceeded to
deliver his lecture. He Baid that the work of
tho teachers was not inferior to tho work dono
by the teachers OF religion. lilo spoke with an
objeot, which was to try to help the toaohers aud
their causo. TAero WAS reaBon to four that poo
ple wcrc apt to think that education had
advanced to the fullest extent. Certainly
groat deal lad heen achieved In this country.
lIo believed that tue whole subject Of education
was ns yot scarcely out OF .sinfanoy so that what
will bo done in the future would worry much cx-
col what had boon dono In tho past.
Many had thought that 3 fow only should be
elucatod-tho lawyors tho clergy, aud 80 Oh
4 fow mud thought that education uas necessary
for tho many. But change had occurred and
there WAS deep conviction to-day that oil must
hayo general education, aud this conviction
was daily growing atrongor and widcr. 1t WAS
great mistake to upy that oyoty educated nun
and woman must cntor tho Professions. Tho
fact was bogluning to influence tho public mind
thAe ctlnoatGd nlan 'Tcro Nc0slod far every occu-
pation OF llfo-in the fields, in tho Workshop.
nud In tho htoro.
Thoro mas i feeling not long ago, and 1t was
got hardly dead that it was dangerous to educate
tho people, for thcy argued that It thhy wora
r!llo Tho subject Of education was to become
Iii all-alaorbng question. Iho effort Of tho
world waa to improve tho people. There would
Ie great want in tho futuEe which WAs ouly
now beginning to bo lookea ut,
ue suggested that thoro WAS mood Of bottcr
teachers, and ho wuB just as froo to say thas tho
world needed lottor preachers. Tho grsat mood
OF tho age was botter loalers-men ablo to grnp-
ple with tho thought Of thu tlmos, a1nl ablo
to lead tho thought OF the ti!uos. Drivers vera
NOT needed; loatlorH WGro Wautad; stronger
leadership In oyury direction. Tho toacIler,
taking the boy before l.o hooamo lawyor or
cntercd OH any ayocatlon, better teachors
!ha. anYbody could tencl', ~ it was that anybody
could proaoll. Tlso time would coma when tho
postion Of tho talollor would be VI. honorable
QUO, and Que Which would command tho highest
remuneration anong. the proiossions. 4 gouoral
knowledge Of medicine waa required Of oortia~
, 1874-12-30
WISCONSIN STATE TEACHERS AsSO.
CATION.

Special Dispatch to Thr CHICAGO Tribune,
M.p1epr Wia roc m The 1r;,t.x saw;
rasa.,, m'' -, ~ ".'.ri seu''
..eo'.s ~ Wv "'eeon''n e1a'e 1'aehets
Assocatlon began hero last ovoning, and will
continue tomorrow forenoon nnd evening"
President L. Emery, Of Fort Atkinson. presided
H.. toaa,,ass 49,, s,ssrs". a. Saaso 'I. 'o1
lug asuohofa Aeoo olhesoa' Parts o.
tho State. "E5aminations" wau tho first
subject, presented In practical and suggest
Two papers by Prof, Kerr, of tho
atnto 1roivorutv npa Dros yy;,o,,on ~ 4ho
.,;s.,,i,ao iii; sa,,o,, 1,,, 49,, .., 10y
".""auAoo i1bu ''Inoo'' ,u. 4no enu anu hle'noa
OF c1aminatlons-ro'atlyo valuo Of written and
oral. wcro considered both as to pupils ia schools
ana applying for certificates. Excessive exam-
.aa..;a;-1 s.l'. ~ sl''A w. u.aon ~ wv
tot'a'n'ne 7euuf u paplls. WAS aeprecatco'
considerable valuable discussion cnsucd.
"couS7r surEn1SrESDEscy
was nert cousiderod, paner bejur Rad hv Nrr
K;rw,r ,,rc;Do Int tho ovato,, s;,o,,,d ho ;,,,l
t.,:"ts 49, ''Soa1 1Noe'u " ~"
proved. mol aoohaaod' some tost OF qualtca-
tion should bo required, md salaries be paid
botter ADEQUATE to seo1ro suitable mon, An
ro;ntmanta bv countv noorl. yas s,,n,oatod
;,,ato"5a - .,ca.,ea s,,. u.a.,.,.
stenu ~. ossso' S,is nups. ng~as our
nns nso sofy that M Augaont 1 PEI
T,,+, ~ ~ n, "eu
t;onas " Loa PAY cor
t soai9 ;,,nIa ~ nhnr " lpae " nsaso oayGs @
s!ty o'pio"A' otnct eon''etnen o8p1essoa ARo
'4EWs. Mns. ,n,,sx op,a,,on. A,.,a sew. oa,,ss,.
r !nla utSo.alnP' i.oS'aons A.ooet " no Vaahosh
No11nAl oGnooi, 5oIa papot ufkns tias. as
teaonets !aposeu tsrkeiy ~ !solatlon "'tnont
.9Ia Gon.acs VIII cofa'iu ,a lo.nus, lucy must oe
Utica 4or .lgtr HotA outoten"uu, auu 70 tnat
sn ssie sn9uia ~ ~ Sooo5 ~. sau5 Eene5a. sauoA
.Ion ana ~ tsp!asa1 e'Aoo'o oo'o'eu '1oto ~
Ptoleshioi1' t1n!nlhs' nit.
nrSs.uers n H.. enalu' u i'0'o'' eolceo' 1e"o
paper on Lno
u,.:. TRUE pi., FuSegioss or ooI1EoE,
"nion, nc saiu' atnsea 10 nmpatt 10 young Mlnds
beli-knnMloaee, aell-poasesaion, oreauth OF nfow.
a,u 9n nRn ps .,ls % H. tIasio1s eIa'acset. ~
ALSO ciainlcu snat "nlle there hao neeh consld-
osat.o n''o,!.cat1on ~ co4ogo sous8es, tnose
ceItlal lueAs A@u peon Fetalnod'
,Ia n!.o 80 measulpu WIEN hueGosa III the
nc ot theil graduates. ING early coIicge' WIN
oppor,tonitlass, ,uy uhafaly superior 70 modern high
ecnoo!s' aha nssteen colleses, puh pooslS-lut-
h1snoa, accomplished as mucn III hitting young
men lo' lllo aH tAo oldGat ahd more fach!S-1ur-
hlshed lnstltue1ons. Gour pecallarltloa - col
!ogo g. ossaulsation aaG routine wore d"elt gu
1ns t1A'o4'A1 ntousut uuuol ltufsaat1so iolco VI
tie collese, young tAeu oet"een 10 anG ~ ana
from 10 70 - ne''ig counted bent' =. ihe term
ul yoa!s uufing Whaon s1naonta aIo neld uhuef
lh!s lnnuenGe ID IAeu " no arplsrafy ohac1-
nent' w determined W experience OF lss ~
.o nosa' y m,s.aho % 10 a.teaps 70 ehofsoa @ tho
LIME tne ~ any aoMpins OF etoss'chs "ofk. =.
Iloslalou LUZ reH6loue eaIV!ces Auu Hstleu-
, 1874-12-30

A Tn1nuNE reporter cal!aa yesterday eyenlag
upon County Commissioner g. q. L, Holden, md
iiau brief conversation with lin, ~ follows,
OH tho situation In the County Hoard:
Neportor-What do you think, Commissioner,
about tho Irish yoso In the County uoArd. la il
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-09-29
MANSIONS POWER HAMMER.

The following concerning Man
sons atmospheric power hammer
and drill, is from Coggin's official
catalogue of the Mechanics Fair:
Manson's atmospheric power ham,
mer, William Manson, exhibitor and
patentee, manufactured by Manson
& Co., Downieville, Sierra county,
Cal. This invention. which was
patented June 90, 1874, consists of a
working cylinder directly above the
anvil-block, in which works piston
and piston rod connected directly
with the hammer. The working
cylinder is of long stroke and small
diameter, and is connected with the
condensing cylinder by open ports
at each end. The condensing cylin-
der is of large diameter and short
stroke, and its piston is operated by
crank driven by a belt and pulley.
The air is condensed alternately
above and below the condensing
piston, operating upon the working
piston in the same manner above
and below alternately. The length
and force of the blow is regulated
by stop-cock between the two
cylinders, and is operated by a
hand lever, and can at pleasure
strike any desired length of blow
from one-eighth of an inch to three
feet.
He has also in connection with
the same condensing cylinder, small
portable hammers, connecting with
three inch rubber hose of any re-
quired length, which can be easily
carried about weighing less than
twenty pounds) and applied to chip
ping and calking, riveting, stone
cutting, rock drilling. etc. The
principal advantages over all other
hammers are the following: Econ
omy of power, durability, cheapness
of construction, and facility of ap-
plicatjon.
A company is now being organized
in this city for the extensive manu-
facture and sale of the above. Even
upon the specifications and drawings
before the machine was built, it called
forth the universal approval of the
leading mechanics of San Francisco.
Their opinion has now been fully
endorsed and supported by the prac-
tical working as seen in the Me-
chanlcs' Fair. Before concluding
this notice we should not be doing
justice to the inventor, the industries
of our State or mechanical interests
generally, did we fail as publishers
to give our endorsement of its merits
as claimed by the inventor, MIR.
Manson. whose inventive talent has
supplied not alone to California but
to the world want which has long
been felt and commented upon i'll
scientific journals. We tender our
congratulations not only to the in
ventor, but to the San Francisco
Mechanics Fair Of 1874, which, will
be able to boast that it has given the
public generally the first opportunity
of witnessing the admirable and
perfect working of a machine which
is destined to take rank among the
most useful inventions of the age
Downieuilte (Cai.) Messenger.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-09-29
A MILLION-DOLLAR MORTGAGE

A MILLION DOLLAR MORTGAGE
The San Francisco Bulletin of the
nth inst. has this item: The largest
mortgage ever placed on record in
pms city was recorded to-day. 1t is
executed by William Sharon and
l". G. Ralston, in favor of the
|hibernia Savings and Loan Society,
s security for 100000, at per
lent. per annum for three years.
ne property mortgaged is known
.he Palace Hotel property, having
frontage of 275 feet on Market
lreet, by depth of 344 feet. The
oeument is drawn upon one of the
suai blanks of the bank, with an
,eriinage that the mortgagors
gree to pay to mortgages a proper
on OF any solvent debt tax. The
,ause providing that the buildings
iast be kept insured by the mort
asors for security of the mortgages
erased.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-09-29

MAIL sdviees by China steamer. at San Fran
cisco, report that many tracts of land at Isen-
euria have been laid waste by volcano in that
district, vomiting fire, cinders, and smoke high
in the air. One hundred and eighty houses
have been burned by the falling sand. There
days. An extraordinary phenomenon has oc-
CURED in connection, it is generally supposed.
with fhe volcanic disturbance. From plain
in the volcanic region there arose, in a brief
time three mountains, one of which covered
an area Of two and half square miles and is
800 feet high, and others being considerable
smaller tract of land also arose from the
ocean at an adjacent point on the coast. The
newly risen land measures 1890 feet by 500
feet, and is connected at one end with the
main land. E8F fF
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-09-29

On the meeting of the Republican
State Convention at Winnemucca
last Thursday, the death of David l..
Hastings. one of the delegates from
Lyon county, was announced by
Jonas Seely, Esq, with appropriate
remarks, after which the following
resolutions were adopted:
Whereas, David l.. Hastings of
Lyon county, a delegate to this Con-
vention, on yesterday, at this place,
in the zenith of his useful life, while
engaged in the discharge of his po-
litical duty, without warning, but,
as we firmly believe, duly prepared,
became a victim to the iron tooth of
time, and has gone to the other world,
carrying with him, as we devoutly
trust, credentials securing to him
membership in that grand conven-
ton of just and true spirits over
which the Supreme Ruler of the
Univese specially presides.
Resolved, BY the Union Republi-
can State Convention ofNevada, duly
assembled at Winnemucca on this
oath day OF September, 1874:
First-That in the death of Mr..
Hastings this Convention has lost a
wise counselor. the Republican party
leading member and our common
wealth one of its chief citizens.
Second-That while bowling, rev.
erently and humbly, to this affiicting
dispensation of the Almighty will,
in deep sorrow we publish to the
State this great loss, promising for
ourselves that we will cherish his
memory, defend his good name and
initiate his many public and private
virtues.
Third-That we will cause these
resolutions to be published with the
proceedings of this Convention.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-09-29

ABOUT 100 overland passengers
have published card, setting forth
an account OF the treatment they re-
ceived on the Central Pacific train,
at and near Reno, from bands of
robbers and three-card monte sharps.
They say their train was literally
captured by these desperadoes this
side of Reno; that they went through
the cars cursing and striking the
passengers, brandishing knives and
reyolvers and threatening to cut
them in pieces or blow their brains
out. They add, that all these and
the conductor ride in the same car
with them.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-09-29

THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
In commenting upon the failure of
J. Y. Scammon, of Chicago, as a
newspaper manager, Mccullough, of
the st. Louis Globe, one OF the most
successful journalists of the West,
tells plain truth in the following
words: The business of journalism
will continue to be an inviting field
for experiment to those who have a
large amount of egotism. A man
who, having edited newspaper un-
til he was forty, should suddenly
announce himself lawyer, would
be regarded as a fool by the legal
profession; and yet, we often hear of
lawyers of forty making sudden pre-
lenses to journalism. There is an
idea that the business of editing re-
quires no apprenticeship; that edi-
tors come forth from the law offices
and colleges fully armed for the
profession, like Pallas from the
brow of Jove. 1t is mistakes; there
is not in America to-day a single
journalist of national reputation
who has not devoted more time and
hard work to his profession than,
with equal fitness and application,
would have made him a great law
yer or good doctor. And yet
ninety out of every hundred men
you meet on the streets will hesitate
about carrying hod or making a
pair of shoes, whereas there will
probably not be one in the hundred
who cannot, in his own Judgment,
edit any newspaper in the country
better than it is edited, no matter in
what manner or by whom.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-09-29

The New Orleans Picayune re-
Gently contained the following no.
tice: "The boy who came into this
office yesterday, sat down on box,
and then bounced up with a yell
and fled like one bewitched, is re-
.quested to return four long brass
'tsscks that were standing on the box
When he took his seat. Noquestions
VIII be asked-we understand it all ;
out we want those tacks; we have
use for them. The box is specially
devoted to exchange fiends, and the
lacks are what we depend on for ex-
element"