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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-08-26
SILVER CITY, NEVADA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1876
Written for the TIMEs.l
To Sarah.

As look on your flowers, dear Sarah,
And inhsle their sweet purfume tonight,
think Of the friend who bestowed them,
And the thought fills my heart with delight.
For no flowers could ever be brighter
Than the smiles you 20 freely bestow
Upon all the dear friends who surround you,
To tighten their paths q they 60.
Thus may Heaven shower blessings upon
you,
And keep you in beauty sublime,
Till the careful gardner removes you,
To bloom in that fairer cline.
MAUD.
Silver City, August 21st.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-08-26

FLIRTATIoN.-No woman can car
ry on o Irritation with q married
man that is not criminal. No wo-
man can firt innocently even with
a young man. 1t is the first step
toward unbalancing his character.
Through her he sees other women
and forms an estimate. The young
woman who enters a family and
wins the affections of the husband
and father knowingly-and she can
not do otherwise-has entered on
the road to perdition. There is q
punishment for the housebreaker,
who steals and mars life's best
treasures. Every woman has the
best right to her husband. He is
hers in sickness and hers in health,
to love and cherish, as exclusively
as if she be his. He is to provide
for her, honor and love her. He is
her protector against all the adverse
circumstances of life; no other wo-
man has any right to his attentions
and endearments, and q wife has o
perfect right to resent such atten-
tions. A man who saw another
mans arm around his wife's waist
would consider it o case Of court,
or an exercise for pistol shooting.
Women, with keener sensibilities
and finer nature, feel it deeper. II
touches the heart.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-08-26

Two RfAs0xs.-"Here's . boy
down here who wants to lick mel"
exclaimed q bootblack as he ap-
preached . policeman on Griswold
street, yesterday. HE does, eh I?
what for?" 'Says I called him
names, but I didn't" "Are you
afraid Of him?" mo. not exactly,
but l don't want to 6ght. One
reason is, promised my dying
mother I wouldn't, and the other
reason il 'canss he's biggsr'n !
anw
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-04-02

glimpse of something lying in the road
before me, almost at my feet.
"Ilooked and started back in horror ;
a peculiar sensation came to my scalp |
felt my hair, so to speak, rising on end ;
for there, in a defile of the road, half
wcdged III the shelter of a rock, was a
collin. The peculiar shape of it was only
dimly discarniblc, and either exaggerated
by this dimnoss OF else the coffin was OF
gigantic size. How did it get there?
Did the tiends about me contriye this
shape to deceive my half-ieliricus scnses:
looked again, and slowly | saw the pom
derous liz rise, d skeleton hand come
forth 3; then al arm. At last half the
form emerged from this terrible hiding
place, and, wrapped about with IL wind
ing sheet, seemed struggling to leave the
coffin altogether.
Il seized my pistol with a trembling
hand. [ cooked it.
"'Don't shoot young mani cried the
specter. Yen Spite the polish eff yer
do. This cussed rain has e'cn-a'mOst
done for it already. 1t WAS pious and
peart a spell back, but it's pretty well
spilled HOW, I'm afraid.
ct Was my old wrecker, carpenter,
and cOtlinmak"r. He explained to ne
that he'd started Oh time with the coffin,
and kept up till the storm come upon
him, and he was forced TO rest awhile
under the overhanging rock. He thought,
very properly, that no better shelter
could be found than the coffin itself; and
lie was right. We might both have crept
inside, and there would still have been
room for moro.
Why on earth did YOU make it so
big | said. L don't want my poor
Jack to lie around loose in this way
"'Wcil, where's the odds!' said the
accommodating artisan. You didn't
seem 20 spare The expense SO ! thought
I'd leave plenty Of eibow-room. We can
find suthin or other for ballast, ] reckon,
down below
Poor Jack lies to this day in the
singular coffin thus providedfor him, and
over him the arbutus blooms, and tender
%yiolets, and al the dainty flowers dear to
il Young girls fancy o III old woman's
love"
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-04-02
VOREMEN.

The dull times bring ont into bold re-
lief the fact that the mechanic who is
thoroughly master of his trade is better
off than most men who are dependent
On their labor for a living, the thrifty
farmer perhaps excepted. It is a lesson
for parents to take to heart as they guide
their boys into of self-srpport.
OF unskilled w0rkmen the CHmrchman
well says: The signs Of distress among
the poor are more apparent than ever be
fore. There is Il cause for his III the
imitation of trade Since the var, and the
demand for labor. Many men have
rushed INTO employ1nents requiring little
Skill, and others have been taken in de
taGlt of skill by employers who regard
sighted and Inefficient work as leading
all the quicker to now demands. To put
the thing III very plain English, good
f0r-nothlng wOrkmen have been en-
ployed to do gooa-for-nothing work, be-
cause the OOner that givesOut the sooner
they will be needed again. The conse-
Iuenca has been great restlessness on the
part OF the operative population, and
multltudes left, by the stoppaSe OF a few
concerns, strangers il strange towns,
without resources and without friends.
Unskilled labor always tends to patiper-
ism. 1t is regulated by no proper prin
cipies of supply and demand. In a shoe.
making town there come about as many
shOemakcrs rs the trade will maintain.
In Il seaport the mechanics employed
about ships are III close ratio to the
activities OF commerce. But unshilled
labor is ready to migrate anywhere in
search of a paying job; is therefore rest
less, without home ties, home comforts,
or home responsibilities. When the
need of unskilleG labor stops, no one
cares for the lahOrer. Skilled labor is
paid for III dull times, lest it be wanting
i'll busy times. The answer i'll the cata-
chism, "To lc0IW to labor" etc, ought
10 be taught as something more than an
idle piece of repetition. We believe in
teaching children to read and write, but
there are other uses for their syes and
their hands which they should be taught
also. This country is fast producing the
most inefficient and faulty set CT
operatives the world has seen since the
Christian era. The pauper question is
best settled by settling the labor
question.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-04-02
DIMENSIONS or THE EIRTH.

Two German scientific men, Messrs,
Behnm and Wagner have recently pub
lisled the results of some very accurate
measurements that they have made re-
speeding the dimensions of the earth.
From these it appears that the length of
the polar axis is II, 712, 13G meters, that
Of the minimum equatorial diameter
which is situated 103 deg. Il min. east of
the meridian Of Paris, or IS deg. As min.
west, is II. G52, 701 meters, whilst the
maximum diameter at u deg. II min
east, and 166 deg. As min. west, is 12,-
156,5SS meters. They estimate the total
surface Of the globe at 509, $40, 900 square
kilOmeters, whilst its volume is equal to
1852, $50, 0G, 600 cubic kilometers. The
circumference of the globeOn its shortest
meridian is 40, 900, 800 meters, whilst
that of the longest is 40, 069, 903 mexers.
The oceans and glaciers occupy 375, 1877
go square kilometers. The total num-
Der of inhabitants of the earth is est
mated at 1891, 900, 900; viz 800, $50, GOO
III Europe, 79S, 000, 600 in Asia, BOB, 3OO,-
600 in Africa, whilst the population OF
America is 81, 542, OO0, andthat of Ocean
lea, 1880 00. The population of the
towns and cities exceeding 0 1000 inhab-
itants is 69,37S, 800; or about one-twen-
tieth part of the total population of the
globe, leaving nineteen-twentioths of the
inhabitants for the villages and smaller
towns.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-04-02
OYER THE

Half sleeping, by the fire 1 sit,
L start, and wake, il is so strange
To find myself alone, and Tom
Across the Range.
We brought him in with heavy feet
And eased him down from eye to eye
Though no one spoke, there passed a fear
That Tom must de.
He rallied wien The sun was low,
And spoke, l thought the words were strange,
It's almost night, and must go
Across the Range"
what, Tom ," he sn,lad and nodded, Yes
They've struck IL rich th'rc, Jim, YOU know
The parson tod as: You'll o,nc sooa:-
Now Tom mnnt GO"
Erorl nj Ius swecth""rt1 pictured :acc,
Agaia, that smila, - II l and a:~ln5".
"TeH her." said ne, = thai Tom has gone
Aor.ss the Range"
The s,st light fingered on the hill.
There's q pass. somewhere, then lie said,
4 nIIjp, and eye. and hani wcra sti}l,
Aud Ium was dead.
Hall sleeping, hy the fire l ST.
| start and w.ko, il is 50 strange
To find myself alone, and Tom
Across the Range.
J. Harrison .Hi'<.
DENVER, Colorado, 1874.
fIn early times IN Colorado. il used II he said
dead miner that he had 'GOn" over II" Range"
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-04-02
towns.
COLD SPELLS.

The extraordinary numerous and Sc
we're "cold spells" or "cOld waves" as
they are now coming to be called after
the name of the Signal Office ut Wash
ingtOn, which have characterized the
present winter, give special interest to
the latest explanation of their origin, as
set forth by Prof. Loomis in a recent pa
per before the American Academy of
Sciences. According to this theory, IL
regular periods of low temperature are
caused at all seasons land, of course, par
ticularly i'll the winter by the descent of
cold air from the upper layers of the at
mosphere, rather than by currents of cold
air setting in from the north. In sum-
mer, during a thunderstorm, the tenn
perature often falls ten degrees in a few
minutes without any north wind. The
descending currents result from the out
ward movement which generally takes
place from the center of an urea of high
barometer; and these sudden gusts of
cold from the higher atmospheric re-
gion" reveal a connection between the
phenomena of the barometer and those
of the thermometer which throws new
light on meteOrology.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-04-02
WHEELER l. WILSON,S SEWISG H1
CHIMES.

We call attention to the Wheeler
Wilson advertisement in our columns.
This ~well-known company has the most
advantageous facilities for supplying the
public with Sewing Machines, on as IA
vorable terms as the business will allow.
They warrant all their work, and it is a
matter of Importance to the purchaser to
deal with a company whose position and
permanence give assurance that their
guaranty will be fulfilled. They have
agencies and offices throughout the CIV
1lized world, for furnishing needle
thread, and other necessary supplies, an
have an established reputation for relia-
bility and fair dealing.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-04-02
TO NY MOTHER.
The crimson sun is sinking.

The crimson sun is sinking,
And the Highland hills are blue
And the silver lake is sleeping
At the back OF B~en-ycnue.
And weary miles between us,
And dreary leagues they be,
But my heart flies back untrayeled,
Dear mother mine, to thee.
mind tine time, dear mother,
When twas happiness alone
To sit and listen ever
To thy kind and gentle tone.
think of days forgotten,
As NY fancics older grew.
low / had ~VYayward changes.
And thy love no changing knew.
And failings UlrrIAember"d.
And faults all unrcdeemed.
Come thicker with my thinking,
And darker than they seemed.
How all thy fond affection
Seemed Z thing of certain course,
A love that asked no love again.
Mine by some hidden force.
| think how still thou lOv'dst me,
How thy lip my brow hath kissed,
And MY cheek, for all 1 hide it,
Is wct-and not with mist.
BY the holy purple sunset,
And by Gods W golden sUn,
l at slOne-and wonder
For the little l have done.
But that lOYe-and lie ! cannot
Here in this quiet spot
Hath undescrved been Often,
But never once forget.
SO kneel TO thee in spirit,
For thy blessing. mother true,
Where the silver lake is sleeping
At the back of B~en-yenue.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-04-02

VISITING CARDS.-The fashion of hay
ing ~cOrOnrtS or c~OGts-Of-iHTmS engraved
on visiting cards has become obsolete in
Paris, but thnrc IS tendency to increase
the size Of the cards. which are begin
ming to bc a good deal used IL leu OF
note paper when il is needful to write
only a single sentence. Cards are, how
ever, frequently ornamented with a mon
ogram.
4 BEAUTIFUL OREAMENT.-On Il slen-
der, graceful bracket place a fancy flow
cr-pot. From this let Il woOdbinc of wax
seem 70 grow. The leaves may be green
or may have the beautiful scarlet hue
which the real woolbine assumes in
autumn. The vine trained along the
side or ovcr the top OF a window or arch
way viii bring an October glory into the
whole apartment. Wax in tints to simu-
late autumn leaves comes prepared in
boxes, and any II with care and a slight
amount of skill car make these lovely
ornaments for winter rooms.
INDOOR ADJUSTMENTS. Cut two or
three leaves of red Gbbage into small
pieces, then put then into a basin and
pour a pint of boiling water on them.
Let them stand one hdr and then pour
off the water, which vii be of Il fine blue
color, into a decanter. Then take four
wine-glasscs and pat into one six drops
of strong vinegar, intoanother six drops
of solution Of soda, mo a third a strong
solution of alum, ana ct the fourth re-
main empty. The glasses may be pre-
pared some time BEIGE, and the few
drops of colorless liqul that have been
placed il will not be .oticed. Now fill
up the glasses from he decantcr, and
the liquid poured intoshe glass contain
ing the vinegar will betraEsformed to a
beautiful red, that PIT INTO the glass
containing the soda WI become n fine
green, and that poured into the empty
one will of course remain unchanged.
Now work another tansfOrmatiOn by
adding a little vinegar the green liquid
and it will Immediately change to red,
and add il little solutin of soda to the
red and it will assume fine green color.
The experiment not My amuses, but
shows the action of acls and alhalies on
vegetable blues.
HAD A PREsENTIMES-Just rs a train
started out on the Grct Western road,
the other day, a woma leaned forward
and called to her husbnd, who was ten
feet away
"Say, Simon, did va wash your feet
and change your socks
"No, by swan .-forot all about it"
he replied.
"Well," she said as he leaned back,
q feel it my bones this there's going to
be a smashup afore W get to London,
and if you are killed Ii just purtend [
didn't know yc ."-DcOH Free Press.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-04-02

HE first United States patent granite
to q Chinaman has been issued to Chan
Quong Wo of San Francisco, on an in
vention for fastening the seams of over
alls.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-04-02

eXlllleS q delicious perfume. Inc boys
had said that he was very clever in the
carpenter line. [ was inspired with a
sort of trust in his capacity, and his
willingness to undertake the job was
was only equaied by his determination to
be paid well for doing it.
"'Don't you fret, Young man., said
the Old skeleton. III 1iX it for you III
a shape tllatll suit. I'll have it as
scrumpt;0us as n nut-that is, cf ye're
able 10 bear The hcft of the expense.
It's costly, yer know, to hcv things rious
andllice down this way ; We can't alters
afford it then the sea bein' handy, it's
Il temptation 10 save time ana money /;
but eff the expense amt counted i'll
"'NcvcI mind the expense, pard,' L
exclaimed. You do the thing up nicely
for me, and I'll see You through but it
must be done at II c =; the body is almost
bevond saving now, and ! want the coffin
by tomorrow night. 1t must he ready
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$50
don't mind losin' a little sleep to be
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ont 10 him asnrrn pynpnlnckS 70 make
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40 i, way IA" us 7"''
cred l." Wall oioN' i"itl IRON 'ne ioch'
all" 'he waves " It" p'N'''" guns
l'oFp'o 'l'li "iHSS I'"'nS over 'ne
""Vc1 ui"' "'o"l 1" i''H i'li'"'' I'll"
lo"' SANDY "ilofr. tfe'"htIE lt" "rop"
the precursors % one Oh liioS' furious
storms 'h"V flot on Iiia' u'Scft coast.
All agony Oh inipaV'eice S'1"'" li''.
L S"' "po' ny i'r'' anu t'c'i l" I'LL"
no lha loo'A "'"I'" Oh 'ne lr"''
wa" l. 'i'I' 'oh'''-in'" ~ H1"f
here, powerl"ss to save my poor Jack
from beng the rurpct OF yonder maiIg-
nant iiends of the shore and the sea:
L knew If the coffin were delayed until
the storm increased III fury, the road
TO the old wrechers hom" would b"
flooded, and without a ciew.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-04-02

JAMES STEPHENS, the Fenian Head
Center, is now in Paris.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-04-02
PLE.fSINTRIES.

fEiES.
An article ynu can always borrow
trouble.
A MONUMENT to Liebig is to be
erected at Munich. Nearly all monu-
ments do that, however.
AN exchange says Barnum commands
success. So 90 Il great many other men,
but their orders are not obeyed.
WHAT is the difference between a temp
tation and eternity? One is q vile of
the devil, and the other is a devil Of a
while.
\ CORRESPONDENT writes to us to learn
If a deaf boy can become Il boOkkeeper.
Certainly. Is there not a maxim of
"deaf as an adder"
y YANKEE captain Once sung out, in a
squall, TO q raw hand on board his craft,
LET 60 the jib, there. Darn your skin,
let go that jib!" "I amt touching it ~
squalled out greeny.
WHEN a Mississippi wife writes a letter
to her absent husband, and calls him a..
"perfeck broot," the bad photography
is considered by him a fair offset for the
language INDUCED i'll.
a KENTUCKY young lady, who prom
ised her grandfather never to marry a
certain young man on the face of the
earth, went through the interesting cere
mony IN the Mammoth Cave.
MILWAUKEE NcWs: ga Berlin mans
house is blochaded with n bank of snow
twenty rods long and twenty feet deep,
but his mOther-in-law, who is visiting
him, wants to get home, and the dear
man shOvels from rosy morn until dewy
eve.
A WESTERN poet is making money by
simply announcing that he Will read his
poems In a certain town on particular
night, for charitable purposes. The
affrighted citizens make him up a purse
OF SO to go to some other town and
read EN-.
"CRoFToN Billy" of the Hopkins
vile NcW Era, is a sad scapegrace. He
attended a ball at Crofton the other
viewed the paraphernalia scattered
round the room, and thus chants:
"Bustles are all a tleeting show, for
mans illusion given, filled with bran and
You see how they stick out SO; but
look tirst-rate, by heaven! :"
DEARLY luv the singin' bird
And little buzzin bee,
But dearer far than all the world
II thy sweet voice to me.
Oh, very deep il daddyis well,
And deeper is the sea,
But deeper in my buzzum il
The luv I bear for tLCe.
Then smile on me, dear Angelina.
And make my heart feel lite;
Chain the big dog and I will cum
A corsin' you to-nite.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1875-02-04
TO CUR COMRADES,

The .SoidisTs efGe 6h .. s. Crrol,y, and al
Soldiers and Caiseas Of my Military Past
on the Pains.
We, the undersigned, la>e soldiers of Co
b, and d, and E, would warn our friends
when they come TO Leayenworth, to the
Paymaster, against those teaches who will
meet you on the road and at the Depot
They are confidence men, and seek to swim
die you out OF your money. Whether they
take you to hotels, or clothing houses, they
receive a compensation Of 20 per cent. on
all you spend, besides they try and get all
the money from you they can. We advise
all not to take notice Of them; give them
the cold shoulder, If you want to save your
money. In connection with this, We recon-
mend to You John Seeker, the clothier, as
the only reliable person in the business,
whose reputation stands high in the COM
munity, and is not overrated among YOU.
In him you can place implicit confidence;
he is the soldiers friend, and honest in his
dealings, and he win aid you in everything
you may want.
We would advise our friends and every
body-who comes here, to make John Seek
lers stores their headquarters, where they
will be welcome without any extra charges.
His stores are the old stand $40 Shawnee
street, branch corner OF 9TH and Shawnee.
opposite the Mansion House and Market:
Your friends,
L. ii. MEAsE, MARTIN FoGAETY,
Co. Il, 9Th Cav. Late lst Sgt Co. ID, 9th c.
WM. 4. Donovan, HENRY HENsBERsER,
Co. f, 9Th Cav. Co. d, 9th Cavalry.
JAMES Il. DEIBERT, WM MILLER.
Company d, 9Th Cavalry.
MAETIS Dorsey, Co. Il, 6,h Cavalry.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1875-02-04
Isnn Aars. Of Land

For rent in Leavenworth and Wyandotte
counties, on long time. have l,S0O acres
of land, OF excellent quality, in this county
and Wyandotie, which l will rent for a
term OF years, on very favorable terms.
Most of this land is within about two miles
Of stations on the Kansas Pacific Railroad ;
plenty timber and water, and is in and bor-
dering on the southwestern part of this
county, where fair crops were raised last
season. Twill rent the above in from 80
TO leo acre tracts, 10 suit renters. l have
also two tracts oi land adjoining this CITY.
one of iiiieen and cne ef twsn.y acres.
which l will rent on the same conditions as
the above. The past and other dry seasons
having demonstrated TO the most obtue
that this part of Leavenworih of and Wv
andotte counties can be relied on 10 Weld a
fair crop under the most unfavorable cir
cumstances, those desiring 10 rent will do
well TO secure what they want 10 cultivate
of this land at once, and theIeby be Ger.
tain that they will secure a recompense for
their labor.
Apply at my grain warehouse, No. 76O
Shawnee street, west of Broadway.
OWEN DUFFY. =
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1875-02-04
Vioor OF Mind and BODY.

Every person would have more vigor of
mind and body and mental clearness were
they TO Use as daily article of diet the
unboited wheat -four Blood manufactured
from such food is the purest, richest, and
least liable to become diseased. The most
desirable way is to mix with the -four dry,
Dr. Pierce's Cream Baking Powder, stir in
pure water, form soft batter, bake into
gems or biscuits, in hot quick oven, and
the result will he the sweetest, most whole
some, and nutricioui article OF food that
can lie made: and his True Flavoring Ex-
tracts of Vanilla, Nectarine, etc, are the
purest and best. eod&w.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1875-02-04
The Gilmore Concert.

IL seems rather 10 astonish our Eastern
brethren that the services Of the great Gil.
more with his wond, ful band and his pri,
ma donna and opera ic corps, should have
been secured ior the last Gift Concert os the
Public Library. But it is nevertheless
true, Mr.. Briggs does nothing by halves.
He has promised that the last concert
shall be the greatest, and he will keep his
word. The 9th Of February will he the
most memorable day ever seen in Louis
willie, millions of dollars will be given
away, and the recipients will be greeted
with glorious melodies and rapturous
songs such as never before echoed in any
western citv. feb2 2ld&w.