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Sunday Thoughts.

Piety enjoins no man to be dull.
Men who never do wrong seldom
do anything.
Age is rarely despised bat when
it is contemplate.
Methods are the masters OF mas
tiers.
Every man desires to live long;
but no man would be old.
How difficult it is to save the
bark OF repuition from the rocks Of
ignorance.
1t is easy to look down on others;
10 look down on ourselves is the
difficulty.
Act well at the moment, and you
have performed a good action to
all eternity,
One may live as a conqueror, Il
king, or magistrate; but he must
die as man.
Genius unexerted is no more
genius than a bushel Of aeorns is 81
forest Ofoaks.
Virtue is state Of war, and to
live in it we have alUays TO COM
bat with ourselves.
If some men died, and others
did not, death would, indeed, be a
Notifying evil,
The highest problem eff any art
is to cause by appearance the Illus
tration OF higher reality.
The human soul, like the water
of the salt sea, becomes fresh and
sweet in rising to the sky.
We do not judge men by what
they are in themselves, but by
what they are relatively to us.
"God meets those who are in the
way; Satan meets those who are
out of it,"
Joy descends gently upon us like
the evening dew, and does not pat,
ter down like baii-storm.
Happiness can be built on virtue
alone, and must Of necessity have
truth for its foundation.
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A Text for a Sermon.

A bright little boy, just three
years old, is like most little chaps
of his age, sometimes refractory.
In order to curb him and make
him good little boy, his mother
often threatened him with a peach
tree 'persuader' the little fell
low has come to an lerstand any
allusion to the peach tree, and usu-
ally subside- when ii is spoken of.
A day or two ago, since the flow
eriLg OF the f,uit trees,a slight ref
erence was made 10 this same tree,
when the little fellow made peace
for that day by looking up and
saying: why, mama, the switch
es are covered with oses. NASH
ellie Banner.
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On the Fence.

The other afternoon a boy was
seen to suddenly shoot out of the
door of a house on High street anu
scramble to the top of a board fence.
His mother was just an instant toe
late 10 catch him, and concealing
the potato masher behind her, she
looked up at her son and said:
"Come down, darling"
mot just now!" replied the boy,
sticking out his tongue at her.
Come down, dear William, and
Well cut that pie" she continued.
"You can't fool nae cents
WORTH" he answered, hitching
along.
won't you drop down here for
just a minute?' she pleaded.
Il tell you it's no usen' he ex-
claimed. ''Until am thoroughly
convinced that your intentions are
pacific | shall remain situated at
my present secure altitude"
She threw the masher at him,
missed, and entered the house to
wait for hunger and thirst to bring
him down.
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A Preacher Tried fer Hergey

In the New Jersey NJ. E. Con-
ference at jersey City, on Tuesday,
the committed appointed to ex-
anime into the alleged charge of
hersey against the Rev. DR. Gill,
reported that the reverned gentle
man was perfectly sound in his
personal faith and entirely ortho-
dox in his belief His book on
evolution and progress was very
obnoxious to the committee, be-
cause it contained a line of ar
gument not in consonance with the
accepted theories Of the church.
After a number of ministers had
made remarks Oh the subject; DIR.
Gill took the floor and avowed
his implicit faith in the Lord
Jesus Christ, the truth of the mir
acles, and other of the theological
tenets of Methodism. The report
Of the committee was then adopt
3 Il
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The Worm i'm the Muscle.

Although the dreaded trichin@
is supposed to find its most favored
home in the muscles of the admir-
er of pork diet, the impression is
not entirely correct The disagree
able microscopic worm may find
lcdgment in the human system
through the instrumentality of
other meats if they are not proper
ly cooked Several eases have oc-
cured recently in the Southwest,
and the afflicted persons aver that
they have not tasted pork. The
physicians profess to be incredu-
lous, but the patients insist that
they have not eaten any of the
dang flesh. Nearly all the
sufferers appear to be attacked in
the same manner as those who
were Enthusiastically affected by the
use of pork. although the symp-
toms are not so dangerous, and
have not as yet proved fatal in
many instances.
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HEART : RENDING CASE.
The Young Man who Was
NhOOk.'e
fFro,n The Detroit Free Press


What ] want to know, said a
white-headed young man oftwen-
ty, as he stood before the sergeant
in charge sfthe Central station yes
terday, what / came here for was
to get some advice
Proceed, said the Sergeant.
You know Nancy Thompson,
don't you?
Never heard Of her.
Well she's wilder, over forty
years old, and / We been boarding
there.
Yes.
And we are engaged to be mar
rien.
Whew! whistled the officer.
/ don't blame you, continued the
young man, in broken voice. |
am only twenty and she's forty,
but a man can't always tell when
he's going to make a fool Of HIM
self.
And you fell in love?
/ did that, and as soon as we get
through talking I'm going out to
hire some one to kick me over to
Canada and back. Yes, sir, fell
dead in love, loven' q woman Of
over forty.
And what followed ?
What followed? Why, What all
ers follows ? Pm human, same's
anybody else, and when i love /
love like a locomotive down grade.
What do you t. ink | did in four
weeks by the watch? Went to the
theatre sixteen times, out sleigh
ing twelve times, had three par
ties, went to three lectures and
took her out to eat oysters ten or
eleven times. Fact, sir-cost me
durn near $500.
But it was all for love, replied
the Sergeant.
/ thought so, and what else did
] do? Bought her a forty-do lar
watch, a teR-dollar bracelet, a five-
dollar ring, a seven-dollar set of
jeweliy, a new dress, apd gave her
a fve-dollar gold piece with hole
in it. Yes, sir, / drew $500 from
the tank-every red / had-and
used it all upon her.
And then!
She purtended TO love back and
smiled and smiled and looked
heaps OF love at me. She'd lean
on my arm, talk about Cupid, and
git off poetry by the rod, and it
was plainly understood. that we
were to be married in June. Oh,
she knew her biz and she slid
around me as the Bengal tiger
does around a lamb.
Did she break the engagement ?
Last night, said the young man,
swallowing the lump in his throat
she told me that she'd been trifling
with me all along. She said she
was engaged to another man, and
she could never be more than a
sister to me. l tell you, Sergeant,
you could have knocked me down
with a straw. | braced up after d
while and called her hypocrite,
when she called me whitehead
idiot, and the boarder threw me
out of doors. Five hundred dollars
and I'm a wrecked man.
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Fun and FrOIic.


There is party, fatand stout,
As any Turk on Bosphorus,
Who at our dinner table sits,
And meier bis babble intermits,
But pirates Of mush and wheat'n grits
And '':nean amount Of phosphorus.
he always airs his favorite theme,
Nor cares penny's toss for US,
Butrails at beef with ePoohln and, 'Pishi'
And calls for cod and other fish,
Hoping to gain--his dearest wish
sThe mean amount phosphorus =
OH that he'd change his boarding place
'Twould surely be no loss for us
But there's one consolation yet,
His stars, ascendant, soon will set,
Some time he'll die, and then he'll get
IBIS mean amount Of phosphorus.
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A short time since / had the
pleasure of visiting what remains
of the royal palace of the princeiy
Powhatan, in this county. A huge
stone chimney, built in the most
substantial manner, with broad
fireplace, in which logs four feet
long can be put, marks the place
so replete with interest to the Vir-
ginian arch@ologist. 1t is situat-
ed on the York, at the mouth of
what is nov called Timberneck
Creek-but the king of the forest
called it Werw ocomic- -on the farm
owned by John III. Seawell. A
rude cabin has been built to the
chimney, and now, around the
same hearth where his Majesty
the King of Pamunkee and their
royal highnesses the prince and
princesses gathered to smoke their
native weed, a son of Africa, with
his broken-stemmed chalk pipe,
gathered his sable brood, all I'M
conscious that royal feet have
stood where he now stands, and
royal forms have laid where he now
lies. Here that event which doubt
less saved the colony is said to have
occurred-the rescue Of Captain
Smith by Pocahontas. This old
chimney, known as "Powhatan's
chimney" is one ofthe few remin.
ders left us by time of the great
Indian king. Gloucester Cores
pondence Richmond Wing
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$4,000 IN TWO BETS.
How They Play Three-Card
Monte On The Western
Railway Train.

The Chicago Tribune has the
following:
Mr. Bedell, or Norwalk, Ohio,
was in the sInoking-car of a train
on the Michigan Southern Rail-
way last Tuesday, and .'confi-
dence" operator had for some time
been sitting on the same seat with
him. Presently another accom-
piice, came in the car, sat down
near Bedel', and began talking.
He SAID he was a Mexican drover,
and told OF fluctuations with 600
head of Mexican cattle, which he
had or his hands Then he men
toned that he had lost three hun
dred dollars at the three-card
monte game. The young fellow
who occupied the same seat with
Bedell asked who it was, and the
alleged Mexican drover told us all
about it, ard then added that they
had given him the cards and
taught him how to play, and when
he got home he could win all the
money he wanted. The young
fellow asked him to show the
CANA. The other one said he had
no table to deal on The young
fellow suggested that he might use
his coat, and he accordingly pull
ed out his pasteboards and began
operations. An old mar, the third
member Of the gang, who was sit
ing across the isle bet SO he could
turn up the queen. lie lost, and
then bet $40 and won.
The young fellow picked up the
queen while the dealer was appar-
emily looking the other way, and
made pencil mark on it. Then
he bet $50 and won. Redell show
ed signs OF nervousness, and began
fumbling at his pocketbook. The
young fellow said to him, "Bet
your pile; you've got sure thing
on it," Bedell bet 81 400 and lost
Then the dealer pulled out fresh
derk and while he was looking the
other way the young man again
marked the queen with q cross
The old man stepped over to Be-
ucif anu SdiU. our only CidtCc
Of getting yout money back is to
size your first bet" So Bedell,
bet 81 SOCIAL he had left, except
$I0-and lost again.
Then the young man observed
to Bedell that he was his friend,
and when they got to the city he
would go with him to the police
station, the location of which he
knew The old man also condol-
ed with Bedell, and told him he
would ask the dealer back into
rear car, where his wife was. un-
der pretence of giving him a cigar
and he would keep a close eye on
him until they got to town, He
did ask him ana the two went
back. Presently the young man
said he would look back into the
rear car and see if the dealer was
still there. So off he went. Soon
after the train slackened up, and
it is presumed the three men used
the opportunity to get off.
The case has been reported to
the police, but it is not likely that
any arrests will he made.
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GENERA. KePAlR SHOPS.
All Kinds of Machinery
Repaired.
J.yy. AND A. SCHEELKEY
Machinists & BlackSmihts

DEPAIR all kinds of Machinery,
IGSteam Engines and boilers, cut,
gum and straighten circular, cross
cut and other saws. Make and repair
iron railing aud fences for cemeteries,
yards, ETC. Repair sewing machines.
and in fact. do all kinds of work in the
line of practical machinists and black
smiths. We go to any part of this and
adjoining counties to perform work
when desired. Give us call. Shop on
West Martin St Oct12dlw1yr.
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The Richmond. Why rightly

The Richmond Why rightly
says the day of big farms has gone
by for that State and that settlers
must be attracted by offers Of
small tracts:
"The difficulty is in finding pur-
chasers. This difficulty can only
be removed by bringing 10 Vir-
ginia men from other States OF our
own country, and from foreign
countries, who want small farms
and have the means TO buy them.
In the country of Mecklenbure.
where there is a prosperous Eng
lish colony, as we'll as a number OF
thrifty Northern settlers, the price
Of lands, we learn, has advanced,
under the influence OF their ener-
gy, their capital, and their labor,
from So to $25 per acre. What a
God-send it would be, not only to
eur land-holders, but to our whole
people and our whole State,ii ev-
cry county in Virginia with sur
plus lands and disproportionate
population, could have a similar
share of such settlers ~
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A patient waiter-a young doc
tor.
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The celebrated German statis-
tician, Benin has been figuring
on the words population again,
aud find it to be- 1891 900 900.
This is all right; but when they
turn their eyes toward the United
States and compute, on the basis
Of our past increase, that our Pop
ula;ion in tie year 1000 will be
246, 600, 600, the Cincinnati Times is
inclined to doubt whether the gem
tiemen have not made a mistake of
a couple Of hundred or so. Still
taxing into consideration Duluth
and the Banana belt, and the I'M
developed paradises in New Mex
leo, it seems that we might take
care of that many and few more.
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Life is short day, but work
ing day. Activity may lead to
evil, but inactivity cannot be led
to good.
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A man who loves only himself
and his pleasures is vain, presump-
tuous and wicked even from prin-
ciple.
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Clark Mills is to make a marble
bust of Bishop Ames, of the Meth
-edist Episcopal Church.
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A speaker at late Ohio insti-
tute meeting wisely said: Instead
of parrot-like recitations, we want
a reasoning and thinking about
things. While the pupil must
ever allow a due Difference to.ths
superior knowledge of his instruc-
tor, he should still learn to ask for
himself, not "Is this trIe?n sugges-
ting doubt; but why is this se?"
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Postponement.

The above sale 10 hereby postponed until
Saturday, December 18TH, 1875, at the
same hour and place, by order Of rlaintirs
attorneys.
A. FIFE, Sheriff.
By g. BI1DaAII, Deputy.
Dated Phoebe, Dec. lth. 1875. db.td
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The above sale IL hereby postponed until
Tussday, December 7ih, 1875, ct the
same hour and place, by order Of plaintiffs
attorneys.
A. FIFE, Sheriff
By G. BmDsALL. Deputy.
Dated Phoebe, Nov. oath. 1875. n26-td
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MISCELLANEOUS.
sUNMONs.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE sFv.
i enth Judicial District, OF the State of Ma.
ysds IN and for the County Of Lincoln
Esther Aorahamson, plaintiff, vs. Julius Abra.
hanson, defendant.
Action brought in the District Court os the
Seventh Judicial District OF the State of Nevada
in and for the County of Lincoln, and the com
plant filed In said County OF Lincoln In the
office OF the Clerk of said District Court.
The state OF Nevada sends greeting to Julius
Abrahamson, defendant:
You are hereby required TO appear In an ac.
tion brought against you, by the above named
plaintiff in the District Court of the seventh in
dicial District. of the State Of Nevada, in and
for the county OF Lincoln, and answer the COM
plant filed therein. within ten days exclusive
Of the day of servlcel after the service on Won
of this summons, II served in said county: or
II served out Of said County, but wttDir said
District, within twenty days, and in all other
cases forty days; or judgment by default will
be taken against you. according to the prayer OF
said complaint.
The said action is brought to obtain a decree
OF this Court dissolving the bonds of matrimo-
ny existing between you, said defendant, and
said plalntih, on the grounds that at the time of
said marriage she was only of the age of is
years y months, and that said marriage ceri
Rony was not performed by plaintiffs consent.
but was forced and coerced to permit said cere
moDy to be performed. Since said time she
arrived at the age of 16 years and has not con.
sented to said marriage. All of which is more
particularly set forth in plaintiffs complaint,
to which you are referred, and further, that she
be allowed to resume her maiden name of
Esther Davis.
And you are hereby notified, that If you fail
appear and answer the said complaint as
above required, the said plaintiff will apply to
the Court for the relief herein demanded. and
for costs Of suit In gold coin
By order Of Court.
seal Given under my hand and the seal of
the DlHtrlct Court of the Gayapth nj
trict of the State of Nevada, in and for the
County of Lincoln, this 4th day of Juno, in the
year OF our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-fve.
P. b. MILLER, Clerk,
By j. NJ. HANFeRD, Deputy Clerk
fa1d-
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NOTICE.

r HEREBY NOTIFY ALL PERSONS IN.
L debtsd to mo TO call and make an immedi.
ate aettlement OF their indebtedness, otherwise
viii BE- compelled TO place the said accounts
In the proper legal hands for collection, and
will do 20 In very short time.
CHAB. STEIN,
o Lower Main street,
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N NOTICE

rs HEREBY GIVEN THAT HAVE THIS
i Gay leased to J. N. CuHTm the Free Corral
formerly occupied BY Boone b DolmAn. Lower
Main street. Mr.. Curtis will BE- found at the
old stand in the Hay and Grain trade. and will
pay strict attention to al business pertaining
to general custom and feed depot.
All persons indebted to the late firm Of Boone
4 DolmAn and to VIM. II. Dolman are requested
70 make settlement without delay.
October 10, 1876.
cleft WIN. b. DOLMAN.
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N Office.

A IL STATE AND COUNTY TAXES FOR
"A the fiscal year 1876 are now due and psys.
bio, and the law in regard to their collection
will be strictly enforced.
MILES CULLEN,
Treasure Lincoln County. Nevada, and ex.
ofhcio Tax Receiver.
Phoebe, New, October 18th, 1875.
o10.H
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NOTICE.

THIS Is TO NOTIFY EVERY ONE THAT
connection with the Saloon Of Henry Eilers on
Lscour street. All debts will BE- paid by him
and All debts due the concern will Be collected
BY him.
Pioche, Oct. LET. 1878.
o2-d Jos, OpIE,
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SheriR's Sale.
UNDER ORDER OF SALE.

DY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF SALE n.
ID SUED out Of the District Court In and
for Lincoln county, and to me directed and
delivered. for Judgment rendered In said Court
on the iath day Of October. A. D. 1876. in favor
ough and Michael 0Brien, pIaintifs and inter.
venors, ind against the washington 4 Creole
Mining Company. FOR the sum Of $A6o.00, eold
coin. with interest thereon at the rate Of 10 per
cent: per annum from the 2lst day Of May. A.
d. 1875 with the cost herein to be taxed Ia
like gold coin.
And also for q Judgment rendered in said
Court on the l4th day Of October. A D. 1875.
John Dahl and Michael O'Brien, and against the
Washington Creole Silver Mining Company,
for the sum Of ssso.o0. gold coin. with infsrsx
from May 2ist, A. D. 1875. with the costs hero.
after to be taxed In like gold coin.
And also for a further decree rendered IN nid
Court on the i4th day Of 0cfobsr. A. D. ISIS, IN
pey and against said Washington Creole Mn.
ing Company, for the sum Of $4,000 gold coin.
with interest thereon at the rate Of 10 per cent,
per annum from the 2sth day Of May, A. D.
1875, with costs and disbursements at date Of
Judgment taxed at S125.50, and all accruins
costs all in gold coin.
have levied upon tho following mining
property. to wit: The description and pArticu.
lar boundaries Of tine property authorized to be
sold under and by virtue Of this decree. 70 far
AZ the same can be sscertained from the com.
plant filed in this action or otherwise, are e
follows: That said mine and mining claim
known AZ and called the Washington & Creole
mine, consisting Of 1900 feet Of mining ground,
more or less, situate on the north.west side Of
Spring Mountain, Ely Mining District, Lincoln
County, Nevada, being that mining properly
worked through thst certain shaft formerly
known as the Maxepra shaft and works, now
worked by said defendant, together with all the
tenements and appurtenances to said Washing
ton b Creole mining claim belonging or in any
Notice is hereby given. that ON
Tuesday, the 10th day OF Novembsr.
A. D. 1876,
At the hour Of 12 O'Clock m, at the front door
of the Courthouse, In Lincoln County, will
sell the above described property at public suc.
tion. to tho highest bidder to satisfy said judq-
ments and all costs and accruing costs all In
Dated Pioche, Oct. 25th, 1875.
A. FIFE, Sheriff.
Lincoln County, Nevada.
By q. BmDaALL, Deputy Sheriff.
o26-td
The above sale is hereby postponed until
Friday. November 28th, at the same
hour and place.
BY @. BlRDsAIL. Deputy.
| Dated Ploche. Nov. 18th, 1876. nle.td
Postponement.
The above sale is hereby postponed until
| Tuesday, December 7th, 1876, ct thu
same hour and place. by order Of PLAINTIFF
attorneys.
| A. FIFE, Sheriff
By G. BIRpsALL, Deputy.
Dated Phoebe, Nov. Oath. 1875. n26-td
Postp0nement.
The above sale IL hereby postponed unit
Saturday, December 18th, 1875, at tn
same hour and place, by order Of rlainti6
attorneys.
A. FIFE, Sheriff.
By g. BnDsAII, Deputy.
Dated Phoebe, Dec. 4th. 1875. dblt,