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Why they are Il" Lucky"

When a vessel of the Cunard line is
ready to sail, but before the passengers are
received on board, a complete inspection is
made by her commanding officer, and the
marine superintendent. The crew are
drawn up for inspection in two lines, on the
starboard and port sides of the deck, each
man wearing the badge of his boat. and
ready to answer to his name. The muster.
roll having been called, orders are giyen to
prepare for boat service; and the men
break up into the necessary number of
crews, each at his own station. When this
IS done the order boats out" is oivep
When the boats are down, and proof has
oeen gwen that everything connected with
them IS ready for service, the order to haul
them IN IS given, and in few more minutes
they are restored to their customary RESTING
places. The same organization of crews is
applied to fire duty; and as soon as the
boat inspection is completed a fre-drill
takes its place. In this some men have
charge Of buckets, with ropes attached to
them, SO that they can be filled over the
side and hauled in. Others have to fetch
and join the hose, to connect it with pumns
worked by the engines, or to take CHARGE Of
the jets. Others are prepared with blankets
TO be wetted and thrown over the flames.
but the essential matter is that every man
has his place and his duty, and everv man
Is acquainted with them both. The san,e
division into crews, as for the boats, is also
used Tor naming the pumps, and as soon as
the tlre-drill is over, the pumps receive the
next attention. Each crew is expected to
be IN its place; each pump is tested andex.
amlned, and it is shown that there is no
water in the bilge. This done, the crews
are dismissed, but the inspecting party pro-
ceeds to make complete tour of the vessel.
Inc storerooms are visited, and the steward
Is cautioned with regard to his duties in re.
spect OF them, and is especially told that no
other light than that of closed and locked
lamp must ever be taken to them. Every
water-tlght door is shut and tested to see
that 1t moves freely OH its hinges, and that
none OF its lever fastenings are rusted or
out OF order. The supply of rockets and |
other signals is examined, the steering and |
signaling apparatus tried; and only after
everything has been found to be in order is
the word given for the ship to embark her |
passengers and to proceed upon her course.
In addition to all this care, every officer
IS responsible for the condition of things in
lls own department, and the captain for
'li' SO that the smallest imperfection would
&c reported as soon as it was discovered,
IND rectltied as soon as rectifcation was
possible. The Cunard company does insure.
'ut yet takes its own risks to certain ex.
ent, and no known risks are ever incurred.
i the smallest defect is discovered in anv
part OF ship, no question is raised whether
VIII bear one voyage or two VOYAGES
more, but the order "out with it is oiven
It once.
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mise eII0zS e 0US. .
The Woman of Pleasure.
SERMON BY T. D. rALMAGE.

she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she
hyeth."- Timothy, V. 6.
ally friends you all want to be happy,
You have had great many recipes by
which it is proposed to give you satisfac.
ton, solid satisfaction. At times you feel
thorough unrest. You know as well as
older people what it is to be depressed.
As dark shadows sometimes fall upon the
geography of the school girl as on the page
of the specialized philosopher. have seen
as cloudy days in May as in November.
There are no deeper signs breathed by the
grandmother than by the granddaughter.
| correct the popular impression that peo-
pie are happier in childhood and youth
than they ever will be again. If we live
Alright, the older the happier. The hap
piest woman that ] ever knew was a Chris
tian octogenarian; her hair as white as
white could be; the sunlight of heaven
late in the afternoon gliding the peaks of
snow. / have to say to a great many of
the young people of this Church that the
most miserable time you are ever to have
is just now. As you advance in life, as
you come out into the world and have your
hands and eyes and head and heart all full
of good, honest, practical, Christian work,
then you will know what it is to begin to
be happy There are those who woul d
have us believe that life is chasing thistle
down and grasping bubbles. We have not
found it so. To many of us it has been
discovering diamonds larger than the Koh-
moor, and think that our joy will con-
tinue to increase until nothing short of the
everlasting jubilee of heaven will be able to
express il.
Horatio Greenough, at the close of the
hardest life man ever lives-the life of
an American artist--wrote, /" don't want
to leave this world until give some sign
that, born by the grace of God in this land,
| have found life to be very cheerful
thing, and not the dark and bitter thing
with which my early prospects were cloud
ed.n
Albert Barnes, the good Christian min
ister, known the world over, stood in his
pulpit in Philadelphia at seventy or eighty
years Of age, and said, "This world is so
very attractive TO me, | am very sorry
shall have to leave it,
! know that Solomon said some very
dolorous things about this world, and three
times declared, Vanity of vanities, all is
vanity suppose it was reference to
those times in his career when his seven
hundred wives almost pestered the life out
of him. But would rather turn to the
description he has given of religion, when
he says in another place, " Her ways are
ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are
peace" 1t is reasonable to expect It will
be so. The longer the fruit hangs on the
stree, the riper and more mellow it ought to
grow. You plant one grain of corn and it
will send up stalk with two ears, each
having nine hundred and fifty grains, SO
that one grain planted viii produce nine
Smyrna times., 1876-03-15
WHOLE NO. 1000.
Birds in Borrowed Plumage.

The extent to which men and women
appear in public places in borrowed cos.
TUNES in this city will never be exactly
known. There is a party-man and wife
in University Place, below Fourteenth
street, who have acquired a bandsop,a
competency loaning dresses to women and
men, suitable for any particular occasion
L called there to interview them few davs
ago, but SO soon as they heard what I came
after, they sealed up their months. and
SAID that publicity would ruin their busi.
ness and II would do them a favor, please
do not give their address, etc. HAVING
made the promise, the man gave me some
interesting information. He said thew
had regular set of customers, same as anv
dry goods establishment, and furnished
dresses to ladies for balls, parties, dinners.
calls shopping excursions, carriage rides
and home receptions, of all grades, from
the $50 street costume to the S5OO hall
dress, with its real lace and expensive trim.
mlngs They supplied gentlemen with
party suits, from pants to neckties. and had
over twenty orders for the Charity Ball
then on the tapis. l was shown into q
room where half dozen girls were at work
making over ladies' dresses-as it is rnIa
OF the establishment that no dress shall
ever be taken out of the place exactly as
IL came IN. By changing a bow here. 4
plating there, a founce or band. a dress
can be SO completely altered that if Flora
Mcfhmsey should wear it one evening and
Miss Millionaire the next, neither would
recognize it as having been worn by the
other. Some of the combinations are
curious. One skirt will serve half dozen.
and by changing them often nobody would
suspect the dress to be almost identicallv
the same. The charges are according to
the article worn. I was shown a dress
valued at 5000. which was loaned at S25 ner
night; a carriage dress at SIS; dinner
dress at $40, and and walking suit at 81
There are all sorts of variations in prices.
md occasionally a brand-new dress is made,
which the first wearer will have fitted 10
Ter form, and pay high price for the pri-
llege. Young men pay $40 for a full dress
'Venlng suit.-N y. Ecening Mail
Smyrna times., 1876-03-15
Way of the World.

A thief Is contemplate being. of
course; but in many cases hard want for.
ces men to sin. Poverty is fearful strain
on mans honesty. The poor man who
lives an honest life is entitled to more
credit than the man of wealth. The one is
forced to fight against temptation, which
comes to him under the guise of want and
necessity; other has no motive excent
greed or ambition to tempt him from the
path OF rectidude. Yet when a moor man
sins against the laws of the land, how few
sympathlze with him, or seek to shield him
from the penalty incurred. He has no
friends and the heaviest penalty that can
De inflicted is considered light enough for
him. When the prison doors close behind
him, hope is shut out forever, for he knows
the pardoning power will never be asked TO
interfere in his behalf But the rich Grim.
mai Is looked upon as simply unfortunate:
he is lionized; Justice bows in his pre-
sence, and seems to ask his pardon for the
relations which it bears toward
him. If he is convicted, it is an excen.
tlonal case; his sentence is made as light
as possible; his prison life is enlivened bv
pleasant enjoyment, and cheerful assurance
that his confinement will be short; and he
soon walks forth, the recipient of executive
elemency.
Smyrna times., 1876-03-15
Mothers Of RemarkablesMen

In reading the pages of history we ar,
struck with the fact that our remarkabl,
men possessed mothers ofuncommon talent,
Tor good or bad, and great energy of char
acter. 1t would almost seems from tbi,
circumstance that the impress of tho
mother is more frequently stampted upor
the boy, and that of father upon the girl
we meet the mental, intellectual impress
IN distinction from the physical one.
1t is said of Sir Walter Scott's mother
tnat she was very small, plain well-educa.
ted woman of excellent sense, very'cbarita.
Ole, and great lover of poetry and paint
ing, and on the whole, superior woman
lis evident from the writings of Sir Walter
that he had an uncommon gift in word.
painting.
1t Is said of Byron's mother, that she was
aproud woman, hasty, violent and unrea-
sonable, with no principle sufficient to re-
strain her temper. Unhappily Byron in
herlted his mothers infammable temper,
ana instead of being subdued and softened
by the harshness with which she often
treated him, he was rendered more mas.
slonate by it. Thus we see that this mfr.
mlty, which by gentleness and kind treat.
ment might have been greatly checked if
not cured, was suffered to enslave one of
the most talented, brilliant, poetical minds
that has ever been known among nen. on.
failing life of misery upon its possessor.
and an early termination to his career.
The mother of Bonaparte was woman
OF great beauty, and energy of character
This last trait has been strikingly exempli-
lied throughout his whole life.
The mother of Robert Burns, the Scot.
tlsh poet, was a woman of moderate per.
sonal attractions, but in every respect she
was remarkable woman. She was bles-
sed with singular equanimity of temper.
and herreligious feelings were constant and
deep. She used to give wings to the weary
hours of her checkered life by chanting old
Songs and ballads, of which she had large
store. Her perceptions of character were
very quick and keen, and she lived to a
good old age, rejoicing in the fame of her
poet son, and partaking of the fruits of his
genius.
Lord Bacon's mother is said to have been
a woman of superior mind, of great learn
ing and deep piety.
Little is said of the mother of Nero. ex.
cept that she murdered her second husband
the Emperor Claudius, about forty wears
after marriage. How strangely does the
mother of Nero, the ancient tyrant contrast
with the mothers of some of our modern |
philanthropists and statesmen. The |
mother of Washington, for instance, whose
name is familiar to every reader of history
the mother of John Jay, who deserves q
place by the side of Washington. Mrs.
Jay is said to have had a cultivated mind.
a fine imagination and an affectionate
temper.
The mother of Patrick Henry was a
woman of great excellence of character, and
marked by superior conversational powers.
Hence, doubtless, the oratorical Gift of her
son.
With the mother of the Adamses all are
acquainted. Where will you find more
real practical common sense and true
energy of character than John Quincy's
mother possessed? Mothers will do we'll to
that their impress is often stam-
ped upon their sons.
Smyrna times., 1876-03-15

WORTH REMESBERING.-Do not laugh at
the drunken man feeling through the
streets. However ludicrous the sight may
be, just pause and think. He is going
home to some tender heart that will throb
with intense agony; some doting mother,
perhaps, who will griepe over. the downfall
OF her once sinless boy or it may be afond
wife, whose heart will almost burst. with
grief, as she views the destruction Of her
idol; or maybe allowing sister, who will
shed bitter tears over the degradation of
her brother, shorn of his'inan1iness and self.
respect
Rather drop tear in silent sympathy
with those hearts so keenly sensible and
tender, yet so proud and loyal that thew
cannot accept sympathy rendered them
either in word, look, or act, although Il
might fall upon their crushed and wounded
hearts as refreshingly as the summer dew
upon the whitening plant.
Smyrna times., 1876-03-15

A great many foreign counts have visited
Chicago, and the Chicago Journal has met
them, and its opinion is given in two lines
and a hall, viz; Many man who would
fail as a car conductor could take hold and
make afirst-class foreign COUNT
Smyrna times., 1876-03-15

A MANS FR1ENDs.-It is very certain that
mans intimate friends are often the las+
TO suspect his possession of unusual abiE.
ties. This is a trite observation, but one IS
constantly being surprised at some new
proof OF Its truth 1t was not long ago that
gentleman told us that he did not bel;,,o
certain celebrated poet had any real
genius, because he once lived in the same
town with him, and knew that his family
where no better than they should be. He
had never read any of his books however
II was the old story over again. "Hea
great man Nonsensel 1 knew him W.,
ne was only that high r'-Scri5ner
Smyrna times., 1876-03-15

The superintendent of the Iowa Aeri.
cultural College farm has been experiment
ing in pig-feeding, with view Of ascertain.
ing in what shape corn can be fed to hogs
with the greatest profit. He experimental
ON five pens, three pigs in pen of the
Berkshire blood The one pen he fed dry
corn, another soaked corn, another cooked
corn, another dry meal and another cooked
meal. The time given to the experiment
was from July lst, to October 25th. The
result shows that the pen fed on dry corn
gained 1875 pounds, that fed ON soaked corn
l4O pounds, on cooked corn l62 pounds, on
dry meal 1917 pounds and on cooked meal
l42 pounds, proving in this instance that drv
uncooked feed is most profitable.
Smyrna times., 1876-03-15
The Seven Wise Men,

Most people have heard of the wsavor
wise men of Greece" but very few know
VINO they were or how they come to be-
called so. Here is the story of them. and
the moral OF it is worth remembering if
their names are not
The seven wise men of Greece are SIN.
posed to have lived in the fifth century,
before Christ. Their names are PittacuS
Bias, Solon, Thales, Chilon, CIeobulus and
Prelander. The reason of their being caIIod
wise " is given by different authors. but
the most approved accounts state that as
some Coans were fishing, certain strangers
from Miletus bought whatever sbould ba
IN the nets without seeing it. When tho
netswere drawn in they were found to contain
a golden tripod which Helen, as she sailed
from Troy, is supposed to have thrown in
there.
A dispute arose between the fishermen
and the strangers as to whom it belonged
and as they could not agree they took it to
the temple Of Apollo, and consulted the
prlestess as to what should be done with
it. - ~ >''-'0 WIN
She said it must be given to the wisest
man IN Greece, and it was accordingly sent
to Thales, who declared that Bias wos
wiser, and sent it to him.
Bias sent it to another one, and so on
until it had passed through the hands of
all the men, afterwards distinguished bv
the title ofthe &" Seven Wise Men," and as
each one claimed that some one was wiser
than he, it finally was sent to the Temple
OF Apollo, where, according to some writers
1t still remains, to teach the lesson that the
wlsest are the most distrustful of their
wisdom. The golden tripod wouldn't ba
permitted to travel far in these days.
Smyrna times., 1876-03-15

TELEGRAPH STATIONS IN Mrp-oorAN-
Several naval powers are directing their
attention to the practicability of establish.
ing telegraph stations in mid.ocean. bv
which messages can be sent from anv mart
OF the sea along the line of the cable to the
terminal points on shore, and vice versa, so
that communication with iron-clads. mail
steamers and other vessels when out at sea.
may be established. The invention con.
sists of hollow sectional column, with a
base plate attached by ball and socket
joint, which column is lowered into the
water, and anchored rigidly to the ground
The branch cable is coupled to the main
cable and carried along the column to the
surface of the water, to be there connected
with instruments on board the vessels Bv
this invention it is proposed to control
naval and strategical movements, while
ship in distress could communicate her
exact position, the nature Of her disasters
and thus procure assistance.
Smyrna times., 1876-03-15

Love descends, not ascends. The NIL.
OF river depends not on the qualify ts" oe.sl :
soil through which it passes. bpt -, :, ~, .re =
lnexhaustibleness and depth of the onn;,, - ;.e :
from which it proceeds. A parent la,- ~
ohe child more than the child the narent ,Urg'
ana partly because the parents heart i
Ia, Larger, not because the child is wortbier
- -le. saviour saviour loved his disciples infinitely
more than his disciples loved him becanse
ms heart was infinitely larger. Love trusts
on ever hopes and expects better things.
ana Is trust springing from itself, and
out of its own deeps alone.
I Is not the miser that possesses his
money but the money possesses him
# you can carry the cross cheerfulIv. Il
will carry you safely.
$4,000 persons. "n hold
Smyrna times., 1876-03-15

Good words and good deeds are the rent
we owe for the air we breathe.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-03-16
ON THE TRACK.

The Clymer investigating committee
has got on the track of the sixty mil
lions of dollars, which, few weeks ago,
so suddenly and mysteriously disap-
peared from the Federal Treasury at
Washington. Large sums were sent to
New Hampshire to carry the election.
This is lost, but hopes are entertained
that large amount may yet be
recovered before it is spent in the cleo
tons yet to be had. The whisky ring
refused to respond for any considerable
amount for party purposes in New
Hampshire, and hence it became a
party necessity to draw directly from
the Treasury. This State holds cleo
tons annually. The Democrats in the
last ten years have carried two cleo
tons. and the Administration was de-
termincd to save it now on the eve of a
Presidential election at all hazards
money was no more of an object, and
was spent as freely as in the Babcock
trial. What portion of the sixty mil
lion of dollars was used, is not vet as
certained, and the whereabouts of the
balance is not known, at least the
committee has not made it public.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-03-16

We clip the following from the
Austin Reveille: Stock raisers fear that
the heavy snowfall will work serious
injury to their interests, as they
believe that stock, particularly cattle,
cannot escape serious suffering aud
that many animals must die. The
snow fall III Reese River valley exceeds
any thing experienced during tie
winter from which We are about to
emerge, and in the hills is of unpre-
cedented depth"
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-03-16
wOMEN,~ DRESS.

The friends of Belknap are writing
long dissertations on the subject of
women's dress, and asoribe the down
fall of the Secretary Of War to the ex-
travagance of his wife in this particular
direction. Now we don't believe word
of this fimsy excuse for his high crimes
and misdemeanors. He fell as Luci-
fer fell - through pure cussedness.
Women's dress had nothing to do
with it. If all the women in America
had gone stark naked it would not have
staid his feioneous hands. His down
fall is due to several facts. In the
first place he did not have faf to fall to
get upon level with his political sur
roundings and official associates; Sec
ondly he is thief by ASSOCIATION, choice
and instinct; thirdly he is ambitious,
aud could not bear to be excelied in
The main features of our civil service;
he would rather see all the poor Union
soldiers starved, and their graves rob-
bed of head and foot stones. This
miserable defense put in by all the
leading Republican papers = that he
sinned because his wife wore dresses,
is the merest bosh. We should not be
surprised if the Cincinnati Convention
would adopt plank in its platform,
against women dressing at all. This
would comport with the extreme radical
and impracticable position the party
takes upon all social and political ques-
tons. This dress pretext is too thin to
hide the Secretary. They claim that
jeff Davis tried to escape through his
wife's petty coats, and they are now u.s.
ing the same armor to shield Belknap
and the party. Women are now denied
many rights and privileges which men
enjoy, and for pity sake don't rob
them of their clothes to bolster up
party. We say to them keep your
dresses on, if your husbands steal the
last quarter.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-03-16
KEW TO-DAY.
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.

c. W. FIR K c. L, PErx1ys.
FE7HE CO-PARlA MI SHIP, HERETOFORE
z existing between q. v. Fraser and C. l..
Perkins, under the firm name OF Fraser y
Perkins, at Battle Mountain Lander caunty.
Nevada, and Jersey City, Humboldt county.
Nevada, is this day dissolved bv
mutual consent. G. ". Fraser having sold
his entire interest in Real Estate, stocks
Of Merchandise and Book accounts to j. A.
Blossom, of Battle Mountain I he new firm
will pay all liabilities and collect All d. bis
due the old firm Of Fraser K Perkins.
G. W. FRASER,
C. L. PERKINS.
Battle Mountain, March II, 1876.
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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-03-16
COMMUNICATION.

Ell IToR SILVER STATE: The time
mas arrived when it becomes the solemn
dV.ty of all citizens to east their eyes in
the direction of the public school of
this place. and calmly, dispassionately
and without prejudice, give 6 fair and
impartial verdict on the case at issue.
l am now, and ever will be. the bitter
opponent Of sectaIianism in our pub
Tic schools; 7 stand opposed--tirm as
Plymouth Rock--to preachers of any
and ali denominations, teaching, or
having in any way anything to do
with the public school, or educa-
ton of the land ask the people of this
place if it il not time to RENE mber
tho fact that minister of the Gospel
has charge of Winnemucca' school
during the week, and on Sunday
breaches his own peculiar tenets to the
children and Others. The teacher has
large share in moulding the mind of
the child, for that purpose we want
lay-man and not preacher. call on
the Trustees of Winnemucca School
District, and l ask them if they
employed q preacher in place of
school teacher, if not, then who did.
Justice.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-03-16
COMPREHENSIVE NOVICE,
j. A. RLossoM 4 G. L. PERkrSs

J. A. RLossoM 4 C. L. PERKINS
NE, THE CNDERSIGN, HAVE THIS
w day formed Partnership under the
firm name of Blossom X Perkins. and will
continue the business Of General Merchandise
and Mining Supplies, paying all liabilities
and collecting all debts due the old firm of
Fraser K Perkins.
With greatly increased capital facilities
for buying goods, we trust, by the closest
prices and attention to tie wants Of the
country, to meet liberal patronage,
j. A. BLOSSOM,
G, l.. PERKINS.
Battle Mountain. March II, 1876.
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