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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-03-22
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Road DIsraGcr. - A petition is in
circulation praying the Board of County
Commissioners TO organize Union
Township into a road district. The in
teres's Of the people require that such
be organized. The ievee is in a
wreiched condition, and if not attended
to at once, The high water may destroy
it. We suggest meeting Of the citizens
he called to consider the matter, and
select a thorough going man for Sa-
perviRor.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-03-22

SAN FRANCISCO STOCK REPORT.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-03-22

MYSTERIOUS DISCREPANCIES or Bull
LIoN.-We quote the following from
the Austin Reyeile: ION the stage
which left this place for Battle Noun
tain last Wednesday (Marsh l5) after
noon, were five bars OF bullion. two
slowed in the hind boot, two inside the
coach, and one in the front boot. 1t is
customary to change coaches at the
Home Station, aud when the change
came to be made there, the two bars
which had been placed inside the
coach turned up missing. There were
no passengers on the coach, and how
the bullion could have disappeared is a
complete mystery. Sheriff Emery, O..
fuller, Jr.,and the driver, Eugene Bar
net, are at Reese River Station search
ing for The missing bars, which were
valued at over $4,000. The above is
all that is at present known concerning
the loss of the bullion.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-11-09
NUMBER %.
Mediums Among the Ancients.

How many persons who practice, or
who discredit, the fashionable exercise OF
table turning and spirit-invoking are
cestors had tables to turn, TIE process
was a we'll recognized one in imperial
Rome and Constantinople.
OF abnormal manifestations of disturb
ance in the ordinary range of mobility
among human beings we hear nothing in
ancient history, but we do hear enough
of the manper in which the Greeks and
Romans in early Christian ages endeav-
ored, by assumed spiritual agency, to in
fluence the movements of the legs OF ta-
bles, to make us sensible that modern
processes for efecting the same end are
inferior in point of elegance and awe-in-
spiring effect. This, we think, will
scarcely be denied by those best ac-
quainted with the present method of
conducting a seance when they learn the
Roman method of operation, which was
as follows:
When a family or an individual de-
sired to obtain information in regard to
some friend beyond the pale of human
knowledge, recourse was had to priest,
j. O., a professor practiced in the arts of
superhuman intelligence. Accordingly,
when the appointed day came, the Of
ficiating medium appeared clothed in
white, and bearing in his hands small
table standing on tripod base. Paus-
ing at the entrance door he waited until
the threshold and the atrium had been
sprinkled with aromatic and symbolic
fluids before he passed on into the prin-
cipal apartment, and deposited his tri-
pod over the center of the floor. This
table, which, as we are informed, must
be made of laurel wood cut under awe
inspiring auspices, had attached to its
base a metallic hoop cncircling it, on
which the letters of the Greek alphabet
were craven, while its upper rim bore a
number of catgut strings, to each of
which q silvered leaden ball was sus-
pended.
When, after due course of prayers, in
carnations and various gentle aids to mo.
ton, the table began to rotate, the
priest and his attendants, who sat on
the floor forming circle round it, noted
down each letter that was in turn
touched by the extended strings of the
rotating tripod. These letters were put
together, and the words they formed ac-
cepted as the answer of the oracle. In
the case of table turning in the latter
days of the Empire, which has been
transmitted to us, we find that body OF
conspirators, being desirous of ascertain
ing if the pretender Theodorus, whose
cause they advocated, would be the sue
cessor of the Emperor Valens, tested the
question by this interdicted mode of
divination; and conceiving that, as the
letters Tn + o d had been struck, there
could be no doubt of the fulfllment of
their wishes, they hastily overthrew the
table, hurried the priests out of the
house, and dispersed, lest their evil
deeds might be detected by the imperial
officers appointed to enforce the penal
ties incurred by dealers in magic. Fate,
however, was too strong for them, for
Theodorus was seized and put to death,
as history can testify, while Theodosius
succeeded Valens, and thus redeemed
the oracle from the charge of mendacity.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-11-09
Ought Women to Cook Z

Albert Rhodes, in an article in the
November. GALAXY on gastronomy, claims
that it is harder for woman to be-
come good cook than for a man. There
is sweet tooth running through her
sex, he says, which affects her taste and
renders her less trustworthy. She is less
exact, at least in the pursuit of this
vocation, and does not reason, as the man
does. If he fails, he thinks, and tries to
find out the cause of the failure, which
she is less apt to do. He gives pounds
and ounces where she gives approximate
handfuls. The man is more particular
about the food which he consumes HIM
self, which makes him more careful about
what he prepares for others. Many wo-
men are content provided they have ice
cream and sweet cake, or something
equivalent thereto. Count de Najac, a
man of some authority concerning the
table in Paris, AYERS that the interests
and traditions of the kitchen can only be
confided with safety to men, and that II
the women guests at table were not
under the eve of the stern sex, they
would begin dinner with the dessert. As
may be conceived, this is painful state
ment for gallant Frenchman to make,
but a sense of duty doubtless rises above
all other considerations.
The high priest Of the kitchen as well
as acknowledged classic in French litera.
ture, BrillatSavarin, appears to some ex'
tent to have shared the opinion of M. dc
Naiac, as indicated in his book of The
Physiology of Taste" On the othel
hand, there are instances in Francs
where women have achieved reputa
tation in this field, and notably in th'
case of one Sophie, who was the cook o
the late DIR. Neron, author of tn,
"Memoirs of Bourgeois" and manage
of the French opera, who was noted 70
the excellence of his dinners. She was
and presumably is still, considered VIC
man Vatel. Notwithstanding, even il me-
be superior to women in this calling,
any widespread improvement is to com
about, the movement must cone fror
them, for the kitchen is virtually in thei
hands. It's the mans business to pre-
vide the food, but it is not bis to prepar
it, but the womap's. 1t is division G
: labor which exists through all races an
grades of civilization.
In France the training of the wome
is more thorough in this respect than
any other country, and that some of tn
chief reasons why French cooking Is
much esteemed. The number of men Ell
J gagged i'm this kind of work Is too sma
, to bring about any considerable result
the women only can do that
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-11-09
The Singular Result of Mesmeric
Treatment.
indianapolis Journal. J

A very singular case has been occupy
ing the attention of several of our city
physicians for the past day or two, and
furnishing a theme for endless sPecula-
ton. Miss Hattie Baldwin, OF flniey,
Ohio, has been rooming In the boss
Block, on the corner OF Market ana OiI-
Gle streets, for several months, undergo
ing treatment for rheumatism In an ag-
gravated form. She has tried various
remedies, and a short time since began
experimentipg with mesmeric cure: Ihis
did not altogether suit her, and Dr.
Clarke was called in last Monday after
noon. She attributed the failure OF the
mesmeric cure to the fact that the pby-
sician could not throw her into trance,
and in the course of her narration she
detailed the manner in which the man
enJeavored to place her under mesmeric
;nAuence. DIR. Clarke said that maybe
be could succeed better, and suiting the
action to the word, he made few passes,
and almost instantly the lady fell into a
deep sleep, from which it was found i'm
possible to arouse her. Several physi-
clans were called in, but none of them
could be of the least apparent service.
The symptoms pointed very clearly to
epilepsy, the patients muscles being
rigid, and her limbs remaining in any
position they might be placed. She was
destitute of corporeal sensibility, those
portions of her body afflicted by rheuma-
tism being entirely free from pain.
When the attendant would move finger
it would remain just as 1t was last placed.
A foot raised two or three inches from
the bed would need no support, and an
arm pointing straight out would continue
as immovable rs that Of a statue. Inc
patient remained in the trance until last
evening, when she awoke and recovered
entire consciousness without the s.d Oh
physicians. She appears none the worse
for her forty-eight hours experience,
and made no complaint whatever. In
deed. she seemed rather improved IL
health than otherwise. The medical
mind il in doubt whether the trance wa
the result of hysteria or whether it wa
really produced through mesmeric in
auences. Miss Baldwin acknowledge
having gone through FIVE days trance
, once before in her life without detrl
ment.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-11-09
The Man Who is on His Way to the
Centennial-And His Wife.
New York World. ]

The typical Centennial visitor made
his debut at prominent Broadway ho-
tel, accompanied by his blushing bride.
While he rang the nigh tbell cautiously,
she moistened her spit-curl with the tips
of her fingers and otherwise freshened
her toilet. A benevolent person suggest
ing that they had better step in and in
quire at the Office for the landlord, they
forthwith locked elbows and marched
with much ceremony into the reading
room, billiard-room, bar-room, barber
chop, and Surnishing goods store next
door before discovering the proper goal
of newly arrived guests. Declining the
pen proffered by the clerk, with the re-
mark that he guessed he wouldn't write
to the folks till they got to Philadelphia,
the stranger expressed a desire for nice
room with q carpet and an extra quilt,
intimating in an nndertone that expense
was no object. Being initiated by the
clerk into the mysteries of that useful
volume known as the Register" the
| typical visitor wrote his name in it with
! much effort and elaboration, adding the
| maiden name of his bride and minutely
specifying the village, county and town
ship from which they came. Then re-
covering from the horizontal attitude
rendered necessary by the labors of in
scription, he drew a hard-boiled egg
from his coat-tail pocket, and cracking
the she'll gently on the ink.stand he pro-
ceeded to pick off the pieces, casually an
nouncing that he and Sal merely wanted
to be lodged, being amply provided with
the necessary comestibles for a fort.
nights visit. Late that evening the in
teresting couple were seen taking ice
cream in a neighboring restaurant. A
single dish and two teaspoons served
them both, and in the course of the sub
sequent conversation they hit the spoons
to test the genuineness of the metal
looked through the saucer at the light
smelled all the bottlesin the castor, and
being instructed by the waiter where u
settle the bill, pocketed the napkins ant
walked up to the desk. In the course o
the ensuing debate upon the unreasona
bleness of the charge, the stranger as
sumed a seat on the counter, but hap
pening to light on fresh custard pi
1.-The discussion was abruptly terminated
the frugal victim being obliged to pa.
for both ice cream and pie in order b
obtain the loan of knife to scrape tn
custarj from his trowsers legs.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-11-09
An Optical DelusiOn.

Here is a neat delusion. Roll sheet
of writing paper into tube ten inches
in diameter, and hold it to the right eye,
looking through at any convenient object,
keeping the left eye also open. Place
the left hand, open with the palm upward,
against the tube an inch or two from the
further end. The surprising effect ap-
parently seen will be hole through the
hand the size of cross section of the
tube. Now, in place of the hand, put a
sheet of white paper with hole In 1t OF
a quarter of an inch in diameter; stare
intently into the tube, and you will see
the hole in the sheet of paper floating in
the hole of the tube, clearly defined by
the difference of illumination. Each eye
obviously transmits dilIerentimpression
To the brain, and that organ, unable To
disentagle them, lands us on the palpable
absurdity Of a materialized hole.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-11-09
French Lessons in POliteness.
ILondon Daily Ncws.l


A very painful disclosure with regard
to the late M. de St. Beuve is made by
the editor of Paris almanac which pro-
fesses to give French people lessons in
the art of politeness.
The "Almanac dc Savoir-Vivre," to
give it its proper title, states that the
author of the "Causeries du Lundi" and
the "History of Port Royal" who as
serted that man of genius could not
possess bad manners, was convicted of no
less than eight ofiepses at table by the
Master of the Ceremonies in the house
hold of the late Emperor Napoleon. He
spread his napkin over both knees in
stead of only half unfolding it; he
omitted to crush the shells of two boiled
eggs which he had eaten; he asked for a
second service of chicken; he touched
the bones of the chicken with his fingers; !;
he said "thank you" to one of the SER
wants; he left his knife and fork on the
cloth, instead of upon the plate; he
peeled pear latitudinally instead Of
iongitudinally, and offered halfof it to a
lady seated next to him; and, worst
of all, he shifted at his wine before drink,
ing it.
The "Almanac de Savoir-Vivre" con.
demns, with beftting severity, this de-
plorable want of ten,,e, and explains that,
above all things, the napkin should be
placed to nicely. 1t is bad taste to
open it at all; the correct thing is "to
unfold it rather more than half and
pose it, negligently upon the knee"
Other advice of an excellent kind is also
given to people who are not quite Ger
tain as to what is the proper thing to dc
when they go into society" Thus, fol
instance, it is equally bad manners tc
eat largely or sparingly when dining out
for, in the first case, it may seem as i
you had not enough at home, and, in thu
second, as If the dishes offered to yol
were unpalatable.
If you have large appetite temper i
by light repast before you leave home
If you do not feel appetite say that yol
are indisposed, and so spare your host
| feelinps
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-11-09
TRUTHS AND TRIPLES.

COCKNEY tourist: "What is the name
of this vessel, mister? Fellow-traveler:
"Ion-a, sirl" Cockney tourist: "DO
you, indeed, sir? But didn't ask you
who owned 'er, sir, but what FER name
was"
JENNIE JUNE thinks q knowledge OF
cooking is what the poor need most. we
don't like to dispute with lady, but IL
seems TO us something to cook might be
fully as necessary, though we may be
wrong.
PAYING the piper-Settling with the
gas-fitter.-Boston Adcertiser. An, yes!
Footing the Bill-Kicking William
st. Louis Republican. Taking receipt
Getting your trowsers mended.-Cn'
cin,adti Commercial.
BE kind to old people. Age whiten-
ing for the tomb is a worthy object OF
reverence. The old linger sadly with
the young, and the young should bestow
upon them the tenderest affection and
care to diminish the chill of ebbing life.
CONSCIENCE is at once the sweetest
and most troublesome of guests 1t ID
the voice which demanded Abel OF his
brother, or that celestial harmony which
vibrated in the ears of the martyrs, and
soothed their sufferings.-1n'e. Swetchine.
The moral conscience is truly prim-
tive faculty; is particular manner OF
feeling which corresponds to the good
ness of moral actions, as taste is man.
ner offeeling which correspondst TO beauty.
Love may immediate error.-St. An-
gustine.
A COUNTRY gentleman entertains his
friends, and at the close OF the dinner
SAYS "Now you must drink glass OF
wine of my own making" They do SO.
"Well, how it itW "Oh," replied one
of the guests, 81 had had some of it be-
FORE" "Where ?" son the salad"
THE DIFFERENCE.
Some murmur when the sky is clear,
And wholly bright to view,
If one small speck of dark appear
In their great heaven OF blue.
And some with thankful love are filed
II but one streak OF light
| One ray of Gods good mercy gild
| The darkness Of their night.
So great is the effect of cleanliness
| upou man, that it extends even to his
| moral character. Virtue never dwelt
long Wltu HUI hoi uo pSiio'o '
ever was person scrupulously attentive
to cleanliness who was a consummate VII
lain.-Run,tord.
Mr.. CONWAY says that the art OF
Gladstone's oratory lies in showing every
man that the thing he felt, but thought
might be foolish, is the magnificent
view, the profopndest insight-which
amounts to saying that whatever a man
thinks foolish is likely to be wise.
A ST. LoUIsAN in Chicago writes that
he was awakened the day after his arri,
val by a shaking of the house, that led
him to believe the city had been visited
by an earthquake. He subsequently, dis
covered that the tremor was caused by q
platoon of Chicago schoolgirls taking
their morning walk.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-11-09
To lone.
ny c. r. CRANCH.

All day within me, sweet aud clear
The song you sang Is ringing
At night, In my half-dreaming car
hear you singing, singing.
Ere thought takes up its homespun thread,
When early morn is breaking,
Sweet sDatches hover round my bed,
And cheer me when awaking.
The sunrise brings the melody
only half remember,
And summer seems TO smile for me,
Although II Is December.
Through drifting snow, through dropping rain
Through gusts OF wind, Ii haunts me.
The tantaliEing old refrain
Perplexes, yet enchants me.
The mystic chords that bore along
Your voice so calmly splendid,
In gliminering fragments with the song
Are vaguely Joined and blended.
touch my instrument and grope
Along the keys confusion,
And daily with the chords in hope
To catch the sweet illusion.
In vain Of that consummate hour
court the full completeness,
The perfume Of the hidden flower,
The perfect bloom and sweetness.
OF strains that were too rich to last,
bafhed memory fingers
The theme, the air, the chords have passed;
They mock my voice and fingers.
They steal away, as sunset fires
Lose one by one their flashes,
And cheat the eye with smoldering pyres
And banks of gray cloud-ashes.
And yet, know, the old alloy
That dims and Disturbances
The golden visions aud the Joy
OF hopes resplendent fancies
Can never touch that festal hour
In soul and sense recorded,
Though scattered rose-leaves from your bower
Alone my search rewarded.
The unconnected strains alone
Survive to bring you nearer,
As when our queen OF song and tone
Made vassals OF each hearer.
Yet through the night and through the day
The mystic chords are ringing
Their echo will not pass away
hear you singing, singing.
-NoNn,ber atlantic.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-11-09
THE OLD HOsTLER's ExPERIENCE.
BY IRWIN RUssELL,

gifts up heah-lite good oil Paul,
Obed'ent 10 de Mahs'r's call
To tell my 'sperunce, tell all
OF Shames put up;
An Is led Glory out de stall,
To win de cup.
Den, all you sinnahs, cl'ar de track
rs mounted on OIL Glory's back;
Her hufs is gwine ta-click-ta-clack,
Daps how dey's gwine
Ah' Satan's rattlin', shacklin' hack
Is lef' benin.
All, Christuns in my foolish days,
lid de debbil's blooded bays:
Persumpchus pride, an worrly ways,
An made 'em lope;
But now rs turned 'em out to Craze
Widout a rope
Yah Yah OIL how used 10 -. Well,
DE 'ticlars 'taint no use 10 tell,
But oncet rid dc road TO hell
Wild mar bit,
An went two-forty on the shell
Toward de pit.
Like Balaam, when he rid de ass,
sisted on a-trablin' fas-
But 'twuz pace at c'u'dn't las
AM got th'owed.
/ cetch religion, trottin' pas,
An back COED.
An now simply 'vises you
You deblish boys rs talkin' to
Don't nebber hab thing to do
Wild Satan's hosses
Dey'll buck an niDg you In de sloo,
Fus one you crosses.
But git Religion we'll In ham,
An ride her like little man
Dere aint no hoss in all de LAM
Kin run agin her
An yeu'll come by de jedges' stan
A easy winner.
-Scribner for November.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-11-09
The averages per day for the mont

The averages per day for the month
were 1853 accidents, 137 killed, and
4.43 injured; for the year there were
2.6l accidents, O60 killed, and 257 in
iured. The averages for the month are
thus all much above those for the year.
The average casualties per accident for
the month were 0.3S7 killed and 1885
injured; for the year they were 0.23O
killed and 0.9S4 injured.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-11-09

THIS is story of what happened not
long since in the Pine Tree state: A
new Baptist convert wished very much
10 be baptized by one minister, and to
Join the church Of another. She went
TO the first. and asked him If it could be
done. Yes" he replied, :" could do
IL; but don't take in washing"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-11-09

By order of a former queen of England,
the ladies of the court could not appear
before her majesty twice in the same
dress, and the Grand Duchess Florence,
sister of Napoleon 1, required the same
rule TO be followed by her maidsof honor.
These ladies were in great distress TO
know how 10 make the change, and fire.
quently resorted to the deception of wear
ing a fine quality Of colored calico, trim
med with their richest lace, TO represent
silk.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-11-09
One Month of Railroad Accidents.

The Railroad Gazette says there were
during the month of September LOG rail-
road accidents in this country, whereby
Al persons were killed and 1873 injured.
Twenty. three accidents caused the death
of one or more persons, 25 caused injury
but not death, while 5S, or 81 per cent.
of the whole, resulted in no injury serious
enough to be recorded. For the year
ending with September the record is as
followa
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-11-09

THE initiative Chinaman of Shanghai
has tried his dexterous hand on counter
felt twenty-five dollar note of the Hong
Kong and Shanghai Banking Company,
and thus produced an article that the
most expert teller could not tell from the
genuine, but for the fact that the date is
December 35. 1871"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-11-09

IT is calculated that with the same ex-
penditure of effort horse can 90 132
miles on granite, l9l miles on asphalt,
and 415 miles on wood.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-11-09

A New YORK barkeeper has con.
cocted a drink made Of whisky, lemon,
sugar, and nutmeg, which he calls Sit
ting Bull.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-11-09

The ingenious Weston lectured
recently in Liverpool, England, on
"What know about walking" A clergy
man presided, and the proceeds were to
be devoted to charitable object. In
the course Ofhis lecture Mr.. Weston said
that much dislike had been shown to him
in America because he would not as
sociate with the betting clique.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-11-09

The Belgrade correspondent of the
Times says that in the country between
Paratchin and Deligrad, and in the
mountains near Saitschar, there are
eleven thousand men, women and chill
dren, almost naked and literally starving.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-11-09

The Town Board of Winterset, Iowa,
have adopted an ordinance making it a
civil offense for boys under sixteen years
to be in the streets after eight p. m,
unless accompanied by parents or
guardians.