Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-11-27
Chats by the Way.

The only cats worth any money
Ducats.
1t is folly to think of getting even
by giving odds.
Carl Schurz is going back to st.
Louis to live.
The man who bet his pay felt bad
when he had to pay his bet.
The oyster doesn't say much, but
how tenderly he does look one in the
eye.
Caleb Gushing, U. s. Minister to
Spain, will sail for Europe early next
month.
The Burlington Hawkeye applauds
the Centennial Commissioners for
not naming q Smith day.
We notice that the fall style Of
oath is the same as sworn last year.
N. Y. Herald.
The man whose voice was taxed to
the utmost is requested to call around
and see the assessor.
Texas has new game of cards
one holds revolver. while the other
holds the cards. A coroner holds
the the inquest, of course.
One of the lightning calculators
has become Methodist minister, and
he is said to be au expert at figures
of speech.
Even for the amusement Of those
who are nearest and dearest TO US
how few of US are willing to reach
out and rub cats back the wrong
way.
A Mr.. Brandy has become Re-
publican newspaper proprietor 10 the
interior of this State. Brandy in
the interior is always good, you
know.-Plain Dealer.
Ru.si,'s attitude towards the rulers
of the Ottomsn empire has caused
the idea to occur to Jones ''that
Russia must be stuifias Turkey for
Thanksgiving"
From the British Quarterly; Sci
.ence, IN the rigid sense ot the word,
refuses 10 take cognizapce of the
soul, simply because II sees no sure
data for any reasoning about ii.
The Kaedive, who was once worth
millions, now sleeps ON the hoor.
This is getting down pretty low, but
he can roll over and get AS lively a
nightmare as he pleases without fall
lng out Of bed.
Ike has an irritating skin disease
Mrs. Partington says: "Cbariotte
Russo broke out all over him, and il
he hadn't wore the injun beads as an
omolet, il would douotless have cul-
minated fatally"
Little Robbie went to the show aud
saw an elephant for the first time in
his life. When he returned his mother
asked him what he had seen. IAN
elephant, mamma, that gobbled hay
with his fore tail"
Congressman Luttrell, of Calitor-
mia, was thus introduced to Demo-
cratic audience in that State: "Fel-
low citizens, this is ou- Congressman,
Honorable J. X. Luttrell-the orator
who draws the cork Of mirth, knocks
out the bung Of pathos and slaves in
the head of eloquence "
II is when a man gets belligerent
over the Bulgarian atrocities and up
sets the coffee pot ON the breakfast
table that he fully appreciates those
farewell wol ds Qf Washington: Don't
stand on this side Of the Atlantic and
hit anybody in Europe if you can
possibly help it.
The war between st. Louis and
Chicago still RACES. This is the latest
bombshelt: A st. Louis man stop
ping in Chicag felt the house shake
one morning, and thought there was
an earthquake. but found it was only
a SQUAD Of Chicago school girls
taking . morning walk.
Irate Young Lady-"Mrs. Cox. |
declare your machines are the worst
I ever saw! There's not even look
,ing-glass!" Proprietor Of Bathing
Nachines-aWhy, Miss, If there was
,lookiug glasses We shouldn't get you
ladies out Of them ere machines for
.howers aud howors."
Tho following Scriptural passage
was in . purse stolen from woman
in Boston: "Let him that stole steal
no more, but rather let him labor,
working with his hands the things
which 10 good, that he may have to
give him that nesdsth." The thief
.returncd the property. and doubtless
hereafter, hundreds Of pocketbooks