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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-02-20
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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-02-20

AN ENORMOUS SERPENT.-While
two men were engaged in hunting
expedition in the hills back of
Silver, they heard rustling in the
bushes near by. One of them more
courageous than the other pro-
coed to examine into the mysterious
disturbance, when he beheld an en-
ormous serpent measuring some
fifteen inches in circumference and
twelve feet in length. The one
hunter fled while the other took up
the pursuit. Continuing the chase
some half mile distant, the SER
pent was seen to descend into a
crevice in the rock, which was
found upon examination to be a
subteranean passage, leading in the
direction of Eureka, Humboldt
County. 1t is thought this is the
snake that the Sentinel man saw.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-02-20

Morrill,, from the Committee on
Education and Labor, reported with
two amendments a Senate bill to es-
tablish an educational fund and APP
ply portion of the proceeds of the
public lands to public education,
and to provide for the moro CON-
plete endowment and support of a
national college for the advancement
of scientific and industrial educa.
ton.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-02-20
SHERIFF'S SALE.

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10y VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION ISSUED
lDout of the Justice Court in and for Day
ton Township Lyon County. State OF Nevada.
and to Inc directed and delivered for
judgment rendered In said Court on the 10th
day Of February, A. ID. 1876, 10 favor of the
State of Nevada, and against Luke Miller aud
the following described property, to-wit Lot
6, Block No. 628. TtAvn of Sutro in Lyon
County, Nevada. Tax and delinquency,
$25.73,
Notice is hereby given that ON the 14th
day of March, A. d. 1876, at the Court House
doors in Dayton. Lyon County. Nevada, will
sell all the right, title and interest of said
Luke Miller or other claimants IN aud to the
above described property at the hour of IL
O'Clock NJ. Of said day at public auction for
cash In hand to the highest and best bidder,
to satisfy said execution and all costs.
IL. A. COOKE,
Sheriff of Lyon County, New.
Dayton, Feb nth, A D 1876.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-02-20

DROWNED. Intelligence has been
received of the death of John Dali
only son OF Captain Dali. He was
young man of considerable ability.
He was making q sea voyage and
was swept from the vessel while
wounding Cape Horn. Many
friends sympathize with the Captain
in his bereavement.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-02-20
SUNDAY THOUGHTS.

The other morning we awoke from
half nights slumber, feeling YET
tired and unsatisfied, and while think
ing of our daily task, the hard duties
which the necessaries of life impose
upon many of us-pondering upon
the incongruities of an existence that
PROMISES SO little for the labor, the
hardships, the sacrifices it thrusts
upon us-our attention was arrested
by the sweet voice OF little girl
in an adjoining room reading from
the Book of all books, the founda-
ton of Christianity: "Work out
your own salvation with fear and
trembling; do all things without
murmurings and disputes, for it is
God which worketh in you both to
will and to do of his good" These
are the only words we now remember,
and it may be that their import and
significance were such as to impress
them more deeply on our memory.
"Work out your own salvation; dc
all things without murmurings," for
in that consists the true nobility OF
SOU, the heroism of character. 1t Is
said "men seem to need much less
than everything to make them happy,
and little less than nothing to make
them unhappy; for the former a sun'
for the latter a particle of sawdust.'
What sad commentary it is upon
the teachings and influences OF a
Christianized civilization-upon the
so-called elevation of mankind, the
culture and enlightenment of the
mind-that with so much true hap
piness near US, so many opportunities
for the realization of our fond dreams
and hearts desires, we yet court
misery, and in gloomy unhappiness
allow the brightest shades of life to
pass us by. And whyl Because we
cannot touch the stars or look beyond
the vapory curtain of heven. Is il
not enough to think to read, to love
to hope, to pray! Will man evel
have power to do morel "For it is
God which wnrketh in you both tc
will and do of his good" and to-day
| when ''tbe silver-toned Sabbath bel
sounds the reveille Of the SOUL" call
ing the tired spirit to the haven o
the rest, think OF Him whose simple
creed was no more than embraced il
the Lor,l's Prayer, who organized ne
visible church but enunciated thu
grand truth that the kingdom of Coz
is within the soul. Ring out again
dear Sabbath bell, that all may hea
thy peals, and as the echoes die ava,
amid the rugged mountains an(
white-robed hills, may the listene
pause and think of the words as rea(
by that sweet child-"Work ont you
own salvation without fear and trem
bling; do all things well without muir
murings and disputes"
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-02-20

Losr.-On Saturday, February
18th. between Sutro and Dayton, a
pockct diary for 1875, containing
numerous papers, among them one
note in favor of r. A. Cooke for $50,
and 30 shares of South Consolidated
Virginia stock transfer stopped)
also bills and receipts, of no value to
the finder. The fin ,er will be reason
ably rewarded by returning the same
to the "Times" Office or to the under
signed. Il. A. COOKE oherin:
DAYTON, Feb. IA, 1876.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-02-20

NOTICE. There will be a meet
ing of the William Penn CONSOLE
dated Gold and Silver Mining Co. (,
in San Francisco, on March Goth,
at one P. M. for the purpose of dis
tributing stock to the stockholders,
and other business.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-02-20

PosTPoNEMENr.- advertised
meeting of the Amazon and Glas-
gov Mining Companies, falling on
Tuesday. Feb. 22d. legal holiday,
it will be postponed until Wednes-
day, Feb. 23d. the same hour and
place.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-02-20

STABBINd.-Two men named Geo.
O'Connor and John Wynne got into
an alteration at the Wylie restaur-
ant, Virginia City. on Friday even
ing. in which Wynne was stabbed
severely in the thigh by O'Connor,
who has been arrested.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-02-20

EMILIO rNENT
Parties DESTROYS ut first-class help OF all
kinds eau be supplied with the best In the city.
Orders from the country promptly attended
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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-02-20

HARRY McCAUsLAND.-This popu-
lar gentleman has opened neat
cigar stand at the Arcade saloon, be-
tween the Odd Fellows building and
Wells, Fargo e Co.'S office, q street
Virginia. He will sell none but the
finest brands of cigars and tobacco
Give him call.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-02-20
LOS1-S5 REWARD.

On Monday, February l4th, a
white handled six-shooter, silver
mounted, of the X L pattern, was
left IN Becker's clubhouse. The
finder will +. ceive the above re-
ward. and the thanks of the owner
by returning it to this office.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-01-13
gnr Nnu,u, blenders.
NOBODY.

NJ glasses are missing, the paper mislaid,
But nobody's ceen them am afraid
For thlmble and scissors I've looked high and
low,
mo nobody's had them very we'll know;
And my carpet, this morning so bright aud so
neat,
Is covered with tracks of nobody's feet
WHO walked up the babys" nurse wondering
cries;
Nobody" Miss Bessie quite archly replies,
Appealing to Grace, who lifts shyly her eyes;
Nurse looks more doubtful, but says nothing
more,
Tho she thinks that she heard some one slam
ming the door.
Who has seen my new GRAMMAR Each Granny
and nook
Is thoroughly searched for Jacks missing book
He brought it from school aud it lay on the shelf
But nobody's had it!-that sly little elf
Who answers for half the misdeeds that are DONE
The veriest scapegrace beneath the bright SUM-
From barefooted beggsr to King on the throne,
His equal for mischief, ali! never was known;
Though we never can track him, he always Is
nigh,
Still putting his finger IN every ones pie.
In great things and small the ver6ict's the same
Whatever the damage, nO6odys to blame
N. Y. Observer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-01-13

The greatest fallacy of this and many
maxims is in the necessary inference that
is drawn. Their greatest mischief lies
in their incompleteness, and in the fact
that they are generally accepted as com
plete. Any half truth, or partial false
hood, if felicitously expressed and aptly
repeated, has five-fol1 the weight in con-
troversy or conversation that whole truth
awkwardly worded has. He who could
make the proverbs of nation would
possess more influence than he who
should write its history or frame its laws.
They have been defined the wit of one and
the wisdom of many. They are oftener
the fallacy of one and the inability to de-
tect it of the multitude
Proverbs depend not for popularity upon
wisdom, but upon the art of putting them.
The farther they are removed from obvi-
Gus truth, if they be adroitly couched, the
more likely they are to be accepted. A
spice of Immature is prone TO preserve
them, and render them appetizing to the
public palate. We like to repeat whatw
know is false when the falsehood is CLOSED
by the embalming epigram, the conscious
ness that the thing has been said before
freeing us from accountability for its pro-
mitigation.
Hardly a maxim or proverb exists in
our own or any other. language that may
not be taken to pieces before its atom of
truth, if any, can be found. The proverbs
Of the French and Spanish are the wlttiest
and the falsest; those of the Germans and
Scandinavians the dullest and the truest.
No current saying but is contradicted by
another - as 1.-TWO Of a trade never
agree" Birds of feather flock to-
gether;'' &C In multitude of counselors
there is Safety "Too many cooks spoil
the BROTH" and so on through every va
riety of affirmation and denial, of incon-
sistency and contrariety.
All sorts of sustainment for all sorts OF
conduct, every kind of encouragement
for every virtue and every vice, may be
gathered from proverbs. Entirely devoid
Of argument, they are regarded and quoted
as arguments; defiant Of logic, they &C
complish what logic cannot. Properly
considered, they are helps to language,
ornaments to conversation, delicate punct-
ures for pretense, of inestimable value to
society. But considered, as they usually
are, as strengtheners of position, excus-
ers of conduct, palliators of offense, they
are inestimably pernicious. They teach
the same lesson and the same truth which
the declaration does that a stoutly main
tanned lie is infinitely better than a poor
ly-defended truth.-Ju1aius Henri Br0l01a6,
IN AppleEons' Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-01-13
Showing the COmanches Pictures.

TO-DAY have been busy showing the
Alphabetical Object Teacher kaleid-
oscope and stereoscopic views. I have
been much surprised as we'll as amused
at the effect produced by the exhibition of
the latter. AS body the Indians of this
country who have never been East-and
as consequence have never seen but few
white peOple-are disposed to disbelieve
the accounts they receive respecting their
numbers, the magnitude of their towns
and cities, the extent of the country they
occupy. They believe that their own peo-
pie who have been East have been duped
by some kind OF sorcery, or, as they would
say, medicine" They also think it, is
impossible to make an imaginary picture.
Hence picture is to them ''proof posi-
tive" Of the existence Of an original. Con
sequently, my exhibiting towns, build
lngs, rural scenes and soldiers has had
most convincing effect. This was much
heightened by having some mountain
scenes from Colorado, familiar to them,
and which they recognized at once This
was, IN fact, the strongest adducible evil
dence that the accounts they had received
were so far from being exaggerations that
the half had not been told them.
One middle-aged man, who has always
treated these reports with the utmost
skeptlcism, was particularly struck with
them. He could not sufficiently express
his surprise, but beat upon his mouth in
utter establishment. Sun Boy, who had
often told him what he saw in the East,
would say to him ip Kiowa: "What you
think now? You think all lie now? You
think all chiefs who have been to Wash
lngton fools now?" Again and again
would he look them over with his hand
upon his mouth, dumb with amazement.
After he had looked them over several
times, being war chief, he called in his
warriors and exhibited the pictures to
them, talking to them at the time [
could understand but part, yet would
gather such expressions as these: Look,
see what a mighty powerful people they
arep'-meaning white people. We are
fools! We don't know anything! We
just like wolves running wild on the
plains" Such an effect on the war-chiefs
and warriors cannot but be very salutary,
and must conduce much toward lettering
them from going on the war-path against
such q mighty powerful people, I
could but wish that good stereoscope,
with suitable pictures, could be exhibited
in every Indian camp in the land, and
properly explained to the people.-A
Quaker Among the Indians
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-01-13
Mount Shasta.

A VERY remarkable feature of Srount
Shasta is the collection of hot springs 200
feet below the top. The extreme summit
is steep ridge, not more than 200 or 800
feet through, on level with the springs,
and composed of shattered lava, which
looks as though any water falling in rain.
or formed by melting SHOWS upon it,
would Immediately run out through the
cracks. There is in the material nothing
which, when brought in contact with air
or moisture, would cause heat by chem
lcal action. Yet at the bottom of the
steep ridge, which at the foot is not more
than 200 yards through, there is a little
fiat of half an acre full Of hot springs,
most of them very small, and the largest
not more than three feet across. They
have temperature of 100 degrees, and
their water is strong with sulphur and vari-
Gus minerals. In some the water bubbles
up violently, and there are openings in
the earth from which hoG steam rushes
out with great force and considerable
noise. One of these vents sends out a let
OF steam two feet in diameter. These
springs and the earth around them retain
their heat through winter as we'll as sum-
mer, Notwithstanding the severe cold that
may prevail there. On the 1st of October
the thermometer was below the freezing
point at both sunrise and sunset and the
temperature OF the year there is probably
Tor we have no long series of observa
tlons-not higher than thirty degrees, pos
slbly below that figure. Immense masses
OF snow lie on the northern side of the
mountains through the summer, and On
the northern side there is living glacier.
Notwithstanding the almost constant cold
resulting from the snow, ice and high ele-
walton the great heat supplied from the
heart OF the mountain does not give wav.
The waters OF these springs must be forced
up by power, which, though small in
comparison, still suggests the mighty
forces that piled up this cone to height
OF 5000 feet above the adjacent ridges,
and from its now extinct craters poured
out the lava that covered hundreds of
square miles with desolation.- SHASTA
Courier.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-01-13

OF the same aromatic vegetable on your
chest.
All your friends laugh at you and your
wotul air, and tell you not to make such
dreadful fuss about little cold!
They tell you it's the fashion to have a
cold; and then they quote that abominably
trite saying, which seems to work in on
every occasion: Zone might as we'll be
out of the world as out OF fashion," and
then they hasten to tell you about their
colds, and the colds of their children and
their neighbors-and so on-ah, you
know just how it is. And before they get
ready to stop you feel as if you could
strangle the whole lot of them without a
throb of conjunction.
That night you take sweat, and wake
up in the morning as limp and spiritless
as muslin dress in a thunder-shower,
and with feeling of Don't care whether
school keeps or not all over you.-
Kate Thorn, in ". 7. Weekly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-01-13
Gambling in Macao.

THE great game pursued by the Macan-
csc is called Vat, We, sam, se''-being
the first four Of the Chinese numerals,
one, two, three, four. The counters en-
ployed are small copper coins, called
cash, with square hole in the center.
Near a pile Of cash is a square metal
plate. each side numbered-one, two,
three, four. On any of these numbers the
gamblers deposit their stakes. When all
is ready the president banker takes a
handful OF cash from the heap, and, set
ting it apart, draws the coins one by one
toward him with an ivory stick, repeating
aloud, as he does so: @ Vat, We, sam, SCI
e. One, two, three, four"), when whatever
remains is the winning number. For in
stance, suppose that in his grasp he picked
up eighty-six; the fours divided into
1t would be tWenty-One times and two re-
naming; consequently two would be the
winning number. Supposing you had
staked dollar, say on number two, an
assistant of the banker would then hand
the winner four dollars (the dollar staked
and three added less per cent. discount
upon the three dollars won, which dis
count he claims as his share. These
houses are frequented by all classes, high
and low, rich and poor, and cannot but
be considered sources of demoralization.-
Chambers Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-01-13
A Bad Cold.


of sympathy.
All right-minded Christians will feel
for him, no matter how ridiculous his
swelled and shiny nose may look, and
| without regard to the fact that his voice
is as inaudible and maudlin as that Of a
regular bred whisky bibber.
| Nobody with the least portion of the
milk Of human kindness in his breast
| would laugh at his watery eyes or make
unkind remarks when he blew his nose.
Everybody is liable to a & bad cold"
The rich man as well as the poor man
and not all the money of the proudest
millionaire in the land can purchase him
exemption from it, And if it is any sat
isfactiOn to the hod-carrier or rag-picker
to know that the Rothschilds and Queen
Victoria have noses Just as rec and stuffed
up when they have colds as their brethren
lower down in the scale of wealth and
power, then they can have that satisfac-
ton.
A cold in the head generally begins in
sneezing.
You think if you could only sneee you
should be relieved from that uneasy tick
ling in the nose and that heavy feeling in
the head.
You go to the window and you look at
the sun, and you squint your eyes, and
hold your breath, and then the coveted
sneeze comes-first one, then two, and
then half dozen in rapid succession.
Then your handkerchief comes into
play, and for about five minutes you feel
better You retire to the tireside and put
on more wood, or coal, and wonder what
does make it so cold this time of year.
BY and by there is a tight feeling
about your throat and head; every tooth
in your laws seems to have started out a
little and it appears to you that it would
be positive relief to take mallet and
drive them back into their places again.
There is a sensation down your back as
if mouse with very cold feet was chas-
ing another mouse with still colder feet
just on the line of your spinal column,
and good fire is the only thing on earth
you especially care for.
Food you do not want and herb tea is
always the next thing to total despair and
misery. Handkerchief are in demand,
and half dozen day is very moderate
allowance. Blow, blow, is the order of
the day, to say nothingof the order OF the
night.
You feel cross all over. You wish folks
wouldn't look at you.
You are drowsy and you want your feet
on the fender and a blanket over your
shoulders. Your teeth start out little
further. Your eyes are so weak you can
hardly hold them open. Your head feels
as if a ten horse power steam-engine had
been established therein and was in oper-
alton with all the steam on. Every hair
on your Uranium is sore-that IS if you do
not wear a wig. Your limbs ache and
that old rheumatic twinge in your joints
grows painfully troublesome.
You huddle up in your chair, and snuff
hartshorn, and burn vinegar on a hot
shovel, and battle your sore throat in
alcohol.
If you happen to be married, and have
no regard for the feelings and The affec-
tons of those around you, you descend to
the degradation Of eating onions stewed
| in sugar Or molasses, with poultices