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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-02-13

Bishop Whitaker, of the Episcopal
Church, Principal of Reno Academy,
was passenger on last evenings train
going west.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-02-13

IL there is any victim of an eruptive
malady who despairs of relief, let him
abandon his dependency. So long as
it is possible for him to obtain GLENN's
SULPHUR Soar he need entertain no
doubts respecting the possibility of his
being cured.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-02-13
Central Hotel,

HINKEY BROS PRoPRIEroRs.
b + Riley Paradise.
Robert Burge, >,
/. Bryan, [.
James Godfrey, Sacramento.
Robert Stewart, :,
Frank Armstrong, San Francisco.
John A Nolan, !,
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-02-13
FIRE AT RENO.

CHAN berlain's Hotel Destroyed-A
Woman Supposed TO be Burned
In the Ruins.
A fire broke out in Chamberlain g
Hotel. at the depot, in Reno, about l
O'Clock this morning. 1t spread with
fearful rapidity, aud in short time the
entire structure was in flames and it
burned to the ground. A Mrs. John
sor who is known to have been in the
hotel, is missing and it is supposed
that she lost her life in the fire.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-02-13
The Humboldt Reduction works.

The Humboldt Reduction Works
have been leased by David Van Len
nep, who is now prepared to do GUS
tom work. The most refractory ores
are treated at the works, and by the
roasting process yield high percent
age OF their assay value in gold and
silver. See lad" in another column.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-02-13
Bullion shipped.

The Rye Patch Mining Company
shipped. on Sunday night, three bars
Of bullion valued at 81 200 and one bar
last night valued at $500.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-02-13

BY Cleaver- To provide for the re-
moval Of county seats.
Assembly bin No. 26. making the
burning of hay stacks and the killing of
cattle felony, passed.
Assembly bill No. AZ. relative to
bridges, passed.
Assembly bill No. 81, relative to pub
lie schools passed. e
Both Houses met in joint conven-
ton for the purpose of electing War
den for the State Prison.
Gen. Battsrman and Lloyd Rawlings
were placed in nomination. Batter
man received AZ votes and Rawlings 81;
and Rawlings was declared elected.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-02-13
SAN FRANCISCO STOCK REPORT
Last Evenings Beard.

Last Evenings Beard.
275 r IL E 5 So
$50 Eureka Con 10 1917
10 Mauhatten 81
9l5 Prise 81 5sI
Is Hussey zoe
so Jefferson 25c
1920 Modoc 22I 3
400 Leopard AZ AZ
355 Belle 26N
100 X 3H
G70 Manhatten 81 So
400 Rye Patch 3
225 California 40 4SA
100 N Coso AZ
800 G Charioe 2T 3
800 Poornan 10c
Ills Leeds 5H So
1000 Julia u 6I
100 Ophir 25H 25A
900 Imperial ~
300 Andes "a
23O Mexican l7H III
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-02-13

Cattle shipped.

F. Vanderlip shipped to San Francis.
co, last night, two car loads of extra
fine steers,
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-02-13
This Mornings Beard.

70 Ophir 25T 254
$50 Mexican III M
545 G. Il G 1917 l3
16O b & b 30 35%
8S5 California 1917 1917
$50 Savage 81 g
7S5 Con Va 52H 5lZ
80 Chollar SO 81
2l0 Fl & N 81 5S%
925 Crown Point 81 "a
$40 Imperial "a 220c
160 Yellow Jacket Is l5H
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-02-13

A MINER named Kelly was shot, and
it is believed fatally wounded, by man
named Jimmy Tickle. at Ruby Hill,
near Eureka, last Friday.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-02-13

10 be fo1Ra m the State. Our prices will
found reasonable
Meats shipped to all points on the Railroas
and all orders promptly Rliea.
GIVE US A CALL. h1oa
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-02-13

N. LEVY, m. SYEGKI..
40 222 California st., Bridge and Third ste
SAN FRANCIsco. WmNxGpooA.
, 1877-11-30
Farmers Homes.

A farmers home may be made place
OF great comfort and attraction or quite
the reverse. The fact of its being ont Of
the dust and away from the din of the
city, and surrounded by pleasant land
scapes, is calculated to enhance its beauty
and add to its comfort, but we too often
find among the farmers nothing but in
cessant toiling, dearth of home COM
forts, a conviction on the part of the
farmer that time spent in an effort to
beautify and make pleasant his home ia
absolutely thrown away, and the result
is that we see every thing rough, soiled.
untidy, and the life ceaseless round of
care and labor. Yet we find very differ
ent scenes than this, and even AMONG
farmers of quite limited means, but of a
more improved taste, perhaps, who make
their country life and country homes the
source of much enjoyment 1t is not
unreasonable to estimate, taking all the
year round, that out of dozen hours of
the day two might be devoted to brush.
ing up around the premises, planting
and training ornamental trees ard shrub.
berry, in the cultivation of flowers and
the collection Of interesting objects in
natural history. Thus the home NAV be
made more pleasant and attractive place
for the often overworked farmers wife,
and better and more suitable place in
which to bring up and develop the bet.
ter tastes Of the children. Again: the
farmer can doubtless find time enough
from the essential labors of the farm 70
take the family on many pleasant ride
around the premises and through the
neighborhood. This time he may afford
to take often, even from the lighter labors
of the farm, since in that way he may be
even "more perfectly fulfilling the pur.
poses of short life than in merely roll.
ing together dollars and cents by unn.
terrupted work." Civilization is gradu.
ally improving the condition of the
agricultural people. With the increase
Of the means and facilities for cultivation
powerful agency is ever active in the
elevation and improvement of the coun-
try people themselves. The exercise of
improved methods and the use of i'm
proved machinery calls for the exercise
of thought, and the ornamentation of the
farmhouse and grounds develops the es-
thetic tastes, and thus the experiment
gradually goes on. The principal agen-
cy which is operating to produce the de-
sired result is the common school system,
and the improved methods and means of
instruction now in reach of the common
people. Many more in proportion to the
entire population, than formerly, come
up from the corntields to attend the acad-
emies, seninaries and universities, and
returning cultivated and enlightened into
the agricultural districts, infuse an i'm.
proved element into country life.-A8h-
Laad (0regon) Tidings.
, 1877-11-30
The War.

The talk among the European powers
about interfering before long with the
comba.ants in the East and so preventing
their carrying the war over into another
year, is too loud and open to be passed
by as of no special significance. 1t is
becoming more evident that the powers
are restve under continuance of hostili.
ties and would be glad to bring them to
an end. This they seem to think they
can do without passing judgment ON
either party, simply calling it a drawn
bsttle. No doubt Turkey would accede
to terms of peace, offered on such basis,
provided they involved nothing like hu-
initiation; but what Russia might incline
to do, or how far it would feel disposed
to favor the proposition of the powers, is
somewhat problematica. For although
the Russian army has secured foothold
in Bulgaria from which to launch the
campaign of next year, it might be will
ing to regard this as triumph enough
under the circumstances, and to forego
its design of advancing upon Adriano-
pie and beyond. But the fact that the
prof ct is openly talked of is enough to
show that it is not without greater de-
gree of support in the cabinets than
might be generally suspected. 1t is mani
tested by this time that the war tells ma
terially on the general prosperity of Eu-
rope by rendering all the foundations of
where it hurts so sorely, and this is the
reason why interference is now openly
broached in quarters that speak with
something like authority.
1t would puzzle one more than ever to
say precisely what the war is being waged
for. If the Bulgarian atrocities stimu-
lated it, these have to all intents been for
some time lost sight Of. Other aims and
feelings have succeeded than such as are
implied in redreSsing those wrongs. Rus
sia has encountered foe worthy of her
steel, and in the protracted struggle she
has had occasion to think Of many other
things. The religious war has been grad
ually changing into one for power, which
indeed it was in the beginning, when
stripped of its ostentatious disguises. If
Russia, however, is to become the neces-
sary agent at whose hands Turkey is to
be schooled in the processes of civiliza-
ton, or standardization, she will not
have gone into this contest in vain, what
ever may have been her original motives.
Some such disciplinary exercise was es-
sential to prepare Turkey,if she shall ever
do so, to enter the European family Of ma
tions. And inasmuch as Russia herself
can hardly claim full admission to that
circle, since she is Asiatic as well as Eu-
ropean, it may be in the design of Provi-
dence that one result Of this prolonged
collision of her. s.with Turkey is to elm
mate from her system also what still re.
mains of barbarism, and by degrees
transform her as well as Turkey to the
condition in which all states must come
before they can expect to enter the circle
of civilization.-4Hdss. PIoughman.
, 1877-11-30
Trim the HOOfs Of Colts.

In many instances the insensible por-
tion of the hoofs of colts and of young
horses will grow out so round and flat
that fragments sometimes will be broken
off. This is,more particularly the case if
colts are allowed to run at large occa-
sionally on hard ground, gravely and
stony lands and hard roads; the hoofs
will wear fast enough, as nature evident
ly intended they should. But if young
horses are kept on smooth turf, their feet
must be kept short by artificial means.
The most convenient way to trim long
hoots is to let one person hold block OF
hard wood against the hoofs, or hold the
hoof on the square end OF the wood while
an attendant cuts off small pieces with
sharp chisel and mallet. Use an inch
finer chisel rather than large one, as a
two.inch chisel will require heavier blows
with mallet. A pair of sharp nippers
sometimes vulgarly called snips) may
often be employed for such purpose,
when colt is so restive that chisel and
mallet cannot be used.
We have in mind colt having unusu-
ally long hoofs, which had in his play
stepped upon some hard substance and
broken off the front of the foot to the
quick. The accident was attended with
some bleeding and excessive lameness,
the suffering brute being unwilling to put
his foot to the ground. Ten minutes
work would have saved the animal much
pain, and the owner might have had the
benefit of three months growth instead
of having it arrested for that period. But
the occasional breaking off OF part Of
the hoof is "A mere trihe when compared
with other misChiefs resulting from the
same cause. When the toe is too long
the strain on the fetlock joint will be
greatly increased, so that permanent in
jury to the suspensory ligament Of the
foot Often follows. Young horses ffe-
quently have wind.galls aud other eTi.
dences Of spraips before they are put to
work. In many instances such ailments
occur,when shorteningof the toe has been
neglected until the hoofs have groWn 70
an unnaiuEal length.--Prsoiicdi FdrHsfF.
, 1877-11-30
The Color Of Mars.

Several hypothesis have been advanced
to explain the reddish color which char
acterizes the bright part of the planets
disk. Mr.. Huggins comes TO the conclu-
sion that this peculiarity is not due to
the planets atmosphere. Indeed, Arago
has called attention to the fact that upon
this hypothesis the redness should be
more decided at the borders of the planet
than in the central portions, since the lu-
minous rays traverse greater thickness
Of atmosphere and traverse it more OBJ
liquely, in the regions near the limb,
when the contrary effect is observed. 1t
has also been remarked that this hypOth-
esis does not explain why the red tint is
not general. Mr.. Lockyer has suggested
that the color may depend upon the
cloudy state of the planet, and the spec.
troscope gives considerable support to
this hypothesis. In 1869 the planet was
clearer of clouds and more ruddy than
in 1864. The explanation of this is that
when Mars is clouded the light
reflected by the clouds undergoes
less absorption than that reflect
ed by the planet itself. The spec
troscope indicated this increased absorp-
tion on one occasion by showing that the
reflected sunlight was without large
portion Of the blue rays.
Lambert has attempted to explain the
ruddy color of the spots, and their disap-
pearance or indistinctness during the
Martial winter, by the hypothesis that
the vegetation on the planet is red in
stead Of green. Hence, in the Martial
summer the surface has ruddy
appearance, which disappears in
winter. AS Mr.. Proctor remarks,
if this hypothesis were true, the rapid
changes of color, which have been noted
by many observers, would indicate the
sudden blooming forth of Martial vegeta-
ton, over hundreds of square miles of the
planets surface. Finally, we have the
hypothesis, first advanced, we believe,
by Herschel-and still accepted as the
best explanation Of the phenomenon by
many astronomers-that the red color is
due to the character of the planets soil.
-ChdS. W. Raymond, in the Gdtdry.
, 1877-11-30
Hit Hard.

In the country towns and villages in
New England, in the good old times
even within the memory of the writer
Young girls, Of parentage, often hired out
to do housca ork, as did the young men
/ hire out to work on the farm, that they
might learn the life Lesson OF selt-sup-
porting labor, and earn the wherewith to
commence lite ON their own account.
Very many of the btst and most capable
female servants in cur city homes, In
those times, were of country families,
and were treated, in many cases, like
other members Of the family
But there has been a change. Society,
in the business centres, is not as it used
10 be and in the change Il elc has cropped
OF a certain class of aristOcracy which
makes itself ridiculous. | witnessed a
case not long since, and heard a reproot
administered that was one of the hardest
hits ever saw given.
Mrs. Gitterly 1--WE will call herr had
been married four or five years, and dur
ing that time had resided III the city,
where she had become very fashionable
and Notwithstanding of the Flora
McFlimsey order. She was on visit to
her old friends in the town of her nativ
ity, and was spending the evening with
Mrs. Goodhue, who had given quite a
party in her honor.
At the well-ordered tea table Supper
table, Mrs. G.. always called iD, goodly
company we're assembled, and the girl
the eirl who worked in the kitchen-with
neighbor's daughter who had been en-
poyed for the occasion, sat down to the
meal with the rest.
Mrs. Glitteriy beheld, and was amazed.
Later in the evening, when the work in
the kitchen had all been done, and affairs
in the big buttery attended to, the hired
girl came 10, dressed in new calico, and
set herself down to the work of social
enjoyment. She was bright-faced,
pretty girl, and knew how to behave.
This seemed to be too much for Mrs.
Gitterly, and when she saw that the
hired help was really admitted to party
given especially in her honor, her pride
rebelled. Turning to her hostess, she
said, in tones loud enough to be heard
over the room,
"Iy dear Mrs Goodhne, how can you
bear to allow your servants to stand on
social equality with yourseltl l think
servants should be taught to know their
places"
Really, Betsey," (Mrs. Gitterly had
fashioned her Christian name into Lizzie),
said the hostess, speaking with distinct
ness and kindly trankness, II think en-
joy it best to keep up the old custom.
/ always did it. You remember when
you worked for me in the kitchen, al
ways treated you just"
A sharp cry of alarm from Mrs. Lizzie
Glitterly arrested the good woman's
speech. 1t seemed as though the atmos
phere of the room had suddenly become
sitting. She arose and went to the win
dow, where she could get breath Of
fresh air, and where she could conceal
the flaming of her cheeks, which rouge
and pearl paint could not hide.
, 1877-11-30

The INDIA FAMINE AND AMERICAN Cor
ToN.-The long continued and disastrous
drouth in the Madras districts of India
will result in the shipment of only about
100000 bales of cotton from that coun-
try to Great Britain during the present
year. This is shrinkage Of G700O bales
from the shipments made to England in
1876 and about 10000 bales from the
average yield. The failure of the Indian
crops will thus create a demand for
American cotton in the markets of Great
Britain larger than there has been for
years. Of course the drouth has not
wholly destroyed the Madras production
but only curtailed it, so that the supply
will be entirely inadequate to the de-
mand usually made for it.
Reports indicate that our crops will be
better than the average in Georgia, Ala
bama, Mississippi, Texas and other re-
gions. Rains have fallen at near inter
walls and in such quantity as to make the
prospects for good crop oh through the
South most excellent. considering these
points we may expect to export at least
200 900 bales more COLOMBIAN usual this
year, at fair prices.-Ohieago JoErna! Of
Commerce.
, 1877-11-30
The Steeds of Sin.

Ride not the stsed Of sin, my boy
The wildly steeds OF sin
In soms abyss Of darkness lone
They're sure to plunge You m
Their tramping hoofs move swiftly on;
Theirs is fiery breath
They'll bear thee downward to despair
The destiny is death.
Iutcmperancc, with cory eyes
Is speeding DER the earth;
A death in all his pathway lies
He's uf a tiendish birth.
Ride not this fleet and foamng Stccd,
The victory he shall win;
What rein or bit can stay hs speed
To doom Of deadly sin,
Oh, there are other dreadful stecds
That man oft dares to ride;
That work upon this beauteous earth,
Invasion dark and wide
Ride not the steeds OF sin, my boy,
or their swift hoois beware
They have Il hot consuming breath,
And poisoned with despair
W. 0. BemiS.
, 1877-11-30
The Matter Of Tramps.

The characteristics, habits and tendencies
of this increasingly dangerous class OF
people are more and more engaging the
attention of those hose thoughts are
turned to the security and welfare of so
ciety. We recently made a note of what
had been suggested as the only practical
remedy for the tramp danger and nui-
sance. Mr.. Elihu Burritt, in a recent
letter to the public, remarks that in com
parison with the class Of foreign vagrants
the American tramp is the very worst Of
his class. The tramp in England he
describes as a solitary vagabond, who is
easily managed, while in this country he
is gregarious and formidable from union
with his fellows, who move in bands
through the country, though they may
deploy as individual skirmishers, levying
contributions of food and clothing under
menace understood, if not expressed.
Mr.. Burritt says he must have Old
World institutions to protect society
against them, and he thinks the English
workhouse precisely adapted to their
case, with such improvements as we may
see fit to add. In tho Northern States,
he thinks there should he one such work.
house for every county, and several where
the population is dense. We could then
say to every able e-bodied vagrant-"There
is the workhouse within days walk at
farthest. There you will find plenty of
work and better food and lodging than
you can get by begging" We should
thus get at their true inwardness at once.
What really keeps this dangerous class
in condition is the mistaken good-feeing
of the people on whom they really prey.
1t is false sympathy that feeds and fur.
nishes them on their unbroken line Of
march. If those who are disposed to
give this gratuitous assistance to vagrants
who have not the slightest claim to il,
would only propose in every instance
that the applicant should set about some
piece of work that was kept always ready,
they would very soon be disabused Of a
weakness that is really hurt to the
community.
, 1877-11-30
Duck Shooting in Maryland.

There are various ways of shooting
/ the ducks Of the Chesapeake and its
broad atiiuent, the Susguehsnna. Gen
tlemen for the most part shoot from
blinds and use decoys; while market
gunners u.e the "sink-boatn or the might
reflector "Blinds" are any sort of ar
tifical concealment placed vt an advan-
tageous point upon the shore. They
generally consist of u seat in sort of
box or shelter some four feet deep, and
capable Of containing three or four per-
sons and couple If dogs. They are
thoroughly covered up with pine branches
and young pine.trees, and communicate
with the shore by path similarly
sheltered. The water in front is com.
paratively shallow, and, if it contain
beds of wild celery on the bottom, il
sure to be a feeding ground for the ducks
About thirty yards from the "blind" are
anchored fleet Of perhap. hundred
and fifty decoys They are wooden
ducks roughly carved anu painted, but
devised with u strict regard for variety
and sex. At little distance they are
calculated to deceive any eye, and they
certainly have great deal of weight in
determining the action of passing
flock or "bunch" of ducks. The sink.
boat is in reality a floating blind. 1t is
nothing more than an anchored box or
coffin With hinged flaps to keep the wa.
ter from invading it. The gunner lies
on his Dack in it, completely out of sight,
and around it are placed the decoys. 1t
is extremely tiresome work, but very de.
structve to the birds. They float down
the stream when shot and are picked up
from boat stationed below. 1t is II
wholesale numbering sort of thing and
has little sport about it. The might
reflector is quite as bai. 1t consists Of
"A large reflector behind common naph-
tha lamp and mounted upon the bow of
a boat. The latter is rowed out into the
stream where the ducks are "bedded"
for the night, and the birds, fascinated
by the light, swim to it from every side
and bob against the boat iu helpless CON
fusion. The number of birds secured de-
pends only on the caliber of the gun.
From twenty to thirty ducks to each
shot fired is a common experience. The
hunter who uses one of these reflectors
may succeed in getting into half dozen
beds" in night Another thing he
sometimes succeeds in is getting a charge
Of shot in his body from some in
dignant sportsman on shore. If rifle
is handy and any one chances to be up
and about at the hour, no hesitation is
felt at having crack at the "pot-hun-
ter's" nefarious light.-F'rom "Caneas.
back and Terrapin;" Scri6ner.
, 1877-11-30

LOOK happy, if you do not feel 50.
Present cheerful exterior, though your
heart and mind be troubled. Never wear
a face which, as Sidney Smith says, sis a
breach Of the peace" DR.. johnson used
to observe that the habit Of looking at the
best side Of Il thing was worth more 10 a
man than thousand pounds year and
Samuel Smiles observes: ave possess the
power, to a great extent, Of 30 exercising
the will as TO direct the thoughts upon
subjects calculated 20 yield happiness
and improvement rather than their oppo'
sites. In this way the habit Of happy
thought may be made 10 spring up IKE
any habit And TO bring up men or WON
en- with genuine nature Of this sofi ,
good temper and happy frame oi nina
is perhaps Of even more importanoe, W
many cases, than 20 perfect them 20 hu'
knowledge aud accomplishments
, 1877-11-30
A DANBURY man, who went to a drug

A DANBURY man, who went to a drug
store to have a prescription prepared,
seeing nobody but clerk present, said;
"Young man, are you holding company
with a girl?" "Yes, sir" answered the
clerk with a blush. "Do you think all
the world of herr" 81 do, said the clerk,
firmly, although blushing considerably.
@Is she in town." pursued the customer,
anxiously. mo, sir, she is away on a
visit" THAT will do" said the man,
"you can't fool around any prescription
for me-" And he went away.
"BLooD will tell" Vein thought.