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sHERIFF'S SALE.

nY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION AND
Nd decree of foreclosure, and order Of sale,
issued ont of the District Court of the Fourth
Judicial District in and for the County of
Humboldt, state of Nevada ON the Sd day of
May 1877, and to me directed and delivered,
upon Judgment and decree of foreclosure,
aud sale recovered in said Court, on the Both
day of April 1877, in favor of K. w. Lewis,
plaintiff. and agsinst John A. Schafer, for the
sum Of 81 $50. 10. 8. gold coin) with interest
thereon to the dateh reof. now amounting to
the rum of $57 20 U D gold coin) together with
S235 gold con of the United states, Attorneys
fees and costs of this suit, taxed at SAB IS. IN
like COIN sad sums amounting to in the aEsre-
gate tn $1490 10. ~. 8. gold conn and hat the
said principaf of % l5usA bear ine crest ut the
satsf Per ss1 pesSssh iso y the date
gregate sum bear interest at the rate of 10 per
cent. per snoum, until paid, and expences of
sale, all in II. ). gold C in, and by which
was commanded to sell the mortgased prop
srly herelnafter deserIbaq, at public auction
/ accor ing to law, to the highest bidder for
cash, (U. \. gold coiD) or sufficient thereof to
satisfy sid principal, inter st Costs at orney 3
fees and eexpencess of sale, and, to apply the
"a me TO the payment OF the said sums. The fol-
lowing is a description ot,thei property au-
thorized to be sold, by virtue Of Judgment,
decree Of foreclosure and order OF sale, to-
wit: All of the westerly portion of lot in
block II located on the westerly side of Bridge
street in the town of Winnemucca, Humboldt
Co. New being next to and ad joining the brick
drug store OF W. +. Stevens, the same being
26sS feet wide, 1875 feet deep, toge her with
frame building. eel ar and out houses, ence aud
improvements of whatevt rcharacter on said lot
Therefore, pursuant to said judgment and de-,
cree and in obeditnre to requirements, l
will expo.e to sale ut public auc ion to the
ghiaAest bidder, f r cash in hand, payable only
in United states Id coin, at the court house.
door. in winnemucca, Humboldt County,
Nevada on
THURSDAY, THE 3Ist DAY OF MAY,
A. D-,y 1s17.y- 49,.
at one o'clock P. Ms. 81 saia day sllthe right.
title, and interest of said defendant, in and to
said above described property now had. or
had at ths time said property was Dlortgaged
to defendant, or at any time since then ae-
auired, to satisfy said judgment and decree.
Given under my hand, at my office in. Wiz
nemucca. humboldt county, Nevada, this 7th
day Of May, 1877. q. a. KYLE.
sheriff Of Humboldt County, Nevada.
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Legally and quietly obtained In every State
and Territory, for lNCoMrATIBILrIY and other
icauses, M matter where the psrty resides
u years experience. Pee after decree. All
lTkR, Atty. Rooms 9 n o, I3S DeafboHn Sc !,
CHICAGO, ILL. UnqpestionAble references
given. Correspondenc6' with the legal pro
sfession inyited. aQy 2 stsA. Ana 8lsa
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MANHOOD RESTORED.

NIcTIMS OF YOuTRFEIs EMRRUDEHcR.
who have tried In vain every known
remedy viii learn Of asia ple pfescfi ptisn.
premature decay, lost manhood, and all ms
orders brought ON by axeesses.l lazy, druggist
has the ingredients. Address DAVIDSON
u co., So Nassaa. So. NJ. VIZ
Hio II bar oct 27-kyr 10 snnomA
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kwho may be suffering from the eject of
youthful follies or Ipdiscretion, Will do
2weif 20 avail themselves Of this, the great
hest boon ever laid ut the Altar OF sliffsT ring
humanity. DIR. ~PINNEY will guaran
ttee TO forfeit $500 for every cas- of senaknal
weakness, or private disease Of any kind o
character which he undertakes AMI fats t.
lure he would therefore say t. the ulifor-
tunate sufferer who may read this noIlce
that : ON are tfeading on dangerous gr'st,nG
twhen you longer delay in seeking the proper
emedy for your complaint. You may b'
I'm the first stage remember y'n are Jap
Jroaci ing the last, If you are bordegiht|
ipon the last, and are sunt ring some n nj
Il it's i'll effects, remamber that If on per
list IN procrastination, the time must com
1Rhen the most skillful physician can reiI
Ter you no assistance !; when the door p
gaopa will be close against you; when
1kngei of mercy can bring you r. lief. III no
,ase has the Doctor failed Of success, Then
bet not despair work upon Your iInaeination.
bout avail yourself of the beneficial results
If his treatment before your case il beyond
/ he reach of medical skill, or before grim
ideath huTias you 70 . premature grave.
Hull course of treatment, $25 Send money
10y Post Office order or kIpress wtsh full
description Of case.
Call, or address, t#33F 1ai
DR.. a. q. sPiNNEYyI
No. IL Kearney Street, San Francisco!
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE.
To ". 8. Morgan and to whom Il may con

To W. s. Morgan and to whom u may con-
VoU ARE HEREBY. NOTIFIED THAT 1
have expended in money and labor me
sum Of I'VE hundred dollars (S5Odl gu ne
Lookout Mine. situated III Battle Mountain ~
Mining District ander County, state OF
Nevada. and that unless yon pay me a.
Galena, Lander County, Nevada, your proper
tioi,ate share Of said expenditure On snid
mine for each and.svery foot you may le9'diS
own in said mine, within ninety days from
the date of the rst publication OF this
notice, together with costs, your interest IN
said mine will be forfeited to me By due
process of the mining laws OF the United
States JAMES MORGAN.
GAIRsA, New, February 2ith, 137I--m5-~
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A Raven. Bacon h Co.. Piano and sIHowe's
FAMILY sewing NfAcfines both fn good order.
The Plano will be sold for $3.50 and. the sss'
chine Tor $2b. For further particulars inquire
Al Conard;a Eurni& uie 6tege. ap18-sE
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Fi'@ ial Aksht for the Csiebrsted
CaurTLER FARM { FaEIGHTWAgOSs


CONSTANTLY KEEPS ON HAND
Rops. 'Assur~ Butts
b5s from. Anviis. Screws, ear
Cumberland Coal Bolts, Steel,
Horse Nails. Borax. Bells.
Asis ote4's' nitss. B0ilor'.
'A Rakes. Headers, Movers.
5e . Door Locks Ks, Betting. al psa
.s4stf89 uaia&ib faa $3.50 nll REi
WheeibarrOws. Babbit-MesAi.
.nmIxg4sA u4.ta
Wire, Grindstones, Machine Extras.
90 OxYOkes. Bsrbed Wire. s'splsa.
.'ao. or Cans of every de'eris'ion.
Driils of all kinds.
w oodenwsre, Teaketties,
iv l-ron Axles. Cutlery.
b .ss Nuts. Patent Iron Planes. fW
Mails, Scissors, ash.boardsy
E-gg-beaters. Tubs.
M-olassas Gates. Hinges,
Urn CocGs. Hammers.
Chains, Hooks and Staples,
"a Cartridges. Fla. Irons, 3p'
te .fa8 Axes, Pumps. etc, etc. isel noe
ia ,b' lmaiB nsstf a qilmD
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8Nef1 ffenN ~ 4 81
1 POSITIVELY CURED.

,:All sufferers from this disease that anx-
4 ieus to- be cured should Try DE-. Kiss sser' -
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known tn will cure Consumption and
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i1sIe6d, 81, strong il our faith in them, an al
20 to convince you that they are no huinbng,
-, We will toward to every sufferer, by mail,
pfryt paid, AZ ee rrisat Boz. rs EfJa ~
= Ne d MT want yuur money until yoW are
tperfectly satisfied Vi their curative Powers, If
your life is worth saving don't delay in Civ
ihg these r syvd' rs trial, as they will
surely cure you.
Price, for large box, $500. sent to any part
at the United States or Canada By mail on re-
oetpt OF price. 20
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Suggestions to an Inquirer.

One of those astonishing persons who
send questions to the column of can
swers to Correspondents" in the week
ly story papers, asks, in a recent num-
Der of the New York Startler, if the ed
itor can tell him the best way of begin =
ming a conversation when he is intro
duced to young lady at party. The
editor can't suggest anything, but |
think | can; although have a private
opinion that the questioner will succeed
better opening oysters than converse
tiOns. A capital plan is to begin by
saying something about the weather.
The young woman may be startled by
the boldness of the subject, but if the
weather is cold say so and stick to it.
l have heard some good things said
about the weather by people who had
just been introduced; and | am ac-
quainted with man who remarked to
thirty-seven women during the evening
that sit looks like rain," and he said it
every time as if it were Il happy
Thought that just struck him. If a
young woman doesn't respond prompt
ly when you allude to the weather, try
her on the -PlatOniSm, and ask her
if she thinks the doctrines of Pythago-
ras had any influence upon the tenden-
cy of the Greeks to persist in adhering
to the tenets of Pantheism. If she still
holds off, try to draw her out by inquir-
ing if she believes that the doctrine OF
natural selection has any influence up.
on the marital relation, and whether
the atrabiiOus temperament is disposed
to seek the sanguine or the lympathic
If this does not unloose the tongue, yor
might ask her what kind of tomb
stone she would prefer, or if she think:
dogwood tooth brush is better than
the kind with bristles, or whether she
likes Il double-nosed pointer better than
liver-colored setter, or whether sh,
believes that st. Paul was in the habi
of eating onions. What man want
at party is to touch the soul of th'
woman he is talking to, and if the allu
sion to PythagOras does not reach he
finer feelings, the reference to the tomb
stone will.-Mdr AdeIer
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agricultural.
Blood Does Tell.

AT one of the recent meetings of the
Vermont State Board of Agriculture,
Mr.. N. Skinner, of Plainfeld, delivered
short, practical sermon upon knowing
things, and selected as his text, the
sentiment of the State Board, at is
good thing to know something, but it
is better not to know anything than to
know what isn't sOr He said:
During the year 1874 he kept twenty.
five cows and sold 3535 pounds of but
ter at 35 cents per pound, amounting to
S1237 25 an average of l4l9 pounds
per COW, or an income OF S49.52. With
this result we are quite well satisfied,
as our butter had been contracted and
sent away each week, and we had re-
ceived some presents besides the price
bargained at, with which we felt fat
tered and we were doing a little bet
ter than some of our neighbOrs, so that
we were enjoying life under the first
clause of our text, whose teachings
amounted so near to that of inspiration
with us, that we expended every dollar
of our surplus in the education of our
children. But the second clause of our
text had been so thoroughly impressed
upon our minds by the members of this
DOdlu, tIIdt IL NCly pCI Oul
prejudices, if not our peace of mind
and as the merit of all knowledge is de-
termined by its practical working we con-
cluded to test it by change, although
we were very cautions at first. As the
result of that change, we have MIXED
lS cows the past year; have sold 1865
pounds butter, contracted as before at
35 cents per pound, amounting to
$1527.75 an average of 2424 pounds,
or an income of SS4.S7 per COW. This
gives difference in the income since
the change of 1855 per COW, or S683.75
in a dairy of 25 cows.
But these figures do not represent all
the difference. The 25 COWS kept in
1874 were all, except two or three, of
mature age whereas, of the lS kept iii
1876, seven were two years old, and
three, three years old, leaving only
eight of prime age. shall expect these
heifers to average 300 pounds year by
the time they are six years old. Besides
what we have sold, we have supplied
our family of 9 persons with dairy pro-
duce.
We have kept dairy twenty-five years,
have made butter almost exclusively,
and, until we came under the influence
of the teachings of the State board,
some three years ago, we firmly believ-
ed that success in dairying depended
almost entirely upon the feed and care
bestowed upon the cows kept, and not
upon the breed of cows. We were con-
fident that we kneW that the native COW
was as good as any, if not the best,
when properly cared for, and that blood
more especially Jersey blood, was IL
speculative humbug.
But the inevitable result of practi-
cal trial has established the truth of
our text, that ''it is better not to know
anything, than it is to know what isn't
so.n
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that road at the foot O. the HILL. near
my house, turned livin' spring O. water
into It, and made a good mud-hole.
Well, when the emigrants came along,
every day there would be one or more
teams git stuck in my mud-hole, an
they would see my steers standin' ont
doin' nothin', an they would send up
an git me to come an help 'em out ;
an alwuz charged as much as SIS
lift. Well, l KEEP that mudhOle right
up in good repair till made $25, 900
out ont, an then sold it out for $4,000
an moved up here" Story number two
was the other Munchausen's companion
piece for the yoke of steers: "When |
was a-choppin'-I could chop some, you
know-an' folks used to ask me how
much 1 could do in day. Have you
ever tried it p says they. NO, never
says never but once, an that WANT
really a try You see, jest to show 'em
what l could do, l got up one winter
mornin' afore light and ground up my
AK sharp, oh, jest as sharp, an went
into the woods. An 1 chopped like
sixty till about three o'clock in the
afternoon, when 1 thought it was as
much as could pile afore sundown,
an went to pilin'. Well, when l had
it all piled up it measured 81 cord. An
then l knew somethin' was wrong, for
knew at the rate l had been chopin it
oughter be more. So l went back an
begun lookin' round to see what the
trouble was. An there, right at the
fust tree l cut in the mornin', was my
ak head. You see, the thing was loose
an slipped off, an l had been chopin
all day with the bare helve." ."-BOStOn
Advertiser.
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Deferred Items.

SUICIDE.-Lyman H. Hopkins COM
mitted suicide while temporarily stop
ping at the house of o. B. Ramsey,
Barton, last Friday, by cutting his
throat with a common pocket knife.
Mr.. Hopkins formerly worked in this
place, but some three years ago moved
to the Steam Mill in Sutton, and from
thence to Boston. Finding times hard
ell in the city than in the country, he
came back with the intention of getting
work here with his old employer. After
visiting his friends in Cabot, he arrived
here on Thursday, with his wife and
only child, and went to Mr.. Ramsey's
to remain Il few days, until he could
find tenement and work. His conduct
seemed il little strange on Thursday
night, and Friday forenoon he was sick
and remained about the house. Soon
after dinner he went to his room, and
in Il few minutes his little girl went in
search of him, and came back reporting
that her father was on the floor bleeding
awfully. He was found lying on the
floor in large pool of blood, very near
ly dead. The remains were sent to
Cabot, where Mr.. Hopkins friends re-
side. The blow is Il terrible atfiictiOn
to the wife, who has previously buried
four children-twO of them by acci-
dental death.-BdrtOR Monitor.
From the following account of the
death near North Troy last week, it
would seem there was reason to suspect
foul play: Col. James r. Willard, aged
73 years, was found dead i'll his shop in
Jay, three miles from this village, last
Monday forenoon. He left the village
Saturday afternoon, and upon his ar
rival at his shop, he found that Henry
Startwell and Charles Laplant, couple
of drunken desperadoes, had broken in
and were in possession. An alteration
is known to have ensued, and nothing
more was known until Monday morn
ing, when one of the men informed a
neighbor that in passing the house he
stepped in and found Mr.. Willard dead
Both Sartwell and Laplant made tracks
for Canada. Mr.. Wizards pocket book
and money had been taken.
THE HANGMAN.-SurryW w. Stimson
Esq. of Ludlow, the High Sheriff o
Windsor County, having received off
cial notice from Governor Fairbank,
of his refusal to reprieXe John P. Phair
once commence. 1t is understood thai
Sheriff Stimson will perform the duty
imposed upon him in person.
Decentralization Brown, cashier
of the First national bank of Springfield
VT, is an alleged defaulter to the
amount of $4,000. The friends of the
bank are much disturbed as the los
will mostly fall upon them, Brown
having used securities left with him fol
safe keeping, besides committing othe1
irregularities. He is victim of Wal
street speculation. The directors say
the bank will lose little or nothing 10y
his acts, but the stockholders will no
feel very comfortable until the facts ar,
known, and perhaps not then.
Chester NJ. Hoskins, was arrested a
Corinth, on Friday, by Massachusetts
officer, charged with obtaining 81 ,10t
by false pretences from L. G. Chase, ;
Boston harness dealer.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-04-06
Starting Plants Early.

A writer on gardening gives the fol-
lowing hints on starting tender seeds,
such us tomatoes, squashes, melons, and
the like: at is desirable i'll transplant
ing not to check growth by disturbing
the roots. A good way to avoid this is
to scrape out turnips, fill them with
good soil, and plant with two or three
seeds, sitting them in a warm, light
place, and keeping them moist. When
the weather is suitable, place these out
in the garden at proper depth the tur
nip will decay, and the plant will thrive
unchecked if properly cared for. Do
not use potatoes in place of turnips.
Another method is to get squares of sod,
say six inches wide, from good, mellow
soil, turn them bottom up, and put in
such seeds as squash or melon or sweet
corn, and treat them in the same way,
not putting out till the weather is quite
warm, and then protecting against bugs.
For more delicate plants, flowers, etc,
make little square paper boxes out of
thin writing-paper or thick newspaper,
merely folding them at the corners as
you would the paper in covering book,
and tacking them with Il needle and
thread make them about three inches
square and two deep. Fill with good
soil, start the seeds and put out at the
proper time boxes and all, without dis
turbing the roots. If you fear that the
paper is too strong for the roots to pen
citrate, cut carefully on the bottom of
the box the shape of Il cross, and all
will be well.n
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infected house should be warned of
the presence of dangerous disease
therein, and children especially should
not be admitted. On recovery. the
sick person should not miDgle with the
well until the rOughneSs of the skin,
due to the disease. shall have disap-
peared. A month is considered an av-
erage period. A month is considered
about the average period during which
isolation is needed. In case of death
from scarlet fever, the funeral services
should be strictly private, and the
corpse should not be exposed to view.
-Medicdl Journal.
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A Bad Fire.

'Jones, have you heard of the fire
that burned up that mans house and
lot ~
'No, Smith, where was it ?"
''Here in the city"
"What misfortune. Was ita house ?"
eyes, nice house and lot-a good
home for any family"
"What a misfortune How did the
fire take ?"
"The man played with fire and
thOughtlessly set it himself"
"How silly :! Did you say the lot was
burned, too?"
eyes, the lot and all. All gone, slick
and clean"
'That's singular. 1t must have been
a terrible hot fire-and then + don't
well see how it could burn the lot"
''NO, it was not Il large fire, nor Il
very hot fire. Indeed, it was so small
that it attracted but little attention."
"But how could such little fire burn
up house and lot ?" You haven't told
me-"
''It burned long time-more than
twenty years-and though it seemed to
consume very slowly, yet it wore away
about $50 worth every year until it
was all gone"
81 can't quite understand you yet.
Tell me all about it,"
"Well, it was kindled in the end of
cigar. The cigar cost him, he himself
told me, twelve aud a half dollars
month, or $50 year; and that, in
twenty-ene years, would amount to
SO, $50, besides all the interest. Now
the whole sum wouldn't be far from
$4,000. That would buy fine house
and lot. 1t would pay for large farm
in the country"
"Whew! guess now you mean me,
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- Scarlet fever is like smallpox in
its power to spread readily from person
to person. 1t is highly contagious.
The disease shows its first signs in
about one week after exposure, as a
general rule, and persons who escape
the illness during a fortnight after ex
posure may feel themselves safe from
attack Scarlet fever, scarletina, can
ker-rash and rash fever, are names of
one and the same dangerous disease.
When a case of scarlet fever occurs in
any family, the sick person should be
placed in room apart from the other
inmates of the house, and should be
nursed as far as possible by one person
only. The sick chamber should be well
warmed. Its furniture should be such
as permit of cleansing without injury
and all extra articles, such as window
drapery and wOOlen carpets, should be
removed from the room during the
sickness. The family should not min
gle with other people. Visitors to an
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hands are thrown out of work and busi-
ness is sadly crippled.
Notwithstanding the abundant notice
given of the impending danger, three
lives were lost: Richard SPEEDING and
William Burwell, machinist, aged 90,
were swept away, with an unidentified
laborer. 1t is claimed that one of the
bodies was seen going over the Eagle
vile dam, some 10 miles below the
scene of the flood. Burwell and Sped
ding, who had been removing goods
from the stores, were standing in fancied
security on the church steps, when it
and they were swept down, and the men
we're last seen clinging to the doors as
the building went to pieces.
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VOLUME 4O---NUMBER 2O71.

for have smoked more than twenty
years; ; but didn't know that it cost as
much as that. And haven't any house
of my own. Have always rented
thought l was too poor to own house.
And all because have been burning it
up? What fool have been ~
The boys had better never set a fire
which costs so much, and which though
it might be so easily put out, is yet so
likely, if once kindled, to keep burning
all their lives
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Two Specimens of American Humor

A Massachusetts gentleman, just re-
turned from over the Canadian border,
tells us these stories: He was in
the hotel general-accommodation room
when two veterans of the (hoteD bar,
laying schemes for a drink, began to
tell stories to each other for his benefit.
"These are awful hard times" said one.
81 never saw such times before, except
when | was in Ohio, an then was hard
put to It to git along. Nothin' to do. l
had yoke of steers, but they want
earnin' nothin'. But lived right on
the road the western emigrants went
over every day. So l dug a hole in