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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-03-02

the last seven years these preparations
have been going on, and since the last
year. when the possibility of such a
measure arose, the plans have been
worked out to the very smallest details.
British Protection for the Samoan
Islands.
LONDON, March /.
The Standard says: We understand
that Sir Arthur Gordon, Governor of
the Fiji Islands, has been ordered to
proceed to the Samoan Islands in con-
sequence of the recent request of the
Samoan authorities for British pro-
lection.
The Credit Demanded by the AUS
TRAN Government.
VIENNA March. /.
A secret meeting of the members of
the Austrian delegations was held last
night aud the credit to be demanded by
the Government discussed. No de-
cision was reached, but it is anticipated
that the credit will finally be approved.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-03-02
Dissolution of Partnership

Office is hereby given that the partner
IN ship heretofore existing between Job
laws aud j. l.. Guthrie has this DAY been
dissolved by mutual consent. j. l.. 1uthrie
VIII continue the business at Oriental salOon,
pay ali deb.s Of lie hrm and collect ali bulls
due the same. JOB DAVIS
j. l.. GUTHRIE.
Winnemucca, Nevada, March 1, 1878 4w
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-03-02
Dissolution of Partnership.

NJ Office is hereby given that the pert
~ hership heretofore existing between
Joseph Thomas, John Thomas and Charles
Ihomas 10 this day dissolved by mutual con-
sen'' JOS Pm THOMAS,
JOHN THOMAS,
CHARLES THOMAS.
Winnemucca, Feb. %, 1873. 4w
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-03-02
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DISPATCHES

Visit. OF American Weskmen 70 the
Paris Exposition.
NEW York, March /.
Commissioners General Mccormick
says of the proposition that delegation
OF American workmen visit the Paris
Exposition: '.The spirit in which the
French manufacturers extended the In.
vitation, and the advantages to result to
this country, cannot be too highly es-
timated.''
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-02-23
Hendricks Speech.


In view of the probability that Sem
ator Hcndricks will be the next Dem
ocratic candidate for President, it is
well to note his sayings and doings.
In his speech at the Democratic State
Convention in Indianapolis Wednes-
day he took strong ground 10 favor of
prosecuting the Returning Board and
affirmed that the President and Secre-
tary Sherman had no right or rrason
to interfere with the proceedings of
the State Court, which, like State
Legislatures and Electors, must be
free from military influence. While
it is true that the title of President
and Vice President has been settled
under the solemn form of law, and
while it is our duty to recognize the
title for the sake Of public trah4nili-
ty, II is none the less true that fitting
punishment should be visited upon
public criminals through whose fla
gitious crime and perjury that judg-
ment was obtained. He then took up
the resumption question and said the
repeal of the Act was now hopeless,
although its enforcement is daily prov
ing calamitous. He went over the
Legislation regarding paymept Of the
bonds, alluded to in his controversy
with August Belmont, and declared
that that gentlemeus arguments were
false in their premises and copclu-
siOps.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-02-23
The SILVER BILL PASSED.

Senator Jones triumph is almost
complete-the result is assured be-
yond peradventure. His years of in
ccssant labor, at first quite alone and
pnaided, have at last brought boun-
tiful harvest, and the people of the
United States will soon begin to reap
the bright crop. The greatest good
will come to Nevadans, but every la
boring man and woman in the Union
will be benefited. The Tightening
grasp Of the greedy gold rings at the
public throat, secured by stealth, has
been loosed for all time, and the
people may we'll rejoice. Thursday
evening Senator Jones telegraphed
10 the Enterprise as follows:
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2l--4:05P.H.-
The silver bill has been finally passed
by both Houses. The Senate amend
ments have all been concurred in by
the House. The vote 10 the House
was 204 to 70. 1t will become law
whether the President vctoes it or
not. Pass the news around, with my
congratulations,
JOHN P. JONES.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-02-23

WE CONTINUE to receive the most
favorable rrpor's from operations at
the Black Jack. The rock taken out
during the past week from depth OF
100 feet is richer than ever and the
mineral is steadily increasing i'll quail
ity aud quantity. The ledge has all
the characteristics of an immense
bonanza, and every practical miner
who inspects it pronounces it the
most remarkable development ever
encountered in this section of the
country. We have great hopes for
the future of this mine and believe
that it will be turning cut sufficient
rock the coming spring and summer
to keep at least three of the mills of
the camp running constantly
[Owhee Avalanche.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-02-23
Pope Leo XIII.

Cardinal Gioachimi Pecci, the pom
tifical Camerlango, has been elected
Pope. sixty-two Cardinals were in
the Conclave, the largest number ever
present, and the Mod.rates had con-
siderable majority. The new Pope
will continue, mainly, the policy of
Plus TX, and this announcement is
satisfactory to Germany, France, and
the other Powers. A Rome cores
pendent of the London Times, under
date Of the 14th, spoke as follows:
cardinal Pecci is tall, with fine
head, high forehead narrowing at the
the temple, long face and straight
features. He has large mouth and
prominent chin, cheerful, open
countenance and large we'll shaped
ears. He has fine, sonorous voice,
great dignity, even austerity Of man
ners in public life, but privately aztec
tionate, unassumiug and witty. AS
Camerlaugo, he has been the head Of
that party WHICH, without formally
renouncing the right of the Holy
See, acknowledges the wisdom of the
DEGREES of Providence, accepting what
seems to be irrevocably accomplished
facts. The general opinion is that
for learning, tact, energy, dignity,
amiability, real moral worth and sim
ccre piety, the Sacred College could
not find more deserving Pope than
Pecci. Cardinal Peeci's private life
at all periods is above reproach. He
has considerable literary ability, and
has written poetry"
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-02-23

MAJOR INGALLS, says that there are
in Indian Territory from 10000 to
$4,000 Indians of whom $4,000 are
embraced in five tribes, and $4,000
are called wild Indians. The $4,000
support themselves by agriculture
their government allowance is ex
pended for school houses and the
maintenance of local administration.
Eleven thousand are communicates in
churches. He reports also that the
Christian Indians are sending native
preachers among the Sioux and ARA.
pahoes.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-02-23

A LATE English paper, recalling
the corrupt days of the English Par
lament, states that in 1905 Sir John
Trevor, the Speaker OF the House VI
Commons, was compelled to- put the
question himself whether he should
be expelled. A bill For securing the
right application to poor orphans Of
fteemen of London Of funds belong.
ing to them could not be carried
without purchasing the support Of
influential members, and Of the
Speaker himself, at . bride for the
latter of 1000 gaineas |! Sir Thomas
Cook, the Governor of the East india
Company, paid els7,ooo in one gear
for brides to the members Of the
House, of which Sir Basil Firebrace
took for his share $4,000.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-02-23

HAVING LATELY ADDED. AND BEING
IL still 10 receipt, Of New Fonts of the
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-02-23
What is 1t?

STAR COUGH SYRUP is compound
of horehound, tar and wild cherry,
combined in such a way as to be ex-
ceedingly pleasant 10 the taste. The
money is refunded to any person
who gives it fair trial and reports
its failure to cure the severest case of
coughs, colds, hoarseness, asthma,
pain or oppression Of the chest; in
fact, any disease OF throat or lungs.
Price, IS cents.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-02-23

IT DOES not seem probable that
Charley Ross will ever be found.
Mr.. G. X. Ross, the father, went to
Baltimore recently to see boy, and
said, without hesitation: "This child
is not mine" Mr.. Ross said subse-
quently: "This makes 573 boys l
haye been called to see, or have been
written about, and my hundreds of
failures to identify each waif as my
own has taught me to entertain no
sanguine hope. l suppose | shall
continue going to see boys till l die,
but ! don't expect to find Charley in
any Of tbem."
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-02-23
STATE NEWS.

The political pot is commencing
to boil at Belmont.
The Reflex reports the shipment of
$4,000 in bullion from Ward last
week
The Adah Richmond BurlesQne
Troupe are billed in Eureka for
March I'd.
Lieutenant Governor Adams, who
accidentally cut his leg week ago,
is out again.
Belmont Courier: Some very rich
rock is being taken out of the Ell
Dorado South mine.
A vagrant, beater, lascivi-
Gus Chinaman and two noble red men
occupy the Eureka county Jail.
The Reno papers believe that the
shrively furnace will prove a great
success. A thorough test is to be
made.
Reno Journal: Better rock than
ever is being taken out of the Jones
g. Klnkead mine. At depth Of $40
feet water has been struck.
Ward Reflex: Not long since an
expert went through the Paymaster,
and he thinks, if we'll handled, it will
pnve to be one of the best mines in
the State.
At Tuscarora q few days ago G. Fl i.
Baldwin stabbed John Francis in the
eye with a porket knife, destroying
the eye and inflicting q wound that
may prove fatal.
An Austin dispatch says Thomas
CaIligan, who was burned by the ex-
plosion of a keg of powder at the
Whltlach mine last week, died lhurs-
day of his injuries.
Joseph Moss, IN old man aged 70.
started last Tuesday from Austin to
visit a son two miles distant, and lost
his way in a snow storm ana persisted
HIS body was found Thursday.
Eureka Sentinel: Saturday night
at one o'clock we counted five boys,
whose ages would range frcm 10 to
IA years, in Chinese opium den,
all indulgiug in the opium SIN king
habit.
A man named Hugh McGr6 q ,or,
who broke one Of his legs while com
ing to Carson on snow.shoes from a
wood ranch a couple of weeks since,
died on Wednesday at the Arlington
House.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-02-23
The guileless Neg Perces at Fo

THE guileless Neg Perces at Fort
Leavenworth, who led Howard a
chase vf twelve or fifteen hundred
miles last summer. are beginning to
tire of the mnpotony If prison life,
and are iaboring to impress upon
their cOnfiding guardians an idea
that it would be an excellent thing to
arm them to fight the Sioux,
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-02-23
THE great New York and Brook

TIE great New York and Brook
lyp bridge is progressing we'll. The
PRECEDENT Of the company says that
the cables will be ready for the super
structure 10 August next, and IN 1880
he hopes 10 be able TO cross the COM
pleted bridge, passing from Sands
street. Brooklyn, to Printing house
square, New York, in four minutes.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-02-23

THE London Times predicts that
myriads of Chinese from the famine
stricken districts of North China will
pour into the United States as soon
as the way is opened to them.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-02-23

Mr.. STANLEY's African expedition
is said to have cost $4,000, the ex
pensrs being divided equally between
the New York Herald aud London
Telegraph.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-02-23

GENERAL HOWARD has GRATED in
Portland, Oregon, in favor of the
Chinese. The General will probably
be as successful in this campaign as
in that against Chief Joseph.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-02-23

THE telephone is being put to very
convenient use in San Francisco, the
American Speaking Telephone being
used. A separate wire will be erected
between each subscribers Office or
residence and the Office of the Ameri-
can District Telegraph, placing the
subscriber in telephone c"mmuica-
ton with an operator at the tele-
graph Office. The operator thus
having one end of each subscribers
wire at hand can, when SO directed,
instantly connect any two subscri-
ber's wires together and give them
direct speaking communication. Alb
solute privacy will be secured, as
there will he no other telephone TN
the wire, not even at the telegraph
office. Subscribers can sit in their
offices and transact business in every
quarter Of the city.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-07

Dogs in the North are harnessed in a
number of ways. The Esquimaux run
the dogs abreast On the coast Of Hud-
sons Bay they are harnessed by many
separate lines into kind of band or
pack; while in Manitoba and the Sas-
katchewan they are driven tandem. The
number constituting train is generally
four, though three and even two are
used. The train of dogs are attached to
the sledge by means of two long traces,
between which the animals stand in line,
the head of one dog being about foot
behind the tail of the dog in front Of him.
Each one is fastened to the traces by Il
round collar of moose-skin, which slips
over the head and ears, and rests upon
the swell of the neck. This collar
are kept in position by back band of
leather, buckled under the dogs ribs or
stomach. The back band is generally
decorated with little bells, as is also the
collar, and many ribbons, porcupine
quilts, fox tails and beads are lavhised
upon it. Great care is taken in turning
out train Of dogs in good style. Beads,
bells and embroidery are freely used to
bedizen the poor brutes. A most conf
Cal effect is produced by this tinery
placed on the person OF dog new to the
harness, when he is invariably the picture
of fear, resembling chief mourner clad
in the garb of PaniaIoon, and the ludi-
crous effect is intensified when the victim
happens to be young in years, and still
retains the peculiar expression of puppy
hood. 1t is safe to assert that in the
North the whole canine race haul a sledge
during the winter months. There is no
exception of age, sex or condition. from
the miserable mongrel to the thorough
bred Esquimaux, all are destined to
howl under the drivers lash. to tug
wildly at the mooseskin collar, to haul
until they can haul no more, and then to
die.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-07

FEMALE SoCIErY.-All men who avoid
female society have dull perceptions, aud
are stupid, and have gross tastes, and re-
volt against what is pure. Your club
swaggerers, who are sucking the butts of
billiard-cues all night, call female society
insipid. Poetry is uninspiring to yokel
beauty has no charms ior a blind man ;
music does not please poor beast does
not know one tune from another; but as
u true epicure hardly ever tires of water,
sauce, and brown bread and butter, pro
test can sit for whole nigh, talking
to we'll regulated, kindly woman, about
her daughter Fanny or her boy Frank,
and make the evenings entertainment.
One of the great benefits man may de-
rive from woman's society is, that he is
bound to be respectful to her The habit
is of great good to your morals, men, de-
pend upon it. Our education makes us
the best eminently selfish men in the
world, and the greatest benefit that comes
to man from woman's society is, that he
has TO think of somebody to whom he is
bound to be constantly attentive and re-
specttul.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-07

HERE is a rule for giving, given by the
Standard IF the Gross. "Give till it costs
luxuries to give-that is the rule for the
rich. Give till it costs comforts to give
that is the rule for the poor. We would
not carry the rule too far The rich man
and rich lady need not deprive them
selves of all luxuries. The poor family
need not deprive themselves of all their
comforts But let poor and rich alike
give till it cost them to give; till their
offerings represent selfdenial and their
giving will be more nearly proportionate
than any mathematical rule can make it,"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-07
"KEPT Your BAIT. THE farmer of

"KEPT Your BAIT."-Thc farmer Of
this anecdote was not fond of fishing:
1t was an enthusiastic fisherman. He
had caught half-dozen black bass about
the size of sardines, and proudly placed
the catch before farmer for inspection.
The granger turned the little fishes over
with the handle of his knife, and looking
up in the face Of the fisherman, remarked,
in painfully measured sylIables, "Wouldnt
you-have- Observation-Disclosures well-oti
Observation-Disclosures
cooked it9'-Turner's Falls Reporter.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-07

MANY clergymen preach better with
out notes, especially promissory ones.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-07

ASHES AND Iron FOR FLowERs.-The
observation of practical and experiment
al gardeners seems to confirm the fact
that, to procure brilliant colors in flowers,
it is necessary to supply the soil with an
abundance of furruginous constituents
and silica. The latter supplies mate
rial (says S. +. Todd, in one of our for
eign exchanges which is of vast import
ance in the production of that brilliancy
of the petals and the dark green luster
of the leaves. Then, if potash be added,
or the ground be dressed round about
the growing flowers with unleached
wood ashes, an increased brilliancy will
appear in every petal and leaf.-Home
Journal.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-07

EGYPTIAN OR ELDoRApo WHEAT.-A
correspondent of the Toronto Globe says
A good deal of this wheat called Egypt
ian, Edorado, Mummy, Smith, etc, has
been raised in this locality this season,
and few words regarding it may be OF
use to some of your readers. In every
case, as far as | have heard, it is very
badly mixed with other kinds of wheat.
1t is also very easily rusted. A great
deal of it is not worth cutting. One
field saw has not been cut. | do not
know farmer who would SOW field of
it next year, if he got the seed for moth
ing. 1t PROFESSIONALLY does well some
times on rich, heavy land; but its liability
to rust or blight will prevent its ever be-
coming standard variety.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-07
AN OPPORTUNITY . s.r As."' eo IL" >SS

AGE OF LIFE. tie great masterpiece OF the age.
Childhood Youth, Manhood aud Old Age. each a.
~ feet engraved at cost OF si<no gireH 0trdg with
THE CONTRlBUrOlt Drs Abbott. Earle, Pcnt'-
cost Miss willard aud a host OF others write for 10.
Begins it, seventh year with the highest rank AS an
undenomlnatiuuM religious nmty and month
IA Journal : ; notes pronounced unequalct. We
are the sole owners of this great work ln nue steel
and can therefore offer the four cugrayIngs India
proof sts OF which have sold for 5000 " th the pa
per one year. FOR ., a. VIII send paper a year and
one of The four for 81 -. and. u haauc- 81 = Is
srut within siN weeks the other three viii be mailed
postnald Terms 20 Agents, etc. free.
JAMES n. EAGLt. - Hawley st, Boston.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-07

A LONG contest is probable at Lynn be-
tween the boot and shoe manufacturers
and the Crispin organization. The re-
suits must, of course, be disastrous TO
both sides, but the unemployed laborers
will suffer most. A period when bust
ness of all kinds is depressed, when man
utacturers have narrow margin to es-
cape loss, when thousands OF men are
vainly seeking employment, is poor
time for interference by so-caled labor
organizations, between workmen and en-
ployers. The irresponsible leaders of
such interference will have much loss
and suffering to answer tor among the
mised workmen. Strikes are rarely sue
cessful, but where they are, they kill the
goose that would lay the golden eggs.
Ii is well-known fact that the interior
ence of labor organizations has driven
several branches of labor out of this
city, and seriously decreased others
There are many instances in England
where great manufacturing centres have
entirely lost their prosperity through the
frequent recurrence of labor troubles
The employers of Lynn take the better
horn OF the dilemma in refusing to en-
ploy workmen that are bound by the ar
bitrary dictates of the worthless fellows
who often control trade societies. That
way manufacturers may find safety; by
Welding, they would invite ruin.-N. Y.
Tribune.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-07
Wooden Money.

Advocates of incontrovertible paper
currency may perhaps derive some salts
faction and encouragement from the fact
that from the reign of Henry l. down to
the period of the establishment of the
bank of England the legal tender money
of England was fabricated out of wood.
This instrument was called an exchange
tally, and by virtue of it the holder was
entitled to receive from the crown the
value inscribed thereon. 1t really con-
sisted of one-half of four-sided rod or
staff, on which, when in its entire state,
the sum it was purported to represent
was carved in transverse notches in width
for thousands, hundreds, scores, pounds,
shllings, and pence. These signs were
for the unlearned; for the advantage Of
those who could not read, the sum was
written in ink on two opposite sides OF
the staff, and, finally with a knife and
malet the staff itself was split in two
ongitudinally. One-half, called the tai
ly or check, was given to the person for
whose service it was intended; the other
half, called the counter tally, was laid up
in safe keeping until its corresponding
tally should be brought in by the person
who had last given value for it. Its in
trinsic value was, of course, only that OF
wood on which it was composed, but In
representation it denoted large sums. 1t
was current token of real money, and
served actually to distribute it from man
t. man by this exchange. From this
primitive tally was derived the exchequer
bill, first introduced in 1896 by Mr.. Mon
tague, the chancellor of the excbequer.
The word "bill," too, was no doubt OBJ
tanned from the Norman French word
bile, which means a staff. Bank post
bills and bills of exchange in our own
day came from the same wooden base,
and soldiers are said at this hour to be
"billeted" because formerly they rendered
"billes," or tallies to the victuallers upon
whom they were quartered. In olden
times officers of the army who were taken
into the kings pay were said to be put
on the staff that is, they were paid with
exchequer tallies or wooden money.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-07

WINCHEIL tells story of a stranger
seeing an Irshman leaning against a
post, watching funeral procession COM
ing out of brick house at his side,
when the following dialogue ersued;
ais that a funeralf'
"Shure, sir, I'm thinking it is
Anybody of distinctioni"
IL reckon it is, sir"
"Who is il that diedl"
"The gintleman in the coffin, sir
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-07

IT has been proved in Nevada and 9th
er silver producing States Of the West
that capital devoted to agriculture pays
better and more regularly than If put
into gold and silver mines
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-07

The card of an old inn at Paris, some
years ago, contained this attempt at Eng
glish "The wines shall leave you moth
ing to hope for" That is what they
leave too many who indulge in them.