Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-08-31
A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING.

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The late worm escapes che early
bird.
The huckleberry pie and the perse-
yering fly depart at the early frost.
In the matter of bugs and mos
quitoes--eternal vigilance is the
price Of liberty. - s ~
Heaven seems almost in sight to
the man enjoying his first serenade
from brass band. ,i NU.AS
One Of our exchanges has col
umn headed, "Wise and Otherwise"
1t is mostly otherwise.
make haste slowly is wise
motto-unless you are after . flea
or keen-rapiered mosquito.
1t is predicted that the world will
come to an end in 1880. Presiden-
tial election year. Let 'er bust,
A woman may not be farsighted
in business matters, but she can see
fly speck without glasses as far
again as man can smell fried on
ions.
Stanley came back from Africa
without finding wife. Disappoint-
ment seems to follow that young
man everywhere.
Kearney traveles on borrowed
brains, like humorist. His speech
Is are al made up By stealings from
those of talented men.
a agust 12, Ben. Buffers fraud
c mmittee recommended souring on
the stomach of the country. Will it
stretch to the crack of dooml
1t has been discovered by close
observer that henpecked husbands
are invariably men with hairless
lips. It takes mustache 10 awe a
female.
The London Spectator calls Earl
Beaconsfield the champion mounte-
bank" in English politics. Compli-
mentary t, Gladstone and divers
aspiring
Hodel, who attempted to assassi-
nate Emperor William on May IL,
was beheaded in the courtyard of
the prison in Berlin, on Friday morn
ing last
Two cents is all hackmen charge
for fare in Milan, any distance
which the veicle passes over. 1t
would pay that corporation Of dri-
vers to move to Niagara.
The Troy Press recommends suicide
to prevent suffering from the heat.
A good many people abstain from
suicide, and remain right here to
prevent suffering from heat.
There is more unadulterated Joy
over the capture of the one solitary
mosquito on the inside of the netting
than in circumventing the million
and ninety-nine on the outside.
1t is reported that Alex. Stephens
is very fond Of baked coon. People
who like to have their clothes fit
tight will do we'll to make note Of
this, and eat most anything else.
When a young man has learned to
consume cigarettes in an artistic
maner by .eiecting the smoke through
his nostrils, life is no longer bar
rem ideality, but as real as bar of
soap.
The Baltimore Telegram prints a
portrait of Dennis Kearney. It bears
. striking RESEMBLANCE to the cuts
usually trotted out by country pa
pers few days preceding an exc
cution. -
A foreigner at once understands
how it happens that the United
States is always prepared for war
when he learns that there are upward
of four hundred colleges in this
country. n~es 49, -
Americans are surprised to see wo-
men doing the largest part Of the ag-
ricultural work in European cities.
Elk. Should think so when it
crowds their eyes with astonishment
70 see wife doing her own house,
work here at home. '
A Michigan man by feeding a
tramp accidentally found ,ong-lost
brother of his wife. We suppose
this should be taken as terrible
warning against something or other,
because be has had to keep on feed
ing him every since.
1.-THE man who laughs" strikes an
upgrade when escorting charm
ing young lay to public entertain
ment the crushing discovery pounccs
down upon him III front of the ticket
window that he has left his pocket
book in his other pants.