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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-08-08
SETTLE UP.

All persons knowing themselves TO be in.
debted To the late firm OF bonniield a Hill will
please call and settle, and ali persons havinr
claims against the firm, are requested to present
the same at the Furniture store. Thanking the
public for past fayors, hope to merit con.
tlnnance OF the same. j. A. HILL.
Nlnnemncca, July "a, Js59 lw
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-08-08

a. boy ten years OF age SON of O..
angle of Shasta County California, was
Asrned to. death on Wednesday evening.
lie attempted to light fge in a stove
With coal o.l when the can exploded
sd SCI aim on fire, burning him to
2ssle4..
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-08-08

The streets of London, England, have
been recently placarded with an adver-
tisement stating that the art of beg
ging is exhaustively taught in six
lessons by Prof Lazarus Rooney, who
begs to inform. the public that he has
founded college for theoretical and
practical instruction in mendicancy. :"
Among other practical appliances for
the profession the Professor announces
that he keeps Or hand artificial wounds
and sores, assorted braces of twins,
trained dogs for bind men, crutches
for cripples, and surgical bandages for
wounded imposters. Information is af-
forded respecting the most lucrative
streets and nsighborhoods.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-08-08

The Canyon City, Oregon, Times,
publishes reports of depredations com
mitted by Snake Indians, in the Blue
mountains.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-08-08

W Ii o LES LIZ AND RETAIL.
The most extensive stock Of the latest STYLES
of furniture ever brought to Humboldt county,
and OF every variety, all of which will be sold
the very lowest prices
FOR CASH.
am also Tire sole Agent in this section af
county, for the New wilson Sewing Ma
chine Company and have a lot Of the best,
cheapest and handsomest machines in the
world. They have taken the premiums in
all the Expeditions OF America and Europe.
All have the latest improvements and tive
mending attachments, which il the greatest
inyention.of the age
All orders promptly filled, and al kinds CT
REPAIRING done neatly and with dis
patch,
J. A.. HILL.
Winnenancea, July "a 1879 IT,
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-08-08

CHEW JACKsoN's Best Sweet Navy
Tobacco nov20- '7S-ly.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-08-08

A. boy was driving to Boston with a
load of meat. 1t was dark night, and
he was singing loudly as he entered a
saburb of the, city. A policeman, in
tending simply,to stop the noise, sprang
out from the shadow of tree, grabbed
the horse by the head, and cried out
"Stop." The boy thought that the
policeman was highwayfnan, and shot
him, putting out one OF his eyes.
Investigation shows that the yellow
fever has never been. epidemic at an al.
titude OF more than $50 feet above the
level Of the sea. Ii such is the fact,
Nevada is safe from the scourge, as the
greater part Of the State is from 1900
to 5000 feet above the level of the Pa
cific ocean. The Humboldt valley ut
this point is over 1000 feet above tide
wafer.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16

exterminating the curculio by planting
their plums, apricots and nectarines in
in an Enclosure adjoining the pig and
chicken yard. The animals are let
roam in the Enclosure during summer.
The diseased fruit when it falls, impreg-
mated with Larvae, is devoured, thus de-
stroying the young pest while in the
stages of incubation. The ground, too,
is rendered compact by continual
tramping. The curculio, though mis-.
chievous to puncture and abstract the
juices from the fruit, has not the power
to bore through solid substances, and
cannot, therefore, enter the bowels of
the earth for winter refuge. Since the
pores and crevices of the surface are
closed, he will, in consequence, freeze
to death in winter. If the trees in an
Enclosure like this are shaken twice a
week, and the pigs and chickens feed
under the trees meantime, the animals
will crush him out of existence.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16
Going Into the Country.

"My folks are going into the country,
to be gone all summerp enthusiastically
exclaimed a little girl, yesterday, as
she met another on Cass Avenue.
=" Your pa must be awful rich" re-
piled the second.
ooh, no, he isn't; but if you'll never
tell anybody I'll tell you something"
" l never will-hope to die if do"
" Well, pa was telling ma that we'd
all go out to Uncle Johns. Ma, she'll
work for her board, pa will work in the
saw mill, I'll pick berries and help
to pillow corn, brother Tom will go round
with a lightning-rod man, and while
you folks are in the heat we'll be put
ting on airs and fixing over our old
clothes for fall. Don't you tell, now,
for ma is saying to everybody that she
must have the country air to restore her
shattered nerves.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16
History Of the Largest Tunnel In the
World.

The opening of the first railway is
spoken of as a memorable event, but
every one seems to forget that centuries
before this occurred loads were trans
ported on rails in mines, and the fact is
equally overlooked in regard to the
piercing of whole mountains, such as
Mont Gents and ST. Gothard that similar
works had been erected ages ago in mines
on far larger scale. The longest sub
terranean construction of this kind is to
be found in the mines of Freyberg in the
Kingdom of Saxony. Already, at the
end of the year 1885, the galleries had
attained the length of one hundred miles,
or one hundred and sixty-three kilo-
meters. At the same time the works
commenced at the end of the twelfth
century, had reached such a depth that
any further descent was found to be inn
practicable. From 1924 to 1884 they
had produced 1904, 5S1 mares Zone franc
twenty-five centimes each) in silver
alone, of value of 200,000,000 thalers
nearly. Consequently new gallery had
to be opened. This was to lead from the
village of Rothschpnberg to a distance
of 1882 metres; its cost was estimated
at 100000 thalers (three francs seventy
five confines each), and twenty-five
years were calculated as the time peces-
sary to carry out the undertaking. The
work was completed year ago, and its
execution had occupied thirty three years
and necessitated an expenditure of T.
1862 mares. The considerable increase
on the original estimates was caused by
the rock to be pierced turning out much
harder than had been expected, and the
fact that the quantity of water yielded
by the mountain was far larger than had
been calculated upon. Other circum-
stances help to swell the costs; the rise
in wages and the price of materials
greatly augment the expenditure, and
the delay in the execution increased the
general costs and those of superintend-
ence and administration. Moreover the
gallery had become longer than was
originally intended. 1t rises, generally
speaking, at gradient of three in one
thousand. Including the secondary gal
leries, the shaft of Rothschenberg has
now an extent of tunneling of $4,000
metres, which will soon reach $4,000
metres, or nearly thirty-two miles. This
length far surpasses any railway tunnel
in the world.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16

high and dry above the water. In all
cases there is distinct groove or furrow
which the rock has clearly ploughed for
itself / noticed one particularly good
specimen, an enormous block which lay
some yards above high-water mark. The
earth and stones were heaped up in front
of it to height of three or four feet.
There was deep furrow, the exact
breadth of the block, leading down
directly from it into the lake, and ex-
tending till it was hidden from my sight
by the depth of the water. Loose stones
and pebbles were piled up on each side
of this groove in regular, clearly de-
fined line. / thought at first that from
nome cause or other the smaller stones.
pebbles and sand had been dragged down
from above, and consequently had piled
themselves up in front of all the large
rocks too heavy to be removed, and had
left vacant space or furrow behind the
rocks. But if that had been the case the
drift of moving material would of course
have joined together again in the space
of few yards behind the fixed rocks.
On the contrary, these grooves or burrows
remained the same width throughout
their entire length and have, | think,
undoubtedly been caused by the rock
forcing its way up through the loose
single and stones which compose the
bed of the lake. What power has set
these rocks in motion it is difficult to
decide. The action of ice is the only
thing that might explain it, but how ice
could exert itself in the special manner,
and why, if ice is the cause, it does not
manifest that tendency in every port in
the world, l do nc oretend to compre-
bend.
Myattention having been once directed
to this, noticed it in various other
lakes Unfortunately my Indian only
mentioned it to me day or two before 1
left the woods | had not time, there
FORE to make any investigation into the
subject. Possibly some Of my readers
may be able to account for this, to me,
extraordinary phenomenon.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16
An Attic Widow.

Perhaps the readers may have noticed
in the vicinity of Ninth-street and
Broadway, New York, the attenuated,
shabbily-clad figure of woman past the
middle age. The noticeable feature of
the face is constituted by pair of
abnormally large and liquid eyes, but the
whole contour is remarkably delicate
and spiritual. She will pause and talk
for minutes at time to vase of flowers
or plot of green grass. By birth this
lonely woman belongs to one of the
oldest and most distinguished families,
and by marriage which did not turn
out exactly well, she is allied to one Of
the most distinguished titled families in
Burke's "Peerage." This woman-a
belle in her day-can give more recollec-
tions of New York society thirty years
ago, with accurate photographs of its
principal figures, than possibly any other
now living. Rescued from the Hudson
River at Cornwall one summers day by
handsome young Englishman of for
tune, she accepted his offer of marriage
in gush of gratitude, without settle
ments or preliminaries, being herself one
of the heirs of one of the princeliest for
tunes of that time. The young English
man lost his fortune in rash speculations
hers was consumed in litigation and COM
promises before it could be disentangled
from the interest of relatives. After
migrating for fifteen years from one
garnet to another in this city, the hus-
band inherited a small property by the
death of relative in England, and had
just time to settle the income thereof
upon his wife before want and worry
finished their work. He died of heart
disease within six weeks after notice of
his good fortune was received. But the
habit of fitting from garrett to garrett
was too strong to be overcome, and the
widow, famed for her eccentricity, ad-
heres to the old mode of life after the ne
cessity for it has passed.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16

The kidneys and bladder, sometimes become
torpid and weak from unascertainable causes.
When this occurs, their discharging function
is of necessity very imperfectly performed,
and certain debris, which is the result of
natural bodily waste and decay, does not es-
cape as it should, but remains to corrupt the
blood and develop poisonous humors and
dangerous as well as painful diseases. 1t is
one of the benefcent effects of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters to gently stimulate the uri-
nary organs, and prevent them from lapsing
into state Of inactivity, always provocative
Of their infammatory degeneration and de-
cay. How much better, then, is it to adopt
this mild diuretic as means of melting them
to action, than to incur the danger Of this de-
struction. To expel from the system waste
matter through the bowels and kidneys, and
to regulate and arouse the stomach and liver,
are among the chief uses Of this valuable
remedy.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16

WHEN Gen. Getty, commander of the
garrison at Fortress Monroe, received
Captain Wise and the Richmond Blues,
with band of music at Old Point the
other day, as soon as the music struck
up it frightened the team of country
man, consisting of runt of a bull
hitched to stick cart, to such an ex-
tent that he ran into and demoralized
the entire command. When order had
been somewhat restored, Captain Wise
wittily remarked to Gen. Getty:
Another Bull Run, General"
Yes" replied the General, a regu-
lar rout; but Ipromise you when you
get inside the Fort you shall fare better
at Getty's burg"
And they did, too.-Richmond { Va
Baton.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16
.I.auSh and GROW Eat. -

This ancient bit of adv ice is well enough for
"spare" people, but how about those that are
already too fat? What is to become of them
Sit still, and I'll tell you. After many expert
ments, extending through months of patient
investigation and toll, the celebrated analyt-
ical chemist, j. C. Allan, has perfected and
given to the world Allan's Anti Fat. Thus
far, in several hundred cases, this great rem
edy has never failed TO reduce a corpulent
persons from three to six pounds per week.
1t is perfectly harmless and positively efficient.
Sold BY druggists.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16

A ZULULAND letter says that the
Prince Imperial died fighting, and must
have sold his life dearly. In the right
hand of the corpse was found tuft of
hair, of native fiber, while the path
marked by the Zulus in quitting the
fatal spot was stained for hundred
yards with gouts of blood, supposed to
have dropped from wounded men being
borne away by their comrades.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16

GEO. P. HOWELL & Co., in the An,eri-
can Newspaper Directory for July, show
that the whole number of newspapers in
the United States has increased since
January of the current year, from 8,703
to 9,153. New papers abound in the
Territories. Suspensions have been
fewer than in any corresponding period
for several wears.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16
SINCE the composition of one OF the most

popular proprietary medicines we speak Of
Dr. f. Wilhofts Anti-Periodic of Fever and
Ague Tonic has been published and accom-
panics every bottle, the sales of this greatest
specific for the cure of Chlls and Fever, Dumb
ChIls and hypertrophied spleen have doubled,
and the leading ply Sicians prescribe it in their
practice when the usual remedies fail. All
Druggists sell it.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16

1t is impossible to sell the best article of any
kind as low the poorest can be afforded. But
the prices of Mason 4 Hamln Cabinet Organs
are not much more than those of very inferior
organs while the difference in quality, and
especially in durability, is very great.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16

A North CAROLINA hotel keeper
posts up the notice that members of the
Legislature will be seated first and the
gentleman afterward.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16

THROAT AFFECTIONS AND HoARsENEss.-
All suffering from Irritation Of the Throat and
Hoorseness will be agreeably surprised at the
almost immediate relief afforded by the use Of
" Broon's bronchial Trochcs." rs cts. box.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16

EVERYBODY KNOWS that SO long as there Is
proud flesh in a sore or wound, it will not heal.
The obstacle is speedily removed and the flesh
reunited by Henrys Carbolic salve, the finest
embodiment in existence of that supreme puri-
fer, carboIic acid. Its emollient ingredients
modify its pungent acid basis, so that it never
cauterizes, stings scarfes the diseased
part. Sores and eruptions of all kinds are
cured by it. All druggists sell it.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16

EMERsoN's Vocal METHOD, just out, has novel ar
eangement Of sylables and other improvements which
sensible and useful Please examine. Price sl.50.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16


Fruit Blight and Insects.-The fruit
| tree blight has been an absorbing topic
| Plebeian and philosopher alike have ex-
perimented and discussed the phenom-
ena at length without arriving at any
definite cause that could be avoided
through vigilance or otherwise. The
professor of science attempts to solve
the problem, and views the blighted
branch with microscope, and either
gives it up in despair or adds another
item to the already countless groundless
theories afoat on the subject. That the
blight don't originate in the ground is
indisputable, since it is the luxuriant
growing top branches that are attacked.
The disease in all likelihood would not
pas, through the internal system of the
tres and burn the terminal branches
without having a corresponding effect
on the lower portion, especially the
younger rootlets.
The theory has been numerously ad-
vanced that flashes of lightning cause
tree blight. Lightning does not touch
thus lightly. A more rational conclu-
sion to arrive at is that the tree is
blasted while copiously perspiring.
The emanating acids and vapors collapse
while coming through the pores with
atmospheric gases. These collisions are
not frequent, and only happen when
the usual equilibrium of aerial currents
are agitated by counteracting influences.
We may also attribute the cracking of
the trunk, arms and branches to similar
causes. The only remedy for such
blasted twigs and branches is to cut
them off at their junction with healthy
branch. Our observations in the fields
of nature teach that vegetation is heir
to symptoms paralytic and consump-
tive. The paralytic strokes are re-
ceived from the atmosphere, and burn
an occasional twig or branch. The
consumptive element originates at the
root. The former can be cured by am
putation, the latter never-hardly ever.
The CurculiO.-This is a hump
backed, ill-shaped, grayish brown weevil,
who appropriates to his own use the en-
tire crop of plums, apricots and nectar
ines If left unmOlested. He will yield
his hold readily and fall to the ground
when the tree is Jared or shaken. He
will assume solemn, death-like atti-
tude when he falls, only to take refuge
under the nearest covering in a few
minutes.
Various methods are advanced for his
destruction. All agree to having the
surface smooth, hard and clear of grass
and weeds, SO as to deprive him of a
hiding place when he reaches the ground,
Mr.. Bopham's idea of laying a lew
boards purposely at the base Of the tree
to trap the weevil when he hides under
it, is good suggestion.
The surface, however, should be kept
hard and smooth without clod, grass or
crevice, and the pest stamped out of ex-
istence when shaken off.
Some have been very successful in
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16

HousEKrrrERs prefer C. Gilbert's starches.
CHRwJackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16

RHY0ICIANS Of all schools recommend and pre-
scribe Ponds Eek tract We have letters from
hundreds, who order il daily in their general
practice for Swellings of all kinds, Quinsy,
kOre Throat, Indamed TOnsils, simple
and chronic Diarrhes, Catarrh, flor which
lii q specific Chilblains, sting. OF I'm:
sectA, Mosquitoes, etc., Chapped
Hands, Face, and indeed all manner q skin
diseases.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16

10 FARMERS. No stock breeder, NO Living
Man afford to be without it. 1t is used by all
the leading Livery Stables, Street Railroads and
hrst Horsemen in New York City. 1t has no eqnal
for Sprains, Harness Saddle Chat.
ings, stiffness, Scratches, Swellings,
Cuts, LacerAtfOns, Bleeding, Pmeu.
mOnia, Collie, Diarrlh9sa, Chfls, Colds,
ETC. Its range Of action is wide, and the relief IL
affords s prompt that it is invaluable in every
Farns-yord - well as In every Farm-hoslse. Let u
be tried once, and you will never be without it.
New-York tribune., 1879-09-29

ABBEY-In this city. September 27. H. O. Abbey. in tho
FgnSrsi from la ate residence 2in-st
the remains viii be taken to Warwick Comfy. for
intermcnt.
PFFKMAN-At South Norwak. september ~. Abigail,
widow Of Benjamin =. Beekman.
Funera al the isnrr Of her nephew, W. IT, swords ESQ.,.
on Tuesday, ~ ll;3Oe. ~
Train leaves Uran1 Cuntra Depot az 0.nO q ~.
DAvENPoRT--On SATURDAY. tle 9Th inst. John p. son
OF Olive and the late Joshua Davenport I'D the -ON year Oh
Fnnera at No SOC Greenwchs Tuesay september 80 az
li3O p. m.
rIPtn ON FRIDAY September o. Annie A.. wife Of r. NJ.
Field ir and daughter OF David Morrison.
peiavs AMI frrnl. fmy invited - attend tho
funeral from ;s1oe of her atuer lat ney-t,
BroOklyn r. d., Monday, 2Jh last. az O'Clock ltls
reque-tesi thai no iOwers be sent.
GARDNER-At Mrs Mesds ~ HenTy.st. Brooklyn. satur
day morning George Arthur Gardner formerly OF Boston
atcd 80 wears %,
Fnnera First Presbyterian church, eDfy Tues
morning ~ TO O'Clock
UACKMANN-On -aur iav morning, 9Th inst, Bertha NJ.
beloved vito o Hackmann and edeat daughter of
ihe late Conrad Schwetzer.
Funeral residence, 2o Bergen ST. ookynt on
Ionday. 2eth tn,. AZ 35cpck y m.
Interment st Greenwood.
HIrCHCOCR-At 20 5th-ave.. on sunday september %.
Mrs Il. u. Hichcock.
Infcrment at Cold spring. y. \.
MONROE -suddenly on THURSDAY. September rs, Laura
daughter OF the late James ken"iek aud ~do" o the iae
Fs9eta1 at Grace Church. Monday September 20 10
payes and friends o: family respectfully nwi %
attend further notice. IL 10 requested thai no How
be sent
oIMsTFAD-fn September "a 1879 AZ 2lS I;hst Jersey
civ DR.. AGophus Olmstead. IN his Ssth year.
Funeral on Tuesday. september 80, at ocOck ,. ~.
sHEw-At Mddotown. Conn., on Monday. september q.
Clara a NJ SheN. superintendent Of the
ConnectIcu, Hospital the Insane aud laughter Of L.
Hradley Of Auburn y. Y, aged 70 ana months
New-York tribune., 1879-09-29
urRcu4Nrs AyD 1HE RliLRoADS.

FURTHER TESTIMONY REGARDING SPECIAL RATES.
BUFFALO, Sept. 2S.-The Railroad lnvesh-
gau.u C0anitte Yesterday and heard more tcsti-
mpuy. Charles Gren.r testined that he receives
rr.ceiios from NewYork and gets about $1,000 IN re-
baic- Ills business amounts. he said, 10 Sl,OOO.OOO
Richard B.iiymOTe Of BaGaIo. testified as follows
Am n the IO kpackng business have been engaged In
ira bus irs.: ibink that Buffalo good market, II
tAc-c u. fsc ghl discrimnations five years ago
pat uu "a establishment tor $4,000 think that IL Is
superior 10 Western establishments; have not been
able 10 compete with Western dealers ON account OF
freicIt determinations; never applied 10 Goodman
To- ec al rate hy the year; have obtained special
rte ron the NewNork Centrn ana Erlc roads Tor one
ium4nt f tue rates higher from Chicago through
g. Now NOtg cou snip - YORK ana mahe money
d 81 h.d contract such that OF SchOelkopi MAth-
eHs tins silp 10 New-lOrk advantage 'uSy )
even my local TRADE ha. been Affected 10y the uisclin
iEatiOu; last year PAID neary a. much ioI hy uNo
frOW Chicago "a, trey pay iu Liverpool Inc ram
rates Other dealers hll
the time, ,bui cad 10 pay the schedule rate.
Arthur CAr..ty sNOrp-l am paper manufacturer
furnish the raw material ana have 10 manufacturer
iui0 pa per and stat Onert do not get special rates
ia, uf.cfsss freight on The and second on the
bundles. ship by the Merchants Despatch COMPANY
4 g.t nv goods from the East. could successfully
cOmpefe With with other points if we could procure
equally favorable rates other parties Have shipped
-priugfcd keW-lVTk and Boston al the same rate
Have slipped from Ne~-YOrk TO Buffalo at AZ cents.
but had to nav 96 return tht same gooor 10
Nev-York Western men have sold goods II Bundo,
which made ~ the East. cheaper tha cOuiu sen
them here. did not supp lSe the New-lork central
made special rates o. anybody. The COMMITTEE ad-
lourned until tomorrow.