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The Japanese Drama.

The Japanese haven't vet learned thf
art OF intensifying their enioyments b,
abstemious indulgence.E For instance
in their theatrical performance tbey
take whole thrce-volumed novel at i
guip. Think of sitting from 5 o'clock
IN the morning until 3 in the evening for
amusement "The entertainment. y
says the Japanese reporter, who pre-
pared for the Toxic Times paper on
current Theatrical Attractions, r.con-
tlnues over IL hours. Rather LONG
time when compared with that ~
European theaters, where very seldom
more than hours are occupied.n The
japanese gallants might be excused for
gong out between acts to take a rest.
Inc play which the Japanese reporter
mas recorded, act by act. in very con-
clentious manner, but Of which he has
not thought ii worth while TO mention
the title (as It was being performed
uaiiy before crowded houses at the
Shintomlza Theater), is rather ads
Jointed affair. Its principal characters
are an actor and two beggars, all of
whom, from various motives, sssbaye
thelr heads, change their names and
lake up the monastical life.n There is n
great deal Of robbery and trickery. gar
nished at intervals with some lively love-
making. . In the midst OF the drama. -
says the reporter, "there are two inter-
mediate acts introduced, probably by
way Of relief to the long sustained boist-
erousness Of the principal piece, with
winch they are quite disconnected, and
which illustrate the period Of strife be-
tween the two great feudal families Of
GenJi and Heike. These are to many
tne most imposing part Of the whole
performance. They commence nj abont
Z Ia the afternoon and end at 4. Both
the principal and intermediate PLAYS are
founded on facts, but as they are embel- 7
Iished to such an extent as is considered
necessary TO suit the stage, there re-
mains but little which is identical with
ne events as they did actually take
place. In this Interpolation a high
oned gentleman cuts off the head Of
lis son rather than that Of his enemv,s
on, whom he had previously rescued
rom danger, and the high-loned son
~ or ~ years of age) "at once de-
Jared his Willingness to make the sacri-
ce, and adds that it is but an ordinary
litigation, which a son owes his
arenis." The reporters language i
ood. only one ''eccentricity'' OF ex- !
ression appearing in the whole: !,
hoshlyen on, wishing to get red OF {
and bis party without delay, I
Hers him 100 rios TO depart 3
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Fowls occasionally fall into the bad
habit Of deyouring their own eggs. n,
duced probably by their privation 81
meat food. One poultry-raiscr, whose
Hook persisted in the practice despite
ihc BEST Of care, tells how he finally
broke y M, after trying many remedies
in vain:
AT last thought would play trick
On them, 50 ! got an egg and broke the
butt open large enough To let out the
inside. Then mixed up some GOOD
strong mustard and filed il full, putting
= piece q shell over the part broken
! went TO my coop and put the crr N
tne nest. ! had no sooner dropped the
esgg than one Of my hens bounced Oh n
ike cat on mouse.
She stuck her bill in Il and dropped
the egg ON the floor (not waiting for me
70 retire.. No sooner did IL touch the
lloor than the rest of the fowls went for
their share; they got it, all Of them.
They soon walked OF wiping their
beaks against every thing thew came
across. They left 4 little for manners
sake. " resulted (thc joke) in nv
gathering the eggs the next day, and /
nave not had any occasion To repeat the
experiment. until last week, when tried
with the same result, and since then /
gather eggs every day. ~ roulyy Tard.
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r1od Of a month or part Of a month NAV hs
regarded ~ and counted or declared n non
~ ors v"'n piAinea OF generally. and as one sep
damav vau1 -, o. notion. ana 10, whether such
inherent y, months, and such separate causes
nl action may be joined IN the sam. action
s ~ ncsioh aforesaid shall DO sustained unless
action shsi iin an one year after the cause Of
ZIG. ;: That any Director or officer Of anv
~. poration or company acting or engaged
see "'" ~, OF any Receiver or Trustee, les
sas; ~ person acting or engaged a. agore
nhld, or any agent of any suc,, co,nn,..,e,,
-, company, Receiver, Trustee. or ners"n
ssS. rsnau, or one OF them Alone or with any
40 49,, .o'p"inion, company, person. or par
~, VINO shall directly or indireotlv "a sia ~
a a"uso or willingly suffer or permit 10 hi
prohlbiteyy a n matter or thing IN this act
uiIectiy aid or abct therein ~, n,, ~
al,ectiy or indirectly omit or fail 70 a. 4 ~
be ione or 81 thing In this act required 70
~, ~ Aone' ~ cause or willingly suffer a. rer
,lt any act matter or thing 10 directad ~
I IA 20 be done, not 10 be 20 done. y" ~
such on ,irc,iy o. Indirectly aid or abet any
v,issloh or failure or shall directly ~
,nuirectly be guilty OF any infrartion ~ nv
, n.y., or directly or Indirectly nid ~ ahas
AMI nsdL1 nn snail pc guilty Of misdemeanor..
not less ths eos q "o thereof. shall be ned
ahc. Y That nothing In this act shall an.
K .yn, 70 the carriage. receiving. storage
ertv ~. or forwarding Of prop.
loaJ - shhn an ordinary ear
, ,a,n,, or wholly within one State or Ter.
, l,,'y ana not destined for carriage n ~.
~, state Or Territory. orgoing "a or com.
XXX RON some foreign country. or 70 prnner.
y z, ,a carried Tor the United states III lower
,.n.rti ,, at,right and charges than for the
S,n'thi puDHc. on ~ the transpolfafi,, IN \
,rces 'ree o. ~ reduced rates III freight fnr
MN .', snn purposes, Or 20 and from public
sEc. 10. Thai W. , AZ Anlhifinn
' 'riu, ~ used IN this act. except where sth.
,lw WIS., provided. shall be construed and held
!, u ncan person or persons. officer or officers
"' pol ",.oh or corporations, Receiver or lie,
. .,. trustee or Trustees lessee or lessees.
'h ,,.. or agents, or other person or persons
LINZ or engaged In any OF the matters and
hings mentioned in this act. 1
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uranuaily, Tie Wild aud ungOsrrnable force.
~ Nature are, through sclence maize Of uss
y man. Following IN the wake OF the inpe.
NOUS iLyrntions Tor the use Of steam aud elrc.
triciiy> comes the organization OF The L. y
signal Service Is II not wonderful ira, n
system could be originated and uerfccted
whereby an operator can accurately Ired.cf
the weather ~ a distant iocalltyl And Vel
experience proves our "storm signals'' TO he
rehapie. Equally great arr the advances made
~ the science Of medicine. step nv sien. nm
ccrtaniies aud doubts nave Welded 10 absolute
cerfalnly. The discoveries Of Harvey ana .Iu-
fner have been succeeded BY the Golden Ne,li-
cal Discovery Of DR.. H. " Pierce. No lonrer
need people despair because some physcjan
mas pronounced the lungs unsound. Hundrels
q testimonials are on lille In the Office of Or.
rierce from those who had abandoned all hope
a aa lau peen gwen up 10 die by physicians
ana friends. Incipcnt CONSUMPTION. bron
cnitis, and scrofulous tumors, speedily, sure
y, ana permanently, yield to the healing in
nrencts Of the Discovery. II the bowels be
const, pated, use DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Purga-
I'VE Pellets. For full particulars see Pierce's
memorandum Book, given away by all drug
yists. .r
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Concentrate Your Effort.

When Agassiz was asked to give his
OPINION on question in chemistry. he
persistently declined. ~ am no chem
ist,' was his only reply. This resolute
concentration OF his power in few well
defined channels was one Of the secre:
81 his eminence. In this ace. when
knowledge goes on adding province
ai'er province e her vast empire. one
can hope 10 explore but little space.
there are no longer any universal con-
querors- Goethe and Humboldt have
ieit no successors, and if they themselves
were to return, they would not possibly
take the positions they once held. Half
lhe intellectual failures come from 4
lack OF definite aim aAd an untlinchinU
devotion TO some special pursuit. When
80 many interesting fields Of inquiry ara
open, " requires Roman fortitude Of
mind ~ purposely give up all save one
ri TWO. But this i precisely what YOU
must DO II you mean 10 make your pow
er tell In the world. To concentrates i
" master something eventually. while
70 dlifuse your time and energy Il 10 ac-
quire q great mass Of imperfect knowl-
edge, and 70 hold suporticiaily A mulli-
tudc Of disconnected facts. There isn',
a part Of the human body. or a branch
of any science, upon which one could
not spend lifetime Of work, and yet
leave much untouched. The Greek
scholar who died lamenting that he had
not confined his work to The definite ar
icle, instead Of taking up in addition
ne indefinite, and SO leaving both in
complete, is an example Of what Is de-
handed Of one who means to master
my one thing. Herbert Spencer Is do
ng an immense work in the way Of col
Getting facts that have bearing upon
ach other In the various departments :
4 science; but familiar as he Is with
n these subjects he can not do the work
imself. Human life would not be long
nough. Other brains and hands musf
erve him. And even when scholar !
ets himself to do one thing, and moth. :
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safe, Permanent and Complete are
the cures Of Intermittent diseases performed
by CIIFFoRD's FEBRIFuGF. Dumb Chills.
Fever and Ague, and all bilious disorders
are speedily eradicated from the system.
Health and vigor are obtained more rapidly
and more permanently by the use OF this
gredt natural dnffdote than by any remedy
and eliminates all malaria. As q Tonic. il
acts as an Antiseptic and Blood Purifier.
bringing renewed energy and vitality 10 the
body worn down by disease.
J: z. RICHARDSON, Prop'r,
For sale by all Druggists. ST. Louis.
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2Ic Wages Summer and Winter. Samples free.
)uu National Copying Co. 800 W. Madison Chicago
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For sale by all Druggists. 81. Louis.
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Dn. frtL's Corcn SYnur il fast taking Tia
place q Al The old-iashionel Cough remedies.
~ never fails 70 relieve the most violent cold
and for throat diseases II IL invaluable. Price
% cents.
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The necessaries Of life were never
SO cheap as now. Dried apples have
come down to "a cents a string, and
swell times may be expected.
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PARTICULARS regarding Electric Belts free.
Anuress fuivcrmacher GalvGnic CO.. Clncin.. ~
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ing else, he finds himself unable TO get
every thing at first hand. He Is forced
70 take something from other workers
In the same field. This Is the expert
ence OF all life as well. You can do well
only q few things, and the fewer thew
are the better You will do them. The
Admirable Crichton type Of man i
ve:y interesting TO read about, but IN
actual life he is likely TO raise great
hopes, be very entertaining, and die
without doing any thing. The man
who concentrates must often admit his
ignorance, AM he need not be ashamed
70 do 50, for he knows that on his own
ground ne can accept the challenge of
every comer.- Christian al Work.
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There Is very little that Is really
original in literature. That apparent
~ most original song. whoa, En-
ma" Is, after all, only an expansion Of
DR.. Holmes idea:
Think, think. thou cruel Emma
when thou shalt hear my woe,
And know my sad dilemma
That thou hast made il 60"
-HarUGrd Crimson.
De~
A DRY subject-A thirsty toner.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-11-15
TELEGRAPHHC ITEMS.

Postmaster General Key has arrived
at the conclusion that all lottery cota1
panies and lottery agents aras doing u
fraudulent business within the purview
OF his statutory powers concerning
schemes to ,defraud the public" He
has therefore commenced the issuance
of special orders to Postmasters at
specified cities, directed. by name,
against all persons known to be con.
cerned in the lottery business, forbid
ding, Postmasters to pay any postal
money orter,. or to deliver any regis,
teredi letter addressed to persons thus
named. The, money orders a6ad regis
tered, letters are to be returned. to. the
senders,, ands the letters are. to be
stamped with. the word fraudulent. .
On EuesdaK last Judge Thornton
issuedsan order that Ellison, w. p. c..
recover possession of the office of Tax
Collector of San Francisco. and a judy
ment of. custer be entered against
William. Ford. The case was promytly
carried ON appeal to the Supreme Court,
which has affirmed the Judgment. This
settles the question of the short term, in
three contested offices, namely, Super
visor of the Third Ward, Tax Collector
and Auditor. and those who have been
holding on to. these places. will now be
compelled to Macate.
A dispatch from Portland, Maine,
says that in. view of the fraudsaia the
recent elections the State authorities
will issue certificates OF. election. to
seventeen Elemocraties Senators and
eighty five Democratic Representatives
This will give-them majority in both
Houses and a<quorum.. in case THERE
publicans should see fit to, retire. in
consequence. The reason given for
this reversal is that of bribery by the
Republicans.
General Toombs, in an interview re-.
garding his dispatch to the Chicago
Daily News, says: "The interpreta-
.tioI -of the language is that me result
iof the war was the death of the Union,
and that the present Government is. a
consolidated one, aad not confederar
tion4of States"
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rate of State taxation in 1881. The
only thing that will prevent this will
be the striking of bonanza on the
Comstock that will increase the taxable.
proceeds of the mines to the figures
that obtained in 1856.
The expenses of the State govern
ment, including the Legislature, amount
to $780, 900 for two years, or 1886. 900
"a year. The Leader thinks an increase
OF twenty-five cents in the State rate
ought to be sufficient. with the amounts
derived from poll taxes AMI other
sources, to run the State government
for two years commencing January lst,
1881. 1t considers. the suggestion of
the SILVER STATE that we have quad
rennial instead of biennial sessions of
the Legislature-ago odione, andiif car
ried into effect would. make "a great
saving, and onr legislative wants would
be just as, well met as now. 1t will,
however take from four to six years to
get the constitution amended in this
particular.
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STATE TAXATION. j.

The Eureka Leader, whose editor,
W. w. Hobart, exController of State,
is perhaps as well posted on finances as
anybody in Nevada, says there were on
hand in all the State funds, at the be-
ginning of the year, $685., 900. A large
proportion of this surplus has been used
in,taking up the outstanding bonds, but
unless there is marked decrease in
assessed values for the year $780, there
will be ample funds to pay the expenses
of the State government and surplus
sufficient for defraying the expenses of
the Legislature converting in 1881 The
HsaGer thinks it highly probable that
there viii nave to be an increase ia the
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DRIVEN To MADNESS.
A "Ge~,as yOIi- pIease.' Discussion
Among Legal Lights.
From the Carson Appeal.

From the Carson Appeal
Recently there were about dozen
lawyers sitting. round the,stove at the
Ormsby House, discussing the cases
that We're liable to. be contested at the
present term of the United States Cir
cait and District Courts The CONVEX
sation was intensely legal iu- all its
ramifications, and when once fairly
started the buzz of earnest discussion
became more and more intense II as
touished the patient bar keeper beyond.
measure to learn, that upon what he
had. always considered the simplest
propositions imaginable, the widest diff
tereEces OF opinion existed. The code
OF California was taken up, turned up
side down, wrong side before, and then
jammed into the stove. The statutes
of Nevada were laid on the dissectipq
table and carved up by Billy Woods,
Curt. Hillyer, Judge Berry and Tom
Wren. Some new books on collateral
security and the foreclosure of mort
cages, written by Wisconsin lawyer,
was taken up and voted N. CT. all
round. The discussion got more and
more animated, until every man was
edged into the center like a crowd
around a dog fight. The roaring bass
OF the Base. Range attorneys, mingled
with the shtill treble OF the Constock
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BETTER THAN EULLDOsHXG.

The big Republican majority in Phila-
deiphia is partly accounted for by the
arrest of some of the repeaters, WHO
personated men who were not in the
city. One of the men who made COM
plant against the repeaters was as
saulted blythe police, and locked up OBJ
a charge Of drunkenness; but as the
affair was made public, the magistrates
were compelled to give the matter
full hearing. One of the reporters
named Mackenzie admitted that he
voted the Republican ticket eight
times on election day.. and another
named Nixon confessed that he went
from. one polling place to another, and
voted a Republican ticket at each place.
This is much better method of rolling
up big majorities than the Southern
shotgunsplan, and as the officers are all
OF the same political faith as the repeat
ecs,, there is no danger OF being arrested
unless some meddlesome Democrat
should happen to know the repeater, and
was willing to be assaulted by the po-
lice for interfering or making con-
plaint
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Thanksgiving Proclamation.

Following the custom Of our forefathers, and
in grateful r9U snition Of the blessings u peace,
health and general busins IS prosperity youch-
s,sfed to and enjoyed by thepeople Of this State
during the year nov nearly ended, hereby
designate
THURSDAY, the 2;ih Day OF November.
A. ID. 1874. as a Day Of Thanksgiving and
Prayer; and do earnestly recommend TO MY
fellow-eitizens that with heartfelt and cordial
unity or that day. We render homage and
thanks to the Almighty Ruler for his many mer-
cics
IL. 81 In testimony whereof. have here
unto set my hard and caused the Great Seal of
the State TO be affixed.
( Done at.Carssn City, Nevada, this sth day Of
November, A. u. 1879.
JOHN II. kiNKEAD,
Governor OF Nevada.
Gy the Governor:
JASPER. BAGcocE, Secretary Of State. ID
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Notice to Taxpayers.

TREAsuRER's OFFICE, Humboldt County.
Winnemuoca, New ada, October 20, 1879.
Notice is hereby given, that the state and
County taxes for the fiscal year 1879. are now
due and payable at this Office, and that the law
In regard to their collection will be strictly en-
forced. On all taxes unpaid at the close Of Of
fetal business, on the
seventeenth bay OF November Next.
1879,
There will be added ten per cent. for delin-
quency, and on taxes which exceed The sum OF
shree hundred dollaIs there viii be ADDED
twenty-five per cent. additional, as provided
a9 htE.
A. j SHEPARD. County Treasurer.
oZl-td
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A RAMPANT REBEL.

A dplefur wall comes from General
Robert Toombs, of Georgia. An enter
prising newspaper man in Chicago IN
vited the Governors of the several
States and prominent Southern men to
send. in. his care congratulations on Gen
sseaR Grants return. 1t was imperti-
nent on the part of the newspaper man
to issue such invitations, as the object
was to advertise his paper, but Chica-
goaus are not remarkable for their mod
asty.. However that may be, nearly all
who were invited responded Courteous
~. The, only exception seems to have
been General Robert Toombs, of Geor-
gia.. He, was member of the United
States Senate at the outbreak of the
rebellion, an as such had taken solemn
oath to support the Constitution OF the
!, United States. When desperate poll.
ticians, who were afraid to trust the
people, met in secret conclave in the
J Southern States, and with closed doors
passed secession ordinances declaring
their respective States out OF the Union,
Toombs forgot the obligation which he
had taken as United States Senator,
left the Senate and joined the seceders.
As general in the Confederate army,
he acquired no great distinction, aud at
this late day, when the people of the
South, with the exception of az few
Bourbons who are too nngenerous to
forget or forgive, rejoice with thosaa of
the North in the restoration of the
Union and the unity of the States, he
announces his, readiness to renew, the
rebellion and, shouts death to, the
Union" The. language of Toombs will
of course be echoed through the coun-
try by a partisan press as the senti
ments Of the.DemDeratic party, though
no viler SANDER could be uttered. Hun
bred of thousands of Democrats fought
for the preservation.o f the Union when
its existence was endangered, and to
attribute. to them, and the. party of
which they are members. the senti-
ments expressed by such an unrepentr
ant and unreconstrneted. rebel as Gen.
eral Robert Toombs, is. outrageously
unjust There are men .ikesToombs in.
all parties, but onlyywhen they are hon
ored with. position apdA permitted to
shape the policy of the party of which
they profess to be members, should that
party be held responsible for their raw
ings. Toombs always was an extrems
list, and at one time, in a speech in the
United States Senate, declared that the
time would come when he would call the
roll of his slaves at the base of Bunker
Hill monument.
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sHERIFF'S SAL e .

BY virtua Of an execution issued out OF the
District Court of the Fourth Judicial Dfstrfct,
in and for the County of Humboldt, State OF
Yevaaa, on TIE eta day of November, A. ID.
1879, and 10 me objected and. delivered, for
judgment vscoverd in said Court on the 18th
day of October. A d. 1879, ia favor Of THE
STATE OF NEVADA, plaintiff, and against
THE HUMBOLDT IRRIGATION AND DEVEL-
OPMENT COMPANY, and the real estate and
improvements afl personal property described
in complaint, which 10 hereinafter described,
defendant, foe the sym Of 1922 90, together
with costs and disbursements amounting TO
the sum of 81 40, and accruing costs, have
on this, the 10th day of November, A. ID. 18TH
levied on and taken in execution the following
described real property to wit;.
Humboldt River Big Meadows School DIS
trict; II deg min. near Old Oreana, dam,
flume, tunnel and improvements: value OF real
estate, possessory claim and improvemt nts
- 800 90. value Of personal property. $500 oO'
total value of property, -, NO 90. SAID rear
estate, posSessory claim and improvements are
The cer1uinlls of said ditch, aume or canal is as
follows: Commencing at said dam, located
across the Humboldt river, ia $. ". / sec 3,
Township %, n. n 80 +. NJ D. NJ; and run
ming thence ina southerIy direction to and in
sec 20 OF said township and range, where
said ditch, dame or canal branches OF into tw o
channels northetly branch terminating in
or about sec. SO, Township 20 f.. " d. NJ, AMI
the south branch terminating in or about
section 3, Township ., ~ X. 81 T., NJ u.
NJ, or both branches terminating in the
/ Humboldt Lake or INK; all OF which VIII more
fully appeaz by refereaee to the plat OF said
DAM tunnel, fume, hitch or canal, ON file on
page 3s9 of Book c of Notices Of Humboldt
County Records reference to which Is mads
I part Of tinsdescuptiam
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his vote for coin.

Mrs. Smith of Nestmoreland Comfy,
Va, who weighed 6l0 pounds, was
buried. afew days ago. Before the col
fin was delivered, two ordinary seed
men lay in it.side,by side. At. the funeral
it was necessary to carry the corpse out
of the.house and place it in the eotiin.on
the sidewalk