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, 1879-06-20

singing" [from written notcs}.
d.. "Itstead Of giving lcssons in the nrt Of
recommend singing tnscrsncrscd at intervals
! during The day as recrenton."
These four points Wish tn notice bs,e1,:
l.. Fifteen minutes dav IS asrtgncd to sing.
1,hn minutes, or unefouss( Of n day. n,lsl not
one-hnIf.
flIow cau Tint hca 4 school dav contIsts OF
1.-Two un'l Il half hours, Of which nbout thirty
minutes Ia ttGyotcd 10 play outside Of the build
ing leaving five l,ours for instruction Of sixty
.n!nutrs each, or .DO minutes of teaching pcr
day. IF l,i0 in!nutes In 100 dnvs arc devoted to
studying musical notes, 1t amounts 10 Jlte tlays
Of school t'nc.-Ep.
Dut not fnure han onc.thfrd OF tic time for
aIHglng Is given tu tcacl,lng tho ruat1lng Of
rnis!c. 0nc.ilrd Of ouo.ionrtl, III a month I.
Ond.t"e]llll, Or unc-slxtl rs much time ~ Alr.
English SAYS Is given to II.
g 1T giving figures, at different times during
ila pns: two rHars, afr. Engllsll has made music
cost from sts!!,U$l 10 unwnr,l uf $4,000. liz
ti,uh sccnlh n littlc unreliable.
.. Of thn whole enrolment March 10, 1STO.-
44,0N.-th parcnsa Of a7,s12 tciect MUSIC as
nne vi the branches Of study fur their children
That Is, cghty-slx children In every lou take
singing.
poes that look rs though Music was abandon
Cd by "lnost pupls''l
How Is It possible Tint IN s'most rooms
FROM onc'ialf 10 tlyc-et1ths do not tako sl,lg-
iug"l
:. Ih. plan of NJ. English seems plausible
n aI'G su.tase; nat " nas lat aane nnigrt'f-
uscs tn show .nt n,,,sic .4,si. frr "a sn n ~ ~
GGu, QUO a year. T,mpl '"e'NN ~
IT will takc as mich time 10 carry out his
plnn ns u ducs the prcsent ono; Il vii! Impose a
noi :. 'snn .o,l WV ,s teaeact W. e3tt me
thousands learn 10 bn rooj rca,inrs ~ n,si.
carrying to every cot, palace, and hoycl isteIl.
Ee''t song. ,hc pupil then would carry nwny
!ro1h r.'a he,.o2l ohi5 !ne soncs ~ learned there
nr5 cnnsera,ti,. nt,tt ,o1 I"s .1ps 1nluee
musical ,,roaress Of u,,r rity nntl co,,ntrv. ii",
then docs II nppear tiut the proposed plan saves
lug many ttuusasds which lla claims It now
~ III NY 'sn s,i ,, a' ,musc eosIs e cry 1ast
ine, stucu our nans onlr ,,t,zc ,he ncccs.nrv sS
tt'nc Inr recreation purposes, and tl,rl, It tuto
carcfu' musical instruction. O. BLAcE,iAN.
ION the contrary, the time devoted to music
mid draw'n. Gusts Tho taxpayers urcelscy In pro.
tottl1' ot thAt time To The whole tfnlc devoted
, 1879-06-20
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.
I}nn't Know fIer.

Tn The Editor of Tie Tribune
cHicAHo. June 1D.-aiary IIayes, mentioned
III Inst Monltay'a papers. Wss never In my ctn-
nloY. Eoycr knew her, never saw lIcr, md
never heard Of lles until the nrnrora.!cc OF your
urttefe. ". u. kRMroOr.
How 1sntIrontt. Cartl to lsn 1sutIt-sE,nrt fHls.
tnry Of tl'e pctruIt u Eel Itlvrr Ituitron,l
-DeatEurh fur the ESQ OF Hclluuls tot
Sllarl,rta1.
To he Editor of The Tribune.
BiooM'snroa, ILL.,, J.,no 1s.-Onro npon n
tltnu the counties through Which the Detroit &
Eel River Railroad runs "hankerch f" for rail-
road AMI MI That the nnmc Implies, au1 voted a
clean donation Vi sl0,000 per mile to aid q, In
the construction OF i',e sar,c. lcvlcs! tnxes nm
paid 0ver the money to n company, VI which
Jay, Buell., Uu CIlarmcr, atansily, md Quick
wero the leading spirits aud Inspiring Ecnlnsrs.
TO t'le credit Of Mansay, It may bc said, he
''tlrew NUT The roatl complete cnst ethsO1
per nl'lc, ur US much lllereuf rs Wus
Unnecessary, WIS used to purchase M
equipment for thu road. which equip
;ngi's was lcaAed to thc Detroit Il Eel ti.scr
put uIon the road for $lU,000 pcr mile, as,tl Il
lnrgu umouRt 0f stock was Issued. 1t IA nut
known for what purp0su t!sesG bol'1s nnl stocks
vera ever used, but probably Kept tor such au
GLHCIFEUEt 1S HltGEMAIAb EECsEHtCA }LSEtIs AZ
forwards secund mortgage Ut s5,O33 ncr milo
wns nut upon tl,e read md these bonds wrrc
uscd to my tiic troopers along the line who
'.ropca II the countica to luako the original
t!Uunt!ou. After the road l,nd been run nbu,.t
five ycars. the road paying rent for tl'r rolling.
etoel: all this tft;,c, bought with uori3on 81
the Counties donation, ol courao Tue road was
hall;ruptet!, ntl has been sold under decree
Ut foreclosure BY thr .drst mortgage boHdtoders,
cleaning out ttc original q roprrs u n,,t! contra
diet!p: thereby thu old ads9c. "honor among
thieves" 'rtis is wllat l presume Ia s,sualty
RmonE railroad lUell termed "n good t,lil,s."
OBSERVER.
, 1879-06-20
A Warning Nat IN Marry FreAcasnaep.

The French courts laye declded that M En-
g|tsh gist, alss selma Deacon, who married a.
l,updoli u young FrenchnlAu na.usd Julien Gal-
lois and was attorw ar.s b. tie scamp,
Inns na claims upon him Or h!s family thu
nlarriago having been contracted by Mltsor a,ia
without hts parents' consult. and thcy havs
nudo her puy iho costs Ut the trial. At tho sai1.o
tit,o English ,awyets hayo given an opinion tl1ut
sho IL married III England, so that tsa poor gill
Is in tho pleasant pFedicalncnt VI being unable
either to Cluitn hrr hrat husband Or to narfy mi,
other. She amy ok least aurya ~ u beAepu-llglt
IND Vt, example to her American as we'll as to
her English sisters.
, 1879-06-20

IL yous bsby ta restless whtse tssth!nq. get ".
tla sufferer ht once. Only IS eeptl bottla.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-06-21
POLITICAL SPECULATIONS.

The Eureka Leader of the 18th
instant contained an editorial on State
politics, from which we make the
following extracts:
This is the off year in Nevada
politics, and the people are enjoying
a rest from the turmoil and strife in
cidental to political battles. But, if
they are resting, the politicians are
not, and the latter in quiet sort of
way are laying pipes, fastening up
the loose ends and INDUCING in their
habit Of fixing things. The Sem
atorial prize is the objective point,
and there promises to be a right
lively contest for the position. There
is no possible doubt that Senator
Sharon means to succeed himself,
and it is very easy to predict the
character of the campaign that this
ambition will initiate. He will hardly
put his aspirations upon the ground
of his services to the State, un;ess
his idea may be that absence from
Washington is recommendation,
and that he serves his constituents
best who serves them not at all.
That he will meet an opponent
worthy of his steel is also fore
Swallowed, and this rival will be one
of the Bonana firm.
1t will be sturdily
denied that the Bonanza ring has a
candidate, but we have incontriverti-
BILE evidence to the contrary, and
we know of negotiations being en-
tered into, or rather an attempt made
to fasten prominent Base Ranger To
the fortunes of the Bonanza aspirant
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-06-21
Death of a Noted Heart-Breaker.

Ella Zoyara, the fair circus rider
whose beauty and grace won for her
lovers by the score all over the
world and even kindled the sweet
passion in the breast of that stern
old anchorite among kings, the late
Victor Emmanuel-Miss Ella Zoyara
lies dead in foreign land. dead OF
smallpox poor thing, at Bombay.
What is odd about this heart breaking
Young persons career is the fact that
she was not she at all, but man.
Omar Kingsley, such was his name,
was born in st. Louis about thirty
eight years ago; ran away from home
when a little boy, joining circus;
first appeared as a girl rider, and
finding that girl riding was highly
profitable, kept il up for score or SO
of years. He made lovely girl
rider, and, as we have said, broke
hearts with recklessness absolutely
in keeping with his assumed sex-a
regularity that Aldrich has more or
less immortalized in his clever
sketch, "Mademoiselle Olympic Ia
briski." And now she--it comes
more natural to speak of him AS
she-has turned her final somersault
in the air, disappearing through the
paper hoop of Time into the abyss
of Observation-Disclosures Times.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-06-21
A Talented Hen.

r. II. Allison, No. 321 East Balti-
more street, is the owner OF very
talented hen. 1t was not until this
week, however, that the genius of
the bird burst its letters, as ii were,
under circumstances of a most I'M
usual character. The hen, it seems,
has of late been laying otf-that is
to say, she has not been laying at all
and in order to save the expense of
supporting her in idleness an edict
was issued to the servant for her exc
cution yesterday morning. When
the servant, in pursuance or instruc-
tons, went out to wiring her neck it
was discovered that the hen, as if to
propitiate the headsman, had just
laid an egg. And none of your ordi-
nary eggs either, but compound
affair, consisting of an elastic sac,
resembling rubber, in which was en-
closed real hardshell egg of the
regulation pattern. The novelty was
exhibited at the Sun office, and it
was stated that in consideration of
the originality of the hen her past
offenses had been condoned.-Balti-
more Sun.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-06-21
The Chances Of Whist.

The "pull in favor of good play
ers is said, indeed, not to be very
great; but that idea is naturally one
which very good players foster, and
their calculation IS based upon an
erroneous assumption. There is a
point of whist knowledge at which
a second class player has fair
chance of beating first-rate one,
the difference being only five per
cent, but there is also point of
ignorance, carelessness, or unfounded
self. confidence, at which the inferior
player has, as against good players,
no chance at at all. Very fair play
ers exist who are not safe players
at any time, who cannot resist the
temptation to run great risk tor the
sake of dramatic coup at the end.
Men who have learned whist 10y play
ing without stakes almost invariably
make this blunder, and it is the I'M
conquerabIe temptation of female
players and of boys who think they
are going to teach old hands how to
play. Many more cannot play de-
Gently If the run of cards is against
them, getting gradually irritated un-
der defeat, as old chess-players do,
and running useless risks in order to
soothe their own wounded amour
propre; while at least one-half man
kind cannot play at all after an extra
glass of wine. The fine edge of the
whist memory is gone. For first
class players to play with such play
ers for the sake of high stakes is, if
not exactly swindling, at least not
honorable; and to lie in wait for
them, deliberately preferring them
for opponents, is disgraceful conduct.
1t is common enough, we fear, par
ticularly in towns outside London,
where habit Of play happens to
have sprung up, and any refinement
of whist tending to make it easier
should be summarily frowned down.
London Spectator.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-06-21
CHECK TO DRUNKENNESS.

The Murphy movement does NOT
appear to diminish the sale of in
toxicating drinks. Nor has any
other extreme method done 80, ex-
cept in the case of Father Theobald
Mathew, who aroused the enthusi-
asm OF the Irish nation, and induced
them to abandon whisky drinking
for a time. The reason is, says the
San Francisco Post, temperance adj
vocates look for too much. When
Francis Murphy talks about "puttlng
out all the distillery fires in the
country" sensible men know it
is the veriest claptrap. He does
not mean it, for Murphy is no fool;
but it appears to be an essential part
of the Temperance campaign" to
use exaggerated language. Business
men in New York have done far
more, within the last six months, to
check drunkenness than all the tenn
perance apostles IN the country.
This method is simple, rational and
effective. 1t is called "the moderate
drinking movement" and is intended
to discourage promiscuous drinking.
Two pledges are imperative: % Not
to drink in business hours; (2) never
to treat; while a third is optional,
never to drink in saloon. The
effect has been most salutary. The
secular press bears unqualified testi-
mony to its success, and for the first
time since the temperance war be-
gan, liquor dealers are driven into
active measures to break it down.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-06-21
A CREDITABLE SHOWING.

A statement of the reduction of
the national debt has been received
from the Treasury Department. The
total reduction since August 81, 1865,
has been $729, 249, 1903 "a, of which
sol ,59S,674 So has been effected
siuce March 1, 1877. The net annual
saving in interest through the refund
ing and resumption operations since
March /. 1877, is $lo,372,177. This
shows that the reduction has been
uninterrupted since the highest point
was reached, in August, 1865. 1t
is a very creditable showing.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-06-21

The following brief extract
from a recent Issue Of the Nevada
Herald is commended to the atten-
ton Of the miners in this city who
are unable to obtain employment:
While the miners are banding to-
gether in union To protect each other
from reduced wages, ETC., why would
1t not be = good plan to fern pros
pecting union, to discover and de-
velop some new mines, each man
pledging himself to furnish his pro-
portion of labor for this purpose I
More business and. more places for
lsborers is oil that is needed to keep
up the wages. Many apparently
good locations remain undeveloped
for this reason, that one or two labor
ing men are unable to work them,
which by q combination of lahorers,
could soon be proved to be good or
otherwise, at very small expense to
the association. ffss1f ~-1fH 81,
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-06-21

THE prosecution Of the princi-
pal dentist OF ShelbyvilIe, Indiana,
ct the instance of one Of his lady pa
tients who claims that he kissed her
while she was under the influence of
chlorOform, should teach medical
practitioners the necessity of having
one or two credible witnesses in at
tendance when they are compelled to
administer an anesthetic to patient.
The effects Of drugs Of this class are
20 we'll known that it is really sur
prising that any physician should be
10 imprudent as to administer them
in the absence of witnesses.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-06-21
Kicked to Death by a Horse.

Johnny Hoffman, young man 81
years old, son of Mr.. John Hoffman,
who lives twenty-one miles southeast
Of Hiawatha, was kicked by horse
last Saturday and died from the effect
Of his injuries on Monday at $3.50
Pm. He was working on the Dries
back farm and was assisting Charley
Leonard to put lines upon the horse
to drive him single, when, stepping
behind the animal with shovel upon
his shoulder, it probably thought Mr..
Hoffman was going to hit him, when
he kicked and struck the young man
in the forehead, death being caused by
conclusion of the brain.-Hiawatha
(Kan.) Dispatch.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-06-21

ARCHERY having been pOpu-
larized in this country the arrow
threatens to become almost as much
an implement of destruction as the
gun which it is always supposed is
not loaded. A gentleman in Mary
land had his eye shot out by an ar
row, one day last week, because an
other gentleman had no more sense
than to point strung arrow at HIM.
If bows and arrows are to have this
effect religious papers now offering
pistols for prizes will have to revise
their premium lists and substitute
the bow.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-06-21
Going to Law About a Meteor.

The meteor or aeorlite that fell in
our neighboring town of Emmett,
Iowa, the other day, still provokes
inquiry and speculation. With Pro-
fessor E. J. Thompson, of the State
University, we this week paid visit
to the spot where the huge monster
fell. The two large specimens-one
weighing 431 pounds and the other
$50 pounds are supposed to be in
the hands of the parties who dug
them from the earth, and who are
now engaged in the incipient stages
of litigation with the owners of the
lands for their possession. 1t is ex-
tremely unfortunate that any trouble
should arise in this direction, for all
the value they possess is of scien-
tific nature, and pecuniary or avar-
iciuus motives should not intervene
to divert these specimens from such
purpose. Professor Heinrich, of
Iowa University. visited the spot, and
it was even with ditfiulty that he
gained sight Of the monsters. Pro-
fessor Thompson saw the 150-pound
specimen, but the larger one was hid
away, merely to crafty avaricious
parties who were afraid the owner of
the land might serve repleviD papers
for its possession. Little pieces are
hawked about for one dollar and five
dollars, and even ten dollars are asked
for the precious little blocks, while
the prices set upon the large pieces
are away up beyond the reach of ordi-
nary pockets.-Jacksor (Minn.) Re-
nnIlic
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-06-21

-PooR Mr.. Woodruff, the pro-
jector Of the luckless Woodruff
Scientific Expedition" died the other
morning In New York-died because
the project that for SO many years
had lain so near his heart proved to
be q veritsble Dead Sea apple, fail.
ure on the very eve of success. He
was still young man, just turned Of
thirty nine, and-although his health
was q good deal shaken by exposure
while soldering in the late war-he
had still before him, in the natural
order Of things, many years of use
fulness. He conceived the idea of a
floating college years ago, while TAX
ing the pleasant climatic physic of a
winter In the South. He worked out
his idea with all the energy OF an en-
thusiastic nature. For years nothing
came Of II. At last, few months
ago, he seemed to be within easy
reach Of the goal that he had so long
striven to attain. Some people with
money took his project in hand and
gave it . real beginning. The
steamer General Werder was bought
and was altered SO Is to be adapted
to the needs of a college driven by
steam and sails. Professors were
engaged and officers Of our navy
were hired to navigate tho ship,
Everything was ready except the
pupils. And, despite the attractive
prospeotuses scattered broadcast over
the country, the pupils could not be
obtained. On the Sth Of May last
circular notices were sent to all the
subscribers-so very few they were
that 1t would have been cheaper te
have written the circulars than tc
have had them printed--that the
project had been abandoned because
Of insufficient support. Then, in q
little while, Woodruff took to hi.
bed, never 10 rise again. Poor tel
lowi he is At rest at last, He is mo-
worried by his failure now.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-06-21
A Mulberry with Foliage Ninety
Four Feet High.

On the place of Mr.. Robert r.
Howe, near Grangerville, Macon
county, there is an everbearing null
berry tree which measures twenty
three feet and eight inches in circum-
ference five feet from the ground, and
the foliage measures ninety-four feet
in straight line through the broad
est part. 1t shades Mr.. Howe's en-
tire horse lot, and he fattens hogs
enough to do his whole force upon
the fruit.-Americus (Ga.) Recorder.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-06-21
THE discovery of the exten

The discovery of the extent
to which color blindness prevails en-
phasizes the advantage Of adopting
some system OF railroad signals indie
pendent Of color. Such system is
now being tried on the elevated rail-
roads in New York, the state of the
road being indicated to the engineer
BY the position of the signal, as it is
horizontal or vertical, instead of by
its color. By using light at either
end the position can be made plain
At night, and the experiment prom
ises to prove successful, and thus en-
tirely remove one possible cause of
accidents.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-06-21
MAINE neonle are nettinn

=. MAINE people are getting up
a little mining excitement of their
own. All through the towns that
lie along the Atlantic Coast, from
Penobscot Bay to the Canada line,
prospecting is going on, and discov-
cries Of copper, silver and gold are
reported IN many localities. 1t is
too soon to tell whether mining in
Maine will pay, but the region where
the excitement prevails is sadly In
need of some new life, its population
having been for some years on the
decline and the general drift of things
decidedly Observation-Disclosures
Times.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-06-21
A DISGRACE.

The preparations being made for
the celebration of the approaching
Fourth of July remind US of the
fact that Mr.. Emmett, of the Gold
Hill Foundry, has not yet been paid
for the substantial iron flagstaff
erected on Mount Davidson over a
year ago. This is a disgrace to
Storey county.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-06-21
"A GENTLEMAN who once called

- dENILEMAN Wuo ouCc Coiicu
at the rooms of Senator Sumner in
Washington, was told by his young
negro servant: "Massa Sumner, he
gone TO de Senate to make him
speech" "What speech 2" asked the
gentleman, in surprise. "Why, dat
ar speech he's been hollering out in
bed cherry morning desc free weeks"
Actual fact.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-06-21
Georgia Rattlesnakes.

Irwin is the champion rattlesnake
county so far. A few days ago one
of the venomous reptiles was killed
there which was six feet long,
eighteen inches around the body and
sported fourteen rattles.--Savannah
News.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-06-21

THE California Republicans
have inserted in their platform
plank pledging them to secure re.
duction Of twenty-five per cent in
fare and freight rates.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-06-21

-AUNT DTNAH, an Indian
squaw, who will be 105 years old
next Christmas, walked from the
Onondaga reservation the other day
seven miles into Syracuse, N. Y. and
returned the same evening. While
on this little tramp of fourteen miles
she carried heavy bundle on her
back, a strap by which the load was
bound passing over her forehead. In
Syracuse she shook hands with many
of her pale-face acquaintance. She
is probably the most able bodied,
vigorous centenarian in the world.
Chevy Lick snn,s Best SWeet NAVY TnbaccO.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-06-21
Representative as u Letter
Writer.

Representative Tyler, of Licking,
Ohio, Is candidate for reelection.
Here is his postal card to supporter,
who has "given it away"
"CoL. 0. Apr 80. 10.
q" MY DEER SIR
your postal at hand Know
change yet
"Your TYLER"
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-06-21

SUPERINTENDENT YERINaToN,
of the v. s. T. r. r., will supply
free transportation to all military
companies which have been ordered
to Carson on the Fourth. That is not
30 bad, after all, for "soulless cor
poraticn." sH
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-06-21

The Reno Gazette says that
the Independent has made a sensa-
tion in Sutro by disclosing the preva-
lence of fpticide in that town.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-06-21
The Only Concord Coaches
On that line of travel.
HE QUICKEST AND BEST TIME MADE

Cfice--At Breed & Crosby's, North G street,
opposite the international u here passage and
transportation can be secured.
JOHN n. DALLAS. Proprietor.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-06-21

Chew Jackson's Best SWEET Navy Tobac