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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-11-19
ESTRAY NOTICE.

c. S. Osborn, Justice of the Peace in and for
Union Township, Humboldt County, State of
Nevada, gives notice, in accordance with the
provisions Of the Statutes of the State of Ne
vada in such cases made aud provided, that on
or about the 18th day of September, 1850. there
came upon the premises of Louigi Pedrole one
dark bay horse, branded "P" ON left shoulder,
with little star in its forehead; also one light
bay horse, branded "H' on the lett shoulder, a
little star in its forehead, and with four white
feet
c. S. OSBORN, J. T.
Wmnemucca, October !, 1880. o1-2mIaw
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-11-19

TREAsURER's OFFICE, HUMBotpT COUNTY,
WINNEAUccA, New, October 18th, 1880.
Notice is hereby given, that the State and
County Taxes for the fiscal year 1850 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 official
business on the 18th day of November next
there will be added ten per cent for delnquen-
CIV, as provided by law.
A. J. SHEPARD, County Treasurer,
VlS-8d
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-11-19
IT'S JUST SO.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION

81 can't see how men will make fools
.of themselves over politics" observed
Colonel Shaker, as he overlook his
friend, Judge Smith, on his way to
dinner one day lately.
'Nor /, either" ueplied the fudge.
81 don't think much of q man who can
not discuss politics unbiased and with
the same calmness that he could speak
of bill of sale of real estate. You
ARE Democrat and am Republican.
/ think am right and you think you
are. A little pleasant discussion is all
right, but when Ut comes to flying Eaad
and getting excited, l think mar as
an idiot"
"Just my idea, Judge. By the Vxy,
what do you think of that Garfield Get-
ter on the Chinese question ?"
IL think it is base forgery"
'Do you? Why, think it is a set
tier on him."
''Bosh He never wrote it.
"But there is his own handwriting z
to prove it,"
'.Prove nothing. tell you it is eose
of the contemplate lodges your party
is noted for"
"Contemptible dodges I'd like to
see a more contemplate dodge than
your colonizing Indiana the way you
did
"Never colonized voter there
''See here, Judge Smith, do you take
me for blind man who can't read. ="
demanded the Colonel, as his chin be
gan to shake
''And do you think I'm an idiot -
demanded the Judge, as he grew red in
the face
II say that letter is forgery"
"And | say it isn't.
at is !"
''It isn't :"
They halted.
They glared at each ether
Then the Colonel crossed the street
in the mud to get away from such a
man, and the Judge crossed vacant
lot rather than be on the same street
with man who'd say Garfield wrote
that Chinese letter.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-11-19

For sale a frstclass ESTEY ORGAN. ON
liberal terms; also one set Of STUFFED FIR
MlTURE. Apply to
L. X nRAIS.
Wianenacca, October "a. 1850 1,n
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-11-19
FOR SALE.
Store and Stock i'm COlcOnda,
Nevada.

A rare opportunity for any person contem.
plating going into business.
Terms given on application either to
N. LEVY, Golconda, New,
or LEVY l. Co. winnemucca New.
WInnemucca, August / 2. 1850. tt
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02
The Bible.

THE Bible, aside from the factor Of
Divine agency in It's authorship, is the
insoluble enigma of the literary world.
1t well may be. 1t must be. Think Of
it! 1t is the oldest book upon the
earth still read among men; going back
beyond the Roman or the Greek litera-
ture; going further than any other, in
parts of it, toward the time when the
waters of the deluge subsidized from the
hills of Western Asia; farther than any
other toward the very morning of Gre
alton, when the sons Of God shouted for
JOY. Yet its vitality continues, and its
power over the human mind remains
unwasting.
1t is large book. 1t sets its stately
front for two milleniums along the lines
of chronology, history, biography, ply
losophy and human science. 1t chal-
lenges assault at ten thousand points.
1t SAYS to science: " Search the strata
beneath, and the stars above, and find
a God more equal to the problems Of
the universe than Him whom l revealr'
1t says to philosophy, Find anything
in human nature, any power or any
passion, any mean inclination or sub
lime possibility, of which do not give
the manifestation and the explana-
tiOne" Thus challenging assault and
opening its line along the whole extent
Of it to any endeavor to overthrow it, it
remains the most remarkable of books.
-ReU. DR.. StoTTs.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02

Elections which come with advancing
years, as one thinks upon that which ne
Is pleased 70 term "lOst youth We
are too prone 10 forget that the youth
full measure of success Is an untrust-
worthy one. With all the experience
which comes with middle life, we will
insist on looking at some by-gone dis
appointments from the foolish stand
point Of callow ineXperience. We
throw the cloud Of imagination over
possibilities whose greatness increas-
es as memory of their real nature di-
minishes. So one hears a well-to-dO
merchant sadly repeating some extrav-
agant compliment ELECTED by piece Of
schoOl-boy defamation and intimate
that, II he had only been a lawyer, the
highest successes Of the profession
would have been open to him. Thus IL
is that a worthy and ill-paid minister
occasionally permits himself to give a
saddened thought 10 the great fortune
he lost when he left the counting. room
and began his classical studies. The
same deceitful process Of thought leads
the quiet wife. whose work at home
has been a noble and happy one, TO
coniure up the ghosts Of what she
might have been had she married the
lOng-haired youth who used 70 quote
Byron and Mrs. Hemans, and had she
followed him in the paths Of literary
glory in which, to be sure, he never
walked himself, but to which her guild
ance might have led him. There is no
need Of multiplying examples, for few
are those persons who never find them
selves in a frame Of pensiye meditation
/ over some silly compliment they re-
ceived when they were In their teens,
or some crazy ambition which they once
nursed in their unsettled brains.
Certainly there is enough sadness in
the world, and in the happiest life,
without increasing it by any grief that
has no foundation outside Of the imagi-
native faculty. If il is a sin to give
place to prolonged lamentations over
real woes, il is more sinful 10 mourn
over those which are unreal. Musing
over " disappointment" is downright
ingratitude 10 God. If people could
realize the essential wickedness of it,
they would not be so ready to give way
to il. For our mistakes and fOllies we
may well have a gOdly repentance, but
this is a very different thing from
brOOding over disappOintments. If we
have failed, let us amend our lives. II
things have not been what we would
have them, let US remember that God s
hand leads us in failure and misfortune
as well as in success and Joy. Who
shall dare look back on his life and say
that it has not been led by One who
rules wisely. The ancient proverb that
tells us that we 60 up through difficult
ties to the stars may be read backward
for those who vex their souls with un-
grateful and wicked thoughts over i'm
aginary disappointments. If we would
90 prowling around among the false
stars of fancy instead of real stars
reached by genuine endeavor. we may
be sure that we shall only fall back
among the thorns.-PresbytertaH Jour
! nal
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02

Icy Tor The able and Impartial manner In
which he had presided over the preliminary
proceedings Of the Convention. The motion
prevailed, and Judge Hoadley responded In a
pleasant yoiu.
Mr.. Breckenridge Ky.) moved that the Con-
yontlon proceed 10 the nomination of cam
dldate for President A delegate from Mary
land moved 10 adjourn. This last motion was
almost unanimously voted down. The quea-
tiOp recurring Ou the motion Of Mr.. Breckln-
ridge, that gentleman explained shat he com
templated only call Of States for
the nomination Of candidates, and tho
motion prevailed. Mr.. Preston (ky)
moved that each person dominating candl-
date have ten minutes for that purpose, and
this motion also prevailed. The call Of states
for the nomination OF Presidential candidates
was then ordered. Mr.. John z. McElrath
(Cal) presented the name OF Justice J. g.
Field, Of California; Mr. George Gray Deli
presented the name OF Thomas r. Bayard, OF
Delaware; Mr.. 8. 8. Marshall Ulll presented
the name Of William X. Morrison, Of Illinois (;
Senator Voorhees, tlnd.) presented the name
Of Thomas A. Hendricks, Of Indiana; Mr..
John McSweeny (Ohlo) presented the name
OF Allen q. Thurman, Of Ohio; Daniel
Dougherty pa presented the name Of Gen
eral W. 8 Hancock, Of Pennsylvania.
Mr.. HOadley (Ohio) moved TO adjourn un-
I'll ten a. IN. on the 24th. A call Of States was
ordered and the motion was voted down by
ayes, 800; noes 1876.
Mr.. Breckenridge tKy.) moved that the
Convention proceed TO ballot for a candidate
for President The motion prevailed, and a
ballot was taken with the following result:
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02
Third Days Proceedings.

THE Convention reassembed at ten
o'clock on the morning of the 24th, and thirty
minutes after was called to order. Rev.
Charles Taylor offered prayer.
Mr.. Peckham IN. W announced that a let
ter had been received from Mr.. Ti!den re-
nouncing all claims upon the Convention for
a nomination. Mr.. Peckham further said that
New York would thcnceforward support Sam
uel j. Randall. A motion to read MIR Tildens
letter was lost.
Mr.. Thomas (Ky.) offered 4 resolution de-
claring it unconstitutional to deprive any citl-
zen of the right Of suffrage.
The roll call then proceeded for the second
ballot. Alabama cast IL votes for Hancock;
California followed with for Hancock; Illi-
nois cast her ~ votes for Hancock; Louis
lana, Maine and Michigan followed with their
votes Tor Hancock; New York cast 20 votes
for Randall; Ohio, "A votes for Thurman; (;
New Jersey, IS votes for Hancock Before
the vete was announced Wisconsin asked per-
mission to change her vote to Hancock, and
there were afterward changes announced all
along the line. At length a delegate from
New Hampshire moved to make new call
of the States. The motion quickly prevailed,
and the ballot resulted as follows:
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02

Mr. Mack (Ind) moved that The nomina-
tion OF General Hancock be made unanimous.
Messrs. Randall (Pa.), Wallace (Pa.), Hamp-
ton Is. C) Hoadley (OuiO) and others spoke
to and seconded the motion, and it was unan-
imously adopted. Upon the announcement
OF the vote, congratuatOry speeches were
made by Senator Voorhees,, John Kelly and
others.
Susan B. Anthony was here escorted TO the
stage and presented through the Chairman
an address TO the Convention in favor Of leg
islation for woman suffrage.
The Committee on Resolutions submitted
the following platform, through Mr.. Waiter
son (Ky), the Chairman, which was read and
unanimously adopted:
The Democrats Of the United States in Con-
VentiOn assembled, declare:
/. We pledge ourselves anew 10 the COnstl-
tutiOnal doctrines and traditions of the Demo-
cratic party, as illustrated BY tho teaching and
example of a long line Of Democratic states
men and patriots, and embodied in the plat
form OF tho last National Convention Of the
2 Opposition to Capitalization and to that
dangerous spirit OF oncronohmcnt which tends
10 consolidate in one, and thus to create, what
ever the form Of government, real des-
8. No sumptuary laws; separation Of Church
and State for the good OF each, and common
schools fosterod and protected
4. Home rule, houest money, consisting OF
gold and silveran paper convertible into coin
on demand; the strict maintenance OF tho
public faith. State and National, and tariff for
revenue only.
s. The subordlnation Of the military to the
civil power, and genuine and thorough re-
form OF the Civil Service.
9. The right TO free ballot Is right pre-
servatiye of all rights, md must and shall 10
maintained in every part of the United states.
The existing Administration is the represent
ative OF a conspiracy only, and its claim OF
right to surround the bailot-ho1es with troops
and Deputy Marshnls TO lntimidate and OBJ
struot the Electors, and the unprecedenied
use Of the veto to maintain its corrupt and
despOtio powers, insult the people ana lmperh
their Institutions.
Z. We exeorate the course of this Admins
tratiOn In making places in the civil service
a reward for political crime, and demand a
reform by stal ute whch shall make IL forever
impossible for a defeated cand date TO bribe
his way 10 the seat OF u usurper by biuetlnB
Villains upon the people.
8. The 81 eat fraud Of ls76-77, by which, upon
q false count of the Electoral v tes Of two
States, the candidate defeated AT the polls was
declared 70 be Pi esident, and for rho first
time in American history the wiL Ot TIE Teo-
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02
aecnnh nnv,, PrncsrhInr,.

AT 10:40 on the morning of the 23d
the Convention was called to order and Rev
Charles W. Taylor, Covington (Ky.) clergy
man, offered prayer.
The reading of the minutes were dispensed
with by unanimous consent.
Mr.. Burke (Ind.) offered a resolution de-
claring that the surviving soldiers of the Mex
ican War, and the widows and orphan chill
dren of soldiers deceased, are entitled to the
grateful recognition of the people of the
United States, and Congress should
cause them to be placed on the pen
sion roll, on the same footing with
soldiers Of the war of 1912 The Chairman
stated that this resolution would, under the
order already adopted, go to the Committee
on Resolutions.
Mr.. Martin (Del) presented the report of
the Committee ON Permanent Organization,
but action thereon was deferred unit the re-
port Of the Committee on Credentials should
be disposed OF.
Mr. Young (Ga.), Chairman of the Com
mittee on Credentials, then submitted
his report, recommending the seating OF
all uncontested delegates; the seating
of both the Butler and Abbott delegations
from Massachusetts, the two united, to cast
the vote OF the State; the denial of seats to
the oOntesting delegation from Pennsylvania
and the denial of admission to the Tammany
delegates from New York. Mr.. Thomas (Kan.)
presented minority report in relation to the
New York delegates, and moved that 1t be
substituted for so much Of the majority re-
port as related TO that subject matter. This
motion was debated at length by Messrs.
Miller (N ", Judge Amasa j. Parker IN.
", Governor Hubbard (rex) and Westbrook
(N " in favor of substituting, and by
Messrs. Bellows IN. ", Judge Pyckham IN.
~ and Young (Ga) against, and lost on a
call OF States by the following vote;
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02
Robert Ralkes.

IT is a good thing that the somew hat
vague ideas as to Robert Raikes are
to be cleared up in the minds of multi
tudes during this centennial year for
Sunday-schools. Raikes was born in
Gloucester, England, September IA,
1875, and during most of his life was
editor of the Gloucester journal, of
which he became the sole proprietor at
the age of twenty-five. He was always
in comfortable circumstances, and after
he retired from active life received an
annuity of 81, 500 from the paper. We
first hear of him as a philanthropist
showing great resolution and courage
in behalf Of the crowds of prisoners in
Gloucester Jail. He was, however, far
more prominent than any other person
in bringing Sunday-schOOl work before
the public (Which was done largely
through his paper), and in making
Bible study on the Sabbath in connec-
ton with the churches a systematic and
organized work.
We are not sure even that he himself
was a teacher, but we know he exhib-
tied rare organizing faculty, visiting
parents and children at their homes
and urging their attendance. Looking
backward it has long been admitted
that it was a mistake to pay his teachers
for their work, though even at this day
few teachers could be found to do what
they did without pay; for then schools
met at ten in the morning. each scholar
receiving personal instruction, mainly
in reading and writing. According to
DIR. Vincent, in the S. s. journal,
/ ut Nrr.ol,~n fhar AfgVnicuaA
| but met again at one; and at the
close of the afternoon preaching serv-
ice they came back and recited the
catechism, thus being kept at schooland
at church about six hours and half.
Such teachers earned their money sew.
eral times over. But it became a
costly system to sustain in this way,
and in passing from the paid to the
| volunteer system, about thirty years
| after their establishment, the schools
received a severe check. The work
grew rapidly from the beginning, and
we are told that in 1889, or only nine
years after Raikes began his efforts,
there were no less than 300, 900 Sabbath
school scholars in Great Britain. These
schools were at first almost purely mis-
siOnary in their character, and even up
to this date in Continental Europe the
ideal prevails that Sabbath-schOOls are
mainly for the lower classes. In thi;
country they encounter no such preiu
dice, and it is estimated that there are
7,0O0,0 900 of scholars in our American
Sabbath-schools.
The death of Raikes occurred sud,
denly, April 5, 1911, at the age of sew.
enty-fve; and his remains lie in the
family vault in St. Mary de Crypt
Church, in Gloucester. We have nc
evidence that Raikes was what the
world calls a brilliant man, or that he
was a success as a public speaker, but
his mind comprehended and graspeC
fully a great idea, and he showed re
markable executive power in carrying
it out into practical results, so that h'
rightly comes down into history as one
of the worlds great benefactors.-CoH
gTegdtiORaliSt.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02
Wise Sayings.

II you do not wish to trade with the
devil, keep out of his shOp.-ThOmGs
Fuller.
IT is our duty to be happy, because
happiness lies in contentment with all
the Divine will concerning us.
THERE are two sisters so much alike
that the younger is often taken for the
elder. Their names are Wisdom and
Silence.
OUR endeavors are in vain without
Gods blessing; yet in vain shall he
challenge blessing that endeavOrs not.
Sloth is no less guilty than covetousness.
Bishop HenshaU.
II ingratitude 20 parents be one Of
the basest exhibitions of human nature,
who can measure the extent o, the de-
pravity which leads those who have re-
ceived so much from Christianity to
revile it, to labor for the destruction Of
its institutions, to dishOnor it, and cast
contempt upon its author, and even
to strive to dethrone the God of the
Universe. = Presbyterian Banner.
IT is q mistake to think that the good
and beautiful are not at home on earth
that we are to entertain them as gods.
No person ever walked the earth or
lived in the homes of men who was too
fair or too noble for his place, Good
ness is not out of its element in this
world. The very persons whom we say
are too good for Lhe world are those
we need to make the world better.
There was never yet kindness too kind
for humanity, never goodness too good
| for mortals, never man or woman too
high and pure for earth. Let us learn
to say he or she is good enough to live.
The world is for those who make II
better Church Union.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02
Religious. =
THE HERMIT THRUSH


o, HEhntr rHHusHi one August day
heard from out thy golden thruat
fTwag long ago and far away
Thy song supornal fall and iioat-
A weary pilgrim BY the road,
I deemed aUme passing geruph'a strain
Fell, falling on my heavy load,
In Heavenly music sweet % pain
Twas long agD and far away;
The life lived thnt hour has fed;
The panR that pierced, that summer day,
Has ceased % hurt, forever deal
Yet 10! Onc0 more by leafy way
hear thy sole seraphic strain;
The pOmp Of all tho summer day
Thrills with thy music sweet 70 pain
II falls upon no weary load,
II touches hopes Of holy birth:
! stand beside the bOurgeOned rOad.
Meath new heaven, In new earth
What n youths spring be early gone;
II Joy De- tardy, dnWninR late;
Thou singest Of summer Joys unknown,
Of higher heights. Loi calm ! wait
Oh! bird from on Heavens inmost shrine,
AdOWn TO earth thou ben' est to me
One note from out the Strain Divine,
Prophet Of Love, Of Life 70 bel
Yet further on, some later even,
I'll catch once more thy mateleBs strain,
Thou lonely messenger from Heaven,
Bearing IT, music sweet 20 pain.
Twill reach me on my lowly road
Thy oall-Honyen's last-sO far. 20 flne,
Lifting my heart from mortal load,
Prom love in loss, % Love Divine.
Mary Clemmsr, IN ". 7. hldsDsndsm-
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-02
A Mathematical Problem.

"a PRUDENT man," says Solomon,
/" foreseeth the evil and hideth himself; /;
but the simple pass on and are pun
ished." The proverb was illustrated TO
us by an incident in the life of the first
Governor of California, Peter H. Bur-
nett. When a young man he kept
country store in Tennessee. Among
other "supplies " he purchased three
barrels of old Monongahela whisky. 1t
took him about three months to retail it
out, during which time he was in the
habit of taking drink in the morning,
and occasionally during the day. When
the three barrels we're empty, the young
man found 10 his surprise that he had
acquired taste for whisky. The fact
prompted him to serious reflection. His
thoughts put themselves into the form of
a mathematical problem.
"If in three months, " he said to HIM
self, / have acquired so much love for
whisky, how much will acquire in three
yearsP"
The probable result alarmed him, and
he determined that he would from that
day become a total abstainer. GAS l
do every thing with all my might" he
hIOJoS hll6I a lapSc VI MY years. L
became satisfied thatif 1 indulged at all,
I would be very apt to do some very tall
drinking. Had I not been a married
man, and happy as such, / might have
fallen into this fatal habit"
Applying the mathematics which
saved him from drinking, the ex-GOv-
ernor suggests a problem worth the con-
sideratioR of young men.
If hundred young men at the age OF
twenty-one abstain from drinking, there
will not be drunkard among them. If,
on the contrary, hundred are, at that
age, moderate drinkers, ten of them will
become sots.
GAS no man." concludes the Gov
ernor, " can tell in advance whether he
will fall or not, he incurs a risk of ten
per cent. in drinking at all"
A prudent merchant would not em-
bark in an enterprise where the chances
are ten per cent. against success. He
knows the principle if not the words
which led the Hebrew moralist to write ?
ga wise man feareth and departeth
from evil; but the fool rageth and is
confident. ~ Youths Companion.