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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1880-06-05
MINING AND ENGINEERING.
SPECIAL ELECTION NOTICE.

NY Office Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON
n Saturday, the ) l. day of June, 1880
Special Elections will be held rs follows
For School District No. 1, at the Engine
House, In Silver City, Lyon County. Nevada
and for School District No. ?, at The Cour,
House in Dayton, in said county to vote on
the question whether Tax shall be raised
in each Of thesa School Districts TO furnish
additional school facilities in each of said
district, and to keep schools in each of them
open for longer period than the ordinary
funds of said district will allow; which cleo
tions shall be opened at A. NJ and continu-
ing until G p. NJ, of the same day.
(SEAI.l J, 8. DALLAS,
Clerk of the Board of Co. Commissioners.
Lyon County, Nevada.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1880-06-05

The Empress of Russia died
in st. Petersburg on Thursday morn
ing.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1880-06-05

as Loss Of Memory, La.sIIUuU' NUO'uI ru,
Fmission. Aversion to Society, Dimnehs OF
Vision, Noises in the Heac; the vllat huiu
fptb.r diseases that lead to insanity and dcath.
DIR. MINTIE will agree 10 forfeit We
Hundred Dollars for case OF ihlh kih1
the VITAL RFSl ORATIYE tuuder his special
advice snd treatnenD will not cure or tor
anything imlure or injnri' us lVuh9 ILL III ~,
successfully without rcury. tons",sa-
lion free Thorough examination ana sd-
vice, including analysis of urine p. lrice
Of Vital Restoratiye, - a bottle or
four times the quaint y. $40; sem 70 any ao,
dress upon receipt of rice. or G. .. D., secure
from observation and in private name if de-
sired, by q. e. MINTIE, n D..
II Kenrny Street.
San Francisco, Cal.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1880-06-05
THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY

Is a never-failing
Cure for Nervous
Debility. Exhausted
Vitality, Seminal
Weakness, Sperma-
torrhna. 4. OS II
MAN HOOD. I'm
potency, Paralysis,
and all the terrible
effects of Self-Ab-
use, youthful fol-
lies, and excesses in
mlturer years--such
II
St. Landry democrat., 1880-02-14
Taking Care OF Things.

An elderly lady of great sagacity was
engaged in looking over trunk of rare
old laces and embroideries for the pur-
pose of distributing them among num-
Der OF graadnieces. 1t was observed that
the portion laid aside for a certain niece
contained the choicest and most delicate
selections. On being asked why she
made this difference, the old lady re-
piled: :" give these to Mary because
she understands the art OF taking care Of
things. In her hands they will last and
retain their beauty for years, while the
other girls would probably ruin and de-
stroy them in few monlhs.'
The good old lady had really dis
covered and explained the secret of the
great difference i'll the appearance and
dress of many young ladies, and OF older
ones, too. Laces, embroideries, neck
ties, gloves, and, in fact, all the little
retinements and elegancie> OF costume
depend for their looks on TIE care taken
of them. 1t is not only bad taste and
bad manners, but it displays a real lack
of personal refinement for q lad y to wear
crumpled, torn or sOiled tinery. There
is no need and no excuse for it. All
these delicate little articles Of adornment
can be SO carefully laid away when not
in use that their freshness and beauty
shall be preserved. So with gloves; SO
with fine dresses or garments of any
sort. TO see an elegant silk all full of
wrinkles, looking as though it has been
slept in, or to see handsome cloak all
out of shape and dotted with lint through
being carelessly hung up under other
clothes in a wardrobe, is offensive in the
extreme to refined taste. On the con-
trary, the daintily cared for lace and
ribbon, looking fresh and bright as
though just bought, the carefully done
up collar, the carefully kept, unwrinkled
dress, all mark the woman of real re-
tinement and of skill in the art of taking
care of things.
And the same art is Il most necessary
one in order to the attractive appearance
of Our homes. The housekeeper who
knows how to use things, and yet take
care of them, is possessed Of a happy
secret. 1t does children no good, it
does not make them a whit happier, 10
allow them to pound OF scratch or abuse
GHiliSS. IIiltilClf wv illtNi1 It'i'tt'tC l"''
of late been allowed children i'll this
direction If children wish to cut wood
or drive tacks or ride on chairs, by all
means let them have play room where
proper material will be afforded them,
but compel them to respect good nature.
They are no better for being allowed to
put their feet on chair seats or the
carved support of the comfortable.
They have no business to put candy on
the piano or smear it with greasy fingers.
They may just as well be taught that the
carpet is not the place for their nluddy
boots nor the floor the place for their
hats. The mothers work is to give line
upon line and precept upon precept in
any case, and one of the best things she
can teach her children through this
educational process is the art of taking
care OF things. -Ercha1gc
St. Landry democrat., 1880-02-14
d" Playing 'Roun' 'Mong De Psalms

A well known Georgian, while travel
ing in Liberty County recently, met a
lame negro preacher in the road and
stopped him for little talk.
Butler" said the gentleman, &" see
you have your Bible in your hand. Do
you preach to-day?''
sss Yesser.''
"Well, what is your text?''
swell, sab, amt tuck no tex ez
yit.'
"What! no text9 Don't you prepare
your sermons?"
"No, sab, not zactly.''
why, Butler, have never known a
preacher to deliver sermon without
writing it or thinking it over.' ga
"Dat's wrong, sab. Dat amt cord
in ter Scriptur. De Bible say, sOpen
yo' mouf en- will fill UNI. -
"But there are some mighty big
mouths. y
"Yesser, OATS so-dat's so sho.''
"Wcll, you haven't prepared any
sermon and you haven't taken any text.
What do you intend to do to-day p
swell, sab, jes specks terday for
ter play 'roun' @''mong de Psalms. -
atlanta Constitution,
St. Landry democrat., 1880-02-14
Why Patty Spoke in Church.

If the minister had asked any other
question, it never would have happened
If it had been on any other day than
that one particular day. it never would
have happened.
If any other boy in the whole wide
universe excepting Robby had been with
Patty, it never would have happened.
Above all, if it had been two strangers
standing before the altar instead of Sister
Susie and Willy Norris, it never could
have happened
But it did happen, and that is all |
know about it.
elf any one present. said the min
lister, looking kindly upon the sweet
bride with the brave young man beside
her, and then giancing calmly over the
little churchill of wedding guests,
"knows of any reason why this man
and this woman should not be joined
together in the holy bonds Of matlimony,
let him speak now, or 10y
"What's all that?' whispered Robby,
in great scorn, to Patty. 81 guess he
doesn't know. There amt any bounds
of materony about it,"
That was enough. Robby was her
oracle Up jumped Patty, anxious to
set things right, and determined that
the wedding should 60 on, now that
Sister Susie had on her white dress and
orange flowers and every thing.
81 do!n she called out in a sweet,
resolute voice, and holding up a warn
ing finger. II do. Please wait, sir!
There amt any materony about it at
all. They came on purpose to be mar
ried!"
"O' course they did," muttered
Robby.
Every body stared at Patty. 1t was a
dreadful moment, but the wedding went
on, all the same.
And Patty and Robby Wee the very
first to kiss the bride.-Joez Stacy, IN st.
/ NacL07ns far FebrnGrU
St. Landry democrat., 1880-02-14
Southern Houses for New England.

We have always had an idea that the
American style of architecture, if it ever
came, would be evolved out of the log
cabin, or, if that is too embryonic u
germ, from the Southern plantation
house, a, we are glad to see that the
Rev. DR.. Bacon is trying the experiment
in his new house at Norwich, Conn.
The great difference in the temperature
of the seasons in this country makes it
almost impossible to build house suited
for comfort and convenience all the
year round, and of course a city has
limitations in regard to space and
surroundings which can not be disre-
garded. But the Southern plantation
house has picturesque and appropriate
elements, which are entirely wanting to
the angular frame building of the New
England States, and which seem capable
of development into the best arrange
ments for convenience and comfort as
we'll, providing there is space enough
and surroundings that can be made
appropriate. Some of the old mansions
of Virginia and the Carolinas, where
they were not built in the bastard Greek
style with pillars and porticoes, are
perfect models of picturesque appropri
ateness not surpassed by the rural
cottages of England. Their very irreg-
ularity gives them a charm, and they
have at once an amplitude, a coziness,
and q suggestion of comfort. The
chimneys on the outside, the roofs
continuing out over the porticos, and
other features, suggest the simplicity OF
convenience, but are none the less per-
St. Landry democrat., 1880-02-14

feet parts OF the general design, and
show that the adaptation of means to
ends IS the real secret of perfect archi-
lecture. Some day we expect to see
something more in this style rather than
in imitation of Swiss chalets or any
other form of European architecture out
of place and homogeneous in American
surroundings, aud having no particular
convenience on beauty to recommend
them. Particularly for Il simmer cottage
there could be 70 finer model than the
wide, open entries and broad pi,zzaS of
the Southern houses, and if an example
or two We're shown in the North. we
imagine it would be largely followed
P0rtdcnce (E. H. JOuruol.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-02-14
A Big Land Speculation.

Says the St. Paul Pioneer Press:
Some weeks ago it transpred that a
big land sale had been or was benr ef
tccted by the St Paul and Sioux CITY
Land department to Il London eng
]and) company. The negotiations cul-
minated within the last day or two in
the closing of a trade for 100000 acres
OF the st. Paul and Sioux City railroad
lands at St per acre, payable in three
annual installments. with interest at
per cent. per annum on the balances
due. The very righteousness of the
sale barely left the reporter breath
enough to ask what lands would be af-
tccteA by the sale. The Land Commits
sioner replied chat the sale would close
all the railroads lands in Iowa, except
Il portion Of Dickinson County, and it
embraced a large tract in Noble County,
Minnesota. Pursuing the tenor of his
narration. Mr.. Drake added that the
English company proposed establishing
agencies at all the important points in
the United Kingdom, and to facilitate
emigration from Britain ard Ireland by
offering the lands to cmigrants on in
>tallmcnts derived from products of the
soil, and by securing them cheap trans
portation from Europe to their colonies
The arrangements on this side of the
Atlantic will be equally rcplete. The
colonization company will establish
town sites at convenient points,
whereat grain elevators will be erected
and all other facilities afforded the colo
nistS.
CoCA.-The remarkable properties of
coca-thc dried leaves of IL small tree
growing in Peru and Bolivia-and espc-
cially its power to enable one to put
forth long continued exertion without
fatigue, have been exciting a good deal
Of attention among scientific men for
the last few years. These properties
were known and priced long before the
Spanish conquest, the leaves being en-
ployed, even as a medium of exchange.
After the conquest, they were among
the most valuable articles of export. At
Potosi alone, 100. 900 bushels were con-
sumed yearly. Under the influence of
the leaves of this plant, the miners can
work night and day, with only brief in
tervals Of rest and sleep. The slightest
food and handful of the leaves enable
the natives to endure the seyerest and
most protracted toll of every kind. They
take them three times a day, chewing
them and lodging them in the side of
their mouth, like quid of tobacco. In
1876, the Toronto (Canada) Lacross
Club, consisting of IS players, all of
sedentary professions, held the cham
pionship Of the world against all corners,
white men or Indian, fortified mainly by
coca, which they chewed during the
game, swallowing the saliva. One day,
during which the heat in the sun was at
l1O0 F., though their antagonists, me-
chanics and tradesmen of sturdy build,
were utterly exhausted before the game
was finished, the former seemed as free
from fatigue as at the beginning. Its
chief action is upon the heart, and it is
believed by some, at least, that it Is
liable to the same objection as other
powerful stimulants and narcotics. \
French writer atiirms that when long
used in excess, it affects the brain, and
ultimately induces mental imbecllity.-
TOanh's COn1pnnl0n.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-02-14

A WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT Wrnes :
The soothing influence OF music when
applied to the savage breast was illus
trated by Il recent event in Washington.
The other day, it is related, the whole
party of Utes gathered at the window to
witness the strange sight of an itlnerant
organ grinder. The musician was fin
ally induced by the offer OF several pen,
MES to 90 into the yard Of the hotel and
serenade the aborigines. AS soon as ne
began to turn the crank it was too much
for Indian blood, and a retreat from the
window followed. Headed by Jack, the
party silently filed down stairs out
through the kitchen into the vard' ana
scrutinized the wonderful thing. Alter
giving them an hour of unalloyed pleas
ure, the grinder, becoming weary was
forced to desist, and the Indians returned
to their room. The music had done us
work, however, for when they got up
stairs a series of dances were INDUCED
in which would have made song ana
dance man turn pale with envy
St. Landry democrat., 1880-02-14
School and Church.

There are nine women in the Lon
don School Board. -
The Jesuits have at last been per-
mitted to open college in Cairo, Egypt
The income of Plymouth Church
~ (Rev. FL. w. Beecher's) from its pews
for the present year will be S40,2s9.
An eminent engineer has been or
dered to make preliminary study for a
tunnel through Mont Blanc.
The City of Paris has just opened
seven new central schools of design for
girls only. Education in drawing has
lately been made compulsory in France,
and the means for acquiring it are
y therefore being extended in every direc-
ton.
"A leading Dutch clergyman, DR..
.Hoedemaker, says that he receives one
of the largest salaries paid to minister
in Holland-$1, 100, out Of which he
pays 5000 house rent. The ministers,
he explains, usually marry rich wives
indeed, have to do SO to live.
u "A new denomination known as ssThe
Method list Church ~ has been organized
= at Philadelphia. Its doctrines are the
same as those of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, but its system is different. 1t
has but one order in the ministry, that
of elders, and to this order women are
eligible. The only presiding officer is
the President of the Annual Confer
ence. The denomination has nine
churches.
'ft4' AT the meeting of the Illinois State
Teachers Association in December last
Hon.J Shaw advocated compulsory
education. His main argument was
based on the doctrine that the children
are the property of the State, and that
the most important duty that befalls a
State or nation is to give, free of all ex-
pense, an elementary education to its
children.
-Dr. Samuel A. Green has presented
to the Public Library Of Boston a valua-
BILE collection designed to include every
thing which Benjamin Franklin wrote
and printed, and every thing which has
been written about him, besides por
traits, prints, medals, autographs and
other personal memorials. The collec-
ton comprises 14o books and pamphlets
BY or about Franklin, and 50 different
St. Landry democrat., 1880-02-14

CONNECTED with the various ffo, 1,:.,.
ant denominations in New lo1k NY
are 335 Sunday schools. VI lnese :, -
are Episcopalian, 20 P Pr s. y.;"1 81 -
Methodist, "A Baptist, % Reformed, ~
Lutheran, Congregational: lniye', :,
sal;st ; Quaker, 4 Unitarian ana
Mnrav;a a. There are also 26 UNION
SUNDAY ' schools and 4 which are classea
as miscellaneous.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-02-14
Odds and Ends.

Odds and Ends.
Bachelor smokers admit that an am
Der mouth-piece isn't as pretty us q
chery-red one temptingly puckered.
In game of cards good deal de.
ponds on good playing, and good play
ing depends on a good deal.
Since the LIST of January, when nav
igation of the Mississippi River was re-
sumed between St Louis and New Or
leans, over 100000 bushels of corn have
been started for Europe by way of the
Gulf of Mexico. More grain would have
been shipped this way but for the scar
city of barges.
An acquaintance from New Hamp-
shire called ON us the other day, and re-
quested us to direct him to a lawyer for
legal advice. We recommended one we
thought fully competent to look after
our friends affairs, and he departed
with many thanks for our kindness.
Matters were, we thought, progressing
satisfactorily, when the gentleman from
the White Hills burst intb our office one
day with the exclamation: "Look a.
here, now, that lawyer of your'n dom
know nothin'. Every time | 90 to see
him he pulls down two or three big
books and looks inter them. l want a
man that can tell me suthin' out Of his
own head. ''-EGchange. O.. PETIT
Young Julep, who is young man
of wide experience, says that hugging a
girl with one of these fashionably broad
belts buckled around her, is just us sat
isfactory as hugging a life-preserver.
All, we'll Julep, it can't be helped; it's
one of the comcomitants of the degen-
eracy Of the times. There didn't used
to be any such nonsense in belts. When
we were boy, and you caught hold of
a girl in a big sleigh for a respectful but
not too formal squeeze, you could hear
the corset rods go one after another,
like skirmish line firing by file. That
is, if you were half a man, and did what
was expected of you. But times have
changed sadly since then.-Burlington
Hawkeye.
Excited and anxious patient-'s Doc
tor, | do wish you'll tell me what's the
matter with me; I'm clear out of sorts
this morning and I'm afraid I'm going
to be down sick. What is the matter
with me?' Doctor, (gravely)-" Let
me see your tongue Patient thrusts
it out. "What have you been eating?"
/" Patent ,(reflectively)-" Well, was
out last night, had a bit of supper at
midnight, oysters, raw and stewed, lob
ster salad, cold tongue, pressed chicken,
curds and cream, coffee, some fruit
cake, a little cheese, and handful of
hickory nuts Doctor (doubtfully)-
90 Let me see your tongue again" Looks
at it thoughtfully, then in authoritative
tones, "Ah, yes, see; you've been
eating something that doesn't agree
with YOU" Grateful patient gives him
St. Landry democrat., 1880-02-14

PLUM PUDD1NG.-One pound OF becf
suet chopped fine; one pouho ol 1 ra'
sins, seeded; add little salt one pound
of currants, washed and dr'ed' one
pound of flour, quarter pound OF
citron, cut fine, nutmeg grated, :. e,S'l'
eggs. milk enough to make still Dat,
ter err pour into well buttered bows lever EEL
full; have cloths dipped in hot water
and spread on top, tie down tight
hr;,,., Tho fo,r corners over the top
Of the bowl and pm them
put into boiling water and Keep oolllns
six hours in plenty OF water: ser: VI,
with sweet sauce. This quantity Will
FIJI two medium sized bowls.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-02-14
-Ouean Victoria has nlaced in

Queen Victoria has placed in her
pew, at Whippingham Church, 4 me-
mortal medallion of the late Princess
Alice, bearing this inscription: Ito
the dear memory of Alice Maud Mary,
Princess of Great Britain and Ireland,
Grand Duchess of Hesse, who departed
this life in her thirty-sixth year, on the
anniversary of her beloved fathers
death, December IA, 1873. Blessed are
the pure in heart, for they shall see
God st. Matthew, V. 8. This monu-
ment is placed by her sorrowing mother,
Queen Victoria, 1872
More men brake in the railroad
business than any other,
St. Landry democrat., 1880-02-14

BUCKwHEAT CAKEs.-Nakc ''a''e'
of warm water, tcaspoonfnl OF salt: tea
cupful Of home; made yeast; STIR IN
ter. Set in a warm place the nlgh' ne-
fore they are wanted that they may /, be e
lioht. to make them brown nicely aad 4
little sweet milk. Toprevent the gr1"'lle
from smoking rub wi;havery little 0e'7-
wax instead of grease.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-02-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Personal and Literary.
LOUISIANA

rs Bret Harte is in London in delicate
health.
Mr.. Habberton's " Helen's Babies
has appeared in a French translation.
New York is just as crazy over the
'Pirates of Penzance " as it was over
Pinafore."
Joseph Cook and his wife write so
much alike that few persons can tell
when one of his letters is an autograph
and when dictated to his wife.
"A writer-in the Christian Intelligent
Ger speaks of Robert Bonner as "the
cnterprising editor who introduced Ed
ward Everett, DR.. Tying and Sylvanus
Cobb to the American public, and got
Henry Ward Beecher to dance a liter
airy hornpipe in the clogs of 4 novel
writer"
When n p Willis visited England
in the summer of 1889, he announced in
his journal, the Corsatr, that he had
4 /" engaged as q regular correspondent Il
Mr.. Thackeray" When Mr.. Thack-
eray's first letter appeared IN the Cor
sair, the Southern Literary Messenger
declared that it " could not see its sover-
eign merit; and added the wise re-
mark, that "Mr. Thackeray has much
of the dandyism, affectation, and pueril-
ity of Mr.. Willis himself.'
Mr.. Shillington, a Washington book
seller and a neighbor and friend of Ben
ton, used to select from the Congres-
sioaa1l Globes, which were brought to the
Senator's house in quantities, the eN-
tracts he needed in preparing his abridg-
ment OF the Congressional debates. "It
was a strange and remarkable study"
Mr.. Shillington is quoted by the Albany
Journal as saying, to see that old man
lying there flat on his back, unable to
rise, his spectacles poised On the tip of
his nose, looking through the long de-
bates, whose huge folios he held IN his
breast. He was running a race with
death to get the book finished, for he
believed that it was a vital thing to keep
the country together. He used to send
me word four or five times a day to
come up there, and the people said that
z | was2his servant! If | did not come
promptly on time the old gentleman
seemed to feel that Was in some way
derelict in my duty to the country
St. Landry democrat., 1880-02-14
Science a1ld Industry.

Over seven million wine glasses are
sold annually in the United States.
"A Belgian physician claims that the
excessive use of tobacco produces color
blindness.
Prof. Proctor says that within the
orbit of Mercury are several small plan
cts, of which certainly two, and proba-
bly, three, rwere seen during the eclipse
ofJuly 20, 1878. All of these must be
beyond the reach of any but the most
powerful telescopes.
-Drs. Erlenmeyer and Planta-Reich-
enau believe that the wax of the honey
comb ischiefy fornedsby the bees from
sugar Though cane-sugar is present
in honey, the saccharine matter occurs
chiefly in the form of glucose. The in
verting agents are the saliva of the bee
and the pollen of flowers.
Our great progress in journalism is
shown by thefact that in 1875 there were
in the United States less than 40 news
papers and periodicals, whose aggregate
issue for that year comprised 100000
copies; now the united press publishes
over 500 daily newspapers, more than
f,ouu NeehileS, alu dDouC OUU HlOutnly
publications; of the dailies that existed
in 1870 about S00,000,0O0 copies were
struck off that year; of the weeklies,
about 600,OO0,0O0; and of other serial
publications, about 1OO, 100000, amount
ing in all to 1,50O,000,O00 copies. And
to sum the matter up yet more forcibly,
it must be stated that the United States
publishes more newspapers, with greater
combined circulation, than all the other
countries of the world can together
boast of having.