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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-05-01
The Keen Man.
Detroit Free Press.


eli! sonny" said . keen.lookipg
Chicago business man, "what are you
looking forl Let me see that letter"
"No. I can't lst.you have that letter.
there's bonds in It,"
"why. I've been waiting for you this
half hour to bring me those bonds-l
bought them Of what's his name 2"
Upon this the lad took out Q big en-
velope marked ~. Smith. Esq. pres
ent;" in the upper corner. 'S25OO'U. s.
5.2O's," and in the lower corner. "com-
mission due. S.. Please remit BY the
bearer"
"Thst's all right. sonny" said the
keen.looking business man as be hauled
out scantily furnished purse. and gave
the boy O IS bill and quarter. and
said, "Thers. sonny. that quarter Is .
reward for your cleverness and fidelity" :"
and putting the envelope in his breast
pocket he walked leisurely around the
corner. and hsiling q car. was whirled
away at comparatively lightning speed.
Not till he had reached the Union De-
pot did hs draw the precious envelope
from his pocket and tear 1t open. He
then found that the envelope contained
. copy Of the Chicago Times. which be
could have purchased at the office for
Eve cents.
"The hsh are biting very numerously
today" said sonny" taking another
big envelope from his pocket.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-05-01

Although 1t Is settled that Prince Leo.
pold is going to Canada on visit to the
Princess Louise. nothing whatever has
been projected. much less settled. as to
Q tour in tbs United States. His move
ments will be regulated by the state OF
his health. which continues to DO very
delicate, and by the Queens wishes.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-05-01

A bridal couple from washos Valley.
at breakfast at Reno. conversed a. fol
lows: He" Shall / skin You perta-
ter honey7" She-"No. thank you.
deary. have one already skun. Den
per Nurs.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-05-01
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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-05-01

Some men can tell within q gill Of
how much water pours over Niagara
falls every second. while others again
never give the matter the least thought,
and vet seem to enjoy health and hap
piness.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-05-01

Ask the average husband to run down
cellar for pan OF potatoes for breakfast
and his enthusiasm over the growth and
prosperity Of America decreases ons-half
before hs reaches the middle step.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-05-01

Published every Wednesday In the Nsvs,k
carefully prepared nom the MOST AuTzxx-
The DAY o2 publication. employing
an able and ef1cieut corps OF
reporters. Il 10 universally
recognised % of1cial, and the
most coRxxcf and HxliABl1 H
roar Of the condition Of the mines Of
the Oousrocx or sWAsHoB" section.
We also give the latest mining inIormattoa
cbtaipable from other parts OF the country
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-05-01

All the toys used to come from Eu-
rope. Now American jpmping-jac
and wooden horses are sold in every
country where the children don't have
to play with their big toes to have fun.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-05-01

DKxr A FULL STOCK OF PURE DRUGS
n and Medicines. Perfamery. Fancy Arsi.
elsS. sfc. Mr.. Hasbrouck, grsduste OF Phar-
mscv. has charge Of the Prescription Depart.
msnt. prescriptions carefully compounded day
and night
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-05-01
VOL. XXXIV.
THE EVENING NEWS

Published every day (sundays excepted.
NJ raE NEws PURLlBHINa CO.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-05-01

A IL PERSONS WHO ARE ngDKBrw 10
a ths arm q L. p. Drsxlsr D %. ars hsrsbs
notified 70 pay the amount osZ 0ws % 7. Z:
IXY, l6eo, = " sfs closing up eur husansss.
vrv,a,s, Apsii =. isso. = as
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-08-26
PedestI ian Exercise.

In pedestrian exercise for pleasure,
sport or health, much power may be
saved by skiilfully balancing the spine
on the pelvis, and so adjusting and har-
monizing the movements Of the upper
and lower extremities (''getting the
swing" as it is called), that the force Of
gravity does great part of the work.
This is the great secret of the profess
sional pedestrian, whose object is to
economize strength, not to expand it.
This art is easily acquired, and even u
delicate lady, with a weeks practice,
can cover distance which at first would
seem impossible. But one Of the first
essentials Of true exercise is resistance.
There must be some obstacle to over
come, some weight to be lifred, if we
would break down mrsculsr tissue and
build up with new material. This re-
sistance moderate walk will never give.
One must needs walk ten or twelve
miles day in order to get exercise
enough to keep the body i'll healthy
condition. To accomplish this task re-
quires from two to three hours. Aside
from the benefit to be derived from the
inhalation Of air, the same amount Of
exercise NAV be taken in twenty or
thirty minutes by lowering or raising
the body, alternately, Aexing and ex-
tending the legs, by taking short run,
or by making few excursions 10 the
top Of . seven story building
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-08-26
An OYerworked People.

At recent meeting of American
physicians and surgeons, William Wal
ter Phelps made the following remarks,
which will bear careful and repeated
reading: We are a nation without con-
tentment, without rest, without happi-
ness. In feverish race we pass from
the cradle to the grave-successful men,
to whom life is failure. Our boys
leave the university when English boys
leave their school. Our merchants
leave their trade, retiring to some more
dignitied or honorable work, as they I've
lieve it, at an age when the German
merchant first feels the master of his
trade. We are always anticipating the
future, forcing the task of whole life
into part. Worse, we are not content
with doing years work in month in
Gu, calling, but we must DO enough in
all other callings to win distinction
there. In othes lands it is enough to
he lawyer, physician, clergyman, mer
chant. Here we are nobodies unless
we fill the sphere of AL human occupa-
tions. One must be a statesman and
know political science as if already in
Office. He must be an orator and ready
to persuade and instruct; Wit to shine
at the dinner table. litterateur,
critic. There is too much human nature
in man for this to mean anything ex-
cept disconnected life and premature
death. And the remedy Correct
public opinion. We must honor the
man who faithfully does his task, what
ever it is. Not the task, but the faith
fulness with which it is done, must be
the measure of the honor. Then men
will be content with their fathers trade.
This will give us that family asso cation
which is a sure pledge of good conduct
and patriotic love. This will give us,
too, that traditional aptitude which
alone gives grea. mechanical excellence.
1t will not be bad time tor American
manufactures when Ne find stamped Oh
them what Mr. Gritfs finds on japanese
bronzes, "Done by the ninth bronzer in
this family" Then men will keep the
occupation Of their youth for their age,
and, having leasure, will build the foun-
dation broad enough to withstand bank
ruptcv. The men will seek excellence
in their callings. The men will alter
nate labor with rest, and obey the de
mand Of nature.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-08-26
"Ticket, Ma'amw

If melancholy man wonld pass an
hour or two at railway depot he would
find in the eccentricities of passengers,
specific for his malady. Suppose, for
instance, he had witnessed the following
scene, would he not have gone home
with smiling facet
A corpulent old lady was at the Lon
don Bridge Station, going down into
Sussex; she had big bag and small
one, and was bustling through the. gate
to reach the train, when the ticket col
lector called OUT
"Ticket, ma'am! can't pass here till
| see your ticket"
81 halnt time" she replied.
"Can't pass, can't pass"
81 will pass"
Cant maam. The rules are very
strict"
"You will make me miss the train"
she shouted.
"Plenty of time, ma'am; train does
II 1t 90 for fifteen minutes yet"
She backed out, put down her bags,
oiAo oioSh io'S h"h'3 SiiC Ao"iiN ehS
key and opened the big one.
Article after article was taken out
and laid aside, but she could not find
the ticket The smaller one was sub
mitted to the same treatment, the old
lady all the while growing to herself;
and when ten minutes had slipped away,
she looked up and inquired, "What tick
ct do you wantl"
"Your railway ticket, of course" he
replied.
"Why. l had that in my hand all the
time, you impudent fellowl" she ex-
claimed, as she hustled the things into
The bags.
"Then why didn't you show it,
maamf
"Then why didn't you say railway
ticket, sirl You want to understand
that there are hundred different kinds
of tickets, sir; and if you ever stop me
again, I'll go to the head man of the
railway at once"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-08-26
Johannah's Sorrow.

Johannah McBride's face was full of
defiance and pimples when she turned
it upon Justice kilbreth, in the Jetier-
son Market Police Court, yesterday, and
the attitude she took was full Of hostile
significance.
"Johannah," said His Honor, 'you
have had bad night of it. There is
much tribulation in Houston street,
where you have smashed divers win
dows, and the widow in the garnet and
the cobbler in the basement of your
own house are carrying about bumps
on their heads "a big as goose eggs.
You were not a bit kind to them, DO
hannah
Starved them right, said the prisoner
stoutly.
"And you've torn the officers coat
there to tatters,
sim sorry that 'twssn't is eyes, so l
am.
"And your poor husband is in the
hospital. You broke big jug over his
head
A change came over Johannah. She
dropped her arms and a shade of In
tense melancholy overspread her coun
tenance.
whats that you SAY, sor = she ask
ed, wisttuly.
IL saw that You smashe! - big Jug
over your husbands head and split it
open. That's what YOU did ~
at wasn't the blue clancy jug wild
the bald headed min on it,"
My impression, Johannsh, Is that it
was that identical vessel, and it cut a
notch in your husbands head you could
put your fingers in"
The prisoner WAS deeply novel and
seemed about to break down entirely.
"Ah, then, said she with sigh, IL
was afeard / Il do some harm"
"And well You might be-" said His
Honor. "Tou We stretched that husband
OF yours out, depend on it.
Johannah hogan to sob at this and
His Honor relenting a triae added en-
couragingly, II guess, though, hem be
all right in few days"
"Tisn't that, sor," blubbered the
prisoner through her tears; "but that
chanev Jug was prisint me Uncle Din
mis- gev me for all the wurld on las
Michaelmss, and now tbs ruined intoire
ly.-N. Y. Herald
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-08-26

PICTURE OF A SPANISH PRINCEss.-
OF King Alfonzo's sister, the Princess of
Asturias, who was at French watering
place, the London Truth says "She
did not care how shabbily she was
dressed, was brisk, self-hopeful, and at
the railroad station carried, from the
sociable in which the Comte de Paris
drove her, a heavy portmanteau to a
tirst-class saloon carriage. There were
many attendants around her. but she
seemed to think them in the way. In
her movements the Princess of Asturias
is little brusque. Her habits are act
i've, her character is energetic, and if
she could get hold of the Carlists she
would hand them over to military tri-
bunals bound to pass capital sentences.
The Princess has a worn and anxious
face. The effect is startling of her
strong voice proceeding from her slight,
wiry frame. Her conversation is lively
and erra,ic, and she speaks English and
German fairly. 1t is "a good thing Cor
Spain that Don Altoona loves the young
Queen too well to remain under the
eutelAge Of his sister. The Princess Of
Asturias is upright, hates argument, is
attached to the church, and in most
things . hard and fast tory. Madrid
has become unpleasant to her since the
Kings second marriage. and she wants
to obtain German husband to have an
excuse for quitting it for good"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-08-26

Parties were organized in Kansas to
hunt for them, and weeks were spent in
the pursuit, but the Blenders had too
much Of a start and their trail WAS
lost. Four different men and women
supposed to belong TO the Bender family
have been arrested during the last seven
years, but they have succeeded If prov
ing their identity and have been re-
leased.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-08-26
A Cor vivial Horse.

A Dubuque gentleman took fancy
to horse a few days ago, and after
some bantering succeeded in buying the
animal. 1t was a saddle holse-a neat,
trim one, thought to be Just the thing.
The purchaser started. out to try the
qualities of his new purchase, and came
home convinced that the horse knew
more than he gave him credit for on
short acquaintance. At the first sa-
loon lie overlook on the road the horse
wheeled and came to halt. His rider
urged him quietly, then little more so,
to proceed, but the animal would not.
After coaxing him for some time on
short sentences the saloon keeper came
out and observed, "You can't get that
horse away until you let him see you
take glass of beer" AS final resort
the beer was taken, when the horse
went off as good naturally as if he had
been wound up for an eight day jour
ney. Just about the time the rider has
got over wondering at the old freak of
the horse another saloon was reached.
The horses ears went forward, he has
tened his pace, and in brief time was
at the door performing counterpart of
his recent exploit. 1t was found neces-
sary to 60 through the beer performance
again, with the. same satisfactory and
surprising result. This was repeated at
every saloon on the road out, seven
miles into the country and return.
When the new owner Of the horse got
back to the city he called on the former
owner of the horse to make some in.
quiry about the matter. lie felt happy
when told that he "need not drink the
beer if he didn't want to; all he need to
do was to 60 through the notices and
tie morse would be perfectly satisfied.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-08-26

II prize lighters really wanted TO fight
it would be Asy enough to find . place
where they would not be interrupted.
For instance, they could meet in store
of merchant who does not believe in
advertising. .
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-08-26

A. teacher Of the pianoforte once said
to an acquaintance with whom he was
talking At the door Of . house: my
dear friend, just wait q moment, ! am
only going in here to give lesson"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-08-26

Silence is hard opinion 10 beat
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-09-08
Amusing Old Wills.

A foreign reviewer of a new book en-
titled "Curiosities of the Search-Room;
a Collection of Serious and Whimsical
Wills" writes as follows:
The chapters on Eccentric Wills, on
Vindictive Wills and on Directions for
Burial contain some curious illustra-
lions of human frailty and folly. A.
certain DR.. Elierby bequeathed his heart
to one friend, his lungs to another and
his brains to a third, declaring that If
they do not execute his wishes with re.
gard to them he will come and torment
them ''if it should be by any means pos
sible." Another ~testator, an American,
requires that his skin may be converted
into two drum-heads, upon which are to
be inscribed Pope's Universal Prayer and
the Declaration of independence;
another Americ IN, a New Yorker, leaves
seventy-one pairs of trousers, to be solo
to the highest bidder without examlna-
ton, no purchaser being allowed to buy
more than one pair. In each pair was
found a bundle of bank-notes represent
ing q thousand dollars. A Frenchman
Institutes IN annual race with pigs, to
be ridden by boys or men, with a prize
of $500 10 the winner.
Grotesque instructions with regard TO
the testator's body are frequent in wills.
One man bcqueathed his body to the
Imperial gas company to be consumed
to ashes in one of their retorts; and q
New York spinister desired to employ
all her money in building = church,
''but stipulated that her remains should
be mixed up in the mortar used for fix.
ing the first stone" Some of the be-
quests in what the compiler calls "Vin.
dictive Wills" have in them n touch Of
humor. Thus the Fifth Earl OF Penn
broke writes: 81 bequeath to Thomas
May, whose nose I did break at a mas
querade, five shillings. My intention
had been to give him more, but all who
have seer his History of the Parlia-
ment' will consider that even this sum
too large;' and q certain DR.. Dunlop be-
queaths to his brother-in-law, Chris
topher, his best pipe, out of gratitude
that he married my sister Maggie
whom no man of taste would have
taken" and to his eldest sister, Joan, hi:
fve-acre field, ito console her for being
married to a man she is Obliged to hen
npckn
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-09-08
A Remarkable Surgical Operation.

For about O year a little girl. ten year:
of age, has been a patient In the county
hospital, Chicago, suferingifrom a burn
so extensive that the ordinary treat
ment by skin grating hopelessly failed
to effect O cure. 1t was therefore de-
cided to try the experiment of trans.
planting a large section of skin partially
detached from ahealthy object, thegirl's
twelve-year.old brother consenting to
be faycd for his sisters sake. Drs.
Lee and Feuger conducted the operation,
which is described as follows by a re-
porter of the Chicago Tribune: A curl
GUS box had been constructed unde the
supervision of DR.. Murphy. 1t re-
sembled nothing more than a pair of
scissors opened out, except that one
part was about four inches higher than
the other. On one face of the cross the
little girl was laid face downward. On
the other the boy lay on bis side so that
thigh from which the skin was to be
taken being just over the burn on the
girl. The children were kept uncon-
scious during the entire operation by
the use of ether, and two assistants con-
stantly directed the vapor of carbolic
acid on the wounds of both the boy and
the girl. The surgeons then cut from
the boys thigh o leaf Of skin four
inches wide, five inches long, leaving it
attached by the under side. The wound
of the girl was then cleared OF its de-
caying matter. The flap of the boys
| skin was then laid on the wound and
stitched to the outer edge of the skin
about The wound, without cutting the
edge, which rendered it still a part as
the boys feshy covering. This was
done to secure the vitality OF the boy for
the skin which is expected to grow to be
a part of his exhausted sister. The
bows wound was ugly in appearance,
but the skin had been separated, Or dis
sected, so neatly that it will be easy to
heal over by the usual process OF graft
ing. The children, as they lay IN this
position, were 80 bandaged that the
cannot possibly tear the flap Of skin or
move from their position. Thus their
dual existence was begun, which will
last for about three weeks. by that
time the success of the operation may
be known. During that length of time
the boys vital forces Will be IN q
measure transferred to the assistance Of
his sister, and, at the end of that time
it is hoped that the traneplanting will
be complete and the skin ilrmly grown
on the burned portion. The LAP Is not
quite large enough, and, before the skin
is finally severed from the boy, q still
further portion will be disaected and up
Piled to the remainder OF the wound.
The little girls pulse dropped con-
siderably toward the close Of the opera
ton, but she was revived by the appli.
cation to the nostrils of a cloth dipped
in brandy. The operation wa a success
as far rs it went, and, If nature takes
hold in the manner expected, the brave
boy can congratulate himself on having
saved his sisters life.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-09-08
American Olive Oil,

We notice in the Mining and Sci.ntifc
Press a formula for making olive oil on
q small scale, as produced in California,
comparing this with description in the
Phurmareutische handelsblaH of the
manufacture of olive oil in Southern
France. In California they grind the
olives before pressure. This appears to
be an error; they should be crushed be-
tween two stones turning against each
other vertically. We can quite under
stand that crushing leads to quite differ
ent results from grinding. In cider
producing counties in England apples
are prepared for cider in the same a
ner as the French prepare their olives,
by grinding them uLdcr revolving
stones. Cider thus prepared will keep
for years, and improves with age, some
saw, on account of an essential oil
pressed from the apple pips. In Amer
lea cider is made from crushed or
chopped apples, and possesses neither the
favor or the keeping properties OF that
produced in Devonshire or Hereford
Shire, England. Thore is another point
which may be important on the
"Rhone." The oil, when filtered, is
stored in stone vessels. On the Pacific
thew use tin cases.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-09-08
Rlowinp Hot and Cold.

At n meeting of the Royal Society OF
Edinburg the OTHER day. 2 letter was
lerd from Professor Piazzi Smyth, VINO
says that the observations made az tnG
Clinton Hill observatory prltr 10 OF"
established three laws Of occurrence:
First, that every eleven years 2 gIeao
wave OF heat struck this earth: tals
having occurred three times in sus zee.
sion, namely, in 1916, 1857 ana 1910;
secondly, that each of these dates vas
the mark of the beginning Of perioa OF
remarkable solar activ. ty; and thlroly,
that close to the heat wave came TWO
cold waves. Speaking in 1877, ne nau'
he said, in accordance with these laws;
predicted chat the next cold wa e wonta
be experienced about the end OF 1915
and that the year 1880 would De warm.
So remarkable was this prediction that
he wished he had then died. TOR tnen
the statement would have been re-
membered, and ADLER men than himse..
would have rushed into the aeid. anu
new science would have been born IN u
IliV.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-09-08
Two Very Tall Skeletons.

The following was copied verbatim
from a note made in his pocket almanac
by the late Judge Alice: On the Gath OF
May, 1898, being at Hanover (York
county, PENN in company with Chief
Justice Mexican. Judge Bryan, Mr. Bird
and others, on our way to Franklin, and
taking q view of the town, in company
with Mr.. McAlister and several other
respectable inhabitants, we went to MIR.
Neese's lanyard, where we were shown
a place near the %currying house from
whence Gin digging to sink 4 tan vat)
some years ago were taken two skeletons
of human bodies. They lay cl ose beside
each other, and measured eleven feet
three inches in length; the bones were
entire, but on being taken up and ex.
posed to the air they presently crumbled
and fell to pieces. Mr.. McAlister and
some others mentioned that they and
many others had seen them, and Mr..
McAlister, who is q tall man, about six
feet four inches high, mentioned that
the principal bone of the leg OF one OIL
them, being placed by the side Of his
leg, reached from his ankle a considera.
BILE way up his thigh, pointing q small
distance below the hip bone.-HarrtS'
burg (Pcnn.) Telegraph.