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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1880-06-26
the PIRATES or PENzANCE
or. The Slave Of Duty.
BY W, 8. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. authors
Of ii. NJ. S. Pinafore.
The Opera will be presented with the follow
ing extraordinary cast of characters:

The Opera will be presented with the follow
ing extraordinary cast Of characters:
Richard, q Pirate Chief e.. Mr.. Henry Peakes
Samuel, his Lieutensnt. ;. Mr.. Willie Simns
Frederic. & Pirate Apprentice. Mr.. Chss turner
MAjor-G oneral Stanley of the British
Army. ........... Mr.. NJ. A. Kennedy
Edward, Sergt. of Police Mr. Al. Henderson
Mabel, General stsnlcy's youngest
daughter. -. Miss Emo Lytson
Edith. sisnies4 MISS Miss Mary ,iI Be 1GaSs
Isabel. Daughters. Miss May CasseIii
Ruth. a Pirsticsl Maid. of-all-work,"
....................M Miss Louise Paullin
General stanley's Daughters, Pirates. Police
men. etc.
ACT I-ATtocky Scashore on the Coast Of
Cornwall. England. .-.-
ACT ia Ruined Chapel on General Stan
ley's Estate
Produced with full choras OF Pirates, Police
men, General Stanl+y's Daughters and Or
chestrS aud Musical Director from the BuAh
Street Theater. San Francisco. Scenery and
costumes the sans used ut the Fifth Ave
nue Theater, Now York. and the Bush Street
Theater, San / ranciscO.
- Reserved seats can be secured at the
usual ptices'at the Opera House on Saturday
ct 10 A.. NJ.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1880-06-26

THURSDAY, WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY,
Il FRIDAY. SATURDAY snd Saturday
Matinee, June %. %, "a, Is and 20. BY per.
mission of and under the direction of MR..
D'OYLY CARTE, the famous comic opera.
written and composed expressly for produc-
tton in the United States
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-03-04
His Name Was Caesar.


 A man who said he was trying to get enough money together to reach Toledo yesterday entered an office on Griswold street and told his story, and added that his name was Caesar.
 Any relation to Julius or Augustus?' queried the citizen.
 "Well, no; 1 want to be honest and square about this thing, and 1 tell you honestly that am not related to either of them"
 ''Then l can't help you any, You are nothing but common sort O plug, and it won't make any difference whether you ever get to Toledo or not If you were related to the great Julius should help you"
 The man backed out without another word, and, entering the office, walked up to the occupant with the remark "My name is Casar, and am closely re lated to Julius and Augustus, Can you spare me ten cents to get to Toledo"
 Sir, you are base deceiver"" replied the other. "You are no more related tS the Caesars than ann Had you como in here and told me a straight, truthtu story, should have given you quarter You can go, sir"
 The man went out, and now he deter mined to tell the truth. and nothin, but the truth. Halting the first mal who came along, he said;
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-03-04

AN instructive hint about the best method of tanning the Indians is furnish cd Tn the statement made last week by Captain R. II. Pratt, of the army, in charge of the training school at Carlisle barracks, Pennsylvania. Capt Pratt's statement was made before the House Committee on Indian Affairs. There are in the Carlisle training shool l40 In. dian youths, brought there by Captain Pratt last October. These represent eleven different tribes, and were taken to the school to be instructed and tram ed The experience with them is high iy satisfactory, and shows what can be done in the way of civilizing Indian children when taken from their native environment and surrounded with gen tie leintiuenccs. They readily adapt them selves to their changed mode of life, ana displayed an unexpected aptitude, both Tn receiving instruction and Tn turning il to practical account. They were zealous in learning, and pursued their studies with alacrity and delight.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-03-04
A CONGRESSIONAL SCANDAL.
Members Who are Alleged to be Guilty of
 Disgracefal Conduct.
N. Y. Times.

The following decidedly sensational story appeared to-day in the Washing ton Critic: In circles to which clerks ill several of the Government depart ments of this city are more or less close ly connected, there is now being whis- pered story, the details of which, if fully proved. will ruin the characters of a number of female clerks in the Treas ury Department and one or two mem bers of Congress, particularly q Senator from the South. The stories afoat link together the names of this Senator and n handsome young lady from the Treasury, and the disclosure of their intimacy and the peculiar circumstances which brought it about are particularly interesting, and. if properly exposed, as certain parties acquainted with the facts are now trying to do, it will result disastrolsly for the social and political standing of the par ties most prominently interested. The outline of the afI;lir was placed in the possession of q reporter of the Crit,s this morning, who set out to secure all the facts connected with the case, if possible, and succeeded in getting pretty we'll connected story, but none of the parties by whom the information was given NNiC WILLIE tt tsth0 uil TtSlDpHSIDllllN. One gentlemen, who is more than usual ly interested in the fate and good name of one of the ladies implicated, desired that nothing of the affair be published at all, inasmuch as he was ende ,voring to take legal steps in the matter and ap- prehended that any publication now would iniure his proposed prosecution, as the parties possessing the inside of the history of the case refuse to take the responsibility of what they state. According to their stories, there is now employed in the Treasury woman who, under the gtlise of clerk, is acting in the capacity of procuress for a dis reputable house on Eleventh street. To this house she has enticed several of her more attractive and unsuspecting sister clerks, and once there they have been introduced to members of Congress, and, eventually, fast lives and ruin. One of her latest victims Is a handsome young lady, who was there introduced to the Senator from Southern State mentioned above. Fear of the shame which would fall upon her if the matter were known sealed her lips till few evenings ago, when the truth was dis covered by gentleman by whom she is much respected, and to whom she made complete confession. These are the particulars in substance, and 1t is more than probable that the whole story will be made public in few days.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-03-04
Why We Butter Our Bread.
United States Miller


 The layers of the wheat berry as we proceed toward the centre, become more and more completely starchy, and at the centre but little else is found, and this portion makes our finest flour. The finer the less fit it is for nutrition. In it's na- tural state. the wheat, with all its com ponents present, is not fitted for perfect human development. There is deficien- cv in the potential heat-produclng ma- terials, especially for cooler climates, there being only ? per cent. of fat in wheat. We instinctively supply this de- ficiency by the addition of fatty bodies. We spread butter upon bread, We mingle lard or butter with our biscuit or cake, and the fat meat and bread are taken al- ternately or coincidentally. The starch being carbon hydrate can afford, com paratively, but little heat in consumption and the facts are demanded blythe wants of the system
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-03-04
Consumption Cured.

An old physician, retired from pfac.lcr, having had placed in his hands by an East India missionary the formula of simple vegetable remedy for the speedy and per manent cure for Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma. and all Throat and Lung also positive and radical cure for Nervous Debility and all Nervous Com plaints; after having tested it's wonderful curative powers in thousands of cases, has felt 1t his duty to make it known to his suffering fellows. Actuated by this motive and desire to relieve haman suffering, l will send free of charge to all who desire it this recipe in German, French or Eng fish with full directions for preparing and using. Sent by mail by addressing with stamp, naming this paper, W. W. SHERAR, I49 Powers Block Rochester, N Y.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-03-04
RUssEILyIIIE POPE COUNTY ARKANSAS THURSDAY MARCH

plete one, this time, and that, if the tri- bunal should not be of my opinion, NJ. Vaucorbeii may be compelled to restore me the sum of AS francs, 10 centimes. which handed to him for thing that has not been Loyalty supplied. and to pay me 300 francs in addition as dam ages and interest, to make up for the ex- penses and loss of time which have been caused me by that unlucky evening" On demand of M. Schaye, M Naucorbeifs attorney, who requested time, in order to be enabled to procure information as to the terms on which the new Director of the Opera is authorized to give par tial representations of works in the rep ertory, the hearing was adjourned for q fortnight
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-03-04
Astonishing Success.

It is the duty of every person who has used Boschee's German Syrup to let it's won derful qualities be known to their friends in curing Consumption, severe Coughs, Group, Asthma, Pneumonia, and in fact all throat and lung diseases. No person can use it without immediate relief Three doses will relieve any case, and we consider it the duty of all druggists to recommend 1t to the poor, dying consumptive, at least to sold last year, and no one case where it failed was reported Such medicine as the German Syrup cannot be too widely known. Ask your druggist about it. sam pie bottles to try sold at 10 cents. Regular size 55 cents
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-03-04
THE FROZEN TRUTH.
Terrible Destruction of Jack Rabbits by
 Cold
Carson tNev.l Appeal.

Carson (Nev.) Appeal.
 Ever since the cold snap the Washoe and Piute Indians have been selling 5j.ssssa jjsssla rabbits in astonishing quantities at figures which have ruled considerably below their usual market prices. Bill Jackson, who has been out hunting and prospecting for week or ten days past, tells remarkable story Tn connection with the bountiful supply of rabbits which the Indians are at present fur nishing. A few days ago he visited Kings canon, and there he asserts he found acres of jack rabbits frozen stiff on the ground. Rather than shoulder the responsibility of the remarkable statement, the Appeal gives the yarn in Jackson's own words:
 "You see the cold snap drove the rab- bits into the canon sllt ofthe wind. One moonlight night came across drove of over five hundred making for the canon. They were all huddled together getting as much warmth as possible from each others bodies. The drove were packed together as close as the threads Of a three ply carpet, and as they moved along they looked like big army blank ct drawn over the ground. They passed close by me, and when fired into the drove with shotgun, eight or ten drop ped but the balance closed right up and passed on as before. l didn't think at the time exactly what was up, but a few days ago 1 was up in Kings canon, and there saw Il sight which was the most uncommonest thing 1 ever glued my eyes to. There were the rabbits acres of them--all huddled together in d bunch, and packed like sardines, and every blasted one of em frozen stiff as a wedge. l turned up the edge of the mass with my gun, and broke of slice with q dozen i'll all stuck together Presently some Indians came along and began to yell They concluded they'd struck meat bonanza, and they've been lngging off the meat ever since. That's the reason rabbits are so cheap around the town. Why, out in the brush you can find whole gangs of 'em standin' on their hind legs and frozen stiff. l shot n single one the other day, sposin' he was alive"
 Other hunters report thousands of frozen jack rabbits in Carson valley, al- though none have as yet viewed the as tonishing sights as viewed by Jackson. Hank Monk corroborates Jackson's yarn, put says tilat the present crlslS III the affairs of the jack rabbits isn't to be com pared with the general destruction of the animals in 1S69 He asserts that every darned rabbit on the earth was frozen stiff" Yesterday morning Hank had more about rabbits. That's all true what Jackson says, but he hasn't told half. Yesterday l seed hundreds of them thawing out. It is fact Whenever the sun hit 'em hard they'd Timber up, give themselves shake and skip away Tor the sagebrush. Little su- gar and gin? Guess 1 will"
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-03-04

q have been telling folks that my name was Caesar, and l was trying to collect money enough to take me to To- ledo. Now, the real truth of the matter is that am named Clark and I wanted the money to buy whisky. That's the solemn truth, and can you help me with ten cents?"
 Ten centsl You base ai,...s iii,..s sssiI,i siI,ii deceiy- CT I'll hand you over to the police" ex- claimed the other.
 Eve told you the truth"
 And it's enough to send you up for six months. Don't you dare to ask me for moneyl"
 The tramp sat down on cold stone block, took his last chew of tobacco, and mused:
 live lied and I've told the truth. I've told the truth and I've lied. I made as much one way as the other, and nothing out of eitherl Looks now like as if Pd got to play deaf and dumb or else go to wOrlxv
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-03-04
A Rural Romance.
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Michael Kelley, or Mike Kelley, as he was usually called, was an eccentric old farmer, living in one of the suburban towns. Born of poor parents, by indus try and perseverance he had become possessed of one of the finest farms in that section, of which he was justly proud; but no prouder was he than of his own physical strength and agility, that had assisted him in accommodating his property and made him a most ex- cellent boxer and wrestler, and he had a corresponding contempt for men of in- ferior powers.
 One spring, when help was unusually plenty, he determined to have the farm run by Il strong team. So, when a man after inquiring of the man as to his hab- it's. etc, he would finish up by asking him to fight In this way he disposed of quite a number of applicants, and was beginning to dispair of getting his was standing in the barn door, a young man came up the road, and seeing him, called out
 Good morning, sir"
 Good morning" gruffly.
 DO you Wdul tO llft d iluhu tD NOfh on your farm, sir?"
 Perhaps 50; want to hire out?'
 "Y es, SIT; l am looking for job"
 "What can you do?'
 "All kinds ef farm work, sir; was born on a farm"
 "Can you fight, l say; can you lick mel"
 T don't know, sir, whether l can or not; but can try"
 And he did try The first thing Kel- ley knew he was on his back on the floor with two teeth down his throat; the next, the man was astride his stomach with fiist in each eye, and his nose was bleeding Then he let him up, and was just picking up his bundle to start of, when he was called back and set to work, and he proved to be as industrious and trusty as he was brave.
 The farmers daughter needed just such a husband, and now he may be seen any day experimenting the work on the farm, while Father Kelley sits in the armchair, and tells his grand children the story of his last fight
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-03-04

GEN. HANcocK's recent letter, calling attention to the almost defenceless con dition of New York harbor, has aroused the apprehension of New York mer- chants, and the Chamber of Commerce, at their monthly meeting, adopted {, me morial to Congress, asking for an in- creased appropriation for their defence. The statements made at the meeting present the subject in the light of na- tional interest. We possess no guns ca- pable of making good defence agai nst modern armored vessels carrying guns oi l6-inch calibre, winch send balls of a ton weight distance of seven to nine miles. Of course, in the event ofa war with a powerful maritime enemy. we would close our harbors witt torpedoes: but torpedoes are only an auxiliary ad- slunct to forts. They themselves require to be defended by powerful flanking shore batteries. Otherwise, an enemy y's armored ships would fish them up and steam into the harbor
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-03-04
A Disowned Daughter.
Chicago Times

The Sun says that Leonora Graham, daughter of Gen. Charles K. Graham, surveyor of the port of New York, has petitioned Judge Donohue, in the Sup reme court, to appoint Mir. John Cannon her guardian. The cause for her appli- cation, as recited in her petition, is that she is minor and wishes, through the guardian, whose appointment was asked, to recover from her father damages in an action for islander. According to her deposition the alleged islander was his calling her bastard and applying other opprobrius epithets to her. These terms were applied to her, she ayers, in the presence of her friends Miss Graham has been estranged from her father since the death of her mother, and has not lived at nome for some time. Since the deata of her mother Der father has mar ried again. The application has been granted. General Graham was found at his residence this evening, but he de- clined to speak concerning the troubles between his daughter and himself. He is weil-known in the military and en- gineering professions. He fought as a colonel at Gettysburg, served with Gen eral Butler in the James River campaign ana retlreu With lnt fdnk ol DTtNcl brigadier general of volunteers. In 1873 he was appointed engineer of the dock department of this city. His political affiliations secured him the appointment in July, 1878, of surveyor, to succeed General Sharpe. He is brother of John Graham, who conducted the de- fense in the Richardson-McFa Farland case and of David Graham, who, for quarter of century was the leading criminal lawyer of the New York bar.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-03-04
short Measure of Opera.
Gnllennni,s Messenger


 A suit in which NJ. Vaucorbeil, the Di- rector of the Opera, is the defendant, be- gan before the Tribunal of Commerce on Monday, and promises to be both curious and interesting. The plaintiff in the case is NJ. Grandsagne, literary man, who had taken a box in the third tier, for which he paid As francs 10 eentimes, for representation ofthe Favorite, and, according to his own account. he was greatly interested in hearing Donizetti's great opera in its entirety. He com plains, however, that the score had been cut up and mutilated with an almost in- comprehensible vandalism, and the grand aria in the sixth scene of the first act, the most important from an artistic and musical point of view, had been en- tirely suppressed. "M, Naucorbeil, {" adds NJ. Grandsagne, mot only rendered himself guilty of an outrage upon the memory of the immortal author of the Fayorite, but he had also acted to my prejudice by not having given what he had sold me for an agreed price. If the grocer at the corner does not provide ne with the quality of goods have bought of him he will be liable to punishment and will owe me compensation. dc not see why M. Vaucorbeil should be in a privileged position. lie is q man oi business. like the other, and nes under similar obligations therefore ask that he should be directed, under the penalty oi a thousand francs, to give another performance of the Favorite-a com
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-03-04
The Mild Winter and Next summers
 Crops.
N " Herald. .c H. hnnnAa1

"
 The falling of the barometer in the in- terior, reported on the 29th ult., seems to illustrate the tendency of certain types of weather when once fairly set in, as noted by Blanford, Glaisher and other weather students, to reproduce themselves and impress their peculiari- ties on whole season. The barometric depression which prevails more or less in the West and Northwest since last October, though small. ought not to es- cape the notice of our meteorologists, as it's continuance will have great influence in determining the winter rainfall over the trans Mississippi grain-growing re- zion, and, consequently, of the agricul- tural yield of next summer. The Herald has already pointed out the powerful agency of this meteorological in connec- ton with the mild winter, but it is of the greatest moment that its possible effect on the precipitation of the country and the crop prospects be carefully studied, for it IS in winter that the moisture needed for summer vegetation must in large measure, either in the shape of rain or snow, be deposited on the soil.
 The winds of winter which cross the Rocky mountains bring but little moist ure to the Northwest, their value to the agriculturist consisting only in their power to condense vapor borne thither by southerly winds, which scarcely reach ed this region in December. By com pairing the rain and snowfall data, it ap- pears that in October the rainfall was below the normal from Minnesota west ward to the plateau districts: in Novem- Der there was small deficiency in the Upper Missouri valley and Minnesota, while in December there was slight deficiency from the Upper Mississippi valley northwestwardly for some dis tance. These deficiencies, trifling as they appear to be, are worthy of vigilant attention. But as they result from the general distribution of continental press ure the latter feature of our winter meteorology must be diligently investi- gated.
 The Smithsonian researches have strik- ingly established certain tendency to an arrangement of groups of years of drought followed by unusually wet years. Although in the East the Alleghenies will, as it now appears, have no great snow accumulations to be liquifed in Spring and discharged into the rivers flowing from them, the rain supply to the present data is in excess. But if the meteorological status undergoes no change in the interior the case may be otherwise in the Northwest.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-03-04
A self-made Man.

One of the dining'room walters at the Lindell Hotel is distinguished above his fellows in that he speaks six different languages, and has passed through a de- cidedly checkered career, covering period of about thirty-nine years, in which he has travelled greater number of miles and has visited more foreign countries, perhaps, than any other rep resentative of his race i'll this city. His name is Henry James, and he is tall colored man, with face remarkable for its intelligent expression. He is quiet and unassuming i'll his demeanor, and is considered one of the most valuable em- ployees of the house. His history. as learned by t Globe Democrat reporter yesterday, is substantially as follows: He was born on plantation near Rich mond, Va, owned by a man named Billy Henderson, of slave parents. At the age of seven years his time was sold to man named Seymour, who kept tavern al Fort Claiborne, Ala, where he was employed as assistant in kitchen. He remained there several years, when he lelt to take situation as waiter at the Battle House i'll Mobile. Here he re- mained until the war broke out, when he enlisted in the Confederate army, carried musket two years and half and then deserted to take up arms in the Federal cause. At the close of tue war he hired out to a farmer named II. M Thompson, in Harrison county, Miss, and worked for him for three years. He then shipped on a sailing vessel on Lake Ponchartrain, and worked as sailor for eighteen months, when he went to Gal weston and sailed on trading vessel of the Morgan Line to Africa. From thence he went to France, Cuba, Spain. and Central and South America on vari- ous trading vessels. During his travels in foreign countries he acquired re- markedly good knowledge of the Mexi- can, French, Spanish, Italian, German and Portuguese languages, which he now speaks quite fuently. Since he has been employed at the Lindell his servi- ces as interpreter have frequently been in demand, and he has acquitted him. self most creditably.