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Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-02-10
Wages and Cost Of Living in China.

THERE have been many hooks written
on China from the time OF Able Hue TO
the present But most of them have
been too general TO present any precise
idec ot the actual social conditions in
that vast Empro. Recent official oh.
sorvation has, however, done much To
clear away the mists which obscure real
life Most of the trades which wa
have are carried on Ia the Central
Flowery Land. There aru there the
traditional butcher, baker and candle.
stlckmaker. But there is a peculiar
ity which is not found in civilization.
The artist obtains no higher rewards
than the ordinary craftsman. There
appears 10 be dead level for all who
work with hand or finger a master
workman in any of the trades IN China
gets 50 per week, or Si56 per annum
but the workmen only get half that
remuneration; Sl.50 per week, or S7S
per annum, IS the average rate, and il
is not every Workman who can obtain
H. Youngsters or women get 80 cents
per week, or S26 per annum. II will
be observed that these are the wages
paid in tho higher walks of art and me-
ohanics. There is only one class of
operatives who are more handsomely
rewarded. Gold and silyersmiths do Il
little better, The silk reeler or spin
1er sometimes gets from 81 TO 81 per
day, because tho silk has 10 be reoled
of the cocoons in a given time. and rs
a consequence the work has TO be pros
ecuted day and night, Consul Denny,
at Shanghai, thus figures out the ex-
penses of living in connection with the
compensation specified:
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-02-10

The Same authority addsi "Ihe mas
ter generally lives at the workshop.
whore be has, perhaps, two rooms, be-
sides place to cook in. The house
hold furniture may be estimated at
from $50 to $50. The ordinary work
man, il married, win share small
house with a friend, aud occupy one
room, and nave access 20 the kitchen,
He may live with his parents. in which
case his esraings 90 % the cU.nmon
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-02-10

APPLES packed in dry sand in barrels
are found 10 keep longest and retain
their flavor most completely.
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-02-10

I.uek In Odd Nunhrrs-- -EIeiIat-ope ana Ma
FiEoid -Insects and Birds CIt-kct., swat
les,A aud Ravens
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1881-12-03
DISSOLUTION OF C0PARTNER'
SHIP.

yuyHE PARTNERSHIP HERETOFORE EX-
listing between e. Symmetrical and s. Is.
Heidenreich has been dissolved by mutua al
consent, Mr.. +. A. Angel having bou!h out
the Interest of 8 B. Heidenreich. The bus
mess will be carried on under the firm name
of F. A. Angel h Co.. at sutro and Haw-
thorne. The new firm will pay all outstand-
ing debt and collect all debts, demands. notes
and judgments owing the firm Of =. b. II. &
90. Thanking the public for all past fayors
and soliciting your future patronage
We remain Yours resp.
EStMM kFIELD,
8. B. HEIDENBEICH,
F.A. ANGEL.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1881-12-03

sunday School Gazette.
1t has just leaked out that while
General Grant was travelling in Asia,
he expressed desire to get shot at
a lion. Not wishing to expose him
to danger. the natives secured
stuffed lion, set it up in the jungle,
and then took the illustrious traveller
out for hunt. When the beast was
sighted 1.-The general was all excite
ment, and drawing up to favorable
position, he began to blaze away at
the animal with no perceptible effect.
After firing about twenty shots he
began to get mad, and taking off his
coat, he settled down for regular
siege. Fearing his wrath when he
discovered the sell, the attendants
endeavored to Inouce him to give
up the attempt to kill the beast, tell
ing him that it bore charmed life,
aud that he could not possibly injure
it. He told them to go TO thunder,
that he was after blood, and was GO
ing to have it. After vain fusilade
of halt an hour he rose to his feet,
crashing his teeth with rage, threw
his suspendsrs off his shoulders,
rolled up his sleeves, and grabbed
his rife by the barrel, so he could
use it as a club. The attendants
again begged him to desist, but he
politely though torcibly informed
them that he would have that cuss
or leave his honored remains strewn
promiscuously all through the jun.
gle; and with a wild cry of "I1l
fight it out on this line if it takes all
Summel" he rushed upon the beast,
and with one we'll directed blow laid
it over on its side. Then he chased
the native attendants for six miles
hut they being better acquainted
with the country got away from him
entirely.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1881-12-03
One Experience from Many,

81 had been and miserable so long
and had caused my husband SO
much trouble and expense, no one
seemed to know what allied me,
that l was completely disheartened
and discouraged. In this frame OF
mind got bottle of Hop Bitters
and used them unknown to my fam
lily. 1 soon began to improve and
gained so fast that husband and FAM
lily thought it strange and unnatural
and when l told them what had
helped me they said 'Hurrah for
Hop Bitters! long may they prosper,
for they have made mother we'll and
us happy, 1.-The mother.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1881-12-03
The Mutilated Currency Question.

lie Mutllateu OuIIthCy XucSbiVhs
Brooklyn Eagle.
81 can't take that Nickel" said a
horse Car conductor to man who
got on at the City Hall.
"Vot vas de matter nit dot goin?"
asked the passenger, blandly.
"It's no good. It's got hole in
it," replied the conductor, grufhy.
sis dot so? OFF you please you
show me dot holes"
"Look at it. We can't take any
such money as that"
"Oxcuse me-" smiled the passen-
ger. and he handed over dime.
"That's worse yet" growled the
conductor.
"Vos dot dime full of holes too?"
asked the passenger, looking up in
nocently.
"Here's whole side Clipped out,
amt allowed to take mutilated mon
ey," and the conductor handed it
back.
$780," enquired the passenger, "haf
you got changes for heluf dollar?"
and he passed over another coin.
"What's this?" asked the conduct
or, contemptuousiy. "It's as bald
as a deacon. There amt scratch
on it to show whether it's an over
coat button or skating rink. Hav-
emit you got any money!"
"Vell, l should make some smilesw
said the passenger, good humored-
ly. "Here is fife tollars, and you
can basic it together ven you got
some leisures. Half you got changes
for dot file tollars?" and he handed
over a bill torn in four or eight
pieces.
~ don't want no more fooling,"
said the conductor. ".f you can't
pay your fare, get Off"
."Vell, don't make so much droub.
les. 1 will bay YOU" and he pulled
out a Mexican quarter. sc if me
bennies," he suggested.
"Look here, are you going to pay
your fare or not?"
"Ot course. May be you vas va
ting for dat moneys?" and he took
back his quarter and substituted an
English sixpence.
"Now you get off this carl" roared
the conductor.
"Vere has dose cars got by?" ask
ed the passenger, rising to obey.
"Fulton Ferry" said the conduc.
tor.
"Den may as veil got owit. You
dell dem companies dot some dimes
dey make more money as oder
dimes of dey took votetfer dey got
instead of going mitout holdings
dou'd id?'
And the smiling passenger, hav
ing ridden to the end of the line,
crossed the ferry, observing to him
self: "Dot vas better off save such
moneys, und some dimes 1 go owit
TO East Nyarick und it don't COST
me no more as holdings at all"
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1881-12-03

-THE word Crank" has be-
come an eyesore. Originally slang
word of prison keepers, used by them
to designate lunatics, it has been en-
Enthusiastically adopted by the press
and public, and its too frequent use has
made it offensive. Its use never was
excusable except in the first few in
stances, when some jocular bohen.l-
ans dropped into slang as silas Wegg
dropped into poetry, to show the
wide range of their information; now
that it has found place in the seri-
GUS writings and conversations of the
most sedate and conservative people
it is an abomination.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1881-12-03

The December number of the
Californian is a marked improvement
on previous issues. With this num-
b.r the magazine completes its fourth
volume, and the publishers while
thanking the friends and patrons
who haye contributed to its success,
hint at still further improvements,
notably in the line of illustrations.
The present number contains criti-
cal review OF the life and works of
George Inness, the artist, by Edgar
Fawcett. An interesting sketch of
the pioneers who assisted Fremont
and other explorers, written by James
O'Meara, who has furnished so many
biographical and historical sketches
pertaining to early life on the Coast.
The customary sprinkling of short
poems is also to be found, and in
addition to two or three short stories
the three serials, dramatic Personae,"
SAT Cobweb and Crusty's" and "One
of the World Builders" are contin-
ued. In the last named story Joa-
auin Miller gets one of his heroes
and a young lady imprisoned in a
tunnel by a landslide, and leaves
them in imminent DANCE of being
drowned, all of which is very enter
tanning reading to the lovers of the
"Inteuse." Now is tina time to sdb-
scribe, and our people should en-
courage a Coast enterprise which
supplies reading matter equal in
quantity and quality to that supplied
by eastern publications, and at a
lower price.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1881-12-03
Suspicious Circumstances.

A minister who was perhaps not
too careful in his habits, was induc-
ed by his friends to sign the teeto-
tai pledge. His health appeared to
SUITE, and his doctor ordered him to
take one glass of punch daily.
Oh! said he, 1 dare not. Peggy,
my old housekceper, would tell the
whole parish.
When do you shaveH asked the
doctor.
In the morning.
Then, said the doctor, shave at
night, and when Peggy brings you
up your hot water you can take your
glass of punch just before going to
bed.
The minister afterward appeared
to improve in health and spirits.
The doctor met Peggy soon after
and said:
Pm glad to hear, Peggy, that your
master is better.
Indeed, sir, he's better, but his
brain is affected; there is something
wrong with his mind
How?
Why, doctor, he used to shave at
night before going to bed, but now
he shaves in the morn, he shaves
before dinner, he shaves after din
ner. he shaves at nIght-he is always
shaving.
The symptoms were, indeed, very
suspicious.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1881-12-03

WHY does not theproprietor of AM
mems Cough Syrup publish testimo-
mails from those who have been cured
or relieved by his medicine? The
answer is, the greater the humbug,
the more testimonials they publish.
Ammen's Cough Syrup is no hum
bug, and to prove that and let stand
on its own merits, Is cent bottle is
prepared, which is certainly more
convincing than testimonial from
a stranger. Large bottles 500. Ask
your druggist for it.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1881-12-03
County Auditor and Treasurer's
Report.

SSTATEMENT OF rae COUNTY AUDI
- tor and Treasurer of Lyon County, Nevs-
da, to the County Commissioners OF said
county, for the quarter ending Sept. 80 tn.
A. d 1881. inclusive.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1881-12-03
THE PROSPECTOR.

The prospector is always possessed
with longing for distant fields of
discovery. The enterprising spirit
which in commerce makes specula-
tors of merchants, makes prospetors
of laboring men on the Pacific coast,
but unfortunately it too often leads
their thoughts to far off places, be-
cause "distance lends enchantment."
The belief 10 the great resources of
regions difficult of access has always
been q distinctive characteristic of
men animated by the prospector's
spirit, and this belief allied With an
adventurous disposition, has without
doubt been the cause of the immense
development of our mountain regi,
ons. All credit should be given to
the hardy men who with all their
possessions on their backs penetrate
the wild and dangerous regions and
make a path by which their less en-
terprising fellows can follow, and in
most cases obtain most of the profits
arising from the labor and enterprise
of the explorer. Few succeed, how
ever, where many fail in finding any
thing which will even measurably
repay them for the hardships which
they have undergone, and when the
real object of search is wealth and
not adventure, it would be better if
they confined their attention to 10
calities which are eften to be found
close at hand, and which are equally
rich in mineral resources, but are
wanting in these features so attractive
to the prospector, hardship and
danger. But yesterday news came
of a number of Lyon county men
who not content to search for treas
ure near home in districts as promis-
ing as any to be found elsewhere,
went to Arizona expecting to discover
FL Dorado. AS with many others,
their hopes met with disappointment,
and now some are still wandering
through rough Indian infested DIST
riots, while others have gone on to
Mexico, still seeking what they might
with equal reason expect to find 10
the Como mountains or the districts
lately become accessible near the
route of the C. s. C. railroad.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1881-12-03

Thu Las Vegas Daily Optic
has been enlarged to seven columns.
The Optic may we'll be proud of its
success as newspaper and adyertis.
ing II edium. 1t takes pride in the
circumstance that it has grown up
with the country, and the country is
certainly in a fourishiug condition
if its general prosperity i, fairly in
dictated by the appearance of the
Optic.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1881-12-03
THE Silver State says G.

-THE Silver State says G. G.
Powning, author of the Salary bill,
offers the Nevada State Journal and
the building in which it is printed
for sale. He has a rich uncle in San
Francisco, who will give him more
lucrative employment than publish
ing q newspaper.
Contemplation of the immense
wealth in store for the young man
makes one dizzy.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1881-12-03

-Ir undoubtedly lacerates the
feelings of an egotist to he obliged
to knock the logic out of an argu-
ment in order to escape the charge
of laundering in his premises.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1881-12-03
EMPLOYMENT
FOR ALL
To Sell a Household Arr
ticle.

THE poor as well "a the rich, the old a.
i well as the young, the wife az well as the
husl and. the young maiden ~ well ~ the
young man, the girl IS well rs tho boy, mag
Just as well earn . few dollars in honest en-
ploymen MT, as to sit around the house and wait
for others to earn 1t for them. We can give
you esn plsyment all the time, or during your
spare hours only; travelling or in your own
neighborhood, among your friends and ac-
quaintances. II you do not care for employ.
ment, we can impsrt valuable information to
you free of cost. II will cost you only one
cent for postal card to write for our Pros
pectus, AID 1t may be the means of making
you good many dollars.
Do not neglect this opportunity. You de
not have to invest q large sum Of money, and
run great risk of losing 1t. You Will readi-
ly see that /. will be a. easy matter to make
from $40 to 800 week, and establish lu.
crative and independent business, honorable,
straightforward and profitable. Attend to
this NOW. for there is Monty IN 1T for all
who engage with us. We will surprise you
aud you will woI der why you never wrote to
us befo e. We send fun particulars free
Address BUCKEYE MFG co,
Name this paperJ Marion. Ohio.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1881-12-03

Tine first number of the Bristol
Times has been received. Messrs.
Triple and Brannan, the publishers,
promise to make their paper keep
pace with the camp, which has q
promising future. May the best of
luck attend the venture.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1881-12-03

SAN JOSE needs an ordinance
requing lepers to shout "unclean, IN
clean !"
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-10

NEW YORK Tribune: The Democratic
newspapers in Connecticut have been en-
joying themselves for some time past over
the Republican dissensions in this State,
which they say are all about offices and pat
ronage and such things, and very disgrace
full. Unhappily, while they We're pointing
the finger of scorn at the Republicans for
being so stirred up by mere matter of Off
ces, there came news from Washington that
one or two ward politicians from that
State who had been appointed at Senator
Eaton's request to support the Constitution
and hold down arm chairs in various places
about the Capitol had been removed-Sena.
tor Eaton having gone out of ofice-to make
room for the friends of some Senator still in
office. Immediately there rose from all of
them unanimous howl that this would
never, never do; that Connecticut was fairly
entitled to these places, and being a close
State, no one could tell what would be the
effect of the removals. All right. There
will now be short intermission in the
Democratic discussion of the disgraceful
Republican wrangle over the Offices to give
time for indignation meetings on account of
the removal of two or three Connecticut
cuspidor custodians
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-10
Familiar on Short Acquaintance.
How Commodore Vanderbilt I,unched
on the Bible.

Some OF the Bibles used in the New York
courts to swear witnesses upon are curiosities
Many of them have become worn and discol-
ored By age and usage, and by the touch of
thousands of lips and hands. In one of the
principal courts an attendant has made prac-
tice OF writing on the fly leaves of the Bible
the names of famous men whose lips have
touched them, and some of the volumes he
owns are great curiosities. One of them bears
the marks of the late Commodore Vanderbilt's
teeth Said the ancient clerk to a gentleman
to whom he was showing the Bible the other
day. Commodore Vanderbilt was a hot-tem-
pered old gentleman, you know. Well, he was
called some years ago as witness in suit
that annoyed him greatly. He did not want
to testify, and when gave him the book and
requested him to kiss it, he raised it to his
mouth impatiently. His teeth closed upon
the rim with snap, and when he handed
back the book there was large piece gone
out of the RIM
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-10
The Fate of the Dispersed People
in Russia.

Russia has made very considerable prog
ress In some directions since the time that
the most gifted and remarkable of her rul-
ers, Peter the Great, attempted, with the
assurance and audacity that became de-
scendant of the Norman Rurik, to Europe
anize the mighty Tartar state. But in
many ways she is no far ther advanced than
the Europe of the Middle Ages. Her back
Wardness in civilization and in the acquire
ment OF that greatest of virtues we were
wont to call charity" but which the new
est version of the new covenant teaches us to
render love-" is most conspicuously shown
IN her treatment of the Jews that inhabit
her domain. These people are subjected to
as bad treatment and regarded with as Bit
terpreJudice as was the imaginary ''Isaac of
York; of Scotts 'Ivanhoe;" and the He
brew who to-day lives under the Cars rule
holds life and property on as precarious a
tenure as the Israelite whom that descend
antof the Berserkers, the bull-headed baron,
tortured in the dungeons of Torquilstone
seven centuries ago.
The cable dispatches have given us little
information about the anti-Jewish riots at
and about Yekatereenoslav, in she Southern
part of Russia. But the well-informed ST.
Petersburg correspondent of the Hartford
Courant gives the story at length. These
disturbances, he says, broke out just after
the Easter celebration (ten days later than
ours) and were provoked by the repetition
OF the old absurd story-as old at least as
Chaucer's time-that the Jews sacrifice
Christian child on their affairs during Pass
over, and deem the shedding of his blood an
atonement for their sins. This story was
told and eagerly believed; and, raising the
cry, "Ours are attacked" the Christian
mob rushed on the dwellings Of the Jews,
and broke and tore everything, down to the
houses and the synagogues. Many Jews
were killed and many more seriously
MANNED. The police were powerless, and
army detachments, summoned to suppress
disorder, did little toward putting down the
disturbance. They were apparently in SYM
pathy with the rioters, and made no hearty
attempt to succor the sufferers. Govern
ment aid was but pretense. The Gear,
some days after. gave out a proclamation in
which he told how much he loved the Jews;
but he has made no reparation for the inju-
ry done them, and has taken no precautions
against another massacre next Easter Day.
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-10

THE Chicago News says the rates for
money in that city are phenomenal, and
notes advertisements of money to loan on
Chicago real estate at five per cent. per an
mum. Twenty years ago the rate was nearly
double or eight to ten per cent. During the
depression, from 1873 to 1879, large amounts
OF real estate in this city, good deal of it
productive, was bought in by trust compa-
MES which had advanced upon it.''
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-10

WASHINGTON Star: The systematic eff
fort of Mr.. Conkling's friends to drag Secre-
tary Blaine into the Robertson imbroglio as
the responsible party has in it an element
OF obvious and intended disrespect to the
President, which is doubtless fully under
stood and appreciated. The design is 10 rep
resent the President as an innocent, good
natured man, without will or settled pur-
pose, deficient in nerve and backbone, con-
trolled and directed by subtle and dexter
GUS Secretary, who acts from motives of
personal revenge on party leaders and for
mer rivals. Passing by this reckless impu-
tation on the Secretary of State, it may be
remarked that the President, in fight with
s'bossssg:s," is not likely to be himself
"bossed." President Garfield is the head
OF his Administration as decidedly as jack
son was the head of his. No President ever
stepped more promptly into positive control
than he; nor did any Administration, with
in the memory of this generation. ever get
into complete running order with so little
delay and friction as this one. 1t will be
well for all parties interested to know and
to realize that President Garfield is endowed
with the rare genius of rulership. Heevades
no responsibility and is controlled by no
subordinate. His relations with every men,
ber of his Cabinet are most cordial; but the
head OF the table is where McGregor sits!
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-10

JEFFERSON DAVIS is reported by the To
ronto Mail as saying in that city on Sunday
that he thought the South was morally, po-
litically and financially in a far worse condi-
ton than before the war, but this was ow-
ing to its present transition state, which he
likened to forest, healthy in its primeval
form, unhealthy while the clearing up pro-
cess is being carried on, and healthier than
ever when thoroughly cleared and under
cultivation. A more unfortunate forester
than Mr.. Davis the South never had.
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-10

THE London Economist estimates the
average immigrant, in capital or capital-pro-
ducins force, at $1,000, an estimate which
agrees with the opinions of political econo-
mists generally. Looked at in this light
the United States is being enriched at pres
ent to the amount of 100000 to S5,O0o,-
900 daily.
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-10

THE domes of all the great churches in
st. Petersburg, Moscow and other large
Russian towns are plated with gold nearly
one-quarter of an inch thick The new
Church OF the Saviour, dedicated and opened
IN Moscow last August, represents value
OF fully SIS, 100000.