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The Republican journal., 1881-04-28

The State Department has received from the
French Government two gold medals to be pre-
sented to Samuel Dabney. L. $. Consul at Fayal,
in recognition Of his services in rendering assist
ance to the shlpwrecked crew of French vessel
Owing to a law of Congress the State Department
will retain the medals until Mr. Dabneys term ex-
pires, when they will be presented to hlm as to a
private citizen.
The Republican journal., 1881-04-28
The New New Testament,

HOW TIE REVISED TRANSLATION LOON, lN PRINT
PARAGRAPHS INSTEAD OF VERSES
The following specimens Of the revised e,lition
of the New Testament are according TO the new
print except that we omit the marginal notes. It
Will be seen that the book is printed just as one
would print discourse j a narrative IN a news
paper There are no chapter and no verse di
visions, but the old chapters and verses are indi
Gated by figures along The side Of the page The
first extract gives the last six verses Of the 9th
chapter Of Hebrews and the iirs' six verses Of the
10th chapter The heavy figures 10 IN the margin
indicate the chapter
The Republican journal., 1881-04-28

The president Of the coming cotton convention
at Atlanta will wear suit of clothes made of cot
ton gathered in the fields the day previous The
picking, ginning. spinning and weaving will be
done in the presence of committee.
After all the talk of scholars there are but two
sorts of governments one where men show their
teeth at each other, and one where men show their
tongues and lick the feet ofthe strongest [Romola
The Republican journal., 1881-04-28

The two correspondents of the Toronto Globe
who have been investigating the operations of the
prohibition law in Name. travelling over the State
aud recording their Impressions have completed
their work, and the Globe sums up their conclu-
sons in its issue Of April 18th. One of the cores
pondents was opposed to the law and the other in
favor OF it, but their conclusions are substantially
in accord. They find that an overwhelming ma
jority of good citizens for the State believe that
prohibition is good for Maine. Their correspond
ence was projected by the Globe for the purpose
of assisting public opinion in Canada to decide
whether or not prohibitOry law would be a good
thing for the Dominion.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1881-01-10

Cs1O Outfit furnished free, with full instruc
NI( tions for conducting the most pfoft-
able business that any one can engage
in. The business is so easy to learn, and our
instructions are so semple and plain, that any
one can make great profits from the very start.
No one can fail who is willing TO work. Women
are as successful as men. Boys and girls can
earn large sums Many have made at the busi-
ing like it ever known before. All who engage
are surprised al the ease and rapidity with
which they are able to make money. You can
engage in this business during your spare time
at great profit You do not heve TO invest cap
itai In it. We take all the risk. Those who
need ready money, should write TO us at once.
An furnished free Address TRUE. Il CO.,
dlS Augusta. Maine
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1881-01-10
Assessment Notice.



Location of principal place of business, Par
adse, Humboldt County, Nevada. Location OF
works, Mount Rose Mining District, Humboldt
County, Nevada.
Notice IL hereby given, that at meeting of
the Board of Trustees held on the 2lst day of
December, 1850, an assessment (No. y OF ten
Q0) cents per share was levied upon the capi-
tai stock of the corporation, payable insme-
diately, in United States gold CON- 10 the See
retary, at the office of the Company, kemler's
Building, Paradise, Nevada. a8 a4}4
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the twenty second (22d) day
of January, 1881, will be delinquent, and adver-
tised for sale at public auction and unless
payment is made before, viii be sold on tt ES
DAY, the twenty y-second (22dD day of February,
1881, to pay the delinquent assessment, 10.
gether with the costs .of advertising and ex.
penses OF sale.
BY order OF the Board OF Trustees.
w. SIEGEL Secretary.
Office: sKemler's Building, Paradise, Hum
boldt County, Nevada. d27td
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1881-01-10
THE SILVER STATE,
PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING (sUNDAyS
FXCEPTED) BY
j. j. HILL Il CO.

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:
One copy, one year, b. saail 50 90.
One copy, six months, by mail .......... 90.
Vne copy, three months, by mail. ........ 80.
Delivered bq Carriet, 25 Cents per week,
RAJ ES OF ADVERTISING:
Ore Square 40 lnes) first insertion. .,..S2 SO.
Zach subsequent insertion, per square 90,
A liberal reduction to regular advertisers.
ENTS
C. W. CRANE, 31s Pine street and 1e keides-
dorff street. Room 81 San Francisco.
GEO. VI. Morr, Sacramento, Cakfovia
IF. RILEY is authorized to collect and re
ceipt for subscriptions to the SILVER STATE in
Paradise Valley
NC MARKER b. authorized to collect and
receipt for subscriptions to tAe SILvFR STATE at
Big Meadows.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1881-01-10

Referring to the card Of Messrs. f. Reinhart
h Co, in another column. ! desire to state,
relative to the withdrawal from them of the
agency Of NABoB WHISKY, that they never
refused to continue the agency, but, on the
contrary, distinctly expressed desire to retain
it, and stated that the stock on hand of other
brands Of whiskies would cause them to defer
ordering Nabob at that time, until they could
get rid Of other WHISTLES. As desired to have
the ''Nabob" prominently and widely repre-
sented, Iavailed myself OF the opportunity of
appointing Mcssrs LEVY b GO. as my agents.
GEO. SIMAONDS.
San Francisco. Dec. 2s, 1850 dSo-u
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-18

me he was rising 8 years old, SO that
he must have been in his twentieth year
when he died, on Oct. 2, 1873. He was
an animal of great intelligence, and of
immense strength and endurance. He
always held his head high, and by the
quickness of his movements gave many
persons the idea that he was exceed
ingly impetuous. This was not so, for
could at any time control him by q
firm hand and few words, and he was
as, cool and quiet under fire as one Of
my old soldiers. doubt if his supe-
rior as a. horse for field service was
ever ridden by any one"
The horse is fifteen and half-hands
high. The coat is quite dark, but now
somewhat faded, with white fetlocks.
He was. wounded, twice., once on the
left side of the neck by bullet, and
again by fragment of shell near the
left flank, which he received at Mission
Ridge The bullet wound was received
at Opequan creek. Gen. Sheridan was
at the island recently, and took a look
at his old charger. One could see that
there was much affection there. He
patted the animal on the neck as he
frequently did when the horse was alive.
and looked up at his blank and express
ionless eyes and said: ''Poor old fellow.
I could always depend upon you in
pinch.''
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-18
Hysteria.
III 1Vo1
Chambers's Journal

CnamDerS'S JOurnal
Hysteria is by no means confined to
women, for one of the worst attacks
which I have witnessed occurred in a
man. This gentleman one day found
he had lost his, all, and on returning
home, he became the victim of laughing
and crying, until sheer exhaustion
brought an end to the attack. This
was quite involuntary. But it might
be remarked that even in hysteria such
thing as fashions prevails, showing that
certain power of restraint may be
used. When I was boy, hysteria was
the fashion; and if during conversation
any remark was made to touch lady's
sensibilities, she would clinch her hands,
make a wry face, her eyelids would
undergo a rapid vibration, she would
give a SOB or two, and sink from her
chair. The cure was accomplished by
throwing cold water over her face; and
if this encroached on her neck or wetted
her dress, TIE cure was very sudden
and complete. During church service,
it was the usual practice to have a
young lady carried out; but I think as a
rule She belonged to an inferior class,
whose kind Of work during the week
did not allow them to play dressmakingg
tricks with themselves on Sunday; for
if remember rightly the cure was
effected in their case by the call for a
penknife. This was used to loosen the
body armor, when loud explosion
took place, followed by deep sigh and
speedy recovery of the patient. So
fashionable was fainting or Mysteries in
church, that I have lively remem-
brance of a young lady who had a
weekly attack, and was often carried
out by gentleman in the next pew.
As these two were afterward married,
1 apprehended that this was one mode
of courtship. I am only too thankful to
think, for the peace of other people,
that this method of forcing matrimony
has gone out.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-18
Miscellaneous 49,. !,

Goldfish were introduced into Eng
land in 1891.
The acreage of wheat in the United
States aggregates 80, 100000.
The Sultan encourages tailors by
buying three. hundred and sixty-five
suits a year.
At Richland, Tex, a laborer named
Jessie Cumberlanderer fell from a scat
fold three feet high and was killed.
Since the discovery of petroleum in
1859 Pennsylvania. has produced 1885,
262, O39 barrels Of crude oil, valued at
$34O, 709, 672.
Although paper collars have to a
great extent gone out OF use within the
last ten years, 200, 100000 of them are
now manufactured annually.
Remenyi has three violins, of which
one is Stradiyarius, called the Prin-
cess, and valued at $1,000; another,
called the Prince is an Amati, Of the
same value; and the third, called the
Crown Prince, and used for parlor play
ing, valuedat $4,000, was made by Mr..
Cotton Of New York, who works so
slowly and so carefully that should he
work till very old, he would complete,
it is said, only fifteen violins,
TheLondon Times makes this state
ment of the progress of Great Britain
and Ireland in the last ten years:
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-18
The Fuel of the Future.

The Nautical Gazette makes the fol-
lowing announcement in regard to the
use of petroleum as fuel: We shall
soon be able to announce a wonderful
stride in the mechanical appliances for
using liquid fuel for generating steam
in both marine and land boilers. The
matter is in the hands of practical men,
who.will soon demonstrate that they
can make Is to 80 gallons of crude
petroleum. costing from IS to 80 cents,
do the work of q ton of coal, costing
from 81 to 1926, and without dirt or
smoke, and when, as in the case of a
large steamer carrying from forty to
forty-fve men in the fre-room, one
man in each will be abundantly able to
keep up uniform pressure of steam at
all times. Liquid fuel is the interven-
ing step between coal and electricity,
which will in due season furnish motion
for the world. But until we arrive at a
thorough knowledge of this subject and
of motive power liquid fuel will have
had its day and generation, wiping out
the last remnant of barbarism coal.
The fireman of the future can wear
broadcloth in the fire-room, while the
coal-passer will have laid down his
stshoVel and hoe'' to become memories
of the past. This condition OF things
is near at hand.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-18
The American Girl Abroad.

Here is a pen-and-ink sketch of an
American girl, which is interesting as
showing how Yankee girl seems to
French eyes, "Stylish to the backbone.
Independent as independent can be-,
but very pure. Is devoted to pleasure,
dress, spending money; shows her NOR
al nature nude, just as it is, so as to de-
ceive nobody. Flirts all winter with
this or that one and dismisses him in
the spring, when she instantly catches
another. Goes out alone. Travels
alone. When the fancy strikes her she
travels with gentleman friend or
walks anywhere with him; puts bound
less confidence in him; conjugal init
macy seems to exist between them. She
lets him tell what he feels, talk of love
from morning till night, but she never
gives him permission to kiss so much
as her hand. He may say anything;
he shall do nothing: She is restless;
she gives heart and soul to amusement
before she marries. After marriage
she is mother annually, is alone all
day, hears all night nothing except dis
cussions about patent machinery, I'M
explosive petroleum, chemical manures.
She then will let her daughters enjoy
the liberty she used without grave
abuse. AS nothing serious happened
to her, why should Fanny, Mary, Jenny
be less strong and less adroit than
their mother? She originates French
fashions. Partisan women detest her.
Provincial women despise her. Men
of all countries adore her, but will not
marry her unless she has an immense
fortune. Her hair is vermilion, paler
than golden hair; her black eyes are
bold and frank; she has patent shape
which tbs forbidden to counterfeit,
spreads herself in a carriage as if. she
were ip hammock, the natural and
thoughtless posture of her passion for
luxurious ease. When she walks she
moves briskly and throws every glance
right and left Gives many Of her
thoughts to herself and few of them to
anybody else. She is wild plant put
in dollhouse.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-18
T.;rht Not mise.

One of the members of the bar in
Saratoga, who thoroughly enjoys a
good joke, relates the following,
and applies the moral to himself:
Not long since he was counsel in q
case before Judge Pratt, referee, and
during the progress of the trial became
little noisy, as he sometimes does,
when the Judge looked up and said to
him: "Mr.-, did you ever hear of the
man who was lost in the woods during
thunderstorm On being answered
in the negative the Judge continued:
ga man, in attempting to pass through
piece of woods, lost his way, and
while he was in that predicament a
fearful thunderstorm came up. The
VIC ids grew awfully dark. The roar of
tho wind and the crashing of the
thunder was terrific. The man was
frightened and started to pray, but not
being used to that business, said: oh,
Lord, give us little more light, and a
little less noiser' II don't mean you,
Mr." added the Judge, but the audi
ence supposed all the time the Judge did
mean him, and now that he thinks of it
himself he inclines to that opinion also.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-18
Fiyinr Har Tair

When a girl concludes to put up her
Sair and make herself look sweet the
pest policy is to let her have her own
way. She can't be drawn away from
her mirror by any of the ordinary
things Of this life. A fire will some
times do it, but it has been shown that
even q fire may fail to excite some girls.
Some time ago New York lodging
house took fire, and at most uncom-
Portable hour, when most girls have
their back hair down. One of the young
ladies heard that the place was burning
down, but she didn't feel like making
her appearance before the crowd that
had gathered in the street looking like
a perfect fright. She shut the door
leading into the hall to keep out the
flames and went to her mirror to fix her
hair. Anybody who has waited for a
girl to fix her hair knows that it takes
time and a great deal of it. This girl
wasn't any quicker than the average,
and she was very particular about
having her hair done up exactly as ii
shou!d be. The fire had cut off hel
chances Of escape by the stairs, and hel
lover, alter Appearing 10 her lof solle
tina, finally lost his patience and go1
away without her. A fireman got VI
to tie room on ladder and she made
him sit on the edge of the window
and wait until she had arranged hel
hairpins and ribbons for a right sort O
public appearance, then she threw her
self in his arms-it was so romantic
and slid down the ladder with him
looking just sweet. The whole thing was
a tremendous success, but when the
careful young girl was safely landed OF
the pavement she found out that sh
had forgotten her stockings.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-18

Dumas new piece has not yet been
even read to the actors of the Francois,
and yet people are beginning to discuss
the plot. 1t appears that the play is in
five acts. In the first act we see ayoung
girl of II in the midst of her family
In the second act the young girl, whose
name is Lionette, is married. In the
third act, ten years later, Lionette de-
deives her husband and elopes with her
lover. In the fouth act the lover elopes
with a cocotte. In the fifth act the
lover marries the cocotte and the hus-
band takes back his wife, by whom he
has had child. The husband will be
played by Coquelin, the lover by
Delaunay, Eonette by Croisette, and
the cocotte by Bartet.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-18

'sNarla,' said Mr.. Jones, upon one of
his worrying days, sit seems to me you
might be more economical now, there's
my old clothes, why can't you make them
over for the children, instead of giving
them awav?'
Because they IRE worn out when you re
done with Them" answered Mrs. Jones.
otis no use making over things for the
children that won't hold together; you
could not do it yourself, smart as you
are.'' .p
'We]l,'' grumbled Jones, IL wouldn't
have closets full of things mildewing fol
want of wear, if was woman, that's
all. A penny saved is penny earned
That was in April. One warm day in
May Mr.. Jones went prancing through
the closets, looking for something he
couldn't find, and turning things gener-
ally inside out. - 1r
"Maria," he screamed, "where's my
gray alpaca duster?' r
"Made it over for Johnny"
"Ahem! Well, there's the brown
linen one bought last summer %
"Clothes-bag - mumbled Mrs. Jones
who seemed to have difficulty in hel
speech tndI WOUleut. y uSt udUc IL lnt(
nice one" 155se rtt
"Where are my lavender pants ?" yell
ed Jones' baa So
"Cut them over for Willie.''
"Heavens ~ groaned her husband
then, in voice of thunder, "Where have
my blue suspenders got to?''
Chung the baby jumper with them
| "Maria,'' asked the astonished man
in subdued voice, 'would you mint
telling me what you have done with m,
silk hat; you haven't made that over TO
the baby, have you ?" oY
30! no, dear" answered his wife
cheerfully; GIVE used that for a hanging
basket 1t is full of plants, and look
lovely" an ng
Mr.. Jones never mentions the wort
economy, or suggests making over-h
has had enough o. it. a35 Ji
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-18

In Dusseldorf, town of nearly ninety
thousand inhabitants, is handsome
theatre, open from September to April
with an excellent company and good
music. The admission fees are about
sixty-two cents for stalls, twenty-five
cents for the pit, and twelve cents for
the gallery for the dramatic entertain
ments, and twelve cents more for opera
nights. On Saturday the admission is
half price. The plays are Of high
order.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-18

age, where, when and how he died; and
as we left him to his lonely rest, we felt
that we had done an act of Justice
Golden Era.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-18


other things. On the top of the case is
a miniature bust of Gen. Grant.
Among the portraits and pictures which
adorn the walls is an oil painting OF
Gen. Hancock, executed just after the
battle of Gettysburg. He appears in
full Major Generals uniform, and the
portrait represents him with mustache
and chin whiskers, which were not un-
becoming to him. There is also por-
trait of Gen. w. j. Worth, one of Gen.
Atkinson, another of Gen. Jacob Brown,
who commanded at Plattsburg in 1912,
and an unfinished picture OF Gen.
Scott. Two original paintings, one
representing the battle of Cherubusco
and the other the fight at Moline del
Rey, Mexico, both by one A. Tracy, are
hung upon the west end of the room.
Leaving the museum and walking a
short distance to the south end of the
Office of the ordinance department, the
visitor is shown Gen. Sheridan's famous
war-horse, Winchester. Sheridan him.
self subscribes to the following: t,s
winchester was of Black Hawk
blood, and was foaled at or near Grand
Rapids, Mich, late in the fall Of 1859,
according to the best of my informa-
ton. He was brought into the service
by an officer of the I'd Michigan cav.
airy, to which regiment was appoint
| ed colonel on the 25th day of May, 1862.
Shortly afterward, and while the regi
ment was stationed at the little town Of
Rienzi, in the state of Mississippi, he
was presented to me by Capt Campbell
in the name of the officers of the regi
ment, and from that date until the close
of the war, he was ridden by me ir
! nearly every engagement in which
took part. At the time he was given te
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-18

assistance or counsel from the preacher;
laughed, whistled and sang as merrily as
if. instead of the day on which he was to
die, it was his bridal day.
At length the time expired, and he was
conducted by his guard to the bank OF
the river, where, under those large trees
were assembled some two or three thou
sand persons--men, women and children.
On large tree had been rugged gallows,
and from limb that projected out from
the body, swung the rope, dallying two
and fro, as the wind moved it, while
directly under the rope were two casks
one placed ON the other.
The prisoner still retained all his
logged firmness. He walked with firm
step, and mounted the kegs with appar-
TENT Indifference. While the sheriff was
arranging the rope, he remarked to the
crowd, "that the game was pretty nearly
PLAYED out" and that he would eventu
ally get even with every man that had
taken any part whatever in it, The rope
by this time was adjusted, a short but i'm
pressive prayer was said by the parson,
and the sheriff stepped forward as if to
take the kegs from under him, but be-
fore he could accomplish his design the
prisoner heightened himself up, glanced
around the crowd, and showed himself
off. AS he jumped the kegs fell, and as
he swung back they were beyond the
reach of his feet A few struggles, and
the soul of Alfred T. took its flight to
"that bourne from whence no traveller
We buried him beside the road. anG
placed a board at his head, giving name
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-05-21
re- STUDIES TO PLEASE!
ATTENTION, NEW ORLEANS.

The Atchafalaya continues to deep
en- with unexampled rapidity. At q
point where location was made last
Fall for bridge for the Pacific the
river has already deepened upward
of twenty feet aud the road has been
obliged to abandon the idea of bridg-
ing. Contracts had been let for piles
$50 feet long. But these would no
longer be sufficient and the contract
has been cancelled There is no tel
ling the extent to which this securing
process will go, and q ferry will have
to carry the trains until something
definite can be settled. The break
ing through of the Mississippi and
the change Of its course is now more
than even probable and the River
Commission have hard problem be-
fore them.-Express.
This is matter that it behooves
New Orleans to look into, and RENE
dy immediately. If she sits quietly
down and allows the Atchafalaya to
continue to cut out. she will wake
up some morning to find only bed
of mud in front of her levee. while
the waters of the Mississippi will
seek the Gulf through the Atchafala-
va River and Bayou Teche, . hun.
dred miles west of her. We have
called attention to this matter before
it having been brought to our notes
BY several Red River steamboatmen
Any captain or pilot Of any Red Riv
er boat will make the matter plain t.
any New Orleans reporter who vii
call on them.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-05-21
CoLFAX, GRANT PARISH, La, SATURDAY, MAY 2l, Il


Our attention having been called
to the fact that the assessment rolls
for the present year are falling
very short Of what they were last
year, we have given the matter an
investigation, and give our readers
the result as we find it upon COM
parison of the rolls for 1880 and
1881. The figures in the first column
represent the assessment of last year.
those in the second column repre-
sent the assessment for this year: