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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1882-11-02
TELEGRAPHEC ITEMS.

The annual report of First Assistant
Postmaster General Hatton gives the
number of postofices in operation June
30th at as, 23l; increase, l,7l9 during
the year. Eighteen hundred and fifty
one Of these offices are known as Pres
idential oflices;" the remainder, "A. $50,
are filled by appointment of the Post
master General The free delivery
system was in operation during the
year in l22 principal cities; 3,ll5 car
riers were employed. Total appropria-
tion for this service, 81, 225, 900, all in
crease of Sl25,000 over the previous
year. Total cost of service. g, 223,-
2G2, leaving an unexpended balance of
81, 733. General Hatton recommends
that the delivery system be extended
to towns within a short distance OF one
another, which have not singly the re-
quired qualifications. Returns from all
parts of the Union show very crafty
ing general increase of business. The
sum necessary to pay the increased sal
aries of postmasters, including 335 spe-
eial adjustments, amounts TO $5,634,-
0Ol, or 1914 per cent. more than last
year.
The first Of the Star-route jury brib-
cry cases, that against Arthur Paine
lcolored), came up in the Police Court
at Washington yesterday. Governor
Wells and Mr.. Kerr, for the Govern.
ment, were in attendance. Payne was
attended by his counsel, Padgeth, New
man, Davis and Clagett. Brewster,
Cameron, McLain, and others connect
ed with the Star-route trial, sat within
the bar. After the presentation of sew
eral affidavits, Juror Brown was called
to the stand, and he told his story of
Payne's attempt at bribery, in sub
stance as already related in the press.
In the cross examination OF the witness
he said he was informed through an
anonymous note that Fall was working
up this scheme. Witness did not be.
lieve they had any intention of paying
$25, 900 for his vote. He did believe
that it was a job to send him to the
penitentiary.
The condition of ex-Gov. Hendricks
is not improved and excites increased
alarm. Grave fears are entertained
that blood poison has set in. Every
effort is being made to prevent a spread
to the entire system. At a consulta-
ton OF surgeons it was found that inn
mediate amputation was not necessary,
unless the diseased places slough of,
when the knife must be used. One OF
the attending physicians says there is
not one chance in hundred for his re-
covery.
Judge Swain, in reply to an inquiry
OF the Secretary OF War, takes the
ground that the oncers OF the army
who refuse to pay their debts are liable
to the process Of the common laws, the
same as civilians. and that when their
acts tend to bring discredit upon the
army, or in any way impair the efficien-
cy or discipline of the service, they
constitute sufficient cause for court
martial.
A dispatch from Lexington, Ken
lucky, says: The troops guarding
prisoners Neal and Craft. en- route to
prison, were attacked by a mob at
Ashland. The troops fired, killing four
and wounding several others. A baby
was killed in its mothers arms, and
several women were wounded.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1882-11-02
Eagle Drug sT0&E

just received from the East, a complete
stock OF Humphreys Homeopathic Mediches
sold strictly at San Francisco pri ies.
just A. e. NcAI.PI
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1882-11-02
A GENERAL
MERCHANDISE STORE.

He has, without doubt, sent up the Iaryes,
and most complete stock OF Goods that has
ever been brought 10 Nevada, which he pur.
chased at the very lowest cash prices.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1882-11-02

Stages leave winnemucca daily upon the ar
rival OF the east-bound express train; return
ing, leaves Paradise at o'clock A. M, making
connection with the railroad trains.
Office In winnemucca at Wells, Fargo Co.'S
Express Office; and In Paradise and Spring
City at Wells, Fargo Cos Offices. o20 II
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-09-21
through what you did. No. and youdo

AZ 20
through what YOU did. No. and YOU do
not wish him to. But you did it, enjoyed
it, and are to-day better man for it.
1 do not urge you to put your boy
through just such a course as yours was.
but have him do something. Impress
upon him and upon his sister. too. that
work is noble: that il is manly and
womanly to worN. And. the more noble
that purpose the happier we are. 1t is
a lesson which needs to be taught every
where; in the parior as well rs in the
kitchen. in the school room as well as at
the counter. A reasonable amount of
work is as necessary for happ ness rs for
usefulness. Happiness does not consist
in vast wealth. or in multiplicity of
pleasures, but in fully enjoying what we
do here They who never work never
know what pleasure there in a holiday.
But there is another lesson worth no.
ting which this example teaches us. 1t
is best to give while we have the power
to give. This statement is old and trite.
VERY true. But it is new. bran new as
far as practice is concerned, to the bulk
of mankind yet How many do you
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-09-21
Does ii Pay!

Does it pay to do kind act in this
life? Doesn't deed prompted by a
desire to benefit your fellow-man come
back on you like boomerang and make
you curse the hour OF your nativity?
These questions are prompted by the
adventure OF tall gentleman on n
train coming in over the Fitchburg Road
the other day. lie observed lady sit
ting in the seat in front OF him. and by
her stood very handsome umbrella
that could not have cost less than five
dollars. The train stopped at station
and the lady rose and got out. As she
was disappearing through the door the
tall gentleman observed that she had
left her umbrella, and grabbing it.
rushed after her. The train was just
starting as he reached the platform, but
he managed to cry to her: "Ma'am,
here's your umbrella that you left"
And he tossed it to her and turned back
into the car. as the train sped along.
Now, as he had started for the door, a
stout gentleman. with an irascible look,
started after him, but being lame, could
not overtake him They met as the tall
man re-entered the car. what did
you do with that umbrella?" asked the
stout gentleman. Gave it to the ladyw
replied the long man. What did you
do that for?' roared the stout man.
why it belonged to her and didn't
want her to lose it." belonged to
her!" howled the fat man. ..Drat your
malodorous pelt. it was mine" The
fat man wanted the long man to pay for
it and the latter objected. and the vio-
lent wrangle they INDUCED in was de-
licicus treat to the uninterested observ-
ers. Finally the long man was COM
PEELED to give up five dollars. and the fat
man was partly reconciled to the trans
action. But the thin man wasn't. He
sat in corner and looked sulky, and the
disposition people showed to smoker
when they looked his way didn't seem
to improve his temper one bit--Boston
Post
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-09-21

t&rming. as an occupation, is a busi-
'.es, To f. ones self for il in a way
that s;.c"ess viii surely follow. now in
wolves 1T only practical knowledge OF
the work reqpi'ed. but OF the princi-
Piles underlyin2 1t. The young man
who thinks he ear find wider field for
intellectual cultuIc than the farm at
fords is mistaken. There is no broader
or deeper field. Life is too brief to en-
able one to fully cultivate or compre-
bend il.
To-day marks new era in farm life,
and one in which it is quite essential
that whoever wisely chooses agriculture
as profession should become thor
oughly familiarized with at least the
elements of botany. entomology. geol-
ogy, chemistry. natural history and
philosophy. These and many others
are co-partners in any system Of per-
feet culture. Every farmer is in part
nership with the atmosphere and the
soil The relation is one Of mutual
trust and confidence. The duties and
offices of each should be known 10 the
other. so that there need be no conflict.
So study the soil, then. so as to know
its needs and the most economical
method of supplying them Study to
know what are the constituents of ey-
cry plant grown and of the soil upon
which it feeds. Learn to feed the soil
with proper food when hungry, to
clothe it with the most nutritious YER
dure; pasture il with the most im-
proved breeds of stock, and success.
heretofore rendered. mathematical
through ignorance, will he made GER
tain by the better application of scien.
tific facts.-F'arDa and Fireside.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-09-21
The Disposition OF Property.

Said wealthy Southern lady whose
husband. good Christian man, had
been dead some years: my husband
ought not to have left so much money
to MS boys" He had given them 500,
900 and it had ruined his two sons. One
had soon filled drunkard's grave, and
the other was worthless fellow. The
widow lamented that, in his lifetime.
her husband had not done more good
with his wealth.
This little incident carries its own les
son for every reader. 1t should warn
parents against iutrusting too much
property to sons and daughters until
they have learned the real value of mon
ey. How little does that young man or
woman know of the real worth of dol
lar who never knew either the want of
one or what it was to earn one, What
a salutary lesson it would be ii every
wealthy father should make his children
do something towards their own sup
port.
Senator Sargent, we think it was,
paid his two daughters, $4,000 apiece
Tor proficiency in cooking. A great
sum, do you saw les, but how much
better than TO give them $4,000 with
Out their making any attempt to earn it.
But some one says: ''Such far-away
examples do not touch Us, for we are
not wealthy" No. so fast. The prin-
eiple remains true for all. Your son
does not do what you did at his age.
Ion never grow tired of telling of your
own youthful feats, and wondering how
John would like to do that. And john
ME thinks, what ahard time father must
have had when he was boy. You
have Won his pity and contempt as well.
de wouldn't work so hard and go
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-09-21

and gained I I pounds. at . cost OF 2 z
cents u pound. During the exriIda
they gained 80 pounds on the same food.
with some addition of hay. at q cost Of
3.5 cents Fourteendays later they had
gained 63 pounds. with added meal and
hay. at a cost per pound of 81 cents
The less N taught BY these results was
that the older the meat. the more cost
w; but through the whole. although in
winter. there was an actual profit.
rating the meal ut Ia cents n pound.
the milk at mills. and the hay az $40
per ton. This was 4 single limited ex-
pertinent. but it shows the importance
to farmers of knowing at what age OF
animals II is most profitable to feed or
dispose of them. We observe in the de-
tails of the above experiment that there
was but slight increase in the amount
of food given when the weight OF the
animals had largely increased.
Other experiments We're made, with
those averaging 425 pounds each, to de-
termine the probable amounts OF food
animals would consume. They were
found to require - per cent. of their
live weight daily in hay, the small
amount of grain being estimated in hay.
Ten pounds of hay were required for
one pound of grcwth. Additional trials
were made with two-year steers. weigh
ing from 1000 to LOO pounds. An
average of eight experiments, extend
ing from % to 30 days. gave con-
sumption of PIG per cent. II their live
weight daily, with an average gain Of
O So Of pound The important fact
was determined that the older and
larger the animal grows. the more food
it requires to make a pound of growth.
Some valuable experiments were
made with roots az food. For growing
cattle. carrots brought nothing. but they
proved very much better for milk and
butter than swedes or mangolds. The
latter were found worse than useless for
mich cows, as compared with other food.
while for growing animals they brought
one dollar and seventy-five cents a ton
rating hay at ten dollars n ton. Prof.
Sanborn alludes to the old analytical
methods of determining the value If
foods. and these applied to carrots
would show f.35 Of albuminoids. BY
the present method it is cut down to
only 026. This fact bears rather hsrd
on the infallibility OF abstract scientific
teaching
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-09-21
4 NOTE FROMPOOR-MAN's BEND.

Yes. Jim. got your letter, and answered it,
old friend:
! see you amt forgot the boys back here on
Poor-Nan's Bend.
didn't know but ''strikin' it might change
my old-tme pard:
But ] think you've got the kind of grit that
changes mighty hard.
I'd like 10 come and see you, boy: / often
think of you:
But Western manners in the East, size it up,
won't do
For forty years and over have handled pick
and pan,
And though I've got the "lucre." boy, that
doesn't make the man.
Iremember well the days we spent up here in
Idaho.
A washing out the two-cent dirt when grub
was getting low.
Do you recoliect the Injun fight up on the
Lightning bar;
How Won and Jack were Just in time to save
the old mans 'har?
So never talk of owing me a debt you cannot
pay
What's mine is yours remember it-that's all
| need to say.
It's true picked you up cub, as green as
grass in spring:
But You had look about you, lad, which
sh owed the proper thing;
and when doubled up with you and stood of
hat the camp,
KNEW we had our fortunes made in the old
Aladdin lamp"
You see that Eastern manners, when you get
out in the West.
Are not the sort OF racket which the miners
like the best;
And you had not been hardened, and was kind
of pale and slim,
And didn't like to see them shoot. so they
called you Tender jim.
But when they jumped the "Aladdins Lamp,
my boy. you were on hand,
And showed that Frisco" Company the way TO
swallow sand.
The boys all thought you'd weaken before the
row begun
But tell you. par,i, you assayed there away
up N the ton;
And say it was bower. the first card that you
led,
When their Captain tumbled down the shaft, a
bullet through his head.
II is true that Jack and filed in, in a quiet
kind OF way.
''b!SSsom' clear to pay"
So cut the obligation biz, you got but your just
di
For W. ]. ou wo.Sed and fought for, lad. must
Four hundred Thousand dollars? Whew! it
takes my 1re...li away
After forty yeas - mining, at last to strike
the pay!
Alas, too late, texcu c this blot my old eyes
fill with tears:
Without a kith or kin oil earth to soothe my
waning years.
IT'S different, boy, with yo =. for now your life
While my last years have come to me--mine is
the harvest time
py. too;
My rifle and my pick lave been what home
must be- 10 you-
So, ifyou'lI just excuse ins, I believe I'll stay
For old associations here, know, will suit me
best:
And if you strike financial straits while climb
ing up life's hill,
Just show your hand and take the pile of
-LeddpIe Heruld
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-09-21
Sanborn's Experiment in Feeding.


The published details of the expert
nents OF j. W. Stubborn. Superintendent
of the College Farm at Hanover, N. H..
contain interesting results. some Of
which in condensed form are here given.
The experiments in feeding calves
present some facts which may be of
some value to meat raisers. Two calves
were taken. four and half weeks old,
both together weighing 2s3 pounds, and
were fed 20 quarts OF SKINNED milk
daily late in November. They gained
in Is days 80 pounds. Overs quarts of
milk were required for pound in
growth. For the next II days pound
OF mixed meals was added to the mix.
and thev gained 63 pounds. at a cost of
% cents per pound. For the next ii
days they had pounds of meal and 4
pounds Of hay added to the milk each
day. and they gained SO pounds, at a
cost of cents pound. For the next
"a DAYS they had nearly the same feed.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-09-21

Recent geological Investigations are
thought to establish the fact that the
eastern part of Kansas, a part of Ne
braska, Southern Iowa and Northern
Missouri were once covered by fresh
water lake which received numerous
rivers and smaller streams from the out
lying regions. the turbid waters of which
deposited a sediment varying from one
hundred and fifty to few feet in depth,
M Y. Sun.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-09-21

YES" he said. 'Ill have the
plumber come to the house to-day. Not
that there any trouble with the drain
age, but our cook is sort of discortented
and we don't want her TO leave. and
maybe being courted for four hours
will make her less restless--Bostoa
Post
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-09-21

The courts are getting so they pun
ish people with fine or imprisonment for
borrowing umbrellas. It's no use,
we shall Rave TO buy one--Lorc Cits-
zen.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-11-01
fuN AM FORT MckINNEY.
How the Boys Put in their Time-A ORA
matte Exhibition.

Soldering at Fort Mckinney
is at its best a lonely life, situated
as it is, far from everything that
seems to make life enjoyable
and were it not that soldiers are
as a rule a good natured, humorous
set of fellows, life here would in
deed be dull. Depending upon
themselves for amusement some
of the boys here started a dramat-
ic troupe, and, if their first per.
Torrance given on the evening of
October q be a fair test OF
their ability, uccess must surely
crown their efforts. The princi-
pal feature of the evenings enter
tainment was Buckstones COM
edy drama in two acts entitled
"Good For Nothing" Too much
cannot be said ofthe praiseworthy
manner in which each acted his
part, Sergeant Mack as the excita-
BILE old gardener, with his more
demure partner, Corporal CLAM.
as the Engineer causing roars q
laughter, while Trumpeter Thorn.
ton as the landlords son who
seemed to think every one and
everything "positively shocking
was simply immense. Shepard,
as the carpenter was also
good, while Trumpeter Sekerman
as "The Good For Nothing won
the sympathy ofthe entire house.
Trumpeter Conway as the Irish
servant, took the cake, his inter.
probation of the Irish character
being of the highest order. Fol.
lowing the drama was some
sp~ecialties, consisting of singing.
dancing, &c. Sergeant Poole
also gave an exhibition in clul
swinging, which was very good
The music was furnished by Roe
nigs band, which deserves great
credit. all expressed them
selves well pleased and left fol
their homes in a manner express
i've offurther patronage.
Yours.
CRITIC.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-11-01
a cold winter in Prospect

"How do you you tell when it's going
to be a cold winter, Uncle Abep"
81 mostly tell by de fish. l been a
fisher all my life, ever since / been a
little niger so high, and if you notice
a catfish in de fall you will see dat
sometimes de skin on his belly is thick
and sometimes it is thin. When it's
thick dar's gwine to be a cold winter,
an when it's thin dar's gwine to be a
warm Jun. never knowed dat sign to
fail.n
"How is their skin this winter, Uncle
Abe?n
81 I'M mighty sorry to say, chile, it,:
mighty thick. louisville CONNER.
cjal.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-11-01

SIT was a common thing for eight or
ten cut-throats to ride into California
City. Arizona, enter a saloon, present a
pistol to the ~bar-keeper's head and de-
mand flat the liquors be set out. As
the fire element warmed them up they
would often secure a violin or banjo and
improvise a regular stag dance Each
fellow would select a partner from
among the crowd, the musician would
start up the Arkansas Traveller or
some other familiar tune, and the
leader would call out Forward four
and the dance commenced. When the
figure, balance to your partners wa
reached, many a fellow would cut the
pigeon-wing, and his partner, not to be
outdone, would indulge in some fantas-
tic steps, which would do credit to the
most famed clog-dancer on the minstrel
boards. In the height of this revelry
would begin a fusillade from revolvers
Bang bang bang ard above the dir
| the leader would be heard calling out
Turn your partners; promenade all.
The first figure being finished, every
fellow would begin to look at the heel,
| of his boot to see where the bullet.
went. The result would disclose thai
a large majority had been hit about the
heel with a bullet. This practice O
shooting at the heels of ones boots ii
common among the cowboys of Arr
IONA, and so accurate are they in theil
aim that an accident seldom occurs
| Shooting the heels off one another
boots is q common recreation Will
them. Correspondence P~hiladelphi,
| Times
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-11-01
Mothers! Mo,hersn Mo,hers N

Are you disturbed Mt night and broken Of
you rest by a sick child suffering and crying
with its excruciating pain OF cutting teeth9
II SO, go at once and get n bottle of MRS.
WINSLOW'S SOOTHING r. 1t will
relieve the little sufferer immediately-de-
pend upon Il: there is no mistake about It.
There is not a mother on earth who has ever
used 1t, who Will not tell you at once that II
will regulate the bowels, and give rest To tbe
mother, and relief and aealth to the child,
operating like magic. 1t is perfectly safe to
is the prescription OF one oil the oldest and
best female physicians and nurses In the
United States. sold everywhere; rs Centa
abottle. Observation-Disclosures
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-11-01
Enalish Inns.

The English hotels have been
touched by the hand of progress;
they have cliffs and a table d.
hote, and printed placards warn
ing you to keep your door locked;
but, thanks to the women, the
inns are the veritable inns that
Washington Irving praised. Most
of them are built in the shape OF a
quadrangle, having the stable
court in the center. The window
lodges are gay with Towering
plants. Within are bewildering
stair-cases and winding passages,
and it is as easy to get lost among
them as in a haunted castle.
There is no Office. The landlady
sits in the snug "bar-parlor," amid
a dazzling array of glass. She
wears a black silk gown which
rustles, and an imposing silk cap.
Engraved portraits of the county
nobility adorn the walls of the
Commercial Room. Upstairs, in
the guests, private p%arlor, the late
landlord is present-on canvass
and beside him smiles the land
lady in her bloom, with sidecurls
and blue spencer. The halls are
hung with eolored prints ofcoach-
ing parties and hunting scenes,
and at each landing stands a table
covered with pewter candlesticks
containing half consumed candles
which will not be required IN the
bill. When night comes, the
guest lights his candle and stars
on an EXPEDITION tofnd the cham
Der. Some Americans use pocket
compasses for this purpose, but a
maid-servant Is surer. The fur
niture of the house belongs to the
last century, and is, like Lady
Jane, mot pretty, but massive"
Mahogany temples of sideboards
and ponderous bedsteads give the
eye more pleasure. The bedsteads
have canopies of faded damask,
and the linen sheets are sure to
smell family of lavender.
The fare in these inns is excel
lent; but the wary American will
never demand that remarkable
beverage which the English name
''cotfee;" he will drink tea, or the
good bitter beer and the honest
old claret. One continual joy at
English inns is the dainty table
equipage, the pretty china dishes,
the clear glass, the spotless napery,
and the never-omitted nosegay
or plant in the center. Another
joy is the service. The retainers
have grown up in the house, and
have caught its air of homely cor
diality. Something of their res
pect and alacrity may be due to
visions of future ''tips," but the
comfortable result is the same,
whatever the cause. And their
honesty certainly cannot be thus
explained. The guest need not
lock his door in an English inn:
in truth, very often he cannot,
the lock being out of order. But
he will lose nothing. Though he
leave his property behind him, he
shall see it again. One honest
landlord will forward it to anoth-
err; he may run away from it, but
it will follow him all over Eng
land-yes, all over Europe. There
have been Americans who have
left tooth brushes and have been
pursued by them across the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES M~aaazine.