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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1883-09-01
The following letters tell their
own story.

VALoosTA. Georgia. July 20, 1882.
81 sold one OF your Patent Dust Proof Cas-
es about ten months ago, and the other day it
came back to me with the request to make it
wind easier. On examination found that
the stem W 8 rusty, and 1 euquired into the
cause of it. The gentleman stated to Inc that
he was starting some saw logs that had lodg.
ed In the bend Of the river. when his chain
caught In bush and threw his watch into
about twelve feet of water, and he was about
two hours hnding Il. When be got 1t out It
was running and he thought all right. In
about three months he found that the stem
was hard to turn and sent it to me.
can say that the watch is all that the Com
psny claims for It and recommend 1t to all
railroad and mill men.
wv. BENTLY."
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1883-09-01

A young lady of Tuscsrora. says
the Times Review, has habit of
appealing to by,standers to verify
every assertion she makes. A few
nights ago IS dear Tracy accompani-
ed her on walk, they met friends,
and giving vent to her feelings, she
said: II sm 30 tired |; am black
aud blue all over, amt I Tracy" and
Tracy looked every way for Sunday,
and said he didn't know positively.
How should he2
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1883-09-01
CLINTON, Iowa, April 20. 1881
B. W. BENTLY."

CLINTON, Iowa, April 20, 1881.
~ wish you would send me spring for the
VIM Ellery Watch - BY the way this FL
lery 10 watch sold in yeur Screw Bezel
Case to farmer last FALL. The first of Jan.
he lost the watch in the woods. and found 1t
this week in about one foot of water. 1t had
lain three months and overin snow and water
with but slight H. jury to the watch-only q
hair spring @. s. RAYMOND"
The above were very severe tests, and DEM
onstrated beyond doubt, that for any rea-
sonable length of time during which watch
might be under water it would receive no in
jury whatever.
We make these cases in both gold and sill
yer, and as Perfectly Dust-Proof
Stem Winding " atch Ease.
Challenge ths World to Pro-
duce It's equei.
For sale by all F:irst.Ciass
Jewellers.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1883-09-01
An Unpleasant Embrace.

Miss Brooks, o respectable young
lady, and daughter of farmer at
Sheridan, two miles from Womelsdorf
on the Lebanon Valley Railroad, met
with a startling adventure while out
walking in the woods with female
companion. The story of their won
derful escape is vouched for by the
best citizens in the place. While the
two ladies were promenad:ng 10 q
secluded spot in the forest, Miss
Brooks suddenly experienced heavy
pressure around her waist, which in
creased to such an extent as to almost
deprive her of her breath. She cried
out from pain, and her componion
sprsng to one side. Then Miss
Brooks put her hand to her waist,
and she discovered thick and heavy
roll underneath her light evening cos
tune. immediately thereafter the
two were Mortified beyond description
upon seeing the head of u snake pro
truding from the folds of the dress.
its horrible fangs darling in every di
rection. With rare presence of mind
Miss Brooks companion seized hold
of the formers dress aud pulled the
skirt from her body. A huge black
snake was found coiled around her
waist. Immediately dropped to the
ground and disappeared in some
dense underbrush. The ladies say
that 1t must have been FULLY six feet
in length. 1t must have been lying
in their path, and as they passed along
worked Itself up the young womau's
undsrclothing, and found comfort
able resting place around her waist.
Upon reaching home Miss Brooks
was so overcome that she tainted.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1883-09-01

A. G. Utley was killed by john
Franklin ia row at Davis Greek,
Modoc county, Cal, last week. The
murderer Is at large.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1883-09-01
"Giad News for the Unfortunate -

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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1883-09-01
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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1883-09-01
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-21
GENERIL NOTES.

A case involving several interesting questions
undcr the dsraceful convict labor system OF Georgia
likely 10 come to trial in atlanta within short time,
although may possibly be compromised Inc Iac's arc
these: Last March Richard Turner, negro, was sem
fenced for larceny to pay fine Of $40 or serve six months
upop the public works OF Fulton County In such cases
the law allows a convict to hire himself to anybody who
will nav the fine Turner accordingly hired himself 10
man named T. j. Lowe, who paid the 80 but VINO soon
became sick Of his bargain and sold his contract TO b. G
IOckct & Co. lessees Of state convcts Inc negIo INV
alleges false Imprisonment and mas brought sun 1r
damages OF $4,000 The points involved are She eS 80.
transfer and the right OF lesees to put telon stripes
upon mdomeanor cCnyiet 1t Is TO be noPSg 'I ccee3
in bringing the whole convict labor system q
into court The chain gang o. 70 6 e Condemned
When the accommodation train from the
Fas, IN tho New-Yor Central Railroad stopped at Utica
at O'Clock on Wednesday afternoon midde-aged man.
who afterward said that his name was Chapman, ana
that he hailed from Ohio jumped from the rear car ana
asked brakeman any clergyman lived near the STA
ton The brakeman happened to be shaking hands az
the moment with the Rev. Mr. Pettinge. Baptist cler-
rnon OF Whttesboro to the inquirer was intro
duced. A hurried consultation followed ana clergyman
and passenger entered the moment afterward
formed and Mr. Chapman and his wife continued their
Journey Ohio The bride was evidently ol1 enoz 20
know her mind, and more than That ner moi er
was present The ceremony was not followed by those
touching demonstrations which the rest OF the pv uges
=
her mother husband retired TO the other end OF
rho car They had known each other In their younger
DAYS and there was no occasion for embraces
A practical expression of antipathy to Ger
many is said by the Ne Free PesSe Of Vienna, to have
begun in Paris with the discharge OF all employees OF
great railroad printing establishment who were unable ID
,o m te satisfaction OF the director that they were
horn in France This course is cordially approved by
new Journal The Ant-Py1lssdn, which was founded Tor
the express purpose OF encouraging hostility to Germany
and Germans I'VE are delighted" says this organ OK
hatred at the results attained, and shall unceaslngy
nroceed with this work OF moral and sanitary purhca-
non I'm the meantime giving the names OF Pfussahs
wherever we find them" Accordingly In every number
RE anti D,7ssian prints column OF queries or when
fine following are sampes Would be indlscrcet 10 ask
he commission house OF A. Bergen * Co., OF New
Vor No Rue a. Uzes Paris whether its cashier HoH.
man, is a Prussian :" "Will the sugar refinery OF
JHb3udy Freres Rue de Fanes determine 10 diVo
ONT the numerous Germans whom It employer " Is IL
true that of the six employees OF Herr Bloch diamond
deaer. at No. 80 Rue DrOuot, four are PrusslalsI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-21
PERSONAL.

Washington people expect General Grant soon TO
become a permanent resident of that city.
Senator Edmunds reached his home on Thursday
night. travelling from Troy to Burlington by special
train.
Mr.. Matthew Arnold viii deliver his first lecture
in this country on Numbers" in Chickering Hail.
on Tuesday evening, October 30, under the manage
mcnt of Dir. DOyly Carte
1t is stated positively in The Boston Transcript that
Ralph Waldo Emerson's letter of acceptance, in
reply to call to the pulpit of the Second Unitarian
Church in that city, is still on the files Of that
church and not as has been reported in the Indian
apolis Public Library
Widespread and genuine regret will be caused by
the announcement that the Princess of Wales is not
likely to obtain any relief from her ear-troublc.
For some years she has been little hard of hear
ing" and now despite the efforts of her physicians,
the inhrmity seems to be developing into chronic
and almost entire DEAFNESS.
Samuel Mintum Peck, author of the ROUNDED
Come oh PAM" and other popular short poems,
is a woll-to-do young man of pleasing address, a
graduate of the University of Alabama, and great
fayorite In society in Tuscaloosa, Ala, where he
has his home. His father Is the Hon. L. W Peck,
formerly Chief Justice of the Supreme Court OF
that State.
The Rev. Newman Hall is universally known in
England as the author of the tract Come to
Jesus Some time ago, it is related, he wrote a
reply TO some Of his critics, and having good deal
of the old man Adam" in his natural makeup,
used some pretty singing language therein. Before
publishing it he read it to his friend the late Dr..
Binney and then said; "Now Doctor, Pm going
to print it in tract FORM and want you to suggest
q name for it," Well" said the other, while
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-21
THE WOPD " OBEYp

Has modern civilization OutgrOwn the Use of
the word obey . in the marriage service Re
cent reports from various parts of this country
and Canada tend TO show that many clcTgymcn
regard the promise as obsolete, and no longer
exact it, Certainly common experience shows
that where the word is still used it is seldom If
ever taken seriously by either party to the con
tract. The gay young men and women that
usually cluster about every wedding seldom fail
to have their share of Jokes at the idea that the
woman, who is probably nearly Of the same age
with the man, probably as well educated, and in
most cases far more intelligent I'm all matters
touching family life, is 10 promise 10 obey " him,
much as she might do if she were Il little child.
Probably few men to whom the promise is
made in the marriage service nowadays hear it
without an uncomfortable sense that they are I'm
rather an absurd situation. When the position
of woman i'm society and in life was not so good
as it has since become, promise to "obey was
more natural than it is now when modern prog
ress has made the woman the mans equal
and has inspired in her a strong sense of indi-
vduaity and personal independence, even as
regards the man she loves.
Some of the Boston clcrgymen have been cx-
pressing opinions on this subject which are of
considerable interest. No. ! said: al always
leave out the word obey unless the bride or
groom rcquestit' No. said: "The obligation
is absolutely equivalent upon both man and
"wife. ] omit the word obey because It has no
binding force in practice" No. 3 1" generally
"usc the words love, honor and cherish but
" | think the prevalence of the terrible evil of
divorce may cause return to the use of the
sword obey so that as far as words and forms
" can make it the ceremony should be more bind
sing" No. 4: i" | never used the word obey ;
"and never intend to use it. can see no rea-
" son why the wife should obey the husband any
"more than the husband the wife" No. 8 81
almost always use the word obey but have
no especial reason to give for so doingn No..
6: 81 never used the word, and think it is not
customary in the Protestant churches of to-
"day. | have never been asked to use the word,
I" but frequently have been requested toleavc il
"0ut of the service" No. 7: IL say obey in
@lovc,' which thereby robs it of all objection.
"The true husband viii not ASK his wife to obey
Except in love, and the true wife is always ready
q to do that" No. s: q would not nr@t@nd TO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-21

men were suppressed by resumption OF specle
payments, q moral victory grander than the
triumph over rebellion-a victory such as no
other Nation under any form of government has
aver achieved. But there came test even more
severe. Prosperity ruins thousands Wheie au
yersity brushes hundreds, and the crazy leVer U.
sneculation which broke out In 1879 threatened
IN undermine all industry and TO disorder al
commerce. But we have proof now that the
great majority of the people refused 10 mVoNe
themselves beyond their means, or to incur new
debts in the haste to get rich. The inevitable
coIlanse of speculation, when it came, found most
of the business of the country on cash Dasls'
II found farmers who had lifted about half the
mortgages on their farms merchants VINO col'lu
meet without finching the failure OF great houses
with which they had been connected In BUSINESS )
and'monufaotoriesw which have endured two years
of declining markets with honorable patience.
Tho sorndness of business was never more Sc
voro,v tried. But the result has proved that the
speculative fever did not seduce large part Oh
the people from the sober path OF patient ihuuS-
try. ;,
The country Ia behaving itself WELL ltS trlalS
and reverses only serve to show now sonu 10
the foundation on which its prosperity rests.
We have fashionable extravaganza ana SOCIAL
foolishness in some quarters, but the great Dody
Of fine people prefer comfort to display. There
is vice everywhere, as there always will be where
there are human hearts, but 1t Is not small
thing that 800, 900 voters in one State delib-
erately tried to prohibit the sale OF Intoxicating
drinks. Meanwhile, in every part OF tho lahu
the work of true Christian benevolencc, In
thousand organized forms, goes on with greater
vigor than ever before In our history Inc
churches every year are thinking less Of creeds
and sects and more of the suffering to be re-
Ijeved. the ignorant to be taught, and the wan
derers to be reclaimed.
No, it is not country to be ashamed OF, nor
is the age degenerate. Calm history will see
less than we do of the spots and flaws 1t Will
see eighteen years of marvellous progress by a
great Nation, not merely in producing wealth.
but in developing true manhood and woman
hood. and In making the world better and hap
picr. as well as more free from want.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-21
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGN.-Three earthquake shocks were felt at
Gibraltar Yesterday. = resolution was passed
Mt an Irish National League meeting in London ex-
pressing pleasure at Lord Coleridges adj
dress IN New York. - The steamship
Canada's passengers arrived in Halifax. GO The
report of the death of 81 Sliman, an
Algerian insurgent chief, is confirmed. &C The
Pope is preparing an aOcutiOn on the condition of
the Church 90 Twelve bodies have been recov-
cred from the Wharnclife- Carlton colliery. 60
George Hamilton Chichester is dead.
DOMESTIC. - Several Harvard students were
injured yesterday by the fall of the
balconies of their boat house. = Mittie
B., Burch, Fair Court, Heel-and-Toe and
Brad won the races at Ivy City yesterday.
- 1t is officially reported that the disease at
Brewton, Ala, is yellow-fever. == CharlosoS.
Phillips of New-YOrk, has charged his brother,
John Phillips, of Philadelphia, with embezzlement.
THE United States ship Dispatch, which started
from the Washington Navy Yard yesterday for
Mount Vernon, with Lord COleridge on board ran
aground The charges against Postmaster God
dard, of Portland, Me-, have been investigated.
g The Chicago ordinance taxing wholesale
LIQUOR dealers has been declared void. = OTrin
A. Carpenter. a wealthy resident of Lincoln, H., Is
suspected of he murder of Fora Barns. 60 There
was slight advance in the Chicago markets yes
terday==The Rutgers football team was beaten
by the Wesleyans. Money will be sent TO New
York for the payment of Georgia bonds and inter
est. - S. A. b. Abbott was nominated for Demo
cratic candidate for Lieutenant-GovernOr in Massa
chusetts.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-The Rev. DR.. Henry c..
Potter was cOnsecrated Assistant Bishop of the
New-York Diocese yesterday Mayor Low ad-
dressed the meeting of the Young Republican Club
I'm Brooklyn. - Henry Ward Beecher returned
from lecturing tour in the West. - The Kings
County Republican convention was held. --
Coroner Merlle investigated the suicide of Mr..
Gwinner but without result. = young doctor
of dissipated habits committed suicide. -= The
Yacht Oracle defeated the BedOuin and Orya In the
Sewanhaka sloOp race. == The body of the muir
derer HOvey was buried. 60 Gold value OF the
legal tender silver dollar 412l2 grains) S56S cents.
- Stocks generally were dull corner in
Northern Pacific preferred was developed, but it
did not help the market, which closed weak
THE Manufacturers local observations in
dictate fair or clear and cooler weather. Tempera-
ture Yesterday Highest, 500 lowest, 49, aver
age, 5SAe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-21
TOWN.TALK.
PERSONAL AND PRACTICAL.


THE INVENTOR OF THE "GMP."-A few days ago Colo.
mel Paine was crossing the Bridge In company with
gray and grzzed gentleman to whom he was showing the
working OF his grip" through trapdoor in the centre
OF the car. TRIBUNE reporter who was on the train
thought at the first glance that the interested Observes
was General McColnm, but discovered he was
wrong The gentleman asked great many questions,
which Colonel Paine answered with great prompitude
and was evidently much pleased intelligent interest
shown by the inquirer The reporter did not have
porunity 10 ask Colonel Paine II he knew who his inter-
rOgator was but before the trip had ended the gentleman
had been recognized Mr. Hail. who claims TO have long
ago invented and published specifications and diagrams Of
the identical grip new placed the Bridge Since
then has developed that Mr. Hall has retained counsel
In negotiations with the Bridge authorities looking to
recognition Of his rights the first inventor Of Colonel
Paine's patent Mr. Hall insists that the only difference
between his invention and that which Colonel Paine has
patented that he used under each platform, wa
Colonel Paine only under the centre OF the car
MANNING RAmwAY.-General Horace Porter, in con-
versaon recently, said that the West Shore road had
been manned" exclusively by experienced men, drawn
from other lines throughout the country Engineers con-
and braesmen alike had been selected because OF
faithful service on other roads Many came from the
Pennsylvania. This TO be carrying the military
system in which General Porter has been trained into
the railroad service and wise method 1t is was also
employed at the opening Of the Metropolitan Elevated
ROAD, SlXJn-aYe, ROOO service on sOnlo
having been made prerequisite to appointment. One OK
the applicants for engineers position this road
was mere youth named william Whitaker fresh from q
locomotive the Lehgh Valley road. His recommended
lions attracted the attention Of Mr. Jose f. de Navarro,
who directed his early employment and he was one OF the
first Of six applicants who were simultaneously APP
pointed engineers He train on the opening day OF
the line and has continued do every day since fo
over six years. II now happens that by either the
death or removal Of the Others he IS at twentyseven
years of age the senior engineer of the Elevated Railway
system Of the city.
Too TARDY CRITIcIsM.--"Turn about is fair play,
suppose" said friend of Mayor Edison and controller
Grant land on this principle the criticism OF the Commits
soner of Accounts adverse the Mayor and Controller
may be justified It won't do them any HARM The public
would have been benehed the criticism OF the Commits
oner Accounts had been more severe and been carrier
made THE TRIBUNE of all the papers, was the only one
which, until recently gave expression to the very general
feeling which has long beenpreyaent that the Commits
sloners were lax in their Watchdog duties"