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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-01-23
Among the curiosities recently added

Among the curiosities recently added
To the collection OF the Dead Letter
Office il a bottle of "Psin Cure, ad-
dressed ~ Qneen Victoria by Georgia
doctor who confidently asserts that 1t
will cure her injured knee. Another
curiosity is a communication addressed
to "Messrs, Blaine. Davis. and Malone
Machine Manufacturing Company. Bal
timore. Md. by Russian firm deal
ing in betting and rubber goods. This
communication is supposed To have
been called forth by an article pub
lirhed IN Baltimore newspaper, where.
in Messers Blslue. Davis, aud Mahone
were referred To In connection with
political machinery. A hog snake Ia
rare species) a centipede, and hard
were also detained IN the mails. and
found home in the museum Of the
Dead Letter Office.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-01-23

NJ. Umphry, who lives IN IA house m
StelFensviIle, Mo-, once occupied BY a
suicide. says hc was visited a few nights
ago by a ghost that revealed to hIm the
hiding place Of a valuable damonl rms.
The ghost told hlm. ne says. to look
under the floor at the bottom Of the
stairway. He looked under there and
found the diamond ring.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-01-23

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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-01-23
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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-01-23
Notice to Clients.

Persons having business with me at any time
IN my absence, will u ease confer with \. j.
aonniaeld Jr, who will attend 10 it or notify
me Immediately, II necessary.
NJ. 3 BoNNiFIELD.
winnemucca, New. NovllS 1883 II
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-01-23

Eastern Quick RisiDg Buckw heat
tlOur.
Five hundred pounds Of the above
just received, oi the finest quality ever
brought to Winuemucca
dl7 r. T.. RoBINs.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-01-23
California figs.

California Figs, IN 10 pound boxes
choice aud cheap. at +. Z. RoBI>s'
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-10-10
tember.
From the Medica, Times.

From the Medical Times.
In cases OF death from contagious dis
order, public funerals are very proper
ly forbidden by health authorities, al
though occasionally a wake" is surrep-
titiously held, with its unfortunate but
natural, results. OF this, however, we
need not speak, as the wisdom of thus
limiting infection Is acquiesced in gen.
orally by intelligent people, and the
law is usually obeyed. There are some
minor infractions of the laws of health
that should be mentioned, which ply
sicians have repeatedly called attention
to, but the higher laws of fashion and
custom appear to exert q prepondera-
ting influence. For instance, there
are very few days in the year when deli
cate women can ride long distances in
q close earriagga, and then, reaching TIL
cemetery, stand upon the damp, cold
sod for a grerter or less time during
the final ceremonies at the grave with
out physical injury to themselves.
A custom also to which especial at
tention should be directed, in order to
have it changed, is that of men stand
ing bare headed in the open air, APP
parantly Indifferent to the burning sur
of July or the cold winds of March,
without regard to the season or wealth
er. Taking into consideration the as
sociated conditions, the necessarily de-
t pressing influence upon the emotions oi
the sad duty which at the time is pre-
eminent in the mind, the physical con.
dition resulting from sitting in I
cramped position during q tedious ride
in a carriage, and the unaccustomed ex.
posure to the weather, it is not surpris'
ing that cases of illness result from The
removal of the head. covering, particu
larly in elderly people with an en-
feebled c~ircniation. On q hot day there
is danger OF producing, if not actual sun.
stroke, at least acolgestion Of the mem
branes Of the brain, which causes per
s;stent and violent headaches, and Il
this ministers and those officiating az,
particularly liable.
Whether the day be hot or cold, we
or only windy, let the services be held i
q place where the health OF the attend
ants need not be imperiled LIT delicat'
and weakly persons be restrained from
riding to the cemetery and from stand
ing on the damp ground and especial,
let men obey common sense and keel
on their hats when they risk sickness
by their removal.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-10-10
The Pipe Coming Into Favor

From the Albany Argus.
/ understand that a large number of
American gentlemen will adopt the
English fashion of smoking o pipe rath-
er than cigars. To be in good form
the pipe must be handsome, and the to-
bacco of the very best quality. This is
a very sensible innovation, and I am
heart and soul with the movement. No
true lover Of the weed but prefers an
cid aaaaeenn- TO the best cigar ever
rolled. Dudes and exquisites, perhaps,
are not equal to a pipe, but they have
no business to touch anything stronger
than cigarettes. A pipe gives the true
flavor of the tobacco, and it keeps the
weed from coming in contact with the
very delicate mucous membrane lining
the mouth. Not the least reason why
pipes are desirable is their comparative
cheapness. The day Of lavish sexpen-
diture has gone by, and no young man
is ashamed to show economy In his l.ab-
It's There is q great deal OF prejudice
against smoking pipes in the street, and
this is all very we'll, but should also ex-
tend to cigars. No man should smoke
on q public thorongh-fare in the day
time, but If he does, q natty pipe looks
just as well as an imported Henry
Clay" The odor Of apipe is thought
dIsagreeable but this is simply because
it is associated with rank tobacco. The
mild grades long cut" have a very rich
fragrance, and contain, / believe no de-
leterious
Pipes have been sung by the poets,
but where no cigars figure in song? All
Of romance and sentiment circles up
ward In the thick, yellow clouds pulled
from the bowl Of q pipe, and not il
The thin blue haze Of the oyerrated
cigar!
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-10-10
A Story of A Tree Frog.

One sultry night in Indiana, l sat
busily writing upstairs close to an
open window. My lamp, placed upon my
desk, attracted countless numbers OF
the insect world that come out to see
their friends only after dark there was
a constant buzz around the lamp and
many a scorching victim, falling on its
back, vainly kicked its little legs IN AIR.
Suddenly a clear, low whistle sound
ed from the Window whistle some
what like the sound made when a boy
blows into the oritice of a trunk-key.
Startled for a moment, l turned my
chair and beheld on the window-sill a
little tree-frog gravely looking at me.
His skin-of an exquisite apple-green
~color-shone in the lamp light. Fear
ful that [ might brighten him away, l
sat mOtionless in the chair, watching
him ~intently. Presently he gave an
other little whistle, as clear and sharp
as a bird-note. He was evidently MAX
ing up his mind that I was to be trust
ed-a confidence not misplaced, and
soon he gave an easy spring and was
ON the desk before me. I hardly dared
to breathe, lest he should be alarmed.
He looked at me carefully for a few
minutes; and then, hopping under the
lamp, he began a slaughter OF the IN
sect creation, such as / had never be-
fore witnessed. He captured in a easy
way any careless fly or moth that came
near him, declining to touch the dead
ones that had cremated themselves.
After half an hours enjoyment of
this kind, my apple green friend hop
ped rather lazily across the desk, re-
peated the whistle with which he had
entered if TO say good-night,-and
went out into the dark. l proceed
ed with my work and Don forgot my
visitor. But Judge of my surprise when
on the next night he again appeared,
again signaled his coming with his
musical cry, and again took up his posi-
ton under my lamp.
For nearly three weeks did my small
friend visit my room nightly, and he
and I became great friends. House
flies were his special delicacy. Steal
thily crawling up the painted wall,
clinging to the smooth surface with the
little disks, or suckers, on his feet, he
would draw close mp to his body first
n leg and then the other, and wher
within proper distance, he would dart
forward, and, snatching the fly, would
swing head downward, his hind fee
firmly glued to the wall! Then, attach.
ing his fore feet, he would move on il
quest of another.
de never missed his aim, and hi
would quietly and calmly zigzag uI
and down the side wall after every fly
he saw there. He became quite accus
toned to me, and would hop on my
hand, and sit there looking at me Will
a grave composure ludicrous to behold
II. Lancey, in st. Nicholas for Sep
tember.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-10-10
What a Kentucky Burgoo Is.

Washington Letter to the Philadelphia Record.
eff you should 60 TO Kentucky about
this time" said the old Judge, you
would probably be invited to q burgoo.
You don't recognize him by chat name,
do you? No? well, a burgoo (@accent on
the last syllable) is agrand, good thing.
1t is an all-day picnic in the woods,
with q feast which throws the clam
chowder and the barbecue into the deep
shade of obscurity. In fact the burgoo
usually includes a barbecue as q sort Of
incident. You go out to a corner OF the
woods, where the thick underbrush has
been carefully cut away, and whsre
there are trees enough for shade, but
not enough for gloom, and there you sly
and play poker and smoke the finest
tobacco in the world and drink oily III
year-old sour mash and sniff the de-
hghtful aroma of the burgoo until along
In the afternoon, when the niggers pro-
nounce the burgoo ready and ladie u
out to you in big bowlfuls. The burgoo
Is adelicious broth, which is aperpetual
reminder of the aborigines, who handed
it over to our forefathers when they be-
gan coming cross the mountains from
Virginia. You take-or, rather. the
darkies take-a gigantic kettle and hang
it over a roaring fire. Al light broth IS
made first; then they throw in young
chickens, young ducks, sucking pigs
and all sorts of small game, with fresh
potatoes, green peas, string beams
corn and every other vegetable. Every
thing Is cooked until the meat begins 70
fall to pieces. Then the walters, with
shining, smiling, black faces, and snow.
white jackets and aprons, bear great
bowifuls Of the toothsome stew
through the grove. Oh, how good it ~
My mouth waters Is / tell you Of ~
Afterward there is d More burgoo, ane
then more burgoo, until everybody has
actually had enough. Then the dar-
kies satisfy themselves, while you re'
turn to your pipe and your glass, nm
Til the shadows of evening gather sleep
lily around you" His voice became
low and his look became drearv. Sud.
denly he reused himself and remarked
as he turned away: "a few weeks later
the darkies hold their camp-meeting on
the same spot
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-10-10

| est Of Fisk, the employees in many cases
being ON his pay lists, turned in and
endeayored to drive Stokes to the gal
lows. Stokes conducted himself during
the different trials with both anxiety ana
dignity. His relations with FIsk's wom-
an operated against him in a certain
large class which, did not much regret
Fisk's loss. He paid the penalty, how
ever for these things, and his wife OBJ
tanned q divorce from him. with the
exception of his white hair he preserves
his full bodily strength and health; his
skin is of a rather quicksilvery TINT, ms
eve are dark and playful, he probably
weighs about 1G0 pounds, generally
dressed in a cool, summer style, ana
does not say much of his own remlnls-
cences of an exciting nature, and mas
apparently made up his mind that Ger,
tain things are predestlned and cannot
be avoided. It is IA sign of the elastic
nature of this country the way he mas
been able to o a certain amount
of friendship and public support, and
finally united himself with II of the
most successful men here and with q
distinguished capitalist.
1t is understood that Stokes, after
irving in a variety of ways to make mon
ey, met Mr.. Mackey in California, who
liked him for the danger he had passed,
for the hopeful vision he took of life,
and for his unaffected of-hand man
ners. It was soon rumored that Stokes
had acquired an interest in the Hoffman
house, but this seemed to be denied
for awhile Then the gorgeous bar
room there was opened, and it was
understood that this belonged to
Stokes. After a time it became clear
that Stokes was alarge part of the Hotf-
man house. Almost everybody who
enters there desires to see him, and a
good many want to know him. He takes
life Just as it comes, resents nothing,
understands why some people might
have hostility to him and if he gets a
rebuff now and then the probabilities
are that in the course of time the offend
ing person will come around and be
pacitied.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-10-10

Gath :-Difference5 Of opinion will
always exist as to the extent Of provoca-
tion he received from Fisk. Fisk had
become . very dangerous man In his
community, and was perfectly rnscrup-
Nous about meeting an opponent. and
he had confederated with a number Of
desperate outlaws and many corrupt
lawyers and judges, who wonld take his
money and use Justice itself to punish
bis private enemies. He was the pre-
cursor OF nearly all the swindlers we
have had for the past fifteen years in
New York. He would seize the prop
erty Of any railroad he could by force,
and break open its safe and steal the
books and papers. He systematically
debauched the Judiciary and took judges
among bis women, OF whom he kept q
swarm. One of these women, whose
jealousy was aroused, turned against
Fisk. and In the effort to send Stokes
TO jail he met that yeung man while
proceeding into d hotel to meet some
females, and III 4 few hours the mosI
notorious character Of this country had
passed away.
The feeling il New York agains
kto|ses was tremendous for q while
and the newspapers Of that day, man,
q which were subsidized Ia the inter
f
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-10-10
A Funny Story BY A Senator.

Bill Arp in the Atlantic Constitution.
heard Zeb Vance telling how he
captured the vote of a backwoods set
Element in North Carolina when he
first ran for Congress. He said he had
never been in that settlement and didn't
know the boys. He rode over the
mountains and found about sixty sover-
eigns at a crossroads grocery and he
got down and hitched his horse and be-
gan to make their acquaintance and
crack his jokes around, and thought he
was getting along pretty well with them,
but he noticed an old man with shaggy
eyebrows and big brass spectacles
sitting on a chunk and marking in
the sand with a stick. The old man
didn't seem to pay and attention to
Vancs, and after a while Vance con-
cluded that the old man was hellwether
of the flock and that it was necessary
to capture him, so he sided up close to
him and the old man got up and shook
himself and leaned forward on his
stick and said solemnly: "This is Nh.
Vance, 1 believer" "Yes, sir" said
Vance. "And you have come over
here to see my boys about their votes,
/ believer" "Yes, sir" said Vance,
''that is my business"
well, sir" said the old man, "afore
you proceed with that business / would
like to AK you a few questions"
Certainly, sir, ce~rtainly," said
Vance.
"What church mout you belong to-"
said the old man.
That was a neutrality-suspicious.
didn't belong to any church. He knew
that religion and meeting was a big
thing in the backwoods and controlled
their politics. but he didn't know what
their religion was, for North Carolina
was powerfully spotted. But he squared
himself for the responsibility and says
hel well now, my friend, / will tell
you about that, for it is a fair question.
OF course it is. Well, you see my
grandfather came from Scotland, and
you know that over in Scotland every
body is Presbyterian Here he paused
to note the effect, but saw no sign Of
sympathy with his grandpa.
"But my grandmother came from
England and over there everybody be-
longs to the Episcopal church" He
paused again and the old man marked
another mark in the sand and spit his
tobacco away of.
But my father was born in this coun-
try in a Methodist settlement. and SO he
grew up a Methodist Still no sign o
approval from the old man, and SC
Vance took his last shot and said: "Bui
my good old mother was a Baptist, anl
it's my opinion that a man has got IL
60 under water to go to heaven"
The old man walked up and taking
him by the hand said "Well, you ar,
all right, Mr.. Vance and then turning
to the crowd said: "Boys, he'll do AM
you may vote for him, / thought Ii
looked like q Baptist" And the olt
man slowly drew q flask from his coat
tail and handed it to Vance to seal hi
faith.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-10-10

the Chinaman photographed was q res
ident ON United States territory before
the passage of the restriction act Ihus
the Chinese are run over the line as
rapidly as they were permitted to land
ut San Francisco. The people Of Cali
fornia are greatly enraged at the on
tinued attempts of judicial authorities
to override the Congressional enact
ments for the exclusion of the Chinese
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-10-10

Smuggling Chinese immigrants
through from British Columbia INTO
Washington territory has become a
profitable business for photographers
and the makers Of afidavits. The con-
trabands under the y. S. Chinese re-
striction act are landed in British Col
umbia, and they are got into the terri
tory Of the United States by means OF
q game played with photographs and
ai1idayifs. The Cinnamon are photo
graphed in Yietoria, and the photos are
sent TO Seattle and exhibited to those
n the scheme. Who dot the swearing that
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-10-10
e. = % Eemetaru.

In ancient days a saints remains Il
they could be obtained, were buried
near the altar of the church dedicated II
him. The relics Of the holy man made
the place sacred, and SO appealed to the
imagination hat men desired to Is
buried near the saint.
AS the space was limited, the burials
in the church were restricted to tina
bodies of men eminent for their piety
or high in rank. But those who conld
not be buried close to the sacred r..
mains were anxious that their bodies
should repose as near to them a.
possible. To crafty this pious wish t6a
churchyard was consecrated as q burial.
place.
When churchyards In cities and towns
became unhealthy, cemeteries were a.
tablished in the open country, wheYa
the dead might be buried out of sight
but amid trees and flowers, nqtnral
scenery and works of monumental art.
De Amicis, in his Spain" describes
the notable cemetery of Barcelona. He
says:
A silent city traversed by long, de-
serted streets, thanked by straight walls
of equal height, shut in at the end by
other walls.
The dead are placed in the walls
l~engthwise, arranged In different o
like the books in a library. For every
casket there is a corresponding species
of niche in the wall, in which is writ
ten the name of the person buried.
Where no one is buried, the niche bears
the written word Propriedad, which sig
nifes that the place has been purchased.
The majority Of the inches are en-
closed by glass, others by gratings,
some by a fine wire netting, and CON
tain a viriety of objects, placed there In
honor of the dead by their respective
families, such as photographs, little al
tars, pictures, embroideries, artificial
flowers, and, not unfrequently, triAes
that were dear to them in life: ribbons,
necklaces, children's playthings, books,
pins and small pictures.
The family of the dead are Obliged
to pay a certain sum yearly for the niche.
When they cease to pay, the casket is
removed and carried to the common
ditch of the cemetery for the poor.
In an empty niche / saw a beautiful
lock of blonde hair, which had be-
longed to a young girl of fifteen who
had beed drowned. To it was attached
to a card on which was written, Quer-
idal Dear One.)
This portion of the cemetery belongs
to the middle class of the people, and
holds, within, two vast divisions. One
destined for the poor, IS bare, and
planted with great black crosses.
The other, set apart for the rich, and
larger than the first, is cultivated like
q garden, surrounded by chapels, rich,
varied and superb.
In the midst of a forest of willows
and Expresses, On every side columns,
shafts enormous tonibs, anu marble
chapels overloaded with sculpture,
pyramids, groups of statues and monu-
ments, large as houses, which overtop
the highest trees.
Between the monuments are bushes,
gratings and flower beds, and at the
entrance, between this and the other
cemetery, there is a superb marble
church surrounded by columns, half
hidden by the trees.
On leaving this garden one crosses
once more the deserted streets Of the
metropolis, which seems more silent
and sad than at ones first entrance.
, 1884-10-11
REGLEM n
for Vejfred Og VejpOliti.

l Medhold nf % / Anordningen af Ode Juni
1884 ON VejvTsenet paa St. Croix og efter Sam
raad med Kolonialraadet udstedes herved folgende
Reglement.
, 1884-06-15

Two dozen sporting men and THE
LEADERS horse reporter reached the
Cheyenne Trotting Association $ park yes
;erday afternoon just five minutes before
n of Wyoming's big rain and hail storms
arrived.
The scene could not be called spirited,
A solitary lemonade stand, the two dozen
sporting men and THE LEADER reporter,
all well drenched, did not make up the
most exciting throng imaginable, and the
race track looked better fitted for a boat
race than a trotting match. The gratuit-
u damns bestowed upon the day and the
weather by the prominent sporting men
were sufficient in number to have stayed a
flood Of any ordinary size, but on the one
that then ragged they were inadequate to
stay its force, and the races were declared
off for the present. After a brief stay
with Major Talbot, the two dozen sport
ing men, The LEADER horse reporter and
the lone lemonade man returned to town
to pray for a return of the good old times
when one day out of the week could be
counted on to escape a deluge, and when
weather prophets and weather theories
were part of the great unknown.