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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-02-28
For I.Ife.

William Lewis, alias Underwood, con-
vlcted on the charge Of robbing the
United States mail at Henrietta, in 1884,
was sentenced Yesterday for life. Ems.
wins wac jointly indicted with him, came
plpar.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-02-28
u VnII WTGIT TO HAVE A sETsoF BEAUTIFUL
IL AOO " UClI PearIy White and Sound Teeik

'0a buy
=, 's hoftLhH'9 O1sIDorTO regularly. eniy BOx
Liquid and Powder, at all and
soolosale eS CrROwDUs DRUG co Dallas -r.~a.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-02-28

That whittier, skin of horsthan snow
And smooth as Inoumen tai aAacaster,
Was all acquired by using Po9soni'z
edlcAted cNMnlaxlnn nnwdor.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-02-28
Saturday Night-ABBoTT's LATEST SUCCESS
II u a XIAT a.

Abbott as Violetta, Castle as Alfredo, Tag
hapetra IN his great role OF Germont and
Grand EnqemhIc
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-02-28
Mexican Trade Inconvenience.

The house at its evening session pass
}6 pension bills and adjourned.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-04-11
THE SILVER STATE.
PUBLISHED EVERY DAY (SUNDAYs En-
CEPTED) BY
4. J. HILL & co.

RATES OF ADVERTISING:
Ose Square 90 lines) first insertion ....S2 50
Eaeh subsequent insertion, per square w.
iberal reduction TO regular advertisers.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-04-11
An English soldiers Pay.

A private in an English infantry regl.
ment receives 2j cents day; lancer
corporal, 81 cents; corporal, Al cents;
lancer sergeant, so cents; sergeant. 5S
cents; color sergeant, 75 cents; and
quartermaster sergeant. 81. These rates
are subject to the following deductions,
viz: One cent day for washing and
six cents day for groceries and vege.
tables. These consist of tea, coffee,
sugar, potatoes, aud green vegetables.
After these deductions, then, the pay
of messing is IL cents day; but, as
he has to provide his own undercloth-
ing, further deduction of two cents
daily is made. thus reducing his actual
pay to Is cents. The pay of the pri.
Yates in the famous Coldstream Guards
averages only about 10 per cent. in ad,
vance of these rates, with equal deduc.
tions for messing and washing.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-04-11
FROM mEAD ro FEET

Charles Eayre Hink'e, Jersey City Heights,
N j., writes: my ron, a lad OF twelve years,
was completely cured OF terrible case of Ecze.
of his head to the soles o; his feet was one
mass Of lscsbs" Everyother remedy and ply.
sicians had been tried in vain
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-04-11

The fastest trains in the world are
now run from New York to Cincinnati
and st. Louis, ard intermediate points
on the lines Of tire Pennsylvania Rail.
road Company. By the new schedule,
which went into effect last Sunday, the
time from New York to Cincinnati is
twenty one hours. and to st. Louis
twenty eight hours.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-04-11

The oddities OF genius are personiiied
in l. nest Perabeau, the Boston pianist
He has theory that pianis,'s ability
to produce a certain powerful tone is
proportionate TO the strength Of his BIZ
ceps; in short, that method, in this res
pect is merely metter OF muscle. He
has been known to request permission
OF utter strangers, whose playing he
had perhaps heard. or heard Of, to feel
their muscle. his admiration increasing
or diminishing according to the -tate OF
development in which he found the bi.
ceps.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-04-11
"TrRRI..y AFFLICTED

Mr.. and Mrs Everett Stebbins, Pelchertown,
Mass. writes: "our little boy was terribly az.
fiicted with scrofula Salt Rhenm and l., ,ys pc
las ever since he was born aud nothing we could
give him hel ed him, until We used CuTIcuRA
REMrprks, which gradually cured him, until he
Is now fair as any child'
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-04-11

AGENT
C.. W. CRANE, si8 Pine street and 10 Leides
dord street. Room 80, San Francisco.
w A CAswELb, Sacramento, California.
B.F. Riley is authorized to collect and re-
csipc for subscriptions to the SILVER STATE In
Paradise Valley.
q. r. YouNe is authorized TO collect and
receipt for subscriptions to the SILVER STATS at
Zig Meadows,
4. GfETz is authorized to collect and receipt
Tor subscriptions TO the SILVER STATE IN spring
CITY.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-04-11
FOR PAlR. LANGUID.

Emaciatec children. with pimply sallow skin,
the CUTIcURA REMEDIES will prove a perfect
blessing, cleansing The blood and skin of inner.
tied impurities and expeling the germs of
scrofula, rheumatism, consumption, and severe
skin diseases 'sr - 80 ff'
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-04-11
"REST FOR IuH sKIN..

Your CuTIcURA kEABDIEs q G the best for skin
diseases have ever sold, and your CUTIcURA
SOAP the finest nedicina ilet soap in the
market. c. W. STAPLES, Druggist,
Osceola Mills Wis
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-04-11
"Seoe FOR NOTHING"

VIM. Gordon, S7 Arlington Ave, Charles
town, Mass, writes: Having paid abou 5000
success II uied the cur,cs RA .RxAEpiEs. which
completely cured, after using three packages T"
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-04-11

lnfantife skin Seautifisrs---Ep
peal TO Mo'hers-- Try Them

LNoR leansing the Skin ard Scalp of Birth
IL III mors for al'ayiDe Itching, Burning and
infi 'mmation, fof curing the first symptoms Of
Eczema. Psoriasis, Milk Crust Scaid head,
Scfofria, and other Inherited skin and blood
diseases, CuricuRA, the great Skin Cure, and
CUTIcrRA Soar an exquisite sk n Beauther,
externally, and CunCuRA RES LvENT, the new
Blood Purifier, internally, are infallible. Abso-
lutely pure.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-04-11

Sold everywhere. Price: CuTIcURA, 30 cents
REsoLVEhr. VI: SOAP, 20 cents. Prepared by
xotter brug and chemical co.. ESost0n,
Mass. send for
How 9" Cure skin Diseases"
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-04-11

R A b$N Use Cutirura soap. an
- ~ IL exquisitely Teriumed skin
Beautiner.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-06-12
'SNOB ARISTOCRACY."
Anglomania and the Rage fol
Foreign Titles.
The Beginning Of American :. Nobility -
Progress Of >nobbcry. and Its Ig-
nominious Maturity at = For
eign Court.

In this country we have no aristocracy,
according 10 the European acccpiat:on
of the word. and what is more. we do
not desire 10 create one. The reward
which genius and labor bring to the
sons and daughters Of this Republic are
sufficient for all who stand up for true
Amcrcan>m.
II is amusing to watch the efforts
which are made by some Of our young
swelIs to initiate the manners and cccen-
tricities Of English people who move in
high society. Anglomania, as this mild
form Of idiocy is called. has Of late
years taken possession Of large por-
ton Of orr dude population. and if this
class Of brairless, faulilcSsly- attired
youths could have their way an Amer
lean ari~tocracy would quickly become
q social entity
A few days ago Your representative
encountered would-bc American
noblcman. walking in the street, with
his trouser, tucked M and m open
umbrella over his head. although the
tagged Sideway was scrupulously clean,
and there was not cloud visible in the
sky.
Hello said the scribe. addressing
the Anglo-Amcrican dude. whats up
now. Charley? The sun is not 20 hot
that YOU need carry an open parasol?"
Jaw. my dear boy languidly replied
the swell. won really can not under
stand /. hut It's bcastly weather.
why. on the contrary. It's delight
full finer day have not experienced
this year.
law. my dear boy. YOU think So. but
I assure you It's raining in beastly
manner.
..Raining Where. might ask youo
Look up at the SKY and undeceive your
self.
law. know All that sort Of thing.
but fact l.. We VI had cablegram at
the club few moments ago saving it
was raining in London. You know. and.
fact Is. we fellows who are about to
leave for Europe in few days have al
ready completely identified ourselves
with the mother country. Ia. Ia"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-06-12

The tramp is of the genus that
meats by chance. Yonkers Gazette.
-" There are poems unwritten and
songs unsung' :. Yes says an edi-
tor. !" il is this that reconciles us to
life
- An Omaha doctor kisses his wife
sevcnty-tive times day. Trying to
kill her, probably; eminent authorities
say that kissing Is deletcrious to health.
--LowcH Citizen.
-. Dear me, said lady in Fifth
avenue the other evening. How the
china craze is growing! Here's New
York club that is paying $1,000 for .
pitcher - Albany Times.
-" What makes the rain growl So
loud. mammaP" asked little Joe in .
thunderstorm. Another small friend
under similar circumstances said that
she was afraid Of the quick sunshine"
IN. Y Independent.
Miss Miggs-s'I hope, my dear,
that you don't 90 to the theater alone. n
Estcllc mo. indeed. never think
Of going unless l am chaperoned.'
Miss Mggs Unless you are whata"
Estelle 'Chaperoned." Miss Miggs-
THAT Il the way with me. ! always
like TO have . chap around. "-Drdke's
Magazine.
A man in the smoking-car on .
Danbury 4 Norwalk Railway train this
morning leaned over TO the man who
sat in front Of him and said Have
YOU match?" "Yes. but hain't got
any cigar was the prompt reply.
Then you can't want the match
said the first man. sweetly. IL anbury
(Ct) Nccs.
A Galveston mendicant was in the
habit Of calling at the Office Of a local
lawyer and receiving small sum on
account Of former acquaintance. Last
week the mcndicant called as usual.
but the lawyer said, II can't assist you
any longer, rs I've got wife now. and
need all the money / can lay nv hands
on well. now, that's just coming
II little too strong. Here you actual
ly 60 and get married at my expense
--Tcrds Settings.
AT station down in Indiana the
Lake Shore Company employs lady
ticket agent. She is good agent, and
attends closely to her business, but she
is a woman still. The other day a lady
traveller stepped up 70 the ticket win
dow and inquired about train that
was little late. "Will the train bo
longP" she asked meaning If il would
be long in arriving. "Oh. yes was
| the reply of the fair ticket agent.
longer than last season. but without
so many ruiiles around the edge. 49,
| CHICAGO Herald
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-06-12

Anglomaniacs can only succeed in get
ting hold Of q real English lord or
marquis. the genuine article can. II
willing. be fcicd. dincd and wined At
the expense Of the spurious imitation.
A son Of the late President was rcgu-
larry dubbed prince Arthur by the
would-be aristocratic set at Washing
ton, but IL would scandalizc n good
American 10 hear this sobriguct used in
and about the White House In all seri-
business and evident good faith.
II Is said that in Boston no one can
claim 10 be an aristocrat whose grand
father piled the humble avocation Of a
grcen-grocer; in New York one must be
able to trace ones descent from the
Knickerbockers. and in Virginia from
Pocahontas before admittance can be
gained TO the receptions Of the first
families. II we carefully examine the
gcnealogies OF most Of our first fam
lies we shall see that they spring from
a simple. handwriting stock who did
not consider the humblest labor undig-
niiied so long as il brought them an
honest rccompensc.
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ing himself mark for nngraceful com
mcnt.
A single eve glass is the first article
mounted by the American dude when
he would wish 10 pose rs an English
man. See him with il most excruciat-
ingly under his eyebrow, a. he leans or
Tolls about the promenade To one Of the
ocean liners. and li-ps Or mumblcs out
some drawing sentences 10 any Of the
ladies OF his acquaintance whom he may
pass by.
Then. when England has been
reached and with an incredible amount
Of labor and sycophancy he has sue
cecdcd in worming himself into. what
he STYLES. high society, his methods and
manners are alike vile travesties on the
wontcd grace Of high ored English gen
tleman. and his great wealth alone
saves him from contempt and Insult.
But il i when on his knees TO some
bewhiskcred Italian Prince or Potcn-
tate. receiving from his hand the dear
ly-purchascd patent of his new nobility.
that our ci-derant American dude Is
seen in his most appropriate attitude.
Bow down. degenerate son 81 q
mighty Nation OF intelligent toilers. you
are but the dronc in the great hive Of
this busy woi Id, and have never worked
for the honey which you now sip and
feed on. America can easily afford to
forget YOU in her fifty millions OF free
and Independent citizens.
England is great Nation which, fol
centuries. has developed all the arts
Of peace and refinement, but this fact
alone should not make us slavishly
accept every English method. Our
country Is young one. vet its brief his
tory is not uneyentfnl. and il has
before it a glorious future. Why. then,
should we have our young gentlemen
dudes copying English dress and man
ners. our rosebud dcJufanfcs forgetting
the old American custom If clothing the
body with becoming modcsty and not
shocking Us with the ght Of the for
eign imported custom Of naked arms,
and gowns so extremely dcco'lefc as to
be an oilense against good taste and
manners.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-06-12
FOR .NoBn.Iry.''

As men grow rich il Is only reason
able 20 Suppose that their uninterrupted
leisure and the facility afforded them of
gratifying every desire will lead them
into search after empty titles. There
are not fewer than one hundred full
ficdged American noblcmcn at present
in Europe. and the number is being
gradually increased by the purchase Of
foreign patents Of nobility. The Duke
de Campo Selice. at present residing in
Paris. i nothing more than smart
New Yorker who made his money ia
sewing machines. His wife Madame
la Duchesse- is a vcrybeautiful and tai
ented lady. and at her receptions when
ever any of our other American ''ar:sio-
Gratis are invited. the ducal coronet is
certain TO be trottci out. The title is an
Italian one. and l. said TO have cost its
owner S25O.0e0 There is an old saying:
"A fool and his money are soon parted
A New York lady. well known in GER
tain circles. the widow Of n wealthy & u
ban. and who Afterwards married the
old Scotch Earl Of Caithness, is now
the Duchess di Pompar. 1t would
seem that the family title, Caithness.
was not rompous enough for this Ame.i-
can, and as her son insisted upon a
dukedom. she crossed over to Rome and
paid her hard cash down for a brace OF
titles. Her son Is now known in FASH
ionable circles as the Duke di Pompar.
Italy seems to be a kind Of Eldorado
for the titlc-loving citizens OF America.
Nor Is the craze entirely confined to the
male dudes. rs unfortunately the youth
and beauty Of our sweet society rose
buds have an almost unquenchable
longing for an Italian title, and its meet
accompaniment, palace BY the Lake
Of Como. A list Of some OF the rich
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II ono wishes to give expression to
the antiquity Of any English family line
lis usual TO say of the ancestor that he
came over with the Conqueror; in Amer
lea the strongest patent Of nobility
seems to be that ones ancestors came
over in the .Maynower. Many proud
American millionaire. whose family tree
can prove beyond disputing that the
founder Of the house was one Of the
Pilgrim Fathers. owes his name and the
foundation OF his present great wealth
TO the hard tolls and indomitable per-
severance Of some poor German or
Irish outcast. who crossed over 10 this
country in the slow old leaky sailing
craft which braved the terrors OF the
Atlantic in the beginning Of the last
century. Family 'trees are not difficult
TO construct a may DC desired.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-06-12

The first wedding In America was
that Of Edward Wilson and Susannah
White at Plymouth in 1921. Boston
journal.
Mrs. Tom Thumb. now the Count
ess Magr, wears for shoes u child's
No. 3. and the Count wears child's
No. :.
Mrs. Elizabeth Granger. Of Pitts
field. Mass, who has been widow
seycnty-fiye years, celebrated her ono
hundredth birthday anniversary re-
Gently.
A town in Buffalo County, ID. T.,
has been named in honor Of the first
lady resident. Slade. Mrs. Slade was
nearly killed in cyclone there in 1883.
--Dcnrcr Tribune.
Robert Collyer says the scientific
length OF sermon is thirty minutes.
II 4 man has anything At all worth
SAYING he can say it in that time with
out repeating himself.
A marked spirit of defcrentiat
courtesy is shown by the more impor-
tant Of the English reviews In treating
OF the works or personality of American
literary men who have won their spurs.
Chicago Current.
The Emperor Of Germany has con-
ferrcd upon Minnie Hauk the honorary
title Of Z Imperial Chamber Singer.
Il stnction shared by only three other
foreign prima donnas. Adelina Patti,
Jenny Lind Goldschmidt and Artot-
Padilla.
The Bible revisers base their con-
fidencc in the ultimate general accept
ancr of the new version on the prece-
dent afforded in the history Of the King
James version, which came into gen.
eral use despite the fact that il was not
received BY the generation contempo-
rancous with its production. ~ Chicago
Current.
Some Of the cphemcral poets Of q
generation or two ago, who tluttered
and SCARED aloft on not over-strong
pinions. are nearly forgotten by readers
of the present day. Among them was
Grenville Mellen. who wrote so many
temperance lyrics tina: he acquired the
aqueous nickname of ''water-melon."
-Boston Budgct.
The story is denied that "Orpheus
G. Kerr is in straitened circumstances.
One who knows him SAYS Of Mr.. Newell
that The i not old, but, on the con-
trary. young, hale. merry and the de-
light of charming circle of which his
family i the center and most devoted
to him. In other words, Orpheus 9.
Kerr lives an ideal life; he writes when
he pleases. and besides his family. who
adore him. he has many friends. -
Chicago Tribune.
DIR. Allibone Is the veteran literateur
Of America. At the age Of thirty-four
he began his Dictionary Of Authors"
which may almost be termed his life
work. since it gave him occupation for
eighteen wears. His only assistant in
this task was his WIFE, who copied the
manuscript notes to the extent Of 20, 900
pages Of foolscap. This work contains
3.l40 double columns and includes q
list Of 1900 writer's, and such a pro-
duction shows its authors enthusiastic
love of literature. ~ y. Tribune.
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Al Home we keep our treasures, The precious
Father. mother. brother. sister, children, hus.
Al Home We lay foundations for coming good
And start out ON the journey up lIfc's uneven
hill,
Al Home.
At Home we build heart temples wherein we
may enshrinc
Tho affairs and the tables where our olive
branches twine;
AT Home we ask and answer the auestionings
Of fate,
And seek 10 md the narrow path up to the
gate that's straight,
AT Home
At Home we shun the broader way 10 gates
that open wide.
And hold the path Of rcctitude when opening
paths divide.
AT Home we trace the chart OF Time, with
mingled hopes and fears
Find pain anf pleasure sun and storm. mid
treasured smiles and tears
At Home
At Home. whore Iovcdoncs gather. the purest
Joys we know,
while holding closely in embrace ourown. for
veal or woe.
At Home We drink Of sorrows cup. when
falls afiiictlons tear.
And greetings and farcwels are said by those
W. hold most dear,
At Home we tire and wander, but though we
roam alaf.
We keep the range and reckoning Of our mag.
ncfiC star.
At Home. the dearest spot on earth. where
deity and with zesf
We weave lfes web 10 lay Il down and seek
eternal rest,
Al Home.
-cldrs ". Brvan. IN Good housekeeping.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-06-12

These OBJ ectionable customs may be-
long to foreign arstocracy. We do
not want them here. The nearer we
approach the eneminatc manners 81
Europe. the farther shall we rccede from
the glorious principles Of liberty pro-
claimed in that Magma Charta Of our
rights -"the Declaration of Indcpend-
ence.'
Worth. not wealth. should be- respect
ed in this country: natural manners.
not affected ones. The toilcr should
rank because of his usefulness
above the idlcr. and the nativc-born
American gentleman above all sicken-
ing representations Of spurious
American aristocracy. N y. Cor.
LouSriLlc C0uricr-Journdi.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-06-12
ANsoN sTAcER.



Ing the Late General Stager-
II was way back In the fifties. when
telcgraphing was in its infancy and
reading by sound nm accomplishment in
which few exccllcd. General Stager
was never good sound operator and
read from the instrument with consid-
cradle difficulty.
One day he was told that the assistant
at Toledo was absent from the Office
without leave. On The day following
the missing operator reported for duty.
General Stager then at Cleveland.
asked him TO come to the key. You
were absent yesterday without permis-
sion. This Is the second time this has
occurred II you can not give a better
excuse than you did before shall have
to dismiss you," he te,egraphed the
young man. The operator knew that
the General was not clever at reading
the sound. and so for couple Of min
utes he ratified the key rs hard rs he
could, without saying anything that
was at all ineligible. Then suddenly
slowing up he added, so plainly that
any novice could read it .'and that IL
the way il all happened.
General Stager was too proud to ask
tho operator to send slower, notwith-
standing everything that came over the
wire was unintelligible to him except
the concluding words. ''Oh, well,,"
said he. unwilling to confess his igno-
rance. III that's the case you are per-
fectly excusable. and well say no more
about it, Washington Letter.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-06-12

A gentleman in Lyon County four.
teen years ago married a lady with q
little daughter by former husband.
After twelve years he obtained d.
vorcc from his wife and soon after mar
ried her daughter. The fun Of il all Is
in the fact that the divorced wife, now
his mothcr-in-law, lives with her daugh-
ter and husband, and all are as happy
as quails. Hartford (Kdn.) Call.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-06-12
EUROPEAN SOCIETY.

II YOU have ever noticed the Anglo
American dude in mid-occan, II must
have caused you no small amount Of
pleasure. albeit tingcd with some meas
ure Of disgust, that man should low
err himself to copy the aristocratic man
ncrs Of another nationality, and not
succeed in that attempt beyond max
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now AMERICAN MOBILITY" BEGAN.

HOW AMERICAN MOBILITY BEGAN.
No one who has ever been careful
observer OF social life in Washington
but must have been struck with the fool
ish efforts INDUCED in BY the gildcd
youth at the capital apcing the English
nobility. Crests and coats Of arms, En-
glish cut clothes, and every conceivable
imitation Of this British aristocracy are
I'll the rage. II one Of the young