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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-12-21

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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-12-21

The undersigned has received the Agency n,
the Pleasant Valley Utah) Coal Comma.
ny. The Coal furnish ed from shis comnanv,s
mines is OF superior quality to any ever
brought to WlnLemucca, and viii be delivered
to any part OF town at the lowest rate, and in
any quantity. :"
Leave your orders at the FASHION sTApIp
and they will receive prompt attention
ALEX. WISE.
Wlnnemueea, February 81, 1885.
The Portland daily press., 1885-12-28
coMPeLLEp TO SETTLE.

Some years ago the city Of Elizabeth, New
Jersey, became bankrupt through the reck-
less extravaganza Of its municipal govern
ment. The great Singer Sewing Machine
Company has its works in Elizabeth and
when the city failed held 100000 of it's
bonds, on which the company could not col
lect cent either of principal or interest.
This year the company's works were taxed
$4,000. When the city undertook to collect
this amount the company refused to pay,
saying it would deduct the sum from the
amount due from the city on its bonds and
give credit on its books. This proposition
the city refused to accept, and by virtue of
law which had been got through the legisla-
ture secretly, proceeded to levy on the CON-
pany's property. The performance was of
course simply legalized swindling. The debt
the company held against the city was per-
fectly legal and honest, and the proposition
to offset it with the amount of the tax assessed
upon the company was perfectly fair and
honorable. Ordinarily the creditor of
municipal corporation has to rely to very
large extent upon the honor of the corpora
tion for his debt. The legal enforcement of
his claim is long and tedious process, very
expensive, and the result oftentimes I'M
satisfactory.
1t happened in this case however that the
Singer Company had the power to compel
the city to be honest against its will and was
not slow to exercise it. The company en-
ploys very large number of hands, the most
Of whom are residents of Elizabeth. Among
the number were several members of the
city's common council When the city at
tempted to levy on its property the company
said, Every well, levy if you want to, but if
YOU do we shall close the works forthwith. {"
The city came to its senses Immediately. The
members Of the common council who were
in the company's employ viewed with alarm
the prospect of being out of JOB themselves,
while the rest of them did not enjoy the pros
pect of being held responsible for the suffer
ing and want which were surely in store for
large number of the people of Elizabeth If
the works were closed They soon saw
that honesty in this case surely was the best
policy. The threatened levy on the COM
panys property was therefore not proceeded
with and the offer of the company to Offset
its debt by the taxes assessed on its property
was assented to.
In some aspects of the case it is to be re-
srsttsd that the company was not obliged to
carry out its threat A lesson such as the
slssing Of tks Singer works would have
The Portland daily press., 1885-12-28
Eplson's NEW INVENTION.
a Machine that Will Dispense with
StenograpFy-Th Photograph Inn
proved.
n. Y. World.

n. Y. World
Greater things are in store for the public
than the telephone by the wizard of Menle
Park. Yesterday reporter for the World
saw the inventor of the electric light seated
at bench Of wonderful machinery, with in
genious mirror appliances attached to all its
points for concentrating the rays Of an cleo
trio light and throwing them upon highly
polished disc, tracing thereby the minute
waves of sound from new cylindrical ap-
paratus-a newly constructed phonograph-
and rejecting them hundred fold amplified
upon large disc at a distance Of three feet
81 am now perfecting the phonograph."
said he, as he looked up with kindly smile.
81 have done nothing to it since 1878. All
my time since then has been directed toward
perfecting my light. | have now some time
on my hands, and have resumed my study
of the photograph No one has touched or
sought to make any use of it,. See here, |
have just made photograph of the express
sion 'Ah Here the inventor produced a
strip of paper p feet long by 2 inches wide,
from one end of which to the other was a
continuous line OF waves, making one wave
sound. !" That is All? resumed the mag-
clan. "Of course this is only experimental,
but the machine that would produce that
sound would be heard five miles away dis
tinctly."
"T6ere is, then, an ultimate future for the
phonograph?'
Yes, great one. | intend to make it of
use too Tor commercial purposes. 1t will be
used for debating to. In offices it will take
the place of stenographers, aod boys can use
it. This is the machine am now construct
ing. This pe0nograph was complete SO far
as it went, and gave satisfaction to all those
who were then interested in it. Its mission
| am about to demonstrate. The phOno-
graph / am building will have a five foot
wheel, to be driven by steam. The sound
will be transferred from the photograph to
wheel forty times its diameter, the sound
thus being amplifed forty times, making it
forty times louder than the human voice.
This is to prove the perfection of my
new machine. I shall then construct the new
phonograph for Office use. 1t will be self
acting, worked by spring. Bankers, mer-
chants, lawyers and editors can stand up
and speak to it, or can recline upon lounge,
smoke their CIGARS and dictate to it at their
ease. All they have to do then is to hand it
to the office boy. who, by touching a spring,
can make it talk back or repeat all that has
been said to it, which he can transcribe at
his will. If he misses anything he can
spring it back, when the photograph will
say it over again. Whoever posGesseSone can
take it home, and if thought, an idea strikes
him, he can instantly conide it to the phono-
ograph, and there it is for him the next day.
The stenographer is an expensive institu-
ton in an office. This will take his place as
a complete registering machine,
The Portland daily press., 1885-12-28

Mr.. w T. Foulke of Richmond, Ind, in
answer to letters addressed to them, inquir-
ing as to the causes Of their removal, has re-
ceived replies from 136 postmasters who had
been suspended during their terms of office.
In only two instances did he find that the
removed official had been informed officially
Of the charges against him or given an OPP
portunity to meet them; in a large number
of cases the first information on the subject
received by the postmaster suspended was
by newspaper report or upon presentation of
the order of suspension by the new APP
pointee. In 10 cases in Indiana the change
was attributed to the Congressman in the
district, the successor having been promised
the Office in some instances. Sometimes the
parties learned by hearsay and street rumor
that charges Of offensive Dartisanship had
been preferred. In 10 cases in Indiana land
IL cases elsewhere) a request was made for
information respecting the charges and an
opportunity for investigation, bat no such
opportunity was given nor were the charges
disclosed Mr.. Foulke communicated per-
sonally to the President the results Of his
investigation, and found that the President
approved the plan of turning out postmasters
on en- pdrte evidence and without giving
them chance to be heard. He stated that
he considered it impracticable to inform the
postmasters of charges against them, that
this would be to turn the question of their
removal into a judicial investigation, that
they were continually protesting, objecting
and asking for copies of the charges, but that
these could not be furnished them. Mr.
Fouike suggested that there was little use of
requiring that charges should be preferred
If the postmaster was not permitted to see
them and there was to be no investigation ;
that charges were frequently made by per-
sons utterly irresponsible, and often by those
whs did not pretend to know the facts; that
such charges were frequently false and that
1t was not possible to procure accurate in
formation until both sides had at least
chance to be heard. The President re-
piled that he regretted that the in
quiries had been made. that the Depart
ment had to get its information as
best it could, that he had great difficulty in
bringing many of his party friends up to his
ideas of this reform, and that Indiana was
particularly bad State in that respect. We
should say that it was altogether creditable
to the Democratic party of Indiana that the
President had difficulty to bring them up to
''his ideas of this reform" if the above is a
fair sample of them.
The Portland daily press., 1885-12-28
THE CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY.
a chat with Librarian spofford:
washington Cor. Boston Herald. I

Washington Cor. Boston HERALD
The rapid growth of the copyright depos-
its accounts for the enormous size Of many of
the great government libraries in Europe
but our congressional library is destined to
surpass them in a not very remote fu-
ture. The literary activity Of the United
States is increasing every year, and as the
library of Congress receives two copies of
every book copyrighted within ten days aft
er its publication, it can be readily seen that
the accession from this source alone will
form good-sized library in themselves. One
of these copies goes into the library proper
for circulation, the other is retained in the
copyright department and cannot be taken
out.
The annual increase of the congressional
library varies from 10000 to $4,000 volumes
even now. Besides this there has been accu-
INFLATED during the last fifteen years, with
out any cost, a great collection of works of
art, such as engravings, chromos, photo
graphs, Autographs and photograyures,
large exhibit if Congress ever builds a
library and art gallery to contain the wealth
Of material which now crowds a dozen rooms
in the capitol building full to oyerfiowlng.
1t may give some idea of the great extent
and rapid growth of copyrights in this coun-
try, to state the fact that the annual entries
of copyrights now exceed 10000, being sew
eral thousand more than the patents annual
ly issued by that great institution. the patent
office. The business has grown from less
than 10000 entries the first year to this enor-
nous extent at the present time, AT this
rate the copyright department Will quadru-
pie itself in five years
The wide diversity of the publications
gathered together under the steady opera
ton of the copyright law is in itself an in
teresting fact They embrace net only
books of every possible description and sub
ject, from the twenty volume encyclopedia
of learning to the dime novels of the cheap
publishing houses; but there have been ac-
cumulated over $4,000 musical compositions,
about the same number OF works OF graphic
art. many thousand maps, illustrating of
the United States and foreign countries, and
a multitude of dramatic compositions, many
of which, though deposited in the library OF
Congress as evidence of copyright, are I'M
published.
The Portland daily press., 1885-12-28

Germany has hit upon novel and success
full scheme for disposing of the tramp.
Some years ago her large cities were in
tested with them. A distinguished German
professor suggested a scheme for colonizing
them and making them earn their own liy-
ing. His plan found favor, and large tracts
of land were purchased in Westphalla and
the tramps located upon it. A large part of
them were reformed and made useful citi-
zens. The incorrigible of the number were
committed to the warehouses;. This certain
ly is an improvement on our plan of shutting
them up in Jail and supporting them at the
public expense
The Portland daily press., 1885-12-28

taught, is needed not only for Elizabeth but
for good many other cities and towns scat
tered Throughout the United States Keck-
lessness in mourning debts and carelessness
about paying them are besetting sins OF a
good many municipalities, and the prompt
withdrawal of capital from towns and cities
that refuseto fulfil their engagements will do
more than anything else can to correct both
these faults
The Portland daily press., 1885-12-28

We do nos read anonymous letters and commune
cations The name and address of the writer are
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for pub
LEGATION but as guarantee of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve
communications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1885-12-28

The fourth class postmasters complain
that their fuel, rent and light are burden
some and eat up the profits. The fourth class
postmaster from Maine will probably add
another item-expenses OF Simon Brown.
The Portland daily press., 1885-12-28
Dirig0 Mineral Water.

Iced water ruins digestion; Dirigo water i'm
proves it; is always palatable, refreshing and
heaithful Delivered daily, cool and refreshing
from the spring. Our improved cans viii Keep the
water cool from SO to 4S hours; use OF cans Tree
water per gallon 10 cents.
RUNDLETT BROS, PrOpriet0rs,
1928 Ana Fore srreet. dH
The Portland daily press., 1885-12-28
CURRENT COM nj EMIT
DESERTED BY HIS PARTY.
ALBANY Journal.

DNytFE1Itt4'
On the silver question, which each made
the chief feature of his message and report
respectfully, the President and his Secretary
apparently will be supported only by the Re-
publican senators throughout the session.
PLEADING FOR JOE MAcKIN's PARDON.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
1t is to be hoped that the pardoning power
in Illinois will be stalwart and sensible
enough to resist the tide of sickly sentiment
talism which has already, begun to iioW IN
worker of election frauds in Chicago.
Mackin committed a capital offense against
popular government, and he should be made
to smart for it, and to have an opportunity
for reform the temptations of the outside
,x,iolyad world
The Portland daily press., 1885-12-28

A peculiar accident occurred recently at
South Abingdon, Mass. The Brockton
branch train, when running around the
curve jumped the rails, ran quite distance
on the sleepers, and then, striking patent
switch, took to the rails again in good style,
without doing the slightest damage to the
train, merely giving the passengers a good
shaking up.
The Portland daily press., 1885-12-28


month";
shall freight when the goods are sent ds
this offer before they bought Every
machines dozen days. but
SIS the The machines
We shall
- the 10 the chips fall
The Portland daily press., 1885-12-28
RATTAN ROCKERS
shall sell
this week at 1922 and upwards
PARLOR SUITS

Hair Cloth
Maine is peee Crushed
Embossed Moh Plus
with plush,
notw
Investigating the hand
The Portland daily press., 1885-12-28
THE SILVER QUESTION.
New York Times

The silver question now is in something
the same shape as the greenback question
can party are sound upon it, majority of
the Democratic partJ are unsound: some of
the Democratic leaders are far in advance of
their party; some of the Republican leaders
are far behind theirs. Ii the Republican
leaders now have the courage and the fore
sight to take bold and high ground and to
sustain it firmly and aggressiYely, calling to
them all who agree with them and sustaining
the administration consistently and in good
faith, the outcome of this question must be
substantially the same as was that of the
greenback question. The party will prevail;
the Republican party will have and will de-
serve the credit of bringing it about, and
parties will divide on other questions. leay-
ing distinct advantage on the Republican
side. 1t is case where duty and expediency
dictate The Same course
The Portland daily press., 1885-12-28
Providence journal

The fuss over the report of Consul General
Mueller, at Berlin, shows with how little
Judgment some of our diplomatic representa-
cal sense they exercise their functions. Mr..
Mueller injected stump speech about
American ideas and the bigotry and injustice
the German government in opposing them,
into his report, which had no business there,
and there is, very naturally, row about it,
in which the German government will be
likely to act as insolently as Mr.. Mueller has
done njudiciously. What our consuls should
do is to confine themselves to their legitimate
functions and their reports to the statistics
of trade and commerce, without regard to
nolitipnI ideas
The Portland daily press., 1885-12-28
ALTOGETHER TOO SIMPLE.
Portland Globe.

There is always humorous side even to
the most serious affairs of life. and the Gled-
suggestion of one of the directors that Mr..
Rice be asked to prepare simple system of
bookkeeping so that they could tell at a
glance whether any defaulting was going on
IS calculated tie excite the risibilities of a
~ mind that a system under which a clerk
could steal 5000 in a short time without ex-
citing anybody's suspicion was if anything
too simple already.
CoNsULs SHOULD ATTEND TO THEIR DUsI-
The Portland daily press., 1885-12-28

The proposition to pay the interest on the
bonds in deprecated currency which
Senator Beck advocated when he suggested
that the silver in the treasury be used for
this purpose, is an old one. When the
greenback was below par the Greenbackers
advocated the payment of the interest of the
bond in that kind of currency. The law says
that the interest on the bonds shall be paid
in coin, and silver is coin, so that the pay
ment of the interest in silver would be a
compliance with the letter Of the law. But
the spirit of the law requires that we should
pay the interest in dollars which are worth a
hundred cents. Our silver dollar, 1t is well
known, is not worth hundred cents. To
compel bondholder therefore to accept
them against his will would be to compel
him. 10 accept less amount than the country
agreed to pay him. 1t would be swindling,
nothing more, nothing less.
The Portland daily press., 1885-12-28

The prospect of the repeal of the silver
coinage act by this Congress is very small.
The silver men have made a count Of both
branches, and profess the fullest con-
fdence that there will be considerable ma
jority in both Houses against any such legis-
lation. Inquiries made by the Washington
Republican point in the same direction.
Senator Beck'S speech appears to have had a
very bracing effect. and they are now
Boosting that not only will they be able to
prevent the repeal of the coinage act, bur to
prevent any modification of it as well. 1t is
to be feared that their Boosting is founded
on a correct appreciation Of the situation.
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The fourth class postmasters have called a
convention to ventilate their grievances, or
grievance, for practically there is but one
that they do not get money enough out of
their post Offices. 1t is a bad time to hold
such convention. The opportune time for
a strike is when the supply of labor does not
equal the demand. 1t is well known that
just now the supply of men who are willing
to become fourth class postmasters far ex-
eeeds the supply Of fourth class post offices.
As long as there are as many men beseech-
ing the First Assistant Postmaster General
TO permit them to fill the fourth class post
Offices as there are now, the government is
not likely to raise the compensation Of those
now in Office 1t is much more likely to hint
to them that if they do not like their jobs
there is no law against their resigning.
The Portland daily press., 1885-12-28
THE NEW HOME MACHINE

shall sell on
contract SYSTEM
The Portland daily press., 1885-12-28


goods at
twill
Plush
Eighty
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-03-27
The Dynamiter's Weapon,

The wretches who fight their b attles
in secret by numbering unoffendiDg
people and destroying the worlds
architectural treasures have been quick
to turn the recent discoveries of civili-
zatiOn against itself. The results OBJ
tained by the study of explosives in
the past half century have been re.
markable, and have given to the world
destructive agencies whose terrible
powers make gunpowder seem, by
comparison, almost harml. So. Ofthese,
by far the most important is nitro
glycerine, and this in some form or
other, generally composes the fright
full weapon Of the dynamiters, for
nitro-glycerine is the explosive princi-
pie contained in all the various prepa-
ratlons known as dynamite.
Nitro-Glycerine is in substance glyce-
rlne treated drop by drop with con-
centrated nitric and sulphuric acid. 1t
was discovered in 1847 by student at
Paris, but was not practically applied.
except as q homeopathic remedy for
headache, till 1864. when Alfred Nobel,
a Swedish engineer, who had been
soaking gunpowder in it for blasting,
found that it could be exploded By
detonation. He began its manufacture
on large scale. and to him we owe as
we'll the steady improvements that
have made it. as dynamite, the safest
of all explosives. It's power is tremeu.
dous. Pound for pound, it produces
at least three and half times as much
gas and twice as much heat as gum
power, and has thirteen times lis force,
while practically the effect is even
greater, because the explosion of nitro
glycerinc is much quicker. 1t does
not burn readily. and 10 usually sxplo.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-03-27
Astonishing and Immodest.

Apropos of the low dresses worn
this winter, a visitor here wrote home
after the White House reception of
the brilliancy of the occasion, and
added, ''But the arms and neck, back
and breast of some. barred to the gaze
of the world, were below anything to
be imagined" Now. the most aston
ishing thing, and shockingly immod-
est, is that the extremely low corsage
is worn by the stout woman of middle
age, whose shoulders and arms are
coarse and red. All the powder in
Christendom could not make them
fine and white, or make such a woman
young and pretty. The fashion is not
encouraged by leading ladies in So
ciety, but by would-be leaders, who
have had their day in desperate efforts
to lead. but failed. Il have genuine
respect for young girl here who is
much in society because she resists
every attempt Of her mother to have
her gowns made with low waists. But
it is not the young ladies. as l have
said before, whose dresses are object
ionably low but stout women, who
will not see that they are no longer
young and fair to look upon. From a
Washington Letter.