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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-02-27
THE SILVER STATE.
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dorh street, Room 80. San Francisco
W. A. CAswRLL, Sacramento, California.
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ceipt for subscriptions to the SILVER STATE in
Paradise Valley.
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CITY BAK RY,
CHRIS. DIEHL. ...... PROPRIETOR,
Opposite the Courthouse, winnemucca.
French Rolls, Square Loaves, Brown
Bread, Pies, Cakes, DoWghnuts,
ETC., always on hand, and served to order
fresh from the oven, in quantities to suit, in
any part of town.
] also keep the
"CITY BREWERY DEPOT"
where FRESH LAGER is always kept ON
hand. at IS Cents a Quart-Next Door to
the Bakery.
Having purchased the City Bakery, / win
spare no pains to merit the patronage Of the
public. CHRIS. DIEHI.
winnemucca, May 20, 1889.
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Notables at Saratoga.

lSaratoga Cor. Ch1cago News
As leave DIR. Pierce, who holds out his
palsied hand to say good night I catch
sight Of another patent-medicine man whose
fortune was fabulous. / mean DR.. Helm
bold. Pierce q paralytc; Hslmbold, an ir
responsible and demented person; the nams
OF Jayne perpetuated in line of insane
children; DR.. Schenck, for years before his
death, blind; Aver, cursed more seriously
than either; Warner confirmed invalid.
what strange fatality surrounds these peo-
pie; scarcely one escapes. These piazzas,
however, are crowded with successful men
who have not felt the compensatory burthen
OF q great sorrow. ..f.
One among them, hearty and granger
like, is tho man G. A Pilisbury, the flour
king as he delights In being called. Only
AZ years old, sixteen years q Minneapolis
miller. ho Il the possessor OF q good many
millions, and he Is as proud Of them as
young woman Of an engagement ring.
During the time he has tesn q miller the
business has by reason Of mechanical i'm
provement known u complete revolution.
One OF his mills produces 8 1876 barrels Of
-four In q day, the other twv 1000 and 500
barrels respectively, making In round figures
say 10000 barrels Of the great food material
Of the civilized world.
You would think that such q man might
have some positive views on the great
political and national questions. II so you'd
be wrong. He hasn't got one. won't say
that he does not apprehsnd there
arc such, but he certainly does not consider
them in his business II don't care for
them. you see," he says arm miller;
that's all. buy wheat at so much bushel
and sell the -four to make little money
That's simple enough, isn't itl The price Of
the wheat regulates that OF the -four, and
there you are. 1t Is only required Of you
to conduct a simple sum in addition to mako
money. Think Of that, make monsy by
simple addition. never knew that before,
and ths more rich men see tho more de-
velop contempt for their brains, and the
older / grow and poorer the greater my re-
spect for their money"
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THE STRENGTH OF GIBRALTAR.
Story Of q Noted sieEe-An Unpleasant
Arrangement for Spain.
Raj yt.1

Story Of q Noted siege-An Unpleasant
Arrangement for Spain.
lBelgravia
French and Spanish troops. 10, 600 in num-
Ter, for four long years-from June, 1T79
till February. l7S3-beleaguered the fort.
ress Of Gibraltar, then held by Gen. Eliot
with a garrison Of 1000 men The enemy
erected batteries right across the sandy
isthmus. while In the bay they had forty
seven ships Of the line and ten Gathering
ships" besides countless lesser craft
One night the rock narrowly escaped be-
ing taken by surprise. A goathsrd having
undertaken to guide the Spaniaris by .
path then unknown TO the English. 500
troops followed him one dark night and
crept silently TO a hollow called the Silleta
or little chair, and thence to the signal
station, whore they slew the guard. There
they awaited rsinforcements from below;
these, however, were delayed, and the gar
rison meanwhile were aroused. and, sally
ing forth. drove back tho invaders The
Silleta was immediately nlled up and the
path utterly destroyed and made inaccessi-
BILE, and the siege wore on through weary
months
At last furious general attack was met
by an incessant fire Of red hot balls on thu
oneHys Meet o,OoO were thrown IN one
day-till at length the batsering ships took
fire, as owing TO the thickness Of their tim
bers. the red-hot balls sunk deep into the
wood and could not be dislodged The
scene that ensued In the darkness OF that
terrible night must have been awful indeed;
and SO fearful were the means and shrieks
Of the wounded and dying that brave Eng
lishmen forsbore to lot their foes perish in
the flames and ventured to their rescue. the
marine brigade being foremost in this work
OF mercy, which added fresh laurels to their
victory. It was said that In this engage
ment the Spaniards lost s. 900 men, while the
garrison had only sixteen killed. and the
damage done to the fortress was repaired
In few hours. A few days later formida-
ble English feet came to the relief Of the
town, and the siege was raised.
OF course our holding Gibraltar Is an
arrangement about Is pleasant for Spain as
IL would be to England to zoe q French gar.
rison In full position OF Dover castle and
fortifying impregnabls galleries in Shakes
peare's cliff beneath the protection OF which
all manner Of smugglers might find safety,
whereas any rash revenue cutter venturing
within range would be forth with fired at
and probably sunk. No wonder that Spain
would fain reclaim this heaven-built bull
wark OF her shores
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VOL. II, NO. II.
UNINTERRUPTED.

H. w. Riley In indianapolis Journall
supinely We lie In the groves shady green.
cry,
Gazing. all dreamy eyed, up through the
And as to the sight Is the heavenly scenery.
30 to the hearing the sign Of the brseze-
We catch but faint riffs of the blue through
the wavering
~, Boughs Of the NAPLES; and. like undeflued.
The whispers and lisps Of the leaves, faint
and quavering,
Meaningless falter and fall on the mind.
The vine, with It's beauty Of blossom, goes
rioting
As the trin Of the robin is restful and quiet
Heard In drowss with the dawn In the
sky.
And yet we yearn on to learn more OF the
mystery
We see and we hear, but forever remain
Mute. blinded and deaf to the ultimate his
tory
Born OF rose. or patter of rain.
Could but delve out the deeper sublmity
Hid in the lily that smiles as write
Ahi my good friends. how In glad unar.
unity
You should read rhymes writ iu fragrance
and whitei
Or could translate the sweet song Of merri.
Spilled from the wicker cage hung in the
hall,
How you should chuckle 10 hear what ca
nary meant
by his wild tanglss Of twitter and CALI
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THE ODDITIES OF VALPARAISO.
Female street-Car Conductors - Dfashors,
or "Musquitoes''-M Stations
IChiIi Cor Inter Ocaan

Female street-Car Conductors - Washers.
or "Musquitoss"-Mi Stations
lChli Cor. Inter ocean,
That which first strikes the stranger as
the oldest thing in Chill Is the female
street-car conductors During the war when
most Of the able-bodied men were sent of TO
fight Peru, the employment OF women in
this capacity was found successful, and they
have since been kept They arc Usually
girls from 20 to 25 dressed in q natty uni
form Of blue flannel, with jaunty panama
hats and white pinafores. with lots OF pock-
cts, In which they keep their tickets and
change. Each one has leather shopping
bag suspended by a strap from her shoulder
In which she carries her surplus money and
q supply Of tickets. They are usually neat
In their appearance, and some are quite
pretty. Therefore street-car riding Is
popular amusement with the young men
sbout town. H. r'-'. ..
These mashers who make business OF
flirting with the conductor are calle Amus-
quitos," In local rarlance, because they
swarm so thickly around the cars and are
70 great nuisance to the girls as well as
their employers Not long ago q comic
paper, The Puck Of Chill, printed q full-page
cartoon, In which some OF the bestknown
faces of the dudes OF Valparaiso appeared
IN the bodies Of mosquitoes swarming
around the car OF Conductor 81. who had
the reputation Of being the prettiest girl on
the line That put stop 70 the practice
for while. and causei some OF the fashion'
able young men to retire to the country,
but IL Is being resumed again, and the plat
forms Of the cars are usually hlled with fei'
lows trying to got word or glance from
the syrens In pinafores.
The girls, am told, are often subjected
10 insults and impertinenees, but there Is .
policeman at every corner. who promptly
respond to their appsals and arrest obstrsp-
srous passenger They are said 10 be very
competent and honest-tbs girls, i mean,
not the policsmen-and are paid s35 per
month. The street cars are double-decker',
with seats upon the roof rs we'll rs inside.
and the driver sits on an elevated perch on
the roof OF the car Tnsre In only one door. In
the rear, and the conductor or conductoress
Is given q stool to sit upon .-...er -
Another oddity Is the milk stations
Every few blocks on all but the principal
business streets r. plat FORM upon which
COW is tied, and milked to order by dairy
maid whenever O customer calls On
tabIs near by are usually found the meas
urss, cans and glasses and often bottle OF
brandy, where thirsty man can mix
glass OF punch II be likes. In the morning
these stands are surrounded by servants
from the aristocratic houses women and
children with cups and buckets, awaiting
their turn, while as fast as one COW is ex'
hausted abe ID dismissed and another is
driven upon tho platform This plan has
its advantages. and the pump-handis In
Chill IN not much used by milkmen.
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Saved by Telegraphy.
fphiladnlph Naua

Two telegraph operators OF Philadelphia
took an airing in the park. They strollsd as
far as Lemon hill, where they threw them
selves on the grass in delicious abandon.
Unknown to one Of them. his money, con-
sisting Of silver change, slid from the
capacious pocket in which it had been
placed and nestled in the grass. Shortly
after the gentlemen espied two Of their lsdy
friends sauntsring in their direction. The
couples met, . few nothings were ex-
changed, and they adjourned to partaks OF
cream.
As the bottoms Of the ice-cream plates
slowly crept to view under tho vigorous at
tacks Of the spoou-manipulators, and tho
gentleman who was unfortunate In the first
Instance thrust his hand into his pocket to
draw forth his wealth to ssttls for the four
plates Of cream and two Of cake, look of
CONSERVATION crspt into his open counts-
nance. .t -a.r rg,y 7z..a.....,f d. .....
In reply to query hs remarked that he
was feeling well enough physically, but that
he was mentally affected at remembrance
Of the pilfsring Of an apple from blind
lady In his younger daya He then gazsd
abstractedly into space and drummed with
out thought, apparently, upon the table with
his fingers s IGH ae1 ga, .sss9fa
Unknown to the ladies, he used the Morse
system to apprise his companion Of his loss
The one addressed heard and understood his
friends mute appeal. and replied in like
manner: 10. K, have enough for present
nscsssary expenses and TO purchase that y
cent stamp spoke Of" ..... a... .~l...1 .
His friend was recalled from his youthful
rsmsmbrance. and surprised the ladies dur
ing the remainder Of the day with cheerful
ness and gooi humor. He now says boys
should acquire an occupation In their youth
that they can rely upon in the days Of ad-
versity and trouble t@ "
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Siege Guns Built OF Wire.
ECtl.I
[Chicago Journal ]

Siege guns built OF wire are the ne west
description OF ordnance for the British ma
tional service. A very tough steel wire Is
used, having q breaking strength Of 100 tons
to the square inch. which Is wound over
steel tube as taps may be wound on q reel,
being frequently fastened OF to secure its
cohesion, and SO neatly put together as to
look precisely like solid metal An expert
mental howitzsr has been made upon this
principle. and passed satisfactory proof as
the royal arsenal Woolwich. It has cali
ber OF 10 inches. but weighs only about
1000 pounds ..-..' .....-....-.s
In lie trial this howitzsr threw shell OF
$50 pounds, with charge OF twenty-eight
pounds and attained velocity OF !, ,oO0 feet
par seconds result which may be com
pared with two guns OF similar weight
which are at present In the service. One Of
these Is the eght-inch howitssr which fires
q shell Of ju-t half the weight-namely. $50
pounds-with q velocity Of $50 feet, and the
other Is the 100 pounder gun Of sc caliber,
which with, it, light shot Of 100 pounds,
manages 10 reach q velocity Of 800 feet per
second. The trial weapon seems In no way
impaired by the strain TO which IL has been
sub jected
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aFore Heaven! Il this mine own Henri
cor .....- .r..... ..l,.....z..f .....7 .r-r
aSuch Of thine own Henrico as survives,
sweet Jade. the controversy with that grim
Newfoundland pup new purchased by thy
sire" s.# rE ra.a. es fa.4.s nz s.Ggr E
$50 boy; then hath me sire been deceived;
they said hs was OF rars fastidiousness.
1Fastidiousnessi AM IL he he not dame,
there ID not such In all the cantonment
Tho I hive witless given feast
to countless CANNES in these realms
sublunary and fringei more gar
ments on their frontal teeth than would
the Fesjse islands Christianizs. with hand
upon my goodly heart I'll say never met q
dog 30 hard TO please" .r..-.
aWhat mean'st thou, torn but jocund
wight Has then this quadrupsd ensampled
oft the outer rim OF thine anatomy 8
sHe hath made havoc In such divers parts
that I'm corrugate' from crown to toe. First
dipped his fang within mo dexter calf; then
Toasted he upon me stsutest thigh, nor
aatiata here he further browsed and suppsi
until he banquet,i at every joint Ven
gsancs is mine, howe'er, sweet maid, for lol
thefsuft that compasssd me when thus beset
was fresh from dyer's vat. praise Jupiteri
and e'er dissolves tho half yard he has
mouthei, death viii q mortgage on the
beast foreclose."
1Poor dog and IL he dieth not from that
he'll surely find his mortuary germs In till
bits that be witlessly hath ta'en from thine
anatomy.
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Tho Cattle Kings' Recreation.
Western Letter.I

These nabobs will actually shake dice for
nice house and lot first dash out OF the
box. Sealskin overcoats arc worn over
hand-me-down suits, and immense diamonds
fash from flannel shirt fronts. A rich ranch
owner would ask no better fun than to throw
silver dollars into crowd Of street gamin..
There was one poker game In San Francisco
in which every chip-rei, white and blue
rspressntsl steer. When man antied
what he threw TO tho center Of the table
represented steer, and IL took another to
make IL good This was a gilt-sdgsd game,
and nobody who could not count his cattle
on q thousand hills dared take any part in
It IL would mako q poor man dizzy to
think Of the money that Is won and lost In
the steer game. IL II evident that stock
mans game is no plaos for poor man,
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NEWSPAPER DECISIONS

]. Any one who takes O paper regularly from tn
Portofce-whether directed 10 his name or snother's
or whether he has subscribed MOTIFS responsible
for the payment.
Q. II person orders his paper Discontinued, he
must pay oil arrearages, or the publisher win con-
inue 10 send tnnti payment is made and collect the
office or not.
3. The courts have decided that refusing to take
the newspapers periodicals from the Poetoffcc
removing and leaving them uncaed for, is prtma
fdcis evidence of intentional fraud.
Papers ordered to any address can be changed to
another address at the optien of the subscriber.
Remittances by draft check, money order, reeis-
tered letter may te sent at risk All Postmasters
are required TO register letters on application.
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A RNai OF the olive

The pant known as sesame bids fair 10 be-
come I, rmi liable rival Of the olive. It Il
largely grown in Inlia and China. It is an
annual, maturing In three months from the
time Of planting. and two crops are grown
each year. The see Is are very small ten OF
them weighing only q grain. They contain
80 per cent Of oil by weight, while the fruit
Of the olive has but 80 per cent The Inn
ports Of sesame seed into France amounts to
10000 or 70, 600 tons psr annum- The oil ID
much used to adulterats olive oil which II
closely resembles. fGaE A aaE lrtrt# H&
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Aiding tho weaker side
THE Aruonautl

An hishman who had lately arrived In
America, and who had never seen q cross
cut saw, was passing along country road
one day whom he observed q man and boy
saving log with ono Of those saws Paddy
could not understand it and gazed upon the
two for long time. and was impressed with
the idea that the man was trying to take the
saw away from ths boy. He thought that
the latter would not he able TO succeed In
getting It away from the former, so he ran
up behind the man and struck him In the
back Of the bead, knocking him down. at
the same time shouting to the boy: "Now
take IL and run, va little divilr' --
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IChicago Tribunal

The Marquis de Caux, PATHS ex-husband
and the typical loafer and fortune-huntsr,
docs not any longer sst up to be hesu.
White hairs arc mot picked carefully from
his head, whiskers, and mustache or dye
applied to hide them. His eyes stand out
with fatnes and fold Of adiposs nesh
rises above his shirt-collar ut the back Of
the neck. The chin Is double and the whole
dir Of the man gives one the idea Of a sens
ualist He Is not extremely corpulens be-
cause he takes care 10 keep down excessive
adiposity. But hs Is ~ prosaic a. horse
Jockey and looks ahorsy" man.
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Kefsotinz on . ruture state.
Detroit fost.l

A Pontiac lite 5year-oil son OF CoL 8
g Matthew was told at Sunday-schooi that
when he die hs would lsave his body here.
After his return homo he was much troubled
in rc<ar To It anl qu stone his parents
His mothsr exp.ains by saving: 1You viii
take al the vn,i with you. hut leave all
that's n.u gut aers below He thougkta
moment, ani looking mp. rail: @Weii.
guess I'll he awful thin when get there
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A welcome visitor.
New York SUM-

Tell your mother that am coming TO
re her soon." said . lady on Austin avenue
10 Mrs. Snivsriy's little boy. who was play.
ing In front Of the gate. Il am glad you
are comm AMI ms viii bs glad 10 ses you,
too 4How do you know size will bs clad
to see meP asked the lady. @Bscaus, i
hsard her say ye,tcrlay. she would be glad
70 SEQ somebody who didn't come hsrs 10
collect I biIls A t@ III
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The narrow, rocky point Of land on which
the city 10 built has backbon through the
middle and slopes on both sides and at the
end down 70 the waters edge. No city was
ever better situated for drainage. Thsrs
can be no apology for It's mot being perfectly
drained. On fine morning whsn you have
taken very early cup Of coffee. you
s.untsr out for o walk on The ancient ram
part and encounter procession OF skinny
old hags Of the serving class hobbling along
towards the beach with capacious and
malodorous vessels on their heada These
are about the only soavsngsrs that Panama
possesssA Their vocation y - old - ths
city .9 8sN .B{tMgE
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There Is great demand In Great Britain
for rabbits as an article Of food. These lit
tle animals are imported in large numhsrs
frun Holland and Belgium. where rabbit
farming proves Q remunerative iniusuy.
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A cigarette manufacturer at Meridsn,
Conn. centemplates hiring readers who are
70 sit IN ths csatsr OF ths work-rooms and
read aloud from the newest novel; TO the
employee He has imported the idea from
HAVANA. where IL u xaid TO be employed
with succese, diminissiny the loss Of time
rhroagh the gossip and notsy chatter Of The
Cirls M 1855 8sM
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rro.en Cream Cheese.

A popular refrsshmsnt In New Orleans Il
frozen cream cheese. Ths cream cheeses
are broken up small and beaten fine and
smooth with an egg -beater, the cream b.
longing 10 them h also whippai and then
added. the whole sweetsnoi. end then
frox,n. The addition Of peaches or hgs
makes this de ssrt superior 70 any ics- cream
eyer inyentel
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All OF the old California mining towns arc
In dsoaysl or decaying condition Some
Of them, most hourishing from 1sso TO 1884
or 1850, are hlotted from existence and lost
10 memory. save in the immediate neigkbor-
hood whers they oncs stool
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rl,e relenho,1e Ahrcasl.

The te.sphons uas bssn introduced ints
almost every town Of consequence In Eng.
land and Scotland. There are IL 900 tele-
phohs exchanges in England and over l1,-
00O, 0o0 messages were shouted through them
last year. z.fs.aif. Eta.fsQ Il a#as ~ /
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.

rrrrrlar advertising payable quarterly, az dua
,,,lr,cnt advertising payable in advance.
.rsa.al Notices are 50 per cent wore than reg.
, Z ADVERTISEMENTS
.,ral advertising Is cents Or the first insertion
cents per line for each succeeding insertion:
,a, counted in Nonpariel measure.
rb Work payable on delivery.
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A French lion-tamsr Ia providing new
: sssnsation7 for the Parisians in allowing
tAsm 10 accompany him In the lions cage
st the rats Of LOO francs the trip
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scarcity Of snlp~.

aa The snipe shooting ssason has begun, and
the complaint arises that birds are less In
nunLsr than usual. on account OF tbs
fashion OF ornamsnting ladies hats with the
stuffed skins Of al species Of small water
birlS 43 Y W y, Az .5t.s#3 sfHs
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7 ITHooRAPH PICTURES or DEER
- LoDoE-on book paper. 90 cents o. plate
paper 81 90. Sent on rollers 10 any address,
postage paid, on receipt Of price. Address,
New North West, Deer Lodge. 710t
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lsomerviIls Journal 80
Rhode Island has ju.t passs ten-hour
Law. We should think an cight-hour law
would b big enough Tor . little STATE ihe
Rhode Island, b
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SAFE For SALE.

Ako. 9, IRE proof. combination lock, Dieboid
Safe, Of standard construction. In perfect order.
as good a. new 10 every respect, will be sole y
low figure " applied for soon. The No. refer
red to is Al, inches high outside, 20 inches wide
and 4 inches deep inside-iarge enough Tor az
ordinary purposes. Weight I TOO pounds. The
sac can be seen at the ONCE OF w si u Fl
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