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Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-02-09
Good Chance for Trade.

w. S. Hathaway wants to move
to Mexico. He will trade his farm
for city property or property adj
joining town, or he will rent the
farm and trade his stock for busi-
ness interest in Mexico. He is
open for most any kind of atrade.
ff
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-02-09

''Tuesday Congress passed the
bill authorizing the construction of
bridge at Jefferson City. This
bridge will, in all probability, be
built, and the Chicago & Alton ex-
tended into the Southwest. The
Alton needs an outlet on the south
and this is her opportunity to get
one. With an extension of the
South Branch Mexico would be-
come the northern terminus of a
very important line of railway.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-02-09
al Dispatch to The Ledger.

JEFFERSON Cry, No., Feb. A.
Judge Norton positively declines
to enter the race for Governor.
G. B. OLDHAM,
Editor of the Tribune.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-02-09

"Ah, hal I thought So"
Eyes; but we feel like kicking
up a row and swearing when we
bup our clothes"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-02-09

THE Germans of this county who
are having such success raising
wheat are talking of erecting anoth-
er big millin Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-02-09

Tariff man-Farmer, eh? Well
now just tell me frankly how the
farmers feel on the wool tariff ques-
tion?
Stranger-It's this way. We al
ways feel like throwing up our
hats aad shoting when we sell our
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-02-09

IT know of half dozen of our
best citizens who have written to
Governor Morehouse asking him
not to interfere in the case of Max
we'll, the St. Louis murder. un-
derstand the Governor is in receipt
of an immense mail daily which is
solely devoted to the pleas of law
abiding citizens in behalf of JUS
tice and law, that they may live in
security. I think the Governor
will pay little attention to any Pc
tition presented by Maxwell" +"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-02-09

"What do you think of our pros
poets for securing two or three new
important manufacturing enter
prises2 / hear it on excellent au-
thority that we are to have a
woolen mill, and big one at that,
within six months. There is talk
of another big -four mill.being built
in Mexico. Other manufactures
are talked of, but none with as
much certainty as these two. The
Salamander Stovesffning Company
is employing a large number OF
men, and, I think, enlarging its
works daily. A very good quality
of fire-clay is found within a few
yards of the eompany's grounds.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-02-09

i,feI'ass,i ny pr.;. c. Aver b Co.. Lowell. Mass.
Sold .,Y III prsKg ats. Price 81: siy tn,iics. as
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-02-09
SALAD FOR SATURDAY,
Some Ideas Rxpr sssed During the
Week, some Quaint. othars
That are Not.

saint it funny said bright
twelve.year-0ld girl the other day,
.'that Mexico has SO many old
bachelors9 I've got q fellow-he's
awful nice--and I'll bet he is no
bachelor at twenty-five. Some of
the incest young men in town, SO
my grown sister thinks, are bach.
elors, and seem determined to stay
that way. | saw something right
funny in the LEDGER the other
evening. Among the advertise
ments there was one headed
Sealed Proposals. II was signed
at the bottom by Mr.. Charlie
Rodgers. It said: Il will receive
sealed proposals'-then / called
my sister. We read it together,
and. what do you think it was? 1t
was an advertisement for bids on a
new bridge. We--especially my
grown sister-were awfully pro-
voked. This is leap year, you
know, and we, my big sister, don't
mean to let a chance slip.
y
'tCentralia viii get the new road,
sure remarked one of the solicit
ing committee; athat is, she will
get the road if we are to believe ev-
erything we hear from that quarter.
We heard the other day that Col
umbia was making all her notes
conditional on the road going to
Centralia. That bomb was ex-
ploded and proved to be harmless,
merely a flying rumor. Then it
was reported that the company had
concluded to give our place the go-
by altogether. 1t is all absurd.
Our old town has her back up now,
though, and the subscriptions are
rolling in right and left. The cars
will pass through Mexico on the
new line within twelvemonth
mark my word"
X = x
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-02-09

FHlt nnT OF CROPS Is an unknown
f4tt vlhf experiences In Central aud
] ntEOttL Northern Dakota and Min
nesota. Maps and full particulars rees ding
lands. pysce<. pte. sent free. Address @. H.
WARREN. General Passenger Agent. St. Paul.
Minnesota
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-02-09
Our Money Talks.

T. ). VIII flX up note when
come over. r.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1888-02-09
NOTICE.

NJ Office Is hereby giyen to the qualified cleo
IN tors OF Paradise School District No. s, that
an election will be held at the School House of
said District on February 25th, 1888, between the
hours of o'clock P. NJ. and o'clock r. N. at
which time and place will be submitted the ques.
lien whether q tax shall be raised to build and
furnish additional school facilities for said Dis
trict, or for all OF these purposes. The sum OF
one thousand dollars Isl, 900 0o Is proposed to be
raised for this purpose. The ballots shall contain
the words "Tax, yes" or TAX, no.
WILLIAM WEIGHED,
r. O'NKAL,
r. II. SCHWARTZ.
Board of School Trustees, Paradise School Dis
trict No. 8.
Dated January 3lst, 1888. I'd.
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40 VEHICLES FOR SALE.

The undersigned has FORTY VEHICLE
ranging in size and style from $4,000 Freigh
Wagon TOT singie-seat Buggy, which he
Farmers and others, desiring Spring Wagon
Of almost any style, can be accommodated ,
calling on me at the Fashion Livery Stables.
ALEX. WISH
Winnemucca, August Z. 1885.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1888-02-09
Notice of Assessment.

PARADISE VALLEY MINING COMPANY
i Location of principal place OF business, San
Francisco, California.
Location of works, Humboldt County, Nevada,
Notice is hereby given that at meeting OF the
Board of Directors, held on the 2Sth day OF Jan
uary, 1883, an assessment, No. 4, of ten p0etsl
cents per share was levied upon the capital stock
of the corporation, payable Immediately IN
United States gold coin, to the Secretary, at the
office of the Company, 328 Montgomery st.. Room
10, San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the FIRST day of MARCH,
1888 will be delinquent, and adsertised for sale
at public auction: and unless payment is made
before, will be sold on FRIDAY, the 23rd day OF
MARCH, 1888, to pay the delinquent assessment,
together with the costs Of advertising and exPen
SEES Of sale.
By order OF the Board of Directors.
VIM. LET'S OLIVER, Secretary.
OFyIcE-328 Montgomery Street, San Francisco,
California. )3o-ed
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Notice for Publication.
LAND OFFICE AT LAKE VIEW OEEooS,
January 10th 1888.

LAND OFFICE AT LAKE VIEW OREGON,
January 10th 1888.
NyOTICE is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice OF his inten
ton to make iaal proof in support of his claim
and that said proof viii be made before r. H.
Test. Clerk of Nalheur County, Oregon, at Vale
oregon. on March 10th, 1883. viz: John Breslin
ID. s, No 1850, for the S. W. of Sec. 2, TIP, Al
S. n. AZ &.
He names the following with sses to prove his
continuous residence upon, ana cultivation OF
said land. viz: Joseph ~ King, John Mcclure
John Ryan, c. E. Hayward, all of Fort Nc
Dermit, Nevada.
jan l6-6w A. +. SMELLING Register
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1888-02-09

ET REPAIRING, in the Saddle, Harness and
Boot Departments, promptly attended to, at
prices to suit the times.
Dc tf NJ B. STAUNTON.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1888-02-09
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.

Winnemucca Mining Company, corporation
Principal place OF business: Winnemucca, Ne
yada. Location of works: Wrnnemucca houo-
tain, Humboldt county, Nevada. -
Notice Is hereby given that at a meeting OF the
Board OF Trustees OF the aboye-nsmed Company,
held on the 2lst day OF JAN, 1888, an assess.
ment mo f0j of ten per cent. on each amount OF
stock subscribed was levied, payable Immediately
IN tbe secretary. at his Office in the First Ma.
tionaI Bank Any subscribed stock upon which
this assessment shall remain unpad on the 2Sd
day of February 1885, will be considered delin'
quent.
By order Of the Board Of Trustees.
GEO. S. NIXON, Secretary.
Winnemucca, jan, %, 1888 10
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1888-02-09
NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given to the qualified
IN electors of Big Meadows School District
No. 9, that an election will be held at the School
House of said district, on February 11th 1888,
between the hours OF Twelve NJ, and Five P. NJ,
at which time and place will be submitted the
question whether tax shall be raised to furnish
additional school facilities for said district and
for building an additional School House, or for
any one or For all Of these purposes. The sum o.
fifteen hundred dollars( 1,50oG CO., is proposed to
be raised for this purpose. The ballots sail
contain the words, ''rax, yes" er 'Tax, ne"
JOHN REED,
II C. MARKER,
HELS. NELSON.
Board of school Trustees, Big Meadows School
District No. 0.
Dated January, 2lst, 1888. j23-td
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1888-02-09
NOTICE.

U s. LAND OFFICE. CARSON CRY, NV.
January 10th, 1885,
(yOMPLAINT having been entered at this
u Office by Levi G. Metcaf, against James
Ii. Prince, for abandoning Timber Culture Entry
No 4, dated September 9th, 1877, upon the ). <.
Section 80. Township 20 NJ, Range 81 d., in
Humboldt County, Nevada with view to the
cancellation OF said entry; the said parties are
hereby summoned to appear at this Office on the
LIST day of March, 1883, at 10o'clock A. NJ, TO re-
spond and furnish testimony concerning said al
legged abandonment.
o. II. GALLUP, Register.
jan 24.30d
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NOTICE.

fENHE undersigned has bought the store of
i Sun Chung Lung, in Chinatown, Winnie
mucca, and will carry on the business as here
tofore, and will keep an Employment ONCE.
WING CHUNG LUNG.
Winnemucca, Feb. 8. ISSS.-lw
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-03-24

In the matter of amusements the Eskimo
are not badly Off. They have form of cup
and ball, the ball being block of ivory
pierced with holes at different angles, into
one of which the players strive 10 insert an
ivory peg as the block falls, the position Of
the hole determining the value Of the stroke.
Another game closely resembles dominoes,
and contains pieces running us high as
"double thrties,n hut the sequences are not
regularly carried out, the breaks i'll them
seeming to be without system.
When they can borrow or purchase pack
of cards they will play euchre and high low
jack with considerable skill; and they also
enjoy draughts having learned these games
from tho whalers, They have a game ex-
actly like solitaire, with the exception that
ivory pegs take the place of glass balls. The
special amusement Of the women is a species
of "cat's CRADLE" which has been brought to
such perfection that they develop from twenty
to thirty different figures in IT. Indeed, they
are extremely clever in performing tricks
with string, winding and twisting piece III
and out among their fingers, and then Olsen
tangling it by single pull on one end
American Magazine.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-03-24

Within few weeks man who handles
large amounts Of silver, and who is some
thing of an expert on rare coins, found in his
currency half dollar piece Of 1853 without
arrows The oldest dealer in the west de-
clares that he has heard Of but one other
piece like it, and thinks the value Of this
piece is between $500 and 81 900. He thinks
that the omission of the arrows from the dc
was discovered after mere handful OF coins
had been struck off The die was then bro
ken and the few coins sent into circulation.
Save for the two above mentioned all have
disappeared. just as most Of the famous silver
dollar issue of 1904 has. Most Of this latter
issue was sent into Florida TO pay for sup
plies during the Seminole war 1t is supposed
that some OF the coins are still there in the
hands OF negroes or old settlers, who have
boarded them for years, igner4nt Of their
rarity The last dollar Of lSO4 which was
offered for sale brought $3.50 at auction. -
Chicago News.
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no particular liking. And, singular as it
may seem, the only study at college in which
he displayed no aptitude was the very one in
which, later in life, he exhibited surprising
excellence He was conditioned in rhetoric
the first year, and during the first three years
of his college course literary studies were as
distasteful to him as mathematical studies
often are to literary men. But he excelled
in scientific and historical studies, and so sue
cessful was he in the latter that he attracted
the attention Of Andrew d. White, president
Of the university. He had up to this time
been earning his own way through college,
devoting his spare time to work in the uni
versity printing Office. He now became the
private secretary Of Dr. White, retaining
this position until the December Of 1915, when
he went to Rochester.
Loaded down, as most graduates are, with
intellectual wares for which there is no mar
ket, and obliged to work at something that
would bring him the largest possible income,
he took place as reporter on The Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle. In spite of his dis
taste for writing and dislike of a literary
career, he made rapid Roadway in the field Of
journalism. He was soon promoted to the
night editorship, and later became the man
aging editor Of the paper. In this position
he distinguished himself as a brilliant, in
cisive and scholarly writer. Many an article
quoted and credited to the editor came from
his pen. The training to which he subjected
himself in the Office The Democrat and
Chronicle developed to an extraordinary de-
gree his perceptions Of the needs of the read
ing public. He also had charge Of the
weekly edition of the paper. Under his di-
rection it became the foremost weekly paper
in western New York. Its success was due
simply to his skill in selecting and arranging
the reading matter Of most interest to the
public.
When he became the editor Of The Cosmo-
politan this same faculty came into play.
Mr.. Smith is only IS years old, having
been born in South Granville, Washington
county, in 1853 He is slightly under six feet
in height, and of slender build. His COM
plexion is dark, and his hair and beard very
black Penetrating dark gray eyes look
through pair Of steel bowed glasses His
forehead is broad, but not high, and the gen.
eral expression of the face is one of strength
and dignity Mr.. Smith is also bright and
capable business man. Personally. he is
kind generous aud sympathetic. }. II. r.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-03-24
A Tiny Winged Messenger.

zone afternoon in the summer Of 1884,"
said Doctor Melnikoff to me, in the course Of
q conversation about his fortress lite, II was
lying on tho bed in my casemate, wondering
how should get through the rest of the day,
when there flew into the cell through the
open port hole in the door large blue bottle
fly. In tho stiffness and loneliness of one of
those classmates any trifie is enough TO at
tract mans attention, and the occasional
visit of a fly is an important event in ones
life. listened with pleasure to the buzz Of
his wings, and followed him with my eyes az
he flew back and forth across the cell until
suddenly noticed that there was something
unnatural in the appearance Of his body.
He seemed to have something attached to
him. l arose from the bed in order to get
nearer to him, and soon satisfied myself that
there was a bit of paper fastened to his body.
How to catch him and secure that paper
without attracting the attention Of the guard
in the corridor I hardly knew, as he was
flying most Of the time in the upper part of
the cell beyond my reach.
"For ten or fifteen minutes watched him
without being able to think Of any way to
capture him; but at last he came down nearer
to the floor and as he passed me l succeeded
In catching him in the hollow Of my hands
without injuring him. Attached to his body
by fine human hair found small folded
scrap Of thin cigarette paper, upon which q
mans name had been written with the burned
end of match 1t was not the name Of any
one whom knew; but as it was evident that
some strictly guarded prisoner hoped by this
means to let his friends in tho bastion know
either that he had been arrested or that he
was still alive. fastened the paper again to
the fly as well as / could and put him out
into the corridor through the port hole."-
George KEENAN, in The Century.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-03-24
$1,000 NILES OF RAILROAD.
Analysis OF the Work ard the Money re
Qulred for Building It.

Quired for Building IL.
The railways laid out $1,000 miles OF new
road for 1887, and as near as tho best laid
plans Of man can go 1t was completed II
not done inside January and January it was
still matter OF unfinished business left over,
and when the work laid out is closed up IL
will be found that it was round Is, 600 miles
Of new lines for which the builders set out at
the beginning Of 1887. As this is becoming
complete, and the competition created by il
appears, the necessity for adjusting rates and
business relations, and the care Of the bonds,
and some interstate questions are presented,
the managers have set down to digest the new
responsibility they have created. To do this
is likely to occupy six months at least, and
the question comes up, what is to be the out
come!
In bonds and pledges and bonuses this
1900 miles Of new road represents a round
sum Of s450,000,000, which has been placed
in new relations to the business world A
large part of this has been taken out of the
control of Wall street, and leaves that most
bare of the material for speculation and re-
speculation. The greater part of this has
been absorbed and cannot go back 10 Wall
street again, except in dividends and prod
ucts and in the sale of new bonds to Euro
pean investors. But the expenditure Of
$3.50, 900, 900 in new roads is but small part
Of the work, and only part of the expense.
The "ballasting up and rounding out" Of
the skeleton of the creation is an equally i'm
portant work. There must be locomotives
and rolling stock, and repair shops, and the
Strengthening of curves, and reducing OF
grades, and building of switches and sidings,
and depots and storehouses to an extent al
most equaling the first expenditure of labor
and money.
When this is done, and every car shop and
machine shop in the country has been taxed
to the utmost, and the new employees at work,
and the new freight arrangements made,
then comes that other question Of set battle
with each other for business. In this is the
governing phase Of all new railway building.
II by the construction of feeder or the OK
tension of parallel the war of rates created
destroys the profits upon the old line, then
the "profit and loss" is serious considers
tion.-Chicago Journal Of Commerce.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-03-24
Vaccination and Ao,,-yscc,u.tior.

Statistics are against the few persons who
insist that vaccination is useless and unneces-
sary A compulsory vaccination law had
entirely driven out smallpox from Zurich,
90 that not a case occurred IN 1852 The law
was repealed in 1888 und in every 1900
deaths that year two were caused by small.
pox; in 1884 there were three; in 1855, II,
and in the first quarter Of 1886. ~ In Eng
land the deaths from this disease IN 1898 lsi:.
were SO per 100000 living; but Nj the five
years lSsO-ISSi the death rate Was only S.5
per 10000 Vaccination has not only vastly
reduced the number of victims directly, but
seems TO have had an indirect influence in
rendering the offspring Of vaccinatcd par
ents less liable 10 the disca,s Arkansas
Traveller
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-03-24

desire to study
m Q d cine. His
grandfather and
his uncle on his
fathers side had
b cen physicians,
and it seemed fit
that he should, by
studying the pro-
fession, perpetuate
it in the family.
But circumstances
prevented the re-
alization of this
ambitions; to them
he owes his allie
glance to litera-
ture, for which,
strangely enough,
he thought he had
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-03-24

A Mussulman prays all alone in any place
which suits his convenience. and IN merit the
remission Of his sins ne goes directly to God
He does not confess them TO Others, nor ought
be to do 40 At his death the Mussulman in
habitants Of the town are obliged TO put hm
in coffin and bury him Amy Mussulman
can do this; the presence Of religious chief
is not necessary.
In word, Nj all religious acts there is no
intermediary betwecn God and His servants
n is necessary 10 learn the will Of God, re-
vealed by the Prophet, and 70 act in conform
ity with IL,
Only the accomplishment Of certain relig
ious ceremonies, such rs the prayers on Fri
day and at Beram ~ subordnstel To the will
Of the Caliph, Of the Prophet, and the Sultan
Of MuSsulHIans, since the arrangement Of
ceremonies for Islamisn is one of his sacred
attributes Obedience 10 his orders is one of
the most important religious duties. As To
our mission, IL consists IN administering, in
his name. the religious affairs Inch he deigns
to contide a. US
May God give success and salvation 10 hin.
who is touched by divine grace,
The Sheik -ul- Islam, AHMED EsAAD.
CoSsTSyTTyoFLE, i,cbi-ui-Akir, 1875.
The independents Translated by Georss
Washburn, ID u.
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Of shoddy cloth which makes such cheapness
possible, has not destroyed the occupation Of
the men and women who test the possibilities
of every left off garment at a glance.
Petticoat lane is, then, simply an extern
sion of the old clothes mart, and, with the
adjacent lanes and alleys given over to the
same trade, represents two or three miles of
old clothes There is much besides, but the
first view on a bright morning, when the
trade is at its best, leads to the conviction
that nothing else can be- The lane, long and
narrow, with low houses on either side, Ii
but a vista of many colored garments, not
only at the sides but on the ground. The
crowd fits about or gathers into little groups
Of bargainers There is nothing bright, and
certainly nothing white, for nothing in Lon
don can be white; sit is a vista OF dinginess,
but many colored dinginess. as regards
female attire. Dress coats, frock coats,
great coats, livery and gamekeepers' coats,
paletots, TUNES, trousers, kneebrecches,
waistcoats, capes, pilot coats, working jack
cts, plaids hats, dressing gowns, shirts,
guernsey frocks are all displayed The pre-
dominant colors are black and blue, but
there is every color; the light dress of some
aristocratic livery, the dull brown green of
velveteen, the deep blue of a pilot jacket, the
variegated figures Of a shawl dressing gown,
the glossy black of the restored garments,
the shine OF newly turpentined black satin
waistcoats, the scarlet and green of some
flaming tartan. These things, mixed with
the hues of the women's garments, spotted
and striped. certainly present a scene which
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-03-24
FRANK P. SMITH.
A Young Magazine Editor Of Some
Promise.
rspecial Correspondence.,

Especial Correspondence
NEW YORK. Feb. 20.-Frank P. Smith,
editor of The Cosmopolitan, has made a new
place in periodical literature for his maya
zine. Without doubt his success is due as
much to his long newspaper training as to his
natural aptitude us an editor.
1t Is a curious thing that his early ambi-
ton was not in the direction Of literature
Before he went to Cornell university, from
which he was graduated in 1875, it was his