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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-12-07
THE MESSAGE.

The Presidents Message has at last made
its appearance. 1t is an exhaustive docu.
ment. and is clear cut, and not to be misun.
derstood. Mr.. Harrison's views on all
questions but silver are sound. He is op
posed to trusts; wants to restrict Chinese
naturalization laws; believes that the railway
postol service needs more people to handle
the mails: desires an amplifcation of our
extradition treaty with Great Britain; believes
that the Cover nment should look after
American interests in Cuba and Porto Rico;
congratulates Brazil on its new policy and
welcomes the new States of North and South
Dakota, Montana and Washington.
There. is no use of denying that Harrison's
views on the silver question have greatly
disappointed a great many of his supporters
in the West. 1t was at least hoped that he
would recommend that $4,000, 900 month
of silver be coined. This he has not done,
and he is decidedly opposed to free coinage.
From the stand he has taken it is evident
that he will veto any free coinage measures
that may be passed by Congress, and whether
the silver men are strong enough to pass
measures over his veto is doubtful. The
situation is rocky, to say the least, and it
will take lots of good hard work TO bring
about any change for the better in silver.
We believe that silver is gaining more
friends in the East every day. and unless
Mr.. Harrison changes his views greatly on
the question it will be bad job for him to
ever try and succeed himself as President Of
these United States.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-12-07

We have read with considerable care and
attention the proceedings of the St. Louis
Silver Convention, and we will venture the
assertion that there was not an idea advanced
in any speech or resolution which has not
appeared in some shape in the editorial col
umns Of some paper in the State Of Nevada
within the last twenty years. This we say
in no disparagement Of the delegates, some
of whom rank among the ablest statesmen OF
the Nation. We do claim, however. that not
sufieient credit is given to the journalists OF
the silver producing States and Territories,
for their efforts in behalf Of the bi.metalic
cause, They have furnished nearly every
text and point that has been elaborated in
the silver speeches that have been made since
the decentralization Of that metal, and a
search through the files Of the Nevada papers
for the last two decades will convince the
most skeptical that we are fully warranted
in making such assertion Times- Reviey.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-12-07
REED WINS.

Tom Reed, the professed friend of the
monied men of Wall street, has been elected
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
1t was hoped by many on this Coast that
Reed would not be elected. He is no friend
If silver. and although be may do what he
terms the "fair thing" by the silver advo-
Gates, he is no good man to have in this posi-
tioa. His interests are with the gold men,
and no man will work against his own inter.
ests, no matter how fair he may pretend to be.
1t is discouraging. indeed. for the people OF
the Silver State to see one hope after another
brushed away, but the only way to do is to
keep pounding away at the question. The
members on this Coast who voted for Reed,
should they have the eHontry to again ask
the position, should be squelched without
previous notice. There was no excuse for
their voting for Reed. Whatever promises
they had made, if any, should have been
broken. They knew the people intended
they should not overlook point in favor OF
silver, aud the weak kneed plan of falling
down 10 Reed and telling their constituents
s4here was no use, he would have been
elected anyway" wont be appreciated. If
they knew they could not win, they should
have voted just as hard for silver man.
They would have received more credit it
they had fought right to the last, and died
fighting hard, than to have done so much
talking and then voted the wrong way.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-12-07

A CIRCULAR has reached this Office CALL
ing for meeting Of the business men at
Reno on the 22d, for the purpose of estab.
fishing State Board of Trade. The OBJ
jects Of the Board are; Ist, to make a per-
manent effort to induce reinforcement of
industrial population, to bring our State
from under the cloud of depression that has
hung over US SO long and place her where
she rightly belongs; I'd, to encourage the
people Of any section Of the country to de-
velop the resources Of their section; sd, to
give information to those seeking investment
Of capital; 4th, to give information to in
tending settlers; 9Th, to collect information
concerning the agricultural. mineral and
other resources of the country; 9th, to dis
cuss the general good of the commonwealth;
9TH. to inaugurate movements in legislation
both State and National; 9th, to bring into
CO operative relation the mind, muscle and
capital Of community, and 10 give the
effort to induce immigration and the devel.
opment of the resources Of the State intel.
gent direction.
The proposition is a good one, and all
who can, should attend the meeting and
help the matter along. A State Board Of
Trade will help all sections of the. State in
more ways thsn one, and what Nevada wants
is to have her merits set before the world in
their true light. Give US State Board Of
Trade, and everything else that will do this.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-12-07

SILVER is again on the down grade. 1t
advanced in price only when it looked as
though the friends Of silver would be able
10 gain few points. Since the election OF
Reed for Speaker Of the House, and the
double somersault Of Harrison on the silver
question, the white metal has been tumbline.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-12-07

THE San francisco Chronicle charges
Judge Shsrpsnstone of the California Su-
preme Court with having been brihed to re-
verse his own decision in the Jessup case.
Il looks % II The Chronicle was dead right.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-12-07

Prof Loisette's Memory System is ere.
ating greater interest than ever in all parts
of the country, and persons wishing TO i'm.
prove their memory should send for his
prospectus free as advertised in another COL
umn
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-12-07

GOVERNOR STEVENSON has again remem
bered his friends (2) by appointing Frank
Bell, of Washoe, Lieutenant Governor.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-12-07

The following bills were examined and allow
ed by the Board of County Commissioners at
its regular quarterly meeting, held December
Cd 1889:
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-06-08
Existing on His Store Of Fat.

Here is testimony to the value of
fat: On the 14th of December, 1910,
a pig was buried in its sty through the
fall of part of the cliff under Dover
Castle. The sty consisted of cave
in the rock about six feet square, and
boarded in front, and when the acct
dent happened the pig was in good
condition, weighing about 16O pounds.
Five months afterward, on the 23d of
May, 1911, some workmen who were
engaged in cleaning away the debris of
the fallen cliff mentioned to DR.. Man
tell, well-known geologist of the day,
and Fellow of the Linnean Society,
that they were sure they heard the pig
whining. He thought the statement
incredible, but ordered them to clear
away the chalk as fast as they could !;
and, sure enough, when they got to the
sty, the pig was there, weak and en-
aciated, fallen to only fourth of his
former weight, but alive. In 16O days
he had been strictly self-supporting,
living on the store of fat he had laid
mp in Eere prosperous times. There
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-06-08
Used Tobacco for a Hundred Years.

There lives in Breckneck Township,
this county, a colored man who is in
all probability the Oldest person in the
State. His name is Robert Springer.
He claims that he is ia years old. He
was born in slavery in Delaware, near
New Castle, and was the slave of John
Dent. Prior to the war of 1912 he was
set free by his master, and shortly
afterward was pressed into the Govern
ment service. In 1916 he came into
Pennsylvania to earn money to pur-
chase his wife's and children's freedom,
but while he was trying to do SO they
were sold farther South and he never
heard of them again. He then settled
down where he is now, and has lived
there for over seventy-fve years.
His neighbors, a number of whom
are from eighty to ninety years Of age,
confirm the story of his great age, say
ing that they knew him as boys, three
quarters of century ago when he was
a man of considerable age. He is now
very feeble physically, although he is
bright in conversation and has an ex-
cellent memory. He smokes, chews,
and takes snuff constantly. He says
he has used tobacco continually for
about hundred years. Reading (Pa.)
letter.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-06-08
Eiftel's Tower-1,17S Feet High.

It takes on an average forty minutes
to walk up the spiral staircase to the top
of the great structure. By elevator the
journey can be made in one-eighth that
time. A correspondent of the New York
EUe,eiaag Post went to little above
the 1,OOO-foot mark, and he thus writes
of his trip: descended with NJ. Glenn
enceau, Admiral Maxse, and Miss
Maxse, a girl of 16. At 1000 feet the
winding iron stair stopped. I crawled
across the plank over the abyss on my
hands and knees. On rising to my feet
I stumbled, but fortunately regained
my balance and did not fall off the ex-
posed platform, but the moment was
somewhat CHASTITY. Then NJ. Clemen-
ceau and 1 began the ascent Of ladders
about thirty feet high. The wind was
blowing hard, and there was slight
shower of hail. It was bitterly cold.
the ladders shook under the ascent, and
I persuaded NJ. Clemenceau to desist.
His hands were so cold that he might
have slipped, and the consequences to
the republic would have been calami-
tous. We came down the ladder and
felt much more comfortable when VIC
were once more on the staircase"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-06-08

his integrity. But Boulanger was
afraid. He preferred the path of
safety to that Of honor, and left his
enemies free to imagine everything
possible evil against him. This is
probably an end of Boulangism in
France, and good thing for that coun-
try it is. Nobody can find anything
heroic in the most recent of Boulang-
er's exploits, his duel with NJ. Floquet,
and his fight to Brussels. But France
has been surfeited with heroes. She
wants republican statesmen, seeking
the good of their country rather than
the promotion of their own ambitions.
It is quite likely that Brussels will
not long be a safe or pleasant harbor
for the exile. He will probably soon
go to England, and perhaps ultimately
to this country, where he can do no
harm, and may aspire to citizenship in
the greatest republic in the world
Chicago Ledger.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-06-08

fully performed, but in few events has
he been very conspicuous. Gener-
alSehofeld was born Sept. %, 1881.
He graduated from the United States
Military Academy in 1853, in the same
class with Sheridan, Mcpherson and
Hood. Before the war he left the service
to become aprofessor of natural science
in university, but at the breaking out
of hostilities he entered the army as
volunteer. A majors commission was
rendered him at once, and Nov. 81,
1861, he had reached the grade of brig
adier-general. He served all through
the war, notably in the Atlanta cam
paign, and for time was Secretary of
War in Grants first Cabinet.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-06-08
The Alaskan AlDS.

Though by no means the highest
mountain in the world by actual meas
urement, yet Mt. st. Elias probably
appears as large as, if not larger than,
any other, for it is plainly visible from
the sea throughout its entire height Of
eighteen or nineteen thousand feet,
though situated from forty to fifty
miles inland. The Swiss mountains,
which are all under sixteen thousand
feet, are generally seen from elevations
varying from four to eight thousand
feet, while in the Himalayas the plane
of observation is considerably higher.
It is certainly true that. with the pos
sible exception of Mt. Wrangel, about
which little is known, Mt. st. Elias
presents the greatests snow climb OF
all the mountains in the world, on &C
count of the low point to which the line
of perpetual snow descends in these
northerly region. Beside st. Elias
such mountains as Cook and Vancouver
sank into insignifcance. = William
Williams, I'm Sc''ibner's.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-06-08
Josh Billings Philosophy.

Men are blamed for sticking their
noze into things; but it IL the only way
a dog tracks out hiz game.
The man who kan live in idleness
successfully, muss either be too pure
or too lazy to commit emmy sin.
Poetri liz disseaze common tew all
the iterati; sum hav it quite hard,
but most hav it dredful lite.
Inkredulity IL the wisdum ov a
phool; it liz only wize man who kan
afford tew be credulous.
Prejudice liz hous plant which IL
very apt tew wither if you take it out
doors amungst pholks.
The devil holds poor kards, but he
plays them mighty well.
What IL the next wust thing tew lie
ing? Citing ketched at it.
am so phully aware ov the uncer-
tainty ov the law, that if a man whom
i had never seen nor heard ov should
su me for debt ov one hundred dol
lars, and couldn't kompound with him
for fifty, would pay the whole rather
than defend the suit.
1 hav noticed this difference between
people-thare are some who are not az
big phools as they look.
Most authors in writing neglekt their
punktuashuns, espeshily the full stop.
I hav seen pholks SO melancholy and
so gloomy that they wouldn't admit
thare was brite side tew ennything
in this world, not even to q nu half
dollar.
If wit forms the blade, good sense
should be the handle and benevolence
the skabbard ov the sword.
Experience IL knowledge, and it will
silk by phellow like the money he
gets by hard knoxs.-Ne,c York
WeeElU
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-06-08
The Perauisites of an Earl.

We had very pretty little garden
at our lodgings by the gate of Warwick
Castle. 1t was green with holly and
shrubs, and in it the yellow jasmine
bloomed all the winter through. It
was sunny and cosy, being sheltered
on two sides by the high outer wall of
the castle grounds, Over this wall,
the castle peacocks, both blue and
white, came daily, lending to our
small domain medieval air. While
to US they were most welcome, to our
landlady they brought only disaster,
for they foraged on her caulifowers
ard in the end destroyed them all.
why do you not complain of them ?"
We replied in answer to her complain
ings. why do you not demand pay
for damages?" Enter complaint
against the peacocks of an earl! De-
mand pay for what they had eaten T!
The very thought of so doing overpow-
cred our good landlady. None but q
native of that rampant republic, the
United States of America, could dream
of such thing! There are draw
backs to the felicity of being an earl's
neighbor. Not only must one submit
to the depredations of his peacocks,
but of his foxes upon the poultry yard.
Our landlady said that, in the part Of
her native Yorkshire where she was
born, hundreds of poultry were killed
yearly by the foxes preserved for hunt
ing. The game laws of England are
imperious and weigh heavily upon the
cottager with his few fowls.-F. n. H.,
in April Vide Quake.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-06-08
A Ready.Witted Girl.

Silence had reigned for some time
that thick, rank silence which is like
the calm before the storm. Finally it
was broken; but his words came cold
and imprisoned.
"Maude," he asked, @do you think
marriage Is failure?"
Il don't feel able to express an opin-
ion on SO grave a subject" she replied,
~but I know a good wsyto find it out.
This happened at least two months
ago, and they are both ready now to
give an emphatic verdict Of mo fail
ure."-Merchd71t Traveller.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-06-08
General SchOheld.

A correspondent, writing from Wash
1ngton about men who draw fat salaries
ana nave easy times, brings in the name
OF General Schofeld. His salary is
s!3,0OO. Although he is the successor
o: Sheridan, who followed line of SOL
dlers In the Office who were national
heroes, and although he is rightfully
the incumbent by reason of his services
to the country, his career has not been
such as to make his name over-familiar
to the people generally. His military
Life has been long and the duties faith
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-06-08
A Character.

Lady Horribly, wife of the British
Admiral, is character" Years ago
she was struck in the eye by q shot
from catapult in the streets of Lon
don, and lost its sight. She is, how
ever, as sharp as needle, and her one
remaining eye does duty for both. She
is one of the most courageous women
alive, and once saved the life of q
favorite cat by herself biting a mad
dog at the tail. She delights in moth
ing so much as startling people, and
once set hotel full of dowagers into
fits by telling them the secret of her
plentiful supply of exotics was her
habit of going round the cemetery
every morning and snatching them
from the tombs. There are endless
stories about the sayings and doings Of
her ladyship, and she does all she
knows to foster character for eccen'
tricity.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-06-08
cHoPP1Na WOOD AND couRTma
By ". ". sTocKwELL.

It's reported of fellow
In q certain neighborhood,
When he goes to see his charmer
He is set to chopping wood;
And the task seems done with pleasure,
Is If on the road to bliss,
And the goal of aspiration
For the world he would not miss.
In the light of right and reason,
In friendly world like this,
Ought one thus 10 task another
When he calls to see miss?
When q fellow goes accounting
On q stormy winter night,
Ought not oil and wood be furnished
To supply him warmth and tght2
It may be this kind of service
In a moral sense is good,
And will discipline the subject
As no other drilling could;
Fitting for life 6 alter duties
In the best way, as il should,
And the art of fuel-getting
Would be better understood.
Should this task become burden
From which one would gain relief,
There'd be consolation thinking
One could make his courtship brief;
One would have strong incentive
Calls less frequent there to make,
And the greatest question pressing
That q lover has at stake.
To conclude this timely ditty,
As by sympathy were led,
In the tones of love and pity
Only this need now be said:
Sitting in the glowing freight,
In a cheerful, chatty mood,
Sparkling must be very pleasant
After one has chopped the wood.
lead. Ind.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-06-08
BOulanger.

Boulanger, the noted French poll
hcian. whose admirers had turned his
head with the notion that he was q
second Napoleon, has suddenly and
rather ANONYMOUSLY quit his native
land Doubtless his leaving will be
for his country's good, though it seems
to have been precipitated by desire
to save his own neck. The French
Senate, upon the demand of NJ. Con-
STAINS, Minister of the Interior, has Or
dered Boulanger's trial for treason
against the republic. Any patriotic
citizen accused of treason might we'll
demand trial as o means of indicating
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-06-08
No Need to Study Grammar.

A teacher in q Western town, who
asked one of her pupils to procure q
grammar, received the following note
from the girls mother: Il do not de-
sire that Matte shall ingsge in gram
mar, as I prefer her to ingage in more
useful studies and can learn her to
speak and write proper myself. have
went through two grammars and can't
say Is they did me no good prefer
Matte to ingage in German and draw
ing and vokal music on the piano. =
Ne,p York Tribune.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-06-08

PLAYS that he owns the store and is
allowed to draw that instead of a
salary. He looks at me askance, as
if he feared that I might be Nellie
Bly,. He goes over to confer with
a heavy-set saleswoman, to inquire of
her, evidently, whether am there
with sinister motives, and while trem-
BILE at the thought that I am about to
be searched for said motives, another
man, who plays that he owns the store
afternoons, comes along and asks me
what I want there. I tell him that I
am supplemented man, more or less
picked on both at home and abroad !;
that would spend an enormous amount
of money in New York if I had chance
that to-day I had contemplated buying
or trading for full set of two heavy
No. 10 English hose with double soles
and a striking resemblance to each
other. Nobody could be any more ex-
plicit than that without being offens-
i've. I just tell man what want
right at the start, and then if there
should be any delay it is his fault.
He looks at me sorrowfully and be-
gins to feel in his pocket for some
thing. I say: @Put up your gold.
Get out with your dross. I am not
poor or crazed by suffering. I am
only waiting to present letter of
introduction to the sock lady if lean
obtain an audience with her." He
tells me where the Office is, and I go
there. She waits long time before
I seem to catch her eye. She looks
through me, and so on across the
store to a given point. She then
says:
"Well?"
"Socks!"
"Yes?"
"Yes!"
"What kind, please?"
English hose, double sole, I'M
bleached, No. 10, two of kind"
"fer yourself?"
eyes, exclusively for myself"
"Well, the mems hose is on second
floor, facing the other street"
then go to q hotel, register, get
a room, ring for messenger, and
send him for the hose.
It may be the same old crazy spirit
which keeps New York stirred up all
the time and makes the average New
Yorker miserable all day if he misses
car, even if the next will be along in
half minute; but whatever it is, it is
an evil spirit and makes money for
few people to the discomfort of a great
many.
New York shopping, especially at
certain seasons and on certain days, is
like trying to buy things in Washing
ton during the Inauguration. You can
pay for them, but you are not permitted
to take them away. They may be
needed four years from now.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-06-08

were, however, evidences of his suffer
3ngs IN the wood that shut in the sty
Deang mbbied away in places, while he
nad licked the sides of the cave smooth
In the attempt to obtain the moisture
e1ud1ng from the rock.-London Hos
DitdI.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-06-08

W. J. NORRIS, of Wetumpks, Ga,
has fiattened ball taken from pine
tree. It was imbedded eight inches
deep in the heart of large pine tree,
which has been dead nearly fifteen
years, and the best judges think it may
have lain there for hundred years or
more.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-06-08
BILL NYE GOES SHOPPING.
Df63cultiss Encountered In Making Pur.
chases I'm New York.

ALWAYS have nv
feelings hurt when 1
shop in New York. In
the first place. I am
enraged before I get
to the store by 9S7, 236
people who knock me
over and get on the
elevated trains before
the passengers can
get off. Then 1 go to q
store and wait near a
stack of wet umbrel-
las until several total
s tr a n gers with a
naughty air iostle me
against the wall. I
next speak to tn e
Qonrwo1Lar ~