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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1890-06-07
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Tenths, 81; American Currency.


CLUB RATES: . Tickets fer $50.
Special Rates Aryansed scifA agents.
AGENTS WANTED In ins ssvesy TX; town "
the United States and BRUSH america.
The payment of Prizes is guaranteed by
special deposit of Ave hundred thousand dol.
lars $500 O0O) with the State Government, and
approved by Jesus Arechiga, Governor.
Drawings under the personal supervision OF
Lie Hermino Arteaga, who is appointed by the
Government as Intervenor.
"I ICERrIFY that with the State Treasurer all
necessary guarantees are deposited. assuring
full payment of all prizes OF this drawing
HERMiNIo ARTEAGA, Intervenor."
IMPORTANT.
Remittances must be either by New York
Draft, Express or Registered Letter. American
money. Collections can be made by Express
Companies or Banks. Ticket sent direct 70
management will be paid by drafts on New
York, Montreal, st. Paul, Chicago. San Fran
cisco or City of Mexico. For further Informs
ton address,
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the cry Of Joy
Holbrook had ut
tered meant that
n Q W . Of Annie
had been receiv-
ed. Just what
he didn't know,
but that the mes
senger who had
brought the In
formation would
be v valuable to
them he quickly
appreciated
He haatpned af.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1890-06-07
TEE DIAMOND BUTTON.
FROM THE DIARY OF LAWYER AND THE
NOTE BOOK OF A REPORTER
By BARCLAY NORTH.

lCopywrighted, 1889. by 0. NJ. Dunham. Pub
lished by special arrangement through the
American Press Association.
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Then she sat down TO wait for Hol-
brook,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-11
INNS ON READING.
d. Taimage Tells Young People What
To- Read and Whit Not 90 Road.

d. Taimage Tells YouIg People What
to Read and What Not az Read
The question what to read is much
discussed, but not so much the question
what not to read. Better stand off from
all those books which are made. not be-
cause the author had any thing TO say,
but because the publisher and author
wanted to make commercial success.
Such books are generally of large type,
profuse illustration and snowy binding.
They must have 50 many words, so
many pages, so many pictures. You are
aware from the appearance of the book,
that il was merely made to sell / be-
lievc. however. that book will be OF
little practical service unless the author
was compelled by inward consciousness
of duty TO print it The hook into which
an honest. an earnest author throws his
whole soul is the one that will magnet
ize, lift and vivify you. Avoid that
book which has the appearance of lit
erary jobbing. | also advise that you
take only small doses of love story.
The majority of novels are made to set
forth desperate lOve-scrapes IL is well
enough for a man to read sufficient of
this literature to keep him from
being awkward when he himself be-
comes a party to some affair of the
hear But much reading of lOve-stories
makes one soft insipid. absent-minded
and useless. The probability is that
when you fall in love you will not fall
into it according to the cheap novels;
the lady will not burst into tears nor
faint, nor will the old man oppose you
so that you will have TO place a Ion 9
ladder to the third-story window at
midnight Excessive reading of love
stories will make you a fool before you
know it. l further advise you not to
read book merely because some one
else likes IT Do not waste your time
on Shakespeare. nor pass a long time
with SIR William Hamilton. when met
aphysics are repulsive to you, though
your literary friends are in raptures
with the great-headed Scotchman. When
you read book by the page, every few
minutes looking ahead tosee how many
chapters you have to finish before you
are through. you had better stop that
book and take something else There is
no reason in your dousing your plate
with vinegar because your friends are
especially fond of the sour. or of spread
ing your bread with honey because your
host has a taste for the saccharine.-
Talmage in Ladies Home Journal
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He NEVER WORKED.
And That Is Why He became Loafer
aud Thief.

A short time ago youth of mir steen
was brought before magistrates court
in Philadelphia. on the charge of petit
larceny. He had stolen some tools and
other small articles from time to time,
and the testimony showed that he was a
riOtous fellow and the terror of the
neighborhOod. When he was questioned
he admitted that he had never worked.
and that his mother-a widow-support-
ed him and supplied him with pocket
money.
lie never worked What an admis-
sion for boy, almost a man. to makel
Is it any wonder that such boy was not
ashamed to admit that he was supported
by his mother? An ordinary boy OF
nineteen would blush to think that his
mother bought his clothes, but boy
who never worked had no such fine
feelings.
If such boy were questioned closely
il would probably be found that he was
brought up to believe that there was
something degrading in work and that
the worker could not be a gentleman.
There are boys. and perhaps a few
grown-up people, who hold to this be-
lief, which is easily shown to be errone-
GUS There was time when such an
idea prevailed, no doubt; but that time
has long past
At the present day even Princes and
Princesses are taught trades, and are re-
quired to busy themselves about some
occupation, otherwise they would soon
feel the weight of public disapproba-
ton. The nobility of Europe have long
since ceased a life of inactivity and
may be found engaged in many &C.
equations Ladies Of rank have opened
millinery and dress-making shops in
London, a Marquis runs a line of cabs,
Baron is a potter, several noblemen
are at the head of great ship-building
plant, lists of railway directors show a
liberal sprinkling of aristOcratic names
and titles. and, in short, there is hardly
an English trade or profession into
which nOblemen have not embarked.
The same is true in Germany and all
other European countries. although not
to such marked extent
In this country it has been we'll said
that every body works. The attempt 10
establish an idle class, in default of
titled class, has never succeeded. No
matter how much wealth a young man
may inherit, he is almost certain TO en-
bark in some mercantile or manufacture
ing venture, not so much for the pur-
pose of increasing his wealth as the de-
sire to be doing something.
The purely idle man is lost in this
country. lie can not find companion
ship and no one admires him. To
boast that he never worked is no pass
port to favor. Any one can in
merit wealth, but it takes a smart man
to make fortune. and Americans ad-
mire smarUness. An idle man must go
abroad to find friends or admirers.
Perhaps some of the distaste for work
arises from uncongenial employment A
boy with an artists soul could never be
happy in a tannery, nor a sailC boy
work in coal mine; but those Unequal
tiles right themselves. For every boy or
girl in the world there is work just it.
ted to their inclination and capacity.
1t is their duty to find that work and do
1t Well.-(iOlden DAYS
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awful hour o; battle and. looking him

awful hour o, battle, and. looking him
steadily in the eye, saia:
L know you. sir; so where is the use
OF guessing2 / have seen you on the
battlefield marshaling your men to
victory. have seen you cut down a
score Of men with your owD single arm.
I have seen you put to fight whole
battalion know you-everyb body
knows you; your name is in everybOdy's
mouth"
/ remembered what he had said about
leading his veterans. and had tried this
harangue TO divert his attention. l
paused to mark the effect.
'Yes-yes. doctor. But what is it?'
he exclaimed again Thirty seconds"
Great heavens. What would not
have given for a clew 10 that madman's
fancy. thirty seconds, and how short
second is The knife was raised
higher, that it might gain momentum
by the distance. His body was braced
for the stroke. and his eye, keen and
alert fixed upon the mark.
Ten seconds more!" he cried. What
is it?"
There was only one hope for me, and
that was 20 guess / felt that he con-
sidered himself some great man, as he
had spoken of veterans, some great
military chieftain. ! thought of all Of
orr heroes, and the names OF many OF
them were Upon my lips, but dared
not utter them. IL was the greatest
chance-game that ] had ever played
nv life depended on the guessing of a
name. thought of all the European
generals, but cast them aside again.
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HISTORIC GROUND.
"Reminiscences of the Old Town of Santa
Barbara, Cal.

\ "Reminiscences of the Old Town of Santa
Barbara. Cal.
Last Saturday afternoon, as some
workmen were engaged in grading the
lot on Canyon Perdido street. near SAN
ia Barbara, the pillow turned up two bad
ly-decayed coffins-a woman's and a
child's. The collins were made roughly,
of kind of hard. tough wood, probably
brought from the Sandwich Islands. as
was all the lumber in those days. On
that of the supposed woman were she
initials m. A. c." made by driving
brass-headed nails or tacks into she
wood From the length of time elapsed
since burial it is hardly possible to
state positively whose coffin this Is
Doubtless it was one of the Carrtllo
family's. 1t is quite possible that this
coffin may have been buried full hum
dred years, as this was the first burying
ground in this city. Father Villa, on be-
ing informed of the fact ordered all
work to cease, and will have the re-
mains properly exhumed and reburied.
This bit of ground is historic. Events
of the greatest moment to this city took
place here. This lot was originally
part of the old Presidio, and on this par
ticular spot was erected the chapel
which was the first Santa Barbara home
of the Mission Fathers. Ii was on this
spot that Father Janipero began in San
ia Barbara his work of evangelization,
successful PROBABLY even beyond his own
expectations From this spot then, be-
gan the work of civilization in this par
nrf ~ M tat ftY1
work indeed
At that time there were Presidios in
San Diego. Monterey and San Francis
co. This particular military post was
a square surrounded by high wall of
adobe, the top of which was protected
by tiles. The commandant's house
"a part even now standing opposite on
Santa Barbara street, 7was in the
Enclosure. Here, too. was the chapel
around and under which were buried
such of the converted people as died at
the time. The remains found the other
day are probably of that number.
The spot is historic more than any
other place in Santa Barbara. 1t was
here that Fremont first raised the
American flag, in 1916. There was no
flagstaff then, but Commodore Stockton
gave Fremont a studding-sail boom
from the frigate Congress, then in this
port. 1t was about 40 feet long, and
General Fremont had it raised in the
center of the Preside.
Thus from the point also took place
the second greatest event in Santa Bar
bara's history--the raising of the Amer
lean flag and the annexation of the city
to the United States. The next flag
staff raised in this city was on State
street, opposite St Charles Hotel. In
April, 1s47, Captain Henry Carnes, with
his own hands, raised the beautiful
garrison flag. 1t was 20x4O feet. and
was the second United States flag in
this city.-Santa Barbara Independent
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onlv one who ever reduced it to
science. Since left my noble veter-
ans have devoted my whole time TO
II and now am about TO initiate you
into its mysteries, If you are worthy"
lie was standing before me so very
calm that did not think he intended
20 harm me; but when l looked into his
eyes. burning with the fire OF insanity,
! felt that my situation was desperate
indeed
Il must test YOU he said. Il must
see whether you are naturally gifted OF
not before waste much time with you-
II remove the handkerchief viii you
answer my question:
I nodded an affirmative, and he re-
moved il.
Now. my dear doctor, you are an en-
tire stranger 70 me Without doubt
YOU have often heard u me, but IL will
be hard task 20 distinguish my name
from all other great men Of the time.
You may guess IL. doctor. What is it?''
He al brought his face SO near TO
mine that I could feel his hot breath.
and | fancied ! could feel the heat in
those terrible eyes The long. keen
blade he was holding over me-for
what? To take nv life II / failed; Of
this there was no doubt
Guess, guess ne screamed. If you
fail il will be your last guess in this
world
/ dared not cry out-the knife was
too near I could not escape, for the
strong cords bound me to that chair
which I could not lift; and I could not
lie there and lose my life. What could
do2
1t IS hard guess" he said. "and
Wlll give you three minutes to answer
it
l summoned all my courage. which
had never yet failed me, even in the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-11
NURSERY RHYMES.
Antiquity and Origin of the Most Popu mr.
of These Clever JingIes.

Of These Clever JingIe>.
One of the oldest jingles or rhymes
common in nearly every country Of the
world is that familiar one commencing:
d" one. two. buckle my shoe;
Three four. shut the door;
Five. six. pick up sticks;
Seven eight. lay them straight, " etc, etc
The following are some of the rec
ords of the age and origin o. popular
English nursery rhymes, namely:
''FrOggie would a-wooing go" was Ii
censed in 1850: Three blind mice is
in a music book of 1909; Boys and girls,
come out to play" dates from Charles
H., as also Lucy LOcket lost her pock-
et;" Pussy cat, pussy cat where have
you been?" dates from Queen Bess
reign; while Little Jack HOrner" is
older than the seventeenth century. and
the odd woman tossed IN the blanket
dates from James III. 'sOld Mother
Hubbard, .'Humpty Dumpty." .Gcosey,
GOosey, Camden odd Mother Goose"
appear to be among the oldest o: our
nursery rhymes. 'HUmpty Dumpty"
was a bold. bad baron who lived in the
days OF King John. ana was tumbled
from power. His history was put into
a riddle. the meaning of which was an
egg. The Babes in the Woods" was
founded upon actual crime committed
in Norfolk. near Wayland Wood, IN the
fifteenth century. An old house in the
neighborhOod is still pointed out, upon
a mantelpiece in which is carved the
entire history. Cinderella, Jack the
Giant-killer." Blue Beard" Tom
Thumb" were given to the world in
Paris in 1927. The author was Charles
Penault. Spare Moments
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small rope, suspended from the ceiling
above, is fastened with a wire fence
staple. piece of wire through the
rope, high enough to clear mans
head, is bent into hook upon which to
hang the pole when not in use; second
wire staple being driven partly into the
pole to serve as an eye for this purpose.
The pole being light does not interfere
with the cows movements to and fro,
and she may back off against it
and get the benefit of a change in
position, but in doing so the pole
bangles at her heels and she soon moves
away from it. The pole is but very lit
tie in the way when doing the stable
work, as it can be swung out at either
end, or hung up out of the way; and it
is so low that a person can easily step
over it, If it is desired to keep the COW
from getting off of the stall floor except
when led out then fasten a small rope
from partition, between the stalls, to the
pole. BY the device given the COW can
be kept clean. Use IA halter in tying
the COW, so as to give her all the free
dom possible. Orange Judd Farmer.
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In support of the well-established rule
that justice of the peace always finds
for the plaintiff-that is, for the man
that brings ''grist to the mill'-mav be
cited a cause that was tried some years
ago in Maryland. The action was
against a railway company for killing
the plaintiffs COW on the company's
track. The testimony was all in favor
of the company, tending overwnelm-
ingly to show that the COW had mo
business" on the track. After the
hearing the magistrate promptly de-
cided for the plaintiff. The company's
attorney was greatly surprised and asked
his honor upon what grounds he could
arrive at such decision. He said inre-
ply that the company was negligent in
not putting up a sign-board with Look
out for the locomotive r painted on it
But the COW could not have read it"
said the astonished attorney. Very
true" said the majesty of the law. but
il would have been much worse for the
company il person had been killed,
and ua1er all the circumstances the
company is getting off easy. Judg-
ment for plaintiff. San Francisco Ar
Qonaut
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THE LITTLE HOUSE.

Once a little house knew.
In whose sunny corners grew
Pansies dim and phlox and rue.
And the birds beneath its caves.
When the spring wind sObs and zri-y27-
Built their nests Of straw and leaves.
While tall IiIacs bending down.
Laden with a starry crown.
Kissed its low roof. beat and broWl
Yet more sweet than flower fair
BirUs that sang with jaunty air.
Were the children dwell ing there.
Such happy l.stle throng.
Who with Iau shter and with sonE.
Worked and played the whole day long
Vow. methinks the house Is stlL
save Tor criCkets. piDing shrill.
Cir. perhaps, q stray birds trilL
And the children. small % yore.
Wandering now tue wide earth Ger,
In lone moments long once more
For the little house they knew.
In whose sunny corners grew
Pansie- dim and phl0N aud rue.
osette Gertrude Meuard. in Boston Budget
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suIphonaI to he Superseded.

The success which has attended the
bringing out of new hypnotics is some
thing remarkable, and now, when sui
phonal has scarcely established itself
in that line, il is succeeded by what is
termed cLloralamid. a substance which
in therapeutical action has many re-
semblances to choral hydrate. but has
not the special influence on the cir
culation which is a characteristic
of the latter body. According 10
the practice at present pursued it
is administered in doses varying
for Adults from fifteen to forty-fve
grains. 1t appears to have one advan-
tage, OF no slight importance, over
choral hydrate-namely, that il does
not taste at all unpleasant and it is
further superior to that article in not
being caustic. As il is decomposed by
slkalies il may not be prescribed in al
kaline solution-a quality that consti-
tutes its chief draw back. 1t is said to
induce a sound healthy sleep. -Med
ical Journal.
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A MONKEYS Reasoning Powers.

The following a necdote. from the New
Orleans Picayune. proves conclusively
that animals do reason: A friend of the
writer owns a monkey which answers to
the name of Joclso. The children of the
house and Jocko are boon companions,
and of a summer afternoon enjoy frolic
together upon the lawn. One day some
one threw match down and the grass
ignited, making a little blaze. Jocko
saw it, stopped and looked, then glanced
all around and, seeing piece of plank
not far Off ran for il, crept cautiously to
the fire, all the time holdig the plank
as shield between himself and the
flame. then threw the plank on the fire
and pressed il down and extinguished
it What could have reasoned better
and done more? Although. perhaps, no
danger could have come from the fire,
still no one knows what the result might
have been, and the monkey evidently
believed that prudence is the better
mari of yalor
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THE SPIRIT OF THE TIMES, of New York,
says AN extraordinary advance in the
use of cocoa seems TO have taken place Of
late years in England. In the House of
Commons this last session the Right Hon.
c. j. Goschen, the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, called attention TO itas a cause for
much of the falling off of the use of coffee
he attributed it in u measure TO the posi-
ton a preparation of cocoa known as
Grateful and Comforting had taken. In
accord with this suggestion ii may be in
teresting to follow the course cocoa has
taken in England since 1882, when the duty
which had been standing at Cd. per h., with
an importation of under half a million
pounds, was reduced TO ID per h., and not
long after we find the homeopathic doc
trine of medicine introduced into the king
dom, and that the use of cocoa was specially
advocated by physicians adopting that mode
of practice. Soon after we find the first
homeopathic chemists established in En-
gland (the firm of James Epps q CO.. pro
duced a special preparation, which only
needed boiling water or milk to be at once
ready for the table, and the superior char
acter of this production has, no doubt, done
much, as the Chancellor of the EXchequeE
said, to bring about (baczed as it was by a
further reduction of the duty TO Id. per lb- }
the advance made"
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and came back to our own side of the
water.
Two secondsl" screeched the luna
tic.
Without a thought, almost without a
vOlition. I spoke a name, breathing a
prayer that it might be the right one:
Napoleon BOnaparter'
Right" said the mailman. throwing
aside mis- knife and undoing the cords
that held me. Il was mistaken in you,
doctor. You are a true genius, this is
your first lesson; come at this hour
every evening and | will teach you the
beautiful art-the way to immortal
fame"
As I arose from the chair. weak and
trembling. the door opened softly, and
four strong mon entered and secured
the maniac. | started for home we'll
pleased that had got through with my
first guesSing-lesson. and fervently hop
ing that | should never be called upon
TO pass through the experience of an
Otner-N V Weekly.
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The Latest in DreS. Fsbric..

In dress fabrics Il IS almost impossi-
BILE TO escape from patterns. very
large portion of the novel textiles show
ing some device or other. New Marie
Antoinette velvets in black are sprigged
with tiny clusters of brilliant flowers
or with sprays of scarlet berries and
foliage. Dahlia satins and velyets are
broraded with anemone blooms.
hyacinths, dog blossoms, hawthorn
sprays and single shaded roses; and at
the same importing-house which offers
these novelties are exhibited extra
vide Lyons satins in glowing Spanish
gold, broadly striped with raised broche
figures in which both Spanish and Per-
sian colors are most wonderfully
blended. N. Y. Evening Post
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MANITOBA AND THE CANADIAN
NORTHWEST
Official Crop Returns Show a Splendid
Yield.

The wonderful productiveness os the
great wheat lands of Manitoba and the
Canadian Northwest Territories re-
ceives splendid indorsation in the crop
of 1890. That these Canadian lands are
peculiarly adapted to the growth of the
very finest grades of wheat and other
cereals is already we'll known, and, in
addition, they produce what are TN
questionably the greatest crops of pota-
toes, roots and all sorts of garden veg
etables grown on the American CONT