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Montgomery County sentinel., 1891-09-04

the young man felt tho coach scrape
against the cloven pine roots Of the
mountain side, and at the next he felt II
addy along the verge of the ravine and
lean over the abyss as if ready TO plunge
down into the tops Of the oaks on Niger
Flat. 500 feet below. II n Att
Pretty soon the bottom of the grade
was reached, and the young man put
the brakes down hard" But it was only
a little rise after all. and the horses
were running at the top Of their speed
The stage went on, hardly checked by
the doubled obstacles, and began an
other descent. Again the same tactics
followed; the brake was used with the
utmost skill and patience, but an out
slider would have said there was little
gain. The second ascent came at last,
and here. on d broken road, full Of deep
ruts, which helped ,to,cheek the stage.
the young man brought everything up
standing a two mife run Il had been.
and the horses were still rearing and
plunging q AJlA HIHU0J
The other passenger peered carefully
out Of the window and asked what was
the matter. He was ordered to open
the door, jump out. and take the lead
ers by the head. The young man ''set'
the brakes, climbed down and began to
collect the remnants of the lines and
knot them together. 9jejs lo1
A little later Smoky came running up
in state of despair and exhaustion.
His pleasure at discovering the coach
and horses uninjured took the form of
series of wild yells and contortions
that would have done credit to Shasta
Indian skeleton dance. Ho climbed
back on the box, the passengers got in.
and the stage started off at redoubled
speed to make up for lost time.
The story went around among the
stage drivers. There was one young
fellow that must bo taken care of. He
was to have the seat with the driver, no
matter who wanted it. He was the
"man wot stopped Smoky's turnout on
the Penn Valley grade" Even to-day
il the hero Of this true tale were to
leave his great mills and business en-
terprises 10 San Francisco and 60 to the
wilds of Modoc and Siskiyou beyond the
outposts Of the railroad, he would be
almost sure to discover that bis name
and fame were known; that the word
would be sent along the line, "Smoky's
passenger is goin' over this road," and
the grumpiost of old stagers would un-
bend and treat him as an equal. The
young man who climbed out over the
wheel and put down the brakes" on
Smokys stage-coach thirty years ago is
still an honorary member Of the craft
of ancient and weather-beaten masters
of the whip and ribbons.
Perhaps the reader will think that
the story is incomplete without the
name of the young man. II was A. s
Hallidic, the. inventor Of the cable car
system Of San Francisco aud Of many
valuable mining and engineering CON
trivancos. - -Independeat.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1891-09-04
A Stone That Foretells Rain.

Roy Meningor, Of Now Orleans, who
has just returned from tour through
Mexico, during which he visited many
of tho out-of-way places usually passed
over by travellers, gives an account Of
singular rock to be found near the little
village of Chilpsncingo, in the Sierra
Madre del Sur This rock he describes as
being possessed of the property Of being
able to foretell rain, and is said by the
natives to be infallible. Mr.. Meninger
himself was able to witness several ex-
hibitions Of its remarkable power, which
repeatedly foretold shower twenty
hours before any other warning Of its
approach was given. The rock stands
alone in little valley unusually fertile
and green, and seems to protude from
the ground rather than rest upon its
surface.
1t is irregular in shape, about five feet
in height and ten about the base, and In
fair weather is Of dull-grayish tint and
as smooth as polished marble to the
touch, but unnaturally cold. On the
approach Of rain it loses its neutral
color and begins to turn dingy red,
deepest about the base, and light pink
about the summit Its temperature in
creuses TO about 500 Fahrenheit, aud it
presents the appearance Of being slowly
heated by an internal fire This heat
and crimson color increases rapidly as
the atmosphere grows heavier, until the
rain begins to fall, when, according to
its descent, the rock, glows and becomes
lighter in hue.
When the shower is over the warmth
and color gradually depart, the gray tint
is resumed and the rock becomes cold.
During electrical disturbances this min
eral barometer often assumes highly
heated appearance, emitting pale. blue
light. and is SO strongly charged with
electricity as to be unapproacbable.
Mineralogists who have examined the
stone declare themselves at loss to
identify it.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1891-09-04

WILL offer entire of CARPETS, RUGS FUR
NITURE pertaining furnishing prices that will
intending to purchase to inspect for instance: -
INGRAM SOC yard TAPESTRY BRUS-
Sells 60 and yar1 BODY BRUSSELS at 75 ST. 81 10
VELVETS 10 yardsma assortment MoQUEfIS
a 81 yard; Smyrna Rugs and Mats at actual cost
BONAPIDE 10 discount will
SALES all kndsthe greatest reduction
upon fne goods, which placesh actual
MATTNGS Plain Canton Japanese joint
less Mang 90 25 3O 3 40 and SOC Mangs hst
45c grade Mat coor from l zoe yard
RATTAN and REED Furniture for summer use Wire Doors ana screens
Damasks Dmies goods
them
and other Dpces all offered
% odd of
stocks FOLDING BEDS the CITY,
representing Mantels Wad Cabinets and other styles
BABY CARRIAGES from $3.50 $35 Also Sole Agent for the
celebrated Dry Air Alaska REFRlGERATOhS and
market the 10 and they have
given general satisfaction.
An call solicited and customer WI" go away dsatsnd
Montgomery County sentinel., 1891-09-04

why, Cousin Jenny said Captain
Jinks, "what beautiful complexion
you have! You are the belle of the
dance tonight"
Eyes, Tom, agreed to furnish the
powder il papa would provide the ball.
My partners must furnish the arms"
"Oh, | see, and you expect to bring
on an engagement"
Montgomery County sentinel., 1891-09-04

The laughing plant of Arabia pro-
duces black, bean-like seeds, small doses
of which when dried and powdered in
toxicate like laughing gas. The victim
dances, shouts and laughs like mad
man for about an hour, when be be-
comes exhausted and falls asleep, to
awaken after several hours with no
recollection of his wild antics.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1891-09-04

At st. Helen. CAL, there is book
agent who is ninety-two years old and
who was never shot at, thrown through
a window or worried by a dog in all bis
long experience. They must be very
patient people out there.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1891-09-04

A county commissioner in the west
ern part Of Maine, on inviting some law
yers to inspect the new courthouse,
quoted the solemn lines of DR.. Watts
"Ye sinners round, come view the ground
Where you will shortly lie."
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1891-08-29
MONDAY, AUGUST 18th, 1901.

and as provided in Section % Of an Act OF the
Legislature to provide revenue Tor the support
Of the government of the State of Nevada APP
proved March Esd. 1921, will hear ard deter
mine all complaints made in regard TO the as
sessed value of any property within said Lyon
county. except that assessed by the State Board
of Assessors and Equalization, and will change
and correct any valuation either by adding
thereto or deducting therefrom. If they deem
the same fixed in the Assessment Roll either
above or below the actual cash value, whether
said sum be fixed by the owner or Assessor,
except that in case where the person complain
ing OF the assessment has refused to give the
Assessor his list under oath, as required by
law. In such cases no reduction Will be made
by the Board of Equalization in the assessment
made by the Assessor. The Assessment Roll
will be kept open for inspe .tion at the County
Clerks office until after the adjournment of
the Board of Equalization. The Board OF Equ-
alization will continue in session from time to
time for the purpose of equalization, but shall
not sit later than Monday, September 18th, 1891,
at which time the Board will meet spd evual-
lie the Assessment Roll and hear and deter
mine complaints in excepted cases as provided
in the aforesaid Section and Act
HENRY WOOD,
Dayton. Aug. 6. 1891. Clerk.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1891-08-29
TWO BOTTLES CURED HER.

TWO HOTTIES CURED HER
CARROLL, IA, July, 1889.
was suffering 10 years from shocks in my
DEAD, so much so. that at times didn't expect
tors. but didn't get any relief until took
Pastor Koenig's Nerve Tonic; the second dose
relieved me, and bottles cured me.
s. w. PECK.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1891-08-29
BILLS .Ahho"1 ED
by THE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
OF
Lyon County. Nevada,
A7lE. Term OF Z 40 L.


The following bills were examined and allow
ed by the Board of County Commissioners at
its regular monthly meeting held August
9th. 1891
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1891-08-29
EQUALIZATION NOTICE.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
IN County Assessor of Lyon county, state of
Nevads, has completed the tax list or Assess
ment Roll of Lyon county and has duly attach
ed his certificate thereto. and delivered it and
the map book and all statements made by tax
payers to him, to me. Clerk of the Board of
County Commissioners; that the Board OF
County Commissioners win meet Us Il Board of
Equal zatiOn on
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August.
Flower

Perhaps you do not believe these
statements concerning Green's Au-
gust Flower. Well, we can't make
you. We can't force conviction in
to your head or med
Doubling icine into your
throat. We don't
Thomas. want to. The money
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stay so. John H. Foster, 1922
Brown Street, Philadelphia, says:
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thirty years ofage and of a naturally
delicate disposition. For five or six
years past she has been suffering
from Dyspepsia. She
Vomit became so bad at last
that she could not sit
Every Meal. down to meal but
she had to vonit it
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bottles of your August Flower have
cured her, after many doctors failed.
She can now eat anything, and enjoy
it; and as for Dyspepsia, she does not
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The record-union., 1891-05-16
Special to the RECoRp-UNIoN.
In Germany.


NEW YORK, May 15.-Reports from
Chile to the middle of April state that the
fall of Coquimbo and Talcahuano were
soon expected. All news from the terri
tory of the insurgents is kept from the
Valparaiso newspapers by the Govern
ment, which also supervises all news
papers dispatches.
The Government claims to have an
army of 10000, and is pressing into
service every eligible man or boy to be
found. Harvesters have been forced to
leave the wheat in the fields, but the crop
this year is so large that the railways are
still taxed to the uttermost to bring it to
seaboard. Business is at standstill, and
the people depressed.
The popular feeling seems to be with
the insurgents, and they are supported by
the church also. Balmaceda has made
many enemies, and may be killed whether
he wins or loses.
Balmaceda has four torpedo boats, one
transport, and two torpedo cruisers, the
Almirante Lynch and Almirante Cordell.
The insurgents have twenty ironclad
cruisers and transports.
valparaiso is well protected by forts
and garrison of five thousand men, and
is not likely to be attacked, as there are so
many insurgent and foreign interests
there. The insurgents have all the for
eign ports from whence the most revenue
is derived.
The record-union., 1891-05-16
LONDON GOSSIP.
NO SURPRISE CAUSED AT THE PoR-
TUGAL' CABINET REsIGNING.
An Attempt to Patch Up the Differ
enceS in the Irish Party
Fails of Success.

Copyright, 1891, by n. Y. Associated Press.
LONDON, May 15.-Though Parliament
has completed the discussion of all origi-
nal clauses in the Irish land bill, much
remains to be done with the measure
after the Whitsuntide recess. The Gov
ernment has done nothing in regard to
the educational bill, except to decide that
it shall be introduced before the session
closes.
The resigning of the Portuguese Minis
try caused no surprise at the Foreign
Office here. The existing differences
over the policy of dealing with financial
troubles rendered the formation of a new
Ministry desirable. The Embassy has
received assurances that the change
would not interfere with the presenting
Of the Anglo-Portuguese Convention to
the Cortes. The.Portuguese have every
reason to be content with the con-
vention, for Lord Salisbury, in order to
strengthen the tottering monarchial inter
est, has conceded to Portugal a solid block
of territory, $4,000 square miles in area
north of the Zambesi River, obtaining in
return only narrow strip of land, recti-
flying the frontier of Manicoland. The
terms of the convention are certain to be
opposed in Parliament
The reports of impending defections
from the Parnellites party arose from the
movement which originated outside of
the Irish members of Commons, the OBJ
ject of which was to heal the faction
feud. Several Bishops made Gray the
channel of communications between lead
ing Parnellites and. McCarthyites. The
overtures for reconciliation were taken by
the McCarthyites as equivalent to aban-
donment of Parnell by his principal sup
porters. No definite proposal has been
reached by either side. Gray places the
blame for the baking of his efforts upon
the untimely revelation of the overtures.
Cable dispatches asserting that it has
been decided to abandon the international
character of the Chicago exposition,
though obviously malignant, operate in
retarding preparations of English ex-
hibitors. The absence of an explicit of
fetal statement from Chicago, and the
want of an organized representation here,
are keen1y felt, and may result in the
leading industries ignoring the fair.
The record-union., 1891-05-16
DIAMOND DUST.
Results of Yesterdays Ball Games
Throughout the East.

Results of Yesterdays Ball Games
Throughout the East.
PITTsBURG, May 15.-Baldwin pitched
grand game for the home team, but his
efforts were of no avail against the loose
support of the home infielders. Score
Pittsburg l, Philadelphia 4. Batteries
Baldwin and Mack; Thornton and
Clements.
CINCINNATI, May ia base on balls
and the only error of the game. gave a
victory to Boston. Cincinnati lost a
number of chances to score by poor bat
ting. Score-Cincinnat 8, Boston 6.
Batteries Mullane and Harrington ;
Nichols and Bennett
CLEVELAND, May 15.-The home team
outplayed the Giants to-day. Davis ter
rifle batting was the feature. Score
Cleveland S, New York 8. Batteries
Young and Seward Rusie and O'Rourke.
CHICAGO, May 15.-To-day's game was
9. regular Singing match, Chicago getting
the best OF it. Score-C Chicago Y, Brook
and Kittredge; Loyett and Daily.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
BosToN, May 15.-Boston 4, Louis
ville2.
BALTIMORE, May 15.-The Baltimore,
were postponed on account of rain.
WESTERN ASSOCIATION.
ST. PAUL, May 15.-St. Paul IA, Omaha
20.
MILWAUKEE, May Is. - The Denver
game was postponed on account of rain.
MINNEAPOLIS, May Is. Minneapolis
6, Kansas City Z.
SIOUX CITY, May 15.--Sioux City 5,
Lincoln 4.
The record-union., 1891-05-16
Important Decision.

DEs MONIES, May 15.-Judge Shiras
of the Federal Court, rendered an i'm
portant decision under the interstate
commerce law to-day. The plaintiffs in
the case were grain shippers of Carroll,
Iowa, and the defendant the Chicago and
Northwestern Railway Company.
Plaintiffs claimed that they were charged
nineteen cents per hundred pounds of
grain for shipment to Chicago, while
Slippers at Blair, Neb, had an eleven
cent rate for the same distance haul. The
Judge ruled that the rate was in viola
ton of the interstate law, and the
plaintiffs have the right to recover the
differences between the rates and also in
terest on the money paid in excess of the
Nebraska rate. A large number of SIM
liar cases are still pending.
The record-union., 1891-05-16
AMERICAN GOLD.
Reasons for Its Purchase by the For
efgn Powers.

Reasons for Its Purchase by the For
efgn Powers.
BERLIN, May 15.-The heavy imports
of American gold into Europe in general
and Germany in particular have drawn
the attention of financiers to the matter
In an interview to-day with a representa-
tive of the Associated Press, Herr
Bleichroder, who shares the Roths-
childs' financial power on the con-
tinent, said: ''All the gold COM
ing here from England and France is
reshipped TO Russia, which coun-
try has been draining quite heavily
from Berlin, and still heavier from
London, and in order to protect the Bank
of England SO as not TO drain it's re-
sources, American gold was cabled for.
the withdrawal of gold from London and
Berlin, the rate of discount of the banks
of those cities would have risen six or
seven per cent. In the present state of
affairs this would simply mean ruin to
thousands. We advoided it by buying
American gold"
When asked what Russia wanted with
all this gold, and If she is preparing for
war, Bleichroder said: "You can state
with absolute certainty that for three
years Russia will not think of war I
have received to-day positive information
that she is upon point of changing her
armament, and it will take three years to
do this. I do not fear war, at least from
Russia. l look with more distrust upon
the condition Of the Western bourses.
Look at the London market.
1t is glutted with South Ameri-
can securities. Not one of those
republics can meet its obligations, and
the consequence may be great crash.
North American securities and railroad
bonds will not be affected except by a
general feeling of distrust. You can tell
the Associated Press that the Americans
have no reason to feel nervous about gold
taken away. 1t will soon float back
Russia has to repay large loans, and that
is the reason she is accumulating all the
gold she can. By-and-by it must be paid
Outn
When asked if they will not need gold
to perfect the new Russian loan, Herr
Bleichroder said: Neither the Roths-
childs, myself nor any other bank will
more secure than they are now."
The record-union., 1891-05-16
THE NORWOOD SHOOTING.
ASSOCIATED CHARITIES.
Topics Discussed Before the Conyer
ton at IndianannIis

Topics Discussed Before the Conven-
ton at Indianapolis.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 15.-"The Care and
Treatment of the Insane'' was the topic
for discussion at the Conference of Chari-
ties and Corrections this morning. The
report of the committee was read by
Albert r. Moulton, NJ. D., of Boston.
This was followed by paper on DE
tention of the INSANE" by DIR. w. B.
Fletcher of indianapolis. The remain
der Of the morning session was taken up
in the discussion of other subjects.
DIR. Dewey, Superintendent of the Kan
kakee (lll.l Asylum, Oscar Craig, of
Rochester, n. Y, and II. II. Giles, par
ticipated in the discussion.
The afternoon was devoted to sectional
meetings for the discussion of the phases
OF charitable and objectionable work.
1.-The Child Problem in Cities" was
the topic for the evening, and was opened
with the report of the committee having
the question in charge, an interesting
paper being read by Homer G. Folks, Of
Philadelphia, on the case of delinquent
children. He spoke of certain evils
which seemed of interest in the reforma-
tory system, in spite Of untiring zeal on
the part OF the managers and officers, and
said that the society in Philadelphia de-
termlncd to try in earnest the old expert
ment of placing children in families. The
result had been more encouraging than
most Of the members had dared to hope.
1t greatly improved physical health,
qulckened the mental activities by regu-
lar attendance at school, and new associa-
tlons and interests were the growth of
moral sense, etc.
The discussion of this matter occupied
the remainder of the session.