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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1892-02-10
HUMBOLDT LODGE No. rs,
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HUMBOLDT CHAPTER No. 8,
R. A. M.

Stated convocations on the First WEDNEs-
DAY of each month, at their Hall in Staun-
toms building, Winnemucca, Nevada.
ALEX. WISE, ii. p.
G. A. KRENKEII, Secretary.
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Something About Siam.

Siam has been until lately terra IN.
cognita, a country whose only product,
80 far as was known to Americans and
Englishmen, was the famous Siamese
twins. The first treaty ofcommerce was
made by the Siamese Government with
England In 1867, since which little has
been added to our knowledge OF tho
country and its people. The area OF
Siam IS twice that OF Great Britain and
Ireland. The population is said to be
about 1000, 900.
The Siamese sovereigns have usually
been Of considerable ability, and In energy
and enlightenment are superior to most
Asiatic potentates. The late King OF
Siam and his successor have done what
they could to introduce the forms OF
Western civilization. Bangkok, the
capital, has the electric light, tram cars,
and Government offices of European
architecture, aud the present king has
also shown himself reformer OF abuses,
especially of the worst of siamese social
evils, the universally OF sertdom and the
prevalence of slavery. ....s -. -. =.
Further and much. needed reforms are
expected from him, but even were the
political and fiscal administration OF the
kingdom very much better than 1t is the
samese, light-hearted nation of Budd-
hists, fond of amusement and accus-
toned to frequent holidays, are little
fitted to develop the great resources OF
their country. It's internal trade Is
chiefly in the hands of Cinnamon, who,
with the Malays, add some millions more
to the estimated population already
stated. Railways are being constructed
and Europeans have been encouraged by
the policy of siamese royalty to settle
at Bangkok and to develop the external
trade of Siam.-St. Louis Pos. st.Dispatch.
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TOWERS OF SILENCE.

"While engaged in conversation near
the towers sudden stir among the vul-
lures made US raise our heads. At least
q hundred birds collected around one of
the towers began to show symptoms of
excitement, while others swooped down
from neighboring trees. The cause OF
this sudden abandonment of their pre-
vious apathy soon revealed itself. A
funeral was seen approaching. However
distant the house of a deceased person,
whether rich or poor, the body is always
carried to the towers by the official
corpse bearers, the mourners walking
behind.
1.-THE funeral witnessed was that Of
child. The body was wrapped in a
white sheet and placed in metal trough:
When the two corpse bearers reached
the path leading by steep incline to the
door Of the tower the mourners turned
back and entered one of the prayer
houses. The two bearers unlocked the
door of the tower, reverently conveyed
the body of the child into the interior,
ana unSeen ny auy oAe ioA3 ~ "HS WV
in one of the stone receptacles nearest
the central wall. In the outermost circle
of the stone receptacles are placed the
bodies of males, in the middle circle
those of females, and in the inner circle
nearest the we'll those of children.
"PresentIy the bearers reappeared
with the empty trough and white clcth,
and scarcely had they closed the door
when a dozen vultures swooped down
upon the body, rapidly followed by 9th
srs. In five minutes more we saw the
,atiated birds fly back and lazily settle
! down upon the parapet. They had left
aothing behind but a skeleton. In o
fortnight OF so the bearers returned, and
with gloved hands and implements re-
,embling tongs, placed the dry skeleton
n the central water. There tine bones
ind their last resting place, and there
he dust of many generations Of Parsees
;ommingling is left undisturbed Tor
centuries"
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A Victim of the Chileans.

Charles W. Riggin was one of the two
American sailors who were brutally
murdered in the streets of Valparaiso.
His home was in Philadelphia, where he
was well and favorably known as a
steady, ambitious young fellow, who
worked hard to advance himself as .
man-of-warsman. His brother, John L.
Riggin, is still living in Philadelphia.
Captain W. s. schley wrote: "Itis with
feelings of the greatest sorrow that have
to communicate to you the death of your
brother, Boatswain's Mate Charles W.
Riggin, while on his liberty at this
pla:e. His tragic death at the hands of
a mob embittered against all Americans
has left q wound in the hearts of his ship
mates that may not soop heal, and the
time will soon come when it will be
avenged by all who remember his worth
and his genial good manners. feel
more thar ordinary sorrow as the COM
manding officer in being the messenger
of such sad intelligence to you, but l can
assure you that his name and his worth
will not be forgotten as long as honor
her records keep"
Higgins brother and sisters, Mrs. Mary
Zimmerman and Mrs. Ellen Matthews,
have administered upon the affairs of their
dead relative and have, at the request of
the Navy Department, forwarded to
Washington his discharge papers Of
former cruisers and other documents.
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A Rutfon "a q Detective.

The Southern Pacific furnishes good
story. It began with burglary. While
the agent was at supper, the depot at
Devers station, near Houston, Texas,
was robbed of several pieces OF bag
gage, o few express packages and a small
amount a of money. j. P. Long, q spe-
c,al officer, was sent to the scene, but
could tind no trace OF the thieves. The
only clew was button on the window
sill. Mr.. Long gave up the search ana
carried away the button as souvenir OF
his unfrui.ful trip. A week later blr.
Long was at Lake Charles. Near the
town he saw same tramps by the road
side. He casually looked them over and
noticed that one of the tramps had on Q
coat from which button was missing.
The other buttons looked familiar. Mr..
Long tIled to account for the fact that
the buttons caught his eye. Suddenly
he pulled the souvenir button from his
pocket. The mystery was cleared. 1f
matched the other buttons on the coat,
and the wearer was without doubt one
of the Devers burglars. The tramp was
arrested, lodged in Jail at Lake Charles,
confessed the theft, implicated several
others who were also arrested, and the
one little button is about to play an i'm
portant part in breaking up dangerous
gang OF miscreauts. New Orleans Pica'
rune. ~ }
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ga STRANGER IN THE EARTH"

am not acquainted with all the people In
the small place where 1 have dwelt TOR these
last thirty wears of my life. Many of their
faces are unfamiliar to me, and less Of their
names can call; and when pass the limits
of this town ard enter those that adjoin,
the faces that meet are still less familiar
and their names yet more strange; and the
farther I 60 from home, the less l know
and am known. When pass the boundaries
of INV native state, where I have lived most
of NV DAYS it is but here and there one
that I recognize, or that recognizes
me. When I enter q rail-car. ind
among our felow-travellers scarcely one
that I have met before: and when walk
the streets Of some populous city the throng-
ing crowds pass me without look OF recog-
milton. or seeming thought of whom and
what am. feel all alone among thousands.
And if cross the seas and dwell in foreign
lands, not face do see that I have seen
before; all are strange to me, and their
speech, too, is strange. Not word OF their
utterance can / understand, nor they Word
of mine. 1 feel lonely and sad. can hold
little more intercourse with them than with
the dwellers on the distant planets.
And in vet another sense am stranger
in the earth. I am stranger as regards my
inner man and the inner man OF others. How
little do they know of my thoughts end feel
ings, of my JOYS and sorrows, and how little
do I know of theirs! "The heart knoweth
bis own bitterness and stranger doth not
intermeddle with his JOY" How many are
nv heart experiences thst do not feel free
to speak of to others!-how many that my
nearest and dearest friends know nothing Of !!
To how large m extent am all alone in the
world. living life by myself! In heaven
I shall know even as am known. There
will be no concealment there; there will be
nothing to conceal and all will be open and
naked to the view of all. There will be no
strangers and no strangeness. 1t is here
Gin the earth" that am n stranger.
And vet there Is One to whom even here L
am not stranger and who is not stranger
to me. He is a Friend that sticketh closer
than a brother-a Friend more kind and
condescendng and sympathizing than all
others. and to whom feel the utmost free
dom in unbosoming all my thoughts and
feelings. He is n Friend that is ever near
me. He goes with me wherever I go, and
STAYS with me wherever 1 stay; and his
presence with me in this world, where am
n pilgrim and stranger, cheers and sustalns
me and makes my abode here comfortable.
TO have such n Friend with me in such q
world is worth moe than all earthly riches,
and would that all but knew him and had
hin. for their$.-[N. Y. Observer.
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The First Woman Preacher.

Anne Hutchinson was the first woman
preacher in America. She arrived IN
Boston, Mass, from England in 1854,
md being admitted to membership in the
church, she began the advocacy of doc
rines, which carried with them her com.
mission to preach. In 1887 synod OF
the church was called at Newtown, Mass.
and her views being condemned as erron-
sous, she was, after two days. trial SEN
fenced to Punishment from Massachusetts,.
The first woman ordained in the United
States was Antoinette Brown Blackwell.
She was the first woman theological STU
dent that graduated from oberlin College.
At the time of her ordination, thirty
eight years ago, she was pastor OF the e
Church of "South Butler and Savannah, "
New York State. Detroit Free Press.
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India's Famous flowers Of Silence

DR.. q. G. Yarrow gives a wonderful
description of the famous "Towers OF
Silence" in which the Parsees of India
bury their dead. These towers are
erected on the top of Malabar Hill in
Bombay, and are approached by road
which is barred by strong iron gates
against all except Parsees. The garden
is beautifully kept and filled with flower
ing shrubs and palm trees. Eve in mum.
ber are the towers, built of black granite,
about forty feet in diameter and twenty
FIVE feet in height. The oldest and
smallest of them was built about 200
years ago, when the Parsees first settled
in Bombay, land is used only for certain
family. A sixth tower of square shape
stands alone, and is only used for GRIM
inals.
Though wholly destitute of ornament
the parapet of each tower possesses an
extraordinary coping, which instantly
attracts and fascinates the gaze. 1t is q
coping formed not of stone, but ofliving
vultures. These birds are ordinarily
seen ranged side by side in perfect order
and in complete circle around the para
pet of each tower, with their heads point
ing inward. So motionless are they
while resting from their hidious banquets
that they might be imagined to be
carved out of the stonework. Within
the parapet of each tower is sort OF
floor divided into seventy-two compart-
ments, with we'll in the middle. These
compartments are arranged in concentric
rings, separated from each other by
narrow ridges of stone, which are grooved
30 as to act as channels far conveying all
moisture from the receptacles into the
we'll and to the drains below.
No one is allowed to enter the towers
except the corpse bearers, nor is auy one
permitted within thirty feet Of the i'm
mediate precincts. Of typical Parsee
funeral MIR. Monier Williams writes as
follows:
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week. It is a genuine Stradivarius
owned by Mr.. Hauser. Iwould give
anything to own that"
ssTell me about it, will you please?"
She told him of her experience with
that violin land Mr.. Mckay listened very
closely, keeping his eyes on her face all
the time.
sDo you think Mr.. Hauser would sell
it9" he asked.
"Yes, he is very anxious to sell it,
but he won't take cent less than S50O0
for It,"
Mr.. Mckay seemed to be lost in hard
thought for few moments, and then he
remarked:
'tNow, Miss Won Stosch, I am going to
buy that instrument. I have quite COL
lection of violins, and have always
wanted Stradivarius. When I get it
you may have it to play on as long as
you like. You can take care OF it and
keep it until send for 1t. How would
you like that2"
Miss Won Stosch expressed her pleas
ure in fitting words, and to make a long
story short, Mr.. Mckay bought her the
violin, though it cost him $4,000 to get
it. Therefore it comes about that the
young lady has an instrument worthy OF
her best efforts, and on which she hopes
to add fresh laurels to the fame she has
already won.-Chicago Post.
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A Sketch of Recent Egyptian History.

Egypt has been dependency Oh
Turkey since thu year 1917, at which
time, as the result of series of wars
that had been waged since the days of
Constantine I'LL, it fell into the hands Of
Selim l., who had vanqulshed Touman
Bey and made 1t a Turkish province gov.
erned by pasha. His rule continued,
though not without frequent and violent
rebellion on the part of the mamelukes,
that kept the country in great distrac-
ton, until the invasion of Napoleon in
1898. The results of his campaign,
which terminated in the famous battle
of the pyramids, where the great gen.
al leminded his soldiers that forty CEN
turies were looking down upon them are
too well known to need repeating here.
Suffice it to soy that three years later
England joined with Turkey, drove the
French from Egypt and again restored it
to the control OF the Ottoman Porte.
After this the country sank back into its
old condition of lethargy and decay.
The advent of Moham ned Ali in 1902
changed the apparent order OF thing
considerably, Among the first OF hi'
acts he proceeded to kill off the name.
lukes in wholesale and shocking man
ncr, to raise standing army, improve
the old methods of irrigation, and to in
troduce many features of European civ
ilization. He was a man OF keen intel
ligence, with considerable ability as
ruler and skilled in military science.
Moreover, he was both ambitions and
aggressive, and at one time came very
near ascending the throne OF Turkey
himself, but the quadruple alliance OF
1910 interfered with his plans and com.
PEELED him to limit his power to the
pashalik of Egypt. Mohammed Ali died
in 1859, and was succeeded by Abbas
! Pasha, his grandson, who was in turf
replaced by Said Pasha in 1S54.-Chi'
cago Post.
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A NOBLE RESOLVE.

A counsellor Of great kingdom In Eu-
rope, charged with the superintendent of
its public instruction. of instruction for the
people, thus expresses the inspiring, guiding
idea under which he worked: @! promised
God" says he, ':that would look upon
every Prussian peasant child as being who
could complain Of me before God, If did
man and as q Christian, which 1t was
possible for me to provide" No
Bic purpose and is 1t one that it we'll be-
comes each one of US to form, who would
glorify God by improving mans estate! He
who goes forth to rule and guide the flock
of Christ, should he not say, II will hold
myself accountable for all of sorrow and evil
which I am not honestly and heartily en-
deavoring to remove; my duty is bounded
only by my ability"
Is irreligion rife throughout the landf
Then let me count myself irresponsible only
when, in person and thought. the voice and
efforts Of ali whom can inspire by my ex-
ample, or move by my remonstrance, have
labored to the utmost that Gods ways may
be honored, and his saving health known
and accepted by all.
Is there crime In our highways and even
in our homes? Is there dark depravlty and
sensuaity In our lanes and valleys? Let me
never protest, in regard to it, my innocence
before heaven, until have done all tnat IN
me lies, to educate and humanize the young.
to reclaim the mature in age and to shut of
all the parent sources of his iniquity.
Are there social usages which still prove,
as they always have proved, abounding
sources of immortality and crime? Let me
not hold myself acquitted before God. unless
l have done. by precept and example. all
that I might have done, to protest against
their continuance.
Is there idolatry of wealth and pageantry
-senseless servitude to the tyrannical
fashions of the day? Let me not bold my.
self innocent, unless have steadily and
urgently recommended nobler service;
unless have been myself model Of SIM
plIcity and frugality.
In one word, let me resolve. like Dinter,
that will regard every hum BILE being, old
and Young, gentle and simple, who may be
reached and benefited by my prayers and
exertions, as one who can complain OF me
before God, If I have not done him good at
every opportunity, and by every MEANS
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

Who gives trife meanly is meaner
than the trihe.
lis not how much we have, but how
much we enjoy, that makes happiness.
If you have a Jonah among your
friends don't sit down and cry about it;
be whale.
Beware of desperate steps; the dark
est day, live till tomorrow, will have
passed away.
A kind heart is fountain of glad.
ness, making everything in its vicinity to
freshen into smiles.
The trouble with the so-called idle
lies is that as soon as they are uttered
they stop being idle.
There are few defects in our nature Sc
glaring as not to be veiled from observa'
tion by politeness and good breeding.
Your friends may sometimes act mac
because you do not come to see them,
bat they are not as mad as they seem.
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Emhalming Fluids.

A Vienna chemist predicts that the
present methods of our taxidermists will
soon be superseded by the use OF en-
nalmirg fuids-.mineral fluids that can
he injected into the veins Of animals and
birds land even into cellular tissues of
plants) aud by hardening to thc consist
ency Of stone give the impregnatcd OBJ
jcct fairly natural appearance. Expert
ments have much chcapened the prepa-
ration of the fluids which embalners are
using in many OF tnc larger European
cities, and pctritied mummies vii! soon
be turned cat at SO to $i2 apiecs.-New
York Telegram.
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BE HOLY.

Christian reader, do not turn away your
eye from the admonitiou of your Lord. He
has made it your distinguished privilege to
obtain deliverance from all sin. Oh! come
up to your high privilege. He has promised
to do this grea. work for you. Oh! may it
be accomplished upon thy heart! He COM
mands it:-therefore heed the imperative
command of your Lord, BE ye holy" God
is holy-angels are holy-heayen is holy.
Would you ever dwell there with them?
Nothing unholy or unclean shall enter there.
Without holiness no man shall see the
Lord. Then be holy. Be holy in heart.
Let all your affections be sanctifed,
and placed where Christ sitteth at the right
hand Of God. Be holy in your life. Let your
whole character bear the impress of the holy
religion which you profess. Then shall ye
shine as lights in the world. Be holy in con-
versation. Let not your lips be polluted by
profane or filthy conversation, or foolish
talking or joking, which are not convenient
for Christians. Be holy in your thoughts.
Let all your meditation run in holy chan
mel. And pray God that you may be sane.
titled wholly, throughout soul, body and
syirit, and preserved blameless unto the
coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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An Electric Mail Car.

One novelty in the way OF electric
traction on the st. Louis and Suburban
Railway, now in successful operation in
St. Louis, Mo-, is tue application of cleo.
trio motors to United States mail car,
which makes regular trips over the en-.
tire line. distributing and collecting the
mail at different railway stations, as is
done on steam railways. This car is of
the same length as an ordinary steam
railway mail car, aud is equipped with
double trucks with thirty six inch wheels,
a Thomson Houston motor OF fifteen
horse power capacity being connected to
each truck. A very high speed is at
tanned, aud the delivery and collection
of mail is made without stopping the
car, as in steam service. ce.-ScientifG
American.
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A Musical Genius.

Miss Leonora Won Stosch is young
violinist of New York who comes so near
being a musical genius that those who
have heard her play say that her perform
ances on the violin are wonderful-in
fact, almost sublime. Miss Leonora has
long wanted real good violin. A short
time ago Mr.. Mckay, wealthy New
Yorker, heard this young lady play; he
had also heard of her longing to posses
really fine instrument. So he said to her:
ISIS there any violin in New York that
you would like to have"
"Oh, yes. I PLAYED on one of the
erandest instruments in the world last
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BoATswAIN's MATE RIGG1N.

The medal which he earned on the
Tennessee bears on its face the inscrip..
tion, &C. s. c., No. 5791, Charles W.
Riggin, U. s. s. Tennessee, February 10,
1887" surrounded with the words,
"Fidelity, Zeal, Obedience" On the
reverse is the figure of the old ship Con.
stitution inclosed in a circle of chain and
anchor.
The body of the boatswain's mate lies
with that of William Turnbull, his fel-
low victim, in the British Cemetery at
Valparaiso. A monument has been
placed over their grave by the officers
and men of the Baltimore.
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PRAYER.

have great hope, from the promise made
to prayer, that shall begin to live before I
die.
What is the meaning of prayer, but that
God would do what we cannot, and how
think we want?
If we pray at all, we must be poor, help
less, and resigned neither thinking we have
already what we ask, or setting time, or
prescribing measure to God.-[T Adam.
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Chinese Tea Culture,

It is estimated that l00,000,000 Of
the Chinese people are engaged in the
culture, preparation, sale, carriage,
and expectation Of tea, and their IN
terests are adversely affected by the
rivalry Of other Countries
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RELIGIOUS READING.
DOWN THE STREAM.


Lovel It began with a glance,
Grew with the growing of flowers,
Smiled in dreamtul trance,
STt Reckoned not the passage Of hours;
Our passions flood rose ever,
Flowing for her and me,
Till the brook b, came river,
And the river became sea.
Grief! 1t began with word,
Grew with the winds that raved;
A prayer fer pardon unheard,
Pardon in turn uncraved;
The bridge 80 easy to sever,
The stream so swift to be free!
Till the brook became river,
And the river became sea.
Life! 1t began with sigh,
Grew with leaves that are dead;
It's pleasures with wings to fly,
Its sorrows with limbs of lead;
And rest remaineth never
For the wearier hours to be,
Till the brook shall become q river,
And the river become sea.
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(lur Defenders,

Casper during the procession)--It
Is terrible thing for women and
children to be in a crowd like this.
Casper-Yes, indeed; when they
have no one with them to protect
them from the police. Puck.