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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-12-16
A TEMPTING OFFER.

To induce people to keep track of their bright
ideas and see what there is in them. the Press
Claims Company has resolved to offer q prize.
To the person who submits to it
the simplest and most promising
invention, from a commercial point
of view. the company will give
twenty five hundred dollars, cash,
in addition to retunding the fees
for securing the patent.
It will also advertise the inven-
ton free of charge.
This offer is subject to the following condit-
ions:
Every competitor must obtain q patent for
his invention through the company. He must
first apply for preliminary search. the cost of
which will be FIVE dollars. should this search
show his invention to be unpatentable, he can
withdraw without further expense. Otherwise
he will be expected TO complete his application
and take out patent in the regular way. The
total expense, including Government and Blu
reau fees will be seventy dollars. For this.
whether he secures the prize or not the invent
or will have patent that ought to be a valua-
Bile property to him The prize will be award
ed by a jury consisting of three reputable pat.
ent attorneys of Washington. Intending COM
petitors should fill out the following blank
and forward it with their applications:
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-12-16
Top Grating.

Many farmers who have good or
chards suffer loss by allowing a few
trees which bear worthless fruit to
remain year after year. When
this poor fruit is about to fall the
owner resolves to change the tops
next Spring by grating, but before
the time comes around he has for
gotten his resolution and the tree
remains. This may be prevented
by placing some permanent mark
on them, or "blazing" the spare
branches. In inserting the gratis
the common mistake should be
avoided of setting them at some
distance from the center, thus allow
ing much of the defective growth TO
remain after all. Select shoots
never more than an inch or two in
diameter and make short stumps OF
them for inserting the gratis. A
round and compact head may thus
be given. Ii sufficient number
of gratis are set the fruit may be
changed in a very few years from
the useless sorts to the best by this
operation.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-12-16

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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-12-16
NOTICE TO cO-OWNERS.

ITO JOHN FINNEGAN AND PAUL LAWSON
or their heirs, executors administrator OF
assigns: You and each of YOU are hereby no
tilted that the undersigned have expended one
hundred dollars in labor and Improvements
upon that certain mine situated in Daney Can
yon, Lyon County. Nevada, known as the
Standard Mine, in order to hold said mine for
the year 1892. as appears by certificate on file In
the office OF County Re order If within nine
ty days rom the date of the first publication OF
this notice you fail or refuse to contribute your
proportion of the said expenditure together
with the costs Of this publication, as co-Owners,
your interests in said Standard mine will be-
come the property OF the undersigned, accord
ing to the provisions of the Revised Statutes OF
the United States.
w. f. r DEAL,
FRANK FIELDING,
#. J. WRINKLE,
W. J. HARRIS,
w ]. DOUGLASS
j II. HARDWICK
Address eitherW. f Deal, Virginia City,
Nevada. or W. Douglass. Dayton, Nevada.
First publication, Nov. II. 1853.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-12-16
THE LITTLE THINGS THE MOST
VALUABLE.

Comparatively few people regard themselves
as inventors, but almost everybody has been
struck, at one time or another, with ideas that
seemed calculated to reduce some of the little
frictions of life. Usually such ideas are dis
missed without further thought.
why don't the railroad companies make its
car windows so that they can be slid up and
down without breaking the passenger backs?"
exclaims a traveller IF were running the
road would make them in such a way"
what was the man who made this sucepan
thinking off" grumbles the cook HE never
had to work over the stove, or he would have
known how it ought to have been fixed"
Hang such collar. button!' growls the man
who is late Tor breakfast 'If were in the
business I'd make buttons that wouldn't slip
out, or break off, or gouge out the back of my
neck"
And then the various sufferers forget about
their grievances and begin TO think of some
thing else. If they would sit down at the next
convenient opportunity. put their ideas about
car windows, saucepans. and collar buttons in
to practical shape, and then apply for patents.
they might find themselves As independently
wealthy As the man who invented the iron um-
brella ring, or the one who patented the fifteen
puzzle.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-12-16
Orchard and Iarden.

| Orchard and Garden.
Heeled.in trees should have good
drainage.
Cover plants and vines with straw
or coarse litter.
Plant the orchard and small
fruits on uplands.
The farmer that depends upon
buying fruit generally gets along
with very small supply.
One advantage with fruits on
well-drained land is that the fruit
will come to maturity earlier than
on undrained land.
In planting trees around the house
they should not be planted SO close
as to shade the roof nor to prevent
free circulation of air.
One of the best remedies for black
knot is good soil and good tillage,
with care to cut off and burn each
knot as soon as it appears
By blowing the garden or truck
patch in narrow lands and previd-
ing good drainage it will be ready
to work much easier next Spring.
Keep the grape vines pruned back,
SO that they will not be in the way
of cultivation. In most cases late
Fall or early Winter pruning will
be found the best.
| When planting shade trees the
hardness of the trees should be
given preference over rapid growth.
Select varieties that have been we'll
tried in your locality.
Arbor vitae, white or Scotch pine,
or the Norway spruce, if set reason
ably close together, will make one
of the very best wind breaks, be-
sides being ornamental.
Glover alone or clover and orch
ard grass is best to use in seeding
down an orchard. But it is not a
good plan to seed the orchard unless
the soil is rich and in a good filth.
To have an ideal tree one should
commence at the outset and prune
every year at least. A young tree
should have three or four leading
branches and all others shonld be
pruned out.
The Matching of the tent cater
piller can, in great measure, be
prevented by going through the
orchard and picking off the cluster
of eggs that can be found on the
limbs of the trees.
Cut out the old canes from the
blackberry and raspberry bushes
while the ground is frozen. Gather
and burn all the brush. In this
way germs of disease and insect
pests may be destroyed.
While trees vary as to the neces-
sary pruning, all need keeping with
an evenly balanced head. Never
let branches crowd. Sunlight and
a free circulation of air are indis-
pensable for we'll developed fruit.
One of the best material for COW
ering wounds made by removing
large branches from the trees is
boiled linseed oil thickened with
any of the mineral or metallic
paints used on iron roofs or bridges.
A complete change of the soil in
flower pots is sometimes necessary,
and enable plant to secure more
food and grow better. If the same
soil is used too long it may become
unfit for the nutrition of the plants
as we'll as harbor for worms and
parasitic insects.
|
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-12-16
For Over Fifty Years

MRS WINsL0w's SOOTHING SYRUP has been used
for over fifty years by millions of mothers for
their children while teething with perfect sue
cess. 1t soothes the child softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind collie, and is the be
remedy for DiarrhGa. 1t win relieve the poor
little sufferer Immediately. Sold by Druggists
In every part of the world. twenty-five cents
bottle Be sure and ask for "Mrs Winslow a
Soothing SYRUP" and take no other kind.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-12-16
saccess in Dalrying.

In dairying, perhaps more than
in any other operation on the farm,
careful attention to all the details
is necessary in order to obtain the
best results. Neglect to look after
or supply one small item will often
make serious difference in the prof
its. These details must begin with
the selection of the COW and end
only when the product is marketed.
The COWS must be good butter-mak-
ing COWS. They must be good milk
givers the greater portion of the
year and the milk must be rich to
yield a good quantity of butter.
The breed is less important, as
good butter COWS are found in all
breeds, and the choicest butter can
be made from the milk of any breed
if proper management is given.
Comfortable quarters must be
provided; warm, dry, convenient,
clean and well-ventilated. The
feed must be clean, wholesome, nu-
tritious, varied, ola milk-producing
kind, and supplied literally and
regularly. The water must be pure
and fresh, not too cold in Winter,
so as to chill the system, and the
cows must have all they will drink
when they want it.
The milking must be done regu-
larly and clearly, every drop being
drawn in the shortest and easiest
manner possible. 1t must not stay
in the stables any longer than is
necessary, for milk readily absorbs
foul odors. 1t should not be left to
stand in the pals after taking to
the milkhouse, but must be strained
as soon as possible into the cans
and be set away to cool and not be
disturbed until all the cream has
risen. Allowing the milk to cool
before straining or disturbing it
after being strained and before the
cream has been skinned off causes
a loss of from to Is per cent of the
butter left in the milk. The cream
should be skinned sweet. AS each
skimming is added, care must be
taken to stir thoroughly, so that all
will ripen evenly together, else a
part of the butter will be left in the
buttermilk. The cream should be
at a temperature of about go degrees
when churned. Stop the churn
when the butter is in small gran
ules; wash it with brine or clear
water and then salt it with brine or
dry salt, as you may prefer, using
nothing but salt Of the best quality.
Work the butter as little as possible
only enough to make it compact
and to expel the superfuous moist
ure. Much of the butter sent to
market is churned too long or
worked too much and its quality is
seriously impaired. Pack the but
ter right from the churn, so as to ex-
pose it as little as possible to the air,
and then market as soon as possible.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-12-16
QUARTERLY REPORT
-OF THE
Auditor I'll! Treasurer.

Following is the Auditors and Treasurer's
Joint Quarterly Report for the quarter ending
September 80, 1898.
Cash in Treasury July l. 1893 .......t 1888 IL
RECEIPTS FROM SOURCES Az potIows.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-12-16
PRIZES ON PATENTS.
How to Get Twenty-Five Hun
dred Dollars for NOTHING.
The Winner Has Clear Gift of q
Small For tune. and the Losers
Have Patents that May Bring
Them in Still More.

Would you like TO make twenty-five hundred
dollars? IL you would, read carefully what
follows and you may see way to do 1t.
The Press Claims Company devotes much at
tention to patents. 1t has handled thousands
OF applications for inventions, but 1t would
like to handle thousands more. There is plen-
ty of inventive talent at large in this country.
needing nothing but encouragement to produce
practical results. That encouragement the
Press Claims Company proposes to give.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-12-16
NOT SO HARD AS 1T SEEMS.

A patent strikes a person as an appallingly
formidable thing. The idea is that an inventor
must be natural genius, like Edison or Bell;
that he must devote years to delving in compli-
Gated mechanical problems and that he must
spend fortune on delicate experiments before
he can get new device to a patentable degree
of perfection This delusion the company de-
sires to dispel II desires to get into the head
OF the public clear comprehension Of the fact
that it is not the great, complex, and expensive
inventions that bring the best returns to their
authors. but the little, simple and cheap ones
the things that seem so absurdly trivial that
the average citizen would feel somewhat
ashamed of bringing them to the attention of
the Patent Office.
Edison saws that the profits he has received
from the patents on all his marvellous invent
ions have not been sufficient to pay the cost of
his experiments. But the man who conceived
the idea of fastening bit of rubber cord to a
chlds ball. SO that it would come back to the
hand when thrown. made fortune out of the
scheme. The modern sewing machine Is q mi
racle of ingenuity-the product of the toll of
hundreds of busy brains through a hundred
and fifty years, but the whole brilliant result
rests upon putting the eye of the needle at the
point instead of at the other end
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-12-16

REcAPIrULATIoH:
Cash In Treas. July l. 1888 1888 IL
Receipts for Quarter 44ol IS
8 I7c5, "a
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Discussed during Quarter 62or ~
Cash In Treas. Oct /, 1873. 1857 10
. l75ss y
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Respectfully submitted.
THos P. MACK. kudhor.
IA. HUNTooN. Treasurer.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-12-16

II submit the above described invention in
competition for the twenty Ave Hundred Dol.
lar Prize offered by the Press Claims Company.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-02-06
eOstiveness can be permanently cured b.
the use Of Mandrake Bitters. 1m
Personal.

Mrs. John r. Boyer is visiting her parents
in Port Carbon.
Mrs. Rev. William Powich spent Sunday al
her home in Chester county.
James Davies, of Wilkes Barre, is spending
few days here with friends.
Mrs. DIR. G. l.. Reagan, formerly of town,
is very i'll at her home in Berwick.
N. NJ. Burke and J. r. Coyle Esqs, went
to PottsviIle to day to look after legal busi
ness.
o. B. Williams of Mt Carmel, spent sun
day in tewn and left this morning for Wilkes
Barre.
Rev T. Henry Jones, of Mahanoy City
preached two eloquent sermons in the Welsh
Congregational church yesterday.
$. G. NJ. Hollopeter, Esq, and Elmer Was
ley were in attendance at the county couTl
to-day, on the argument of the water works
injunction suit.
John W. Reese, one of the pages at tn,
HOAse of Representatives at Harrisburg, spent
Saturday, sunday aud to-day in town the
guest of his brother, Frank c. Reese.
Mrs. John r. Jones, of North Jardin street,
was taken seriously i'll Saturday evening and
is still suffering. Mr. Jones has recovered
frsm his illness and resumed work to-day.
Among the most heartily greeted visitors
at the Lehigh depot this morning was J. II
POmeroy, Esq, who has recovered from his
illness aud WAS in attendance at court to-day
J. J. Franey returned to town Saturday
night from Norfolk, Va, where he made
additional arrangements in behalf of the
town capitalists who are interested in the
Willoughby Spit land and railway projects.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-02-06
centre and White SITS.
THIRD EDITION
ATTRACTIVE TOURS


To the Near south via the Penusylvania
Railroad.
The advantageous season Of the year and
the attractive destinations fixed for the toui
60 the near South on February 9th make il
sne Of the most desirable Of pleasure trips
The territory traversed is the most attractive
REd historical portions of the Union, embrac-
ing as it does picturesque route, the military
pest of Old Point Comfort, the beautiful re-
sort of Virginia Beach, and the cities Of Rich
naond and Washington. The rates of S45.0C
from New York and S42.5O from Philadel-
phia, cover railroad fare hotel accommoda-
tiOns, and all necessary expenses during the
entire time of nine days spent on the tour.
Fer an extended tour to Washington an ex-
eeptional opportunity is offered on February
18th Seven days will be spent on the trip
The rates, including transportation hotel
accommodations, transfers, carriage ride and
a trip to Mt. Vernon, are very low. This
tsur afIoEds ample time for thoroughly view
ing and kating at the Nations handsome {
city Further information furnished on ap
Plication to Tourist Agents s49 Broadway,
New York, $50 Fulton street, Brooklyn, and
233 South Fourth street, Philadelphia or
Tieket Agents, Pennsylvania Railroad.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-02-06

The Wyoming Senate has passed a con-
current resolution favoring the annexa-
tion of Hawaii; also the House concur
rent resolution fayoring the election Of
United States Senator by Popular vote
The vote on Senator Saturday in the
Montana Legislature barring pairs, was.
Sanders, 24 Clark, 1S; Dixon, 10.
The Pacific Mail Steamship, City of
Pekin, is now fifteen days overdue from
Hong Kong and Yokohama at San
Francisco
"A club called the Washington Club, COM
posed of Americans and German Ameri-
cans residing in Berlin, has just been
formed in Berlin.
The Federal Bank of Australia is wind
ing up its affairs in consequence OF the
persistent withdrawal of deposits by GUS
toners in Australian colonies and in
England.
Coy. Rich of Michigan, has signed the
bill repeating the Miner election law
The Missouri House has passed bill
making the maximum charges in the
State for telepone services $40 per year.
Engineers in their report estimate
that the deep water canal proposed to
run from Lake Superior to the Erie will
cost at least $500, 900, 900. The canal
would be 845 miles in length, have 80
locks and a large number of costly
aqueducts. The canal will have to be 30
feet deep aud 300 feet wide
--Sutton late of New York, aud Capron,
OF Gait, Ont, have sigued articles for an
other 14-iuoh halk line match for the
championship OF Canada and Eve hun
dred dollars. The match will be played
March %.
The cotton operatives on strike In Lam
cashire, Eng, have rejected the melia-
tion Of the Right Hon A. j Mundella,
President Of the Board of Trade.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-02-06
SATISFACTORY TOURNAMENT


The sports who Attended the Glrardville
Contests Satisfied.
About two hundred and fifty sporting men
attended the first tournament of the Schuyl-
kill Athletic Club at Giardville, Saturday
night, and the pastime given them seemed to
amply repay them for their journeys and
presence. Prominent sports from all sections
of the county attended the contests and they
left the place satisfied.
The frat contest was between Gill Fergu-
son. of Locust Summit, and Mike Gallagher
of Girardville. Tim Hurst, the National
Base Base Ball League umpire, was referee
of "the 60" Gallagher was the heavier man.
but Ferguson got the decision for clean hit
ting at the end Of the fourth round.
The second was an eight.round contest be-
tween Kirk, Of Pottsville, and Ford, Of Mt
Carmel Tho former weighed III pounds and
the latter 1A5. Kirk exhibited some science,
but he was clearly outclassed. In the third
round he was knocked down four times and
the last time he was carried to his corner
"doad to the world Jimmy McHale, the
famous Philadelphia pugilist, acted as referee
for this bout
The third event was the feature OF the
evening. Ike Wier, the famous Belfast
Spider" and Frank OBrien, of Philadelphia,
stepped upon the stage to show the auditors
what they could do in the manly art. Hurst
was upon the platform as referee. 1t was a
satisfactory,boutisf from scientific point OF
view up to the fourth round, when O'Brien
quit.
The club promises another tournament in
the near future.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-02-06

In calling attention to the chartering Of
the Northumberland, Bloomsbury and Seran
ton Railroad Company our local contemporar,
yesterday said "wind will be the motiv,
power" This is one of the regulation slap
1t enterprise and progress of which thu
electric railway had its full share. The town
gentlemen who are interested in the projec
say they will effectively resent the slur.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-02-06


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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-02-06
ANNA Dicklnson sues for a1ab. GOO.

SCRANTON, Feb. 4.-Miss Anna Dickin-
son has hled in the Circuit Court of the
United States suit for damages against
James Courtwright, George B. Thomp-
son, Allen Egglison, John S. Heilman,
Henry Dryden, and DR.. George Under
wood of Pittston, and DIR. James Oglesby
Of Danville, in all aggregating $l25, 900,
for her incarceration in the Danyille In
sane Asylum.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-02-06
limits for the Germans.

The Germans are all right, as the very
ch-conccInedl lHERALD will learn on elec
lion day.-Suudoy Ne1oS.
We are satisfied of one thing. The entire
Democ ratio borough ticket will be elected,
either with or without German support
Sunday Ne5gs
The Germans may take their choice. The,
can co nfrm the Ne,os' statement that thel
are all right, or they can seek consolation il.
-sheOl
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-02-06

W. ]. Calvin and P. +. Naughton, of town,
and Mr.. and Mrs, John Brady, of Girardville
have returned from Buffalo, N. Y, where
they attended the ordination Of Mr. and Mrs
Grady's son to the priesthood, Rev. Grady
read his first mass yesterday in st. Joseph's
church, Girardville, before large gathering
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-02-06

Hereafter the electric railway cara will
Leave the corner Of Cherry and Main streets
at 5:S0 a. m. daily and every 20 minutes
thereafter until midnight at which hour the
last ear win leave for Gilardville. On Mon
DAY, November 7th, 1892 the fare for any
l0ngth Of ride between Shenandoah and