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The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-05-05

Voted, To lay the bill of Reformer
Publishing Co., for notice of special vii
lage meeting, on the table.
Voted, That the bill of L. A. Booth be
laid on the table.
Voted, That the bid of J. L. Camp for
gravel be laid on the table.
Voted, That the street commissioner
be instructed to advertise for bids of
Aint gravel for use upon the streets of
the village; loads to weigh at least 1000
pounds, and bids to include prices per
load, in quantities of from 100 to 1000
loads.
Voted, That permission be given to
John T. Shurtleff and Others to place a
crosswalk across Main street to the
Opera house with and according to
grade, same to be done without cost to
the village and under the supervision of
the street commissioner.
Voted, That the street commissioner
be instructed to remove all culyerts on
Main street at intersection of their
streets.
Voted, That the street commissioner
be Instructed to cut the South end of
Park street down to grade to enable adj
jacent land owners, to put in new side
walks at grade.
Voted, That the street committee in
Vestigats the matter relating to the
trouble with the water on Silver street.
Voted, That the corporation attorney
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-05-05
OUR VILLAGE FATHERS.
ular Trustee meeting Nav 1.

Regular Trustee meeting May I.
Present: II. 7. Cushman, End, presi-
dent, Sullivan, Watson, Bradford, Wall
and Kimball trustees; Col. E. L. Bates,
attorney; II. NJ. futile,
street commissioner.
The following bills were ordered paid:
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-09-02
NO BLANKS IN THIS CONTEST.

This is a competition of rather an unusual
nature. 1t is common to offer prizes for the
best story. or picture. or architectural plan, all
the competitors risking the loss of their labor
and the successful one merely selling his for
the amount OF the prize But the Press Claims
Companys offer is something entirely differ
emit Eacn person is asked merely to help him.
self, and the one who helps himself to the best
advantage is to be rewarded for doing it. The
prize is only a stimulus to do something that
would be well worth doing without it, The
architect whose competitive plan for a club
house on certain corner is not accepted has
spent his labor on something of very little use
to him But the person who patents a simple
and useful device in the Press Claims Compa.
ny's competition, need not worry II he fail to
secure the prize. He has a substantial result
to show for his work-one that will command
its value in the market at any time.
The plain man who uses any articles In his
daily work ought to know better how to i'm
prove 1t than the mechanical expert who stud
les 1t only from the theoretical point of view.
Get rid of the idea that an improvement can
be too simple to be worth patenting The
simpler the better. The person who best sue
ceeds in combining simplicity and popularity.
will get the Press Claims Company's twenty.
Ave hundred dollars.
The responsibility of the company may be
judged from the fact that its stock is held by
about three hundred of the leading newspa-
pers of the United States.
Address the Press Claims Company John
Wedderburn, managing attorney, 6lS street,
n. W., Washington, D. C.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-09-02
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 passengers backs?'
exclaims a traveller. IF l 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 a collar buttonp' growls the man
who is late for breakfast 'If l 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 UNI
brella ring, or the one who patented the fifteen
puzzle.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-09-02
ALLOWED
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Lyon County. Nevada,
Au@. Term OF 1398.
by THE

The following bills were examined and allow
ed by the Board of County Commissioners at
its regular quarterly meeting. held August
7th, 1898:
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-09-02

l. A. Huntoon County Clerk OF Lyon County,
State Of Nevada, do hereby certify. that the
foregoing is full, true and correct copy OF the
original, which now remains of record in my
office at Dayton, in said county.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand. and affixed the Seal of
Lyon County. this 7th day oi Aug.
1898. ]. A. HUNTOON,
County Clerk.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-09-02
A TEMPTING OFFER.

To induce people to keep track of their bright
Claims Company has resolved to offer a prize.
To the person who submits to it
the simp est 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.
1t will also advertise the invep-
ton free of charge.
This offer is subject to the following condit-
ions:
Every competitor must obtain a 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 apple alton
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 vaua-
BILE property to him The prize will be award
ed by 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, 1893-09-02
NOT SO HARD As 1T SEEMS.

A patent strikes person as an appallingly
formidable thing. The idea is that an inventor
must be a 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. 1t 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
child's ball, SO that it would come back to the
hand when thrown, made fortune out of the
scheme. The modern sewing machine il a mi
raele of ingenuity-the product of the toll Of
hundreds of busy brains through 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, 1893-09-02

Many cattle suffer from sore feet
In stony, rough and hard pastures
and drives it is quite common to
see tender-footed mich COWS. Such
cows fail to seek food to such an
extent that from one-quarter to
one-half the milk is lost. There
can be no doubt that many cows
shod like oxen would produce far
larger yield of milk. Sore feet
should be poulticed, to remove the
fever, and then washed frequently
in strong decoction of white oak
bark to tougher the hoofs.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-09-02

When horses or cattle are long
confined in stables or small yards,
where but little exercise is permit
ted, the hoofs grow to such length
that the poor brutes become lame
and crippled. In freedom, Nature
keeps these parts of animals rasped
down by exercise, indicating Just
what should be done when excessive
overgrowth of hoofs occur. Vicious
bulls are often crippled by over
grown claws from close confinement.
In binding animals to have the
hoofs pared, too much care cannot
be taken in making them doubly
secure, for if once released by strug-
Cling it will be difficult to firmly
secure them. To the strong, over,
towering hand of man all animals
readily submit but to the vacillating
seldom. Many unsafe and vicious
animals are the result of lack OF
kind but firm management.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-09-02
Notice for Publication.
LAND OFFICE AT CARSON CITY. New.

LAND OFFICE AT CARSON CITY. New.
July 18th. 1873. I
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice OF his intention
to make final proof in support OF mis- claim.
and that said proof will be made before the
he 81 aay Of
liam Becker. Homestead Application No. $50.
for the sWA NWh Wa SWA Sec: 10. and NWh
NWA Sec. "a, TIP, IL N, X. % E., M. D. NJ.
He names the following witnesses TO prove
his continuous residence upon. and cultivation
of. said land, viz:
Terence M. MCGOWAN, George Irwin. Bern.
hard II. Reymers and George W. Knierim. all
OF Mason Valley, Nevada.
July %. 1898. o. u, GALLUP, Register.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-09-02
PRIZES ON PATENTS.
How TO Get Twenty-Five Hun
dred Dollars for NOTHING.
The Winner Has q 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? II you would, read carefully what
follows and you may see way to do It,
The Press Claims Company devotes much at
tention to patents. 1t has handled thousands
Of applications for inventions, but It 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, 1893-09-02
storing Vegetables for winter Use.

No vegetable will long remain in
a healthy condition if exposed to
the air, while many varieties lose
their most desirable qualities almost
Immediately after being picked or
taken out of the soil. For this rea-
son all roots when taken up should
be kept from drying out by cover
ing them with moist sand or earth
and keeping them in the dark, and
as cool as possible without reaching
the freezing point. Do not rush
madly at the work, and take up all
vegetables upon the approach of
frost; on the contrary, leave them
until there is danger of freezing.
Most vegetables that can be stored
for Winter use are benefited rather
than injured by light early frosts.
Squashes and pumpkins should
not be touched by the frost; they
will not keep if they are. They
should be taken in early, leaving a
portion of the stem attached, and
placed ON shelves in perfectly dry
room that is frost-proof. In this
manner they will keep in good con-
'dition for several months.
Beets, radishes, turnips, carrots
and horseradish should be taken
up early in November, always de-
ferring the work until there is dan
ger of the ground freezing. For
the wants of a small family, suffic-
lent of one kind can be kept in a
box two feet square and a foot and
a half in depth. First put in clean
sand or soil to the depth of two
inches, then fill the box with roots
nearly to the top, and fill with
sand. The roots should not touch
the box at the sides more than at
the bottom, and there should be at
least two inches of sand over the
roots, which will exclude the air
and keep them fresh. A few pars-
nips may be kept in the same way,
but they do better left in the ground
during the Winter.
Cabbages should be pulled up by
the roots ana buried in trenches,
roots down. Pack them close to-
gether in the trench, three heads in
width, making the center row of
heads a little higher than the side
rows, cover with soil to the depth
of a foot, and after the ground is
frozen cover with cornstalks or
straw, which prevents alternate
freezing and thawing, and at the
same time will allow of their being
taken out as required.
In taking up roots of all sorts
great care should be used not to
break or injure them in any way,
as mutilation of this kind not only
causes decay but injuries, if not de-
stroys, their best edible qualities.
This is more important matter
than is generally supposed, and the
putting away of vegetables in a
careless or Indifferent manner has
led many to think that vegetables
are of little value in Winter.
In almost every garden there are
left to perish in Winter enough
vegetables that, if properly cared
for, would furnish very agreeable
change of diet during Winter.
Canned vegetables make up, in a
measure, a change, but beets, car
rots, turnips and radishes are not
canned, but can be had wit little
trouble nearly as fresh and nutri-
tious in Winter as in Summer.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-09-02

A little boy of Mrs. McDonald's,
living near here, fell against red
hot stove and was fearfully burned.
The pain was terrible, and it was
thought the burn was so severe as
to scar the child for life. / sold
the lady bottle Of Chamberlain's
Pain Balm, which, after greasing
the sore, she applied. 1t soon re-
moved all the fire and eased the
pain, and in ten days the boy was
well, no trace of scar remaining.
j. D. McLaren, Keysport, Clinton
county, Ill. For sale by Druggists.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-09-02

BALANCES IN SEVERAL FUNDS APRIL 1. 1888
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-09-02

Persons troubled with chronic
diarrhea should try Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhea Rene
dy. Many cases have been cured
by it after all else had failed and
skilled physicians were poworless.
For sale by Druggists.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-09-02
Paeific Coast Happenings.

A girl burned $3,OOO worth OF
property at Biggs, Cal, Monday.
Nearly all of Fresno's working
men are now employed in the vine
yards
Lizzie Krempel, a 14-year-old
girl, of Santa Ana, Cal, has disap-
peared.
The salmon pack on the Fraser
river is much larger this year than
ever before.
A fire destroyed the business por-
ton Of Elgin, Wash, Wednesday.
Loss, $4,000.
All the Chinese at Mentone, Cal,
have been compelled to leave town
by the citizens.
The body of Miss Nina Stalker,
who was drowned at Santa Cruz
last week, has been recovered.
The entire business portion of
Glenn's Ferry, Idaho, has been de-
stroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000.
Many Apaches are off of the
Government reservation and are
rowing about the plains of Arizona.
Matheas S. de Brum, who killed
two men near San Luis Obispo last
May, has been sentenced to serve
twenty years in Folsom.
F. A. Fillmore was killed by D.
Stevens at the Vanderbilt mine,
near San Bernardino, Cal, We'd
nesday. Stevens escaped.
Special officer Charles w. Wet
eel was shot and killed in Sacra-
mento this week by George Clarke,
alias Joseph Barrett, convict, who
escaped.
John Popkins hanged himself in
a barn near Fresno, Cal, Monday.
He lost all his money by the fail
ure of the Pacific Bank at San
Francisco.
A bomb was exploded in a Chi
nese store in Fresno, Cal, Tuesday,
SCATTERING the building and killing
one Chinaman. 1t was the work
of highbinders.
The Indians held a big powwow
and war-dance about two miles
from Ukiah, Cal, this week. The
influx of Chinese hop-pickers has
greatly excited the aboriginies.
William Young, who threw a
lighted oil-lamp at Irene Mansfield
at Los Angeles, causing death from
the frightful burning she received,
has been found guilty of man
slaughter on the third trial.
In clearing out an old we'll be-
tween Angels and Altaville, the re-
mains of man with a bullet in
his head were found. The body is
supposed to be that of A. A. Ross,
who mysteriously disappeared five
years ago.
Robert G. Rodgers, a rancher on
the Tule river, Tulare county, CAL,
was shot and killed by R. M. Will
son, his brother-in-law, the first of
this week. The trouble was of
domestic character, Wilson's wife
having sued for a divorce.
Sacramento, last Saturday voted
to use spring water instead of water
from the Sacramento river. The
water to be used comes from sub
terranean stream, the source of
which is apparently in some mount
ain lake, and is pure and cold.
The family of E. Marks, a lead
ing merchant of Oroville, Cal, was
poisoned the other day, the poison
having been placed in the coffee by
some unknown person. Too much
TO the drug had been used, and the
retching that was caused saved the
lives of all.
When Dick Heath's second trial
comes up on the 18th of next month
his attorneys will ask for a change
of venue and will object to having
the trial come up at Fresno. They
claim the people of Fresno are
prejudiced against Heath. Heath
is now out on bail.
@-A
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-09-02

II submit the above described invention in
competition for the twenty-five Hundred Dol
lar Prize offered by the Press Claims Company.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-09-02
QUARTERLY REPORT
OF THE
Auditor md Treasurer.

Following is the Auditors and Treasurer's
Joint Quarterly Report for the quarter ending
June 80, 1898.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-07-14
Guns For Ladies Wear.

Cuffs are very much more worn this season than ever before. They are either 8 straight band fastened by a linked button or turned over cuff. There are a great many percale sets. in pale lav- snder and white, pink and white or deli cate blue and white. They are worn to harmonize with the gown of changeable wool, which may be made in tailor fash ion. These colored sets are used chiefly for travelling and are worn with dainty little butterfly cravats at the throat or with scarfs of colored silk tied in the close princes knot affected this season in mems dress. There are also chemi- settes of wash silks ill cream white, in tiny hair lines in color, which are in- tended to be worn at the throat inside the troll" and ''step" collar of travelling drassaz
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-07-14
MindOnrn

It has reached that stage at length where it begins to be recognized by the medical profession as a means of relief. especially in certain ailments having their seat in disordered state of the nerves. The medical profession have given to the process of healing by men- tai suggestion the name of psychopathy. Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton reports in The Century magazine the real scientific progress thus far made by psychopathy.
 The most successful cures are effected when the patient is either wholly or par tially hypnotized. Heis first hypnotiKed, then told that his ailment is better; that he will be cured; that he will be better when he wakes, etc. The hyp- notic state is best described as Q state of sleep artiicially produced, and the moro nearly the hypnosis resembles natural sleep the more easily the cure will be effected. One method of inducing the hypnosis is to hold a bright object steadily in front of and little above the patients eyes and have him gaze fixedly upon it. In little while sleep is pro duced if the operation is successful. This method is varied sometimes by moving flashlights or revolving mirrors in front of the eyes. A bolder plan, and one more in accord with the real mental idea, is that of Bernheim of the Nancy school of hypnotists.
 Dr. Bernheim seats his patient in e chair, tells him to look at the doctor and think of nothing but sleep. He says, "You arc going to sleep; you are almost asleep; you are fast asleep finally. The more confidence the operator feels in his own power the more certain the subject is to go to sleep really. Then, if the ex- pertinent is successful, the patients sub. jective or subconsciousness believes what it is told by the doctor and influ' ences the body accordingly. That is perhaps the explanation of mind cures so far as is known.
 The physician makes a profound i'm
 pression on the subjective consciousness: of the patient while he is in the hypnotic
 sleep. The subjective consciousness con
 tinues to act on the suggestion after thu patient has returned to his normal con
 sciousness, and thus the cure is wrought It is to be inferred, therefore, that all pa
 tients cured by mind healing have tn, impression thus made on their subjectiv, consciousness. Themethod is also know
 as healing by mental suggestion, and Dr
 Hamilton is of opinion that it is destined
 to take its place as an important anC legitimate aid in therapeutics.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-07-14
He Was Satisfied.

Country boys who are inclined to think that life in cities is easy and con- fortable compared with their daily toil in the country are apt to find themselves mistaken when they come to town and subject themselves to the high pressure system of business establishments An amusing example of this sort is related by country exchange.
 4 farmers boy went to the city, find ing the work at home rather tiresome and obtained a situation in & large family supply" store, where a rush, ing business" was carried on. He ''took hold" very well, and his employers liked him.
 They were surprised. however. whcI he came to them before he had been two months in the store, and said:
 "Well, MT. A, l guess I'll have tC get through here next Saturday night.
 "Get throughT" said his employer "Why, what's gone wrong:"
 "Oh, nothing particular"
 "Aren't you treated weu:'
 First rate, but I'll tell you just how it strikes me. Up oa the farm we use( to have the thrashing machine come onc' 0 year, and then we thrashed for thre' days, and you'd better believe we worket hard, but tell you what-Tve been her, now seven weeks, and you've thrashe, every dayl guess I've got enough of it.
 He went back to the farm convince, that farmers life has its compensa tions.-Youth's Companion.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-07-14
PASSED FOR A MAN.
For Fifteen Years Aanie Morris Had Beer
 Frank Blunt.


 MILwAUKEE, July 14.-A simple arrest by the police on a dispatch from the Fon du Lao authorities has brought out quite a romantic story. Chief Jansen arrested one Frank Blunt, who was wanted at Fon du Lac on a charge of grand larceny. The search developed the fact that Frank Blunt was woman.
 For 15 years Blunt, as the masquerading woman was known, had dressed and acted as 6 man, drinking, smoking, gambling and swearing with the rough crowd which her life was passed, and not once was her Identity known.
 When taken before Chief Jansen, the erstwhile Blunt said her name was Annie Morris. She is a native of Nova Scotia. Her family lived at 4a Blower street, Hali- fax. N. s. Annie II years age ran away, accompanied by her brother, whe was two years younger. She was at that time 1S years of age. The mother of the children was dead. and the oruelties of the father the girl says. caused them to leave home Annie put on a suit of her brothers clothes and from that time until now has passed for man. She was adopted by mar named Jesse Blunt. The two travelled through New England for some time finally coming to Milwaukee.