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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1894-01-13
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
Company's offer is something entirely differ
ent. Each 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 a certain corner is not accepted has
spent his labor on something of very little use
to him. But the person who patents simple
and useful device in the Press Claims Compa-
nys 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 it than the mechanical expert who stud
les it 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
eeeds in combining simplicity and popularity,
will get the Press Claims Companys twenty
FIVE 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. CHS + street.
n. w.. Washington, D. c.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1894-01-13
Coin.

Coin, an Illustrated Paper, pub
lished at Chicago, is the equal of
any frst-class illustrated paper of
the world, and is advocating, fear
lessly and intelligently the free coin
age of silver. Every man in the
United States who believes in silver's
reconciliation, should subscribe for
it and see to it that Coin has a
greater circulation than any other
illustrated paper. 1t has been made
an official organ of the National
silver forces at the Chicago Conven-
ton, is racy and able, and is print
ed on book paper, with illustrations
of high order. The price of sub
scription is $500 a year; $1.00 for
6 months; so cents for 3 months,
and 20 cents for 1 month-one half
the usual price of illustrated papers.
Let silver men see that Coin has the
largest circulation of any newspaper
in the United States, that it may
talk to millions of people each issue.
Address your letters to Coin, 115
Monroe Street, Chicago, Ill.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1894-01-13
THE LITTLE THINGS THE HOST
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 traveller. III l were running the
road would make them in such 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, 1894-01-13
AHousehold Treasure.

D. w. Fuller, of Canajoharie, N. ", says
that he always keeps DIR. Kings New Dis
covery in the house and his family has al
ways found the very best results follow its
use; that he would not be without it, If pro-
durable. G. A. Dykeman Druggist, Cats.
kill, N. Y, says that DR.. Kings New Dis
covery is undoubtedly the best Cough rem.
edy; that he has used it in his family fol
eight years, and it has never failed to do all
that is claimed for it. Why not try a rem
edy so long tried and tested. Trial bottles
free at T. ]. A. Flaws. Regular size soc.
and $500.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1894-01-13
NOTICE TO CO-OWNERS.

ITO JOHN FINNEGAN AND PAUL LAWSON.
i or their heirs executors. administrator or
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 Recorder II within nine
ty days from 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 coowners.
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.
WEI DEAL
FRANK FIELDING,
FL. WRINKLE,
W J, HARRIS.
W ]. DOUGLASS,
J II. HARDWICK.
u Address either w. K Deal, Virginia City,
Nevada or w, ], Douglass, Dayton. Nevada.
FiPSt publication, Nov. IL laOs.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1894-01-13
MONDAY, JANUARY Is. 1894.

to pay delinquent taxes and costs against the
same, unless said taxes, penalties and costs are
paid to me before said date.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1894-01-13
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 a fortune on delicate experiments before
he can get new device to patentable degree
of perfection. This deluson the company de-
sires to dspel. 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 is 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, 1894-01-13

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, 1894-01-13

Paimistry assumes to tell what the lines In youi
hand indicate. 1t will amuso you, II nothing more.
length OF the LINE OF LIFE Indicates probable
| age TO which you will live. Each BRACELET
gives you thirty years. Well marked LINE OF
HEAD denotes brain power clear LINE OF
FORTUNE. fame or riches Both combined mean
success in life, but you must keep NJ with modern
IDEAS 10 win II. You will ind plenty OF these in
Demore-ts Family Magazine. so atiractively PIE
,ented that every member Of the family is enter
tanned II is doz n magazine IN the. CLEAR
LINE OF HEART bespeaks tenderness: strnight
LINE OF FATE. peaceful life; the reverse II
crooked A well defined LINE OF HEALTH
spares you doctors bills so will the health hints
In Demorests No other magazine publishes 90
many stories to interest the home circle. You Will
be subject TO extremes OF high spirits or despond;
sncy II you have the GIRDLE OF VENUS well
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Magazine TO read. BY subscribing TO II for 1894
you will receive gallery OF exquisite works Of art
OF great vaue, besides the superb premium picture
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baby, and equal to the original oil painting which
cost $500; and You will have a magazine TINT cannot
be equaied by any in the void for its beautiful
Illustrations an subject matter, that will keep
you posted on all the topics Of the day, ard all the
fads, and different items OF interest about tho
household. besides furnishing interesting reading
matter both grave and gay, for the whole family
and while Demorest's j. not fashion magazine,
It's fashion pages are perfeet. aud you get with IT,
free OF cost all the patterns you with to use during
the year, and in any size you choose Send IN
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Usher. w. Jennings Demorest. IS East I4th St,
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Magazine, send for a specimen copy. large QUAD
RANGLE means honesty large IRiANGLE,
generostv: long FIRST DIVISION OF THUMB.
strong will LONG SECOND DIVISION, reason,
ambition that OF SATURN, prudence :; the sun,
love OF splendor; MARS, courage; MOON imagina-
ton: VENUS. love OF pleasure; and MERCURY.
intelligence Take our advice as above and yoU
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quality.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1894-01-13
TEACHERS EXAMINATION.

a Ii PERSONS DESIRING CERTIFICATES
"A to teach in the Public Schools of Lyon
County, State of Nevada. are hereby nOtlhed
that an examination will be held ut the SchoOi
House In Dayton. Lyon county. Nevada, com.
mencing Tuesday. January I'd. 1894, at Q O'Clock
A. NJ. and continuing three days.
By order of
THOMAS p. MACK,
County Superintendent OF Schoo"
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1894-01-13
PRIZES ON PATENTS.
How to Get Twenty-Five Hun
dred Dollars for Nothing.
The Winner Has q Clear Gift of a
Small Fol tune, and the Losers
Have Patents that May Bring
Them in Still More.

Would you like TO make twenty-five hundred
dollars? If 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, 1894-01-13
DELINQUENT TAX LIST
OF LYON COUNTY
For Year lRoQ-

OFFICE OF COUNTY TREASURER
DAYTON Lyon County, Nevada
December 10th, 1898 }
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN TO THE
/ following named persons, or to the owners
or claimants TO the real estate and improva
ments thereon, or Improvements when assessed
separately. hereinafter described, known or
unknown that in accordance with law each NJ
the following described pieces or parcels of
property will be sold at public auction. At the
Court House door, town. county and State
aforesaid, on
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-02-02
A Rnd Man Shot Down.

HELENA, Mont, Jan. 3O.-Three high
wavmen in jail at Billings made a des-
perate attempt to escape this morning,
and as a consequence one OF them is now
full of lead and at the point Of death
and the other two are safely behind the
bars again. This excellent result is due
to the rare courage and nerve OF Charles
Stoll, the iailor. The highwaymen are
Bob V, stral, Ed Moore and Martin Will
son. Moore had got possession of a
slung shot made of the head Of heavy
wrench wrapped in an old stocking, and
while the jailor was unlocking a door
this morning struck him blow on top
of the head that would doubtless have
been fatal but for the fact that he wore
heavy cap with big button on top.
Moore and his pals at once got the
keys and went into the barnyard to get
horses and make for the Indian reserva-
ton. But Stoll regained his presence
of mind and at once got his Winchester
and boldly went for the fugitiyes, though
he knew they were armed and desperate
and though blood nrs. 4CFiqg over his
face in streams? benses.on as be APP
peared in sight Moore fred at him with
big six-shooter three times, but with
out effect. Sto'I replied with three
shots from his rifle and they all took
effect. The firing had brought The fher
if and others to the scene, and a posse
at cnce went in pursuit of Yestral aud
Wilson. They were soon captured and
surrendered without resistance. Moore
is said to be a refugee from Texas. The
plucky jailor will be all right in few
days.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-02-02

The delays in delivering the electoral
returns of the states to the vice presi-
dent and the shabby and imperfect con-
dition in which some of them make their
appearance, only illustrate how careless
the American people are about the con-
duct of their elections. The nation works
itself into perspiration during a cam
paign, and the two parties are ready
apparently to shed each others blood.
But just as soon as the voting is done
with all excitement eyaporates, and it is
hardly possible to center public attention
even on the most glaring frauds.
If some OF the efforts spent in cam
paigns were used in securing an honest
return Of the vote, elections would re-
feet more accurately the will Of the
people. There does not appear to be
enough care to see even that the forms
for electing a president are rightly OBJ
served. Verify the American people trust
a good deal to their common sense. -
Philadelphia Press.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-02-02
Union Pacific Retrenches.

OMAHA, Neb, Jan. 2S,-Yesterdav a.
teruoon the receivers Of the Union Pa
cifc railway presented petition for 1"
new schedule Of wages to Judge Dundy'
now holding court at lincoln. A ter
examining the merits Of the Csc, the
Judge signed tie old,r last night, be-
coming of record jan. 9th, 1894.
The petition recites the transfer 81
the properties to the receivers and eX-
plains that it is the duty of the receiv-
ers to carefully operate the road in as
economical manner as possible, and that
in their judgment, it is TO the best IN
terests of all concerned that a new
schedule OF wages should be authorized
to take effect on the first of March next
1t is decreed that the demand Is reason
able and the schedule is deemed satsfao-
tory. 1t is further held that any am
ployee who does MOI wish to continue
under the new conditions, may termln-
ate il at any time and in any manner 50
as not to obstruct business and that 1t
is unlawful for emplo, es to conspire or
confederate together while in the en-
ploy of the receivers with the intention
of inducing or causing a strike. They
are also ordered to refrain from entering
into any combination with the object of
interfering with or obstructing the bus
mess in the hands of the receiv RS, and
are commanded to desist and refrain
from disabling or rendering unfit for
use any property in the service. The
receivers claim, even under the new
schedule, the employees will receive as
good or better wages as employees Of
other roads are paid.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-02-02
Fast Torpe,lo Boats.

MI famous torpedo boatbuilder at
r7L;ng eehichau, has just attained an
r,nnrcccdentcd speed even for this cl lss
- iyessel. torpedo boats built by him
r.. the Russian and Italian governments
Laying reached %! knots On an hours
~, NJ sea. The new British boats are
20 he 200 tons displacement, while the
p,,ssian boats are 1870 tons, SO that the
f,~,ner may 90 better by reason OF great
,over and greater size, The length
If Schichau's boat is 1872 feet inches,
tLo beam II feet inches. She may car
=, Al tons of coal in her bunkers. On
tyiaI however, she had only 20 tons on
hoord The small guns carried weighed
OF TONS; the torpedo armament, tons;
tbe crew, provisions, stores and firearms.
Al TONS: drinking water, p tons; engine
and boatswain's stores and reserve parts,
Al toms; SO that all the movable parts
come to 20 tons, making, with coal, 40
tons.
The vessel and the machinery are
therefore very light The shell plates
ore barely quarter of an inch thick,
There are two locomotive boilers, pro-
tected by the coal bunkers, supplying
steam at 195 pounds pressure to high
sneed engines. The guaranteed speed
was to be 90! knots in the open sea,
while on trial the vessel actually made
ora. or. to be precise, PA knots, as a
mean of one hours steaming at sea.
Schichau promises even higher results
with torpedo boats he is now complet-
Steamship.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-02-02
An Electric Road For Brussels.

A scheme is well advanced for proyid-
ing Brussels with an underground cleo
trio railway similar to the South London
line. The railway VIII have no fixed
terminus, but will be arranged similar
to the Inner Circle line. having II sta
tons at the most important points Of
the city. No locomotives will be en-
ployed, but each train will consist of
only one first and second class composite
boyle carriage, to carry 40 passengers,
with a compartment in front in which
the electric traction gear will be ar
ranged. 1t is proposed to run II such
cars in each direction and to work the
traffic by the automatic electric block
system, as adopted on the Liverpool
Electric railway. The lifts at each sta
ton will be operated by electric power.
London Engineering.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-02-02

The Pennsylvania railroad proposes to
shorten the distance between this city
and New York by constructing "A cutoff
o. miles in length from New Brunswick
TO a point on the outskirts of Jersey City.
The line was laid out three or four years
ago, and charters We're procured cover
ing the route. and last week a license
was taken out for the construction Of a
bridge over the Passaic river, The route
is almost direct line and will avoid the
cities Of Railway, Elizabeth and Newark.
It will be used exclusively by express
trains, an improved local service being
established for the convenience Of trav-
elers to and from the cities mentioned.
The advantage of the new line consists
not so much in the shortening gf the dis
lance, but in the fact that through travel
will not be interfered with by local
trains or municipal restrictions as to the
rate of speed in city limits. An enormous
number of local passenger trains are run
between Jersey City and Railway, and a
great many run through to New Bruins
wick. Although the road is 4-tracked
all the distance the Facilities are not ade-
uuate, and as it would cost a large sum
to put i'll two more tracks it has been
decided to build an entirely new road for
% miles. When this cutoff is completed,
it will be possible to reduce the running
time half an hour philadelphia In
uuirer
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-02-02
A Question From the Coffin.

Peter Johnson, an aged colored man,
died few days ago at Elkton. Friends
watched over the corpse till Wednesday.
One Of the women who were watching
the corpse procured towel and some
cold water and began to battle the brow
of the supposed dead man. She was
startled to see signs Of life, and all the
colored people were thrown into Il state
OF terror by the negro raising his head
from his coffin pillow aud inquiring what
was the matter, The aged darby was
taken from The co5an and is rapidly re-
gaining health. Cor, Philadelphia Rec
ord.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-02-02
for Infants and ChIIdfen.

Castoria isso well adaptcdt to children that
Irecommend It as superior to any prescription
known to me- H. 4 ARCHER, VI. D.,
III So oxford 80, brooklyn, n y.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-02-02
WANTED,

Statesmen to sell our choice and : ardy
nursery stock. Many special varieties
to offer both in fruits and ornamehtals'
and controlled only by us. We pay com
mission or salary, give exclusive terri
tory and pay weekly. Write US al once
and ecure choice OF territory
MAY BROTHERS,,
Nurserymen, Rochester, NJ Y.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-02-02
4 NYploGio1S Metal.

An aluminium violin was played at a
concert in Cincinnati Thursday evening,
and musical people present pronounced
II a success. Il was made by DR.. Alfred
Springerof Cincinnati, who says that the
metal used cost just 80 cents.-Spring-
held Union.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-02-02

John Burns, the English labor leader,
declares that General Booth of the Sal
VaIlon Army is Il maker Of quack RENE
oles for poverty, a neurotic Christian and
tanatical faddist, who combines univer-
sal brotherhood with incompetence and
high salary"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-02-02

A feature Of this season has been the
excellence Of the fruit brought in ice
ears across the United States from Cali
lornla and shipred to English markets.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-17
VANITY OF WOMEN ooNvIoTs.
The Ruling Passion Strong in Con-
dition Worse Than Death.
From the Philadelphia Press.

One would think that the female con-
Wet would be the last person in the world
to think of personal adornment, but this, it
seems, is not so. The majority of con-
victs are pronounced, by some one who
has looked into the matter, to be the vain
est of the vain daughters of Mother Eve.
A writer in an English paper says that
our hapless countrywoman, Mrs. May
brick, set the fashion in Working Prison of
wearing the skirt long, that is, with a
train, as she was wearing such when she
entered the prison.
The dresses served out to the convicts
are constant sources of annoyance to
them, and many an hour is spent in touch
ing up and altering.
AT Millbank, another English prison,
some years since, female convict was
discovered to be in possession of three
tallow candles, which, if they had not
been missed, would no doubt have been
used as pomade! Periodically the hinges
of the cell doors are oiled, and strange as
it may seem cOuvicts have been detected
wiping the oil and putting 1T on their
hair.
One woman created quite a sensation
among the female convicts in Woking
prison by reason of the brilliancy of the
color Of her cheeks and lips Many Of
her fellow prisoners became most envi-
GUS, and exercised every kind of blandish-
ment in order TO induce the fortunate one
to part with her secret-but in vain.
At last one day she became quite
friendly with a young convict 10 whom
she took a fancy, and during the ten
minutes chat female convicts are al
lowed TO converse with each other for
this allotted time she confded the secret.
1t was soon all over the prison, and very
soon on most OF the cheeks of the women
could be found traces of color. The
paint" was obtained in the following
ingenious manner: In the aprons that
the women were wearing there was, run
ming through the pattern, a bright-red
stripe. and this was carefully drawn out.
When unraveled and chewed in the mouth
the color or dye was released, and Tn 9s
the paint was obtained which decorated
their faces and lips.
In the same prison convict had re-
peated fainting fits without any cause
discoverable by the medical officer. one
day she was attacked in chapel, and,
upon her removal 10 the infirmary, she
was undresseds when 10 their astonish-
ment the authorities found the fits pro-
ceeded from tight lacing, aud from the
effects produced by the pieces Of wood
and wire which the convict had managed