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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1894-12-01

Tram. and 2 run daily
Tram 3 runs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri
days.
Train runs Tuesdays Thursdays and satur-
days.
Passenger trains make close connection at
Mound House with express trains of Virginia
and Truckee Railroad. which connect at Reno
with east and west bound trains of Central Pa
cife Railroad.
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
At Hawthorne, with United States Stage Cos
coaches for Aurora (26 miles,; Bodie (37 miles)
and for Lundy and Bridgeport,
At Luning, tl25 miles from Mound Housed,
with Gimer, Salisbury & Cos tri-weekly
stages, leaving Mondays. Wednesdays and Fri
daysl for Downeyville, Grantsville and Bel
mont.
At Candelaria, with United States Stage Co.'S
stages for Columbus Is miles), silver Peak.
hontezuma, Aida Valley. Gold Mountain, etc,
Al Keller, with stages for Cerro Gordro t6
miles), Darwin (22 miles, and Panamint.
II. M. YERINGT0N,
X. J: LAWS, General Superintendent.
Assistant Superintendent
u. A. BENDER,
General Freight and Passenger Agent.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1894-12-01
Eor Over Fifty Years.

MRS. wINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP has been used
for over fifty years by millions Of mothers for
their children while teething, with perfect sue
cess. 1t sooles the child. softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind collie and is the best
remedy for Diarrhea. 1t will relieve the poor
little sufferer Immediately. Sold by Druggists
in every part of the world. Twenty-Five cents
a bottle Be sure and ask for MRS Winslows
Soothing syrup" and take no other kind.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1894-12-01
TIME TA1ID
-oF The
CARSON & COLORADO r. r.
TAKING EFFECT-
NOV. 28d, 1890.

From To
Mound House Mound House
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1894-12-01
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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1894-12-01

Why DO Not some Of the Parties
Talking About Establishing IA
| Factory Look At Dayton for n
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1894-12-01
BRIEF M ENTION.

Skating pretty soon if this
weather continues.
"A. J. Lotus returned from
trip to Mason Valley Thursday
evening.
The cold weather is making
the Piutes rustic in great shape for
hogadi.
S. NJ. Burbank was in from
Smith Valley last Thursday on
business.
j. e. Gignoux was in from his
ranch on flying business trip last
Saturday.
Sam Williams will leave for
visit to his home in Chicago next
Monday evening.
The Carson house movers put
D. c. Fox's house in place on his
lot on Main street Thursday.
Pay your taxes before next
Monday night or they will be de-
linauent and costs will be added.
w. r. Davis, of this place will
in all likelihood be Deputy State
Treasurer after January 1st next.
He is an A. No. man for the place.
We faoled the moon last night.
There was a fresh one, and we
went around the wrong side of the
house to see it over our right Shout
der.
Eastern cattle buyers are pick
ing up most of the beef cattle in this
part of the State. They pay better
prices than the Western buyers
iSilUer State.
The dance at Odeon Hall
Thanksgiving night was quite well
attended, and an ENJOYABLE time
had. The music was from Gold
Hill, we understand.
The Silver men carried the
State and the Republicans are
growing. 1t is next TO death to
them to be compelled to give up
their comfortable berths at the pub
lie crib.
There was no turkey shooting
IN Dayton Thanksgiving The
boys preferred playing poker for
them. Some of the boys are much
surer of winning a bird this way
than by shooting at it.
j. c. March was defeated by
SO votes for County Clerk of Elko
county and Sam Howard was de-
feated by two votes for Constable
of Carlin. Both are the principal
defendants of the Carlin strikers.
Professors Levers and Jackson,
of the State University at Reno,
were in town yesterday. They came
down from Silver City on their BIZ
cycles, took the train here last
evening for Carson, and will return
to Reno from that place to-day on
their wheels.
The nights and mornings have
been quite chilly for the past week
and ice forms every night to the
thickness of half an inch or more.
Tuesday the wind blew perfect
hurricane and the dust was fearful.
A little rain fell, but not enough to
lay the dust.
Myrtle Erleen, the 10-months
old baby of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Gerrey, of Sutro, has been seriously
i'll with whooping-c cough for the
past two weeks, but is now doing
better. She is under the care of
DR.. Manson, and we hope will pull
through all right.
An Eartera syndicate has an
agent in Churchill county examin-
ing a site for reservoir just above
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1894-12-01

Leads to nervousness. fretfulness peevishness,
chronic Dyspepsia and great misery, Hoods
sarsaparlla is the remedy 1t tones the stom-
ach. creates an appetite and gives relish to
food 1t makes pure blood and gives healthy
action TO all the organs of the body Take
Hoods fo= Hoods Sarsaparilla CURES.
Hoods Pills become the favorte cathartic
with every one who tries them 2oc,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-07
Where James Watt
Spent His Boyhood

ing harbors. But this. however, was no'
to be the great work Of MS life.
One day in 17GI he was asked TO re-
pair a model of an engine USED ny oh0
OF the university professors when teacn-
ing natural philosophy. II was copy
of The engines made BY Newcomer. anu
used 10 work pumps. IL cohsleted o.
cylinder and piston. You can see WHAT
these are, like i 20" taHe ono cg"iT TSa
barrel ~ the cylinder, the tiSht-rttihR
piece that moves UP and down inside Is
he piston and the rod fastened % thiS
is the piston rod.
steam from n boiler was sent into one
end OF the Cylinder and the piston Fo1
moved up. then when this steam cooisn
20 a drop OF water the air pushed inc
piston down. The piston rod was Joinsu
to one end OF a balancing beam Ike tue
cross beam Of a pair o. sealeS, anu mo 10
the other end was fastened the pump
rod, 80 as the piston moved up Aud uohh
the pump rod moved up and down ana
worked the pump. -.
Watt very soon repaired this engI'.-
but while doing so the thought struck
him that be could in several ways i'm
prove It, He thought about TINS tor Two
whole years. and found all his FORMER
study OF the nature % steam very use
ful TO him. .4.. ,na
repeated experiments, ne succeeded ana
made another engine. so much Delltr
than the old models as 10 make them
worthless by the side Of his new inVen-
tions.
First he made it so as 10 be worked
with much less steam than before. 1nen
he sent steam In both ends Of the GYM
der. and 50 the piston was pushed DOWN
as well as up by IL instead o. being
moved partly by air.
Again. by fastening the piston rod 10
wheel instead OF a balancing beam ne
made II fit not only to work pumps nut
To- set in motion any kind Of mfchmrfy.
In after years he added other Improve
mcnts. aud 50 became the maker OF an
engine worked by steam at far less
cost than the Old ones and OF much
greater power.
The value Of Watts inventions was
soon. seen For thirtyfive years his
life was devoted 10 the building and sale
Of engines His place Of business was at
Soho, birmingham. At the beginning ot
the eighteenth century he retired a r'"h
and houored man. For nineteen years
longer he enjoyed his well-earned wealth
and fame and died at his beautiful home
I'm Heathiield, Sussex, not far IRON
London.
His friends loved him for his virtues.
Every one respected him for his scen-
rife knowledge and inventive genius.
He was loaded with hOnOrs and in many
towns to-day his statue is 10 be seen.
while the shrill whistle Of the engine
is a speaking reminder Of his greatness
Playmate in Mail and Express
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-07
4 W-ntier Prophet.

iTy Clara u. Bates)
II rains, this morning on a tree
We heard q shrily ohirriug:
We stretched 10 find Il carefully,
For volt We knew the rogue mus be
\ little trec-frOS purrins,
Blue as larkspur vas the sky;
The bees went blooming, hHmmn2;
White clouds like snow, fair ships sailed
by;
No sign was there to any eye
OF sudden rain-sIorm com'HS.
But chirr, lie. piped, and chirr and
chirr-r.
The children sighed "provos.ug"
Onte ont Of sorts indeed theg vera
That that small hidden thing should stir
The sweet air with his Gro k.Hs.
Their play was planned FOR out 81 doors,
When first hey heard him calling;
And now a heavy darkness lowers
Rain battered first, and now II uours
As II the sky was falling.
I fancy he win find soma chink
With 'Wigs and leaves for cover.
Whore he can safely sit and blink,
And thrust his nose out for drink.
Until the rain IS over.
You'd ike TO see him some fine day?
only quick eyes can find him:
He has "A most mysterious way
OF being gray IL bark is gray,
Green II there's green behind him.
Sunday School Times.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-07
Father Timex Nail Bag.

Dear Father Times-I send you piece
OF our own composition. We nope
you will like it. for We worked very nard
over II.
We have just read that you won't
accept anonymous thing9. our names
are Helen and Alice We remain
TWO or YOUR LITTLE READERS.
My little girls. | am sorry that your
clever poem is not suitable for insertion
I'm the paper, but am much grained AZ
the receipt OF your note and hope you
VIII not be discouraged, but, Ike plucky
children, Try again
Dear Father Times; ! have been reai-
ing your paper ever since IL had a pdE"
f.v children NY mother says the
Home" supplement IS nicer than tue
big paper and / think So too. / Ike the
stories and some OF the poetry H. SD cute.
/ think the Junior Society column Is
splendid Your little reader,
Glad to hear the chddrens page pIeases
you so well, little man, and nope 1t may
continue to do 50. Ed
Dear Father Times. ! think the Junior
Society column is splendid. Please say
I'm going 70 have a party on the 2Dth
Yours. .,...,..
MARY r. r. WRIGHT
Dear Father Times. I'm one Of the
Little Cleaners and thank you FOR
speaking so nicely Of Us In the junior
SOcietOr column
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-07
One Cause or Mlseducation.

There are many men OF culture and .,
eminence mostly professors and stu
dents OF mathematics and natural science
derived from the study OF Greek a1y0-
cate eliminating II from the curriculum
OF acat emic studies. and applying -
modern language the time now devoted
70 il: or at least. making Greek an
opuoual subject, except In the case OF
phHological and theological students This
opposition can hardly be said to be III
rected against the Greek language Itself.
II IS argued that the study entails eight
ON nine years OF operous and fruitlesS
labor-a labor Of Sisyphus-at the end
Of which time the results obtained are
In most cases, poor not 10 say imper-
ccptiblc. We are bound 10 admit that
these arguments are mainly valid. Bat
they fail to touch the real canse Of mis-
chief: they aim at ending what needs
only mendine. --Dr. J. Gennadius, Ia the
October Forum.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-07
7HEY YOUNGEST RLYLWdT MASIGEB
He Is a Minnesota Boy, and Ia President
of IN Electric Road.

Little Archie Cowley. Of DrllwOod,
MINI. is probably the youngest railway
manager in the world. Archie Is but
seven years old, yet he controls an en-
tire electrical railroad. IL is true that
the road il but one-tenth Of q mile IN
length, nevertheless il Is fitted out just
as completely as any road that IS run
by grown persons. Archie Is president.
secretary. conductor. brakeman. and mo
toman while his sisters and p,aymItes
are the passengers The road Was built
for Archie by his father, who IS a st.
Paul banker.
There are three cars on the road-one
motor car and two passenger cars. Each
car Is five feet long and two feet wide.
Ii is not a trCliy road Instead Of a
trOlly wire there IS a long strip Of iron.
which lies between the track and supplies
the electricity which makes the ear move
along. on the motor car IL the rEcostat,
which is an arrangement for controlling
the electric current. Using II, Archie
can make his cars move as fast or as
slow as he pleaSes. On his ear also are
the motor and the brake, AMI also the
reversing switch, which makes the cars
move backward.
AT one end OF the road Is the power
house where the electricity Is produced
The electric current comes from a small
dynamo, which Is also driven by a pc
troleum engine. There Is also a shed
where the ears are stored at night and
in winter time. In the power house
every thing is arranged just the same
as if 1t was a large station run by a
large company.
But Archie is the company in this. His
road Is on the hill by the side OF White
Bear lake, and he Is the only boy in that
region VINO is able TO go coasting in sum-
mer time. He himself will tell you the
best Of all Is, that this kind OF coastiuy
YOU do lot have TO walk back up the bill.
The Sricity pulls you up. Archie is
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-07
Choose n Business Husband.

An Incompetent business man is only
a shade better than a morally deficient
man, but only a shade. II a young man
Is afraid OF work a girl has every ground
70 be afraid OF hlm. He VIII never
amount 10 anything, nor viii she If she
marries him. / VIII grant 10 such
young fellow all the virtues In the moral
catalogue but | viii still choose e. be-
Teyethat the time IS bound to come when
the girl who becomes his wife will be
ashamed of him when she compares him
with other men who love their work,
and because Of their love OF IL carry II
10 "A successful termination. / ask not
that girl In love with young fellow
shall weigh every point But one thing
! do ask Of her: II she marries a worth
less fellow who has no business ability
with her eyes open, she must not COM
plain afterward II she finds that all the
other graces OF manhood are as naught,
in the long run. before that one great
mcompetency i'm man.-FrOm the Octp
Der Ladies Home Journal.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-07
JUNIOR SOCIETY
COLUMN

Did ever any children, in the old Fa-
ther!aud, across the big blue pold, or
here iu Richmond city, State of VIZ
eiua, United States OF America have
iuiiicr tlma than did the small folks
at Sanger Hail Garden on last Thursday
/ think it unlikely. They played 9ames,
sang. enjoyed the Punch ana judy snow,
and the fireworks ana SIl"HtthrI
crowded about as much fun into one
afternoon AS IL could hold.
Master Palmer Leigh, thanks TO ms
manly pluck. is rapidly recovering from
the effects of his late accident
Miss Lillian Bargamin, an elShl edI-
old cary street belle Is one OF tdtiet
Times most valued small readers. .,-.
The Junior Ilollywoods VIII Sh"rtly
resume their meetings for the season.
The Little Cleaners are p,otNH5 All
sorts Of delightful ways 10 help the poor
during the coming winter
ON last "Wednesday evening .Iiss
Minnie TOmpkIns gave charming
party in honor of two little friends VINO
are visiting her. Games and dancing
we're enjoyed, and later, retreshments,
lee cream. cake, candy and fruit
Those enjoying the courtesy Or the
graceful little hostess were Misses
Mary Travers EstcIle Manson, hle
Paul Salne Edmonds, Esther Iuley
Jennie jackson; Masters John Tuley
PAU Jackson Harry VIM. George
Foley, James TraVers, and Eddie Chrio-
~ PUZZLES NEXT SUNDAY
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-07
An Indian Legend.

Have you small readers Of The Times
ever heard the odd legend hy which the
Indians explain the crimson t1ts thtt
touch the leaves OF the trees with bright
ness as autumn comes rOuHd2
They believe that the stars IN the
diseer were men hunting. They entered
upon the chase early In the spring ana
il continued throughout the summer.
Finally, with the coming OF autumn. they
succeeded in wOuHiing the Great Bear
and it was his blood dripping from
heaven upon the leaves, that gave them
their red hue
A simple and chudl,ke belief was II
not at which We with Cur powerful
telescopes smile indrIl emily. Tor Ne nave
pierced the heavens and brought their
secrets down But our superior know
ledge only makes MS appreciate the SIN
picity OF the forest Chiitrsn more thor
oughy and there is something very
beautiful % mo in IT, Tor
1t is the simplicity. children, ot a race
which has not outiiyed its childhood.
II you do not understand that sentence
ask father or mother 20 explain 10 YOU
what II Is | mean, and then ! am sure
you viii think just as | do about it.-fi
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-07
Frances Wish.

1t was at dinner, and there hal been
chicken. of which the little daughter OF
the house had partaken with sfeat
freedom. II want some more cnlcheh,
said Frances. II think you have had
as much as is good for you. dear. re.
piled Frances mamma. Il want more
And Frances pouted. You cant nave
more now: but here is a wishbone thar
YOU and mamma can pull. That Will
be fun. You pull one side and III pau
the other: and whoever gets the lonser
end can have her wish come true. Why.
baby, you've got it, What was your
wish, Frances" II wish for some more
chicken" said Frances promptly. She
got it this time.-Christian Work.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-07
THE TIMES RICHMOND, VA, SUNDAY, OCT0BER7 1894.

fife relief this dreadfdI Mr.. Jacobs,
whom they all feared, stopped down All
kissed her, and then let rer help him
shut 40 the schoorocm, AMI when they
left the house Dorothy had uEht nolI
of his hand, and skipped along. chat
teriug gayly.
But size was a very good child In the
schoolroom after that.-independent.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-07

very proud OF his road, and spends tne
davs carving his sisters and their dolls
along the road. He can stop at any place
on the way so he pretends there are
several stations. and, mis- sisters get OUT.
Then he takes them up again "4en n. ne
comes back. and collects make-beIieVe
money from them. They all have a very
good time riding on the cars, and ArehIe
is learning a great deal about eiectpcitY-
Atlanta Constitution.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-19

infinitely more important Tor her that sne snouiu
check the advance Of Russia in Asia north or her
East Indian possessions. and she.can do this most
effectually by dividing the energies Of her tradi
ment OF which "A weakening of other lines Is abso-
lutcy unavoidable. With that adroitness for which
her diplomacy Is famous she succeeds In gettlns
Japan 10 pull the chestnuts out OF the nre, wnile
Russia so far seems to have been unable 10 get
China 10 move aggressivey in the matter.
What could have induced Secretary Gresham 10
favor a civilization of the kaftan and the knout TO
one which II selfish and commercial. Is enllghteh-
uent and decency Itself compared with the otner
Is more than the ordinary run OF men VIII be able
to understand But this - precisely what the s, ap-
sorption of Corea by Russia would mean. the
Populist Secretary. however, has on former occa-
sions exhibited such strong leanings toward igno
rance bigotry and voodooism in the shape OF a
feminine silhouette, distressed because she could
not satisfy her bloodthrsty instincts, that he may
swallow with comparative ease the inquiry anu
the horrors OF a Russian conquest.
AS far as the COreans are concerned they are SUI
ferng lust al present by the transition from the old
order Of things to A new 1t Is really the same
kind of experience that Japan went through wheh
she oDsned the country TO western civilization. As
i'm that case there to-day in Corea two parties
bitterly opposed to each other one favors the IRA
ditlons of tha past They are the conservatives.
The other wishes to introduce western modes OF Nv
ing and government Like most reforms they
know no moderation but desire to accomplish every
thing by the turn OF hand" The King ls young
and inexperenced and there Is no restraining IN
nuence either check the furore OF reform or open
the minds OF the foges that cling 10 the past
civilization that soOner or ldter
j. hound TO come. In the disorders that now hang
over the country both Russia and Engand see an
opportunity to gain foothold As between the
two civilizations they represent. cannot understahd
how any American could hesitate 10 choose. Inc
Secretary OF State seems to think differently.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-19
SfTED EY PRESENCE or MIND.
Az ENGINEER SAVES HIS TRAIN ny rINNI%G At
rr.rI srErp OVER \ CtvrrN

Az ENGINEER SAVES HIS TRAIN ny W'NNI%G At
rr.rL SPEED OVER \ Ctvr.rN
Wnkesb,rre Penn. fu'y IS (SpeciaD Hal II not
l., FOR the COO. head and ready hand u Frederick
titus engineer Of ichigh Na.ey freight engine 80
aeo h,-rs..f his crew 81 six men the engine and
fur frcirh, cars would now be ,ylng at n" bot
tom o., an old mine hoe TITUS thls morning found
,,,,ser f. a prodcamen: So terrible that he -
.xner,encc Il again hr says. he is afrlid hs nerve
y,ud fat THUS was the eyer of the blk
engine - she ratified down the heavy grade on a
.oug siding running toward Mners Mls. small
town near here lie pulling four empty freight
cars ana going az "A speed - twenty miles an hour
The track WAS wc. from an cary rain ana the
b,e driving Wheel % the engine s.ipIeI on the
raus TITUS kept a sharp lookout ahead for danger.
and stood ready - whistle down brakes at any
moment.
Suddenly. as he glanced down the track his al
tent;on was attracted by disturbance IN the
,,,l-bed only few hundred feet ahead He was
surrr,s.- 10 see .arge hoes appear. and as he
looked the entire surface for distance Of severa
Zoe, sank out u sight AMI the edges on each side
Of the hoe continued TO crumb.e lie inmeiaiey
reaiizeI what had happened The place was money
co,nbed by Old nine workings. and one Of the gang
w.vs hundreds OF feet brow. had fallen in. taking
doyrn thc surface with IT. The rats and ties alone
remained straight and sym"iricl'' ana the no."
In les time than IT has taken 10 write one OF
,hese lines. al this passed through the mni OF tlr
engineer and as II dM h. acted. intultlvely, per
hans for he sai1 ancrward he had no time 70
mink Grasplhe he throttle he threw 1t open,
,ntfng IN A fii.l head Of steam, AT the same time
rne2lng the sand tube 20 give the whe"s a irm
hr'd The big engine sprang forward IKE sprlnter
and gaining speed with every inch OF advance. Shot
across Inc chas,n swiftly and safely hut none too
soon for barely had he last car cearei the edge
when the rails and ties fell with crash into the
big hoe. - ,,. o. q s,a,,s,u,
., nray hurrleI hack 10 the scene The hoe 10y
| this time fully thirty feet across, ana me
no., ,om co,,d not be seen. Titus sa1 that h" knew
thcre was no. the down grade 10 stop me
train before re.ched the cave-in ana n" f". m"
only safety was in skimmng across \ large iorc"
| of men are at work repairing the damage