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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-16
"REMINISCENCES OF CADET LIFE.

1t was in March, 1874, that l Ireceived
my appointment to cadetship at the
United States Military Academy at
West Point, and on the 4th day of June
left my old Kentucky home, destined
for that institution of learning. L
never had been beyond the limits of
my native state, never had seen
soldier, and was wholly ignorant Of the
duties that would be required of me at
the Academy and of those which
would follow my graduation should l
be so fortunate as to master all the
arts and sciences required by that in
stitution. 1 never had attended any
but the ordinary country school, whose
curriculum embraced reading, writing,
spelling and arithmetic only; but upon
those subjects l was we'll prepared,
and, as it was upon them that my ex-
animation for admission depended, L
felt reasonably certain that l should
pass my first examination.
While on the steamboat en- route
from Louisville to Wheeling, my in
experience was noticed by Mr.. J. A.
Jaquis, of Poseyville, Indiana, who was
on his way east to purchase his fall
stock of goods. He took me under his
fatherly care and protection, and |
never shall forget his great kindness.
After long and tedious voyage we
reached Wheeling, where we were com
PEELED to remain over night, as the
stage to Cumberland, the western ter
minus of the Baltimore & Ohio rail
road, did not leave till o'clock on the
following morning. Mr.. Jaquis in
vited me to accompany him to the
theater. | cannot recall the play, bu
the afterpiece was very vividly i'm
pressed upon my mind. 1t represented
ship in a storm. The winds howle(
piteously through the rigging, and thu
waves rolled high and beat against th'
vessel furiously. Lightning flashed
and thunder roared. Suddenly tn
vessel was struck and set on fire. A
this was the closing scene, the boy
made a rush for the door and tha
made me believe that it was a rea
fire; and so I, too, started for the door
climbing over men, women, and chll
dren. 1 heard some one say, "Sto
him! he is crazy" [ did not stop t
argue the question, however, but con
tinued nv way out as rapidly a
possible and did not feel safe until
had returned to the hotel, where
related my hairbreadth escape fror
the burning theater. This was m
first visit to a theater-which ha
been taught to believe was the yer
gate of hell. 1 had been afraid to
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-16

TO be misunderstood even by those
whom one loves is the cross and bitter
ness of life. 1t is the secret of that
sad and melancholy smile on the lips
of great men which so few understand;lt 1T
is the most cruel trial reserved for self
devotion; it is what must have oftenest
wrung the heart Of the Son OF man;
and if God could suffer, it would be the
wound we should be forever intlicting
upon Him. He alsO-He above all-ls
the great misunderstood, the least COM
pretended. Alas. alas. Never to tire,
never to grow cold; to be patient, SYM
pathetic, tender, to look for the bud
ding flower and the opening heart; to
hope always like Cod; to love always
this is duty.-Henry Fredrick Amiel.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-16
Trpme.( S1.0O per year, in advance
eh"o Six Months 80 cents.
GOING HOME.


To the man who has been in prison
there is no more critical time in his
life than the day when he gets his re-
lease and goes out into the world once
more. The emotions at such time
have to be experienced to be under
stood. but if he goes out with the de-
termination to become once more a
decent member of society, there are
many battles to fight, many trials to
meet.
Not the least of these, to the man
who has had a good home and many
friends, is the task of going home.
Like the homecoming Of the Prodigal
in the parable, it must be of his own
free CHOICE while upon that choice
depends, perhaps, the whole fate OF
life. The duty may be imperative to
go home. The place to begin the next
days work is where it ended the day
before, and the only place to start
again after a failure is over the ruins
of former hopes.
Failure to go home may mean one OF
two things-that the eX-prlsoner is a
knave or a coward. Nothing that
might be written here will turn the
former from his evil way, but among
those who go from here and who in
their hearts mean to try to lead re-
formed life, are a great many who
shrink from going back to the place
where they made their mistake, and
the latter make by far the larger
number.
They er-estimate the reproaches
which they expect to be put upon them;
they expect to see the finger of scorn
pointed at them where the hand OF
welcome alone awaits their return.
One "ex" can testify that the only re-
proach he saw or felt, was the look OF
a little child. Many of the greetings
had the meaning, even if not word
was spoken, which comes from the
thought of those words of Him who
alone was perfect, she that is without
sin among you, let him first cast
stone" Who need flee from the look
of little child? How easily child
will forgive. How quickly he seems
to forget, and how readily may his
confidence be again obtained!
Not to return may mean unhappl-
ness and probable relapse into the old
and evil ways. How many men who
have been in prison more than once
can testify to that. A stigma rests
upon the man whose antecedents are
unknown, who drifts into strange
community and tries to start again.
The constant dread of exposure by
some old, and unfriendly comrade in
trouble, will ever stunt a man and
, keep him from gaining the success he
might have if he had but begun where
he was known. Boys, home is the best
place where you can be happy and
make a good start to regain a good
name.-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-16

All that man can do in this world is
to live honestly, faithfully and Loyalty
from day to day. What the immedl-
ate end will be neither he nor anyone
else knows. He only knows that the
highest success crowns those who work
in the highest spirit, and that the su-
premist failure confronts those who
work in the worst spirit.-Dawn OF
Day.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-16

We come to those who weep foolish
ly. and sit down and cry for company,
instead of imparting to them truth
and health in rough electric shocks,
putting them once more in communl-
cation with their own reason. Wei
come evermore to gods and men is the
self-helping man.-Sel.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-16
Vol. IX.-NO. 81.
WHAT THEY SANG WHEN WAS
SIM ALL.

No, his sermon didn't move me;
He could preach to me for years
And | not feel like praying.
Nor my heart be moved to tears:
But tell you L was softened.
And the tears began to fall.
When the choir burst out singing
Songs l loved when l was small!
Those thrilling, tender melodies
Forever to me cling,
And never tire of list'ning
To what mother used to sing.
The angels seem to hover near;
My pain and care take wing.
Before those songs are ended
Songs my mother used to sing.
If YOU would touch a sinners heart,
Or make the tear-drops well.
And set him thinking of his soul,
Don't talk too much of hell!
But lay aside your sermons,
Full of wormwood and of gall
And start the choir off singing
Songs he loved when he was small.
Madeline Goodwin
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-07-25
Goals To Newcastle.

The Mason Valley Rustler reads
the riot act to the farmers of that
section because wheat is being
brought from Utah to the mill in
the valley to keep it running. The
finest wheat in the world can be
raised in Mason Valley, and more
of it to the acre, and there is no
excuse why the mill there, which
is first class one in every respect,
should not be kept running to its
full capacity during the entire sea-
son. Wheat is not exactly lazy
mans crop, as it takes work to raise
it, but it will always pay better
than alfalfa, although the latter
takes but little labor to raise. Ii
wheat can be shipped from Utah
here at a profit to Utah farmers, it
can certainly be made paying
crop within a few miles of the mill.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-07-25
Grow 5000 Horses

There is great deal of impor-
lance attached to the advice to be
careful in breeding horses that will
sell for something, instead of the
old hap hazard way. A writer in
one of our agricultural exchanges
suggests now that farmers have had
good deal of hard experience with
the cheap service craze and the fast
horse craze and the color craze, all
bringing the same result-millions
of small, worthless horses for which
theiri is no profitable market. In
sober judgment, let us look at the
markets and raise no horse that
will not sell above 5000 The heavy
draft and large coachers will do
that, and the sooner we begin tc
grade up to what the markets want
the sooner we will begin to make
horse breeding pay, and we will not
then complain Of the times or the
prices when we have good horses to
sell .-Indidna Farmer
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-07-25
Committed suicide.

George F. Grabner, an old resi-
dent of Virginia City, committed
suicide Sunday night by taking
morphine He left note for his
son requesting that no inquest be
held and that he be not buried
alive. He was a native of Germany,
aged "a years, and he leaves son
who is on the police force, and two
married daughters who reside in
California.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-07-25

There is more Catarrh in this section of the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years it was supposed to
be incurable For great many years doctors
pronounced it a local disease. and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing to
cure with local treatment, pronounced it incur
able Science has proven catarrh to be con
stitutional disease. and it therefore requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. j. Cheney Co.. Toledo.
Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the
market. 1t is taken internally in doses from
ten drops to a teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for any case it
fails to cure Send for circulars and testimo
malls Address,
F.J.CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
M~=SOld by Druggists 75c
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-07-25
Bicycle Visitors.

Ten members of the Carson BIZ
cycle Club arrived in Dayton last
Sunday on their wheels, to pay
friends in Dayton a visit and have
a little outing. Among the visitors
we're the Misses Minnie Mills, En-
ma Muller, Blanche Randall, Jen-
ME Kerr, Stella Peters, Hettie Hum
phryes, and Messrs. Chas. Peters,
w. H. Cavell, Sam Plat and Rube
Kelley On the trip over Sam Platt
was taken with a slight sunstroke
and upon arriving here was con-
fined to his room for the day. This
somewhat marred the pleasure Of
the visitors, but Mr.. Plat was able
to return with the party in the even
inc
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-07-25

The authorities here have receiv-
ed word from the insane asylum at
Reno that Glenn Ogg, who was com
mitted from Esmeralda county, but
who formerly resided on the Com
stock, had escaped and headed for
Gold Hill. The officers were asked
to arrest Ogg, but have not succeed
ed in locating him yet.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-07-25

Tram, and run daily.
Train -uns 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
cifc Railroad
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
At Hawthorne, with United States Stage Cos
coaches for Aurora (26 miles); Bodie t37 miles)
and for Lundy and Bridgeport.
At Candelaria, with United States Stage Co.'S
stages for Columbus e miles), Silver Peak.
Montezuma, Aida Valley, Gold Mountain. etc.
At Keller, with stages for Cerro Gordro t6
miles), Darwin (22 miles), and Panamint
H. NJ. YERINGTON,
X. ]. LAWS, General Superintendent.
Assistant superintendent.
D. A. BENDER,
General Freight and Passenger Agent.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-07-25
District Court.

District Court was held here on
Thursday forenoon and the follow
ing business transacted.
Admission to citizenship of Lee
vante Chiantelli.
Ordered that the petition of the
Executor of the Estate of |. A.
Brooks for hearing final report be
set for August 10th, 1896.
Recess until August 10th.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-07-25
who He L..

VIM. P. St. John, the Chairman
of the Silver Convention, is from
New York and was formerly Presi-
dent of the Mercantile National
Bank of that city, from which pos
ition he resigned because of the fact
that he believed in the free coinage
of silver and the directors Of the
bank did not He organized the
free silver movement in New York
and is an acknowledged leader in
the far east.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-07-25

You will be by taking bath in
Shaw's Hot Springs, near Carson.
When you drive over from here
take the branch road at Empire.
Charlie Slineerland is the genial
boniface at the resort, and he will
treat you just right, Go and wash
your sins away.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-07-25
His Reason.

An old farmer in New York State
who has always voted the Republi-
can ticket, says he is going to vote
for Bryan and silver this year be-
cause England and all the corpora
tons and railroads of this country
are against him and his policy, and
the farmer has decided that what
is good for that class, is not good
for him or his class.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-07-25
A Ilelicate .Operation.

Last Saturday afternoon the ed
itor of the TINES had quite severe
operation performed on his neck.
DIR. ]. T. Gardner, of this place, as
sisted by DR.. A. Huffaker, of Carson,
performed the operation Of removing
a large growth from the right side
of the neck, and they handled the
case in a most skillful manner. The
growth was close to the jugular
vein, in fact had to be peeled away
from the vein and the carotid ar
terry, and made the job quite dan
gerous one. At the present writing
we are doing quite we'll, and expect
to be all o. K. in a week or two
more.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-07-25
BRIEF MENTION.

There was young man from the Platte,
Who on silver has always stood pat.
He is not very old, but fearless and bold,
His nsme is Bill Bryan. How's that?
Bar silver, $685.
-Trib is a liniment.
DIR. Gardner sells "Trib.n
-Trib is the liniment of the Gen.
fury.
Alex. Dickson, of Silver City,
is still on the sick list.
: George Campbell left for San
Francisco last Monday.
Judge Mack went to Hawthorne
on Thursday to hold Court.
Curt Ellis returned from Mon
tana to Silver City this week.
Sol Noel is visiting his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Twaddle, of Wabuska.
Mrs. e. HI. Maxwell is visiting
friends and relatives in Dayton.
Baker, the butter man, was in
from the valley again this week.
-Trib is liniment. It cures
sprains, bruises, stiffness and burns
Six men are now at work in
the Boston & Lester mine, in Silver
City.
&C. E. Freshour's wife presented
her husband with a girl baby on
the 18th.
The Dayton brass band fur.
nished the music for the moonlight
picnic at Cooks ranch last evening.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-07-25
Nothing An 1t.

Last Sunday the teams of Jack
Butler, of Mason Valley, which
have been hauling lumber from
Diamond Valley to Virginia City
for the Hale & Norcross Co., passed
through here en- route home. The
price paid for the hauling was toe
low to allow expenses being made
so the teams were taken off.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-07-25

George Erway and Arthur Har-
Twill, who have a lease on the In
dependent mine, in Silver City, had
a crushing Of ore az the French mill
this week that gave very satisfactory
results.
Hot weather, rain and wind
have made this one of the most I'M
favorable seasons known for put
ting up the Mason Valley hay crop.
The crop is heavier, and matured
earlier than was expected.
The 9-year-old son OF Jim
Twaddle, of Wabuska, ate lot of
wheat last Wednesday and became
SO sick that it was necessary to
call a physician. DIR. Gardner is
attending him and the young man
is recovering all right.
Hugh J. Mohan, we'll known
all over the Pacific coast, and espe-
cially Nevada, as speaker and
newspaper writer, died suddenly of
heart failure at Denver Sunday.
Mohan is said to have wife and
family somewhere in Califor MIA.
|
Eli Ford and Jack Quinn are
having some ore from their mine, in
Spring Valley, worked at the Pol
lard mill, in Silver City. A clean
up was made yesterday, but it was
not learned how much the ore work
ed-only that it was a satisfactory
return.
Tom Woodliff, who shot Tom
O'Rourke in Virginia City last week,
had his examination this week
Tuesday, and was held to answer
before the Grand Jury without bail.
Testimony so far given would in
dictate that the shooting was cold
blooded murder.
This is the day of anti-this
and anti-that, but what people need
most nowadays is the anti bilious
medicine, Simmons Liver Regula-
tor, the King Of Liver Medicines,
and better than pills. II have
used no other bilious remedy
for six years, and know from ex-
perience that for ladies of a consti-
pated habit nothing equals it. =
Laura V. Craig, Ellenbury, Fla.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-07-25
school Money Apportioned.

The County Superintendent of
Public Schools of Lyon County has
notified the County Auditor that
the following apportionment Of
school money has been made from
the Common School Fund to the
several District Funds:
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-07-25
PURE FOOD AND DRINK.
One minute!

A minute-book lin every
package Of SehtIlsmgs Best
teal tells how to make tea
just right.
If you want the book and
not the tea, write to US. We
send it free.
1t will make your tea better.
A.Schilling & Company San Francisco
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-07-25


for two days.
The grocers are busy-no Civ
ing money back, but selling more
Schilling'S Best
"A thunder shower visited this
place yesterday afternoon, but very
little rain was spilled.
1t is reported that some speci-
men ore is now being taken out of
the Oest mine, in Silver City.
DR.. Gardner was summoned to
Wabuska to visit Mrs. Lovejoy last
Monday The lady is not seriously
i'll.
A product of Lincoln county,
Trib, is the best liniment yet dis
covered by man. 1t is partly min
eral.
Jack LOTUS left for Mason Val
ley yesterday morning; some say
OIL matrimonial business, and others
say politics.
VIM Mclaughlin has leased
the Golden Fleece mine in Silver
City to Alonzo Brann for a period
of five years.
"A. Walmsley and family, and
the family of Al. Perkins went to
Lake Tahoe last Saturday morning
on a camping trip.
Mr.. Boyce and his daughter,
of Fresno, Cal, are visiting Mrs.
D. c. Fox of this place. Mr.. Boyce
is a brother of Mrs. Fox.
The Mono county papers are
having a nice little fracas over the
merits of a ball game played in
Bodie on the 4th. Sick 'em.
u. Strosnider, of Mason Valley,
who is suffering with cancer of the
jaw, gets but little encouragement
from San Francisco physicians.
"A man who patronizes a firm
which is opposed to free coinage, or
a paper that is trying to elect Nc
Kinley, is a traitor to the State.
Miss Annie Sullivan, who has
taught school in Storey county for
number Of years, has been en-
gagged to teach the Wabuska school
Senator Mantle, of Montana,
has turned his paper, the only Re-
publican daily in Butte, over to the
advocacy of the election of Bryan
and Sewall.
Miss Grace Reed committed
suicide in Franktown last Sunday
afternoon by taking large dose Of
carbolic acid. Miss Reeds mrrried
name was Wood.
The Rock Point mill started
up again this week on about so tons
of Como ore. The water is SO scarce
that this will probably be the last
run for some weeks.
"A license has been issued for
the marriage of J. j. VIM and Miss
Nellie Quinn, both of Silver City,
and the event will take place to-
morrow, it is reported.
The New York World, which
prematurely bolted the Bryan and
Sewall ticket, is waving the distress
signal. 1t will be in the ranks for
Bryan in a week or more.
What were Hanna and his
henchmen doing at the Populist con-
vention this week? Our Republican
friends are requested to not all ans
wer this question at once.
&C. T. Martin was in from Ma
son Valley this week after some
pipe to fix the penstock at the new
quartz milz recently completed by
LA w II a
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-07-25
Respectfully submitted,
THos. P. Mack,
Co. Supt. Pub. Schools.
New Mill started.

The new mill in Silver City, con-
structed by Fisher & Co., was start
ed up this week Thursday on trial
run. The mill is run by 0-horse
power gasoline engine, and it works
like charm. The mill will start
up next Monday on ore from the
Silver City mine, which is owned
by the company which built the
mill. This mill, it is claimed, will
work "a gold rock at profit 1t
will take but three men to run the
mill, and Is tons of ore will be
crushed daily. 1t is calculated that
ten men will be employed in the
mine.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-07-25

WEVNV W"AN HEUHHH AAUtIV <ACUEWB WFUWs
Is line from the trite old verse we used to
recite in our school-boy days. 1t has a forci-
BILE application to those small ailments which
we are apt to disregard until they re ach for
midable proportions fit of indigestion,
slight" attack of constipation, it is assumed,
will soon pass off, but is very apt to get worse,
and in the meantime is neglected until the all
ment becomes chronic, and then, II not entire
ly eradicated, is a constant annoyance and
menace OF worse consequences. for diseases.
recolect beget one another How much wiser
to resort to course of Hostetters Stomach
Bitters at the outset of the malady than TO tenn
porize with it at the start, or treat it with vio-
disease, or it may floor" you Maarious,
rheumatic and kidney complaints, dyspepsia,
constipation biliousness and nervousness are
all disorders of rapid growth. and should be
"nipped in the bud" by a timely resort to the
Bitters
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-07-25
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