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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-08-07

A lady asked her gardener why
the weeds always outgrew and COW
cred up the flowers.
Madam" answered he, "the soil
is mother to the weeds, but only
step-mother to the flowers"
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-08-07
The Miners, strike.

The great strike in the coal re-
gions painfully but forcibly suggests
the utter falsity of one of the lead
ing arguments used in the last
campaign against the restoration of
silver. 1t was claimed that free
coinage would give the workingman
cheaper dollars for his labor and no
more of them. That is, it would
cost him more to live but he would
get no more pay, and the working
men were urged to stick to the gold
standard under which they were
receiving and would continue to
receive honest money" for honest
toll" In many cases the gold
orators actually made the working
men believe that prices could con-
tinue to fall and their wages either
remain stationary or rise. The sill
yer men completely exposed the
unsoundness of the argument by
showing that all wages in produc-
tive industry must, of necessity be
paid out of the prices of things
which labor produces. 1t is utterly
ridiculous to believe that the price
of the product can continue to fall
and the employer continue to pay
the same wages. Does anyone sup
pose that the employers are in bus
mess as philanthropists and that
they will stand all the loss? We
know better. When prices go down
they will cut wages wherever they
can. In many cases they must do
so or go out of business.
The dishonesty of the appeal
made to wage workers on behalf of
the gold standard has been demon
strated thousand times over since
election, demonstrated by wage re-
ductions and closing factories. Low
er wages and scant employment are
inevitable in an era of falling
prices. Strikes may to some ex-
tent, deter employers from cutting
wages but they cannot prove COM
plete remedy under such con-
dition. The strike itself involves a
loss of time, which is equivalent to
a reduction of wages. Besides,
there is no strike that can oblige
the employer to operate when prices
are too low for profitable business
or prevent him from reducing his
working force.
We are not questioning either the
right of men to strike or the neces-
sity of their doing SO in many
cases. In the great majority of in
stances, the right is with the work
ingmen, for we know from observa-
tion that as rule great
corporation will cut wages, if pos
sible, rather than forego or reduce
dividend.
But, on the other hand, we also
know that as a broad, general prop
osition, it is impossible to keep up
wages with prices all the time going
down. There are two reasons for
it: First, if the employer has to
sell for half price he must save
himself in some way, and he will;
second, if he cannot reduce ex-
penses so as to leave profit, he will
close his establishment, and this re-
suits in sharper competition for
what employment remains, the eff
ect of which is always to lower
wages.
AS General Warner has we'll said:
"When all are employed wages can
not be kept down; when only half
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-08-07

Large newspapers are better than
heavy WOODEN blankets for excluding
the air from ice, or pitcher of ice
water.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-08-07

No-TO-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood pure. 500. 81. All druggists
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-08-07

Educate Your Bowels with Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
lOc 25c. II G. G. G. fail. druggists refund money.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-12-08
-THE-
BIG DEPARTMENT STORE.
WELLINGTON, OHIO.
CASH AND ONE PRICE.

The cloak business starts off good shape show
not without their full complement of customers Ask any of
friends why they bought their garments store and they
will tell we have the most complete line town. best service
and most fashionable designs.
Fly front Jackets of Kesey Cheviot Serges and Cavers in
the newest fall shades lined throughout with e plain and bro
caded silk Ladies' Fall Jackets of fine Broad Cloth coors and
black with silk Innings Handsome taor-mae Kersey and aned
Bouce Jackets Single and double Beaver apes empire front and
back handsomely trimmed with braid Perfect fit guaranteed
petent saespeople in attendance.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-12-08

Applications for membership in The
Ohio Dairy Union may be sent, with
membership fee OF 90 cents each for
dairymen; to E. F. Webster, Yelling
ton, Or to F. A. Stranahan. Secy,, 30
Huron ST., Cleveland, and certificates
OF membership will be returned as
promptly as possible.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-30
A Wreck in the Potato F cid.

An old salt, after sailing the sea for years, thought he would try d life ashore for awhile. He looked around for a job, and was engaged by farm CT, saying, as he had plOwed the deep for years, he thought he could blow the land. He went home with the farmer, and after a good nights rest and breakfast started out to blow. The farmer hitched up yoke of oxen, with a horse on to lead. Taking two turns around the field and then turning the team over to Jack, he said he would go to the house for family prayers.
 It was plain sailing for short time but the team didn't like Jacks way of navigating. The oxen turned the yoke and things became snarled up. Jack hove to and went to the house, asking for the deacon. He was told the fam fly was at prayers, but pushed in and hailed the deacon: Say, deacon, the starboard OK is on the port side and the port OK is on the starboard side. The old mare is athwart the bows, and the whole thing is drifting to hades stern first. Relay your prayers and come down and clear away the wreck"-Boston Herald.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-30
Janan,s National Flower.

The blossom of the cherry tree Is the national flower of Japan. Picnics in Japan are called going to see the flow CTS" In June, millions of the people go out to sing and sport under the cherry trees. The Japanese cultivate all over the country the sakura or cherry tree, which they value only for the beauty and sweet perfume of its flowers. From an entire tree one could not pick enough ripe cherries to make a pie: but the blossoms are massed to- ge, Ar on the bOughs like clouds, and the blooms are often as large as a rose.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-30

flying agent of death. and there Is same thing, therefore, in the courage of a fireman which commands the most rev erent admiration. It is far easier to realize the advance of line of battle. where the men in most cases are in- spired by patriotic zeal and the cOnta- zion of each others fervor. But there is nothing in the freman's lot to appeal to his sentiment The fire he fights IS not attacking anything he holds dear. His zeal is born of an uDalloyed sense of duty, and when he is led by 1t to place his life in imminent peril his heroism is of surpassing magniicence. The Chicago fremen have been SO trained and led by a chief who has not a particle of fear in his composition that they have come to look on it as a matter of cOurse to run the greatest hazards and make their way into the most dangerous places That which seems herOism to others may seem TO them simply rather disagreeabIe put unavoidable duty. Chicagoans. how ever, look at the matter in q different light, and they neTer can get quite ac- customed to the fearless intrepidity Ot their fremen, tloulA # has been dis played so often and testified to by so many graves.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-30

Chicago Tribune: The fire which de- stroyed the Northwestern elevator re- yealed anew the heroism of ChicagO'S firemen in time of peril. Five brave men were stricken down at their posts, never to rise again. Over two score more fell before the awful blast of an explosion, and half of these are now in hospitals fighting for lives which they hazarded without murmur for duty. Many others displayed the same mag nificent courage, but escaped the grim harvest of disaster by what may be termed the luck of war. They went into that battle with fire with knowl- edge that an explosion of the grain dust was possible and that such an eX- plosion meant probable death. There was no touch of a comrades shoulder nor inspiring blare of trumpet, such as sustains the soldier as he is swept on against the enemy. There was constant opportunity to shirk the danger with no fear of detection, such as the soldier seldom has. But these firemen went straight to the foe with unfaltering bravery. At the word of command they placed themselves in the very path of peril, like Spartans. And when the eX- plosion came they were found at their posts ready for martyrdom. Fire has always been the type Of the most terrl-
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-30
MEXICAN WAR VETERAN.
Kentucky Bachelor Probably the Old
 est Survivor of the Conflict.

Kentucky Bachelor Probably the Old
 est Survivor of the Conflict.
 "Uncle Jimmy" McGaughey, who lives within an hours walk of Law renceburg, Ky, is perhaps the oldest of the survivors of the war with Mexico. He is now nearly 96 years old, and in very poor health. He is a bachelor, be- cause he could not marry the only girl he ever loved. Uncle Jimmy" was born in Pennsylvania, but came to Ken lucky with his parents when he was a child of three years. His uncle was a famous distiller Of whisky in the early days of the century-times to which the veteran refers as ''the good old times when gallon of whisky was to be had out of every bushel of corn" McGauhey cast his first vote for An drew Jackson, and has never voted any ticket but the Democratic. He began to chew tobacco at 10 years of age, and has never denied himself the solace of the weed. Chewing, he believes, is re- sponsible for the fine health he has had for the eighty7siX years that have roll ed by since. Mir. McGaughey first fought in the Seminole war of the '30s. He was then a volunteer, and ten years later he was again volunteer in the
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-30

Death and Life-Men ordinarily die as they have lived, in character, feel ing and purpose.-Bishop Whitaker, Episcopalian, Philadelphia, Pa.
 Bicycles.-The wheel is the safety valve of our civilization. It is rapidly revolutionizing social and economic customs. laws and demands.-Rev. J. Q. A. Henry, Baptist, Chicago, Ill.
 New Theologies.-The sO-called new theology is the creator of suicides and of much more of the blackness of sin and crime.-Rev. COrtlandt Myers, Baptist, Brooklyn, N. Y.
 TheOry.-A theory which is too high for practice is of no earthly good. If not practical, religion is good for nOth- lng.-Rev. Richard HarcOurt, Method ist, Philadelphia, Pa.
 War.-War is horrible, but it has un- der the direst conditions it's mitiga- tiOns. It is an eclipse, but behind it the sun is ever shining.-Rev. s. A MutchmQre, PresbXterian, Philadel ph'a'~Pa.
 Adam.-It was not punishment, but a blessing, that Adam was shut out of Eden, shut out from the tree of life, shut out from the immortality of sin. Rev. c. NJ. Cobern, Methodist, Den yer, Colo.
 HumOr.-Amid our sorrows and per plexities and cares we have the safety valve of laughter to relieve the awful pressure that is bursting the brain and straining the nerves.-Rev. Frank De Witt Talmage, Presbyterian, Pittsburg, Pa.
 Skepticism.-The skeptic we have stoned. We have burned him at the stake and treated him as we have treated our own heretics. We coddle the slums and curse the universities Rev. William Rader, Congregationalist. San Francisco, Cal.
 Beauty of Nature.-Out of all the beauty of the growing mineral kingdom the softer beauty comes, the sweeter beauty comes, more delicate, more sen
 
 most of the growing vegetable king dOm.-Rev. David H. Greer, EpiscOpa- Han, New York City.
 Good and Evil.-It is an inherent and inevitable necessity that man be free to choose or reject; that is human nor ality. Without that choice between good and evil we would be as the birds and the beasts.-Rev. Heber Newton, EpiScopalian, New York City.
 Love.-Take away the love of hus- band or wife from the home, and there is not much left. The first love gives a refinement of feeling and a closeness of union of which nothing can take the place.-Rev. I. J. Lansing, Methodist, Boston, Mass.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-30
How to Wash FIannels.

Flannels require care in their wash ing to prevent their shrinking and keep them soft. Make strong studs of some pure white soap and water as hot as the hand can bear it, put in the fan nels, and let them lie twenty minutes. A flannel should not be rubbed, but drawn through the hands until it seems perfectly clean. Prepare another tub of water, not using quite as much soap, and when the fiannels are taken from the first water, drop them into the sec ond water, press through that and put them into warm water, slightly blued Carefully wiring the fannels out of the last water, shake them well and dry as quickly as possible, taking care not to hang them where they will freeze when drying. When sufficiently dry, iron the fannels and hang them unfolded until we'll aired. Flannels should not be rolled up when dry and laid one side to be ironed later.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-30
The Worlds Newspapers.

A statistician has learned that the annual aggregate of the circulation of the papers of the world is estimated at 12,000, 100000 copies. To grasp the idea of this magnitude 1t is stated that the amount of the paper would cover no fewer than 10,450 square miles of sur face, and it is printed on 7S1, ,250 tons of paper. We might press and pile them vertically upward and gradually reach our highest mountains Topping all these and even the highest Alps the pile would reach the magnificent aIti- tude of 490. or, in round numbers FOO miles. Calculating that the average man spends five minutes reading his paper in the day (this is very low es timate) we find that the people of the world altogether annually occupy time equivalent to 100000 years reading the papers.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-30

Chicago Chronicle: Sixth place is the best that the Chicago ball club can hope for at the present time, and it may even have to take lower stand ing before the season is over. The combination of inferior players, bad playing and bad management has brought the club to it's present state in the championship contest and disgust ed the lovers of the national game. Baseball has steadily been losing pop ularity and the diamond has been the scenes of the most disgraceful rioting. The morale of the players is low as a whole, and they have been losing standing and caste. The whole or ganization of ball playing will have to be changed before a better condition of affairs can be had. It is no longer a gentleman's game as cricket is in En- gland, and it will never be until the whole complexion of the game has been changed.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-30
FOOLED THE OLD MAN.
q Nervy College Youth Who eaVe0
 Hiuseif from Parental Wrath.

A Nervx College Youth Who Saveo
 HiuseIf from Parental Wrath.
 A graduate of Union College tells this story. There was in college with nm q young man, who, being accustomed to take frequent trips to New York, on me of these excursions was embar- rassed by seeing his father approach ing him. In a moment he resolved to nley the part of his own double. His father, looking surprised, accosted him with, Well, Jack, what are you doing hereY
 With great dignity the culprit re piled: '1 beg your pardon, sir, you have evidently mistaken the person"
 "Why, Jack, what do you meanE
 Excuse me. sir, but I do not care to be interrupted in this manner by stranger" and he turned abruptly and walked quickly away. His father stood confused for a moment, and then i'm mediately set of for the Grand Central depot to catch the train for Schnectady and prove that Jack was an impostor. But Jack quietly guessed his object, and reaching the depot, caught the same train, but for safety settled him self in a baggage car. When the ner- vous ride was over and the train stop ped at Schenectady the persecuted youth ran up to the college at sprint er's gait, and, bursting into his room, said to his roommate, Get me in bed, quick: the old man will be here in g minutep
 Jack was soon in bed with q wet cloth around his head, his face pow dered, a teacup with broken saucer and a spoon for medicine, while his roommate was sitting at his bedside with Shakespeare in his hand.
 Soon the old gentleman cama ua- stairs, and, with a noisy knock, thun- dered out as soon as the door was open ed, "Where's JackF'
 ''Hushl Did you get my telegram!
 'Telegraml What telegram
 "Why, about Jacks sickness. Hn has been very H."
 Just then Jack opened his eyes and said faintly, "Is that you, father" and then a moment later, ''This yOnng man has been very kind to me, father. y With a look of bewilderment the old man said: 'Ts there anything l can do for you, my poor bOyT" and, taking out his check book, he left something to cover the expenses of sickness. He then retired to pick up the thread of business dropped in the city, feeling convinced that he had met Jacks jou- ble.-New York Mail and Express.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-30
Unique Device for Beating Eggs.

An egg beater which exceIs all oth-
 CTS, especially in whipping cream, Is
 constructed somewhat like pump, the
 piston being perforated all over and
 made with two circles somewhat re
 sembling double dasher for churn
 only that the dasher is worked in a
 small cylinder through which the air is
 forced rapidly and with great effect.
 This is a fine beater for only one egg
 or for a small quantity of cream, which
 may be put into a small cup to be whipped. By the use of this beater one-half of the whites of the eggs may be saved by what is known as the Boston water system" Take the white of one egg and add to it as much contain, and beat together. It will equal the whites of two eggs and go as far in plain cooking or frosting of cakes. This is simple natures recipe. The albu- men, when moistened, doubles itself by the rapid introduction of air. The same rule applies to any number of whites of eggs. Water should not be added to whole eggs, however, as the egg contains a sufficient quantity.
 By using this method the expensive angel food cake may be made with only half the usual expense. Instead of us ing eleven eggs use only six and add five teaspoonfuls of cold water. The cake will be lighter and the quality far superior to the old process.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-30
An American Lord Chanoellor.

It may not be generally known that one of England's lord chancellors was born on American soil. His name was John Singleton COpely, and he was born in Boston May 21, 1772. He was the son of J. s. Copley R. A., the DOT trait and historical painter, who was 8 resident of America during the war of independence, and who, at its cOnclu- sion, elected to remain a British sub ject. When the future chancellor was 8 years of age his parents went to Lon don, and resided at 25 George street, Hanover square. AS barrister the son joined the Midland circuit. He en- tered Parliament in 1S1S smember for Yarmouth, and in 1919, as Sir John COpley, became solicitor general; in 1924, attorney general, and in 1926, master of the rolls. In 1927 he became lord chancellor, and was raised to the peerage as Baron Lyndhurst. He was lord chancellor in two administrations, and held the great seal until the fall of the Peel government In 1S46.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-30

Even the Boston papers take note of an epidemic of murderous assaults and highway rObberies in that vicinity such as is afflicting other sections of the country. Undoubtedly portion of this is due to the conditions that have driv en so large proportion of the pOpula- tion into idleness and want; but the duty of enforcing the law against all classes of criminals Is no less urgent. The improved conditions of the times and the revival of industries justify the hope that these lawless tendencies may be checked somewhat, but many of the most vicious elements in our population have been developed in manner which will require years to cor rect. A vastly increased responsibility is thus imposed upon officers of the law which they cannot neglect without peril to the welfare of society.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-30

A New England entomolOgist, who Is said to understand his business, ad- vances the theory that the normal and well-regulated mosquito never attacks a human being with the view of drink Ing his blood; that this crime is commit ted only by the comparatively few mos quitoes that have contracted a bad habit much the same as that to which the human lover of strong drink has succumbed. He argues, moreover, that this incorporate indulgence in crimson fluid is death to the mosquito.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-30

The habit of profanity Is largely a careless habit. In not one case in one hundred is an oath intended to mean anything. The man who habitually uses 1t would be appalled, were he to stop to analyze its meaning, but he never stops. He simply swears be- cause his fellows swear and because swearing seems to be the correct thing for men to do. Oftentimes a man will swear to relieve his feelings" though what kind of relief such indulgence af- lords has never been satisfactorily eX- plained.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-30
amar,ca,, Fighting Population.

The Adjutant General of the United States Army has reported to Congress that the number of men in the United States physically able to perform mil itary duty is 1O,024,5S4. The United States now leads the world in this re spect. The foremost place was held previously by Russia. The best esti mates put the present population of the United States at 72,000O00. The popu. lation of Russia by the last estimate was SO,000,0O0. The number of availa- ble men in Russia, however, is not so large in proportion to the whole popula tiOn
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-30
He SWOre On.

A little schoolgirl in the rural dis tricts of Georgia was assigned a com position on Temperance" and the fol lowing is the result: Temperance is more better than whisky. Whisky is 10 cents a drink, and lots of it. My pa drinks whisky. He has been full 113 times. One night he came home late and my ma went out and cut some hickories and walloped him good. Then she ducked his head in a tub of soap studs and locked him up in the barn And the next morning my pa said he reckon he'd swear off
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-30
Care of House Plants

It is better for house plants if the soil be loOsened about the roots once 8 week. This allows the air to reach the roots, and assists the evaporation oi the excessive moisture when they have had too much wetting. Always have the water at least as warm as the tenn perature of the room when using il uDon plants.