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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-03-27
SUMMONS.

TN THE JUSTICES COURT OF SILVER
Lefty Township. in and for the County OF
Lyon, State of Nevada.
c. s. PURDY, Plaintiff,
VS. SSUMMONS.
H. C RIGGS. Defendant.
The State of Nevada sends greeting to Fl . c.
Biggs defendent:
You are hereby summoned tn appear before
me. at my office, in silver City 1nwnship. in
the County of Lyon, State of Nevada. on the
Eighth day of April A. D. 1877. at 10 O'Clock A.
NJ. in an action brought against yon by said
plaintiff, to answer the complaint of the above
named plaintiff herein on file.
Said action is brought to recover Ninety-Four
Dollars aud len Gents ($34.l0) on a prOmissory
note, with interest thereon at the rate of seven
per cent.(per annum until paid flor further
particulars see complaint on file in nv Otf e)
or Judgment will be taken against you for said
amount, in United States gold coin, together
with costs of suit and damages,sif you fail TO
appeal and answer.
Tothe Sheriff or any Constable of said Coun-
ty, greetings Make legal service and due re-
turn hereof .G
Given under my hand this 18th day of Feb
ruary, 1897. 4
J. ID. BLACKBURN
Justice of the Peace of silver City
Township. Lyon County. New.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-03-27

THE Blythe case is to be opened
again; this time on the ground that
the woman was an alien. By the
time the lawyers are allowed to
open this case a few more times, the
Blythe millions will be scattered
over a vast scope Of both continents.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-03-27
TlckIed Nearly 70 Death

You will be by taking hath in
Shaw's Hot Springs, near Carson.
When you drive over from here
take the branch road at Empire.
Charlie Slireerland 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, 1897-03-27
FOR SALE !!
One Osgood Standard.
Steam Shovel.

Weight of shovel 80 tons; capacity
of shovel II cubic yards; speed 3
to 4 loads per minute; digs 10 feet
below track, and 26 feet either side,
and through : Of a circle; dumps
10 feet above track and 26 feet
from center. Any Of the above d.
mensions.can be changed at small
cost. Shovel will dig anything ex-
cept solid. rock. Oak and pine car
with ma .-aeks.
and in f
with or
Addr
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-03-27

Our readers Of the agricultural
persuasion all want a good farm
paper, and being of the intelligent
class want none but the best. They
also want an output Of fresh, high
class garden seeds. And to keep
posted in home news the best local
paper in the county. AS will be seen
by the announcement in another
column we are prepared to furnish
these three at a price which will
relegate Old Hard Times to the
region Of back numbers.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-03-27

The daily papers occasionally
tell the truth without intending to
do so; One of them remarks: "The
inauguration of President MoKin-
ley is to the United States what the
coronation of the car is To Russia. y
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-03-27

THE Sacramento Bee has again
been sued for libel-$50,0O0. This
time it is Mr.. Weinstock who
thinks he has been damaged. He
had better get all the points he can
from Gilman, who recently sued the
Bee for the same sum and was
awarded $3.50, and who has not yet
got that. Sacramento people seem
to have valuable regulations.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-03-27
For Over Fifty Years.

MRS WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP has been used
for over fftyeyears by millions of mothers for
their children while teething, with perfect sue.
cess. 1t soothes the child softens the gums,
allays all pain. cures wind collie, and is the best
remedy for Diarrhpa 1t will relieve the poor
little sufferer Immediately. Sold by Druggists
bottle Be sure and ask for ''Mrs Winslow s
Soothing Syrup. and take no other kind.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-03-27

THE San Francisco Post speaks
Of the Carson shooting as an out
come of the Corbett and Fitzsim-
mons fight. This5is not a fact; the
affair would have occurred at any
other time the two men met, and at
any place. However, San Fran
cisco papers ought to have the good
sense TO say little about Nevada
morals until after iDurrant is hung.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-03-27

McKINLEY's inauguration cost
two million dollars and thousands
OF people are starving. This is
truly great and glorious country
Times.
How many people did the spend
ing Of that two million dollars keep
from starving? Those dollars put
many a meal intp hungry mouths;
they enabled many poor family
, to buy clothes. The money came
not from the pockets of the poor
people, but from strong boxes, and
the poor, and middle classes, receiv-
ed the benefit Of this greatexpend-
ture. What would people do to
make a living for themselves and
families were it not for such lavish
expenditures OF money?-Chronicle
Union.
The profound reasoning in the
above comments on our squib is
worthy a Costard. The item was
not penned because there was any
objection to the spending of the
two millions-no objection would
have been made had the sum ex
pended on.sthe occasion been ten
times as great. What is objected
to, however, is the condition of
things that will allow of such vast
Accommodations of money to be used
for such purposes, while thousands
of people are starving to death while
seeking work in this land Of plenty
1t may be true that the spending
Of this money benefited a few de-
serving poor people, but very, very
few compared TO what it would
have done if distributed around to
starving families in SO bills. The
money spent on such occasions does
not reach that class; it gees into
the already fat pockets of the pur-
veyors to the Quwe mean Pres
ident.
AS to the money not coming from
the pockets Of the poor, but from
'''strong boxes"-an old Kingdom
expression-w would like to know
who produced it before, it got into
those strong boxes" The greater
part of this money was wrung from
| the laboring class in tie shape Of
taxes-tariif. Rich men contribute
but a small percentage Of the mon
ey that gets into the strong boxes"
lpr the above uses. Great wealth
suddenly obtained is never gained
legitimately. Wealth is always
accumulated at the expense OF some
one else, and when a class of mon
led aristocrats hold u country like
ours in their power for. few years
it is sure to breed hard times, with
which comes crime, anarchy, pau
perism and vice; all the conditions
that have caused the overthrow Of
governments in ancient times. A
country and people which will
allow the conditions to maintain
which dominated in feudal times,
will, in time, itself be bound by the
same chains as were the Romans at
the downfall of their Empire.
Mr.. NEwLANDs is of the opinion,
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-03-27
THIS IS OUR OFFER.

We will send the Farm, Field and
Freside, Of Chicago, IA So to 40 page
Farm and Family paper. Undoubt-
eddy the leading weekly gifts class.
Price S100 year
Twenty packets of the newest and
best varieties OF Garden and Flower
Seeds, yonr choice from large list
Value at retail at least $1.00 and
the Lyon COUNTY TINES, Price So
For the small sum of $2.75 if paid
in advance. +"
You will make a mistake if you
do not investigate and accept this
offer. 1t is limited to the supply Of
seeds, so come quick.
New-York tribune., 1897-08-22

But those days have changed. As Sergeant
McCauloy the Sherlock Holmes Of the Central
Office. and second in command to Captain
O'Bricn, said the other afternoon: There are no
| con men in Ncw-York nowadays. You 90 along
the water front and see. We know there ain't
any con men because no one comes here an"
'squcals now. Why. few months ago "A man
who used to work games for thousands was
caught in little s. job That Ike Vail.
one Of The best men in the business
"EUNCO STEERING" : LOST ART
Ey this McCaulcy IN ant that "bunco steering.
as it used TO be practiscd. has dropped out ol
the lists Of fine criminal arts That "con men"
are no more is a little oNcIsiaiine the facts Eut
il is thc sober truth that The dandy. the man
who sauntoIod along the streets with none in
his pockets and arrayed in the pink Of loud and
extravagant fashion. has gone for good has
quite dropped of the earth.
In his place has come tn, ordinary criminal %,
doubtful linen shabby clothes and a hang-,lug
look, who flies no higher than the small st Kind
Of game. who is satisfied with a 50 job" and
altogether lacks that elegant. pcrvasivo. per
euasiyc air that made him easily master Of hun
dicds of dollars in a single aft rnuon. The con
men" Of tn" present AZ" Gcspicahlc. ordinary
sort indeed. 1t is said UP at the Central Office
that few of the 'buncoists" arrested these last
few years had any more that - cents in their
trousers.
What is even more interesting in this survey of
The "coufdcnce man up &" date is that amost
none OF the old-timers whose names once
red -ett"rod in the pole" records for this sort
or yWindiing have remain, in NoW-Yoih. ThOsc
that are at large seem To have scattered to other
citicy. ashamed TO bring themselves down" t.
modern conditions, small gains and agrc
living.
Occasionally ii harpcrs that one of the old
race Of cons IS seen by a Central Office man
sinking a,ong the streets. At once he is brought
h, fore CAPTAIN C'Iricn and lectured severely.
But actually few Of these men have been seen
New-York tribune., 1897-08-22

water thus reminding us of the temptation. The
serpent. also, is water god, who antaGohIZeS
the chief god and produces great mood Inc
story Of the flood is always associated with the
serpent the cause. Inc serpent III IdV'' ~
the source Of evil.
"In Nicaragua and Central America the ser
pent is on the other hand. a source Of good tie
is in reality the symbol Of the raincloud and the
crnps and the seasons are dependent upon ms
appearanco. Instead of antaEonZing the chlci
diViritv he seems to be sailing through the an
bearing the chief divinity on his back SOM 70
times there are vases held in the folds OF the
serpent that are emptying water or ram upon
the fields In Nicaragua the serpent appears
in tho architecture highly wrought and sculpi-
urcd with great force. Their" are S"rpe ni5
guarding the balustradcs to the pyramids. ard
Ct her s.rpents covered with feathers which form
the piers hy the sides of the doorWays To IN"
TEMPLES Tho idea is that thcY are coming down
from the clouds along the fronts Of the tonplc.
to tn, ground. symho'izinS raincioGds IN"
sacred books of the Mayas have many scrpent3
cniled M with coils on the GASES and heaps of
corn in the latter. Even the hi'roglyphs Of tn"
MaVas have serpertS upon th"n, tn" srru"ni
forrnir,- one part of the glyph sUgg"Sting That
phonetic alphabet grew ont Of the Iictur"t raTh.
and the symbols. me SERPENT lf'H FN'9 WY
Of the dement's.
"Among the Pucblos the scrpcnt fgurcd in
vorv interesting way. When the children were
initiated ard were To- receive tn" breath Of IN"
divinity through the sacred nlGncS they were
,renarcd 10 ntcr the sacred city, which is under
~. wator of the sacred lake But the serpent
must also hc carried to ,hc upper door pi tHc
r,,ace If Vntship where the children are. ana it,
mouth placed near the entrance. Water ara
seed were poured through IN" scrpt nt-cfi-N.
The priests below caught the wafer IN sacred
vessel and the seed III sacred baskets. and pre-
scented them 10 the children. chin& them thai
ION water and seed came from the sorig nt.
which was the symbol of tho Tainclcrd.
New-York tribune., 1897-08-22

in that vessel himself. At the last moment a
pal Of his would come up. presenting bill for
payment. Red Hand would be short Of change
or his money would he in his trunk. His newly
fourd friend would pay the bin nearly every
time. and Mr. Smith would few moments after
find way Of getting ashore quic'
III wise Ike" Vail. before mention d. who
promised employment to needy men and would
get money out Of them without trouble has van
ishcd. Another con man Of ability Who is also
at large but who has dropped out Of sight, was
Emanuel Marks the Red Headed jew" and
Minnie Marks" In the same wa those who
fog years worked the "rocketbook game" ut great
profit are gone. Those bunco stccrers had
traordinary set Of aliases. As all were famous a
f.W years ago tho, names are well worth re-
,ral.ug: dublin roylc." Fog O'Day." Rcd
Nach.' Big Tara," "Dago," "I're ckcs'' and
The Goat"
TILE "iccKrTEOOK GAME"
'f al tlc 'aamcs' ,ycr tried. the 'pocl<cthook'
was one Of tie mos. lucrative. The "con" men
used to work it in pairs Orr would drop
peck hook crammcd with counterfeit bills II the
path If a countryman. The second "con" would
ucl, W and ak tie rural visitor If it belonged
90 lin. OF course H." man from out of town
would answer no and then the sWindior would
open tn wallet. The bills would invaria-
Ny make tn" visitors mouth water. Then
the con" would unfold a scheme. II" was Going
cut # town Immediately. There would certainly
Dee q hg reward ofic.'d for the return of This
money. Surpose his naw acquaintance should
give him say so !or his share and keep the
lalaacc Of the reward? The device seems trans
parent but it is police history that the country
man would nearly always accept the proposition
There is ore set Of confidence men. however,
who are operating with much success in New
York. though in small way. They are Italians
and they only sWibd,e their fellow -countrymsn
records They play on their innocent. ignorant
compa;riots the box game, putting their victims
New-York tribune., 1897-08-22

money together with their own FOR safe kc;|-
ing in a wooden box. The victim is to receive
this box in few moments to keep in his own
possession He is highly delighted at the conf
dence reposed in him He receives the box but,
by clever manipulation it is another box pre-
csely similar outwardly. Despite the number
of times this game has been worked, it still pros
pers, and complaints are continually pouring
into the Central Office. made by frantic Italians.
But ceverly do these con sons or ltaly
cover up their tracks that detection is exceed
ingly difficult, at times well nigh impossible.
New-York tribune., 1897-08-22
PASSING OF THE "CON" MAN.
THE BUSINESS OF FLEECING COUNTRY
MEN NOT so LUCRATIVE AS
FORMERLY

Nothing in the annals Of New-York City crime
is more remarkable than the passing of the old
time bunco steerer. For the best part of quar-
ter of a century these gentry prospered TO far
greater extent than most honest business men.
They were always able to wear clothes of fash
ionable cut vanished boots Of great beauty. the
finest linen and the glossiest hats. When. by
great good luck, pair of Byrnes's men man
aged to nip one Of these cons" which alb
breviaton stood for confidence" and had oc-
casion to go through his clothes, ii was the ex-
cepton when roll of bills aggregatinG hun
dreds could not be discovered tucked away in
some convenient pocket Those were halcyon
days for the confidence men, and, roughly
speaking. it may be said that about 1850 was
the era of their greatest prosperity.
New-York tribune., 1897-08-22

for some time. A few have started in. according
to their own story. to reform. Hungry joe
one OF the most talented men Of his class, TWO
years ago released from prison in Baltimore
where he had been frustrating" for ten years.
is the most conspicuous example OF the repent
ant. He came to see Captain O'Bricn as soon aS
he returned to New-York, professed his desire 10
turn over a new leaf. and was told he wouiu
have a fair chance. Whether he has really re-
formed there is no saying. Certainly the ponce
have not had occasion to suspect him again
And so the old crowd of bunco men are "
..out of the game" nowadays. "Tom' O'Brien Is
serving a life sentence in a French prison
OBrien was for years the side partner oi
Hungry Joe" Big Ed Rice, the forgcr anu
"con" man. is over in Brooklyn for ten years lor
uttcrng a worthless check. Red Hand Smith
has completely disappeared. HIS game WAS '"c
ship trick" lie would go aboard vessel just
about to sail, nattily dressed and quite the gen
tleman scrape acquaintance with one oi the pas
songers. and announce that he was going to san
New-York tribune., 1897-08-22

lam Barbour. NewYork: John A. Blair Jersey
City; f. +. Olcott, New-York; Colonel David b.
Sickels. NewYork; W. S. Hancock, Trenton
Philip n. Jackson, Montcair; Colonel George b.
NJ. Harvey. NewYork; Asa w. Dickinson,
Hackensack: r. y. Rabe, Hoboken John Kean,
Elizabeth; Flavel McGee. Jersey City: Howard
w. Hayes. Newark General L. T. Meany New
ark; William f. Proctor. New-York: j. n. Rob
bins. New-York General b. w, Spencer, Pas
sale; Grout b. Schley, Bernardsville; Stephen j.
Meeker, Newark. and J. II. Flagler, New-York
New-York tribune., 1897-08-22
THE SERPENT SYMBOL.


An interesting paper read before the an
thropologists yesterday by the Rev.
stephen D. Peet. entitled, "The Serpent symbol
in Nicaragua and Yucatan" He said in brief:
THE serpent symbol is prevalent all over this
continent. 1t appears in effSies in Canada.
Ohio, Illinois and Minnesota. There are many
serpent myths among the lrOquois and AlgOn
Quns. These represent the serpent as coming
out of the water and fascinating men and turn
ing them into serpents taking them below the
New-York tribune., 1897-08-22
ms nEuoRY or LITTLE r>E ~ HIN.

From The san Francisco Post.
Shoemaker Shaw. Of Dix n. L. possessed OF 4
phenomenal memory. 1t is at once ph, n0.icnally
good and phorome nally bad. IN the first place,
when he measures customers foot for par
of shoes ne never puts down hguie ~ al the
numerous measurements, nut he has them Tor
al time. II D. never necessary tjr min To meas
ur. that foot again. Years after he VIII recall
tin measurements on an order ana make per-
feet lit.
That is the only thing Mr. Shaw can remem-
brr. short time ago he was standing AT the
depot i'm Dixon talking to n friend. The passen-
ger train pulled out for san Francisco and still
he llled away. suddenly he exclaimed:
by George. | was going somewhere by that
train. Where in the dicFens was going, any
vIy?'
He fcl; II his pocket and found ticket for
Suisun
~ ~ what was going - Suisun for?"
Again Mr.. Shaw searched his pockets read all
the letters he found. and finally came To "A sub-
rWna.
"That's IT, I was subppraed as witness"
He had to hire 4 team to get to Suisun in time.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-10-22
A WRONG IMPRESSION.

Dad Roads Are OF No Real benefit to
Any Living Man.
1t has been urged by some that farm
ers living near the city are benefited
by had roads in the more distant dis
tricts. because they can manage to get
to town and realize higher price for
their produce, while those living farther
away are unable to reach the marke.
With similar fallacy it has been stated
that the country merchant is benefited
by bad roads because the neighborinp
farmers are compelled to sell to them
and take their goods in exchange.
The increased value that good roads
bring to farmers estate will more
than recompense him for what he con-
siders loss in the price of his produce.
and in addition he reaps the advantage
of purchasing his necessities at lower
price. 1t is the complete and free inter-
change of commodities within our own
borders which brings the greatest good
to the greatest number.-G. D. V. Rollo.
1t Cheboygan {Mich.) Institute.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-10-22

at the mill. Tell the sawyer what sized
silo you purpose to build, and he will
bevel them so that they will exactly fit.
The additional expense will be less than
that of attempting to stop up the
cracks with rags. We do not desire to
stop all shrinking and swelling.
When filled, we wish the silo to swell
some to aid in making tighter joints,
and then, when empty, we want it to
shrink SO that moisture cannot collect
between the slaves and rot them out.
The coating of coaltar on the inside,
applied after the hoops are drawn up
tight, is entirely sufficient.
Hot tar is very penetrating and will
find its way into every crevice, thor
oughly excluding the air. Whether it
will last longer or be more effective
than when thinned with gasoline l
cannot state. There can now be pur-
chased in the market tar paint ready
for application. In our experience
with this the man who was painting
the exterior was twice overcome by
the noNious gases, and was compelled
to leave the silo. Gas tar may be pur-
chased very cheaply, and when heated
slightly makes very efficient paint.
Trinidad asphalt may be purchased
for about three dollars barrel This,
if used alone, is so brittle upon becom-
ing hard that it soon cracks and be-
comes worthless. Mixed in the proper
ton of nine parts Trinidad asphalt to
one part of gas tar, and heated, it
makes valuable application for roofs,
stable floors or silo. Rural New
Yorker
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-10-22
COWS At PASTURE.
1t Pays to Feed Them Corn with the
Grass They Eat.


There is no question that in the ma.
jority of cases it pays to feed something
extra to cows that are a pasture, and if
the pasture is somewhat scant there
is no question but that it pays in every
case. But it is often a question what
to feed. If we are SO fortunate or rather
so provident as to have supply of some
crop sown for the purpose then we are
all right, but if not then oftentimes we
are at loss. And while if feed has to be
bought corn would seldom be the cheap
est feed, yet there is no better place to
feed mich cow corn than in the pas
ture field.
For corn is one of the most car
bonaceous feeds that is grown on the
farm, and to compound a winter ration
with corn as basis and cornfodder as
second is task that cannot be done
with any degree of satisfaction unless a
liberal supply of linseed meal or some
other feed rich in protein is purchased.
But with pasture as basis the ASPECT
is completely changed. For while corn
and cornfodder has a nutritiye ratio
of about one to fifteen, pasture grass
has nutritive ratio of one to five. 1t
can be easily seen then that a liberal
feed of corn may be given to cows at
pasture, and still the ration will have
proper ratio. This is all have to saw
about 1T. If you have any corn in the
corn house soak it "a hours in water and
take it out to the cows and see what
they have to say few days later in
the milk pai1.-National Stockman.