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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1899-03-11

Cucumbers generally do well,
even if conditions are only moder-
ately favorable, though it is better
to plant them in deep, rich and
somewhat retentive loan, the plant
ing to he done as soon as the ground
becomes warm in the Spring Five
or 6 feet apart each way l. about
the right distance and shovelful
of well-rotted manure or compost
placed at the point whore the seed
are planted, though the manure
should be covered with soil and lhe
seed planted in tie sol About u
dozen seed should he put in each
hill, cover 1 inch and the soil pack
ed over the seeds. As soon as the
plants come above lie surface the
soil about them should be loosentd
and this repeated after each rain
Occasionally it may be necessary to
dust the plants with paris green to
protect them from insects. Thin
the plants down to three or four to
the hill aud cultivate the land both
ways until the vines Income too
loug-Teras Stock and Farm Jour
nal.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1899-03-11

Active solicitors wanted every
where for "'rhe Story Of the Philip
pines" by Murat HaIStead, com
n,issioned by the Government ms
Official Historian to the War De-
partment The book was written
IN army camps at San Francisco,
on the Pacific with General Merritt,
in the hospitals at Honolulu, in
Hong Kong, in the American
trenches ut Manila, in the insurgent
camps with Aguinaldo, on the deck
OF the Olympia with Dewey, and in
The roar of battle at the fall of
Manila. Bonanza for agents.
Brimful of original pictures taken
by government photographers on
the spot. Large book. Low prices.
Big profits. Freight paid. Credit
given. Drop all trashy unofficial
war books. Outfit free. Address,
F. T. Barber, Sec'y., insurance
Bldg, Chicago
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1899-03-11
NEWSPAPER La ".

Subscribers ,oho do not giUe cypress notice to
the contrarH considered tiShtng TO continue
their subscription.
Ifsubscribers order the discontinuance Of their
periodicals. the publisher may continue TO send
them until all arrears are paid
8 fsubscribers neglect refuSe to take their pc
riodicdls from the office to which they directed,
then held responsible till they hare settled their
bill and ord red their paper discontinued
Z II subscribers more to other places 1oithout
intfornia7 The publisher and the paper is sent to the
former direction they are held responsible.
The courts hare decided that REFUSING to take
periodicals from the Office, remoping and teacing
them unc1led for, Is prBa facie evidence Of i1ten-
tional fraud.
s. Any person rho receives newspaper and
makes Of it ohether he has subscribed for IL ~
not, is held in Ldio a subscriber
T. The Postmaster loho neGtects TO qipe the legal
notice OF the neglect OF person 10 tale from the Of
nee the ae,osDaDer addressed to him is liable to the
publisher for the subscription price
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1899-03-11

piled to them if we can secure them
at the proper time.
Al work necessary to he done in
early Spring slpouId he done only
very fine days, and at no lime when
it is not pleasant enough for the
bees to be oot living The hives
must he well closed up after open
ing them, and no cracks or open
ings left TO allow of cold draughts
to pass through he combs and bees.
Kansas Fdrmer.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1899-03-11
Bees ia Spring.

1t is not oinmpu to find one
or more colonies that have persisted
from some cause during the Winter.
1t may he that they have starved
or because 20 weak that they could
not survive the extreme cold, and
have thus died, ana the hive i lett
tenantle-s, with perhaps more or
less honey in The combs. L. all such
cases as this, found IN making earl
examination, we should remove
such hive or close it up carefully, 80
that the other bees may not find
the honey, for th'y will surely find
it when The weather becomes warm
enough for them to get out. II they
once get taste it may produce the
worst kind of robbing, and ut no
time year is there -pmnch danger
of loss as in early Spring, when the
colonies are all weak and not able
to offer the necessary resistance to
prevent persistent robMr-.
Any COLONY of bees will be capa-
BILE of turning robbers if the proper
inducements be offered. Leaving
honey about at any time where
they get access to it will immedi
ately put whole colonies on the ag-
gre-sive, and thus heavy losses fire.
quently occur by a little neglect on
our part. The proper time to pre-
vent all this kind of trouble is tn
begin early and put every colony
in proper condition to defend itself
by having each one supplied with
queens and plenty Of food When
thus in good condition they will
build up into good, healthy colonies,
and become strong enough to de
fend their hives and contents from
the worst type of robbers. If any
colonies are found without qneens,
it is useless to allow them to remain
so. Robbing in this case is sure to
follow, as the bees will not defend
their hives without queen, when
few in numbers, as at this season of
the year. Queenless colonies should
he united with others that have
lqueens, or queens should be sup
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1899-03-11

The breeding of fine horses, which
has been largely neglected for j
number OF years, is receiving a
wonderful impetus this season,
Farner~ have commenced 70 = aIlze
that the wor,d al commerce can not
be moved without good horses, and
the lncrrasitg domestic consunp-
li'n and foreign dema'nt must n''
vance the prices # nor-' suitable
FIR the markets Many communities
are commencing to tax active
interest III me SUBJECT aud III many
instances local organizations are
formed for the purpose OF purcllas-
ing prime br"edug aumals. This
is movement in the right direct
ion, as he day for scrub stock is
past.-Drouers' Journal.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1899-03-11

the soil the thicker the weeds are
apt to be aud the more harm they
can 10.
When fertilizer j. used over the
plants as a top dressing, and there
is no more effective way of apply
ing, care must he taken to apply it
when the leaves are not wet If 30
il sticks and burns. 1t can he safely
used any time during Winter or
early Spring, lho plants being then
in dormant State everywhere ex-
cept at the very tar South. Trere,
where they grow all Winter, fertll
izer must be applied around and
between them.-!Stramberry Specitt-
1ef
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1899-03-11
Removing wars. rrom Horses.

Clarence Muir, a vonng horse
man, gives the Farmers Home Jour
nal the following remedy for the
cure OF warts on horses; "rake
about four leaves Of strong cured
tobacco, place them in vessel, pour
about onehalf gallon of water over
them, place ON the fire, letting it
boil down TO a strong juice, and
apply othe wart. Always pick the
wart so as to make it bleed before
the application, that it may strike
into the fungous growth A few APP
plications will soon do the work
gradually the enlargement will de-
The times., 1899-02-12

is absolute fact The poor man. because
he has only few dollars TO spend, must
put up with inferior goods, must pay
small tax to the retailer, and must buy
when he can, not when things are cheapest.
All the little arts which enable the we'll
to-do woman to live on a small sum and
save money are impossible to the poor
mans wife. She cannot buy one sub
stantial gown and wear 1t for number
of seasons, because she never has money
enough at any one time to purchase such
a gown. She cannot make her children's
clothes herself and thereby save expense,
because she has not the time urless she
wholly gives up the habit of sleep. She
cannot save up money and pay cash for
her furniture, because the family must
have beds, and dishes, and a cooking
stove, and cannot wait several weeks till
there is money enough in the bank to pay
for all these things. And so the poor
economize in their own way, the only
way possible to them, and in course Of
time they forget that there is any other.
And the rich look on complacently and
declare that the tenement house folk
stsrve because they spend all their money
on luNuries. 1t takes some people long
time to understand that in this world it
is more usual for a man TO do what he
must than what he likes.
The times., 1899-02-12
Econo,ny and Poverty.

One Of the problems with which the
charity associations of New York are
wrestling just now is the coal problem.
People who are fond OF declaiming on
the "improvidence'' Of the poor would do
well 10 study this matter a little. The
poor man in a great city is hampered
every hour of his life by inability TO ac-
cumulate store of anything. He begins
life in a tenement OF one or two rooms,
and he never gets out of that stage OF
existence The coal problem is only one
Of the difficulties with which he has TO
wrestle. There is no room In his tiny
apartment for the large coal-bin which
enables the well-to-do man to lay in his
whole winters supply at once. He can
not even buy ton at a time. Some of
the builders of model tenements have
been disgusted TO find that the bathrooms
which they SO carefully supplied were
used for the storage Of coal; but that was
really the most practical use 10 which
they could be put. There should have
been coal cellars as well as bathrooms.
When coal is bought by the ton it costs
from four to five dollars. When II must
be purchased by the hodful IL costs any
where from fifteen to twenty dollars ton,
in New York In other cities where rent
is not so high the difference is less start
ling but it is still great enough TO ham
per the poor man seriously in his struggle
for life. This exorbitant price which he
has to pay for fuel makes II impossible
for him TO save enough TO buy ton at a
time, even II he had any place to put II;
and so, instead OF his saving ten dollars
out OF his meager wages, that ten dollars
goes into the pocket of the dealer, and il
the wages are cut off through sickness or
lack of employment the family must either
freeze or beg for coal at the Office of the
charity association.
This problem is almost typical. II it
were possible for the poor to buy flour.
meat. and furniture for cash instead of
credit, and TO take advantage Of whole
sale prices and special bargains, they
would be able to lay up money. besides
living much more comfortably than they
do One of the great differences between
the condition of the submerged tenth"
and more fortunate members OF society is
that the former are absolutely compelled
| to live from hand to mouth, and then they
are taxed for it. II man has only dollar
to spend, and must have days supply
of half a dozen different things, he may
buy fifteen cents worth Of each and save
dime out Of his wages; but II he has
TO pay the retail dealer two cents tax on
| each article he will not only be unable
| to save anything. but he will be consid-
erabIy in debt at the end OF the year.
| This is not an imaginary situation. It
The times., 1899-02-12
Peck.niflnn Charity.

Again ii has been the unpleasant duty OF
The Times to expose the unreiiabiiity ana
utter hypocrisy of the concern 10 winch
the charitably disposed of Washington con-
tribute thousands of dollars monthly, with
the mistaken idea that their money Is de-
voted TO the object of relieving the suifer-
ing poor There is too much ground for
believing that it is diverted from its pre-
sumed humane purpose and exhausted in
supporting, if not in enriching, certain
persons in the enjoyment of practically
sinecure positions There is very widely
circulated story 10 the effect that one IN
dividual, formerly connected with the IN
stitution went into it about penniless and
came out of it with a competency.
As usual, some of the hackers OF our
Pecksniffian philanthropic society yester-
day accused The Times of sensationaiism
and exaggeration in its ventilation oil the
Granger case. This journal stated only the
facts, which were that one unfortunate,
aged woman was on the point of perishing
in a hut in this Capital City: was without
food. fuel, or shoes, and that her case had
been ignored by the Associated Charities
On yesterday citizen, more or less ON
cially identified with the organization, per-
sonally investigated the circumstances and
afterward acknowledged that they were ex-
actly as stated in The Times of Saturday
morning Perhaps it may suit the purposes
of Superintendent Lewis to deny this as
sertion. We should be pleased to have him
do So
There are some things he will not care
TO deny. Mrs Granger, whose condition
when The Times found her on Friday
night was a shame to any civilized COM
muuity. had made her plea to the As
sociated Charities. and had been refused
assistance for the assigned reason that she
had been aided once before. We quote
from our news columns of Saturday:
Mrs. Granger has been entirely dependent upon
herself since last September. She is an aged
woman and for a time earned scanty living
by sewing and scrubbing floors. Last November
she could obtain no employment, owing TO her
age and weakness and she finally applied to the
Associated Charities for aid. This was during
the first week in December last. The woman
states that she then received small quantity
of coal. but no food. She eked out an existence
through the kindness of the noighbors, who are
also poor. She again applied 10 Miss Foster
at the Associated Charities. and received no re-
sponse. She made still another application, but
has never received any aid The case, she states
WAS not investigated, and she would have perish
ed from cold and hunger but for the scraps do
mated by the negbbors, who could spare little.
officials of the Associated Charities have
declared that there is never case pre-
sented to their society which is not
promptly investigated. The Evans and
Granger cases exposed by The Times. are
evidence that such is not the fact. Indeed
ii is so VIGOROUSLY the reverse OF true that
il is high time Washington's contributors
to charity should stop pouring their dole
into a combination rathole, and secure to
themselves some efficient means for land
ing their contributions where they are in
tended to 90.
The times., 1899-02-12

ciples OF republicaDism and more eager
for foreign conquest. Perhaps it is not
surprising that there should be some
measure American character and our na-
tional strength against the worlds, but
close observers are well aware that CEN
fury of republicanism has evolved a new
race. 1t is fact that the influence of our
political system has affected the daily life
and bearing of every citizen; that the re-
sponsibilities of citizenship have fitted
large proportion of the masses in this
country 10 assume duties for which spe-
cial training is necessary in Europe. A
country lawyer like Abraham Lincoln, the
son of poverty and toll, was equal TO du-
ties that called for the highest qualities.
He was not peculiar and exceptional in
administrative talent That We shall gov
ern the Philippines with a wisdom and sue
cess that is rare in the world is certain,
provided the American people continue TO
bear in mind the duties imposed on them
by the nature of their own institutions
AS long as they demand virtue in the rule
of that territory there will be no corrup-
ton. Confidence in ourselves is fully war
ranted by every event in our experience
as a nation.
II is fortunate for Europe that we have
grown in republicanism and in the sense
of justice Otherwise the power to produce
able captains and TO put into the field an
army of millions-and to support them as
soldiers-misht well cause alarm.
The times., 1899-02-12
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY y, 1899.
New. From the Orient.

Sunday is the mascot day for American
military operations and news, and we
shall be disappointed if this particular
Sunday should prove an exception TO the
rule. If We read the press and official re-
ports from Manila Alright, there is fair
prospect that the Government will learn
something important today from our army
and navy in the Far East.
The strong indications are that General
Otis has cut off Aguinaldos retreat from
the vicinity OF Malabon. If that be the
fact then it is possible that the capture of
the rebel leader and the final disposition
of his army" may be reported at any
time
Certainly by tonight there should be some
news from General Miller's command at
IIoilo. There seems small reason to doubt
that he is already in possession of the
place, whether as the result of surrender
or fight. In advance OF knowledge con-
cerning these matters all good citizens
should go to church this morning with
complete trust in the benignity of Divine
Providence toward the national policy OF
expansion and in the pluck and luck OF the
American army
The times., 1899-02-12
Speeches From the Throne.

From III. St. Louis Globe-D -DemocratD
Whoever makes an intelligent comparison he
tween the Queens addresses in opening Parla-
inent and the Presidents messages at the ba,in-
ing OF sessions OF Congress will see that in
some respects they order things better in Amer
lea. Queen NictOrias speech from the throne
yesterday was decidedly meager and perfume.
tory performance as contrasted with any mes
sage which President of the United States has
issued in the past half century. The Queens ad
dress covered only a few points in the affairs
OF the British Empire and deals with these in
the briefest and most unsatisfactory SOFT OF
way Not much can be learned OF the domestic
foreign politics of Great Britain from the one
which read TO Parliament yesterday.
The times., 1899-02-12
Near u Turning Point.

Ffum Inc PhiadeIphia Timcs)
The acute stage has evidently been reached in
the senatorial contest, and to continue the fac
uonal battle at Harrisburg beyond the coming
week would not be likely to change the ultimate
result. but it would make the trial for Senator
Quay judicial farce. as no human power could
keep the infamcd passions exhibited BY the ablest
and most respected men OF the STATE from reach.
ing the jury box. Many of those who are con-
tributing greatly TO that end will openly deny
it while knowing better; but the public will well
understand the truth we state it. These
complicated conditions, POLITICAL factional. and
judicial, unite TO force the acute stage upon
the present senatorial contest, and Senator Quay
must either succeed, or bend, be broken. and
if broken, hopeessly broken, within the next
week.
The times., 1899-02-12
AguinaILO's Letter.

If Aguinaldo We're more of a patriot and
less of an ambitious demagogue; if he
sought the welfare of the Filipinos instead
of his own advantage at their expense,
Americans could sympathize with his atti-
tude in relation to the monks who are
now prisoners in his hands. If he had
accepted the Presidents proclamation in
the spirit in which it was made and placed
the cause of his followers in American
hands. there would have been exact JUS
tice in dealing with those who had robbed
the people under Spain's tyrannical rule.
But there is only too much reason to be-
!ieve that now, as before, he has sold
out the trusting and ignorant people, after
first deceiving them as to the purposes of
this nation; that while seeking to become
the dictator of the Philippines. he has
bound himself in event of his success, to
special relations with the agents of a for
eign power who have directed his every
movement.
That the monks are not, in fact, priests
or religious men as we know the Catholics
in this country, has been affirmed by disin-
terested observers who have spent much
time at Manila. For giving their
aid TO the worst expressions of the Spanish
governors and acting as spies and inform
ers against the Filipinos they received au-
tbority to squeeze the uttermost penny
from the poor. Aguinaldos statements as
published yesterday are true in the main,
and his position is sound that the monks
have no such claim to exemption from
capture as the priests of the Catholic
Church in this country would have.
But Aguinaldo is no more the friend OF
the Filipinos than these monks. The lat
ter have robbed the ignorant natives, while
he has led them to their death for his own
selfish ambition. He is in open rebellion
against the only lawful authority in the
Philippines, not for the purpose OF securing
the freedom of the people, but his own
title to a kingship. OF the two. Aguinaldo
has been by far the more dangerous en-
emy OF the natives. He has no warrant
to hold the monks as prisoners and it was
not recognition of him as the head Of any
government to demand their release. His
argument is useless because it is based
on his right to maintain an army. His
position is that of any brigand to whom
the authorities might apply for the re-
lease of prisoners without ransom. There
is no reason why we should concern our
selves about the fate of these particular
prisoners. There is nothing in their lives
to commend them to our care. But the
arraignment of anybody for a betrayal OF
the Filipinos comes with bad grace from
their worst foe.
The times., 1899-02-12

Yesterday was American day in the Ger
man Reichstag, and 1t was lively. While
there were some complaints about our
commercial relations with that country,
there were speeches by Count Bismarck
and Herr Won Bulow expressing great
friendliness toward this land OF the free.
The former paid tribute not only to our in
telligence, but also to our love of justice.
Herr Won Bulow denied with intense ear
nestness that in the recent war with Spain
Germany had been unfriendly to us. After
this everybody cheered for America. II is
to be hoped that the German naval officers
will be instructed to give less of an ap-
pearance of enmity than is their custom.
Neither Herr Won Bulow nor Ambassador
White can make Americans discredit the
positive statements Of Admiral Dewey.
The times., 1899-02-12
Eaxnn RediyfNus,

1t is with much instruction that we
learn from an afternoon Administration
organ that Eagan has recovered from the
stunning blow of six years leisure on full
pay, and is now able TO sit up and take
testimony in the interest of his perse
cutors, who are also his masters and part
ners. The same organic authority informs
US that, with very proper desire to make
his punishment as painless as possible,
Eagan has been relieved of the details Of
the Commissary Generals Department, al
though he is represented as still transact
ing business at the old stand. The differ
ence is that he is now at full liberty to de-
vote his whole time to the object of evolv-
ing schemes to get the Commanding Gen
eral of the Army into trouble.
We are reluctantly compelled to suspect
that the beef scandal includes many de-
composed circumstances which the Presi-
dent and Secretary of War are depending
upon the disrated Commissary to ''miti-
gate II is hardly necessary to say more
If Mr.. Mckinley has not, for shame, shut
off the work of the clipping agencies, he
knows by this time what the country
thinks OF him in connection with the NAL
versation of justice in the Eagan case. II
he reads the five thousand or so express
sions of opinion on the matter which daily
appear in the American press he must be
thoroughly aware that his admiring fellow
citizens are angry because he ignored and
contemned the law and the disgraceful
facts when he nulllfied the sentence of
the court-Inartial. Also, he cannot
fail to observe that they look upon
the whole affair as question between the
law and the profits.
The times., 1899-02-12

If it be true that three bodies were found
in cloth made hut in Siberia, as re-
ported, there can be no doubt that they
we're those Of the Andree party 1t is now
asserted that Andree himself had little
hope of ever returning, but was willing
to sacrifice himself if he could cross the
pole and leave a record that should fall
into the hands of man. If he had time TO
make notes, his death will not have been
in vain. There are heroes in science as
well as in war.