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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1900-07-14
Silver City items.

Mrs. Carpenter is here visiting her
mother, Mrs. Williams.
James Lawson expects to engage
in the saloon business shortly.
Miss LOWE Hardwick has gone to
California to spend the Summer.
b. Ward and wife have been visit
ing Silver City friends this week.
Mrs. Dave Armstrong, who has
been quite i'll, is now much improved
in health.
Miss May Allen left for San Fran
cisco Tuesday evening to visit rela-
tives and friends tor a few weeks.
Mr.. Clippinger, who is building an
arastre above the DEVILS Gate, ex-
poets to have it in operation very
soon.
Mrs. Kd Powers and children are
in San Francisco visiting their
mother and grandmother, Mrs. Ken
nedy.
Mrs. Flemming and daughter, who
have been visiting Mrs. Clara Angel,
returned to their home in California
Friday.
Miss Josie Mcintyre, OF Virginia
City, has been engaged as principal
of our school and Miss Laura French
as assistant teacher.
A Mormon preacher has been mold.
ing open-air services nightly this
week on the plaza. 1t is rumored
that some of our young people are
seriously contemplating adopting
the faith.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1900-07-14
1Deiays Are Danoerous."

a small pimple on your face may
seem of little consequence, but it
shows your blood is impure, and inn
pure blood il what CAUSES most OF
the diseases from which people
suffer. Better heed the warming
given by the pimple and purity your
blood at onSe by taking Hood's Sar-
saparilla. This ,nedicinc cures all
diseases due TO bad blood, including
sorotula and salt rheum.
The non-irritsting cathartic-
Hoods Pills.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1900-07-14

Here are Some Strictly Cash
Bargains:

90 bars Rex Soap. 81 90
80 bars Cudahay's Soap. 90
IS cans Lye. 49,. ......... 90
II lbs. GRADUATED Sugar. 90
20 dog. Clothes Pins. $500. as
IL cans Axle Grease. 500. I 90
20 lbs. Rice. ............... 1 90
II cans Tomatoes. ......... 90
IL packages Flaked Wheat. I 90
10 packages Cermea ....... 90
so lbs. second grade Flour. IS
so lbs. Douglas Flour. ...... 90
so lbs. White Rose Flour. 10
so lbs. Liverpool Salt. ...... go
q lbs. Pyramid Soap Powder IS
We also have large line of Veg
etable and Flower Seeds in
Bulk and Packages.
9. III. "XIIE.
Carson. Nevada.
Main Street, Opp. Rayersis's Stable.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1900-07-14
ADVERTIasNG RATES:

Legal advertising. per square ..........sa 90
Zach subsequent insertion .............. no
Commercial advertising, single column.
per inch per month .......... ........ | 10
Double column. per inch ................ 2 no
Discount of 10 per cent. on commercial ads =
Standing three months; 25 per cent. on ads
standing six months. ~ per cent. m "sds''
standing one year.
Local notices. per line OF nonpariei. 6rst
insertion ...... ........ .......$ 10
Zach subsequent insertion. per line. q.
No deviation from above prices.
In Memorium Resolutions published In the
TINES will be charged for At the rate NJ ten
cents per line.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1900-07-14

Maggie. an old Piute squaw who
was shot some time ago in Virginia
City by Jim Higgins, when he ran
amuck. died the first OF this week
from the effects of her wounds. She
was an inmate of the hospital at the
time of her death. Her body was
taken through here for burial in
Mason Valley.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1900-07-14

D. G. Fox closed the dining room OF
the Occidental Hotel here this week
w. e. Gruber, of the Union Hotel,
pays him Sac per month to do this
Mr.. and Mrs. Fox reserve the right
to conduct their bakery bushes 81
and use the Occidental AZ a lodging
house.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1900-07-14
for Over Fifty Years.

Mas. wirsLow's SOOTHING SYRuP has been used
for over Atty years by millions Of mothers ios
their children while teething, with perfect sue
cess. Il sOOthes the child, sOftens the gums.
allays all pain. cures wind collie and Is the oes'
remedy for DArrhpa. II will relieve the poor
in every part Of the world. twenty-five cents
q bottle he sure and ask for "Mrs Winsiowf
s""th'ug ayrup." and Is re no ether kind.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1900-07-14
BRIEF MENTION

Jim Newman took his departure
Tor Wells last Sunday night.
Miss Myrtle Smart, of Genoa. is
visiting Mrs. Lizzie Schooley.
-Trib Ia liniment tried and true,
Mayb> it's just the right thing tor
you.
The bottom has dropped out of
the Belgian hare boom in Southern
California.
Col Boyle paid Como a visit the
first vt this week to inspect the
North Rapidan.
&c. w. Wilson and family finish
ed moving TO the Santiago Mill this
wreK W,anesday.
-Son,r much-needed repairs are
being made to Main street, OF this
town, ~ gravrling it.
Frank Downey made n trip to
Mason Valley Monday on his bicycle
anu returned Wednesday,.
-Jcrre corecco, the genial whisky
drummer, was over from Reno
Mouuay Ola business visit.
"A convict named Wright escap-
cd nom the State prison Monday,
but was captured tbs next day.
Sheriff Randall and Joe King
Lett Tor Churchill County Tuesday
to act as witnesses in the Douglass
cas-.
Mrs. Gates and Mrs.. CARING and
daughter, Irene, returned to their
hom,s iii Fresno, Cal, last Sunday
evening.
Mrs. Kim Reynolds and daughter,
Ivy. returned from Wadsworth
last Sunday, the latter having fully
recovered her health.
Miss Kate Mansfield, who former
lv taught kindergarten school
h T was married in Carson Tues
day TO Guy I. dunbar.
1t * reported that Dan Stewart
il III Carson arranging with Senator
Livingston to pull Oft couple of
fights III Carson this Fall.
-Trib il n clean. convenient, eco
no,nicnl, mild yet powerful and most
effective IMMINENT tor sprains and
bruises. burns and bites. Six ounces,
fifty cents
ku. Tod "a
quit against K. ID. Jackson to fore
close mortgage on the old Dazett
mill in Silver City. The mortgage
is Tor 81 600
Il. Guggenheim. of Virginia City,
who was sentenced two years ago to
five years in the State prison for
embezzlement, was pardoned the
first ot this week.
Mrs. John Lothrop, Misses Lille
and Daisy and Lawrence and Rich
mond Lothrop, and Charlie Braun
and wife will leave on camping
trip TO Lake Tahoe this morning.
The water in the river is becom-
ing hess very rapidly now. The
Rock Point mill may have to close
down any time, and several suits are
on the taps i'll consequence of the
water scarcity.
"A graf cloud of smoke rolled
over this way from the direction OF
Carson Wednesday afternoon. 1t
was later learned that the smoke
was caused by big sagebrush FIRE
the other side VI Carson.
Jerry Barrett has finished driv-
ing two thousand cords OF wood
down the. Carson river. 1t il now
landed in Kmpire. He will endeavor
to float three thousand more cords
down the river before the water
falls.
1t is reported that the G. 4 G. r.
X. Gu. is going to put in coal bins Mt
the Mound House and coal-grates in
all it's engines. II this III so it liz
not good indication that the com.
pany il going to broad-gauge any
thing very soon.
Willie Astor. who some years
ago moved to London to become an
Knglishman, has been numerically
snubbed by the Prince of Wales
and turned down by the four hun.
bred of that town. He must be a
snob of the 6rst water to be snubbed
by such snobbish snubbers; hut lit
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been virtually without influence In direct
ing rs course Had he retained his former
position ard influence il ia possible that the
present crisis would not have been per.
nitted to develop TO the acute stage.
Absolute Faith in America.
In spite Of his liking for some of the
features Of Western civilization II Hung
Chang Is a Thoroughbred Chinaman.
If he is tolerant Of foreigners he is under
no decisions. He knows-noo one better-the
value to be pU; their professions OF
fri. ndship. Long ago he laid down the pol
lev let us use foreigners. but do not let
foreigners use us II he has ever seemed
to favor Russia or Great Britain or any
other Power il has been with a deep pur-
pose II Is To the everlasting credit Of
American diplomacy and American states
manship that he has never wavered IN his
faith that the United States had no axe
to grind at China's expense Only recently
he voiced this unreserved trust in the dis
interes:edness OF America.
That he understands the rea, purposes Of
the European Governments and the menace
involved IN their Interference with the In
terral affairs Of the Empire l. shown by
his remark 70 the Marquis Ito during the
peace negotiations after the japanese war.
The policy which should rule the Asatic
continent" said he. is that We should es-
tablish an enduring peace in order TO pre-
vent the yellow race Of Asia from sue
oumbin,, to the white race of Europe"
From this and ether similar utterances Il
may he seen that Ii Hung Chang Is a pat
riot no less than a philosopher and a states
man Whatever his fate in the present tlr-
moIl he will remain in history as one Of
the great figures OF the age.
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aroused by the attempt to assassinate him.
secured !or the defeated nation better terms
than they otherwise could have hoped for.
As was almost a foregone conclusion, how
ever. the home Government failed to appre-
ciate hts great services. and the ingratitude
commonly ascTibed TO republics was strik-
ingly displayed by the Chinese despotism
on his return 10 Pektn. II was only through
the efforts of TIE foreign advisers and the
Representatives OF the various Powers that
the raiifcatio OF the terms OF the treaty
was finally secured.
II himself was orce more stripped 81 his
viceregal powers and remained IN retire
ment until the necessity OF sending Chi
nese representative 10 attend the corona
fion Of the Gar brought him once more
to the front. Ills selection for this :npor-
tant post was due more to the fact that he
was the only man capable OF filing IL than
TO any desire 10 do him honor.
The story OF Earl LIS triumphai progress
around the world is familiar TO all newsps-
per readers. There IS no doubt that the
Journey did much TO increase the great
Chinaman's knowledge OF the progress and
power of the Western nations. az IL GER
tainly did much 20 increase the respect and
admiration of all these nations for the VEN
cradle statesman of the Orient
Although honors and distinction. were
heaped upon II Hung Chang during his
long journey. they did not add TO his favor
with the Chinese Government. In 1ssS-the
year so disastrous 10 the Celestial Empire
he was again retired TO comparative Oh
scurity. Since that time. as Viceroy Of the
provinces OF Kwang 81 and kwang Tung.
he has been kept at distance from the
seat o: the central Government and has
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III HUNG CHANG.

campaign and the New York Draft Riots
are narrated in numbers a. to 45 Chicka-
mauga and allied operations are exhausted
In numbers 30 70 IS. and the Wilderness and
Spottsylyania In numbers 6. to 60. Num-
bers I, to IS inclusive are devoted 70 the
Atlanta campaign. and three more num-
bers. IS to 100 to the campaign of the Car
oIinas The operations around Richmond
and Petersburg. from 1864 TO the close at
Appomattox. are given in the volumes for
mally numbered 49, ~ and &C. embracing
nine parts or books. The Shenandoah
campaign IS covered In numbers 80 and
81; the capture Of Jefferson Davis Is treat
ed in parts lo3 and iOI. and parts ios and
lO6 are devoted exclusively to operations
on the Pacific Coast.
The method Of treatment OF materials
throughout this unparalleled history Is al
together impartial, nonpartisan and color
less The official documents. printed and
arranged IN the natural order of the events
they treat OF. are allowed to tell their own
plain. unvarnished tale, and no comments,
remarks, opinions OF speculatlons are per-
mftted to intervene between the successive
links of the narrative. Nothing is printed
in the volumes except duly authenticated
contemporaneous records of the war News
paper accounts and private reports are rig
idly excluded.
The first definite steps towards the exc
cutton of the gigantic work were taken in
1874 when Congress provided means to en-
able the Secretary Of War to prepare the
materials for the publication, but certain
essential preliminaries were gone through
With ten years before. The preparation of
the records for public use was begun I'm
1854 under a resolution Of Congress by Ad-
futant General E. u. Townsend, U. 8 A..
who caused copies to be made Of reports
Of battles on file In his office, and devised
measures for the collection Of missing rec
ords. He first outlined the plan upon which
the records have been printed. although his
scheme contemplated the publication only
Of the more important military reports.
Until 1871. however. the work wa, prose-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-08
ABOUT Ii HUNG CHANGES
INTERESTING PERSONALITY.

verbal. OF all the charms Of life that
allure other men. he cafes only for power.
and disdains that which Is simply pleasure.
In his own philosophical way he says:
"Flowery paths are not long" In CONVEX
sation he Is either quietly and studiously
polite and deferential. or brutality and We
hemently frank as best suits his ends. His
most characteristic qualities are tnhexiblo
purpose and the courage OF his convictions.
When Ii Hung Chang rises he goes to
work. and at o'clock eats q breakfast
composed of birds nest soup. rice congree
and coffee without milk or sugar. At tho
close Of the meal he takes a grain or two
Of quinine and goes to work again.
Ii Hung Chang has always been thrifty.
and has taken advantage of his great OBJ
portunities to make money. II has been
said that he Is the richest man In the
world. but OF that no one knows. A. Ii
has not divulged his financial status. How
ever, he practically owns the railroads and
telegraph lines In China, which he put In
on his own responsibility and at his own
expense. and derives the revenue from
them. He 10 behind every progressive Eu-
ropean innovation introduced into the coun-
try. and. while hts motto Is China for the
Chinese" he Is not averse to using the
foreigner and the good things the forsignss
can provide
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-08

The most eminent Chinaman IN China-Li
Hung Chang-is a pure Chinese IN descent.
This may sound like saying that truth is
truth. but. as a matter Of fact the rulers
of China are Manchus and Tartars. and not
Cinnamon at all.
Ii Hung Chang's success, aside from his
Intellectual gifts. which are great. Is per-
hapS partly due to his great stature, six
feet two inches. a height seldom reached
by Cinnamon. and by his ability to raise a
heavier beard than usual In a country
where the beard is the only possession Of
the white man that the Chinaman envfes
him.
LIS person is large and bulky. and when
he was a young man he must have pos
sessed remarkable physical strength. Even
in his old age he carries himself In q man.
ner that shows plenty Of reserve strength:
his bearing is soldierly. alert and tmpos-
Ing His eyes are large and black. their
penetrating quality ve;ied by long lids when
he wishes to conceal that which he might
possibly betray. His skin Is a deep yellow.
very much wrinlicd. He wears a heavy
white mustache and imperial. His cheeks
still have color in them. IN spite of his
age due partly to his correct habits and
good digestion. for he Is very abstemlous.
and TO applications Of electricity for the
relief Of partial farcial paralysis.
The sobriety OF Ii Hung Chang II pro-
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early completion. Under his administration
the work has been greatly accelerated and
happily now finished except the mere print
Ing Of the final volumes.
Every conceivable source Of frst-ha nd
Information has been ransacked and ex-
hausted in this work. Several ex-Confei-
crate Generals have been employed from
time TO time I'm procuring and recovering
Confederate archives. The bulk Of these
were obtained by the Government on the
fall of Richmond. Immediately after the
Confederate evacuation the Union troops
took possession Of the dozen or more old
buildings in which they were stored: eu,
unfortunately many important papers were
never filed there. Some had been DESTROYED
and some remained in the hands Of seat
tered individuals. Though the po'ic,
throughout has been to present an irnpar-
tial exhibit Of facts. under the circ;,n-
stances. the Union side is nece ssar.ly more
fully elaborated than the Confederate.
The distribution OF the successive VOL
umes as issued has been conducted upon a
peculiar plan. in accordance with a law
OF the Forty-seventh Congress- enacted 4,
1882 One Thousand Of the Hoo copies have
been set aside for the executive depart-
ments Another thousand have been re-
served by the Secretary OF War for distr,
button among army officers and contributors
TO the work, ard s. 800 have been sent To sucb
libraries. historical societies. Grand Army
posts ana ln11NlduatS as We're designated 10
receive them by Senators and Representa-
:ives Of the Forty Congress Each
Senator was allowed to give twenty-sfx
addresses and each Representative twenty
one, the addresses TO ho'd good for the en-
tire set until finished. The remaining 700
copies were intended to be soid at sigh,
advance only above the actual cost of
printing But few sets have been sold.
As might have been anticipated, this
great work has proved an elephant on the
hands of the War Department. The resu-
lations prescribed by the Secretary of War
provided that in case individuals designated
to receive the books should die before tho
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cutcd In desultory fashion by various
subordinate officers in the War Department
Then the Secretary of War. George W. Nc
Crcary, seeing that the undertaking needed
the Individual attention of single head.
detailed Lieutenant Colonel Robert y.
Scott to devote himself 10 the work Colonel
Scott enlarged and systematized the origi-
nal plan and mapped out minute pro-
gramrne that has since been scrupulously
followed. He was the organizing genius Of
the history. and before he died in 1887 he
had complied the materials for thirty-six
volumes. or sixty mine serial parts.
Lieutenant Colonel II. NJ. I.azelle served
as Colonel SCOTS successor for two years
and then. under an act passed IN 1883 the
preparation and publication OF the records
was placed under the control of board of
three experts. one army officer and two
civilians Major George y. Davis WAS
chosen as the military member and Leslie
] Perry and Joseph W. Kirkiey as the
civilian experts.
In performing its function OF deciding
upon the merits and value and the arrange
ment Of the matter TO be publis he'd the
board sfted. even more rigidly than the
officers previously In charge had done the
whole range of materials coming within
their observation. They examined piece
by piece. and paper by paper. tons upon
tons OF materials which they finally re-
Jected lacking sufficient historic value
to justify their publication with the more
important archives. Major Davis exercised
a general supervision. Mr.. Perry had special
charge of the second series. relating TO
prisoners of war, and Mr. kirkley, who
has devoted thir:y-five years TO the study
of the war records. carried each volume
through the press ard looked after the
verification and accuracy Of Its contents
Major George Il. Davis was subsequently,
succeeded by Major George ". Davis and
without ether change the compilation of
the records was continued until December
]. 1895. when the board was dissolved and
the work turned over to Brigadier General
F. c. Ainsworth, chief Of the Record and
Pension once OF the war Department. for
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-08

In no country IS the short. pithy proverb
more valued than IN China. The fashion
was set by Confucius. founder OF Chinese
philosophy. who habitrally spoke in prov
erbs. IL Hung Chang ia known to the Oc-
cidental chiefly by reason OF his genius as
a soldier and statesman. but besides these
he is philosopher and retailer Of proverbs
and apothegms OF no mean order. During
his memorable trip around the world he
continually surprised Europeans and Ameri-
cans by his witty and apt sayings. as well
as by his abrupt questions. both pertinent
and otherwise.
Many years ago he laid down n policy for
the treatment OF foreigners which has be-
come universal in both China and Japan.
1t is: Let us use the foreigners. but do not
let foreigners use us"
He admired General L. g. Grant and
showed the General many honors when the
great American colder was on his journey
around the world. After he had gone Ii
Hung Chang. In making some comparisons.
said: General Grant and / have suppressed
the two greatest rebell:ons known In his
tory" He referred. on his own part to the
great Tai-Ping rebellion. probably the
greatest uprising OF It's kind known to the
world.
When the great Chinaman was In New
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SOME CHARACTERISTIC
APOTHEGMS BY Ii HUNG CHANG.

York he was entertained by Mayor Strong.
During his interview l.. asked the Mayor
why he had not taken part in the Civil War.
The Mayor replied that his brother had been
in the army, but that he had stayed home
TO take care OF the family. and was IN civil
lie. "Ah. said Ii. you were a very good
soldier in time Of peace, l suppose. and
very good civilian in time of war"
At another time ne was discussing Gov.
ernments and said: Five thousand yearo
ago China was a Republic. Just a. the
United States is to-day
What made you change your form Of
government" he was asked.
The change" he said. was tho most
gradual In the world. and our first Empsr-
or was a plowboy."
When he was in England he uttered an
cphorism. the result Of a short acquaintance
with the two gentlemen concerned in It. 1t
was as follows: Your Lord Salisbury IL q
man who says little and means much: your
Mr Gladstone is a man who says much and
means little
When Ii was In Germany tho Kaiser
asked him. How do our women compare
with those Of China?'
Il really cannot tell" said Ii. siyly fas-
tening his eyes on the corsage Of q lady
who was present. I'VE never see half a.
much OF our women As you do Of youra"