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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1901-10-05

IT IS now within two weeks of
being two years since England
began war on the Beers in South
Africa, and indications are that the
end is long way off yet. Recent
ly the British troops have met
with severe reverses, and the Eng
lish people are beginning to view
with CONSERVATION the havoc that
is being wrought to their treasury
and their men. 1t is now esti-
mated that there are only from
10000 to $4,000 Beers under arms
but it is taking over 10000 Brit,
ish troops to keep them from win
ming back their country.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1901-10-05

JOHN M. NEALL, formerly Cap
tain of Troop D, Fourth U. S. Cav
airy, was convicted this week, in
San Francisco, of forging a U. S.
Paymaster's voucher in the sum
of $500. This is the second muss
Neal has got into lately, and there
is still a charge of embezzlement
hanging over him. Wonder if
John Mackey will come to his res
cue and keep him ont of the pen
this time?
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1901-10-05

AFTER a lapse of only five hum
bred years a Frenchman, named
Vignaud, has discovered that some
documents ascribed to Toscanelli,
the learned Florentic astronomer,
were fabricated, and that Toscanel-
Ii never wrote the letter of I474 to
King Alfonso, of Portugal, and
never made the chart alleged to
have accompanied it, by which
Columbus is said to have discover
ed America This is, indeed, a
serious matter. Possibly somebody
else may by-and-by discover that
Columbus did not discover Ameri-
ca. This would be still more seri-
Gus. 1t would be great calamity
to the nation to find out that we
were never discovered. But, what
will they find out about our late
war with Spain five hundred years
from now? You are lucky that
you will not be alive then to hear
how the Spaniards smashed the
American feet at Santiago.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1901-10-05
NEVADA.
THE dairy industry in Califor

THE dairy industry in Califor-
MIA is growing SO rapidly that it is
believed it will soon rival the
fruit industry, says an exchange.
The dairy industry is also making
some Roadway in Nevada, and we
notice that California commission
men and produce dealers make
leaders of the Nevada creamery
butter. There is no State in the
Union which can produce better
than Nevada. The climate and
feed are we'll adapted to this line
of industry, and wherever cream
cry has been established and con-
Quoted on business principles it
has proved a paying institution.
In our own valley there is cream
cry which is turning out supe-
rior quality of butter, every pound
of which is eagerly sought for.
This creamery is consuming the
milk from several hundred cows,
and should be taking the milk
from two or three thousand cows.
Money can be made in this bust
ness in this valley and there is
room for everybody to engage in it.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1901-10-05

THE Columbia won the first of
the series of races with the Sham
rock III, and in all the other trials
the yachts have failed to get over
the course within the time limit.
Small odds are still being offered
on the Columbia. Ifthe race can
not be finished on the Atlantic the
owners should bring their craft
out to Lake Tahoe OF Walker Lake
where they can get move on.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1901-10-05

THE San Francisco papers are
beginning to boom F. G. New
lands for United States Senator
from Nevada.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1901-10-05

That the said Board will meet on Saturday Oc
tober sth, 1901, at o'clock a. m, when and where
the above named persons or corporations may APP
pear before said Board and obtain a hearing upon
the valuations as increased by said Board; that
said Board will on Monday, October 9TH 1901
make final determination Of the assessment or
said Assessment Roll and will not meet later than
said date as Board of Equalization.
By order of the Board.
-. Attest: d. W. MELARKRY,
}s Clerk
*4 +-.'
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1901-10-05
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.
Notice Of Additions to and Increase Of VAL
uation Of Assessment.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
NBoard of Equalization of Lyon County, State
of Nevada has Increased or added to the va1ua-
ton for assessment purposes for the year 1901 the
following taxpayers, to wit:
A w & A. T Brann raised on real estateS 100
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1901-10-05

r. Shirley, real estate ---.-..-------- so
Sam stevenson, on real estate rs
Fred Strauss on real estate. -----------.-- so
William Schooey, on real estate 90
p X. Savage, on real estate. -.---..- so
H. b. Scheel real estate 10
Henry Stock, on real estate --.---------. 100
J. A. Stidger, on real estate .---.---. 30
Mrs B. Stock on real estate .- 90
Mrs Lena Schillo, on real estate 100
Emile Tailleur, on real estate ..--..---. so
Charles Thomas, on real estate. -------- so
A. !. Taylor, on real estate ..-.-------- 30
Charles Tnney, on real estate ---.----- 20
W. J. Westerfield on real estate -------- 20
Andy Walmsley, on real estate ------------ 90
A Wilson, on real estate ----.----.-----. 50
Peter Williams, real estate 20
Mrs r. Wndsh, real estate 100
Chris Wogan, on real estate 40
Angelo Zari, on real estate .--------. IS
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-07-26
Dieting Consumptives
Must Eat Six Meals a Day at
ODE MASSACHUSETTS State Sanitarium

Six meals a day constitute the regi-
men at the State Sanitarium for Con-
sumptives at Rutland, Mass. The first
meal is, Of course, breakfast, and this,
says a writer in the New England
Magazine, is ready at a quarter to 8
o'clock. At all meals special diet is
served when directed by physicians,
but the usual breakfast menu is a
cereal, chops, steak or eggs, mullins
and cold bread and butter. tea, coffee
and milk. After breakfast the patients
are ready for outdoor exercise. This
as well as every other detail Of the
patients life, is under careful surveil-
lance. Some are allowed to walk a
number Of miles, some only a short
distance; others must lounge in the
open air in hammocks OF reclining
chairs. Zero weather or snow does not
interfere with this order OF things,
heavy furs providing the necessary
warmth and fresh air the stimulant
that all soon learn to depend upon.
At half past 10 luncheon is ready in
each dining room; and 1t matters not
II the patient has a most interesting
book, or a camp is being built, or the
top Of a hill commanding an unlimited
view is almost reached-all must turn
toward the house in time TO reach
there at the luncheon hour. These
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-07-26
MA1rrr WAs No L1Nau1sr.

80 - ~
He pulled himself up at the hotel
table, tucked his napkin under his
chin, picked up the bill Of fare and be-
gan to study it intently. Everything
was in restaurant French and he didn't
like it.
Here, waiter" he said, sternly,
there's nothing on this 1 want"
'Ain't there nothin you would like
for dinner, sir? inquired the waiter,
politely.
Have you got any sine qua non?"
The waiter gasped.
mo, sir" he replied.
Got any BONA fde?"
mo, sir, we haven't
Got any semper eadem?"
mo, sir, we haven't"
Got any jeu d'esprits?"
mo, sir, not one.
Got any tempus fugit?'
Il reckon not, sir"
Got any Boires dansants?
"No, sir"
The waiter was edging of.
Got any sine die?'
eve amt, sir"
Got any pluribus unum?"
The walters face showed some signs
Of intelligence.
Seems to me 1 heard of that, sir, 3"
and he rushed out to the kitchen only
to return empty-handed.
Maybe you've got some beef and
cabbage and a %gooseberry tart?"
ttgura We have sir - avcIafmad fhe
waiter, in a tone of the utmost relief,
and he fairly few out to the kitchen
Tit-Bits.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-07-26

Interesting, indeed. are The follow
Ing conclusions arrived at by Haeckei,
the scientist, IL his new book rid
die OF the Universe" according TO
which for thousands Of years the in
telligence Of man struggled with these
problems OF the Infinite: The nature
Of matter and force. the origin Of mo-
ton. the origin Of life, the apparently
pr~e-ordained orderly arrangement Of
nature, the origin Of sensation and
consciousness, the foundation Of
thought and speech, the question Of
the freedom Of the will. OF these great
seven questions some are declared to
be insoluble, and each has caused end
less discussion. Haeckel brushes them
all aside and declares that the one sim
pie and comprehensive enigma is THE
Problem Of Substance" According to
Haeckel, the universe or cosmos is
eternal. Infinite, i1limitable. II con
sists OF two attributes. Matter and En-
ergy. This dual substance fills infinite
space and Is in eternal motion. For
ever this motion continues with peri
odie change from life 10 death. All
masses are rotating constantly, and
While certain ones, sidereal systems or
tiny cells, move to their destruction in
n part Of space, others are springing
into new life and development in other
parts OF the universe. II has taken
our earth, n little speck in space,
more than a hundred million years to
develop its present forms Of animal
life, to say nothing Of long periods OF
cooling that preceded life. Man is
only the highest among the verte-
brates, which in turn are the highest
among animals. His immediate ances-
tors have been here at least three
million years, and he himself since the
end OF the tertiary period. "Our
mother earth is a mere speck in a sun
bean in the illimitable universe. man
himself is but a tiny grain of proto-
plasm in the p~erishable framework of
organic nature" You, Mr.. Reader. are
a true "%tetrapod," otherwise f~our-foot-
ed creature. Two Of your feet have
developed into hands by adaptation.
You have five toes on each Of your
feet, because the amphibia of the car
boniferous era happened to have five
toes on each foot. Your great, great,
great grandfather, nine million times
removed, was a salamander. Do you
doubt, asks Haeckel, that you come
from an anthropoid ape? Then how
do you account for these facts: You
and the monkey have the same two
hundred bones. arranged in exactly the
same order. You have the same three
hundred muscles directing your move
ments, the same kind of hair grows
on your skin, the same groups Of gan
glionic cells build up the marvellous
structure of the brain. You have thir-
ty-two teeth, just like the monkeys
thirty-two; a four-ohambered heart,
just like the monkey's-the same
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-07-26
TImo 20 nreak tho RuIo.


There is an anecdote in some volume
Of French theatrical memoirs narra-
ting an experience of Mile, Clarion, the
great tragic actress, with a pupil Of
hers, a girl with strong natural gifts
for the histrionic art, but far too FREE
quent and too exuberant in her gestic-
ulation. So when the pupil was once
to appear before the public In a reci-
tation Mile. Clarion bound the girls
arms to her side by a stim thread and
sent her thus upon the stage. With
the first strong feeling she had to ex-
press the pupil tried to raise her arms.
only to be restrained by the thread. A
dozen times In the course Of her reel
tatlon she was prevented from making
the gestures she desired until at the
very end she could stand 1t no longer
and in the climax Of her emotions she
broke the bonds and swung her hands
to her head. When she came on the
stage she went humbly to where Mile.
Clarion was standing In the wings and
apologized for having snapped the
thread. But you did quite rightl'
said the teacher. "That was the time
to make the gesture, not beforel-
Harper's Magazine.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-07-26

Last evening 1 found Dolly busy with
some pieces of old lace aounces. For
some time l watched her cutting, snip
ping, taking up the threads and tying
little knots here and there to keep the
lace from raveling before discovered
what she was doing, says a writer in
the Minneapolis Times. Then at last,
when she had transformed one OF the
pieces into a funnel shaped affair and
had pulled it over the hand and fore
arm l concluded she was making
gloves. These lace gloves she tells me
are to be the rage this summer for
dinner and garden parties. They are
hngerless and may be elbow or should
er length. At the stores they are sold
Tor $50, 500 and even 500 a pair, but
Dolly says that any girl who is skill
tul can make her own lace mittens.
Silk mitts will also be worn, suppose,
as the vogue Of the hngerless lace glove
VIII suggest the wearing OF lace mitts-
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-07-26
A ourIons chIn..s Custom.

According to the rule sanctioned By
centuries Of Chinese observance, no
document a have the authority Of
the imperial throne of China unless II
bears a red spot placed there by the
sovereign. To the Grand Council the
Tsung-li-Yamen and all other Depart
ments of state take their business, and
the grand council in its turn considers
all documents and attaches to each a
piece of red paper on which its own
decision is written. Each morning at
daybreak the grand council proceeds
to the palace to submit the papers 70
the sovereign, who, as each document
is produced, signifies approval by MAX
ing a small spot with a brush on the
markin Of the red paper. With the
red spot upon it the paper is the most
sacred thing in the world to a China
man; without it it may be torn 20
shreds with impunity.-Leslie's Week
ly.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-07-26
No Compliment wi & 8Pf s6Frs *
- TIi@ to q 80.
III IIJl0 Nervous AudieDce

Curtain speeches are supposed to be
h~eart-tO-heart talks. expressing the
love that the talker has for the partic-
ular city in which he Is playing at the
time. Occasionally, however. an actor
who moves through life outside the
deep ruts worn by constant following
in the conventional path surprises his
hearers with a few plain, ungarnished
facts that convince even the most skep-
teal of his sincerity. Wilson Barrett
made such a speech In Philadelphia
years ago. A brazier toppled over dur
ing one of his scenes and some n in
the audience shouted "hrel" Barrett
walked quietly to the b~razier, stamped
out the flames and went on with his
lines as though nothing had happened.
A stampede was avoided, but 1t vas
several minutes before the audience be-
came quiet At the end Of the act there
we're cries Of speech, speech" Mr..
Barrett came to the fo~otlights.
you are a pack Of fOols!" he eX-
claimed pa~ssionately. Il didn't mean
TO tell you of it-meant merely to think
it; but you have asked me for a speech,
so / have an opportunity Of telling you
precisely what / think Of you Then
he went on to say that a man who
cried FIRE" in a theater was a
derer-that a tride like a brazier up
setting could be remedied easily by
those on the stage. but that a cry Of
alarm from any one In the audience
al such a time might mean hundreds
crushed 10 death. For ten minutes be
gave that audience a lecture on idiocy.
When he left the stage the applause
was so hearty he was Obliged to re-
turn and bow his thanks. remarking
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-07-26

bis rich Irish brogue, supported with
a fair quality Of Jag" remarked:
Jimmie, me boy, it's me that's rlaa
to see ye roonin' fer once, and 0im
eoin tn work hard to see ye olloted
Oim goin' down to the THIRD
war-r-d this blissod Afternoon and
Oi'm goin' te git ye more votes than ye
liver dreamed about. Oi'm goin' to de.
vote me intire tonne from now an. Il
hoopin'-'er-cop fer ye. Jimmie. and be
iabbers, Oi'm the bowld booko that
can do the thrick. OF always did loiks
ye, Jimmie-ye young spalpeen We
and it's me that niver whit back on Z
frind. And, Jimmie, what's more"
Here he leaned over to one Of Jim.
mie's' ears and whispered mysterious
":
"Begobs, oi'm goin' to spind me
OWN mu-u-nny!"
It is probably unnecessary to state
that Jimmie "loosened."
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-07-26
A ~BATTLE-Ax MAYOR.
rHR LATE Mr.. GLEASON. or
LONG ISLAND CITY.
h uost Uniaus Figure IN American
MunioipaI Pontics-His stormy Career
"A FIGHTER IN Every seuse-stroot
Railroad nIaenato.

One Of the most unique figures in
American municipal politics, Patrick
Jerome Gleason. died Of heart failure
the other day at his home In Long Is
land City, as mayor and absolute mon
arch Of which he achieved a celebrity
which made his name as familiar to
newspaper readers for a time rs that
OF the president. Gleason was a fight
err, hguratively and literally. He
thrived on contention and his love Of
strife continued from the day he
whipped all the boys Of his native
parish IN ireland until he made a ply
steal attack on the property Of a rail-
road corporation in Long Island, rip
ping up It's tracks with his own hands,
smashing It's fences with a broad ak
and gaining for himself the sobriquet
Of the "battle-ax mayor" Though his
powers were curtailed by the incorpor-
alton Of Long Island City into Greater
New York he remained active in pub
lie affairs. and even at the time Of his
death men were discussing what he
would do In the next primaries.
A Natural Fighter.
Born ~ Tipperary. ireland, April 10
1874, he came to this country at the age
Of Is and worked in a brewery. It is
said that on the day Of lis arrival in
this country he got into a fight with
two volunteer lremen and whipped
both. When the civil wal broke out he
was one Of eight brothers who went to
the front. He was 6 feet 2 inches in
height apd the smallest Of the lot, his
twin brother Philip being 6 feet
inches tall. During the war he was
somewhat slender, but in later years
took on flesh and weighed $50 pounds.
His wan record was a good one, his
giant frame always appearing where
the fighting was the thickest. At the
close Of the war he engaged in the dis.
filling business and made a fortune in
a few years. While in this business
he was charged with defrauding the
government out Of s415, 900, but was
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-07-26
SCARED BY RussIA.
Norway and sweden Alarmed over POI
sibIe Muscovlte Designs.

Norway and Sweden Alarmed over Pos
sibIe Muscovlte Designs.
Norway and Sweden are suffering
from a Russian scare. The people fear
that the Russianizing of Finland is
only a preparatory step to making the
Scandinavian peninsula feel the claws
of the northern bear. The first step to
this would be the massing Of Russian
troops in Finland. This may take place
sooner than most people expect. The
ground has been prepared carefully and
from the crushing of a subject nation
Russian activity in Finland may grow
into a direct menace to two i%ndepend-
ent kingdoms, changing from a domes-
tic tragedy to an affair Of grave in
ternational concern.
The population Of Sweden and Nor
way is only about 1000, 900, as COM
pared to Russia's 100, 900, 900. The
standing army Of Sweden and Norway
amounts to less than 10000 men, as
compared with Russia's standing army
Of 500, 900. To seize upon the Scandi-
navian peninsula, thus commanding
the entrance into the Baltic and max
ing that body of water practically a
closed sea, and to have Norway and
Sweden to draw upon for seamen for
her navy and merchant marine, would
add immensely to the preponderance Of
Russia in Europe and increase her
power more than any other single
conquest the armies of the Gar ever
made.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-07-26
Riddle Of tho
Universe a Curious
Book. e x

organs throughout The differ
ences between man and the higher
apes are not as great as those between
the man-like apes and the lower
monkeys. All this Haeckel demon
strates solemnly, with much pains and
many details. He delights IN the dis
covery OF the fossil ape-man Of Java.
which he declares supplies the miss
ing link and which he proudly calls
'pithecanthropus erectus"-or. monkey
shaped man standing M" He de-
clares we should have found millions
Of other examples OF the missing links
except for the fact that they lived and
died In trees, were devoured by other
animals and consequently had no
chance to reach a fossil condition I'M
less by accident they fell of a branch
into the water and were preserved in
the slime at the bottom. Man springs
from a single cell. as do all other hv-
Ing animals. His huge body Is simply
a great commonwealth composed OF
endless billions Of these cells, each OF
which is a citizen in the great cell ag-
gregation called man. What we are
pleased to consider our brains is SIM
ply a certain combination Of force and
matter. acting under the influence Of
centuries OF education and adaptation.
Plants think, too. TO a certain extent
and all the animals think more or less.
Psychology which assumes that the
brain force is something separate from
the rest Of the body. is nonsense and
child's play. Haeckel's view of the
universe is a "monistic view."-Chi-
cago American.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-07-26
olh Cnnnl 10 no Reonened.

Before long it will be feasible, 1t is
hoped, for a boat to traverse England,
entering at the Severn on the west and
emerging by the Thames on the east,
Not every one, perhaps, is ware that
the two great rivers have been con
nected by a canal since 1889. A hun
bred years ago the canal-which joins
the Thames at Lechlade. in Oxford
shire, 146 miles from London, and the
Severn at Frampton, Worcestershire
had a trade of $4,000 tons annually. It
was considered an engineering tri-
umph, too, in those days. For two and
one-quarter miles it runs through a
tunnel below Pemberton hill and Hat
ley wood. With the advent Of the rail-
way the waterway fell into ~desuetude,
but its use is to be revived.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-07-26

There were two handsome old laUlea
sitting at the window with their WI
IN their laps, one the hostess ana tne
other the visitor. They were children
together and still talked OF lneii
former playmates as "the girls.
where's Margaret" asked the visi-
tor.
"Out In the back yard with some Ill
tie friends skipping the rope. Ny raw
orite granddaughter, you know.
Rather delicate, I'm afraid. de-
clare 1 don't know what the race Is
coming to. judging from the girls no"
growing up. They don't seem to en-
aure anything. DO you remember
how we used to skip the rope, sueE
Just as though It was yesterday
Salt was the designation when We
,Nist jumped an ordinary rate Of speed
pepper was faster, and mustard vas
the fastest
That's right. To do anything faster
than mustard meant fits or palpita-
tiOn OF the heart. Dear mel / don't
HuHUUhb kAhA AnNAg 40 0AN "a
dren out there could skip mustard
without having a sick spell. We GER
tainly 60 backward each generation
Sue. Let's take a look at them"
When they reached the back door
there was Margaret flying up and down
as though she had wings, springs and
lungs like a long-distance runner, says
the Detroit Free Press. She was jump
ing two ropes going in opposite direc-
tions at the same time and whirling as
rapidly as the operators could make
them.
Come here at once, Margaret" call
ed the hostess. What in the world
are you doing, child? It's enough to
give you commissions. Why, it's faster
by far than mustard
Mustard, sneered the granddaugh-
ter, who was breathing easy. Its too
slow for us. That's tobasco' I'm do
ing"
Then the old ladies filed back,
looked |sheepishly at each other and
went to talking about how much bet
ter-looking girls used to be than they
are now.