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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1901-11-23
Teachers Institute.

The executive committee OF the w. {.
N. I. A. have issued an address to
the teachers of Nevada, of which the
following is part:
"As our Institute instructor, Pro-
fessor Heaton, Of California Univers-
ity, has been of great assistance to
thousands of teachers in our sister
State, we are fortunate in having
been able to secure his services for
this meeting. He will tell us not
simply what ought to be done in a
given branch, but how to do it.
With President Stubbs, State Su-
perintendent Kirk, of California, and
State Superintendent Ring on the
program, we will have, in addition
to the institute work proper, an in
tellectual and professional treat
rarely enjoyed at institutes in Ne
vada.
1t is hardly necessary to speak of
the need for institute work in Nevs-
da. The problems that are now upon
us for solution are upon teachers to
a greater or less extent everywhere.
In all our sister States teachers are
organizing, studying, listening to
advanced thinking, and discussing
the new problems now upon the
schools. Practically without State
course of study, and with scarcely
any supervision from county or
State, our schools are constantly in
need of the unifying and vivifying
effect of good institutes.
1t will not be possible for visiting
teachers to secure accommodations
in the hotels, but all who attend and
do not secure rooms in the hotels will
be assigned pleasant and comfortable
rooms in private residences.
1t is earnestly recommended that
all who intend to attend the institute
write to Mr.. K. K. Caine, at Wads-
worth, and engage rooms. In this
way every possible chance of incon-
venience will be obviated. Rates for
Accommodations will vary from $I.2s
to SI.so per day. H., 81.
Half rates, good from November
22d to December Ist, have been &C.
cured on the V. and L. and e. and G.
railroads Undoubtedly the same
rate be granted by the s. p. Co.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1901-11-23
TO DRAIN BIG SWAMPS.
Oregon nuntine Ground to be Made Stock
Raaoe.

The Chico Record says the French
Glenn Livestock Company, OF which
F. G. Lusk is General Manager, is
working on dredge with which to
dig ditch to drain the great Blitzen
swamp, in Oregon. The swamp,
which has been the habita ton of
wild beasts for ages, is located in
wild part of Harney county. 1t is
twenty-five miles long by five to
seven miles broad, and when drained
it IS estimated $4,000 acres of grazing
and hay producing land will be
available. The company has $4,000
head of cattle, besides many horses.
In its present state Blitzen swamp Is
valueless, save as hunting ground.
1t contains more ducks, geese, swans
and pelicans, ornithologists say, than
any other spot of like area on the
globe. Countless myriads of birds
arise when a gun is fired. There are
thousands of acres of absolutely i'm
penetrable thickets where live huge
bears and mountain lions that prey
on deer and antelope which abound
in more open spots. The swamp Is
rich in fossil remains of extinct
beasts, showing that it has been in
habited by animals for ages. Many
specimens have been dug up and
carried away, and persons acquaint-
ed with the locality say that the
draining of the swamp will disclose
many more interesting fossils.
Fifty thousand dollars will be
spent on the work. The ditch il to
be dredged sixty-teet wide by nine
feet.
1t will follow the course OF the
Blitzen river for thirty miles and
empty into Malheur lake. For many
miles the course of the river will be
followed, reducing the cost of the
work. 1t is estimated that two years
will be required to complete the
ditch,
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1901-11-23
for Over FIFTY Years.

MRS. wINsLow = SOOTHING s9RuP has been used
for over fifty years by millions of mothers for
their children while teething, with perfect sue
cess. II soothes the child. softens the gums,
alays all pain, cures wind collie, and is the best
remedy for Diarrhea. 1t will relieve the poor
little sufferer Immediately. Sold by Druggists
a bottle Be sure and ask for "Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup" and Ike no other kind.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1901-11-23

not make blood or make Strength, no
medicine can do that But it does cure
diseases of the stomach and its allied or
gans, and so causing the perfect diges-
ton and assimilation of food, it enables
the building of the body in sound and
vigorous health.
~ can say to you one bottle of your Golden
Medical Discovery has cured me sound and
well. after suffering two long years with stom-
ach disease writes W. II. Braswell, of McAden-
vile CASTOR Co, NC. rMyhealth is worth all the
world to me- will praise you as long as live" !"
The Peoples Common Sense Medical
Adviser, a book containing 1908 pages,
is given away. Send Fl one-cent stamps
the expense of mailing only, for the book
in paper covers, or 81 stamps for the vol
ume bound in cloth. Address DR.. r. v.
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1901-11-23

When the conjurer shows an empty hat,
and at once begins to extract from it rab-
bits or Cabbages, we know that we have
been adroitly deceived, because we know
we can't get out anything that isn't in it.
IF peoDle would only reason in that
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1901-11-23

~,
way about medi-
cines they would
be a great deal
better off in
health and pock-
ct. A number of
so called 4" blood
n, a king" and
Il flesh forming +"
rtonic ~ me di
cines are only
stimulants in dis
guise. You can't
get strength out
of a stirnulant be-
cause strength is
not in it. All
physical strength
is derived from
food digested and
assimilated and
in the form of
blood nourishing
the entire body.
Doctor Pierce's
Golden Medical
Discovery does
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1901-11-23
Steps the Cough aaa Works off the Cold.

Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets
cure cold in one day. No Cure, no
Pay. Price as cents.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-11-13
A Becomlnr Home Gown.

Comfortable home gowns, that are
tasteful and becoming at the same
time that they can be slipped on with
ease, are essential to every womans
outfit. The charming May Manton
model shown In the large illustration
fulflls all the requirements and has
the merit Of being in the latest style.
The original is made of turquoise blue
challie with black figures, the front
and undersleeves being Of plain blue
Sapho satin. The revers of black vel
vet and the edging fancy galloon, In
which threads Of gold are woven, but
many equally satisfactory materials
might be suggested. Cashmere, aibat-
ross, princess crepe, nuns Teiling and
French flannel are all fashionable,
while soft silk always make hand.
some gown.
The back is fitted with centre seam,
side-backs and under-arm cores that
curve to the figure and give princess
effect. The full front is tucked to yoke
depth, then falls free, its edges being
attached under the fronts proper.
which are turned back to form revers.
Beneath Is snugly fitted body lining
that extends slightly below the waist
line. The fancy sleeves are arranged
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-11-13
WHY He Kent Silent.

At ON evening party gentleman re-
lated an adventure In which he had
been the principal actor, and, seeing
unmistakable shadows Of doubt on the
faces Of his hearers, he appealed to q
friend who was preseut and who had
witnessed the circumstances to cor
roborate his statement
To his utter confusion his friend
denied all knowledge Of the affair.
Meeting some time afteEward the
suspected Ananias said:
as it possible that you can have
forgotten the circumstance to which I
referred at Mrs. AS party the other
night?"
Certainly not, my dear fellow" re-
piled his friend, "but l could see that
everyone present looked upon you as
an incorrigible liar, and I had too
much regard for my character to risk
being taken for another. London
Answers.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-11-13

Nsan-- - lne present time that does not
Include at least a reference to the po-
sition of the pupil at his desk. In
deed, even Locke limited at this when
he wrote that the pulpil Should learn
how to lay his Paper and place his
Arm and Body to it" One Of the
blessings promised by those who in
troduced the vertical system Of pen
manship was a correction Of the crook
ed-back position Of the pupils, since
they must sit correctly in order to
write the script correctly. The verti-
cal system, II properly used, does pos
sess this merit as long as the child Is
engaged in the writing exercise, but
its influence amounts to little beyond
this. Although I visited scores Of
school-rooms of all grades, in country
and city, yet, so far as can recall, the
position of the pupil while writing
was apparently unnoticed by any
teacher, at any time, in any room. ex-
cept during the few minutes set apart
for "penmanship." This Is all the
more painful when we consider that
writing as a distinct exercise occupies
only few minutes each day, while
one-ffth to one-half of the time spent
by the pupil in the school building is
occupied by written work. Indeed, the
spelling of the motto Of the school
room of today seems to have been
slightly changed until it reads: AL
ways do write"
The undue amout of time given to
this work may be more or less peda-
gogical; but 1t is most certainly unhy'
gienic, for not only are the muscles OF
The trunk and arms involved In an In
correct position at the desk, for the
greater part of the time, but the In
fury to the eyes from too close atten-
ton to the script and from the care
full following Of the pen and pencil
points would seem to be incalculable.
Incorrect posture insidiously tends to
induce spinal curvature and diseases
of the Internal organs.-R. Clark In
the Forum.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-11-13
cheer, ano MS SGc-esS IS The
commendable He lives in Australia,

for one thing, and that is so far from
the Bowery! But, as compensation
for this he is q subject Of Edward
VII, and his satisfaction at this Is
seen reflected in his face. Then, as
geographers know, Australia is on the
o:her side up from the Bowery, but
the tree frog smiles to think that he
lives in q tree, where he has only to
cling to branch and does not fall off.
And then, whenever there is shake
down In any of the precincts adjacent
to the Bowery, the tree frog expe-
riences q shake-up, and again rejoices
In the compensation Of nature. In
short, the tree frog leads a simple,
quiet, orderly life, with honest mo-
tives, generous impulses and earnest
endeavor, and its motto Is Handsome
is that handsome does"
This picture Of the tree frog Is taken
from Nature, and is scientifically nc
curate. This account Of him IS not
taken from Nature, but is quite orig
inal, and aims to be popular rather
Than scientiflc.-New York Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-11-13

for any reason 1t ia not desired. The
front Of the waist proper is laid IN
small box pleats that are stitched
deepest at the centre and grow short
er as they approach the arm-eyes,
each of which is held at the end by
three small buttons. The five pleats
at the back are stitched for their en-
tire length and form groups Of two at
each side of the centre, where the clos
ing is effected by means Of buttons and
buttonholes. The sleeves are in bishop
style, with pointed cuffs that match
the novel treatment Of the collar.
To make this waist for a woman OF
medium size four and quarter yards
of material twenty-one inches wide,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-11-13
Girls With a rwans Are Barred.

When girls are chosen for the new
Government telephone service in Lon
don the educational examination sinks
into insignifcance before the physlo-
logical test. No girl will be employed
If she be below feet 2 inches high in
her stocking soles. She must possess
good hearing, have no defect of
speech, and must be tested by viva
voce examination, in which particu-
lar attention is ITO be paid to articu-
latlon, pitch of voice and general self
possession" Any candidate showing
any Indication Of nervousness, hys-
terra, want of self-possession or q
strongly marked twang shall be re-
jected. The majority will probably
pass in self-possesslon, but dialect is
a severe test,-London Express.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-11-13

uyy-Iuvu. .v..uo.. s.~s-- ...;s
fattened, and every farming 1mple-
ment was shielded for winter. This
Indian, who was once a noted fighter,
now puts in seven months in each
year on his place, and works even
harder than the average white farmer.
While one cannot say TOO much
good concerning his farming ability,
his moral character is IN keeping with
other Indians. Sometimes, when he
can get the liquor, he will remain
drunk for whole month. He wears
a blanket in the winter, and attends
the medicine dances and dog feasts
In summer. So while the Government
has tanned him in one way they still
have a great deal to accomplish. HIS
steps are slow and halting. AS 1t Is
with this Kiowa farmer one will also
find 1t with many other Indians. They
cannot take many advance steps in
one year; not even FIVE will see COM
plete change In their condition. To
make a good farmer out Of warrior
requires no less than seven years.
There are to-day about 267 800 In
dians in the United States, Of which
100000 do not work. Therefore only
seven per cent. of the entire Indian
population on the reservation earn
their own living, excluding the In
dams of the Five Civilized Tribes.
This is quite an improvement over
three years ago, when not three per
cent. were capable Of taking care Of
themselves.
There are to-day $3.50 members Of
the Five Civilized Tribes of Indian
Territory. These are the Cherokees.
Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, and
Seminole Indians. They yet retain
their land in severalty, but it will be
allotted before another year. These
are called educated Indians, and last
year they earned $1,50O,000 from the
sale of beef and cattle. 1t costs the
Government from $4,000,000 to S5,000,-
600 every year to educate the red
skins and set them up in farming.
The Usage Indians-the richest In.
| dams in the United States-are, con-
trary to general belief, the most in
dustrious. They had out last year
10000 acres Of land, from which they
raised 100000 bushels Of wheat, TO-
600 bushels of oats, and 100000 bush
els Of corn.
The Sioux outnumber the Osages
two to one, hence the value of their
products was even greater than those
of the Osages. But the Sioux 90 In
for cattle-raising, having sold 120O(
head Of cattle in one season, and made
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-11-13

Southwest country. An experiment OF
much value was attempted among the
Cheyennes in Oklahoma not long ago.
An Indian agent wished the school
boys to milk COWS for him, and agreed
to give each one who milked for three
months nice calf. Fifteen boys
started. but they were so ridiculed by
the older men Of the tribe that twelve
of them gave it up. Three won the
calves, and the pride of being owners
Of the cattle served as quite an assist
ance In getting other Indian children
to try. After q year twelve boys had
won calves, and the agent asked them
to plow corn for him, agreeing to
give them all the corn they could
grow. Ten boys volunteered to grow
corn, and they actually raised 5000
bushels. which was sold and after
wards converted into thirty head OF
steers
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-11-13
Pacific Const Discoveries.

According to DR.. Wilson, of the
United States national museum, the
fringe of country lying between the
coast range and the Pacific contains
many peculiarities yet unexplained.
For instance, it has a greater number
of families of Indian languages than
all the rest of North America COM
bined. The arrow-heads and spear
heads there are different from those
found anywhere else. Pottery was not
one of the arts Of the Pacific coast,
although 1t was made by the neigh
boring peoples of Mexico and the
Pueblo country. On the other hand,
the finest specimens of basketry in
the world, perhaps, in either ancient
or modern times, are found there. 1t
may be said, by the way, that DR..
Wilson regards the famous Calaveras
skull as a genuine relic Of ancient
man on the Pacific slope.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-11-13

over fitted Innings and are curved ut
the lower edge where they fall ov
soft puffs. At the front is velvet rib
bon that it attached at the under-arm
seams, brought around to the front
and bowed.
To cut this gown for woman of me-
dunn size thirteen yards Of material
twenty-one inches wide, eleven yards
twenty-seven inches wide or seven
yards forty-four inches wide will be
required, with two and quarter
yards twenty-one inches wide for full
front and undersleeves and seven
eighth yards of velvet to trim as Illus
trated.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-11-13

model shown Is made on the latest
: lines and is correct in every detail.
AS shown the material Is fine serge
flannel woven in a pretty fancy plaid,
collars, cuffs and belt being Of black
velvet, but plain flannel, corduroy, vel
ve,een. striped flannel, cashmere and
waist and arsss mat teriais q aEs ;IS,d snit:
,priate for the costume and the odd
waist.
The foundation, or fitted lining, Is
snugly fitted and closes at the centre
front. The waist proper is laid In box
plects that are stitched at their under
folds and extend from the neck and
shoulders, the closing being effected
by means of buttons and buttonholes
worked through the pleat at the centre
front. TIE two scanned sleeves are in
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-11-13

tho pt=t - ,i,e system. When $50
reached it she Jumped" like a race
horse. 1t was the first jar felt by the
passengers during the trip from the
central Missouri division, Along here
the speed of the train was little short
of q hurricane, The section was COW
cred before the passengers hardly re-
allied they were on it, and the train
leaped over the bridge without dimin-
ution of speed. Then smooth road.
few turns, and the heavy fog Of the
city obliterated the appearances OF
day. The officials looked at their
watches.
There's only one way he can make
it," said the president. "Will there
be much travel over the streets this
early do you think?" he asked the SUI
perintepdent.
'"There'll be some" that officer re-
piled, "but they'll open the bell valve
and take the chances. If we don't
strike anything you'll reach the sta
tion to the second"
Along the winding, wriggling track
around the lumber yards, warehouses,
glue works and factories the nerve
racking rate was held with death-like
tenacity. At one crossing team es-
capped humiliation by hardly hairs
breadth, and the men who looked out
of the glass windows in the rear could
see the driver and several people ges-
ticulating and shaking the fists In
their direction. A policeman standing
in saloon door scowled and wrote
something in his note book. With a
roar and rush the train shot up on
the elevated, flew past the ancient
levee warehouses, around the tene-
ments in the southern district, and
then took one strand of the web south
of Union station and followed it to a
given point; then stopped and slowly
backed into the sheds
Gentlemen" said the superintend-
ent, "the Iron Mountain Is over on the
10th track. You have three minutes
10 reach it." He then hurried to the
front of the train. Australian Jack
leaped from his cab and waited. His
face was as pale as death and his lips
twitched. Soldiers tell us the bravest
men lose their nerve after the battle.
Jack, my boy" said the superin-
tendent, you've done me good turn
tonight and fear I've done you an
i'll one 1 got this message for you at
Brookfield. and wouldn't deliver 1t
then because-tecause-
For fear I'd funk" said Jack. He
took the paper mechanically. He
didn't start, as the superintendent e1-
pected, but folded it and put 1t in his
pocket.
81 saw the boy hand you the mes
sage" said the engineer, "and you read
it and looked at me. That told me the
story. I knew then my poor old moth
er was dead, because she had been
very Ill and my sister had agreed ts
tell me how she was just before ;wa
started. l knew the worst had hap.
pened when you did not give the mes
sage to me-" And Jack sat down or
the step of the tender and buried 'his
face in his arms.
The superintendent reverentiallJ
took off his hat and looked across a
the network of tracks and moving
switch engines. He appreciated hi
subordinates devotion to duty because
he himself had risen through effort!
# a kindred nature.-The Criterion
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-11-13
Sheep-KiIlIng Dogs.

Sheep killing dogs are so numerous
in many sections Of the south as to
discourage farmers from attempting to
keep flocks, for which they have am
pie range. A bulletin by the govern
ment recently published emphasized
the value of Angora goats as a pro-
lection for flocks of sheep from the
ravages of dogs.-Cotton Planters
Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-11-13

dress style with slightly faring cuffs.
The neck Is finished with a standing
collar that terminates in point, and
at the waist is narrow curved belt.
To cut this waist for miss of four
teen years of age three and a half
yards Of material twenty inches wide,
three aud a quarter yards twenty
seven inches wide, two and three
quarter yards thirty-two inches wide
or two yards forty-four inches wide
will be required, with three-eighth
yards of velvet to trim as illustrated.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-11-13
THE INDIAN AS A FARMER


So after years Of patient teaching, red
men in farm life have become mat
ter of course. 1t is their shortest cut
to civilization.
In the United States to-day there
are $4,000 Indians who earn their own
living by farm-work. Last year they
sold their farm products for COM
bined sum Of $1,4OS,S65, over and
above the expenses Of living. This
was nearly $40 per capita, which Is
very good considering the fact that
thirty per cent. Of them have never
before farmed an acre of land. Some
of the Indian farmers never did q
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-11-13
"A FaYorite shirt yYaist.

The shirt waist that closes at the
back ds Tscognized sax9gite 9!,. and M
months to come, The admirable May
Manton model illustrated is suited to
silk, velveteen. corduroy, flannel, cash
mere, albatross and all waist mate
rails, but In the original Is made Of
white flannel with tiny gold buttons
IS trimming.
The lining fits snugly and smoothly.
and is desirable for all light weight
woods and silks, but can be omitted
when heavier materials are used or
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-11-13

was the date when their fist lands
were allotted to them. 1t was then
bnllved that the proper way to go
about teaching Indians to farm was
to place them Oh quarter section OF
the good land, saying, "You must get
q living out Of this or starve."
In few years they found the un-
tutored savage quite willing to starve
or hght. In most cases he was more
anxious to fight Some Of the most
atrocious crimes have been committed
by these same border redskins who
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-11-13

Each steer was branded with an in
dividual brand chosen by the boy own
er. This made them prouder than
ever, and more industrious. Every
boy at the agency wanted to go to
work at once, and as result of that
experiment the Cheyennes are the
most industrious farmers Of any tribe
so recently on the war-path.-W. &.
Draper, in Harper's Weekly.