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Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-07-24

FREAKS OF LIGHTNING.-The Richmond
Va. Wing gives this curious story Of
what lightning sometimes does:
Mrs. Merrikin, with two or three serv-
ants, was having cherries gathered when
the storm came up. She ordered the
colored boy, about ten years of age, who
was in the tree. to come down. He
stated, saying, well, my bucket is full, "
when the flash came. The boy was in
stantly killed in the position he stood,
bis face and one side being charred to II
crisp, and the arm on which he held the
bucket torn open to the bone. His
clothes were almost entirely burned off.
A hog under the tree was killed. Mrs.
Merrikin was stunned, and the fame
seemed to those standing by, to run over
her clothing and circle around a ring she
wore on her finger. Mr.. Merrikin, who
was some distance off, saw the smoke
from the BOYS clothing ascending from
the tree. When he arrived he found the
little fellows body hanging naked in the
tree inexaetly the position i'll which he
had been killed, with one arm hooked
over limb, and the bucket hanging from
the other, with the cherries still in il.
II is a remarkable fact that Mrs. Merri-
kin heard no noise at all, and saw nc
flame, while to those around and III
Stanton, the crash was terrific.
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south Side Mining Company. NO No
tjce is hereby given thAt meeting OF tine Noca :,
holders Of Q id Company for the purpose VI
electing officers will be- held on Monday, tne
ash sI1v Of Au0ust, 1873, at 8 o'clock p. M,
NJ the residence Of NJ. II. Lichtcnstein, MCCALL
non street, Phoebe, Lincoln county, Nevada.
By order OF the Board Of Trustees.
iyiAaw 9. ". ERRANT. Sepgstasy.
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Or. hENLEY'S
Celebrated |. X. [. bltters.
D PLEAS

A MOST EFFICIENT AND PLEAS
n ant Tonic.
rF- THE BEST LIVER REGULATOR
KNowNl A Sure Cure for Dyspepsia.
These Fit 'ers are prepared from the most
choice and wholesome herbs and roots have CIV
en- universal ii faction wherever tried. Thou
sands of Dysptpiics have found relief through
their use, and physicians recommend them for
the cure of all diseases Of the blood and liver,
and irregularities of the digestive organs.
Headache, Billiousness and Constipation
General Debility and Loss of Appetite, all are
caused by arrangement of the system. The
IXL Bitttrs have been successfully used and are
warranted to alleviate the sufferer in all the
above cases
Ri tad Physicians Certificates attached TO each
bottle. Every Family should have bottle ip
the house. SOLD EVERYWHERE.
II. EPSTEI Sole Proprietor.
No. SIS Front street, San Francisco, Cal.
llr2a-3m
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JOB WORK.

Done at the RECORD ofilce in the best style
known to the art; aud must be paid for on de-
livery. unless persons having tie work done
have standing accounts with the cfhee. No de.
Walton from this rule.
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Beckwith Mining Company.LLoca.

Beckwith Mining Company. LLoca.
ton of works, Ely Mining Dis rct. Lincoln
county, State of Nevada; principal place of busi-
ness, San Francisco Cal Notice is h, rtby given
that at meeting Of the Board Of Trustees Of
said Company, held on the Tth day of July, 1873,
an assessment OF fifteen (l5c. lcents per share was
levied upon the capital stock Of said Company,
payable immediately. in United States gold coin,
to the Secretary, at the office Of the Company,
Rooms and 6. No. 800 Montgomery street, San
,Fraacisco, California.
| Any stock upon which said assessment shall
| remain unpaid on Monday, the 11th day
Of August, 1873, shall be deemed delinquent,
and will be duly advertised for sale at public
auction, and unless payment shall be made
Of September. 1873, to pay the delinquent
| assessmept together with costs Of advertising
and expenses Of sale.
Dy order Of the Board Of Trustees.
W. II. WATSON, Secretary.
once: Rooms and 8, No. 302 Montgomery
Ntruet. sap Fnucsco. o. tyl2-td
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SheriR's Sale.

Ri VIRTUE OF AN EXECUT1ON ISSUED
~ out of the District Court. in and for the
county Of Lincoln, State of Nevada, and to me
airec'ed and delivered, for Judgment rendered
m said Court, on the 10th day OF July,.A: u
rs'S. IN favor Of ]. G. Armstrong, and against ..
:. onllen and W. Scanlin, for the sum OF ten
hundred and ninety dollars damages, together
WIN one hundred and sixty-0ne dollars taA
,ps's , and all sccruing costs. have levied on
M me following property, to wit: All and singular
mat NJ certain town lot, situated in said town OF
roche, lying on the southerly side Of Meadow
asiiey street, being bounded on the westerly
sue oy the store and lot Of Clute 4 Young, ano
Sh W. .he easterly side by the property owned % .!
Iraaerwood, ra and which is known as the :. oit
.er .neater building, and which is now used as
0,'p s,saurant and lodging-hsuse. Notice is herep.
gwen that on
tuesday, the Fifth day OF August
A. d., 1873,
AZ " o'clock, NJ. will sell all the right, It'll
aarest u,nterest Of said defendant in and to the aoov
piisc,ioed property, at the CSprt House door. \
hche. Nevada, at public auction. for cash !
10 the highest and best bidder. to satisi
'a .xe execution and all costs.
July Is, 1878 W. TRAVIS, Sheriff.
nyb' H. HEREFORD, Deputy. jyi6-sod'
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SAN FRANCISCO AGENT. /.

C. ". CRANE, 426 Montgomery street, is seIx
Agent for the PIocHE DAILY hEcoRD, author
lied to contract and collect for advertise
ments. at our lowest cash rates, in coin. Ad-
vertisers ART requested to leave their orders
with him. as nvne other will be recognized.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-19

FAT AND LEAN.-Meat eaters and veg
etarians show in their persons the effects
of the diet. The first has the most brain
force and nervous energy. A mixed food
of animal and vegetable rations develops
the highest intellectual powers. A strictly
vegetable living ordinarily gives fair
complexion, and amiability and extreme
pugnacity when the vegetarian's views in
regard that one engrossing thought of his
life are discussed. They are annual
meeting reformers, without ever setting a
river on fire. Arabs are a sober, frugal
race, rather slender, not tall, conscien-
tious and contentious on religious subjects
They largely subsist on rice, milk and kei-
mac, something similar to whipped cream,
though a vast region of an arid country
where they are indigenous. They are not
destitute Of mutton, goats, camels and
game but they manifest no disposition to
feed upon meats, as is necessary in temper
ate zones or in high northern latitudes.
An intellectual man, one of their kindred,
who rises to distinction by the grandeur of
his mental status is extremely rare. The
beer and ale drinkers expand and grow fat,
but they are not much!given to profound re-
searches in science Scientific american.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-19

WILD OArs.-We too often hear the re-
mark made, in reference to some spirited
young man, that Z" he is sowing his wild
oats" This is spoken in palliatiop. He
will be different by and by-perhaps all
the better Christian in the end for his
more thorough knowledge of the world.
But this illustration is very unfortunate
peculiarly SO, because there is such an in
innate connection between the sowing and
the reaping. We cannot think of such
thing as a seed-time without harvest.
They are most intimately-yes, indissolu-
bly, connected in the natural world. Not
less are they SO in the moral. BE not
deceived; God is not Knocked for what
soever man soweth. that shall he also
reap" If men sow barley they do not
expect to reap wheat nor will oats pro-
duce rye. If men SOW wild oats, they
reap harves. accordingly. The good
ness of the soil will be exhausted in that
which is worthless bad habits will be
formed, difficult of correction, and others
will be contaminated. The longer we re-
main in sin, the worse it will be. We
had better break off before the conscience
becomes hardened. The effects may re-
main after the heart is changed, and We
may be troubled with the thoughts of the
evil we have done and said, even after the
evil may have been repented of and for
given.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-19

MILLERITEs IN 1S43.-Some of the So
cieties were so sure the end was at hand.
that they put their individual possessions,
which were usually very slender. into
joint stock, in imitation of the early Chris
tians who had call things common" In
Oneida county, n. Y, well-to-do farmer
being converted to their doctrine, cams to
join their church and, on being told of
this rule, said he would think of it a while.
and pray over it. He went away sorrow-
full for he was very rich. At the next
meeting he appeared, and upon being
called upon for his answer, he said he had
received message from heaven and was
prepared to obey. while engaged in
prayer for divine direction" said be, d"
have had one passage of the Bible so
powerfully impressed upon my mind tha.
know it is from God and shall do as I
am commanded"
The brethren and sisters were in breath
less expectation of the tremendous sacri-
fee he was about to make. TIE elder
bade him be of good courage, and declare
the message. And the rich man said:
That passage that came to my mind
and which | am resolved to obey, was in
these words, Occupy till come. Sc
lected.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-19
Wo-haw--ge-e-e-e
Nv wife. seated beside me. did not

My wife, seated beside me. did not like
the music But | said What beautiful
sentiment My dear it is pastoral
You might have known that from Wo-
haw-gee . You have your taste ruined by
attending the Brooklyn Tabernacle. The
choir repeated the last line Of the hymn
four times Then the prima donna slip
ped and fell on the second, and that
broke and let her throug h Oh the third.
The other voices came in to pick her up
and got into a wrange, the bass and So
prano had it for about ten seconds, but
the soprano beat women always do),
and the bass rolled down into the cellar,
but the latter kept on squalling, as though
the bass in leaving had wickedly torn out
her back hair. | felt anxious about the
soprano, and looked back to see if she
had tainted, but found her reclining in
the arms of young man who looked
strong enough to take care of her.
Now, admit that we cannot all have
such things in our churches. 1t costs like
sixty. In the church of the Holy Bankak,
it costs one hundred dollars to have sung
that communion piece.
"Ye wretched, hungry, starving people"
But let us come as near to it as We can.
The tune Pisgah has been standing long
enoug on 'Jordans stormy banks Let
it pass over and get out of the wet wealth
er. Good bye, Antioch, Harwich, and
Boylston.-Good bye, till We meet in
Glory.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-19

A DARKEY WHO UNDERSTANDS THE Ma
TURE OF AN OATH-The other evening at
meeting of the Grand Army, several good,
stories were told around the camp fire.
Capt. Jesse Taylor told the following of
the times when our forces were stationed
at Beaufort, South Carolina q There was
an old darkey by the name Lige Jackson
who, deserted by his master, was left to
take care of himself as best be might.
Lige was exceedingly awkward in his a.
tempts to play the servant. He smashed
and destroyed nearly everything he laid
his hands upon, and having waited on
nearly every officer at the post, each in
turn, after giving him the benefit of some
hard swearing for his stupidity, turned
him adrift. 1t happened that Lige was
witness in case that came before a
court martial, and, being called to give
testimony, was objected to on the part of
the defendant, who stated that be didn't
believe the niger was of sound mind.
- Stand up Lige," said the court. DO
you understand the nature OF an oath ?'
Lige scratched his wool for a moment, and
then, turning up the white of his eyes, re-
piled : Look yeare, marse, dis niger
has waited on bout half the ossifers since
they cum to dis place, and if he don't uo-
derstand the nature OBJ an oaf by dis time.
den dars no virtue in cussing.''
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-19

The MONKEY AND THE ECRAB.-A playful
assistant to fshmonger, with basket of
crabs on his arm, took it into his head,
while passing the monkeys house in the
Jarden des Plantes. Paris, the other day,
that it would be amusing to give a crab
to one of the monkeys which held out its
"hand" through the wires of its cage.
The animal, We are told, looked at it curl.
ously, than raised it to his mouth. The
crab, hitherto inert, now recovered its self
possession, and took hold of the monkeys
nose between its large claws. The other,
with piercing cry, rushed to the roof os
the building, cliDging to cord. Toe crab
continued to maintain its hold, the monkey
frantically endeavoring to tear it away.
Weary of the struggle, he suspended him.
self to bar by the tail, and swung vio-
lently to and fro, hoping thus to throw of
his enemy, the other apes sitting below on
the ground looking on with astonishment
at the strange spectacle Suddenly the
poor animal became motionless. He was,
an eyewitness suggests, thinking, and his
reflections, we are told, were OF a melan-
choly character, as they ended in suicide
He let 90 the bar to which he had been
suspended, and, falling head-foremost, was
killed instantly, his nose still in the claws
OF his prosecutor.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-19

Mr.. JONES AND HIS Cow.-One rainy
evening Mr.. Jones, as usual, went out with
pail and stool to milk the COWS. The
animals were not in the cleanest condition,
and when the wet and muddy tail of one
was provokingly lashed across his face
once or twice, Mr.. Jones got vexed and
vowed he would fix that cow SO that she
wouldn't bother him and more that night
So he carefully tied her tail to his boot
strap.
Everything went smoothly on for time,
and MIR. Jones congratulated himself on
the experiment. He was feeling pretty
well, and perhaps would have sung hymn
if he had known one, when the COW took a
notion to lash fly that was biting her.
Mr.. Jones chuckled some when he felt the
pull at his boot-strap, but his chuckling
was soon cut short, for bossie," finding
she could not touch her tormentor, sud
denly started, and, as Mr.. Jones was not
prepared for such demonstration, he was
upset, with the contents of the pail dis
tributed over his person.
The COW stopped for moment, but in
that time our hero had gained his feet; a
momept after he was seen with his hand
on the hip of the COW, making the tour Of
the farm-yard with prodigious hops upon
one foot, the other being suspended by the
boot-strap which was still attached to the
cows tail. At every hop he would ejacu-
late, L" So, boss, so boss" but "boss' didn't
" so worth a cent, until, almost used up,
the boot attachment suddenly broke, and
MIR. Jones was free. He returned to the
houses a wiser, if not sadder man. and
so far as We know he never repeated his
novel experiment.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-19

CURIOUS EFFECTS OF THE IMAGINATION.
1t is related that some French physicians
once, to test how strongly persons phys
ical nature might be affected by his
imagination, blindfolded man, placed
him in warm water, and informed him that
he was to he bled to death, making, at the
same time, an imaginary opening of a
vein. The experimenters, from time to
time, remarked to each other with mock
seriousness concerning the changing ap
pearance of the subject, the quantity of
blood he was losing in certain length of
time, and made estimates of how long it
would be before he bled to death. The
experiment was fatally successful, to the
subject at least for the poor man actually
died from fright, with every symptom of
death from loss of blood. In an article in
the February Harper's Prof. Draper men
tions examples of cures being effected by
remedies whose healing properties were
wholly imaginary. Cases can also be cited
from other authorities, where bread pills,
administered by trusted or famous ply
sician, have made we'll men, where the most
effective medicines of a "new doctor"
were powerless. And now," says the
Utica Herald, another example of the
close sympathy between the imagination
and the physical comes to US from neigh
boring village. The other day, a simple
minded fellow entered hotel in the place,
and, walking up to the bar, asked for a
glass of liquor. The landlord, being some
what Of a practical joker, gave the man,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-19

SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WoRLD.-1he
seven wonders of the world are among the
traditions of childhood, and yet ninety
nine persons out of hundred cannot name
them. They are the pyramids; the tenn
pie, the walls and the hanging gardens of
Babylon the Chryselephantine statue of
Jupiter Olympus, the most renowned work
of Phidias; the temple of Diana at Ephesus,
which was two hundred and twenty years
in building, and which was 425 feet in
length and 229 in breadth, and supported
by 127 marble columns of the Ionic order.
sixty feet high the Mausoleum at Hall
carnassus, erected to the memory of Mauso.
lus, the king of Caria, by his wife Ar
temesia, C. 1858 the Pharos at Alex
andria, lighthou erected by Ptolemy
So ter at the entrance of the harbor of
Alexandria, 45O feet high, and seen at
distance of 100 miles; and, lastly, the
Colossus at Rhodes, brazen image of
Apollo, 105 Grecian feet in height,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-19

Probably the hottest country is Thibet,
thoug its most southern part is 80 degrees
from the equator, its extreme summer tenn
perature reaching to the height of $50
degrees. The fact that the night temper.
ature, even in summer, sometimes sinks to
the freezing point, only serves to aggravate
the discomfort of this extreme heat. Next
comes Senegal and Guadalupe, with G
maximum temperature of l3O degrees. that
of Persia being 125 degrees, while the
maximum of Calcutta and the delta of the
Ganges is 5 degrees less. In Cape Colony
and the African diamond diggings the
midsummer heat is los degrees, that of
Greece being only one degree less, while
that of the comparatively far north city of
Montreal is only one degree less than
Greece, and one more than New York.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-19
LANGUAGE AMONG AN1MALs.-M. Houxea

LANGUAGE AMONG ANIMALs.-M. Houzeau
maintains that not only does each group
of animals possess language which is un-
derstood by other members of the same
group, but that they can learn to under.
stand the language of other groups. His
dogs, for instance, perfectly understand his
poultry. His cocks and hens have one
danger signal for the approach of a bird
of prey, another for that of terrestrial
animal or for a man. When the latter
was sounded the dogs would rush out and
bark, while to the former they psid no
attention whatever. He therefore concludes
that fowls have the power of expressing
slightly different but closely allied ideas,
and dogs can learn to understand these
differences
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-19
For the Freeman.
Spring is Coming.

To-day the sun shines clear and bright
Across the fields of snow,
And wakens into sparkling light
The rivers icy fow.
And spring is coming back we know
With all its happy train,
But the joyousness of other years
Cannot come to US again.
One year ago, our best beloved
Beside us watched for spring,
And waited for the coming health
We hoped that twould bring.
The birds and flowers came, while we watched
With music and perfume,
But to our darings faded cheek
Came back no healthy bloom.
And yet her smileslike. spring time flowers,
Grew brighter day by day,
And her voice fell soft on.our aching hearts,
AS she brushed our tears away.
And we learned a lesson of patience and love
Each day in her quiet room,
Where her cheerful face, with its heavenly light
Like an angels, dispelled the gloom.
And we knew the spirit so pure and bright,
That left us in early June,
But scared to a realm of eternal spring
Where flowers perennial bloom
The gain was to her, but the loss to us
Was so deep that it still must cling,
And so, tho all nature is glad again,
A shadow is over the spring.
We look to God, and ask for peace,
And an unlailing trust,
That JOY may be ours when we cross to that shoI
Where our darling is waiting for us.
ELLEN.
March, 1873.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-19

CHURCH MusIC FEARLEssLY HANDLED
Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage of Brooklyn
Tabernacle celebrity, deals numerically
with sham.
In recent article he " lets on at no
Aattering rate against the pedantc, oper-
attic, unintelligible, and undevout style of
singing which SO many churches substi-
tute for the service of song. If there is
any power in reductio absurdum, this ar
tice will not be without effect in the
right direction. We make an extract in
which he describes what might be well
denominated worshipping under difficult
ties
Let Dundee and Portuguese Hymn
and Silver Street hide their heads beside
what We heard not long ago in church
just where [ shall not tell Minister read
the hymn beautifully. The organ began
and the choir sang, as near as could un-
derstand as follows
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-19

DnEcr EvIDENoE.-A revivalist is re-
ported to have told this story to illustrate
coming straight to the point,
When boy, he was summoned. to tes-
tify in case of assault, in which one man
had hit another with hoe A host of
witnesses had been called, who 8" beat
about the bush" in the most tedious and
provoking manner. without giving one iota
of inculpating proof This exasperated
the lawyer for the prosecution, who broke
out as follows, as the teller of the story
entered the box 3:
"Here, boy, we've been going around
and around this case all day and yet have
no evidence to convict the prisoner. Now,
sir" he savagely continued "do you hear
me? l want you to come to the direct
point. Did you see the blow struck p
"Yes, sir ~
'.Ah. ha ~ chuckled the lawyer, rub
bing his palms together, and grinning i'm.
moderately. Now we shall have some
thing to work upon. Here, nv good lad,
take this cane (handipg him his walking
stick. "If you saw the blow struck you
must know just how it was gwen
Yes, sir. -
Now, then, DO words about it. | tell
you ~ thundered his interrogation. " am
the defendant and you are the prisoner
Now just raise the stick and show the
court
The bewildered lad did q raise the stick,
and the next instant it came crashing
down upon the head of the astounded law
yer, echoing from the bald pate to the
end of the room, and sent him staggering
to his seat.
That's the way it was done, SIR" said
the boy, amid the shrieks of laughter Of
the whole court room. The discomftted
counsel, with a CHASTITY attempt at a smile
said that he had done with the witness
the evidence was direct.