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Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-01-18
HE FORTUNES OF OUR PRES
IDENTS. r#.4

The American Historical Record gives
|the following statement of the private
Hfortuues of all the Presidents, from
washington to Grant:
Washington left an estate worth nearly
$500, 900.
81 The elder Adams left a moderate for
tune at his death. ".Eg
a Jefferson died comparatively poor. If
4Congress had not purchased his library
Hat price far above its value ($2O, ,OOO)
lie would with difficulty have kept out Of
Bankruptcy at the close of his life. ..
n Madison saved his money and was
Z comparatively rich. The fortune Of his
widow was increased by the purchase of
bis manuscript papers by Congress for
E&$3O, 600.
James Monroe, the sixth President,
died SO poor that he was buried At the
ze1pense Of his relatives, in cemetery
Second and Third streets, near
8the Bowery, in New York city. b. .
John Quincy Adams left about $50. :
1000, tho result of industry, and small
inheritance. He was methodical and
Economical. H@"
1 Andrew Jackson loft valuable estate
known as the Hermitage, about twelve
miles from Nashville, Tennessee.
Martin Van Buren, died rich. His es-
tate was estimated at nearly $500, 900.
James X. Polk left about $150,OOO.
John Tyler was bankrupt when he
became President. He husbanded his
means while in office, and married rich
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-01-18

OBJECTIONABLE PEopLE.--The London
funch objects to meeting tho following
people: ..
MIR. Wilmer, who never sees you with
gu, saying how very fat you've grown,
or how very pale you look.
Mr.. Humdrum, who when in society,
cohnnss his conversation to the changes
VI the weather and the rising price Of
Goals.
Captain Blusterham who bellows out
your name when he meets you in the
street, and shakes you by the hand till
ne nearly wrings your fingers off.
MT. Wheezer, who fancies that he is
an invalid, and explains to you the
symptoms of his latest ailment. ---.
Mr.. jeremiah Doldrums, who thinks
he mas a grievance against ono Of your
Jest friends, and takes you by the but.
'o4,hole in order to explain it.
baron Munchausen, Junior, who once
,;, sas captured by the brigands, and every
ame da he sees you embsllishes the iuoi-
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-02-13
Stick to the Farm.

Miss Mary A. E. Wager Of Moore's
Rural says she is quite sure that the
more q person knows of life in great
cities the greater emphasis will he OF
she give to the advice contained in the
head line, and for these reasons
The majority Of country boys are in
no sense Of the word fitted or prepared
for participation in the rivalry and com.
potion Of business in the city. They
would find themselves rs much out OF
their sphere or groove for usefulness "
a statesman would be placed in COM
mand of q ship. Or to make the illus
tration more pertinent, they would sue
coed in the city in about equal measure
with the city men who go to tho coun-
try to get rich farming, and you know
how that is.
Hundreds Of young men come from
from the country to the city weekly in
search of work. I see them anxiously
walking the streets, or standing at tho
street corners in a brown study. Often
times they are robbed of their little
store of money; decoyed into bells
where in a single hour they learn more
of the ways Of death than would have
come to them in a entire life time else
where. All but you wouldn't be Sc
duced from truth and virtue! Perhaps
not; but granting you to be firm as the
everlasting hills in righteousness, what
could you do to insure success? Can
you set type? Can you keep books
Do you understand commercial bust
ness? Can you write q book review
worthy of the book? What do you
know of art, or science, or any one
branch of either? Have you a we'll
defined idea, or a half defined idea Of
just what you wish to do2 II so, what
qualification do you carry with it? To
leave the farm for the city is as foolish
and dangerous, in most cases, as to
Jump overheard far from shore, when
you are morally certain you do not
know how to swim.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-02-13
The Limitations of Education.

We have spent two generations now
in praising education and e%ndeavoring
to Outdo one another in our estimates Of
what it was possible for education to do.
But in our enthusiasm we have over
praised it. There are many things that
the most careful education cannot do.
And the sooner WI come TO understand
our limitations, the more wisely We
shall carry forward our work. Take
even the matter of temper. Tho child
who 10 quick or violent in his passions
will ALWAYS be 30. How many mothers
have sunk down in dependency be-
cause they could not eradicate n violent
temper YoH could more easily make
blue eyes black. People talk Of sub
DUNG a, strong-willed child, of breaking
the force of his will. You may change
tho manner of the action Of his will, but
you cannot break tho will unless you
break the boy. And just such hopeless
things are undertaken in educational
institutions. Boys are sent to college
who should have been sent anywhere
else. 1t matters little that you say you
will develop deficient faculties. That
can be done within limits. But when
you try to turn n boys whole life in q
direction in which he is poorest, you
condemn him to failure and intellectual
penury. Strengthen the weak side,
but let the life-work lie in the direction
OF the strong' side. If your boy is a
mechanic by nature, do not make him a
preacher. Give him large general cul-
ture il he will take it, and then let him
lift his burdens with the strongest arm,
his constructive faculty. But shall we
give over trying to do anything for the
"high-tempered" child Shall we let
his passions run riot? Certainly not.
What we insist on is that they ian be
regulated, but not eradicated. There
was near a city a crooked stream that
wandered round and round, ~obstructing
travel and injuring the value of proper
w. Nobody dreamed Of drying il up.
but the citizens Strengthened it, and
SA'lea II In and embarked against its
use.nov and cleared distractions from
~, m oed, and built mills upon its margin,
Inc unpleasant trait In a cbild',
; character may be walled by habit. =,
/. s~eif-oontrsl, may be utilized nv ui,,..
right direction, may be made moss
: q blessing and less a curse than IL Womb
|, DO without discipline. But II cannot 5,
, destroyed. Education a do almos,
anything in the sphere Of habit. It car
do little in the sphere Of iugrained
quality. Powerless over nature, soverier
! over second nature. Hearth and Home
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-02-13
Can any Medicine Dc More =

The art of changing the base metals Into gold has
not been discovered, hut the happy results Of a
discovery Infinitely more important are famlliar
to the community, and have been SO for the past
twenty years. To exchange debility for vigor,
sickness for health. apathy tor energy, gloom for
cheerfulness, Is q much more desirable operation
than to trnnsmute lead into the root of all evil.
And this is what Hostetter's Stomach Bitters ac-
cOmplish, and have been accomplishing daily, ever
since their Introduction. Dyspepsia. bIliousness,
nervous affections. constipation, intermittent fe-
vers, rheumatism, sick headache and general do.
blllty are no longer the bug bears that they were
q hnh Of a century ago. The Bitters. taken as a
protective medicine, prevent them, and taken as
. remedy cures them, and the people know 1t.
Hence their overshadowins reputation and enor.
nous sale. The fame Of the great vegetable spe-
cinc Is ever on the march. and at q pace that no
competitor can live. 1t is to-day the foremost
medicine Of Its class in The civilized world. Every
now and thea attempts are made to rival 1t, and
sometimes . nosrum connected In the die hope
Of sharing Its popularity. has a brief squirt OF appa-
rent success. But IL III all Illusion. One by one
they SINK like stones In the sea, while the great
tohic, whose celebrity Inns been, the cause Of these
blind ventures, %cOntinne to ride on the topmost
wave OF public favor, unapproachod and unap-
proachable.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-02-13
PHANTOMs.

Faces dim como crowding round me
In the silence OF tho night
Az I sit half-doxing, sleeping.
ny the pickering taper's light.
Forms and fnces crowd around me
That were buried long ago,
And tho long procession passes,
But will come again, know.
Some are old, and weak and feeble,
Some In childhood's bloom appear,
And I listen through the stiffness,
II I can their voices hear.
Bnt they never speak unto mo:
They but pass with noiseless tread,
And I often sigh TO Join them
AZ l bow my weary head.
They arc ever near unto me,
Though ! see them NJ ut night
Those dim phantoms OF the bygone-
BY the hickcring taper's light.
But the last that passes from me
Turns 30 me her clear blue eyes,
And with appraised hand she pointeth
To the land beyond tho skies.
IT'S the form Of her who %journeyed
BY my sido In early youth
The angel who lit my footsteps
with her lamp Of love and truth.
She smiles AZ she passes by me,
And my cares seem half removed,
For the thought revives and cheers mo
That by M I still am loved.
10, Wiener I'm faint or weary,
Or my dropping spirits sink,
the gloomy thoughts put from me,
And upon that angel think.
And ] bless The band Of phantoms
That como 10 me at night,
Az I st alone and thinking
BY the pickering taper's light.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-02-13
Boots In Cellars,

Every farmer knows, or thinks he
knows, how to take care of potatoes for
winter use, but we will describe briefly
our methods. Dig the potatoes, if posi-
Bile, when the ground is dry (; but if this
cannot or has not been done, theyshould
be allowed to dry on o barn floor, the
adhering soil removed, and then the
roots may be carried to the cellar. We
provide large boxes, which will hold
about twenty bushels each (cast-of tree
boxes), raise them q few inches from the
cement floor by CROSS pieces Of scantling,
and then fill them with the clean and
dry potatoes. II there happen to be
a few wide cracks in the bottom of the
box, the ventilation will be better and
il the tubers are clean and the cellar
cool, there will be little of the rot.
Beets, turnips, carrots and parsnips
will not keep fresh in this way, as they
have not the impervious skin of the
potato. Our plan is to pack them in
barrels, or gocds-bo1es procured from
the county stores. They will shrivel
and spoil if the moisture is not retained
in them by some substance to pack them
in, or to fill the interstices. Finely
broken and moderately damp moss is
best forthis purpose ; but in its absence,
saw-dust answers quite we'll. At this
season Of the year, there is a great deal
OF this material in the ice-house, after
the removal of the ice, chat is quite
damp enough for use. Put in a layer
or two Of the roots then scatter enough
OF the saw-dust over them to fill the
interstices, then another layer, and so
on. In barrels, more roots may be
put in at a time, the saw.dust being
shaken among them by rocking the
barrels, Packed in this way, We have
zen beets taken out n full year after
they were put in, as fresh as the day
they were lifted from the soil while
those which were placed uncovered on
the cellar bottom were spoiled in a
month by drying up.
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Agricultural.
How to Get the Front Door Opened.

There is no end to. the effectiveness OF
a good knocking on the outside Of a
house. We remember one cold, bitter,
miserable winter. night. when we came
home late-andIIyet. not 30 very late
either, but it was.so cold that everybody
had gone to bed in the big house in
which we lived and to which we had no
latch-key. At the bell we pulled, we
pulled and.we pulled, and the nor we
pulled the more nobody came. At last
we were about giving up in despair and
going to the station-house or a hotel,
when q policeman came along. "You
can't make EN- hear, chi" said he.
"Now Just wait a minute !" And then
he stepped into the street and picked
up a brick from q pile neal by. With
this he knocked, apparently very gently,
on the wall OF the house. The effect
was magical As the dull, drum-like
booming resounded through the house,
every window was thrown open and
heads popped out IN every story. A
dozen people were ready to let us in, il
we would but knock no more. We
might even have entered at the back OF
the honse had we been there. In such
a case as this q bell was OF no use at oh
and as it is easy to sec that 1t would be
i%nconvenient to carry cobble-stones OF
bricks about with us, for they are not
always to be found in the street, what
is there that we can really depend upon
in such emergencies but a knocking p
Scribner's.
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.
DYSPEPSIA OR INDIaEsTIoN.-Who oil
our readers has not suffered from the
ills and varied forms Of this hydra
headed t~ormenter, which originates
from loss of tone in the stomach, or
more particularly in its muscular or
fbrous coating, which becomes pale
and feeble. II would require pages
to describe all the symptoms and vari-
Gus sympathetic affections of indiges-
ton, and the torture to which the dys-
peptic is suggested, but which may be
compressed into one brief comprehensive
sentence: You feel sick, depressed, and
unfit for the duties of life. Neverthe-
less, there is nothing more certain than
that dyspepsia in all its phases, can be
thoroughly eradicated.
There is but one way to cure indiges-
ton, viz by toning and strengthening
the stomach and general system, gently
relaxing the bowels if constipated, and
regulating the liver # disordered.
A remedy for this human peace
destroyer is CALIFORNIA VINEGAR
BTrERs, which have the rare merit
of containing no alcohol, the virtues of
the medicinal California plants, which
constitute their healing and curing
agencies, being extracted by a new
chemical process. The popular verdict
is that they are the most perfect article
for the stomach, and are to be taken as
circumstances may require, with the
fullest confidence, and that by their
means can the return of this distressing
malady be prevented. We are satisfied
this remedy is of great valne.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-02-13
THE WEEKLY sun.

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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-02-13

AxoSa the gifts which have been
made to humanity, none, in the lower
sphere Of virtues, should call forth our
thankfulness nor than the gifts of
cheerfulness, and wit, and humor.
They oivilize life. They carry with
them a perpetual blessing. II any man
have buoyancy, II he and himself given
to wit, in the name Of heaven do not
suppress it. Multiply the drops which
spring out Of that precious fountain.
There 70 life In M-{Beecher.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-02-13

Neglected Coughs and Colds Few are
aware Of the Importance Of checking a cough
or common cold" in its first stage; that
which in the beginning would yieldto browns
Bronchial Troches, II neglected, often worke
upon the lungs.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-02-13

CHApPED HANDS, face, rough skin, pimples,
ringworm, salt-rheum, and other outaneous
affections cured, and the skin made soft and
smooth, by using the JUMPER TAR SOAP, made
by CAswELL, HAZARD 4 Co., New York. Be
certain to get the Juniper Tar Soap, made by
us, as there are many limitations made with
common tar which are worthless. Com.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-02-13
TEMPuS FuHIT." \, 1872 4 !. se mean, sns

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upon the lung

MANY people, particularly children, suffer
with the ear ache and for the benefit Of such
we give a sure but simple remedy. Put in two
or three drops Of Johnson's Anodyne Lini-
ment, stop the ear with undressed wool, battle
the feet in warm water before going to bed,
and keep the head warm at night.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-02-13

CAPT. CHAs. SAaER, who keeps a superb
stock Of livery horses in Portland, Me-, in.
formed us recently that he uses Sheridan's
Cavalry Condition Powders regularly in his
stables, and hat the expense lis more than
cessary to keep his horses always in good order.
Offset by the diminished amount Of grain ne
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-02-13
NERVOUS DEBILITY

With Its gloomy attendants, low spirits, depres-
sion, involuntary emissions, loss Of semen, sperma-
torrhpa, loss OF power. dizzy head, loss of memory,
and threatened impotence: and imbecilIty. find a
&c SPECIFIC, No. TWENfY-EIGHT This Sow.
ereign Remedy tones up the system, arrests the
di.charges, and imparts vlgor and energy. life and
vitality to the entire man. They have cured thou.
sands OF cases. Price. IS per package Of n 70 boxes
and a large s. vial, Whit, h Is very important IN
obstinate, or old cases, or u per single box. Sold by
al druggists and sent BY mai! on receipt Of price.
ICINE CO.. 582 Broadway, N. Y.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-02-13

AGENTS WANT absolutely the b-st selling
~ book? send for circulars Of VENTS UNA
Illus FAMILY BIBLE. Over 100
besque t6 Is: CIT edge, I clasp. IS IS; Full gilt, .
clasps, Ell. "BELEEN THE WHITE CHIKF.,' for
winter evenings. 8th 1000. 1.-THE American Farm
Epizootc Treatments. etc. c. +. VENT, New York
and Cincinnati VENT d Chicago.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-02-13

SOONER on LATER n neglected cold will develop
. constant cough, shortness of breath, falling
some serious lung affection, which may be avoided
or palliated by nslng In time DR.. Jayne's Expecto-
rant.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-02-13

WANTED, a Farmer in every town al agent
for COLLINS STEEL PLows. For terms, etc,
address COLLINS Il Co., 212 Water street, N. Y.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-02-13

THE Elmwood Collar is decidedly the best
ever worn. Every one that tries it likes it and
will wear no other.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-02-13

The following hit ct the water-cure
was made by Charles Lamb, and none
but himself could have made SO quaint
q conceit. II is, said he, neither new
nor wonderful, for it is as old as the
deluge, which, in my opinion, killed
more than il cured.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-02-13
a NEW CARPET

The GREAT w~oNDER.-The New England Car
pet Co., established over q quarter Of a century ago.
having expended much time, talent. and money,
price, after years Of experimenting with the best
%art'zens. have brought out a carpet which th,v
have named and will be known as GERMAN
TAPESTR J, being exact imitation Of solid
Brussels, the first thousand pieces Of which. In or
der to Introduce them, will be sold for ~ cents
per yard. ga nple sent ny mail on receipt Of 10
cents, or Ave different patterns 50 cents
NEW ENGLAND CARPET co,
$40 Washington St., Boston, Mass.
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~
four or five hours daily, if she be in or.
binary health, without injury.
A PORTLAND s~ea-captain who has beer
absent from home for eight years ar.
rived last week. Calling upon q lady
friend Don after, he was panied to see
what he supposed to be the result OF
some terrible injury to the spine. He
delicately questioned her upon the sub.
ject, but she was apparently at a loss To
comprehend his meaning. Finally, after
much ~canvassing at cross-purposes, the
lady discovered that the old salt serious
supposed her panier to be a tumor, or
some other unsightly excrescence, caused
by disease of the spine.
No STORY of heather mythology, says
a writer in Appieton's Journal, which
tells of the transformation OF human or
celestial beings into plants or trees is
so beautiful as that one in which the
North American Indians give the origin
Of their maize, which is, in substance,
that a beautiful girl, pursued by o river
god, took refuge among the reeds, twin.
ing thcm about her to hide herself,
upon which her slender form was chang.
Cd nto a graceful stalk, her teeth into
%Al. white kernels, and her lovely float.
.asn mar into silk; and in place Of reeds
sau maiden there stood only . tall,
stalk Of Indian corn ; no That
ever after in the rustic Of . waving oo-n.
ne'd the red man could hear the ssirrin,
OF q company Of timid girls. r.
, 1873-12-12

The following instruments woro filed for record
on Thursday, Dec. II:


The following instruments woro flied for record
on Thursday, Dec. II:
orrY PROPERTY.
North Wood st, \ o Of Brigham st, vi, 24x100
It, .lated Dec. 10; consideration, sl.too.
North Wood ST. u # OF Drighum ct, " I, 211100 IT,
dated Dec. 10; consideration, 1000.
scdgew1ck Rt, " Of Grant rlacc Il, a e1ox120
II. dated Nov. 20; consideration, S2.027.
North nv, n cor Of Commercial n, IF, 25x124 IT,
dated Doc. l ; consideration, $4,000.
Ontario st. North Market at, n I, 71Hx1o0 II,
dated Dec. II consideration, 50, ,337.
Lot street near Kedzis Az, and 100 # Of Knz!o
IT. + '5x12, IT, dated Oct. 81 consideration, $4,000.
Lois 48 and ID in Kawaon's oNsekof 3 X soc.
IL, 30, 13, dated Aug. 8 consideration, 81, 600.
Nobto at, Of md Division at, of, 6ox125 Il,
dated Doc. 10: consideration. $780,
Langley ct, at4x It OF TLirty-oghth 1t, +, 20Nx
loa t. with buildings dated Dec. 4; consideration,
Wont Taylor st, 17s II Of Western ay, r. 2sz124x
It, dated Doc. consideration, 81 800.
Wcst Taylor vt, 203 It " Of Western av, +, 1sx124A
It, dasel Dec. consideration, $1,000.
West Taylor s IA II Of Calnriell Nv, T. 25x124s
IT, dated Dec consideration, s., 900.
Weat Polk vt, 10 # Of Campbell ~, 24x124a5 It,
dated Doc. consideration. 81 800.
Wess Taylor IT. ITO It Of Campbell hv, 25x1242i
IT, lDtG1 Dec. consideration, fl ,au1,
NORTH or CITY LIMITS.
eosdsra'ion i r. os IL ''e' N'p''' "A'sa o''
Lot g. Of oroasnans Loa Alh in Sec. 1e, SO, H.
dated Dec. . consideration, $14 600.
Aofne soe >, 49, II, dased Nov q consideration,
Lot s. Of fceavcrs Lots to g. t1 Freer's Block o. In
Lots II to II, III block |. Of D!anciard's Y awA
otse x Soc >. 50, 1s dated March confederation,
March consideration, $3.50