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Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-05-19

Now has come the winter of Omaha s
discomfort. Iowa has beaten Nebraska.
The Union Pacific. by decision Of Judge
Dillon OF the U. S. Circuit Court, is com
PEELED to operate the Omaha bridge as a
part of the Union Pacific road. Now is the
souls of the Council Bluffians reioiced, and
those of the denizens of Omaha cores
pondingly cast down. 1t is Of very little
consequence, in our opinion, which
whips. as neither OF them has anything
particular TO recommend it, except mud.
unconscionable charges and villainons
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-05-19
Respecting the Meadow Lake mines

the Eureka Sentinel says
Now, as to these mines: Lodges are
numerous all over large area of rugged
country, but there is not one OF them
that will ever pay expenses. The ore
near the surface shows well in bright
spangles of flour gold. but there is not
enough of it, and people are liable to be
deceived into the belief that they have q
big thing when they have not. The ore
may possibly change when great depth
is attained, but we wouldn't care to pu,
up much on the surface indications,
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-05-19

NM procur DAILY RECORD Is
the Cheapest Inland Paper and
Advertising Medium on the Pacific
Coast. Weekly Subscription, 30
Cents. Advertising Mt correspond
Ing Low Rates. The RECORD Cir
culates all over the Pacific Coast,
and also in the greater portion OF
the chief Atlantic Cities and East
ern states generally.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-05-19

The property, franchise and all the
belongings of the Northern Pacific are to
be sold in New York on the first Monday
in August. This ends the first lessor of
an enterprises that was begun in corrup-
lion and swindling the people, and closes
in failure and ruin. Even lobbyists will
begin to find ont that honesty is the best
policy after all.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-05-19

The business Once of the Phoebe DAILY
RFoonp has been removed TO Lsnehs Brick
Building, Lacour street, near Main, where III
orders for work will be attended to by dfo'
L. aoRNAS.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-05-19

The North Carson mine appears to
give the Carson Tribune considerable
anxiety
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-07-10
The First American General.

The minutes of the Continental Con-
gress, under the head of June Is and 16,
contain the following simple record: On
the 18th it was
Resolved, That general be ap-
pointed to command all the Continental
forces raised, or to be raised, for the de-
fense of American liberty.
"That $500 per month be allowed for
his pay and expenses.
"The Congress then proceeded to the
choice of a general, when George Wash
ington, Esq, was unanimously elected. !"
"On Friday, June 16, the Congress
again met, the delegates from the
colonies of New Hampshire, Massachu-
setts Bay, Connecticut, New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware coun-
ties, Maryland, Virginia, North Caro-
lima and South Carolina being present.
"The President informed Colonel
Washington that the Congress had the
day before unanimously made choice Of
him to be general and commander-in-
chief of the American forces, and re-
quested that he would accept of the
appointment; to which Colonel Wash
ington, standing in his place, answered:
"MR. PREsIDENT-Though 1 am truly
sensible of the high honor done me in
this appointment, yet L feel great dis
tress from the consciousness that my
abilities and military experience may not
be equal to the extensive and important
trust. However, as Congress desires it,
I will enter upon the momentous duty
and exert every power I possess in their
service and for the support of the
glorious cause. I beg they will accept
my most cordial thanks for this dis
tinguished testimony of their approba-
ton.
"But, lest some unlucky event should
happen, beg it may be remembered by
every gentleman in the room, that this
day declare with the utmost sincerity
do not think myself equal to the com.
mand am honored with.
GAS to pay, sir, I beg leave to assure
the Congress that, as no pecuniary con
sideration could have tempted me to ac
cept this arduous employment at the ex
pense of my domestic ease and comfort
I do not wish to make any profit from it
I will keep an exact account of my ex
penses. These I doubt not they viii
discharge, and that is all desire"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-07-10
Thoughts for Saturday Night.

Mercy to him that shows it, is the
rule.
Sweet mercy is true nobility's true
badge.
The only amarantbine flower on earth
is virtue.
Reason is an historian, but the pas
sions are actors.
Human life is "A constant want, and
ought to be constant prayer.
Men are contented to be laughed at
for their wit, but not for their folly.
No wonder the egotists find the world
so ugly. They only see themselves in it.
Every inordinate cup is unblessed,
and the ingredient is a devil.-Shak
speare.
Temperance is reasons girdle and pas
sion's bride, the strength of the soul,
and the foundation of virtue.
In seeking wisdom, thou art wise in
imagining that thou hast attained it,
thou art fool.
Make no vows to perform this or that;
it shows no great strength, and makes
thee ride behind thyself.
He that will not reason is bigot he
that cannot reason is a fool, and he that
dares not reason is slave.
The wise man is but clever infant
spelling letters flom hieroglyphical
prophetic book, the lexicon of which lies
in eternity.
It is pride which fills the world with
so much harshness and severity. We
are rigorous to offenses as if we had
never offended.
Worldly riches are like nuts; many
clothes are torn in getting them, many
tooth broken in cracking them, but
never belly filed with eating them.
Men live best on moderate means
nature has dispensed to all men the
wherewithal to be happy, if mankind did
but understand how to use her gifts.
Cheerfulness is the daughter OF en-
ployment, and man has often come
home in high spirits from funeral,
merely because he has had the manage
ment of it.
1t belongs to every large nature, when
it is not under the immediate power of
some strong unquestioning emotions, to
suspend itself and doubt the truth of its
own impressions, conscious of possibili-
ties beyond its own horizon.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-07-10

A correspondent of the st. Louis Re
publican, writing of her observations
on the rail, let's out her Western spite
thus: In the center of the car, with one
hand under her coat-tail behind in the
favorite attitude of Daniel Webster stood
a middle-aged woman. Her hair had
once been sandy, perhaps red, but time
had shook his four-dredger pretty
thoroughly over it and basted the face
with the brown gravy so frequently that
there was drab shade on the hair and
complexion one and the same. There
was about her stern contempt for the
lines of beauty often observed in the
Boston woman. It's the geological
formation of the mind, it's the theologi-
cal contraction of the soul, and it's the
mighty algebraical properties of the
female Boston stomach that makes th
true daughter of Beantown SO conspicu-
GUS for rugged grandeur and spectacled
sublimity, and denudes her of little
UlUS VI luU w 0AuOW AC1 Will
knobs on her knees and elbows that know
no fear This particular sister as an en-
couragement to chess clubs was gotten
up in huge checks of brown. There was
a skirt and sack coat, cut as only
Boston cuttist can cut. There was
drab bonnet on her head, with drab
ribbons tied under her chin, and as she
sat down she disclosed pair of gaitefs,
minus heels, that brought before me
Bunker Hill monument, and the State
house and the battle of Lexington, and
all the other big things that ever trans
pired down East. All o feast indeed
was the outward woman, but sickness it
self was her conversation, and she con-
versed uninterruptedly with almost every
one from New York to Hartford, when
1 reluctantly tore myself from her so
ciety, feeling as if I was whole normal
school just graduated.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-07-10
View Of Madrid.

A writer in the Pail Mall Gazette says
of Madrid To find Madrid even toll
cradle it is necessary to have been born
there, and to be unacquainted with any
thing better. Not only is it 50 unhealthy
that in life you are always in the shadow
of death, but many of the necessaries
of existence are deficient, while most of
its agreeabilities are wanting altogether.
There is a superabundance of dust, but
SO little water that the Galicians retail it
by the pint. After the first fresh days
of spring the vegetation in the urban
promenades begins to sicken and to
parch up; and broad as is the view from
the commanding heights in the town,
nothing can be more depressing than its
glaring nakedness. Not that you have
many opportunities of looking over it in
the long hot season, unless you are a
very early riser indeed. The sun is un-
bearable in the heat of the day, and the
dense clouds of dust cling round the
city like sitting wells. Most luxuries
are either imported or produced by
foreign labor, and therefore are very
dear. The native cooking is excellent in
its way but pork and beans are scarcely
preferable when the palate is in need of
tempting. The wines of Xeres are too
fiery those of France are extravagantly
dear; the Val de Penas and other native
vintages are very apt to taste of the pig.
skin. Moreover, you are thrown chiefly
on your own resources for entertain
ment, for hospitality has always been at
a discount in the peninsula. A wealthy
financier may occasionally give o state
repast, but most of the aristocracy are
blue-blooded hidalgos, who, secluding
themselves in contemplation of their
hundreds of quarterings, set an inhos-
pitable example within the walls of
their convent-like palaces. The minor
nobility, the gentry, and the commoner
are scrambling to live at the cost of each
other or the country and when one OF
the place hunters has the luck to get q
place he sets vigorously to work to make
hay while the sun shines. The drive OF
ride in the Retro, the lounging round
the evening bands among the shriveled
foliage in the Prado, are the excitements
of your day, and the solace of YOU
monotonous existence. There is the
grand Sunday bullfght, it is true, or the
quieter cockpit, if your taste lie that
way there is the stall in tho theater OF
opera house if you choose to risk suffo
cation.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-07-10
The Sense of HumOr in Brutes.

ALondon gentleman writes to Nature
In the recently published edition of the
descent of Man" there is some
additional matter concerning the sense
of humor in brutes, and as the following
illustrative cases fell under my own OBJ
servation, I think it is worth while to
publish them as supplementary to those
adduced by Mr.. Darwin.
Several years ago I used to watch
carefully the young orang-outang at the
Geological Gardens, and 1 am quiet sure
that she manifested sense of the ludi-
crous. One example will suffice: Her
feeding tin was of somewhat peculiar
shape, and when it was empty she used
sometimes to invert it upon her head.
The tin then presented eomical re-
semblance to bonnet, and as its wearer
would generally favor the spectators
with broad grin at the time of putting
it on, she never failed to raise laugh
from them. Her success in this respect
was evidently attended with no small
qualification on her part.
1 once had a skye terrier, which, like
all of his kind, was very intelligent.
When in good humor he had several
tricks which know to have been self
taught, and the sole object of which was
evidently to excite laughter. For in
stance, while lying upon one side and
violently grinning, he would hold one
leg in his mouth. Under such circum-
stances nothing pleased him so much as
having his joke duly appreciated, while
if no notice was taken of him he would
become sulky. On the other hand,
nothing displeased him so much as being
laughed at when he did not intend to be
ridiculous. Mr.. Darwin says: "Several
observers have stated that monkeys GER
tainly disliked being laughed at" There
can be little or no doubt that this is true
of monkeys; but I never knew of really
good case among dogs save this one, and
here the signs of dislike were unequivo-
cal. To give one instance: He used to
be very fond of catching flies upon the
window panes, and if ridiculed when un-
successful, was evidently much annoyed.
On one occasion, in order to see what he
would do, I purposely laughed i'm
moderately every time he failed. 1t SO
happened that he did so several times in
succession-partly, I believe, in conse-
quence of my laughing-and eventually
he became so distressed that he positively
pretended to catch the fly, going through
all the appropriate actions with his lips
and tongue, and afterwards rubbing the
ground with his neck as if to kill the
victim; he then looked up at me with a
triumphant air of success. So we'll was
the whole process simulated, that 1
should have been quite deceived, had 1
not seen that the fly was still upon the
window. Accordingly drew his atten-
tion to this fact, as well as to the absence
of anything upon the floor; and when he
saw that his hypocrisy had been de-
tected, he skunk away under some furni-
ture, evidently very much ashamed of
himself.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-07-10
Effect of Poison on Plants.

From the fact of the very extensive
use of arsenical compounds in the de-
struction of insects noxious and injuri-
GUS to vegetation, arose the question OF
the possibility of the accumulation OF
sufficient arsenic in the soil to become
deleterious to subsequent crops and in
furious to the health of consumers. To
determine this, Prof. VIM. McMurtrie
has made series of experiments, the
results of which may be summed up as
follows
Plants have no power to absorb and
assimilate compounds of arsenic, and
that though the latter may, by its pres
ence in the soil, exert an injurious in
fuence upon vegetation, yet they are
practically without effect until the guam
tity present reaches:
For paris green about nine hundred
pounds per acre.
For arsenite of potassa about fou
hundred pounds per acre.
For arseniate of potassa about one hun
dred and fifty pounds per acre.
The fears of many of our agricultur
lists need, therefore, be no longer enter
tanned yet, though they will suffer NJ
injury from poisoning by arsenic il
chemical combination with vegetabl
products, great care should be exercise'
in removing any particles adhering me
chanically to them.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-07-10
An African Salamander.

James Dixon, "The Salamander, or
Fire King" as he delights to call him
self, gave private exhibition of his
powers at VirS;nia City, Nevada. A
local exchange says: The man is
negro, and badly pockmarked. AS
model for Apollo he would fail, but as q
hot coal HEAVIER he has genius. He ap-
plies red-hot irons to his face, arms and
legs, and seems rather to enjoy the sen-
sation. He began his performances by
sprinkling some rosin over quantity of
oakum, on tin plate, and then setting
the mixture on fire. When it was in full
blaze he cut the oakum into small pieces,
and chewed it by bites until the flames
were extinguished. While the salaman-
der was taking his meal of fire, an iron
rod, with a fiat crescent-shaped blade,
was being heated in a smallfurnace, such
as is used by travelling thinkers, andwhen
he drew it out it's heat was intense. He
drew the red-hot blade up and down his
arms and legs and across his face, after
which he licked it with his tongue until
the blade became as black as if Just
plunged into water. A cylindrical tube,
about six inches in length, and a six
pound cannon-ball were next heated, and
Dixon pushed them over the floor with
his bare feet. The sizzle of the scorch-
ing flesh, and the smell with which it
was accompanied, makes it desirable
that this portion of the performance be
witnessed at some distance. Next he
melted some lead and poured the molten
metal into his mouth, and the next mo-
ment elected it hard and cold. To show
that his internal arrangements were as
fire-proof as his external, he boiled some
sweet oil and drank off q cup with evi-
dent relish, his eyes turning upward in
apparent ecstasy. In conclusion, he
heated several strips of flat iron at one
end, and holding the cool ends of the
strips he bent the ends into the form OF
poker, first with one foot and then with
the other, and Strengthened them again
with his hands. The cracking of the
burning flesh and the smoke arising from
his hands and feet sends thrill through
one.
If Dixon uses chemicals to prevent
the fire from reaching his flesh, he does
it so cleverly as to blindfold the shrewd-
est observer. Noticing shade of sad
ness on the mans ebony visage, the re-
porter asked what great grief oppressed
him. He smiled and replied: "Oh,
muffin much, sar; only sometimes l feel
bad on count O. havin' no whiskahs;
'kase I would ies' like to enjoy de lux
ury O. Shawn myself with red-hot
razah |"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-07-10
A French Story About Americans.

We have just heard frightful story,
says Paris paper, the hero of which is
now in Paris. Three months ago o
rivalry in love existed between two mer-
chants of New York, Mr.. Fergus Mac
Clellan and Samuel O'Deary. Both
were paying attention to young girl
whose name we feel bound to suppress.
One day, without notifying either of
her lovers, she suddenly left New York.
Despair united the two enemies, who re-
solved to set out together in search of
the fugitive, and to have an explanation
with revolvers when she was found.
One started for Europe, the other
searched in America. Six weeks ago
the former learned that Miss - was
with her father in Calcutta. He Loyalty
advised his rival by telegraph, and pro-
posed to him the following arrangement,
which was accepted: They would play a
game of checkers by sending the moves
by transatlantic cable. the stakes to be
the life of one of the players. The game
was begun, and lasted nine days. Mr..
Mcclellan, who remained in America,
has just lost the game. Day before yes
terday dispatch informed Mr.. O'Deary
that Mcclellan had blown. his brains
out. Mr.. O'Deary leaves Tor Calcutts
to-day. 1t remains to be seen whether
the young girl, the stake in the morta
game, will have anything to do with the
victor.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-07-10
At the Falls.

A local paper at Niagara Falls has
been having o conflict with the hack
drivers there, and daily publishes list
of places the sight-seers should avoid.
To compel the traveller to look at the
falls from five points of view at fifty
cents each, when at least two of them
present nothing different from two of
the other three, or to pay fifty cents for
going into place for no apparent reason
than to have to pay as much more for
getting out of it x; to lure him to buy
goods on the other side of the line
which are neither cheaper nor better
than he could purchase in the United
States, by suggesting the possibility of
smuggling them, and then to denounce
him with Judas wink) to the custom
officials-this is, an exchange says, to
do as they do at the falls, and this is
not to do well. We can, of course, un
derstand that in some limited measure
the same rule must apply to watering
places that was originated and startling
ly exemplified by the Arkansas hotel
keeper who collected $700 from hap
less traveller as the price of his bed and
breakfast, alleging that this was his first
traveller in five months, and he had to
keep up the house. The season being
limited, those who do business at the
watering places must gather their tray
elers while they may. Admitting all this,
it is desirable that though high prices
should be charged, they should not be
charged more frequently than necessity,
as indicated by the travellers reasonable
and intelligent preference, demands.
We sincerely hope that our contempor-
ary's crusade may be successful and pro-
woke imitation elsewhere. AS things are
now, Niagara Falls is only tolerable to
the newly married, who are precisely the
people who care least for it's sights,
those who in the glow, glamour and gush
of life for two, think
1.-THE world is all before them, where to choose
A watering-place, improvidence their guide
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-07-10
Revolutionary Relics.

Among the relics contributed for ex-
hibition at the centennial tea-party soon
to be held in New Haven, Conn, may
be mentioned original portraits of John
Jay, Roger Sherman, Oliver Ellsworth,
Elbridge Gerry, Governor Trumbull,
President and Mrs. Edwards, General
Champion, Eli Whitney, and other old
residents of New Haven; articles having
belonged to General and Mrs. Washing
ton, and among them a chair, china,
and a ring inclosing the hair of both;
also pillow cases used by General Wash
ington; sword and watch of Roger
Sherman; a piece of gobelin tapestry
presented in 1901 by Napoleon 1. to
Oliver Ellsworth, special minister to
France; silver tankard sent from Eng
land by the grandmother of Elbridge
Gerry over two hundred years ago; a
number of valuable relics in the posses
sion of his family; Governor Trumbull's
chair; original cotton gin of Eli Whit
ney; sugar bowl having belonged to
several generations of the family of
Governor Wolcott; snuff box and gold
knee buckles worn by Governor Gibbs
when in the first Congress at Phila-
delphia; leaf from President Edwards's
diary of 1852; sermon of President
Edwards; also sermon, in manuscript,
four inches by two, of his father, the
Rev. Timothy Edwards; cloth-of-gold
waistcoat; breadth of dress of cloth
of-gold worn by Lady Marshal two
hundred years ago; a table cloth and
shoes brought from Holland before they
were made in this country; business
sign, chair, medicine chest, and weight,
having belonged to Benedict Arnold; q
chair of Aaron Burr's; views of La
Grange, given by Lafayette to Mrs.
Rose Porter; ring, containing the hair
of Lafayette; watch of Jonathan Fitch,
who was in the massacre of Wyoming;
two curious rings over one hundred
years old; first specimens of engraving
in the country, being views of the battle
of Lexington, view of Boston and
British ships of war landing their troops
! in 1768, view of New Haven in its early
times, and view of Judges cave; revo-
lutionary arms; Webster's saddle bags in
which he carried the manuscript of his
spelling book; Cromwell's knife and
fork; antique china, punch bowls, etc.
silver tankard; autograph letters of
Washington, Lafayette, Franklin, Oliver
| Wnlcntt. John Hancock and John Yane.