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Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-08-24
TO STOCK RAlsERs.

PlocHx, New, Nay 18th. 1875.
T HAVE TWENTY bead OF BULL
i CALVES. one year old. BY TH0n0U0u-
BRED DURHAM BULL from hrst-clAss American
Dairy Cows, that wish to sell o. trade for
other stock.
will have them at my place at RosG Valley
the first week in July next.
my30-S0d VIM. @. GLISSAN.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-08-24
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Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-08-24
N OTICE.

a IL PERSONS KNOWING rHEMsELvxs
"A indebted to J. Myers / Bro. will please
some forward and settle their acc0unfe immeo1.
Ately, otherwise all accounts remaining unnee-
He'd on the Nrst dav Of January, ISIS. viii -
placed In The hands Of IN oflcef for colleee1on.
a15.H J. NINA = 110
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-08-24

A young gentleman who moves in the
best society of San Antonio, said the
other evening to young lady: THE
foliage is much more exuberant this year
than usual" YES" she answered.
thoughtfully, "all them imported fruits
is cheaper than they used to was"
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-08-24

A boy in Tennessee committed suicide
the other day, because his mother sent
him to the woods for hickory stick
with which he was to be punished for
taking sugar out Of the sugar-bowl."
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-08-24

On the 1600.foot level of the Belcher
mine there is gentleman at work for
four dollars per day who was formerly
the Mayor of hourishing city in one OF
the Eastern States, and he is doing first
rate under the discipline. He came
here with much money;he bought stocks;
he did not buy when they were low; he
failed to sell when they were high, The
result was that one morning he found
himself hungry and with no money TO
buy hash. He did the sensible thing, he
went to work, which is an indication
that he will again have money and
again be Mayor.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-08-24
BY T ELE G r A PH!

SPECIAL To THE PIoCHE DAILY RECORD
By WESTERN UNION LINE.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-08-24
Notice to Creditors.

T,sTATE OF VIM. SEAMAN, DECEASED.
Il Notice 10 hereby given By the UNDERSIGNED
administrator Of the estate Of VIM. Bcanlan.
deceased, to the cfeditors Of, and all persons
having claims against. the said deceased, to ex.
hibit them, with the necessary voucher xithin
ten months after the drst publication Of this
notice, to the said Administrator. ct Miles Gail.
lens store, at Phoebe, in the county Of Lincoln.
Dated at Phoebe, July 9th. 1875.
jy9-30d MILES CULLEN.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-08-24
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
PASSENGER TRAVEL.
DEPARTURES.

DEPARTURES.
By GILMEB sALIsBURY's HAMILTON LINE:
Mike Holland M d Halpin
Levin Ii Ward and son
D wilkins and wife W VI Newman
Mrs Sarah Sheppard Elizabeth MARITIME
Dave Cohn
GILMER 4 sALIsBURY's SALT LAKE LINZ:
Tex Hollingsworth
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-08-24

If you want any tin ware, sheet iron
and copper ware manufactured or repair
ed, and also plumbing at very low prices.
go to j. j. Halpin & Co., who employ
none but irst-class workmen. II.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-08-24

"GoT SHOT. An individual in whom
we have hitherto had the most trusting
confidence remarked to US yesterday
morning that man (name unknown)
l.. q Oh ~ - ot
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-09-21

The annually increasing scarcity OF
English oysters has caused, in late
years, tho spriDging up Of large ex-
port business in the New York trade,
and this now extends its supply of great
quantities to France and Germany, as
'v.ll as Albion. The people of the con
tipent seem to appreciate the superi-
Orisy Of the American oyster much
Imagine generally that nothing is SO fine
as the small, copper favored things
which they call English oysters. But
the Briton's eccentricity of taste is, at
least, not greater than that of those who
delight in the little Ostend oysters,
even when they are what, in mutton,
would be called "high." A great deal
OF "seed is shipped from New York
to California for replantirg near San
Francisco. Curiopsly enough, the ma
tive California oysters are very small
carcely larger than silver quarter of
dollar; but the Eastern oysters, trans
planted into the water where these
ridiculously small things grow, increase
in SIZE ard piumpness much more
rapidly than they would East. 1t is said,
however, that they do not spawn there,
and live only three years. The "seed u
for them costs from twenty five to forty
cents per bushcl, and is transported in
refrigerator cars across tho continent.
Much of it goes from York bay,
producing hardy, dark meated oyster
of moderately good flavor; but the best
is obtained from the East river beds.
Ola oystermen say that there are now
at least five times as many oysters eaten
annually in New York as there were
twenty years ago, and the supply is in
creasing more rapidly than ther demand,
owing to the intelligent care applied to
the cultivatio2 Several millions of dol
lars are invested in tho business, almost
exclusively for the benefit of New York,
aud over forty thousand persons are di-
rectly concerned in it. The oyster can.
ning business is almost monopolized by
Baltimore,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-09-21

A Cincinnati Gazette reader wants to
know whether the changes of the moon
have any effect on the weather, and, if
SO, why. He also asks whether lunatics
arc influenced 10y lunar changes, and, if
not, why they are thus called. In re-
gard to the first of these points, that
paper says, modern men of science are
about unanimous in denying that the
moon influences anything but the tides.
The popular impression from time i'm
memorial has been to the opposite.
From this impression madmen derived
their name. Whatever may be the fact
in regard to the moon having anything
to do with insanity, the writer can affirm
that he has seen one case, at least, where
a man became raving mOniac at the
full of the moon, recovering his senses
when exhaustion had put an end to his
wild demonstrations, and continuing III
apparent soundness Of mind until few
days before the full he experienced pre-
monitions of his approaching paroxysms.
He was person of intelligence, aud
well off pecuniarlly, and was voluntary
inmate OF an asylum, being free to go in
and out except during this week or 50 of
each month, when he was bereft of his
resSOn' We state une case as IL was,
leaving its explanation to psychologists
and Psychologists. There is wide
spread belief that the moons rays are
inimical TO health. This, we think, has
been pronounced superstition by men
OF science. We arc not prepared to dis
pute their verdict get an instance that is
we'll authenticated seams to justify
doubt in their infallibility. Some forty
years ago, in an Eastern State, two little
girls, cousins, occupied the same bed.
They retired in apparent health, but
woke in the morning dead lame. One
Was never able to walk afterward, while
the other, after using iron supports to
her ankles for few years with partial
success was compelled to give up all
attempts at locomotion. There was no
cause that could be ascribed for this
double visitation with any plausibility,
except that the moon was very bright
on tho unluclly night, and that its rays
shone full on the bed where the girls
lay. 1t was always believed that they
were moonstruck )" if they were not
no one could assign reason for their
lam aness.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-09-21
The Case of Roster.

We culle1 attention the other day,
says the n York Tribune, to scene
which lately took place i'll Dayton, Ohio,
at hanging. Quite as remarkable a
one occurred in Philadelphia at fu-
neral, and one equally suggestive of pc
culiarities in our present condition of
civilization. A young man was to be
buried, aged twenty, the son of poor
and obscure people. The streets about
the house," weare told, "were blocked for
hours by waiting multitudes, eager for
o glimpse of the corpse. A large police
force, by well devised arrangements.
were able to crafty them. Lines were
formed, and many thousands we're en-
abled to pass through the house and to
view the body" The crush became SO
tremendous at last, however, that only
favored W societies were permitted
to look at the dead hero. For locker
on would have decided that the dead
man must have been hero, and that of
no mean rank. What great deed or
noble service to humanity had he done
that this mass of people should lave
been 80 moved, and that the newspapers
the next day should contain minute
account of the funeral ceremonies The
boy was q prize fighter, and his claim to
meled to death. The curious multitude
could see tho blackened, bloated face, -
surrounded by wreaths and crosses OF
immortelles, and the "hands stripped
Of hesh," holding an inscription which
testified that the dead lad was now
safe in the arms Of Jesus; safe on His
gentle breast"
After all there is nothing in the hor-
rible comedy to wonder it. The crowd
which surrounded Rosters dead body
was crowd which would form itself to
cheer a great deed or jeer at hanging.
1t wRs the great unreasoning majority
which runs hither and thither on the
streets for the excitement which other
men find in the theater, III social life, or
il whisky--tbe multitude that eighteen
centuries ago strewed palm branches i'll
the Masters way and Knocked hin on
the cross. We have no fault to find
with the crowd any more than with any
other brainloss creature which can bG
'gluS'led here or there to its own unjo-
irg. How it has been whistled III this
case, and bg whom, it is not hard to
discover. Yhe full particulars of this
Weedon and Roster fight, and OF every
other combat Of equal magnitude, were
repoi ted in detail i'll newspapers which
profess TO guido public opinion. The
dead lads father, when put upon the
stand, swore that his son "was Il good
boy; neither drank, gambled, nor had
any ether bad vices; but that he had
been il.yeigled into fighting last fall
and after he was beaten was so laughed
at in the papers that he said he muat
fight again. He came to kiss his mother
goodbye before going out to NEE
Weelon; he said he must do it, not fol
money, but satisfaction"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-09-21
Family Fire Escape.

An English inventor has patented a
contrivance for escaping from the upper
stories of a building while tho lower
portion is wrapped in flames. The ma
chine is flexible canvas shoot, strongly
fixed to au iron rim, which forms its
mouth, and is so adjusted rs to admit
OF ready access to the bag. A smong
iron stanchion, adjusted to the rim, ad-
mits OF its being fixed to a window; the
shoot is then allowed to gently drop,
and is seized by some one outside. The
person descending has merely to stretch
knees and elbows out, by which means
the rapidity OF transit can be regulated
and in few seconds he is deposited
safely on the ground. In case excess o
nervousness should prevent any one
from following the inventor directions
a too rapid descent can be prevented by
the person at the bottom of the Shoot
twisting it for some distance, and gradu
ally unfolding the twist as the occupant
deScends.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-09-21
Coal Dust as Fuel.

The uae of dust and pea coal has been
thoroughly tried at the Ocean mills,
Newburyport, Mass, for the past year
and half, with the following result /:
For years they have kept an actual ac-
count with scales of every barrow of
coal wheeled into the freroom, and the
average weekly consumption shows forty
tons of broken coal on $4,000 pounds Of
cloth, average costing 81 per ton, or
$3.50 per week, which makes the cost of
fuel per pound OF cloth over one and a
half cents; under the present arrange
ment, the weekly consumption is only
thirty-six tons of pea and dust on 20, 600
pounds of cloth, costing $350 per ton,
or 1926 per week, which makes the cost
of fuel per pound of cloth less than six
mills, showing saving of nearly one
cent per pound. This mill is run en-
tirely by steam, and the cost of one and
half cents per pound in burning large
coal does not vary from the cost of other
mills in the same vicinity. Beyond the
saving of fuel, the fire is much easier on
the boilers, brickwork, and fronts of
furnaces, no repairs having been made
on any of the above since the arrange
ment was put in and the gates are as
perfect as new. This one item almost
pays the expenses of the arrangement.
The labor is not near as hard on tho fire.
men, and the engineer has the steam
under entire control. Again, if steam
is drawn down rapidly, as in dyeworks,
it can be drawn up again in a quarter of
the time.
The want of market for dust, hereto
fore, has caused its being dumped off on
to the dirt piles at the mines at much
greater cost than if loaded into cars
and the accumulation at the shipping
ports has been of such inconvenience
that thousands upon thousands OF tons
have been dumped under the docks to
get rid OF it. Much of the pea coal has
been thrown, also, upon the dirt piles,
sill Of which will now be carefully saved,
and shipped to market, the present ar
rangement developing more steam from
one ton than we got from the same
quantity of any larger sized coal.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-09-21
Anecdote OF Jerome Bonaparte.

He was one day, he said, absolutely in
want of twenty-five louis, his purse be-
ing empty, although General Murat,
governor OF Paris, and who was very
fond of him, often assisted him with his;
but this time the latter resource failed
him; aud the quarters allowance which
he received from the consul had been
spent in advance. What was he to do 2
To whom address himself to his other
brothersG they were absent. Joseph
and Louis commanded regiments at o
distance; Lucien was on an embassy to
Lisbon or Madrid.
AS to his mother, she could not see
any reason for giving money to young
scapegrace like him, whom she loved
tenderly, but whose morals she was more
anxious for than his prodigality. What
could lie think of? 1t came into his
head to pay a visit to holy man, his
uncle Fesch (hecome cardinaD. He
presents himself, and is well received by
this worthy relation, at whose house a
numerous party is assembled. He is
invited to di lner; after dinner they
passed into the saloon to take coffee.
at this moment jerome watches the
cardinal entering another room; he fol-
lows him thither, draws into a corner
this dear uncle, whom he had already so
often wheedled out of money, and re-
quests the same favor again; but the
other is immovable, and refuses fatty.
Cardinal Fesch, il was well known, was
always lover of pictures; now the
room i'll which they were formed the
commencement of his fine gallery,
which has become so II markable for its
collection of the masterpieces of all
schools.
When Jerome heard this positive re-
fnsal, he turned abruptly round.
See," said he, there is rascal who
seems to be laughing at the affront I
have received l will be revengcd.' u
At the same time he draws his saber and
directs tho point against the face Of a
fine old man (painted by Van Dyck),
whose eyen he threatened to cut out.
1t may be imagined what fright the
! cardinal was in at seeing him ready TO
transpierce a masterpiece. He attempts
to stay his arm; bnt the young man
will not hear reason till the twenty five
louis have been promised him. The un-
Gle capitulates, peace is made, and they
| embrace.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-09-21

A. correspondent in the Sioux country
writes: This system of indian runner S
seems to be little understood. II i'm
portant news is TO be carried al Indian
gorges himself with meat. takes y short
nap, mounts one of the feete0t of their
ponies, and rushes along like the wind
uutii his horse requires feed, when he
mods few times while hishorse satisfies
its hunger from the luxurious meadows,
when the ride is renewed. The runner
needs nothing for his pony and takes
nothing for himself but his arrows end
blankets, and will in the manner indi-
Gated ride two or three day and nights,
passing over from sixty to one hundred
miles in each twenty-four hours. When
the nearest camp is reached his story is
taken up by other Indians, and in like
manner carried in every direction. The
speed with which the news travels de-
p2nds upon its importance, but in this
way the Indians often beat the tele-
graph, and their first reports, if they
come direct, are usually to be relied
upon. The runner who brings great
news is feasted from one tepee to an,
! other, and it is not until the story be-
guns 10 grow olI bhaG ne icJS lOose MS
imagination aud adds to the original il
order to keep up the interest in him as
the bearer of great news. There are al
ways volunteers, and frequently two OF
three will start for the same point, bui
the one that gets in Last is bound to tel
the biggest story. il he has to deny the
statements of his rivals OF cut his story
ont OF the whole cloth III order to do so
Hence the conflicting reports.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-09-21
NO. 81.
Municipal Taxation.

Daniel l.. Harris of Springfield con-
tributed paper, on Municipal Ex-
travagance," to the Social Science Con-
vention. Mr.. Harris has brought q
great variety of facts to the illustration
of his subject, taken from the experience
of the most prominent cities in Massa-
chusetts. These facts and figures he
has arranged in tables which are a valu-
able contribution to the subject of muni-
cipal reform. Some of the striking facts
disclosed by these tables are that at the
outbreak of the war in 1861 the actual
cost of managing the municipal concerns
of the cities of Massachusetts,, except
Boston, and including the payment of
county and State taxes, averaged ONLY
S5.94 per capita secondly, that in 1865
their expenses had risen to $11 ,0S, and
that in 1875 they had become no less
than Sill per capita. In 1861 the
combined funded debt Of all the cities
was an average burden Cf $21.62 upon
each inhabitant. In 1875 the same
debt had risen to $S4 10 apiece upon
the duplicated number of inhabitants
or contemplating these obligationsin in the
aggregate, they amounted to 81, ,000,-
600, and in 1916 to $40, 500, 600, the in
crease being S59, ,000,0 ,0O0 in fourteen
years. A ,econd table shows the agRre-
cato v0 dation. amount OF taxes, and
amour, Of the funded debt Of fifteen of
the most prominent citiea Of the Union.
The developments Of the table, says Nj.
Harris. are simply astounding. Behold
New York city submitting to an annual
tax of more than $34 per capita, and at
the same time struggling to carry an
amount of debt averaging $126 for every
man, woman and child Of the popula-
tion. Most of these cities. it seems, are
taxed for current annual expenses far be-
yond the entire net earnings of their re-
spective population. Mr.. Harris con-
ciudes that the average net earnings or
accumulations Of all the individuals of
u city do not exceed SO per capita, and
that the proper annual tax for defraying
the cost OF managing all the affairs of a
city is So per capita. The question how
the people have met the high taxes of
/ tine last ten years, Mr.. Harris answers
By showing that from 1862 down to a
very recent period, there was a steady
imitation In the market value of all prop.
erty, end especially of real estate in the
cities. This imitation was dueto derange-
Inent of the currency. All this is chang
lug now, and contraction is fairly under
way. Henceforth the local taxes, when
paid, must be paid out Of the current
net earnings, or accumulations OF the
! people and it will be found that the
same legitimate tax per capita, which
| obtained before the war, is quite rs
| heavy burden as the people are able
| TO bear.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-09-21
Csustic Ammonia in Rheumatism.

Judging from his article in q recent
German periodical, the Clinic thinks
that DIR. Frauz Zeller is an enthusiast in
the administration of caustic ammonia
in rheumatism. For several years he
had beon sufferer from severe muscu-
lar rheumatism in the right shoulder;
be had taken all the ant-rheumatic
remedies, with but little alienation,
when he began to reason that in rheu-
matism as Ia gout there may be uric
acid diathesis. He thought that liquor
ammonia, on account Of its rapid vola-
tilizaiion, would be the remedy most
readily absorbed and the most prompt in
action. In almost the same moment in
which he took one drop, diluted with
water, he felt a complete relief from the
pain, which had lasted for ten hours, and
he was now able to move freely the arm
which an instant before he could scarce
ly bear to have touched. The remedy,
he claims, has proved positive cure in
ell recent cases of muscular rheumatism
which have fallen under his observG
tlon. lie cites numerous cases in which
relief, as instantaneous as his own, was
experienced. He also observed its effects
In several cases of acute articular rheu-
matism, in two of which six drops suf-
feed to subdue the pain aud swelling
within & period of twenty-four hours.
In one case Of chronic rheumatism of q
finger joint, which had lasted for over
half year, the simple administration of
tho ammonia completely dispelled the
inflammation and pain in the joint with
in two days. Dr. Zeller believes the
effect due to the ammonia acting as q
nervine directly upon the nerves.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-09-21
Contradictory.

We find an amusing squib in Paris
journal which is not bad commentary
on the contradictory reports from the
seat of war in the East. Two gentle
men are seated in the Cafe Anglais, Paris,
enjoyiug their coffee and cigars, and
reading the morning papers.
Certainly, sir, it's the Turks who
are victorious" says one to the other.
sob, no ; it's fhe Servians," is the
reply.
Il assure you, sir, you are mistaken ;
there, just cast your eye over my paper. "
cts the Servians, sir just look over
mine"
The gentlemen exchanged journals,
and after attentively perusing the dis
patches from the seat of war, the dia-
iogue is resumed:
You are right, sir it is the Servians
who have triumphed."
Dear me no sir on the contrary,
it's the Turks"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-09-21
The Danger Of Lampblack.

Within two years there have been
three shoeshops lost in Massachusetts
from lampblack. A hand damp with
perspiration, a drop of water, bit of
grease, or sprinkle of oil will create
the composition that will start lampblack
aglow like charcoal. In lampblack fac
tories. while precaution is taken to pre-
vent fires, rainy day or a sharp frosty
day will start dampness upon the in
side of window pane, and the flying
particles of dust lighting upon this
create the spark, which, communicating
to this pile, sends a glow of fire with
wonderful rapidity through the galleries
of the shop. In cleaning up the smoke
galleries, if the men let drop OF per,
spiration fall into pile they instantly
scoop up the black in and about where
it lodges, and take it out OF the house.