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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-02

Fer many years it has been saying
that ''thc sun never sets upon the British
Possessions. No one thought Of antag.
izing this claim until Alaska was acquired
by the United States, since which time
some one has put the story alloat that the
same could be said Of the Government Of
the United States, and that in respect to
continuous and unbroken dominion
around the world, Great Britain had no
advantage over us. Mr. George w. Pas
chal, of Washington, D. c., advances
figures to prove this o mistake, and here
is the way he makes his argument. His
communication appears in tho Philadel-
phia Times: He says;
A communication recently printed in
the Times, and widely copied into other
papers, makes the assertion "that the
sun never sets on the possessions Of the
United States" Is it not worth while to
correct SO gross an error in geography?
Eastport, Maine, is in longitude 10 de-
SreeS L minute ~ seconuS eaSJ OI wash
ington, and Tehitchagoff Harbor, Attow
Island, one Of the Aleutian group, is in
longitude 100 degrees So minutes Is sec
onds west of Washington, and is the most
western point under the jurisdiction of
the United States. This gives us ll9 de-
grees 81 minutes 81 seconds, which is
pretty good spread for the eagles wings.
Where could your correspondent have ac-
CURED the other II degrees? "The
American Colony" in Paris is not far
enough to the eastward, by some 9 de-
grees, for his starting point in acquiring
those 1877 degrees of territory.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-02

Twenty-Five different kinds of poisons
are mixed with the salves, powders and
liquids used to make women look hand
some, says distinguished chemist.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-02
HOUSE FOR SALE.

WILL SELL MY HOUSE IN BRISTOL,
i which is Furnished complete, at q very low
price. Any person desiring to purchase said
property can learn particulars by calling on me
in Phoebe.
sp.1m DICK WELSH,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-02

The Now, Yorl, Sun, in common with
many other newspapers which have given
the subject any thought and are not cd
tied in the interest of any corporation
warns it's readers TO calculate upon q pos
sible and even probable collapse of specu-
lation and panic, 1t says, and we think
with truth, that the railroad building
mania is now being carried beyond all
bounds and that failure more or less
serious of the crops at home and the adj
vent of good season abroad would pre-
cipitate terrible disaster in this. rail
road market. People who want to in
vest in railroads should buy only the
shares of established railroads earning
more than their expenses and passing
through promising region which is going
to keep pace with the development of the
country. Those who speculate now in
wild cat or visionary railroad projects
will either lose their money outright in
the course of few months or have to
wait years before seeing it again.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-02
5,iieil.

AT Highland. New, June Goth, Charles Coo
dicke. aged Al years, native of Prussia.
AT Phoebe, New, June Goth, Mathew Rogers,
aged 3G years, native OF England.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-02

Emma Abbott has invented new kiss.
IT she desires to dispose Of the old lot al
cost she can learn something to her ad
vantage by calling at this office out 81
business hours. II Lowell Citizen.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-02
Dissolution Notice.

TINHE COMPREHENSIVE HERETOFORE Elk.
L listing between T. W. Brown and Q Sparks
in the Saloon business, under the firm name OF
Brown Il Sparks, has this day been dissolved by
mutual consent. r. W. Brown will collect all
bills due the late firm and pay all Indebtedness
Of the same.
Phoebe, Nevada, May "a, 1881.
It. w. BROWN.
my28-30d @. SPARKS.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-02

When we are dead and forgotten, boys,
and the weeds are earning an honest liv-
ing upon the sod which covers our
withered bones, the girl of the future
viii come and smoke cigarettes upon our
tombstone. Com ADV.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-02

A gentleman evidently with more
money than brains, has bought church
in Wabash, Ind, and advertises as fol-
lows: +" want to hire preacher
don't care darn what denomination he
belongs to, if he is virtuous and votes
the Democratic ticket. None need ap.
ply unless they have the above require.
ments. l will pay liberal salary
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-02

Mrs. Roscoe Conkling is a "half- breed;''
that is, she is anxious that her husband
should not be sent back to WASHINGTON.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-02

At this season of the year most every
man on his way to the BARRIERS shop is
looking for short cut.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-02

The sentiment of the honeymoon is q
frail thing, and after while man flops
right through it like bricl; through q
cobweb. A three-mopths old bride was
rafting away in her usual loquacious
style, when her husband, forcing himself
to appear not too severely tortured, said:
Don't you fee! as if you were perilling
your peauty by talking 50 much?" "Why
so, John?" she asked, with some surprise
Because, precious, this is Summer
time, and you might get your tongue
sunburnt."
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-02
FOR SALE.

business HOUSES. DWELLING HOUSES
ID and furniture. Four Work Horses and 4
3h.inch Fish Wagon for.sale Cheap by
o2.1m CHAS. STEIN.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-02

All signs fail in dry weather. Even .
sign OF the pledge is sometimes over
looked.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-02
Dissolution Notice.

NHE FIRM OF SCHUsTRICH KLEINE.
Il carrying on the Brewing and Saloon bust.
ness at Phoebe, Nevada. has this day Dissolved.
The business Of the old firm will hereafter be
carried on by Louis Kleine, who assumes all
liabilities and collects all indebtedness due
said firm.
Pioche. April ID, 1881.
ap9.1m EI LOUIS KLEINE
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-02

Two many visits to the bar transforms
q man into barbarian.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-02

According to Col. Gordon, the African
explorer, King Johannis, Of Abyssinia
was, year or so ago, in most deplor-
able condition. He is rapidly growing
mad. He cuts off the noses of those who
take snuff, and the lips Of those who
smoke The king is hated more than
Theodore was. Cruel to degree, he
does not, however, take life. He cuts
off the feet and hands of people who
offend him. He puts out their eyes by
pouring hot tallow into their ears You
can buy nothing without the kings order;
and no one will shelter you without his
order-in fact, no more complete despot.
ism could exist. 1t cannot last; for the
king will 60 on from one madness to an.
other.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-02

The Carson Index has private informa-
ton that there is serious difference in
business matters between j. G. Flood on
one side and Mackay and Fair on the
other. The bonanza firm are not as annie
able as formerly among themselves. II
is reported that on Monday last quite an
alteration. took place between John
Mackey and Flood. What the exact ma
ture of the difference is has not tram
PRED. 1t is nothing new, however, for
the bonanza kings to have little spats. 1t
is matter of common notoriety on the
Comstock that Mackay and Fair cannot
be together for any length of time with
out quarreling like cats and dogs. Flood,
heretofore, has been the peacemaker in
the firm. If uncle Jimmy and gentle
John have now doubled teams on Flood
thoy will make it uncomfortable for him.
1t won't amount to anything, however,
capital don't quarrel with capital long.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-02

The domes of all the great churches in
st. Petersburg, Moscow and other large
towns of Russia are plated with gold
nearly one-quarter of an inch thick. The
new Church of the Savior, dedicated and
opened in Moscow last August, repre-
sents a value of fully $l5,OOO,OOO. The
Isaac Cathedral in st. Petersburg NAV
safely be credited with at least thrice
that amount.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-02
Down to the Bedrock!

u 1t seems to be the desire now of the peonle Of
floche and vicinity to buy their goods low down that
at Bedrock PRICES '''' 40
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-02
F7 - F. - a. @s -Ea -,

This is the true spirit and will increase the prosperity Of
the people, for goods be sold on time bv owners
unless the purchaser pays for the time given Inticpat,
tne wants and desires of the people in this regard we
surprise the most credulous. We are now oneninn o.
immense stock of Fs "
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-02

| A gentleman recently from Gar Ffst.
cisco gave an Appeal reporter an account
of row which took place recently in San
Francisco between the members of the
bonanza firm. He says: "Thc three were
closeted together in the bank for couple
of days and the employees were all ears
and eyes to try and find out what was
going on. OF course it was supposed to
be all about the stock market One day
there was high words in the room and
Mackay was talking loud and angerly.
He told Flood something about provid-
ing him with white apron and added,
Now you are trying to keep everything
down. The words become so high that
Louis McLain rushed to the room and
got between Mackay and Flood" The
informant Of the San Francisco gentle
man was in the bank at the time and
says that during the high words he heard
enough to convince him that Mackay and
Fair were anxious to begin the deal
while Flood wanted to set on the market
several months longer. -[Carson Appeal.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-02-10
Historical Position OF Palestine,

The position of Palestine on the map
of the world has fitted it and its success
sive peoples for remarkable place in
history. Here is a little country with
only 5000 square miles, or 1000 less
than our state of Vermont, which, if
we measure it by the scope of its his
tory, the remote antiquity of its litera-
ture, and the great forces it has started
into irresistible movement, we must
place among the foremost in the ancient
family of nations. 1t is practically the
meeting place of three continents -
Africa, Asia, and Europe. If Belgium
is the cockpit of Europe where many
of the chief battles of modern times have
been fought, Palestine holds the same
relation to the ancient world. Her
plain of EsdraelOn has been the battle
ground of nations and civilizations from
Abraham day to Napoleon Bonaparte's.
This little country was the pathway of
the nations on land, while on the sea it
was her Phenicia which planted colo
nies all around the shores of the Med
iterranean, created Carthage, rival of
Rome, and dared to send her ships as
far north as Britain. There is some
thing, too, akin to magnetism in this
wonderful little land II gave II certain
measure of historical Importance, and,
indeed of immortality to every people
and land it touched. Take from our
knowledge of Egyptian history all we
have learned from the Mosaic narrative
and there will be marvellous diminution
of the fund. 1t is only where Ass, "a Il
an early day came into relations with
Syria that we get something of a def
mite knowledge of that great oriental
power. We find Rawlinson, in his
Five Monarchies,' and Wilkinson, il
his Manners and Customs of the Egyp-
tians, = constantly appealing 70 and lean
ing on the scripture history, in order
to treat the subject in hand in cOnsecu-
tive form. 1t is Palestine that brirg gs
all great ancient countries within our
vision. 1t is our best telescope for
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-02-10

They are on the look out when they can
sell a span of horses, or BUY a YOKE OF
steers, to best advantage Iney may
work with their hands less, but they
work with their brains more tnan tne
plodding, but less sn ccessful farmers
This trading propensity has Its limits
We would not have the L'usbandman de-
generate into a horse-j ,1eky, neither
would we have him drive 100 sharp
bargain The high-tonsd commercial
law of trade is, that both buyN II ana sell
Ter shall be benefited by the bargain.
Madame Roland once said, ''f am al
ways sorry when hear that a ma mas
made good bargain, because i K uO"
that the other party has made
poor one," but is not necessarily true.
The owner of farm may be so circuna--
stanced as to be greatly benefited by it's
sale, and so far from suppOsing that the,
purchaser has made poor bargain, the,
presumption is that he has made good
one, or he would not have purchased.
A bargain is voluntary thing, requir-
ing the consent of both parties at least,
and both must be benefited or it cannot
be entitled to the epithet of good.
The great drawback to the commeR
cial operations of farmers is that they
have no board of trade, no union of
action, all operating Independently,
and thus each being the competitor of
the other. If one offers corn at 60
cents per bushel, his neighbOr must sell
at the same price, the merchant always
claiming the lowest as the ruling rate.
The club and grange furnish some rem
edy for this state of things, but the
market reports found in the papers, if
properly studied, would prove better
remedy. as they post farmers as to the
values in the great central markets.
Merchants look at the reports as soon
as the paper comes into their hands,
but farmers study the current prices
very little, and too many are destitute
of paper which contains them. We
do not advise farmers to become mer-
chants, but it would be greatly to their
advantage if their business were con-
Quoted more on mercantile principles.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-02-10
Small COurteSieS.

One of the editorial writers of a lead
ing New York newspaper at one time
prepared series of papers upon the soil,
climate, price of lands, ETC., in the diff
ferent states, intended to urge emigra-
ton from the cities to the country. He
received, in consequence, many letters
from individuals, asking for particular
information as to this or that locality,
and returned, as requested, private
answers.
There were several hundreds of these
letters of advice; it required great care,
labor and time to acquire the accurate
information which they contained; they
were written out of sheer goodwill by
a stranger for strangers. Yet out of
the whole number of correspondents
but one was courteous enough to return
a civil word of thanks for the infOrma-
ton obtained.
This is significant hint of the want
of outward politeness among our peo-
pie. Not that Americans are lacking
in the hearty gOod-nature and kindly
feeling which is at the bottom of all
courtesy. Every one of this editors
correspondents would probably have
been ready to give a helping hand to
him if he needed, and every one of
them felt cordially grateful to him. But
they did not say it.
1t is in the numberleSs little signs
and tokens of good feeling that we are
deficient. Boys should cultivate these
lesser virtues. One of the leading
statesmen of the day said, lately: Il
have mixed with all classes in the cOun-
try, and l never met a ruffian who
would not reply like gentleman, if
you spoke to him courteOusly." The
homeliest and humblest man in the
world, with this fine garment of good
breeding, is more royalty attired than a
vulgar prince.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-02-10
FO0d for Fat paOnIa

There are three classes of food-the
oils, the sweets and starches-the spe-
cial Office of which is to support the
animal heat and produce fat, having
little or no influence in promoting the
strength of muscles or endurance. If
the fat, therefore, would use less fat
and more of lean meats, fish and fowl,
less of fine flour and more of the whole
product of the grrins-except the hulls
less of the sweets, particularly in
warm weather, and more of the fruit
acids in a mild form, as in apples, sleep
less, be less indolent and more in the
open air, the fat would disappear to a
certain extent at least, with no loss of
real health.
In food we have almost a perfect con-
troll in this matter, far better than we
can have in the use of drugs. If we
have too much fat and too little muscle.
we have simply to use less of the fat
forming elements, and more of the mus
Gle food, such as lean meats, fish and
fowl, and the darker portions of grains,
ETC., with peas and beans.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-02-10
Practical President Lincoln.

Philadelphia Times.
An incident is related by Mr.. Muir
dock, the tragedian, of Abraham Lin
coin. Few who lived through the war
have yet forgotten the poem of the
Sleeping Sentinel" which was written
by Janvier in commemoratiOn of an act
of clemency by Lincoln in pardOniHg a
young Vermont volunteer at the very
moment when he had been led out to- be
shot for sleeping at his post. The first
public reading of this poem by Mr.. Muir
dock took place at the White house, the
president, the poet, and large assem-
bly, being present. Janvier used a slight
poetic license where he had described
the arrival of the president with the
pardon as being accompanied by the
sound of rolling wheels, whereas
Lincoln had ridden on horseback to the
place of execution. Janvier thought it
a matter of very trifing consequence
and the reading proceeded. At the
close the president and many Of the
party were in tears. Lincoln, wiping
the tell-tale drops from his cheeks, then
said hastily in a smOthered voice, every
Mr.. Janyier, but did NJ 90
in a coach.
''Oh, well, Mr.. Lincoln" said Sena-
tor FOOte, of Vermont, ''we all know
you would have gone on foot if il had
been necessary" ''Yes, but the ia t Is
and let us stick to the fact-I went on
insisted Mr.. Lincoln.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-02-10
One Who Had.


''You see that man crossing the
street?" remarked a Chicago man to a
New Yorker whom he was towing
around to see the sights. ''Well, that
man sold popcorn in this city for twen-
ty-two years, and he is worth $3.50, ,000."
did he make it all selling popcorn. -
80 no! He made his pile buying
lake-front lots"
Pretty soon the guide called his atten-
tion to man standing in the door of a
bank, and added:
That man opened the first Bible
house west of New York city. Thirty
years ago he was rat poor. To-day he
runs that bank"
Did he make his money selling
Bibles?''
80 no! He bought prairie land and
held on to it."
In the course of ten minutes a big
building was pointed out as belonging
to man who reached Chicago nine
teen years ago with only so cents in his
pocket. He opened night school, and
now reveled in wealth.
''Did he make it all teaching school?"
asked the New Yorker
30 no! He went into the dray busi-
ness as soon as he made money enough
to buy horse"
After several more like cases had been
referred to, the visitor asked:
''Have you one single man in Chicago
who has made money in the business he
first started into?''
Have we? Let's see. Yes, we have.
| know man on State street who went
into the whisky business twenty years
ago, has stuck right to it, and is worth a
hundred Thousand dollars. If he'd only
been sharp enough to turn around after
ten years and open an undertaker's
shop and bury his customers he'd now
been milliOnairer'
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-02-10

view of the remote past. We read the
fortunes of other peoples through her.
Of right she did not possess the Greek
language. 1t was foisted upon her
through Alexander's conquest, and yet
so carefully did she learn the new
tongue that it became the receptacle
for the new faith from Him of Naza-
reth, and the medium of its communi-
cation to the remotest shores known to
men. Palestine long resisted Rome,
and finally suffered destruction through
Titus. Her acres and faith were bar
tered like piece of merchandise. and
were, in turn, owned by Canaanite, jew,
Assyrian, Greek, Syrian. Maccabean
and Roman. But in three centuries
we find Bethlehem supplanting Rome.
Christianity held the scepter on the
seven hills, and paganism became
thing of the country village, or pdgus.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-02-10
The FeDianS.

These people, if we believe the early
historians so far as to allow them an
historical existence, were body of Irish
militia, forming kind of standing army
which was employed to defend the coast
of Ireland from the invasion of foreign
foes. They were billeted upon the in
habitants during winter, and obliged to
maintain themselves by hunting and
fishing during summer. Each of the
four provinces had its own band of these
warriors or champions, but Leinster
was the most fortunate province in in
cooperating distinguished names in the
list of its Fenians. Fingal himself was
one of the illustrious band, which in
cluded also the ever-memorable Ossian.
When st. Patrick came to Ireland,
Ossian narrated to the apostle of Ireland
the exploits of the valiant Fenians. The
record of their conversation, which is
still extdnt, is called the dialogue of the
sages; but it seems that the saint and
the bard, sage as they both were, were
sometimes on the point of quarreling.
Our readers may remember the version
of an ancient Ossianic poem which, ac-
cordlng to Sir Walter Scott, Hector
Mcintyre gave to his uncle, the anti
quarry. st. Patrick there complains
that his devotional meditations and
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-02-10
His knowledge of English.

II was on board a steamer on the
We ga, ever so many years ago, that,
striking up friendship with a Russian
fellow traveller, he told me in French
that he had been in England for a short
time, and could even remember a few
words of our speech. Ipressed him to
give me taste of his quality, whereup-
on, in rapid monotone, and with no
solution of continuity, he made this de-
hverance: "Eyanschopeen-groom- cove
garden, neutrality-suspicious." He ex-
plsined afterward that during his So
journ in London he had resided in Cra-
ven street, strand, that he had been
taken one night to Evans supper rooms,
and bad been so immensely pleased
with the entertainment and the courtesy
Gncluding the snuff box) of the late
Mr.. Paddy Green that he had learned
by heart the formula which l have
quoted for the benefit of the cabmen
whom night after night he ordered to
convey him to the halls of dazzling
light in the piazza, The zone shillingH
was an allusion to the legal fare be-
tween Craven street and Covent garden;
the policeman was a caveat to the
cabman against extortion.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-02-10
A Happy RetOrt.

Count Jaubert was wonderfully hap
DIV at repartee, and in his salies was ut
terly Indifferent as to whether it was a
friend or an enemy who suffered. If
however, he happened to compromise
himself, he had a happy knack of setting
himself right in a moment. On one Oc-
casiOn having been highly pleased with
Marshal SOult, he made the illustriOus
soldier the butt of innumerable epi-
grams. The marshal, hearing of this
at one of Louis Philippe's receptions,
turned his back upon the count Just as
he was stepping forward to salute him.
some thirty gentlemen being present
Monsieur lie Marecha.," said Count
Jaubert, with the utmost sang fTlOd,
II have been told you do not look upon
me as one of your friends I'm delight
ed to find that there is no ground for
the rumOr."
''How so, mOnsieur?''
Because, replied the count, 'you
are not in the habit of turning your back
to the enemy"
The marshal, it is perhaps needless to
say, at once held out his hand to Count
lambert