The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1882-02-25

CABINEr.-Dr. u. IL. Alexander Is
placing large cabinet in the front of his
drug store, and prospectors and others
having specimens that they are willing to
part with, will be thankfully received by
the doctor and marked and placed in the
cabinet. He is not very particular, and
he will as willingly accept Of five-pound
nugget as a piece of quartzite.
NOTHING is so astonishing to fellow
as to have pavement suddenly fly up
and hit him in the middle Of the back.
1t acts like electricity and imbues new
energy into his body. Even though it be
on the Sabbath, he will take shovel and
clear the snow from off the sidewalk in
front of vacant building,
FATHER MALoNEy of Cherry Creek ar
rived in Phoebe on Saturday and held
services in the Catholic Church on Sun
day, and also held mass at o'clock Mon
day morning. He departed that day on
his return to Cherry Creek, going by way
of Bristol.
The hills around Phoebe are filled with
live quail, the birds having been brought
to Phoebe alive and made their escape
from coops and cages. If they are not
chased and hunted they will probably re-
main in this vicinity and breed.
| OWING to the demoralized condition of
the stock market, and not wishing to dis
courage the dabblers, we refrain from
publishing the stock list this morning.
The debts contracted by the late min
ing operations that was carried on at
Pahranagat will probably be settled in
side of two months.
The weather has been warm and agree
able during the day time the past week,
the snow fast melting away. The nights
were cold.
ROYAL Cry derived its name from the
large number of royal-blooded people re-
siding there.
DANCING is pronounced sure cure for
rheumatism.
How NUTMEGs GRow.-Nutmegs grow
ON little trees, and are not generally over
twenty feet high. The flowers are very
much like the lily of the valley. They
are pale and very fragrant. The nutmeg
is the seed of the fruit, and mace is the
thin covering over the seed. The fruit is
about as large as peach; when ripe it
breaks open and shows little nut inside.
The trees grow on the islands of Asia
and tropical America. They bear fruit
for seventy or eighty years, having ripe
fruit upon them all the seasons. A fine
tree in Jamaica has over 5000 nutmegs
on it every year. The Dutch used tc
have all this nutmeg trade, as they owned
the banda Islands and conquered all the
other traders, and destroyed all the trees
To keep the price up, they once burned
three piles of nutmegs, each Of which
was as big as church. Nature did moi
sympathize with such meanness. The
nutmeg pigeon, found in all the IndiaI
Islands, did for the world what tn,
Dutch determined should not be--car
. ried these nuts, which are their food
into all the surrounding countries, ant
trees grew again, and the world had tn
benefit. Il Confectioners' Journal.
!. saws. One Of the very funniest stor;e
comes from the loo Of the shin Maidstone
Down in the roaring fort;es q seaman fel
r overheard. and went down into the dee
? green pulp without the faintest possibl
? hone AZ coming IN hoard again T. il nc
l an easv thine 70 find a man even IL h
y does keen aaoat when deem calls mt
n deem. after the bio sea mountains ski
lie youna lambs II those s"~ Iat;tnJes RI
1 as this man rose after the first headel
Y right alongside he beheld an albatros
e ana around taat aloatross NECK ne iolde
IS an arm ana douotiess Win announcer nan
;. maze sure grip OF tne wicked h0oke
It 1lll. ana WIN much mapping and noul
aerlng, ana aouotless strange cohy ,a