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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-30
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Man, born Of woman, is Of few days
and no teeth. And, indeed, it would be
money in his pockets, sometimes, if he
had less OF either. As for his days he
wasteth one.third Of them, and as for his
teeth, he has commissions when he cuts
them, and as the last one comes through,
10, the dentist is twi ting the Grst one
out, and the last end Of that mans jaw
is worse than the first, being full of por.
celain and rooi-platc built to hold black.
berry seeds.
Stone bruises line his pathway to man
hood. His father boxeth his ears at
home, the big boys cuff him in the play
ground, and the teacher whips him in the
school-room. lie buyeth Northwestern
at no. when he hath sold short at 9e,
and his neighbor unloadeth upon him
Iron Mountain at 63 and it straightway
breaketh down at -. He riseth early
and sitteth up late that he may Gil his
barns and store-houses, and 10! his chill.
dren's lawyer divide the spoils among
themselves and say, Ha, ha." He
growleth and is sore distressed because
it raincth, and he bcateth upon his breast
and soyeth, Ny crop is lost" because
it raincth not The late rains blight his
wheat and the frost biteth his peaches.
Ii it he so that the sun shineth even
among the nineties, lie sayeth, "Woe is
me, for | perish, and if the northwest
wind sigheth down in iorty-two below he
crieth, Would I were dead" II he
wear sac1cloth and blue jeans men say
" He is tramp" and ii he goeth forth
shaven and clad in purple aud fine linen
all the people cry "Shoot the dude."
lie earryeth insurance for twenty five
years, until he hath paid thrice over for
all his goods, and then he letteth his
policy lapse one day, and that same night
fire destroyeth his store. He buildeth
house in Jersey, and his first-born is de.
voured by mosquitoes; he pitcheth his
tents in New York, and tramps devour
his substance He moveth to Kansas.
and cyclone carryeth his house away
over into Missouri, while prairie fire
and ten million acres of grasshoppers
fight for his crop. He settleth himself
in Kentucky, and is shot the next day by
a gentleman, colonel and statesman,
" because, sab, he resembles, sab, a man,
sab, he did not like, sah." Verify there
is no rest for the sole of his foot, and if
he had it to do over again, he would not
be born at all, for "the day of death is
better than the day of ones birth.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-30

st. Petersburg has narrowly escaped
losing the most precious of it's art treas
ures, the celebrated Madonna della Staffa
of Raphael. The picture, which for more
than three centuries and half belonged
to the Stafla family, was purchased in
1870 by the Emperor of Russia for fl2,
400, and was by him presented to the
late Empress, who at her death be-
queathed it to the art museum at the
Hermitage. The heated air of the gal.
lery in which the picture was hung re-
Gently split the square pine panel on
which Raphael painted his masterpiece,
and it was feared that the damage was
irrepairable. a certain artist named
Sidorotf volunteered at last TO set mat
tiers right. After carefully supporting
the face OF the picture with linen backed
by slab Of marble, he laborously rubbed
away the panel, first with files and after.
ward with powdered glass, and then sue.
ceeded in mounting the thin remaining
film on canvas. In the course of this
delicate operation it was discovered that
instead of the book which the Madonna
now holds, there was originally pom.
egranate, toward which the infant Je IL.
stretched out his hand with childish
curiosity. st. James Gazette.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-30

When De Galitzin was Colonel in the
Russian Guard he reeled out of a restaur-
ant on one occasion into the public street
in broad day in Gisgraceful state of in
toxication. Unfortunately for him, the
father of the present Car happened to
be passing at the time and saw him. He
was arrested and taken before the En-
peror, who, after a few indignant re-
marks, informed him that he was deter
mined to make an example of him. 'Put
yourself in my place." said the Gar;
"suppose that you were the Emperor
and that you saw an officer of your Guard
in the state see You now, what would
you say TO him?' "Sire, answered the
Colonel, who still retained some portion
of his wits, g Ii | were Emperor, / would
not address single remark to such a
brute" He heard nothing more of the
matter.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-30

The nature of the bite OF the leech has
been examined by NJ. Carlet He de-
tachod the animal from the shaved skin
of rabbit at different stages. Suppose
a scarifier, with three toothed and equ-
distant blades, withdrawing from one
another as they press into the skin, and
operating several times successfully in
the same place; this gives pretty exact
idea Of the mechanism.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-30

Years ago, when Mr.. Conkling and
Thad Stevens were members of the House
and the latter Chairman of the Commit
tee on Ways and Means, one morning he
reported back an appropriation bill with
an item omitted in which Mr.. Conkling
had some interest. Soon Mr.. Conkling
presented himself in front of the Chair
man and rather peremptorily demanded
the reason why. Old Thad looked the
gentleman over in silence for moment
and then replied: ~" Young man, I'M
screw that curl, SO that You can get your
feet down on the floor, and / will talk
with YOU,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-30

Jos f. Mcdonald. the Indiana states.
man, thinks that he would have achieved
a much greater success in life if he had
not when boy acquired the unpleasant
habit Of splitting through mis- teeth He
could never pass for statesman so long
as he did this, and he was nearly forty
years Of age before he could break him
self Of the habit
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-30

John H. Alexander, a colored applicant
from Ohio for admission to West Point
Academy, has passed an examination,
and has been admitted. This will stir
up more trouble in that institution.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-30

General Sherman reiterates once more
his of-repeated assertion that our stand
ing army is too small for the work i'm
posed upon it. He thinks large camps
ON the frontiers would have served to de-
velop our territory more rapidly than it
has been developed.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-30

While digging a trench at the Napa
water works the other day the workmen
dug into en- old Indian burying-ground
They found three skeletons, but they
were so old that they could not be taken
out whole. They were buried three feet
below the surface and in an upright
position, with the knees under the chin
Several stone mortars We're also found
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-30

AT banquet in New York, recently,
in response to toast, The Independent
Press" leading journalist said: "Wc
(editors) are jumping jacks. They pull
the strings and we dance. Our time.
our talents, our lives, our possibilities
are all the property of other men. We
are intellectual prostitutes.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-30

A ton of gold or silver contains 30,
l66 66-lO0 ounces. A ton of gold is
worth $602, S75. A ton of silver, at the
present rate per ounce, is worth about
$32, 600. A cubic foot of gold weighs
1920 pounds, and is worth nearly $500,
900. A cubic foot Of silver weighs GOO
pounds, and is worth about $40 600. The
value of gold coin, bars and bullion in
circulation in the world is estimated at
SO, 500, 900, 0OO This would make in a
mass twenty five foot cube.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-30

(. 81 don't like to have my husband
.chew tobacco" remarked. a young mar
fied lady, but l put up with it, for the
tinfoil is just too handy for anything in
doing mp my front crimps. "-lWashing-
ton Star.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-30

Pocket handkerchiefs are things of art
nowadays.-[N.. Y. Graphic.
Yes, you blow your nose through the
handkerchief into your hand.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-30

The press of the country has of late
been indnlging in humor at the expense
of Mr.. Hatton, First Assistant Post
master-General. He is accused OF having
given the name of "IIatton" to at least
twenty recently created postofhces. The
gentleman has been under such continu-
GUS fire that he feels called upon to come
forward and explain. He says that the
people of nineteen small hamlets and
towns petitioned to have their postofiices
called Hatton, and one named Hattonio,
for family reasons.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-30

General Bidwell's orchard and vineyard
on his Chico ranch cover |, 800 acres. He
has g., 900 vines, 29,Si0 fruit trees, and
eight acres of blackberries. Of the fruit
trees IL, 500 are peach, 5,465 plum, 1890
apricots, and the remainder are apples,
pears cherry, almond, ounce and figs.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-30

Bromide of ethyl is a new substitute
for chloroform. 1t is a powerful agent
and teaspoonful, when inhaled, will
put any one to sleep in thirty seconds,
and keep him utterly oblivious to what
is being done. The unconciousness lasts
only from three to four minutes, when
the, patient ,awakes as from natural
sleep without headache or other disturb
aances of any kind.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-30

NJ Pompieu has made two ascents with
his elongated balloon, carrying four PEG.
pie. Both of these ascents were success
ful In his second he obtained a move
ment Of the balloon in the required di-
rection by the action of his rudder indie
pendent Of the wind, which appears to
be the first time any aeronaut has done
so
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-30

Near the stalactite caves in the Ma.
tional Park there is . poisonous gas tube,
very properly named Stygian cave, where
birds drop dead in merely flying over its
mouth. 1t is most beautiful to the eye.
The crystalline pendants are of a very
deep emerald. but the sulpharic gases are
inimical to life. Small animals taking
shelter therein perish Immediately.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-30

The Colorado mines are not paying
dividends as often and as literally as they
were year or two ago Out of list Of
II Colorado dividend mines, as kept by
the New York Mining Record, we find
that only s have paid any dividends in
1883. There are six more that ceased
paying in 1882, and three that have not
paid since 1881. The famous Evening
Star mine that used topay four dividends
in a single month, has not paid dollar
since October, 1882.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-30

The wealthy and benevolent Washing
ton banker, Mr.. w. w. Corcoran, who
bore the expense of bringing the remains
of John Howard Payne, author OF
Home, Sweet Home" back to this
country from Tunis, is suffering sore
inHiction for his generous display of pa.
triotism. 1t is said that within the last
two months he has received more than a
hundred and fifty poems, intended tc
commemorate the event and to sound his
praises, a majority of which had been
declined by the editors of newspapers
and magazines. Mr.. Corcoran, it is said
was amused at these epistles until the
hot weather set in, but now he announces
his intention to have the illusions pub
lished in book form, which, it is pre-
sumcd, will please the authors.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-30

State elections occur this year in Mas
sachusetts, New York, Virginia, Ken
lucky, Ohio, Iowa, Maryland, Missis-
sippi, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Con
necticut, some of which will be intensely
interesting. New York, Pennsylvania,
Virginia and Connecticut do not elect
Governors this year; but the contests
will be important as indications of popu-
lar opinion and for their bearing on the
general election Of 1884.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-30

1t is said that when man lies the
devil laughs. How the old fellows sides
must ache.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-30

j. Stern of San Francisco has published
"Unitcd State Calendar" showing at a
glance the day and date from 1910 to
1870. The Daily Report says it is a work
that viii prove very useful in courts,
banks, offices, etc., and the system of it
is such that any one can understand it in
two minutes study.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-30


Richmond, Va, is agitated over the
" Lee Monument Fund" Two associa-
tions organized for the purpose OF erecting
a monument in Richmond to General r.
+. Lee have, it is underst rod, about si0,-
600, but no one seems to know where the
money is or when it will be available.
Mrs, Carlyle bitterly regretted having
married an author. An. exchange says:
Young ladies who have newspaper re-
porter on a string cannot be too cautious
Absinthe is becoming a favorite drink
among the young dudes of New York
city. Its chief recommendation is the
speed with which it kills.
Human nature is so constituted shat
all see and Judge better in the affairs of
Others than their own.
1t is considered disgrace for a Hindoo
girl not to be married when she is eleven
or twelve years old.
Receipt for making good punch
Use all your strength and aim for the eve.
4 mental reck-I guess so.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-30

What disease win thc bark Of dog
cure
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-30
Notice Of Dissolution.

fl'HE COPARTNERSH!P HERETOFORE EX-
l listing between the undersigned AUGUST
DELPlNo and Il. VANZA, carrying on the
Restaurant business at Bullionyille. Lincoln
County, Nevada. has this day been dissolved
by mutual CONSENT and August Delpino will
hereafter carry on the business Of the late
firm, pay all obligations and receive all moneys
due them.
Bullionville, June /, 1888.
AUGUST DELPINo.
5e2-1m E. VANZA.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-30

\ mental reck-I guess 50.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-04-18
aURLsUr AND FEE TRADE.

Mr.. William H. Hurlbut, OF the New
Democratic press" at the banquet given by
the IrOq1ois Club, Of Chicago, on Friday,
the birthday OF the immortal Jefferson. Mr..
Huribut has much TO say that was sensible
and dignifed SIS to the duties of the press,
and especially of the lesson that every
thoughtful editor learns "that there is some
body wiser than any body, and that that some
body is-everybody." But what be said that
is especially worth recalling was upon the
one great subject that just now affects the
pockets OF the people, and is to be the sub
Jet of contest between the two great politi-
cal parties in 1854. He said: ave all Ct
us here to night feel, for example, that Demo
cratic opision in this country is converging
and focusing itself upon a great national
demand for a reduction of taxation, State
with it demand for greater freedom OF trade
between this country and all other countries
IN the world" Mr.. Hurlbut then traced the
history of the tariff though four periods Of
agitation and radical change in the CONNER
cisl relations OF the country, The first begin
ming with the protectivesyStena Of 1924 which
broke down dismaIly in 1888. "From 1888 to
1912 came the second period Of Cur tariff
bistory-nine years of pre-srranged, gradual
reduction in the tariff rates, down to the limit
of an average of twenty per cent. on home
values. In 1912 the Wings, the true found
ers of the Republican party, being in power,
forced up the average rate TO ABOUT thirty
per cent. and so brought on that battle Of
1914, in which Clay was defeated by Polk,
and which opened the way to great DEM
ocratic fnancier and statesman, Robert j.
Walker, of Mississippi, for establis hing that
reformed revenue tariff Of 1916, which went
without serious challenge through three
successive presidential elections in 1S4S,
1852 and 1856, and under which the COM
merce, the industry and the prosperity of the
country and of all sections of the country
steadily advanced until the storm Of civil var
broke upon US in 1861. Then it was that uD-
der the stress of an absolute and exciting
necessity 10 raise money for fighting out a
terrible war, the fourth great radical change
in our commercia al relations with mankind as
force upon us. Then 1t was that protection,
the old English idea of the house of Han
over, got the better Of the American idea of
free trade and fastened upon The country the
hold which only to-day the country is ri-iDg
toshake off" The question OF revenue reform
is the question of the hour, and il ia 4 ques-
tion that the Democratic party alone Is com
petent to deal with in the genuine American
spirit. The Democratic press should, there
fore, treat it as Question of the news of the
day. Grapple with it, pour all possible light
upon it, give it the fullest and freeat discus.
sion in all its bearings. From this discus
sion no honest interest in the United States
has anything to fear; from this discussion
the Democratic press and the Democratic
party have everything TO hope"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-04-18
THEnEAD DEMOCRACY.

During The days of Napoleon there was
newspaper in France that gagged its COM
msnts on the great military hero in the same
proportion that his star waxed or waued.
When victorious this trucking newspaper
extolled him as a divinity, and if he expert
encsd the least reverse he was stigmatized as
a swashbucker. While on one of his bril-.
liant campaigns Napoleon was traduced ami
viliied BY this newspaper. But victory
perched upon his banners, aud when he
landed in Paris, the idol of the people, this
same newspaper, which had been defaming
him for months, Topped over and exhausted
the vocabulary of praise iu extolling the
greatness of the fraud, hum5ug aud tyrant.
This time-serving newspaper has imitators
in the United States among the newspapers,
who gauge their Democracy by SUCCESS. When
Garfield was elected president the Demo-
cratic party was pronounced dead beyond
resurrection by Republicans aud Demo-
cratic editors Of little faith. The
files of the APPEAL for the month
OF November, 1880, will show how
esrnes lY We protested against the disband-
ment OF the Democratic party; how bit
terly we opposed the proposition to join the
Republican party for the purpose of defeat
ing it, and with what correctness We predict
ed the triumph OF the Democratic party in
future elections But there is no longer any
talk about the dead Democracy. The un-
dertakers and the grsve-diggers are now the
resurrecUonisis. The newspapers which
gagged their D ,mocrscy by Democratic sue
Gees, are elsted at the certainty OF Demo-
cratic victory in future elections. To-
day the Democrats have nearly twice
as many governors of States as the
Republicans. They have an over
whelming majority in the House of
Representatives, and the recent elections
| show that the tide is still setting 10 favor of
the Democrats. The Washington Gazette, in
an interesting review of the political situa-
ton, shows that the South is solidly Demo-
cratic for the next presidential canvass, and
that the Middle States are all Democratic
uow; that of the New England States Mas
sachusetts and Connecticut are Democratic
now and there is a strong probability Of
| New Hampshire joining them. Iu the West,
Indi ans and Ohio are Democratic now,
with Michigan and Wisconsin IN
| certsiu. Colorado is now Democratic,
and will continue 50. Nevada and
Oregon are doubtful and California is now
largely Democratic. The end of the R pub.
| lican party will date from the Alb OF March,
1885, and at the same date the Democratic
parry will ascend to power, and If it rules
wisely by inaugurating economy, honesty
and reform, it will have no formidable oppo-
sition until, like the Republican party, it
becomes debauched and sinks by the weight
Of its own corruptions.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-04-18

American and Cuban markets Tor cotton
goods with England. He nss The advantage
of nearness, OF ireigbts, and Ct msteri-I,
ard above Gil of superiority and pur ty OF
material. His goods are all Of toe best
American quality and staple Of cotton, with
out mixture of shUrt staple, trashy India
cotton. The American manufacturer can
also replenish the Mexican market and ELL
orders more quickly than The Ecglish; be
will have railway carriage, not an ocean
10 cross. When The canal across the Islhmus
| at Panama il opened in 1888, the American
dealer will have stilI further markets at
which his chances will be favorable
ss against the Eoglish spinner. 4
wide horizon opens before the Southern
cotton-spinnsrs, not Only on the American
continent, but 10 the East, for already Amer
ican cottous are preferred TO English in the
Chinese aud other markets, on account of
their Nesring qualities. The South is at the
present time competing successfully with the
East In the home market, where there is no
protection; that success shows that no pro-
teciion is needed. Give the Southern spin
ner an even chance in the foreign market,
unshackled with protection and the high
prices Of goods it artiGcially imposes, and it
will be equally successful there. The New
York Times says upon this subjeci: "If II
is true that the South can make its way IN
building factories and turning out cotton
goods against the pressure of Northern COM
petition, and if The North is coming to the
conclusion that what it needs Is not protec-
ton but a wider market, it must follow
that the South is still more interested in
keeping the way open for the disposal
of the overplus of production" But will
cheapness of production be got at the ex-
pense of reduced wages? Let those who ask
this question remember that our tariff does
not protect labor. There is no tariff upon
foreign labor. Wages are left unprotected
10 rice or fall under the law OF demand and
supply. Let him who has asked one ques-
ton now ask another, and il ia this: If
wsges are what they are at present in cotton
manufacture, when the market Ia almost
confined 10 the Uaited States by the pro
tectiye system, will extending demand, by
opening 10 us also the markets of hewbole
Of the American continent and of the East,
tend 10 increase or decrease wages? What
is wanted is not cheapening of the neoes-
ssry expense of labor, but chespening by
removing the unnecessary and artificial
desrness caused by the imposition of pro-
tectioDist taxes.