The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-08-01
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Calvin's relaxation was throwing dice.
| Frederick the Great was a breeder Of
fine dogs. es. ii.
A 6ns grizzly bear sells from 81 900 to
Sl.500.s
There are l76 street failroads in the
United States. ls''s '-'+sAN''
Cesar had short legs and Napoleon was
bow-legged.
| The distance fses, Eew York to Lon.
don is 1856 miles.
Dakota farmers are organizing local
hail insurance companies. t
Type-settipgin in this country 10 said to
cost $50. 900. 900 annually.
Colorado Il becoming large producer
Of very superior draught horses.
Biologists say that the coal beds Of the
earth will be exhausted in l0675 years.
The farms in the United States arc
worth at least one thousand million dol
lars.
Atwelve pound colt has been born 10
Indiana. 1t is perfectly formed and is
thriving.
The annual value Of the milk product
In this country is about half the national
debt.
Oil thrown into ponds and standing
water will prevent mosquitoes from
Matching. lgi4
Four thousand persons are annually
buried in the ''Potter's Field Of Now
York City.
Eighty-nins : Americans and seleven
EngIishmen are in attendance at the Ber.
lin University. = A7 ~ z'&' :
A Philadelphia eating. house allures by
the sign: "Fiies not allowed in this
restaurant"
The number Of the Thousand islands
is GOO. but the, delights Of the region
are numberless.
Russia possesses one hundred admiraIs
IAN admiral for every two thousand
tons Of shipping.
A professional wild bssst tAmsr usss
cloassieity - spbdss ~ sninals vk,s
they are uarnly u II
Tho smsller the seal tbs mors elegant
II Il. American style to The contrary not.
withstanding. le1s u q. & ss1a.,ql \,
More than forty years ago the manu-.
facture Of mclasses from melons was car.
ried on in Central Illinois. b 80 A..
Ths Roman Catholic Cathedral in the
City Of Mexico L. -said u be the aasss
Church building On tbs ccntinest
In tho last twenty 6ve years the Meth.
odists Increased the valus Of their church
property about s5o. 900, 900. r
There are At present in the Unitel
States ll6 medical schools, and thsrp h
cns physician to every 5s5 inhabitants.
A Japanese inventor has just mAjs
from aeawsed . paper transparent enonsh
~ b substituted for window glass. "
A Apiscs of platinum wirs only .0o075
Of an inch in thioknsss wAs lately exhlb-
tied, BY the Royal Society Of London. y,
The estimated value Of the natural "a
used in the United States in 1884 was
si.40o. 900. against el75. 600 in 1883. ~.
The army Of the United Slater. on 1
var 'footing. numbers 3.72o,O00 mem
the largest military establishment in the
world. s1ae..a - "a s.''t
Nins out Of ten RassiAns eat with
wooden spoons. from wooden plates and
bowls, and drink water from wooden
dippsrs
Tommy Atkins" is generally accepted
now asltbe typicAlI name iorsn Ensh,h
soldier, just - John Bull is for an Eng.
| inhmsn.
Rassia, with pcpplation Of over l0o..
900, ,0Oo, has IS bishops, 100, ,05s clergy.
men. "a 600 monks and nuns, and II .00(
churches. N NJ
II y not generally known that Wash
ington was tho inventor Of plow, which
was considered marvel Of ingenuity n
| the time. aai q 4 y as,ias
Tho largest shaving ever made BY I
woodworking machine is forty two inohsI
vide, seventeen isst long. and Of uniform
thioknsas. ye a slal
The tobacco for l.0oo avs-cent cigar
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