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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-10-03
DIcKrE GOT THE PRIZE.


A country school-marm wished to display
her juvenile pupils natural abilities and
progress under tutelage in the art Of COM
position before the School Trustees and
Others who were to assemble at the finish.
ing exercises in her school, SO few days
previous to the latter event she babe all
the scholars sit down and write . nice,
abort composition on the simple subject,
"What See," which composition she
announced would have to be read with.
out being previously examined or cor
rected by her, by the writer's themselves,
out loud before the audience. After she
bad finished delivering said order, a little
tow-headed urchin popped up out Of his
seat and tearfully exclaimed: Ill
can't write compestiching-so-I--I
can't-I-I don't know ho-ow."
"Nonsense!' cried the teacher; lyon
can and you mustl Haven't you got
eyes to seer she inquired.
"Yis'sm," blubbered out the boy.
swell, then" she added, ''just sit
right down and write about everything
YOU look Of until you come to the end
Of your paper"
The boy Reluctantly set about to do 10
he was bid, and suffice it to say that his
teachers regret at thus compulsorily teat-
ing his visual powers, coupled with her
state Of embarrassment, was superlatively
awful when she heard him read on the
day Of the closing exercises, before the
crowded school-roon, in clear loud voice,
his composition, which was spelled and
written thus:
q koss ise got 2 bigg Use. | bees .
bloc !, and 90 bee de udder. / Q bigg
red bug, butt shaw, dair itts gon again,
butt no 1t faint needer, for now | c it .
kroliing round the fringe Of de teachers
dress, now DON'T DAFT bugg my moar,
but do mi teacher jump up of her ceet
an scrattsh her hoopskeert arfful, an max
red faces att de hull skoole jiste kos
mibbie DAFT buggs . bitin her whair !
KANT @. now her becknin to nansio
smitt to cum up to her disk, an now Q
nansie cnuckin ner nst eileen down IN
| ! psnsie = vsukin nm DAFT red bucr iii
squashed to jam. now kantt Q no moar,
IT Iat oiiise nunkins 9lgg nao1s N trnn'
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,pscimeps Of ore ON g street ys.tsrdsv
taken from the Houston mine. Of whicl
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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-10-03

H1soBIIAgs0Us.
PHILADELPHIA BREWERY,
Aain street, ................-....Rf ssh~
Louis Kleine, Proprietor,
r. ,usslszIso a SUPERIOR AsrIcll
Lager Beer
In Quantities e suit. - the Lswsss
AdJsining Camps supp,.sd -
.snoRT NOTICE.
]. EISENMANN 4 CO.,
NAIN................s STREET.
PIoCHE...---.. ................ NEVADA
IMPORTERS
AND DEALERS III
HARDVV a III ID
IRON, STEEL, ss'ls W. 4
MILL and MINING
| SUPPLIES, HOSE,
BNLTnG, A&ssl
PACKING. sisI
g. NAVAL sTOREs,l ss &.
GAs-PIPE and FITTINGS,
HARDWOOD = WAGON mArERIA,.
SASH. DOORS = BLINDS,
PAINTS 4 OILS, '''
Agricultural Implements
| sTOvEs. CROCKERY GLASS.
WARE, and HOUSE .sunN~
IsHlNo GOODS. sF,
Ma1ufaetuxsEs Of IA.
coppos, Tin ana nhsst-lron Ware. Pipmbc
i Steam and aasEittsrv.
HEADQUARTERS ron COAL OIL GIANT
Ill and dupont Biasiins Powder ia osii
fornis Fuse: T7,'
WE KEEP FTRsT-CLAss GOODS OMIT
We Buy for Cash and Sell for Cash
ONE PRICE TO ALLii
Il COME AND SEE
Avery chsies sslsctisn 81 orsssrlss
al ETC., ssld Chsap Ter Cash. at n.
J. NESBITT 8 BRO,
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General Merchandise.
'ir Importers q 1.!'
Of witness .sf.,, ..,.-5s.
= Is1CanorO. nfs4
Cigars AxAea q
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y GENTS FURNISHING GOODS
ri. 4oots - 01asseas.
g.s GRAIN ana FLOUR s..sta.tiy
err hand.
hA Ale. . gine A:ss.s.e.s ef :,
II CUTLERY.
Goods delivered free Of charge 10 any pcr
Of tho city. Give NJ call before pnrcha
elsewhere - ~ are preparing TO sell ont at
reasonAble prices.
GLAD NEWS
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-10-03

Colorado GRO - over chicken with :
head at each q ID.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-10-03

Tho way in which Sacramento authori'
ties were able to suppress gambling dur
ing the State Fair was ny employing
lot Of special ofiicer and keeping their
names secret. sss
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-10-03

Everything looks favorable for q bet.
ter Fair than ever, and BY pulling TO-
gether, says the Ram, Journal, we can
give Nevada name she can gain in NO
other manner. To the front let u 60.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-10-03

Monday afternoon, the President gavs
hearing to four Pueblo Indians from New
Mexico. They complained because. theil
property 10 taxed the same - that o
citizens, whilc they are mot regarded a
citizens nor allowed 70 vote. t
The National tribune., 1885-11-12
4 Remarkable Tree.

In the mountains of Venezuela grows re-
markable tree. 1t is found in rocky places, at
nights OF about half mile. 1t is a stupid look
ing tree enough at first sight. 1t is lofty and
slender, and has stiff leaves that grow foot or
more in length. 1t looks much of the time as
If it were dead. In those regions there is a wet
and dry season, and during many months at
a time not shower washes its leaves. 1t bears
very small, insignifcant-looking flowers. What
is it good for, this tall, slim trunk, with the
dull, dead-looking branches? 1t is the milk
tree, the famous "palo de vaca," which Hum
boldt describes. He first brought it into notice.
1t is an evergreen. Its sap is delicious fluid
resembling the finest Jersey milk, only sweeter
and richer than even that. When the negroes
are thirsty they cut into the side of the trunk
as one would bore into maple for sugar water,
and the milk gushes forth in great stream. 1t
is both food and drink, so rich is it. After a
little time it grows thick and yellow, and q
cream rises to the top. 1t has a fragrant odor.
When a COW tree is tapped the natives hasten
from all quarters with their bowls to catch the
flow of milk. The fluid is white Sunrise is
the best time to tap the tree, for then the sap
flows most abundantly. The tree gets its morn
ing milking like COW. Humboldt was much
surprised at discovering the cow tree and find
ing that its milk was palatable and nutritious
His knowledge of botany had taught him that
most milky vegetable fluids are bitter and
burning TO the taste Some of them are poison
Gus. But here there was one milky sap that
put even great learning at fault. Attempts
have been made to cultivate the cow tree, and
make it grow in other localities than where it
is found naturally, but in vain. As soon as it is
removed from its native mountains it dies.
The National tribune., 1885-11-12
A Wise Han.
[ScoHish- american. |


The following anecdOte illustrates the fact
that the man who is asked to do an unusual
thing will expect much more pay than for
doing a usual thing that costs him several times
the trouble. Some years ago, before the sale
of game was legaiized, and present of 1t was
thought worth the expenee of carriage, an Eng
lishman rented moor within 20 miles of In
verness. Wishing to send a 10-brace box of
grouse to his friends in the South, he directed
a servant to call upon Donald Fraser (whO
| owned horse and cart, and made livelihood
by driving peats into the town and ask him
what he would charge for taking the box to In
verness. Donald would not take it under eight
shiliings. The demand was thought so unrea-
sonable that the gentleman complained to q
Scotchman who was shooting with him.
The Scotchman replied that he (the English
mani did not understand how to bargain with
the natives and that one of them approached
in the right way would do the job for much
less. Calling Donald. he held the following
conversation:
"Guid mornin', Donald! What's the price O
peats the noo?"
"Just auchteenpence the load, sir"
"Very weel. ye can tax load into my hoose
in Inverness the first thing the morn's morn
in"
"I'll dae that, an thank We. sir"
The Scotchman then walked on about 90
yards, when he suddenly turned round and
said:
"By-the by, 1 hae box tae send; ye can
iuist pit it on the tap o. the peats."
"I'll dae that, sir. It'll no max muckle diff
ference"
In this way the Scotchman got good load of
pcats, and the Englishman got his box of game
sent for nothing
The National tribune., 1885-11-12
SCIENTIFIC CHAT.

The old-fashoned spinning wheel was intro
duced short time ago into the Isle of Man Insane
Asylum with the idea of amusing the patients The
latter seemed delighted that they could in this way
contribute to their support, and became absorbed
III their new occupation that their nervous symp-
toms no longer predomnated. As DIR. Richardson,
the Medical Superintendent. expressed it, the di-
rection of the nervous force changed and their
condition was improved The experiment is to be
tried in other asylums
Cast iron. if heated for several days to a tenn
perature of from 9O0o to 0O0o Cent neither melts
nor sOttenS, but Is converted into maleable iron,
and its surface is covered with grayish efiores-
cence. Its fracture sometimes presents a uniform
black, like that of lead pencil and is sometimes
rldded with large black points, which regularly
distributed III the metallic paste.
Prof Preece recommends as among the essen
talS to be observed in attaching lightning conduc-
tors to houses that there should be no Joint unless
it be well-soldered one; chan-link rods braided
rope, tubing, etc. are TO be avoided; the ground
connection must be sound and good; each conduc-
tor, If there be more than one, should have q sepa-
rate ground connection but also to be connected
together, also connected with the lead roofing and
all masses of metal in their neighborhood. 1t is
he says not necessary to insuate these conductors
and there should be no points acute angles in
the conductOr-the straighter and more direct its
course to the earth the better. Telegraph WIRE
one-fourth of an inch in diameter, is claimed to be
superior for this purpose, and is largely employed
in England. 1t is also believed to be safe estimate
that the area protected by a conductor is equal to
its hight above the ground
The National tribune., 1885-11-12
FOR THE LADIES.

Mrs. Langtry, not satisfied with the natural color
of her hair, which was beautiful, and of which she
took ncessant care, has painted it kind of reddish
color, which, it appears, is becoming the fashion
IN Paris and has much injured her appearance.
st. Paul has female ticket broker who has
outwitted her male competitors in avery ingenious
way. She keeps a restaurant and saloon, and
scoops in more than her share of the business by
throwing in flask of whisky meal or two
with every ticket sold. She thus sell tickets at
reduced rates and still dodge the penalty for cut
ting" The food and liquor are merely given away.
Minneapolis Tribune
-Carlotta Patti is teaching singing in Paris
Gen. Mcclellan S mother is still alive at the age
of 81.
THE disastrous influence of medical studies
upon the intellectual faculties of women is" SAYS
the Lyon Medical, "a curious fact established by
recent statistics. In England, according to the
census of 1881, the number of women physicians
was .. From 1880 to 1854, eight had been placed
in lunatic asylum, and at the end of last year
three were under treatment"
The 81. Paul Globe calls attention to the gen
eral fact that from threequarters to four ths of
the births in Dakota at present are of the female
sex.
There is q woman dentist in Amsterdam.
The National tribune., 1885-11-12
PERSONS AND THINGS.

AN Augusta dentist was at work on a set of
false teeth when the writer entered his sanctum the
other day. These teeth" he said, have pecu-
liar history. / made them for young lady in Bel
grade She died. On her deathbed she gave the
set of teeth to her most intimate friend This friend
brought them to me and employed me to alter them
to fit her own mouth. Yes, the intimate friend is a
lady. and is practical, not romantic" " LewiSt0n
(le) Journal.
Mrs. Rogers, the cattle queen of Texas, in
herted from her first husband herd of 40 600 cattle
The widow managed the business and in due time
married II preacher 20 years younger than herself,
who had seven children She attends to her estate
herself, rides among her cowboys on horseback,
and can tell just what promising steer COW is
worth at any size age.
This is the glorious season of the year when you
wear an overcoat one day, a thin coat the second
porous plaster the third, and doctors bill the
fourth.-DdIton (Ga.) Citizen.
The honey crop of Maine is worth $4,000 and
is produced by II 900 colonies of bees.
=" Cattle have increased more than threefold in
the United States during the past 10 years" says
the Shoe and Leather Reporter which adds: " Ours
Is the greatest cattle producing region the globe
On farms there now about 42, 600 900; on ranch
and range property west of the Mississippi about
lO,O0000O cattle Craze"
Seven Chinese prisoners had their cues cut off
in the prison at Victoria on Sept. 26. The cues
We're labeled and will be returned to their owners
when their terms of incarceration expire.-San
Francisco Call.
The National tribune., 1885-11-12

Covering from the weather. / am further directed
TO say that in case any injury is done any fellow
prisoner suspected of giving information, shall
use force for force, and the guilty parties will be
punished. L. GRIswoLD,
Major Comd'g c. S. Military Prison.
Nevertheless there were three other tunnels
Immediately started, and nothing but our re-
moval prevented their completion. Feb 13,
half of our number were sent off on the cars.
Just after dark on the night OF the 14th the
guards came in and hustled us outside in a
hurry. 1t was raining in torrents and we were
rushed to the depot through the mud and water
with double lines of guards on each side and
every guard carrying pitch-pine torch. After
waiting for two hours, we were sent back to
Camp Asylum again. The next day we heard
the distant boom of Sherman's cannon. Then
it ceased and for two hours we listened intently,
when suddenly whole battery broke out sharp
and clear just across the river. Again we were
hurried out and sent to the depot. This time
we were loaded into bOx-cars and started off.
the cars completely covered on the outside with
guards.
In this move many escaped and many others
were recaptured in an attempt to escape. A
lot were secrcted in the ceiling of the hospital,
and remained hidden until Sherman's troops
entered the city. Capt. Ira Is. Sampson and
Lieut.. II. G. Clark, ID Mass. H. A., were in
that gang. and / would like to have tn write
up something about the burning of lbia.
l fancy they can furnish facts that a un-
written history.
Our train left Columbia at dark, and ran off
the track at Winsboro, 20 miles north where
we were delayed until the night of the 18th,
when we were sent to Charlotte, n. c. Could
we have got word to "Old kill-cavalry," he
could easily have recaptured US. Among the
guards that we had at Camp Asylum were a
company of high-toned youngsters, the South
Carolina Cadets" boys of II and Is years of
age. Their arrogance and conceit were only
exceeded by their ignorance. The boast of " one
SOutherner whipping five Yankees" was
thrown at US dozen times day. The cadets
had the choice of guarding the prisoners or
going to the front. They eagerly accepted the
latter. We heard that they ran against one of
Sherman's veteran skirmish-lines near Branch
vile, and were almost annihilated. Can any
cOmrade of Sherman's army furnish the details
of this affair?
Many other incidents. such as the String
Band" the old French Major, the officer wbo
disguised as contrahand, attempted to es-
cape and was recaptured, the rebel officer who
got drunk and lost all his money in a faro
game in house No. g. the fresh fish, the death
of comrades there, the trading, fighting, yelling
the 500 shoes, etc.-all occur to me; but this
article is already too long and l leave it TO
other comrades to take up fill out aud improve
on the subject that have started.
The National tribune., 1885-11-12

pairing to leave for his command, when Peter
became very much worse; e; and also my wife
was growing weaker and losing her mind. Pc
ter was coughing very often and having slight
hemorrhages. The physician pronounced him
to be in very critical condition One morn
ing Aunt Martha came running into the parlor
where the family were sitting and with much
anxiety cried out:
"'Marsa Lyon and Marsa Gent, come to
harsa Peter, quick; cause he bleed to def you
not hurry
I'VE ran to him quickly. He was bleeding
profusely, holding his head over the edge of the
bed. He could only speak in gurgling whis-
per. He took me by the hand and said
"' Father, it is all over with me; soon there
will be but one finger left
eve laid him back on the pillow, and with
out another word or struggle he passed away.
God bless my poor son!"
"Amen " said DR.. Adams
Uncle Daniel soon proceeded, saying: "But,
my good friends, this was not my only
grief. We tried to keep his death from his
mother. She, in her deirum, was constantly
speaking of her dear son Peter, and crying.
She seemed to have no thought, except of Peter
and the constant shadow of her dream The day
of Peters funeral her reason seemed to return
and her strength revived. She asked for all of
us to come into her room, and we did so. When
she saw that Peter was not with us, she in
quired why. l answered that he could not
come. l then broke down and left her room
weeping She saw it, and, with strength that
she had not shown for many weeks, she arose,
and leaping to the floor rushed past all into the
parlor, and there SAW Peter lying a corpse. She
shrieked and fell on his remains. We lifted her
and carried her back to her bed She was
dead ]"
Uncle Daniel sank back in his chair overcome
with his SORROWS The severe trials through
which he had passed, recalled again, opened the
flood of sorrow, which wellnigh swept him
away. We withdrew for the present, with in
tense sympathy for the old hero and feeling
that the Government had sadly neglected him.
The National tribune., 1885-11-12
Birth OF an Iceberg.

The birth of huge iceberg, phenomenon
that has been seen only once or twice by
European and to certain extent has remained
a matter Of theory, was observed by the Danish
explorers on the east coast of Greenland last
Summer The bergs are formed by breaking
off from the end of glaciers extending from the
perpetual ice of the unexplorcd interior to the
coast and into the sea. The water buoys up
the sea end Of the glacier until it breaks by its
own weight with noise that sounds like loud
thunder miles away. The commotion of the
water, as the iceberg turns over and over in the
effort to attain its balance is felt to great dis
tance along the coast. The natives regard it
as the work Of evil spirits, and believe that to
look upog the glacier in its throes is death. The
Danish officers, when observing the breaking
Off Of the end of the great glacier Puissortok
through their telescopes, were roughly ordered
by their Esquimau escort, usually submissive
enough, TO follow their example and turn their
backs on the interesting scene. They had
happily completed their observations and
avoided an embarrassing conflict with their
crew by a seeming compliance with the order.
The National tribune., 1885-11-12
Wants a Pension.

As the famous Sth Ill. Cav. had many men,
bers from this section, the following may not
be uninteresting to the survivors. We would
like to ask Bob Gates if he is acquainted with
P p, and if G company was any worse than the
others?
The st. Paul Globe says the following letter
on new pension subject found its way to the
State capitol lately. The subject is so tartly
handled, notwithstanding, according to Web
ster, the writer has bad SPELL" that it seems
to be worth publication:
BRIGHAM LAKE Jan. q, 1884.
To The Adjtant- General Of lbe State Of Minnesota:
The undersigned was soldier during the late
war. When i entered The army was young man
of good moral character belonging to the church,
and attending Sundayshool regularly. And now,
after serving my country, have contracted bad
habits, will swear, steal and le-in fact, i am
ruined morally. What want to know, am en-
titled TO pension for loss of moral character? /
hold that the Government is bound to return its
soldiers in good condition it receives them,
morally and physically. / will defy any man to
associate with guard house bummers, mule drivers
and officers as long / did without losing his moral
character. He who steals my purse steals trash -
etc. If there Is no law covering my case, will you
please have one passed, for know quite number
who are in the fix as am? If there is law
covering my case, would my evidence be good for
anything? Please give me full advice how to act.
i am little afraid if / should testify that was
man without character would not be believed
but you will understand how it is yourself-P. F..
Private, Co. G., Sth Ill. Cav.
The National tribune., 1885-11-12
Giving n Housewife Points.


A careful housewife upon entering her
Kitchen said to the colored cook:
Great goodness Jane you must be more
careful. You are not clean enough in your
cooking"
Lady" replied the cook, as she took up a
piece of beef that had fallen on the floor, II
sees dat yers gwine ter act foolish wild me.
Amt yer got nothin' ter do 'cept ter fool roun'
out heah ?"
Its my business to come out here OCCASION
ally"
All right den, hab it yer own way but
wanter say one thing: Eff yer wants ter Joy
yesse'f at de table an cat wild er comm aper-
tite yer'd better stay outen dis kitchen. Yas,''
she added, as she wiped a dish with a dirty
rag, "yerd better not nose roun' heah, fur
cookin' is er business wild me an when er pusson
is gagged in business, foolshness is awful trouble
some"
The National tribune., 1885-11-12
A Gentle Recognition.
TTeras Si(iingS.l

Tammany and the County Democracy will
recognize each other no doubt, in the coming
election, but the recognition will be somewhat
like that of Texas couple. They had been to
a masquerade where she recognized him at
once.
"Was it the loud beating of your heart, my
darling, that told you was near? murmured
he. =
80, no." she replied, az recognized your
crooked legs" 81
In the coming election Tammany will be
recognized by its crookedness
The National tribune., 1885-11-12
Canadian French and Smallpox.

4 Bangor man just returned from the
Chaudiere River District tells how the people
look at smallpox. He stopped over night at
French Canadians whose son was foolish. The
native said he was made thus by smallpox
Said he: You see we have all got TO have il
sooner or later, and so last Fall, having oul
work done up early, l said to my wife, i guess
this is a good time to have it. So hitched up
went down TO the village and got it. Ii killed
three Of my children and made that boy fool
isb -
The National tribune., 1885-11-12
Who Received the Greatest Number of Wounds

To THE EDITOR: While talking of the late
war and its incidents, with others who knew
something of service, the question was asked: ::
"Who received the greatest number of gunshot
wounds and survived2" Also the question
"What is the greatest number of bullets carried
by any veteran of the war in his body or limbs?"
Perhaps the veterans who read The NATIONAL
TRIBUNE can give some interesting facts on
these subjects. JAMES BREWSTER, 33d Ill,
Dresbaeh, MINI.
The National tribune., 1885-11-12
Franas and limitations.

Let ii be clearly understood that Compound
Oxygen is only made and dispensed by Drs. Star
key & Palen. 1929 Arch ST., Philadelphia, Penn.
Any substance made etserhere and called Com
pound Oxygen, is spurious aud worthless, and
those rho JGg 1t simply thrOW aUdy their money, as
they gU it The end diScOrer. Send for their trea-
tise on Compound Oxygen. 1t viii be mailed
free.