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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-01-09
THE ST. pERNARO DOG.

Noble Drutcs which Havo Exceptional
Claims Jpon the Regard of Human Bc-
ingS.
To speak of s., Bernard dog as an
"eNhiht' seems somewhat dcroyator,
% such noble creature. Even a. com
Dared with other dogs. they have cN-
rcpuoual claims upon the regard Vt
numau hcingS-a superiority which only
,hc Newfoundland and the true shcp-
herd dog can i'm amy way bc said 90
share with them The instinct Of the
Newfoundland to save life and the
amazing intelligence which 1t shows
whenever it attempts To rescue the
drowning have suggested To the Cont
mental River Police the formation of "a
brigade of these brave animals 10 co
operate with the regular Humane So
cicty, and the experiments, aS reported
10y our emotional ncighhors the French.
gave some surprising results. Ii was
apparently proved that the dogs dis
covered at once for thcmSclNC, the ac-
tual degree of danger of the immersed
person, and acted accordingly. II
man pretended Il fall out of boat
they prickcd up their ears and
waggcd their tails But nothing
more. II he called out for hclu
they looked much puzzled, but still re
Trained from offering assistance. They
saw that ne was within arms length of
the boat that the other man i'm it did
nothing To help his uufortunatc com
radc, 80 they put their .agaciuus black
heads together and SAID one To the
other THAT drOwncr there is either "A
fool of the largest size on else he is an
impnstcr In either case we had better
let him alone. And they did But no
experiment when the accident happened
10 man i'm woman's clothes failed 10
send the dogs spla>hing ia at once. and
If tuc object Wa, a child the cumpcti-
ton to save it was mmcd atcly furious.
Ordinary property failed to attract their
interest but hat floating down the
stream made them M once uneasy. and
the older dogs would 20 i'm and paddle
up current and "qulrtcr' the water. as
il the association of mans hat with
hi, head were too strong for the New
foundlaud mind to discouucct the two.
and as if the animal thought that if the
ono was there the other would probably
be- not far OIL
With the ~hcop-dog, again, there is am
analogou, dI,criminn. ion of circum-
stances II u sudden storm come,
on Ur.l sells ABOUT herdin% those
Shc'P "".Ch run inc greatest RISK ana
securing ~, ,ho pIaC'7 where peru Is most
'N''l u" va '''", f"i ,hr sake oi
sI"SI' SIragSI'r "hIch IL knows to nave
gone on II leaves 'hr Hock' ana aS soon
~ lI mas So' lhc Wh"Ie number com
plctr the tone of its voice. its gestures
change SO Significantly that the ~hcp-
~" N"p"H '''' an "'' '"'' yes ar' s"i'.
On inc ho'nr"aru way ihr collry de
'o',9 ' d" ms '''l ",l'hl'"h To the lame
3nu N|'NI'' - urging urhi ON "ith u
D'h''o',n' I'tVcl'l "I'l'h me shrcp
.Horo"ghl Understands ana DeoloW-
IlS "Po. th' rest "h'y P'riunclotN
GnI'' AIIIN'u a' 'n' I"id IT. iinin'-
u'"tc'N 'urrend'TS an ,,P"n'IbiIilies.
IL says 10 the shephnrd' - know you are
h"I G"o4 Ioi Ihu'h '7 sh'Phcrd wi'h-
"ul me- bul at any rate YOU can surely
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-01-09
THE CHRISTMAS STOCKING.

"Door SANTA Claus wr,'s
little VIII n lct,ors trulv
shocking Use lorr u good
boN so please GN - hUUpcu up
thi- stocking want drum 10
mako pa IS ch and drive ma, mum-
ana crazy. ! want doggio can
Kick -u ho viii not got lazy
want q powder gun tu shoot right
AT my sister Nunic. ami "a big trum.
pct 7 can tuot just awful loud W
Granny I want "A drcnlc biz ul-a
fucC tu ~CurC iu nts our buhy.
wmtn pony ! can race around
the purior, may .bo, want "a little
hUtvhCt too. so I cAa du sumo
choppug upon our Rruud pi.
nuo new. whes mnmmu gocS
shopping I want a uicc
hard rubber ball tu smash
all into flinders the gront
big mirror iu tho hall an
lots nu' lots of wiudcra
An candy that n mako
mo sick 80 ma all uiyht
viii hold mo an
make pn gct tho
doctor quick an
never try To
fCold mo An
santa Claus.
ir pa sHNs
ann naughty
itrU story. Jus
>1y that ir hc
whips mo I'm die
quick und ~ to
Kingdom glory;
ana then hon foN
su awful bad,
! just know
that hclllut
mo huNV
my own
way,
all
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-01-09
D. & o. r. R. TIMETABLE,

oosdensed timetable OF passenger trains Gar
ne stations named below.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-01-09

Besides the above-nRmed trains, there is q
way Train with passenger car attached that
goes both East and West daily except Sunday.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-01-09

"Ob ] d1Hf core whether I gcf
anything u my toeDiug on not uo
A1Y'.II- adding with % IaDs of Uu.
DIVING .Eoiou "bU. Clara should
IKE to bIyt what is iu your stockings
")H. lc replied Clara naIvelv. 'you
m.uu eorn- What % foolish boy.
Thus was love Young dream d.speIlcd
sud hence It i- chat Clara s. still called
"lii-. W. E0eto1 Ir4ascrfbt
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-01-09
THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT

Christmas day Now. Santa, don't ,Vrgc,
me IN q, DpdJ., Ol Uhu,hdu Times.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-01-09

WESTWARD.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-01-24

Controller Hallock closes his able Re.
port for 1884 with the following cheerful
paragraph: "Why then should Nevada
be Inundated? What State has greater
cause to be proud of its brief history =?
We maintain, and will continue to main.
tain, that there is none; and to the peo-
pie of the State will say, in conclusion,
that there is no cause for such decrial as
they have been treated to for some time
past, and that if the property of the
State were properly assessed the neces.
sary rate of taxation would be so low as
to surprise even those who are loudest in
decrial. All Of Nevada's ailments can
be cured, and the people possess the med
icine. The croakers will die, but Ne
vada will i've"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-01-24
BRIEF MENTION.

Since 1877 Bodie mines have yielded
SIG, 6S2, 1856.
The low grade ore in the Crown Point
mine at Gold Hill is reported to be hold
ing out well.
A fume is about completed in Reno
that will give that town full supply of
water.
The new Opera House at Virginia City
will have the largest seating capacity of
any in the State.
Senator Jones will have served Is years
when his next term expires, and then
will be 81 years of age.
Over 100000 registered packages
were sent through the San Francisco
Postoffice in 1884, and only one was lost.
The deepest gold mine in the world is
the Eureka, of California, which is down
2, 200 feet. or 500 feet below the level of
sea.
A passenger train on the Oregon Short
Line from Shoshone to Pocotello-l07
miles-in little over two hours.
The San Francisco Stock Exchange is
in excellant financial condition. 1t owes
nothing and is the sole beneficiary of
property NOEtu sf-o,OUu.
At cent mile it would cost 1890, 900
to go to the sun-time, at forty miles an
hour, 265 years. Round trip ticket,
81, 500, 900.
About half the area of Bonner Lake is
reported as being covered with ice, while
the other half is covered with swan, geese
and ducks.
Eureka county has $40 school children
between the ages of 6 and Is; White Pine
80; Lincoln 45l. The total number of
school children in Nevada between the
ages mentioned is 1858.
Washoe lake is said to be alive with
catfish. 1t was but few years ago that
these fish were planted in the lake, now
they have complete possession OF it,
Governor Stanford has a Holsten COW
on his Nina farm in California that in 81
days gave 1857 pounds of milk, several
pounds more than the gross weight of the
COW.
An exchange says: There appears to
be a growing demand for coin" Any
editor who doesn't know that without
taking anybody's "says So" ought to
have his salary reduced
Hamill of Elko, Harper of Storey
Helm of Ormsby, and Pike of Churchill,
are the only members of the Assembly
who held seats in the Nevada Legislature
last session.
The City Trustees of Carson have
passed an ordinance against those rubber
sling-shots which the boys are so fond Of
The youngsters are in danger of $40
fine Or ten days in Jail if they continue
their work against persons Or property.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-01-24
A DESCRIPTION OF Jesus CHRIST

The following beautiful description of
the person of Jesus Christ was found in
an ancient manuscript, sent by Publius
Lentulus, President of Judea, to the Sen
ate Of Rome:
"There lives at this time in Judea a
man Of singular character, whose name is
Jesus Christ. The barbarians esteem
him as a prophet, but his followers adore
him as the immediate offspring of the
immortal God. He is endowed with such
unparalleled virtue as to call back the
dead from their graves, and to heal every
kind of disease with word or touch.
His person is tall and elegantly shaped,
his aspect amiable, reverend. His hair
flows in those beautiful shades which no
united colors can match, falling into
graceful curls before his ears and agree
ably crouching on his shoulders, and
parting on the top of his head like the
head-dress of the sect of the Nazarnes
His forehead is large and smooth; his
cheeks without spot save that of lovely
red; his nose and mouth are formed with
exquisite symmetry; his beard is thick
and suited to the hair of his head, reach.
ing little below his chin and parting in
the middle like fork; his eyes are
bright clear and serene. lie rebukes
with majesty, counsels with mildness,
invites with the most tender and per
suasive language-his whole address
whether in word or deed, being elegant
grave, and characteristic of so exalted ;
being. No man has seen him laugh, bu
the whole world beholds him weep fire.
quently, and SO persuasive are his tear,
that the multitude cannot Withhold theiI
tears feom joining in sympathy Will
him. He is very temperate, modest anC
wise. In short, whatever this phenome
non may turn out in the end, he seems
man, for excellent beauty and PROJECTIONS
every way surprising the children o
men.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-01-24

A Washington dispatch says Some
time since number of Southern Sena-
tors got together and made up little
plan by which it was thought they could
control all of the patronage in the South
crn States in the gift of Cleveland. In.
cidentally the subject was mentioned to
Dan Lamont, Cleveland's secretary, who
was here recently, and he told Cleveland
about it, Cleveland expressed his dis.
proval of the scheme and has since sent
word here that he would dispose of the
Offices in his control to SUIT himself and
the Democratic party, and would pay
but little attention to any combination
put on foot to control him in his selec-
tons. Now all the Senators who were
mixed mp in the scheme are swearing by
all that is good and holy that they neve,
thought of such a thing as gobbling NJ
the Offices for their personal friends.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-01-24

It is feared that the insanity of ex-
United States Senator J. w. Nesmith of
Oregon, who is in the Asylum of that
State, is incurable. His condition grows
daily more hopeless. His insanity was
brought on by domestic troubles, which
occurred about three months ago. Those
to whom the name of the gentleman is
not familiar will learn something of his
patriotism by the perusal of the follow
ing paragraph copied from an exchange:
He was elected to the Senate as Dem
ocrat, and when the Southern Confeder-
acy was formed General Albert Sidney
johnson insisted on the formation of a
Pacific Confederacy. He and other Dem
ocrats called conference and let Ne
smith into the secret, thinking that he
would join them, instead of which he
went to Washington, told the scheme
and announced his strong intention OF re.
naming in the Union.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-01-24

A SoMNAMBULIsTIc FEAT.-Last Mon
day night a young lady at Forest City,
Sierra county, CAL, while fast asleep,
got out of bed, partly dressed, picked up
a lantern and started for her home, at
Minnesota. She passed some terribly
bad and steep roads, and finally arrived
at Kanaka creek, two and half miles
from her starting place, in safety, but
just before stepping on the foot. bridge to
cross it, she stumbled, and the jar woke
her up. She comprehended the situation
very quickly, and proceeded on to Min.
nesota, reaching home some time before
daylight. For some days previous to
the above event the girl had been suffer.
ing from inconsistencies.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-01-24

The books printed in the South during
the war are now in demand among col
lectors. One of these was q spelling.
book printed on common wallpaper
Another, more ambitious, was illustrated
with the old trade cuts found in news.
paper offices, producing comical effect.
Upon the title page is the legend:
printed in the fourth year of the war
of independence.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-01-24

A Broken JAw.-Sam Campbell, of
White River, came into town last even
ing for the purpose of having a tooth
pulled, but during the operation the dis.
covery was made that his jaw was
broken. 1t appears that after the horse
thieves We're arrested in Ward he per-
sisted in calling one of them horse.thief,
when the latter, who was supposed to be
unarmed, struck him on the jaw with
brass knuckles with the above result
White Pine Reflex.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-01-24

The war in steerage rates between the
Conference and Hamburg American
Packet Company threatens to engulf some
of the young and less prosperous lines.
Wednesday the Conference issued circu-
lars to their Western agents that Eastern
steerage rates would be Sl4 with a com.
mission of SO to the sellers, thus making
the real sum Sll per passenger. Never
before in the history of New York have
steerage rates reached so low figure,
and shipping circles are in consequence
much excited
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-01-24

White Pine Reflex: There is a streak
of ore from foot to eighteen inches wide
going through the ore body southwest of
the Spar Chamber i'll the Monitor mine
that assays $4,000 to the ton, while there
is chloride on either side of it that goes
as high as $1,000. The ore body con.
tinues strong and is keeping steady
course downward
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-01-24

In the East they shoot men for stealing
chickens, but bank cashiers, after rob-
bling the widows and orphans of all they
possess, are permitted by the same police
men to escape into Canada.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-01-24

Down at Calico, when two or three men
want $75 or 500, they put on masks, &C.
cuse a Chinaman of having stolen that
amount, then put rope about his neck
and raise and lower him till he pungles
the required sum.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-01-24

H. H. Noble, prominent stockbroker
of San Francisco, was arrested on the
charge of embezzling $4,000. Mr.. Noble
says that it is nothing but a conspiracy
and that he has the money deposited in
the Bank of California,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-01-24

An insanity expert holds that an i'm.
perfect supply of oxygen, or simply
breathing vitiated atmosphere, may
suffice to produce the mental disorder
known as melancholia.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-01-24

A letter from Cherry Creek, White
Pine county, informs the Eureka Leader
that many citizens of that county are in
favor of its dissolution by dividing the
territory between Elko and Eureka
counties.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-01-24
LINcoLN,s sTEpMoTHER.

The stcpmother in fiction is very often
as unlovely as she sometimes is in fact.
But the stepmother who condescended to
marry the ne'er-do-well Tom Lincoln be-
came the angel of Abe Lincoln's life.
She quickly perceived the ability of the
boy and was not slow in discerning the
unusual fiber OF his exceptional nature
She transformed howell into home.
She put away rags and squalor, and put
on the family the habiliments of taste
and the habits of refinement. She could
not make over again old Tom, but she
made young Abe. From the hands and
heart of such stepmother as nodded
him boor or vulgar fellow could not go
forth. Addicted to the finicalisms of So
ciety he never became, because he was
too rugged and too chivalrous, and rug
gedness and chivalry do not take on
small hypocrisies which society calls fine,
but which are essentially low and vulgar.
The influence of his stepmother was
all in the direction of natural, manly
and rugged but noble development She
seems to have had no false standards.
She seems to have been of clean, strong,
self.sutiicient mind, wholly devoted to
bringing up Abe Lincoln into an honest
and able man. She had glimpses of pos
sibilities for him in misty way, but her
devotion was apparently inspired by a
womanly spirit rather than any ambition
or expectation. His gratitude toward
her was commensurate with her merit.
She made him what he became. With.
out her aid he might have been a power
Of some sort; but the richness of his
character was the fruit Of her toll. Let
this stepmother be thought worthy of
the homage which Abraham Lincoln
paid to her the last days of his life.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-01-24

ONl7r Send six cents for poatsge,
PkIjk and receive free, costly box Of
n llILlI goods which will help you to
more money right away than
anything else in this world. All, Of either sex,
succeed from first hour. The broad road to
fortune opens before the workers, absolutely
sure. At once address. TRUE a Co., Augusta,
Maine,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-01-24

There is in New Granada a curious
vegetable product known under the name
of the ink-plant. Its juice can be used
in writing without any previous prepare
ton. The letters traced with it are of a
reddish color at first, but turn deep
black in a few hours. This juice also
spoils steel pens less than the common
ink, The qualities of the plant seem to
have been discovered under Spanish adj
ministration. Some writings intended
for the mother country were wet through
with sea water OH the voyage; while the
papers written with common ink were
almost illegible, those with the juice of
the plant were quite unscathed. Orders
were given in consequence that the vsge-
table ink was to be used for all public
documents.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-01-24

REDDINGTON d. CO., Wholesale Druggists,
Agents, 500 and 53l Market street, San Fran
cisco
J.J. Mack L. Co., Nos. and II Front street.
Langley a. Michaels, Nos. 101, 103 and los
Front street. corner Of Pine.
G +. Richards d Co., Nos. AT and 429 San
some street, corner of Clay.
j. X. Gates d Co., All Sansome street, corner
Commercial.
KIRK, GEARY CO., Wholesale Agents,
Sacramento, Cal.
gF-cld by all Druggists ~ Dealers. w
NJ Price soc and 81. 90 per bottle. All Or
ders addressed to DR.. N. S. THOMPSON, cor
ner Stewart and Market streets. will meet with
promptness. dec6-ly.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-01-24
DISSOLUTION OF CO-PARTNERSHIP

rCHE COMPREHENSIVE OF Ar T o N,
i Tore & Co is hereby, this 18th day of De-
cember, 1884, by mutual consent dissolved,
Messrs John Tore and Oh Barbieri, of Eu.
reka, withdrawing from the busin So The
business will hereafter be carried OIL by G. r.
Barton, who is only authorized to collect all
debts due the old firm, and who will pay all
Indebtedness Of the old firm of Barton, Tore
& Co.
JOHN TORRE,
CHAs. BhRBIERI,
dec20-lm. G. r. BARTON.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-01-24

When Vanderbilt drove out with
" Maud s." people looked and said,
There goes Maud S." When he had
any other horse they exclaimed, There
goes Vanderbilt" So he sold the mare
at discount.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-01-24

Voters who are not registered in Rhode
Island before January LIST are disfran.
chised for the whole of the year.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-01-24

Coin must not be overly plentiful down
in the Tombstone country. The delin-
quent tax list of Cochise county, Arizona,
fills twelve columns of the Tombstone
Epitaph.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-01-24

Pennsylvania returns Don Cameron to
the United States Senate, which goes to
show than the Camerons, notwithstand.
ing that they have lost considerable pres
tige in the Keystone State within the
last two years, are yet all powerful. The
Hoosiers have decided that Worries was
good enough man for them to remain in
the Capitol. Rhode Island sends o. H.
Plat to represent her in the upper House
and Connecticut one Jonathan Chase.
Both Of these men are unknown outside
of the borders of their respective diminu-
tive States. Nevada sends J. P. Jones,
who is at present serving his second term
in TIE Senate. During Jones two terms
in the Senate, he distinguished himself
solely by todying to Roscoe Conkling,
and even going so far as to adopt some
of his naughty manners. Several Ne
vadians, while in Washington, have been
treated chillingly by the would-be great
Jones. The love of the people of Ne.
vada for Jones is of such magnitude that
they have honored Mr.. Jones by electing
him a third time to the U. s. Senate.
However, with the love that the people
of Nevada have for Mr.. Jones there
is intermixed considerable of the "mil-
lions may be used in elections and the
people not corrupted" The Empire
State sends William NJ. Evarts, the
noblest Roman of them all, to the United
States Senate. He is man of national
renown and possesses vast ability, and as
a lawye, ranks second to none in the
broad land. New York will have an
honorable and worthy representative in
Mr.. Evarts. Missouri will in all proba.
bility return Mr.. Vest to the Senate, and
most of the Southern States will retain
their old representatives, in the Senate.
There is no telling who California and
Oregon will send to the National Senate,
for the Senatorial contests in those States
are red.hot. The chances are that Stan
ford will be selected and sent to Wash
ington by California. There is no telling
who Illinois will send to the Senate.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-01-24

The hospital for the insane at Kanka-
kee, Illinois, was destroyed by fire last
Monday. Seventeen of the patients were
burned to death.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-01-24
ESTRAY NOTICE.

HEREBY GIVE NOTICE THAT A DARK
i Bay Horse. Q or 10 years old, branded very
low on the left thigh &C So has been running
on my ranch, at lower end Of Meadow Valley
Lincoln county, Nevada, the last seventeen
months. The owner is hereby notified to come
and take the horse away and pay charges.
January 49, 1885.
ial7.lm DOW BARTON.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-01-24

N000 nm IN PRESENTS GIVEN AWAY
XUIu Hill Send us cents postage, and
WL UUlUUU by mail you will get FREE
package of goods of large
value, that will start you in work that will at
once bring you in money faster than anything
else in America. All about the 100000 in
presents with each box. Agents wanted every.
where, of either sex, Of all ages. for all the
time, or spare time only to work for us at their
own homes. Fortunes for all workers abso.
lutely assured. Don't delay. II. HALLETT u
Co., Portland, Maine,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-01-24

Which is the most degrading, free love
or polygamy?