The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1886-10-02
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ocean has encroached upon the shore at
Long Branch an eighth Of mile.
South Bend, Indiana, is supplied with
capacity Of 10000, 600 gallons daily.
In clearing out we'll in an Illinois
town an old hat, grsb.hook, bottle of
Of whisky, several barrels Of dirt and
eighteen old well buckets were found.
Southern countries-Italy, Spain and
Greece, have the largest number Of revo-
lutions; Northern countries-Russia,
Sweden, Norway, have the least.
In Springfield, Mass, there are forty
nine liquor clubs, having membership
Of 1890. organized for the sole purpose Of
evading the license law. There are sixty
licensed places in the city.
Nine. Catalani, the most famous singer
Of her timo, gave concerts in Madrid in
1905 and 1906, at which four ounces Of
gold Of the value Of sl05, was charged as
the price Of admission. Some Of the
modern warblers are not SO far ahead Of
the times after all.
One gets a striking idea of the magni.
tude of this country from the statement
Of Rev. DIR. Barrows, that if the entire
population Of the globe, estimated at
l,40O. 600, 900, were divided into fami-
lies Of FIVE, the state OF Texas alone could
give each family half an acre Of land to
live upon.
In ls43 Miss Lucas brought to Charles.
ton, s. c., some Indigo seeds from the
West Indies, which were used as an ex.
pertinent. This proved SO satisfactory
that several Carolina planters turned
their attention to the cultivation Of In
dgo, and studied the art Of extracting
the dye. Hf9E SEM
In the reign Of Dunstan Of England q
great deal was made Of lucky and un.
3 lucky days. There were certain days
when it was dangerous to bleed people;
others when it would be bad to SOW seed
or to tame animals or to begin any busi.
ness, and other days when 1t was for
tunate to do any Of these things. 1t may
be fairly said these superstitions have not
entirely died out in our day.
Spontaneous combustion is alleged in
connection with a new and plausible ex
planation Of the. destructive fires occur
ring in pine forests. The pine resin ex
lding from the trees is often Of LEM
shape, and before it thoroughly harden
frequently Of crystallized clearness. 1t i
surmised that while in that condition
resin lens may focus the suns rays upol
some light twig or rssinous point, and
start blaze that quickly eats up forest
A strange chain Of causes recent
brought about the death Of little boy
The poor child ate during the day
quantity Of sorrel which he found mes
his fathers house. In the night feelin
ing thirsty. he drank freely Of some soap
water which stood near his bedsid
Next day he died, and an inquest beir
held, the medical evidence was to Il
effect that the alkali Of the soap actir
upon the sorrel had formed oxalic acid,
poisonous compound, by which the be
had been killed.
1t il . beautiful story that in one
the old cities Of Italy the King caussd
bell to be hung in tower in one OF u
public squares, and called it "the bel
Of Justice" and commanded that any o.
who had been wronged should go al
ring the bell, and so call the magistra
Of the city, and ask and receive justis
and when, in the course Of time. t
lower end Of the bell-rope rotted away,
wild vine was tied to it to lengthen
and one day an old and starving hor'
that had been abandoned by its own
and turned out to die, wandered into
tower and, in trying to eat the vine, "a
the bell. And the magistrate Of the oil
coming to see who rang the belle, fou
this old and starving horse; and
caused the owner Of the horse, in VIII
service he had toiled and been worn o
to be summoned before him, and decr'
that as his poor horse had rung the
Of justice he should have Justice, and q
during the remainder Of the horses
his owner should provide for him pro
food and drink and stable.