The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1886-07-24
CURRENT NOTES.

r ~Hic1 10Y. DctNef1 infee cE
four years @. age, was asked what b
kitty did in a fight between her and
dog. "WelI." said he. "she bumped q
her back as high q. she could: abe mad
her tail as big as she could, and then sh
blew her nose in biz face
II Young ministers of the Scotch Churcl
are Obliged 10 preach certain number Q
s7ai sermons. and the story is told Of On,
probstioner who. wien he offered tn,
preliminary prayer. supplicsted the al
mighty in behalf Of the professor ~he
bad instructed him. and who was in the
congregation. Lord" said be, shave
mercy on oar professor, for be Is weak
and ignorant. Strengthen hi. feeble
hands; confirm his tottering knees,
and grant that be may go out and in be.
fore us like the he goa. before Thy fock. /"
The ancient city of Tarsus. where the
Apostle Paul was born, has . railroad,
British capitalists are constructing rail.
way in Asia Minor, the frst section of
which. from Mersina to Tarsus, has lust
been officially insugarated. The opening
OF the road was made the occasion Of a
grand jubilee, in which the local officials
heartily ioind. A dozen sheep were sac.
ridced, there we're religious benedictions,
speeches. and then q free excursion to
the notabilities. Some Arab dienataries,
however, would not trust their lives on
the train. saying they would wait till
they saw how the extraordinary English
contrivance worked.
Robert Garrett, the President of the
baltimore and Ohio system, is the lead.
Ing citizen Of Baltimore" writes 7. C.
Crawford to the New York World. "He
il looked up to as its representative
wealthy man. He il very for.
NAL. and surrounds himself with nearly
Is much etiquette az an Oriental prince.
A gentleman who witnessed his arrival |
1t the Baltimore and Ohio Offices the |
other day said that he cane 10 preceded |
by footman in livery and followed BY
two men in livery. He marched sedately
between this guard. and as they ap-
preached each door it few open Is If BY
magic, while the servants of the Balti.
more and Ohio took of their hats and
scraped as low bow as was ever made
BY an English beef-eater. In spite Of bis
Iormslity. however, every one praises his
business ability. The Baltimore and
Ohio has paternal system, and pensions
It's veteran employees"
There are people who imagine that
Jockeys life is joyous life; that earth
an offer few greater delights than to
'ide the winner Of a great race and to be
ed back to the scales by an ecstatic
'rowd. But how utterly untrue is such
IN opinion is well shown by racing cor.
espondeut who saw Archers face at the
Derby and thus described it: "It was
IKE that OF man about to be banged
duelist fighting with foe at once feared
md hated-a man, in short, in
my position Of awful strain, with the
omplex emotions of terror. hope and
esolve. 1t was all the observations of
second, but ii brought home to the
mind the abysmal depths OF life and
|eath, exnltant Joy or horrible despair
hat underlie the gayety and the blare.
he bright dresses, the smiling women,
he popping Of champagne bottles and
he vacuous noise Of Epson racecourse.
lfter this there would seem to be moth.
NJ for it bu. to start Jockeys Rescue
'ociety. II
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