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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1888-10-06
NEW TO-DAY.
FOR SHERIFF..
CHAS. ROEDEN

Amour css himself a . candidate for Sheriff
subject to the dscision OF Tho Republican
county Convention.
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NEW TODAY.
NOTICE.

Ts the Electors Of NJ Dorado Canyon
Precinct, Lincoln County, state
of Nevada.
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Saturday, Oct ,ber Goth, 1888,

N1VuIUNI VSs'Ee3 SsN-f *SS"'
At o'clo kr. NJ. All persons whose names
are not on the Register ct that time viii be
barred from voting at the con ing election for
State, County and Township enioers.
A. II FlNDLAY,
Registry Agent. panaes Precinct, Lincoln
County. Nevada.
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Saturday October Goth, 1888,
NOTICE.

To the Electors Of BrIsfoI Prteia
Lin DIN Counfy. State Of Nevads.
Notice Ia hereby given tnat the Book for the
Registration Of Voters OF Bristol Precinct will
close on
sa.urday, October 20 b, 1888,
not On the teBister at that time will be barred
from voting nj the coming Election for state,
County and ruTnship officers.
@. L. ROF,
Registry Agent. Bristol Precinct, Lincoln
County, Nevada.
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soR COUNTY CLERK.
II. e. PRUDENTIAL

Announces himselfsss candidate for County
Clerk subj ct to the decision OF the Republican
County Convention.
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strange one is found he spends considera-
BILE time near him and carefully sizes him
up. After that he never forgets him. He
next visits the engine-room, pays his re-
spects to each of the officers, goes to the
steward and is fed If the officers go to
meals or ashore, Bob takes up his post at
the gangway, and here his most acute per-
ception is brought into play. Passengers
or Others having business aboard are
greeted with wag of the tail and other
demonstrations of satisfaction, but idlers
are given clearly to understand that the
shore would be the safer place for them
The steamer usually remains at the Bene-
dict wharf all night, though at times she
goes up the river after freight, returning
| the same night While the passengers are
seldom advised of the designs of the Off
GERS as to the steamer, Bob seams 10 have
an intuition as to when she is going, and
! if 1t is the intention to return to Benedict,
he will remain aboard; if not, he goes
| ashore.
Not long since Bob started ashore carry
ing choice bone. Before he reached land
he saw several hungry-looking ours wait
ing for him. Bob halted for a moment to
commune with himself. He then stepped
overheard, on reaching place that suited
him, dropping the bone, which sank in
about three feet of water Bob went ashore,
and an hour later, when the coast was
clear, swan to the spot, and at the first
dive came up with the bone.
Whenever children are playing near the
water Bob will be found with his weather
eye open, in case there should be an acct
dent. Old age is beginning to tell on the
noble dog, though he still attends to his
duties, and will 90 TO the field with any
one he knows who goes shooting. He was
a good field dog in his day. When he dies
he will be mourned by both young and old
residents and visitors of Benedict Balti-
| more SIM
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THE RATTLE OF 1885.
History OF the Widow McGuinnes' Pig in
Brief.

Enough is known of the "Widow Nc.
Guinnes' pig rattle" which Superintendent
Wyatt, of the New York Custom-house
managed, to show that the rattle was q
powerful engine of charity 1t was in the
autumn of 1855 that the large hearted Mr.
Wyatt passed the word among the boys al
the Custom-house that the Widow Nc.
Guinnes was in straitened circumstances
| Everybody seemed to know the widow
and, so far as can be learned, no one
| doubted that it was 4 genuine case of pen
| ury. The rattle tickets went like hot
cakes. 1t was not the first time that the
widow had been relieved in this way. 1t
happened to be just at The time Mr. Hill
was running for Governor, but the widows
| interests did not suffer on that account
Charles F. Bowers, an Inspector of Gus
toms, and Republican, bought forty
tickets at $50. He gave the money to 10
seph Murray, who was acting as agent for
Brother-in-law Wyatt, all of the Wyatts
being of charitable disposition. Joseph
Overiield, an Inspector and a Democrat,
bought only one ticket-ffty cents. But
it may be explained that so long as Re
publicanS were anxious to open their
pocket-books the Inspector did not propose
to impoverish his family, even to aid the
| widow. So the good work went on until
from $4,000 to So, 1000 was raised
The next step was to deliver the money.
The widow was person of delicate sensi-
bilities, and nothing could have offended
her more than to have bag of money
thrown at her feet Mr.. Wyatt was alive
to the situation, and with the dexterity
for which he is noted, proposed to Inspec-
tor Oyerfield that they consult Governor
Hill, who happened to be at the Hoffman
House. Mr. Overfeld fell in with Colonel
Corning, who introduced him to his Ex-
cellency. Their errand was stated. and
Mr.. Overfield not neglecting to say that
the money had been raised through the
energy of Superintendent Wyatt, and ask
ing how it could be expended in a way to
do Widow McGuiines the most good.
Then it was that Governor Hill made that
remark which stamps him as the great po-
litical philanthropist of the age" Pay
the money to the Democratic Campaign
Committee, of course. That's the usual
way" That settled it. The widows feel
ings were spared, and the Hill election
fund swelled at the same time.
In 1888 the position of Deputy Surveyor
became vacant, and Mr.. Wyatt was pro-
NOTED to the position; and, if he should
live a hundred years. he would not get rid
of the notion that he won the promotion
by allowing Overfield to tell the Governor
that he it was who managed the Widow
McGuinnes' pig rattle in 1SS5-when the
State Democratic Campaign Committee
was in need of funds.-Springield Mass J
Ren1,hJ;c0n
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Prison Music.

At the Western Penitentiary in Penn
sylvania there is nightly concert given
by what is probably the largest orchestra
in the world. 1t is composed of at least
300 players, who never see one another.
The music begins precisely at 6 o'clock
every evening and ends at the stroke of 7.
Within that hour the convicts are per-
mitted to make, each independently, as
much music or discord as he pleases.
This prison is, perhaps, the only one in
the United States where the inmates are
allowed to cultivate the art of music, and
the privilege is deeply appreciated by
them. Just before O'clock they may be
seen by the officials sitting with their in
struments in readiness. As the hour
strikes they begin to play and rattle of
tune after tune during the appointed time
As may be imagined, with several hun
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The following from the Indian Engineer,
published at Calcutta, gives the infOrma-
ton which many are seeking to know:
Dynamite consists of some porous absor-
bent mineral saturated with nitro-glyce-
rine. Several substances have been tried
as absorbents of the glycerine, but the
most satisfactory is the keiseiguIr, an infl-
serial earth, composed of the silicious
shells of extremely small vegetable organ
isms, and it is of this that Nobel's dyna-
mite is made. 1t absorbs about three times
its weight of the glycerine, and resembles
putty in appearance. Thus, a given guam
tity will contain seventy-five per cent. of
the real explosive, and It's blasting power,
compared with pure nitro-glycerine, is, of
course, represented by the same ratio. In
order to explode it, it is necessary to OBJ
tain temperature of $500 Fahrenheit. 1t
freezes in the same way as glycerine, and
when in this state it must be carefully
handled. Nitro-glycerine has an expan-
sive force ten times that of an equal
weight of powder. 1t is highly dangerous
to place dynamite on or near fire-stoves,
steam-pipes or any highly-heated metal.
Dynamite must never be put in warm wa
ter to thaw it, as the water would free the
nitro-glycerine, when it is most dangerous.
1t ought always to be put into a water
tight vessel, and the vessel put into warm
water. 1t should never be exposed TO the
direct rays of tropical sun. When load
ing it, wooden rod or squeezer should be
used to push home the cartridge, never
metal one, and the charge should be
gently and firmly pushed down, and not
rammed or pounded. If dynamite has to
be loaded into tins, avoid smelling it, as
it gives a sick, nervous headache for sew
eral days. Never squeeze the primer con-
tanning the detonator, but lower or push it
gently till it rests on the charge In the
event of a misfre never attempt to draw
the tamping. If water-tamping has been
used, put fresh primer and detonator on
top of the charge If other than water
tamping has been used, bore fresh hole.
The detonator must be carefully handled.
If one explode in the hand the hand
would be shattered. When putting in the
fuse cut off the end of it square, ana put it
in firmly but gently. Dynamite can be
burned with safety, and simply fzzles up
harmlessly. 1t exercises its force in the
direction of most resistance, A single
cartridge attached to rail will break it.
A four-ounce cartridge will break thirty
five-pound railway rail in two. The
charge varies from few cartridges to as
many as may be necessary.
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dred instruments playing at once, it is I'M
possible to distinguish any one OF them
from the rest, or to tell one tune from an,
other. As the waves of sound rise and
mingle, the listener can only be reminded
of wind bowling in the distance.
"They look forward to this hour with
great pleasure" said one of the keepers to
a reporter. Emusic is the only thing that
varies the monotony of their lives, and
taking an instrument away from prisoner
is about the severest punishment we can
inhict"
As they were talking there was mo-
ment's silence 1t was few minutes be-
fore 7, and man began playing Home,
Sweet Home" on violin.
His neiehbor accompanied him on
guitar, and in short time they were
joined by a fure, cornet and man
dolin. The prisoners in the upper tiers
of cells seemed to be waiting for the
beginning Of the favorite melody, and one
by one caught 1t up, unit! ali were playing
the tune The sounds ceased at the stroke
of Z, and quiet reigned Youths
Communion.
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HUNTING WITH FALCONS.
An Experience in the African Desert
Capturing a Hare.

In our second days journey we met our
two falconers, who had been sent on in adj
vance to find and mark the game. Now
hunt with the falcons All, royal sport
Of kings, nothing can compare with it
In front, scanning every bush-side, the fall
coners each with one bird on his gaunt-
leted left hand, and another perched on
his turban. Both hawks are hooded and
jessed exactly as in the old knightly days
We make up party of eight or ten cava-
| liers, while the rear is brought up by two
or three servants armed with guns for de-
| Tense rs well as ofiense against the eagles
who sometimes pounce on the falcons
Suddenly rises the cry "Wahp' from one
| of the falconers as hare darts from its
form. Up scars one falcon unhooded
while the other is drawn from its uncer.
tain perch on the head of the Arab to ioin
| the others. We rein in our impatient
horses, that bound and snort to Join the
chase, for it is imperative to keep behind
| the falconers, so as not to interfere with
the birds that are now dashing at the head
of the hare, which doubles, and marvel.
ously, considering its headlong flight
evades the beaks of its enemies. The
chase is now at its hight; the sunlight
plays on the rich dresses, the bright arms
the glossy coats of the superb horses
whose elasticity of movement and aristo,
cratic gait imprint on my mind a scene I'M
| rivaled. Onward hurries the hare as she
bravely runs for her life, in and out Of the
high hillocks of sand tufted with brush,
which our horses take, one after the other
without stumble. Urged on by the cries
of the falconer, hawk fercely swoops
down again. All, she is touched by the
remorseless beak, rolls over and over,
showing her white furred belly IT'S
nothing; she regains her footing, and
darts onward once more. | gladly give
rein to my Arab, the momentary check
| having brought him on his launches, as
with arched neck and starting veins he
crunches the bit with rage. | find the
heat now terrific; the hare is still travel
ing with seemingly undiminished speed
The two falcons now swoop from opposite
directions; they meet almost above the
head of the hare; one falls with broken
neck, and frenzled cries from the falconer
In a moment fresh bird is unhooded
and cast off, and at the first dash at the
now exhausted hare rolls her over dead. ]
dismounted with the rest, men and beasts
sweltering and foaming the falconers re-
hooded their hawks, which had settled on
the carcass, and made preparations to feed
them with the entrails mixed with the
| tufts of hair, which was said to assist di.
gestlon.-E. p. Sdnguinetti in Harper,
| Magazine.
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Dnp,s Self-imnosed Duties

Benedict, Charles county, Md, boasts OF
the most sagacious setter dog in the State
The dog, Bob, is large white and liver
colored setter, about 9 years old. He is
actually the property of Captain Jones,
late of the Weems Line of steamers, but
nominally belongs to any and all residents
of Benedict. Bob has free access to any OF
the residences and stores at all times
Mothers utilize him as nurse for their
infants, and Bob seems to delight in TAX
ing care of the little ones. He will lie
down and make pillow of himself for the
comfort of any child, and is careful not to
move for fear of waking sleeping infant
He knows who has authority to remove a
child, and will not countenance the APP
proach of any others when a child is left
to his care.
Two steamers stop at the town wharf
but Bob only goes to meet one of them.
He seems to keep mental record of the
two nights during the week on which his
steamer is due, and is always on hand to
meet her, and before the gang plank is put
out Bob goes aboard. His first self-as-
stunned duty is to go over the steamer and
inspect each of the deck hands, and if a
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Care in the use of Insecticides

J. S. Finch, of Haywards, reports injury
to cherry and apricot trees from the use Of
the Ongerth wash, He applied it in Feb
ruary, reducing its strength byfour parts Of
water to one of the wash, and yet it killed
his cherries and apricots. He also found
it injurious to prune and nectarine trees.
On pear trees it did no injury. In the
University orchard it was used full strength
on pears and apples, with no harm 10 the
trees and with death to the scale. 1t has
also been used ten to oneon the plum aphis
without injury to the trees but when used
stronger it has dropped part Of the leaves
and fruit The lesson with this and with
other insecticides should be to use it with
care and not to infer that what will be good
for one kind of tree will be good on an
other-RuraI Press.
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ton of Taliacotius, for restoring lost nose
by means of skin taken from another indi-
vldual, has been immortalized in "Hudi-
bras" and has from time immemorial been
practiced in Eastern countries, where loss
of the nose has been a not uncommon at
tendant upon the blessings of paternal
government. In the present day surgeons
prefer to repair the nose from the forehead
of the patient but this change of method
does not render the older way any the less
practicable. Several attempts have been
made of late years to repair damaged hui
man eyes by corresponding portions taken
from the eyes of rabbits or of dogs and
although none of these attempts have as
yet been conspicuously successful, the cont
parative failure has not depended upon
any insurmountable difficulty in the way
of inducing the transplanted structure to
| take root and live. In the case of nerve
the experiment would be tried with much
hopefulness, because thisstructure possesses
great powers of repair, and even of repro
| duction.
MANY CASES ARE on RECORD
In which, after nerves have been divided,
as by a sword-cut, and after their sepa-
rated portions have been dragged away
from each other by contraction or displace-
ment incidental to healing, these separated
portions have been sought for by oper-
alton, found, and reunited by stitches, with
the result that in the course of a few
weeks or months, the original functions
have been restored Success has even at
tended similar operations when the sew
eral parts We're separated by consider
able interval, so that they could not be
brought into contact, nerve fiber being
ultimately reproduced, in continuation
with that previously existing, through the
intervening tissue. 1t is said of Dr. Weir
Mitchell, who had a large experience OF
such injuries after the American civil war,
that as much as three inches of nerve has
thus been reproduced; but most observers
regard two inches as the extreme ordinary
limit, and in the case of DR.. Won Fleischl,
in whom The transplanted portion meas
ured nearly two inches and half the
| tendency of the nerve trunk to disease
would probably have prevented any such
reproduction. There are many sufferers
to whom the success of this new operation
will hold out prospects of cure, and it
seems likely before long to furnish brill
liant examples of the benefits conferred
upon mankind by the introduction of anti
septic surgery and by the diligent prose-
cution Of experimental research.
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An Ingenious Device for Picking Prunes.


George 4. Fleming, San Jose fruit
drier, has given the Mercury some interest
ing facts concerning prunes and prune cult
IRE. He gathers the fruit from the trees
in the following manner A neighbor,
once in discourse lately, remarked to me
that foreign prunes, picked and handled at
price far below what we had to pay,
would eventually kill the prulne industry
in California. Ijokingly replied that in
tended to make a machine to pick prunes,
and what commenced in Jest ended in fact.
The idea took hold of me- and before | got
home | had conceived an arrangement by
which prune-picking would be wonderfully
facilitated. 1t is a simple machine, con-
sisting merely of very low platform wagon
with sideboard on one side. Boxes are
arranged on the platform, and to the oppo-
site side of the sideboard two sheets of
cloth, Sxl0, are attached. The wagon is
drawn by one horse, and when opposite n
tree two men, one for each sheet, spread
them under, one each side the trunk
of a tree, and standing on the
outer ends of the cloths gently shake
the tree. When all the prunes ripe
enough have fallen the two men gather up
the sheets, commencing at the outer
extremity, and dump the prunes over into
the boxes, with sheets on top. The ad-
vantages of this simple contrivances are
many. For instance, last year in large
orchard near Saratoga, where the trees
bore only half crop, boy and man
averaged from four to FIVE tons per day
costing us actually % cents per ton for
picking. 1t saves handling the boxes.
which are heavy, SO often, and keeps out
the dust which necessarily gets shifted into
the prunes when handled the old way"
Prunes, in all cases, are dipped in I've and
thoroughly rinsed. This is done to crack
the skin, which hasteRs the process Of dry
ing in one-half the time, otherwise In
many cases the fruit would ferment. All
fruits are liable to injury by the "sweat-
ing process if not perfectly cured. Thor
QUICKLY matured fruit without irrigation
produces better quality of dried than IT.
rigated fruit. Irrigated fruit shrinks more
and cGntains less sugar than ron-irrigated
fruit. All fruits shrink more or less by
the process of evaporation 1t takes abo9t
three pounds of fresh prunes to make one
mound Of dried
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An Annie Pest Destroyer.

T. B. A., Cook county, Ill.,, writes: 1
notice that you have brought forward the
subject of spraying apple trees to destroy
the pests which have been so destructive
to that fruit. Let me suggest better and
more simple way to do it. A friend of
mine from Lake county brought me a bas-
ket of Transcendent crab apples one morn
ing last fall. Every apple was perfect,
not a wormy one in the basket | said to
him: Z" How does it happen that your
apples are all so far, without blemish,
while | have many bushels on my trees
and every apple is wormy" He replied :
81 take a kerosene lamp with the chimney
off, set it on the head of a barrel at night
and the moths fly into the flame of the
lamp and perish. Sometimes find two
quarts of millers in the morning. There
is no patent on this; every one can use it."
Prairie Farmer.
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GENERAL NOTICES.

Stockholders of the Pioneer Milling Company
viii be held at the Office of the Company, corner
Broad and First streets, on MONDAY, July 10th,
at o'clock P. NJ, for the purpose OF electing a
Board of Directors for the ensuing year, and for
the transaction of any other business thGt may
come before the meeting.
ie25-td F.B. SMITH, Secretary.
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Advice to thers.-Mrs. Windows
SOOTHING SYRUP should always be used when
children are cutting teeth. 1t relieves the little
sufferer at once; it produces natural. quiet sleep
by relieving the child from pain, and the little
cherub awakes as bright as button Il is
very pleasant to taste. 1t soothes the child,
sottens the gums, allays all pain, relieves Wind
regulates the bowels, and is the best-known
remedy for diarrhea, whether arising from
teething or other causes. twenty-five cents
bottle. MWFIy
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SAPOLIO

Is ike great men who waste themselves to make
the world brighter. Sapolio is a solid cake of
securing soap used Tor All cleaning purposes
pride in her reputation, who does not care 70
own good name for thrift and cleanliness If
ioNe Tor others did not prompts wife and mother
70 Keep tldy mouse and bright clean kitchen
regard for her social standing in society ought
70 teach her to use Sapolc in all her house
cleaning work. At all grocers.
No. 8. Copyright, March. 1887
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New swell STYLE.

If your real swells want to ise really Eng
lifsl they nsust carry their respective left
hands buried TO the wrist in their respec-
tive left trousers pockets. All the dudes
ia town have taken 20 doing it, and every
ehappie on Fifth avenue after the Wednes-
day nnatinees this week was actually lop-
sided with the exertion of reaching tie
very bottom seam of the left trousers
pocket. If you can let the tips of the
fingers OF pair of tan-eolored gloves be
seen in juxtaposition to your left cuff lust
at the mouth OF the pocket you will there
by proclaim yourself one of Wales strict.
est adherents, We knaw. Don't, as you
value your reputation for swellishness, put
your right hand in your right pocket, for
this is as much breach of good form as it
used to be to carry your gloves with the
fingers pointing aft instead of forward.
.NeW York Mail and Express.
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See how white my teeth are growing,
Satisfactorily showing"
said a lazy to her friend, tother day.
That this standard preparation
Merits highest commendation-'
1t was SOZ0DONT, l scarcely need to sRv. IT'S