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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1889-08-24
gcEc: AILMENTS.

10 months; was CARED by 81. Jacobs OIL; cure
has remained pern,an. mt WI. CLINE.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1889-08-24
A fcros of twelve men. all that oould

A fcroe Of twelve men, all that could
be advantageously employed, went out
to repair the break in the water main
reported last week, and would have had
water running into town again by Mon.
Gay but for another and more serious
washout which occurred last Friday
night. At that time another heavy rain
took place which washed away 200 feet
OF the main on the Connor's pipe. This
is said to be the heaviest food known in
this vicinity for 20 years. Water from
the Floral Springs began running into
town Tuesday and is now being used.
The full supply may not be obtained for
several days yet however During this
interruption the town supply tank has
been thoroughly cleaned and is now being
recslked.. The Springs also are cleaned
out and we may reasonably expect pure
water for long time to come.
BASE BALL GAME POSTPONED in.
stead of one game three games Of ball
will be played between the st. George
and Phoebe Base Ball Clubs beginning on
Monday the Goth inst. The st. George
nine wired that they preferred to play
three games, and that they could not get
here sooner than the 26th. Matters
were thereupon rearranged accordingly
and hand bills Issued announcing the
program. A fair contingent of visitors
from the Valleys are expected and they
should come so that il need be thew
could "holler" for the strangers to keep
up their spirits. Then again the "hol
lering" may be all needed for the home
team.
Nor LIKED.-General complaint was
heard about town, during the repairs to
the water mains, when people were re.
quired to use water from the Raymond
shaft for drinking and household pur.
poses. 1t was dirty and possessed of
disagreeable taste which people could not
accustom themselves to and is said to
have made number ill from drinking it,
and to have justified good many in a
return to whisky straight"
All the town Indians have gone to the
for months pine.nutting
The report of N. P. Dooley, State
weather observer, for the past week
IS as follows:
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1889-08-24
STATE NEWS.


ing 1920 acres, were filed last week.
H. S. Bullock. prominent reside mt Of
Eureka since 1871. died there Aug 0.
A fire in Eureka la.t week destroyed
the residence of J. Robinson, a painter.
Work on q small scale has been re.
sumed in the Ruby and Dunderberg
mines.
The mean temperature Of last month
was only two degrees above that Of any
year since 1887.
Hon. ]. w. Haines will next month
begin boring an artesian well on his
ranch in Douglass county.
Coyotes are 20 plentiful at Elko that of
nights they stand up on their hind legs
and look in at kitchen windows.
r. Fred Brooks former business
man Of Carson, and Of late years resi-.
dent of Inyo county, CAL, has been ad.
judged insane. "s5 s. ~.
The Reno journal is authority for the
statement that Major H. Dennis will
probably start Democratic paper in
that thriving town.
There are ITO patients at the State
Asylum for the insane, about IS more
than when the in'ane of the State were
brought over from Stsckton! a
One thousand four hundred shares of
the capital stock Of the Douglas County
Artesian Well Co. we're sold last week
for assessment. The price paid was
1851.
A recent ball at Oregon Canyon was
attended by the rustic bellies of Hum.
boldt county who danced continuously
two days and nights to the music Of
fiddle and concertina.
For the first time in twenty years,
Elko county is issuing scrip to pay the
running expenses Of the county. There
is plenty of money in the treasury but it
belongs to the school fund.
An old Indian tradition has it that
Ovens Lake is inhabited by monster
sea serpent over thirty feet in length,
and there have been white men and
Mexicans who claimed to have seen it.
The foundation of the new Masonic
building at Winnemucca has been staked
out. The building is to be AZ by rs feet
within in the walls, and two stories of
10 and l6 feet, respectively, in hight.
Isaac Frohman, State Land Agent at
Washington, informs Surveyor General
Jones that the Secretary Of the Interior
has approved lists seven aid sight, sg.
gregating l56, 500 acres of land selected
by the State.
The Genoa Courier encourages newly
arrived preacher to the double.shotting
Of his gospel gun by saying to him: "sin
is rampant here, and NO mistake, the
best of our people being only on nodding
terms with the Lord"
The Carson Tribune says: Walter
Boswell, gypsy, and Clarence Sands, q
colored boy of Virginia City, have ar.
ranged a jumping match with weights
for 800 side. B swell was beaten by
Sands last Saturday, Sands jumping ] l
feet 81 inches and Boswell IL feet u
inches. Both are practicing for the
match.
At the present rate Of production, and
the assay value of ore extracted main.
tanned at the present average, the bull.
lion yield Of tho Con. Cal. 4. Va. mine
the current month will exceed $500, 600.
With the surplus carried over from the
July account added to the August ,ield
there will remain in the company's treas
ury a,sutii. int sum to pay operating ex-
penses and Septic mber dividend. leaving
. email balance Of about 81. 900 to carry
over to- the credit of that month.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1889-08-24

ScHoot MONEYS. -On the 2lst inst.
:he County School Superintendent ap.
portioned among the several School Funds
Of the county the sum Of 81 1873. so received
from the State School Fund, divided as
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1889-08-24

Preston county, West Virginia. ha. a
young lady who would make fortune for
a dime useum manager. She can write
just as we'll with her left hand as with
her right. She has been known to write
two letters on different subjects at the
same time, one with the left and one
with the right hand, and what makes it
doubly curious is that the style of writ.
ing Of the two letters is always different.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1889-08-24

The consumption of cigars has de.
creased one per cent. in the last year,
while that of cigarettes has increased
three per cent. This shows that dudes
are still On the lists,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1889-08-24
BARRIERS in Olden Times.

1t is seldom in these days that you
hear of person being leeched or cupped.
1t is rapidly becoming lost art. Not q
great many years back it was a very i'm.
portant business in connection with a
tonsorial establishment. In fact it was
almost profession Of it's own. Cuppipg
and leeching were very popular among
the Germans, and, whether weak or
strong, they followed the use. Not q
great many years ago an apprentice bar.
Der invariably had to become as prof.
cient in the application of the leech az
he did in the shaving line. BARRIERS also
did good heal Of tooth jerking but that
part Of the business 10 also no more,
nee dentists are so numerous.
Louis Globe. Democrat,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1889-08-24

AZ n,rooiErs ANN DEALEls.
1ll 1HAAsse Il vessAsa Co., es,vmsss. -
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1889-08-24

Hon. opEN BOWIE, Ex-Governor Of Mary
land. Jockey Cub, Prex. City Pass. Railway
Co.. says. "ln my family and my stables I
have uysd f. Jacobs Oil with satisfactory
results, and believe II the bez remedy for Tie
painful ailments Of man and beast"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1889-08-24

1t was Scotchwoman who said that
the butcher of her town only killed half
beast at time. 1t was Dutchman
who said that pig had no marks on its
ears except short tail. It was British
magistrate Who, being told by vaea.
bond that he was not married, responded,
That's good thing for your wife" 1t
was an American lecturer who said one
evening, Parents you may have child
rem; or, If not, your daughters may have.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1889-08-24

Here Is anew way Tor . girl to get rid
of late beau, who is impervious to all
hints. She gives him . aper and PEN
Gil, with one of her sweetest SMILES and
says: Now mako row of eleven
ciphers; now m AXE perpt ndicular mark
downward on the right of the tirst ciphe,
upward on the right Of the fourth; down
ward on the right of the fitn; up.
ward on the right of the seventh and
eighth; downward on the right Of the
tenth. The marks should be half an
inch in length. Ask him t. read what
he has written. The effect 10 electrical.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1889-08-24

JOS. cAIRN SlMr son. Esq, Sec Pacific
coast BloodHowse Association, says: Being
familiar with the rel nsrkable efficacy Of st.
Jacobs Oil, cheeHfully and heartily indorss
this valuable spxihc fOr painful ailments"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-09-20
To Identify a Diamond.

A ready way of identifying diamond
is given by an expert /: Prick a needle
hoAs through a card, and look at it
through the doubtful stone. IL it is
spurious, two holes will be seen distinct
ly on the card If it is diamond only
one hole will be VISIBLE, for there is no
other stone at all resembling the dia-
mond but that gives double reflection.
This property is also made use of for
determining an uncertain stone. Ii The
finger is placed behind it, and looked at
through the stone with magnifier, the
grain of the skin Will be plainly visible
IL the stone is not a diamond, but other.
wise, it will not be distinguished at all.
a diamond in a solid setting NAV be
distinguished in the same way IL gen.
uine, the setting at the back cannot be
distinguished, but if false stone, eth
er the foil or the setting may be plainly
ly seen.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-09-20
ThSRder Proverbs.

If the birds De silent expect ,bundeT,
II the cattle run around aad collect
together in the meadow expect thun-
der.
If the clouds grow rapidly larger eZ'
pect much rain and also thunder.
Two currents in summer indicate
thunder.
If there be ary falling stars daring
clear evening in summer expect thuD1sE'
Increasing atmospheric electricity
oxidiZas smnOnia in the siT and forms
nitric acid, which affects. mix, thus
accounting for the sourinGzof mix By
thunder.
Thunder in the evening indicates
much rain.
When it thunders in the morning
will rain Before night.
Thurdsr in the north indicates cod'
dry weather
Thunder from the south or soutneS'
indicates foul weather :, from the uO''-
or northwest. fair weather.
With, north wind Z seldom thll'
ders.
MucS thunder in July Injuries VD'''
and barley.
Thandsr in the Fan indicates lai'-'
open winter.
Distant thunder speaks Of con'S
rain
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-09-20
Measuring HAY.

There is so much difference in the
quality OF hay that it is impossible To
decide the matter accurately. 1t is
generally believed that 400 cubit feet in
large bay, taking it right through, or
500 on a long, wide, deep scaffold will
represent a ton, says contributor to
Pioneer Press. When the hay is cut
early, is stored evenly over the NOW, is
well trodden when slowed away, and is
allowed to settle two or three months
before measuring, perhaps it Will hold
out at the above figures. When grass
is allowed to stand until nearly ripe be
fore cutting it will occupy nearly. il not
quite, 80 per cent. more bulk, especially
on scaffold, than the early cut, and
require about that many more cubic feet
for ton.
Coarse hay, as timothy and clover,
Will not weigh as heavy, bulk for bulk,
as that which is tine like common prai-.
rle or wild bay. IL is much more salts
factory 70 both buyer and seller to
weigh the hay when possible. In esti>
mating by measurement, multiply to-
gether the figures representing the
length, width and height OF the hay,
and divide the product by the number
of feet in ton. For example, il the
hay is 10 feet long, 16 feet wide and Is
feet from the bottom to the top of the
NOW, aud the bulk agreed is 100 feet to
the ton, the NOW will contain 10 times
l6 times Is, equal TO II, 52O cubic feet :;
Hoo divided by 100 equals 2S tons and
32O cubic feet, or 2s A. tons. It would
require considerably more than 400
cubic feet from the ,op OF such a NOW
for ton, whiIo at the bottom it will
have become packed so solidiy from the
great weight above it that 400 cubic
feet will weigh considerably more than
1900 pounds.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-09-20
The Harvest Moon.

The harvest moon is the feb moon
which falls on or near September 81.
Its popularity is tnat it rises more
closely after sunset for nEmber of
nights after the full than any other full
moon in the year. This results in four
or five successive nights. being almost
moonlit, and the Opportunity thus given
for evening work in harvesting has fed
to this full moon being distinguished
by the name of harvest neon. The
difference between the moons times of
rising on successive nights average
about fifty minutes. The greatest diff
ference occurs iD the Spring, when it
may reach an hoar and a half. The
harvest moon may rise over half an hour
late each night, while under the most
favorable conditions the difference is
only about ten minutes. The full moon
following September likewise rises bnt
little later from night TO night. and is
called the huater's moon. The moon s
orbit makes the least angle with the
horizon at the autumn equinox, and as
it becomes in advancing one days
motion along its orbit, less depressed
below the horizon than at any time, il
has but little greater hour angle to
travel over each succeeding night aftez
sunset to bring 1t into view. Hence tbs
full moon for 30 many successive evea-
ings IN the last of September.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-09-20
LassOiBg tile Serpent

After about an hour Of craxlir, ,r5
PHshiuE through, our men sp56srl,
stopped and began topoint ahead chat
te7tng and gesticulating. Looking ,bs
way they TOinted, we saw in tree o,
immense boa constructor waving ri,
head TO and fro, with his scales yIit,ar
ing N the sun. Ny FREUD said .Gs.
back quick, be is preparing 10 funp r
and We did so as fast as possible. After
consulting few moments, the AIaIav.
c4uiicns'y advance with Iasso. whfel
10y a Gsxterous throw, caught the sr,ts
around "h- neck, and, jcm3ing behind
tree, frightened it on him. lie thrash.
ed and pulled, and it was all the f11r
Maiays could do to keep from being
drawn me- enough for him to crush
them, ard once or twice it seemed AZ
though heewould get them. We could
have shot him at first, but they wanted
TO capture him alive. AfteraWhile. by
pulling and choking him. he gave 3D.
and they pulled him down nom :hs
tree. He was big fellow, twenty fee.
long and very large around. They have
great str Dgth, and This one. Vas as
sured, could swallow goat or calf.
He was IcokiDg, probably, for leopards,
that are pleaty there, living gEncipa.
ly on monkeys, and the snakes also
catch them when they can. but usually
the monk Y is cleverer than The snake.
They sometimes gather ~ big bands
and club them to death. BY this time
we were so EOs and tired hist We con.
eluded TO let the monkeys rest, although
we could hear them chatter.Hg and
jumping not so very far ahead Of US, 50
we turned back to our horses with sI
coolies carrying our trophy. The Us
lays made cage very qui, kIy, cutting
lengths of bamboo and notching thsE
into which they put the snaE:
aud, swinging it OF two poles, meTeka
off with it on their shoulders.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-09-20

a FLAGsToNE floor with ceuss 20
Joints is best for the dairy hosc -
floors are apt to rot out, and orlCA ~, .,,g
absorb The spilled milk, soon oe'O' m
very offensive. If bricks are u''+ s;u,s
floor should be kept painted all LuS . 4 IS
and even with this extra tTouoe s,,,snt.
not so good as hagstOne ana 01r I.,,,,
The 1agstone underground ID %a IA
easily kept cool, as a dairy H''' -
he
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-09-20
Rice and Beans.

Half the people of the world live al
most exclusively on rice. 1t contains
IS per cent. OF nutrimsnt, while roast
beef contains but %.
There are countries where the most
exclusive diet of the masses is beans /;
these contain 81 per cent. OF nutriment
The best ana cheapest food for the
dense populations of Asiatic countries
is rice and since, from the general
poverty of the people, varieties are out
of the question, bounteous nature has
gwen them most freely tha, kind which
is among the most nutritious of all
foods. With the rest of the world Iice
is only a side dish, and is served most
frequently in the form of pudding.
We venture to affirm that the cost
when the percentage Of Du.rimenU, and
the wholesomeness Of beans are consid-
cred, there is lot in the world single
article of food that answers so we'll as
a substitute for meats. While they
have SO much to recommend them in
other respects. they have no rival in
point of economy.
A quart Of beans, costing ten cents,
will furnish a family OF five persons
with food for a day.
Much OF the value Of beans as food
depends on the manner of cooking. 1t
would be difficult to cook them too
much. They should first be boiled un-
til soft, and then put them in a baking
dish and bake until they are brown. y
little salt pork or butter, but not
enough to make them taste greasy,
should pe put into the baking pan and
cooked with them. l. beans are not
thoroughly cooked, they are difficult of
digestion. Sui there is not one hotel
or restaurant IN a thousand that serves
them sufficiently cooked ; and as a rule,
1t is not well 10 call for them IN such
places but at home, when prepared
unGer the supervision OF a good cook,
they make a dish that is wholesome ard
palarabIp
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-09-20
peed OF Atlantic Steamsrs

Tn. FRS steamer that eve,
tn Atlantic was the Savanna .1''sd .Fd
sailed from the southern eitv -L''o
name she bore, and reached T,v.- l''s
twenty-five days later. This 'p'a
1919. She depended on her sair.s@
than on her engines, howevs, s
when the wind was favoralJs a--
he caves could be spread her - - q
wheels wer1 hauled on deck and -,
up IKE an umbrella. 1t can ba I'D
med that she was very lifus -,
ocean steamer of the present d,r
her success was so questionsb1. ala
when she returned TO the Uuits5 S,-- 'l'
her engines were taken out Of b. ..'s
she was converted into a sailing a., az
Nineteen years later, after o,t.-E
periments it had been deno--,. u
that steam navigation was q pr..., ,.a.'o
thing, and a regular line ~ 60 60"
was established between Fngl,u1
America. One of these stesms.. au'
the Great Western, which made 49,, H
ty voyages across the ocean - a'
quickest OF those voyages was .o,l'
p!ished il twelve days and seva, ~. ~
From that time to this tbs,. -
been constant effort, stimDr,,.,-@
competition and improvements ir
chinery, Ia lessen the duration -
voyage. The old side wheel or -
steamers were abandoned abon, e.
teen years ago, and modern type of v.
sells is the screw propeller.
The most recent steamers e-su u,-.
scre~s"-that is to say, instead o,b,-
lug ore prop Ter, each steama- bo,,-
and in this way it is expected .p,,
higher power can be utilized n.
twin Screws are also an element of ,,,.
tv, since zach screw is worked nv -
arate engine, and should one eogf,.S.
disabled 'he other would have n,r..
enough q" proPsl the ship into oor,
Toe distance from New yorl -
Queenstown is about , 500 miles a.,
u2 10 1850 lie fastest passage wsssr
tie over seven days which was mads b.
the Arizona. Since then it has bs..
successfully reduced by the ALASKA q.
City of Rome, the SeIvia. the Ors,o,
the Umoria, the Eturia and he Ctv,,
Paris.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-09-20
How the COreans Mourn.

The Coreans go into very extensive
mourning for their friends. They hide
their faces from the public gaze and
dress in sackcloth. Their mourning
costume is not at all picturesque, but it
is curious. The hat stiff with starch,
is Of coarse hemp cloth and resembles
somewhat an inverted bowl or old
fashioned soup toureen. Under the hat
is worn a head band and a cap. The
hat, the cap and the head band are
worn together the day of the death, at
the funeral and at the expiration OF the
first and second years of mourning. at
other times during the mourning period
the head band alone is WON. The
mourning robe is made of a coarse hemp
cloth similar to that Of which the hat
and screen are made, but with extreme
ly large meshes. The back is a wide
straight piece, two cores extend from
the armpits down aud the front is a
straight piece and gore. 1t has a roll
ing collar three feet long and sleeves
eighteen inches wide, cut square. The
robes are of yellowish. brown and
white in color, and at the bottom they
measure nine and one-hslf feet In cir
cumference. Over this is worn a robe of
finer quality and slashed up at the Sides
The sleeves are wider also. After the
death of father a giIdle of hemp rope
is worn. II 1t is mother that is dead
a hemp cloth sash is worn. a variety
of hats are worn for mourning. y
screen hemp cloth is always held in
front of the face by mourner. l. is
considered great offense TO look into
the face Of a mourner. Before mission
aries were permitted in Corea they
used 10 steal into the country by dig
guising themselves as mourners.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-09-20
Queer Things on Monnt LreII.


Thomas Albright, the wer-known
IRE Iott pr0spsetor, informs The Index
grand stch.s nave been SEEM
around Mount Lyeu during the past
two weeks. An through the present
season 1t has been noticed that the
glacial streams flowing from beneath
the great ice Geld-which have been
trieki!ng in measured volumes for
thousands of years-have increased so
as 70 become respectable creeks in many
instances. This could not be- accounts
Ell for, as the heat of the sun is probab-
~ no more intense than it has been
many times before.
Possibly the phenomenon may he ex~
planned by recent occurrences. With
IN the past month singular lights and
gloWs have been noticed along the up
per edge Of the ice, the towering bare
cones cleaning phosporescently amid
che gloom of night.
Each morning following a display of
this kind smoke is seen issuing from
under the ice in intermittent streams.
rs il elected by some force acting be-
meath. At times the whiffs are sharp
and sudden from dozen or more places
at the same time, accompanied by a
red dust which settles Oh the glacier
and discolors it in blotches of many
acres.
It is believed, as Mr.. Albright saws,
that the mountain is "alive and work.
ing" and that the peat up forces with
in are struggling 20 make a vent. The
glacier is about two miles in length and
mile in width. Its depth in places,
Judging from the profile of the noun
tam, which is $4,000 feet in height,
must be enormous. Perhaps old Pluto
has resumed operations in his IaboIa-
tory and is eudeavoring to throw out
the great mass of ice which plugs his
chimney. Lyell has been dead to all
appearances for countless ages-ever
since the time, in the forgotten past,
when, by some cataclysm, the whole
continent was covered By an ice cap
several thousand feet in thickness.
Maybe the old niu is trying to reassert
itself and demostrate 70 the world that
il stlll has latent life.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-09-20
A Big Ok.

Presumably the largest OK in the
world was recently on exhibition at the
Bourbon stock yards in Louisville, Ky.
He stood eighteen hands high, eleven
feet in girth, five feet from brisket to
top witheIs, three and half feet across
the rump, and weighed 1000 pounds
He has been exhibited at all the fairs
in that section.