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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1890-05-10
THE MISTLETOE.

Enough of 1t Growing in This Country
for All FestaI Purposes.
There is mistletoe growing in our
own country quite good enough to an
swer all the festal purposes of the
mistletoe descended from that which
the old Druids in their white robes cut
with golden sickle just after the new
Of the moon, and distributed for charms
against all evil to their believing tribes.
1t is not, indeed, the true and ancient
mistletoe; but it takes botanist and a
good one to tell you why not; and it is
quite as interesting in it's appearance,
with the long. olive-like leaves and the
singular translucent berry with CLEAN
of green in its whiteness, something be-
tween amoonstone and pale cat's-eye
quartz in tint. 1t grows any where in
the Virginia latitudes, abounds upon
the mesquite in Texas, and is usually
to be found in the Washington flower
market through the Christmas HOLIDAYS.
The plant is certainly beautiful and
curious; but except for its parasitical
origin and growth, which gave it sort
OF mystery to the unlearned and prim-
tive mind, it is difficult to see why it
ever attained such eminence as it had,
although it is true that the Druids gave
it veneration only when found growing
on the oak, which was sacred to the sun
the Druidical worship and that of the
old Persians having much in common;
but 1T held with them, for whatever
reason, an important part in the great
rites OF the winter solstice, correspond
ing to our Christmas festivities. One of
the old northern myths makes the dart
which killed the beautiful Balder out of
the mistletoe, which alone of all nature
had not been bound to do him no harm,
possibly as showing that there is moth
ing In the universe without significance,
and with Him there is no great nor
small" Nowadays the strange plant is
found less often on the oak than on the
apple tree, where it kills out whole
orchards, being all but indestructible it.
SELF and living just as long as there is
any sap in the tree it has chosen; in
some regions it has, indeed, become
more profitable to raise and sell than
the apples would be. In England, and
in the wild state, it is most often sown
by the misselthrush; but it is raised
artificially by crushing the berries on a
bough, to which their glutinous matter
adheres and where they generate; others
make a slit with a penknife on the
underside of branch, so that it may
not be observed by the birds, and there
insert the seed, and something of a
weird and mysterious character is seen
by 1T, since, in whatever direction the
seed is pointed, the radical will turn
toward the surface, and fasten itself in
such manner as to draw the most nutri-
ment it can, and it has even been sue
cessfully grated upon another miseltoe.
That it should still have part in ouI
Christmas keeping is owing to the fact
that we always have tenderness to-
ward the customs of our ancestors
Harpers Bazaar.
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He GOT HIS MONEY.
How Kentuckian Identified Himself at q
City Bank.

now Kentuckian Identified Himself at q
City Bank.
story about being identified at a bank is
related by the Chicago Times of Kentuck-
na ian whose farm was adjacent to river.
Ahere ne raised fruit and vegetables and in
s1eau oI sending them to market by the rail-
roau OF IN MS wagons he built raft on
wnich ne loaded the produce and foated the
W. Wnoie crop down the stream to the big city.
mere ne mad no difficulty in disposing of the
entire load at good prices and in payment
ne received check for handsome amount.
a cnecK was only so much worthless paper
III Ihe place where he lived, and so before
gong home the raw-boned Kentuckian en-
Tered bank to have it cashed. He was
1ressed in q suit of brown jeans, his
whlskers were unkempt and his general
appearance belied his prosperity. The
cashier looked at him doubtfully.
You will have to be identified" he said.
wall, reckon not" replied the farmer.
"Ihat check air payable to me an hean
10 have the money" ~-A ww 49,
anym"v,, "But ! don't know you. Who are y0u'
my name air the same as is signed to the
rear eend o. that air check, an as to whar
am from, why, l air from Bush bottom, up
~>~ -
"Well, how in thunder do you expect me
20 know II what you tell me is true. = How
ald you get down herea" ,'A-->'-~~~
Git herea Wall, now, I jest jumped onto
RAINBOW and slid here, mister. An tell
you twas pretty quick travelling, but 1t aint
naiI so sudden as the slide you'll take into
etarnity ef you don't hand over that money
A'isnty suddenV seaas--&s.-A
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Application for a Patent


.E.% i. iiUklTED STATES LAND OFFICE,
Eureka, Nevada, 1anua ry "A, 1890.
NJOTtCE rs HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
IN DAY SILVER MINING COMPANY, whose
post oftice Address 10 Phoebe, Lincoln County,
Nevada, has this day. by its duly authorized
agent, T. J. Osborne, tiled its, application for .
patent for one thousand (1O0o) linear feet of
silver, with, surface ground two hundred (200)
feet in width, situated In Highland Mining
DISTRICT, County Of Lincoln ,4Btate. Of Nevada,
and designated by the field notes and official
plat on file tn thieofRce, as lot No. 80.
,..ssid lot No. 3d. being. dssctibed a. follows,
to.wit:
Beginning at post marked No. l., U, 8. g.
No. ~, whence o. 3. Mineral monument No. 2.
bears S..S7 IA degfSes W. 2f6B feet. This post
is also the original. location. monument
Thence. Sl6 degrees E. 200 feet rost marked
No. 2. U..S.S. No. 90 snd the original location
corner. Thence, g, "a degrees W. 1000 feet to
post marked Nos, D. 8. 8. No.s9. and the origi-
ma. location corner. Thence, Nc degrees W. 200
feet to post marked No. 4, U. s. 8. No. 80
whence post No. 2, of u. 3. s. No. 3S, Melissa
Lode bears 8. 81 degrees ". S9l feet. ana
the mouth Of the Hamburg tunnel, bears =. 66.
y degree E. 1877 feet, This corner is also the
original location corner and, Thence, N. 81 d.,
grees E. 1000 feet to the place Of beginning.
Containing 4 SO acres.
Magnetic Variation of l6 degrees East.
The location of this Mine is recorded in the
Recorders office Of Highland Mining district,
in book - OF --
Any and all persons claiming adversely. any
portion Of said Hamburg Mine or surface
ground, are required to file their adve rse
claims with the Register Of theUnited states
Land Office at Eureka, in the County
Of Eureka, during the sixty days period
OF publication hereof, or they will be barred by
virtue of the provisions OF the Statute.
- .s.t 'e D. H. HALL, Register.
1t is hereby ordered that the foregoing notice
s.of application for apatent be published for the
period of sixty days (ten consecutive weeks)
In the Phoebe Weekly 'RECohD,a weekly new
paper. published at Pioche. Nevada.
fbyl-l0t D. H. HALL, Register. :
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Application for q Patent

No. 9lS.
-UNrTED STATES LAND OFFICE.
Eureka. Nevada, January IA, 1880.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, THAT THE
IN DAY SILvEB MIMIC Co.. whose post offios
address is .Pioche, lincoln County, Nevada.
has this day. by it, duly authorised agent T.
J. Osborne. Mad it, application for patent
Melissa Mine or Vein. bearing gold and silver
with surface ground three hundred l30O) feet
ip width, situated in Highland Mining Dis
tfict, County Of Lincoln, and State OF Nevada.
aud designated by the field notes and ofhcial
plat on file in this ofRcs, as lot No. 38.
Hgid lot No. SO being described % follows,
to-wit:
Beginning ct post marked No. / q. 8. 8. No.
38, whence U. 8. Mineral Monument No. 2,
bears 8. 50 degrees. 10 minutes E. 1915 feet. and
the Melissa shaft bears 8. 81 degrees E. 6ss
feet. This is also the original location corner.
Thence. 8. 50 degrees Z. 1900 feet to post
marked No.2 o. 8. 8. No. 80. and the original
location corner. whence post No. 4, OF u. 8. 8.
No. 80, Hamburg Lode, bears N. 81 IA degrees
X. 89l feet. Thence, 8. 8 degrees W. $50 feet to
post marked No. 8. U. 8, 9. No. SO. whence the
original location conner bears 8. 80 degrees e.
40 feet. Thence. N, 50 degrees W. 1900 feet to
post marked No. 4, U. 8. 8. No. 50, whence the
original location corner bears N 80 degrees W.
~ feet, and Thence, N. 8 degrees Il. $50 feet to
post No. the place of beginning. containing
1874 acres. Magnetic variation OF IL degrees
East.
The location of this Mine i. recorded in the
RecOsder's Office Of Highland Mining District,
in book - Of -
Any and all persons claiming adversely any
portion Of said Melissa Mine or rurfAce ground
are required to file their adverse claims with
the Register OF the United states Land Once
ct Eureka, in the County of Eureka, during the
sixty days period Of publication hereof, or they
will be barred by virtue of the provisions Of
the Statute.
Z. d. Il. HALL, Register.
1t is hereby ordered that ths foregoing notice
of application for patent be published. for the
period Of sixty days item COL secutive weeks)
IN the Phoebe Weekly RECORD. - weekly news
paper published at pIoche. Nevada, :.
fby-l0t ;, - , D.. g.. HALL, Register.
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SUMMONS.

IN THE JUSTICES 8 COURT, IN THE STATE
i Of Nevada. County o. Lincoln. Phoebe
Township. before A. A. Young, a Justice Of the
Peace, in and for the Township and County
aforesaid. The State Of Nevada to John Ward
Christian. greeting:
You are hereby summoned to appear before
meat my office In Pioche. In the County Of Lin
coin, ON the 18th day Of January, 1890. at 10
O'Clock, A. M, in an action brought against
you by said plaintiff to Answer the complaint
Of the above named. plaintiff
Said action is brought to recover Judgment
against you ior the sum Of Forty four O8 IA O8j
dollars, gold coin, as balance due from you
to said plaintiff upon an account for board ;ur-
nished by said plaintiff to you at your SPECIAL
instance and request as more fully appears by
the complaint on file herein to " hich our are
referred. or judgment will be taAen against
you for the said amount, together with costs
of this suit II you fail to appear and answer
TO the Sheriff or any Constable OF said
County, Greeting:
Make legal service and due return hereof.
Given under my hand this goth day OF No.
vember, 1889.
AA. YOUNG,
Justice Of the Peace for ssid Township.
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ALI Kinds Of job Printing Done al
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Application A for a Patent
- ,'.s.il's .es.. '--1,. / :
!. Nc. 800.
UNIFIED STATEs LAND orIIt

UNITED 6TATkb LAND OFkICF - =
- go :, .EsrpeaA, Nevada, january II. 1880.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT JOHN
~ CASTLES, whose Post Office Address IL
Htko, Nevada, hasthis day applied for q pat.
ent, for fifteen hundred t16OOI linear fet., OF
the Western extension Of the Emma Nevada
Lode or Vein beaving gold and silver. with sur.
face ground six hundred l600) feet in width,
situated in Pahranagst4 Lake Mining District,
County of Lincoln, and State Of Nevada, and
designated by the field notes.and official plat on
file IN this office, as lot No. At. in Township 3,
South. Range 50 East, of Mount Diablo M-ri-
dian i.said lot No.. NJ being described as fol.
Beginning at post marked No. i, SIS No.
". and the original location Monument.
whence the "a section corner on the East boun-
dary Of Section %, Tp . 8, bS NJ D M bears
North 81 degrees, Wiqutesj East, 6732 feet
Thence, South 247 feet to post No. 4, N W cor
ner OF u B,S No. .43, Emma Nevada Lode, GO !
feet to post marked No. 2. U 8 No. AZ. and
the original location monument. Thence,
North 80 degrees West fifteen hundred tl5OG):
feet to post marked No. 3, q 3 8 No. 47, and
the original location Monument. Thence
North 600 feet to post marked No. 4, U {, 8 No.
~, and" the original location Monument.
Thence: Southl80 degrees East Fifteen hundr d
foet to place OF sbeginning.
Containing 2O.36 acres.
With magnetic variation 16 degrees East.
Any and all persons claiming adversely any
portion of said Western Extension of the En-
ma Nevada Lode OF Surface ground. are re-
quired to file their adverse claims with the
Register of the United States Land Office, at
Eureka, in the County Of Eureka, during the
sixty days period of publication hereof, or they
WIN Be barred by virtue Of the provisions Of
the statnte.,. .-.
D.. H. HALL, Register.
tice OF application for patent, be published for
the period of. sixty days item consecutive
weeksI, in the Phoebe Weekly REooRD. a
weekly news paper, published ut Phoebe. Ne
vsda,
fb.8 lot D. II. HALL. Register.
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FOR SALE.

For Bill-Heads. Lett6r-Heads, Card.
ing, either Fancy or Plain apply -
the Record Once.
The morning call., 1890-11-03
100000 AGAINST $50, 900.

A New York dispatch says that the i'm
porting house of W. E. Gilbert & Co. has
closed its doors and discharged its employees.
The house imported goods TO the amount Of
about 81, coo, coo yearly. Its salary list was
$4,000 The increase of duties under the
Mckinley tariff so increased the cost of
these imported goods that the American de-
mand for them fell off. As a consequence
the house closed up its business. This is
rather serious matter. Unless some other
importing house takes up Gilbert & Co. S
business S1,G0O.00O less goods year will be
imported than formerly. 1t is said that the
salary list of the suspending house was
$4,000. This apparently is all of the
S1,COO,OO0 of business the house did that re-
manned in this country. The rest went to
Europe to pay for goods imported and to
pay foreign ships for bringing them to this
country. The account stands S970,000 for
foreigners against $4,000 for Americans.
In other words $4,000 was distributed
among foreign industries and $4,000 among
American. The country can stand several
such failures as this. The 5000 which
has been paid out in Europe will henceforth
be paid for the manufacture of like amount
of goods in the United States. People will
not wear good clothes the less because Gil
bert & Co. have ceased to import them. On
the contrary, they will wear more. As the
ability to purchase depends upon the en-
ployment of the people, the distribution of
$4,000 among American workmen which
in the past has been sent abroad will add to
the ability Of our people to purchase. Voters
should bear in mind Tuesday that vote for
a Democratic candidate for Congress is a
vote to divide S1,0OO,00O between American
and foreign industries at the ratio of $780,
O0C to the foreign 10 $1,000 for the American.
The morning call., 1890-11-03
PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK.

Buckeyes strikers are row working to
elect portion OF his ticket by assuring US
that there are no politics in voting for GER
tain candidates" for instance, Judges, As
SCISSOR, the heads of departments, etc. We
have been told as much at previous cleo
tons, but when these men got into office we
have seen that they were sufficiently under
the boss influence TO be nearly useless to
the people. The CALL advises voters now
TO make dead set against Buckley's candi-
dates; not To vote for any of his n0mina-
tons, for this is the only way to break down
a corrupt gang of plunderers. 1t is not nee
essary for THE CALL to direct the attention
of our citizens to the fact that the people
should choose their own officers not dele
gate this power to selfish or corrupt persons.
Surely the man who lends himself to assist
Buckley's plundereTs into office is not the
best man to elevate TO an important posi-
ton. Candidates on Buekley's ticket know
very we'll what they are doing They know
that their names are upon the ticket in or
der to assist in its election. Ii any Of these
candidates had the best interest of the peo-
pie in view il does seem 10 US that they
would have refused to assist a corrupt
regime into power after what has taken
place. At any rate the election is for the
benefit OF the city. not for a person who
says he is incorruptibe and will make an
honest officer if elected, although he plays
at hide and seek with Buckley. The CALL
hopes for once that our citizens will drop
Buckey's candidates. We mean drop them
all. ami thus assist in Kidding the city of a
gang which has been too long tolerated for
the good OF the community.
The morning call., 1890-11-03
POOR CLUSIE.

The indiscreet Examiner reports Buck
ley's Congressman from the Fifth District
as saying at San Jose: 81 have secured a
public building for you to cost 100000 by
working in session and out of session in
Congress. If the Republicans did this, why
did they not secure public buildings at Los
Angeles and San Dego2" Mr.. Clunie asks
Il effect why, if one public building is author
lied. the party authorizing it does not give a
public building to every city and town in
the United States that asks for one. In Con-
gresS Their are representatives from all the
States asking for appropriations. The COM
m.ttee divide certain gross amount among
the States according to their needs. III one
district in State gets an appropriation the
fact is against other districts. 1he State
under thi, rule can have but about so much,
and if one district gets what it asks for an
other probably does not. But If we admit
that Mr.. Clunie may have hypnotlzed the
majority in each House and then compelled
them to do his bidding, the $500, GOO approprl-
alton he boasts of cuts a small figure in gen.
eral results. Clunie voted against the Sill
yer Bill, a measure which is worth ten times
the amount of the appropriations he claims
to have secured to the people of his district.
lie voted against the Mckinley tarlt which
is perhaps au even greater benefit to the
people of his district than the silver act. He
voted against the sugar bounty which PROM
ises to establish an industry in the State
worth at least S10000,00O year. Ciunie
would have done better to remain taking
his ease at Monterey. His presence in the
campaign serves to remind the people of his
surrender of these interests. 1t also serves
to remind them that at the New York ban
quet Clunie was the most abiect fiatterer OF
Buckley of ali that fed on Bucldey's dainties
and drank his wines.
The morning call., 1890-11-03
OUR JUDICIARY.

We copy the following paragraph from an
editorial which appeared in the Examiner,
a Buckley organ. a few days since:
The judiciary should be chosen Without regard
10 party lines. Honest and capable Judges on
the bench know no man as Democrat or Repup-
lican lie is only man whose rights and duties
under The law are to be determined. In the
present election there Is excellent material pre-
scented for tile voters TO choose from.
THE CALL would be glad il it could realize
that we should have good Judges, no matter
who nominate them, but we do not believe
it is safe to permit Buckley to determine
who shall fill these positions. 1t is no recon-
mendation for candidate for Judgeship
10 be nominated by a corrupt influence. A
candidate, for instance, may mean well
enough. but the corrupt influence which pro-
cured his nomination may have learned in
advance what are his opinions upon various
important matters. Such a man, although
meaning, as we have said, well enough,
should not be elected to a Judgeship. We
believe this matter Of permitting corrupt in
fluences to select cur Judges has worked
great injury to the people Under such a
state Of things the safeguards which some
of the best lawyers III California urged
would protect San Francisco against plum
dering schemes have been broken down. A
people who will permit a set of knayes to
name all of their public officers must indeed
he Short-sighted. But what shall be said of
a people who permit such influences to
name our Judges? Is it not surprising that
any one can see no improperly in permit
ting Buckley to select our Judges for usP
The morning call., 1890-11-03
LET ELECTORS VOTE.

Every legal voter should cast his ballot
on Tuesday. A man certainly should be
on one side or the other in the present con-
test. Voters who have no property some
times say that it does not matter to them
whether there are honest or corrupt men in
Office. But it does matter to them. Every
man is liable to have a case in court, and
even if the amount is small, he wants
justice. He does not want to be fined OF I'M
prisoned because his opponent is Buckley
lamb. II sbames his manhood, also, to
know that his case cannot be fairly tried if
there is a political 'pull" on the other side.
The wage-worker depends upon general
prosperity for employment. Ii city is so
badly governed that capital avoids it, work
will be scarce and wages low. The rout of
the Buckley gang will disperse about the
only cloud that now hangs over the city and
State. Voters should not only vote, but use
their influence to secure full EXPRESSION of
opinion at the polls. The elector who stays
at home or goes fishing casts half vote for
the party he would vote against If voting.
a victory in an election which calls out a
full vote is much more significant than in
one where the people show their indifference
by neglecting to exercise the franchise. All
who can should vote In the morning. leav-
ing the polling Places free to voters who are
employed through the greater part OF the
The morning call., 1890-11-03
mIsPLACED ENERGY.


Colonel Markham was in this city on the
18th of October and on that date Chairman
Russell Wilson admits having had i'll his
keeping the letter which he asserts to be the
original of the so-called "Old Pard " letter.
That was more than three weeks before the
election. No attempt was made at that time
to submit the letter TO Mr.. Markham. Five
days before the election the Democratic
Committee began to move. They wanted
this mysterious letter inspected. The Re
publican Committee took look at it and
with the aid of experts came to the conclu-
sion that it was a forgery. The third day
before the election Buckley delegation was
in hot pursuit of Markham. They did not
want him when he was in the city between
three and four weeks before the election.
but wanted him badly when he was at Los
Angeles, the third day before the election.
At one time THE CALL was inclined to be-
lieve that the Democratic State Committee
had been imposed upon by kind of second
hand Morey. But the course of the commit
tee warrants the belief that they have used
the so-called sod Pard letter, knowing it
to be fraud. If they believed it to be
genuine, why wait till the eve of election to
submit it to Colonel Markham?
The morning call., 1890-11-03
PLUMBER Is TIE OBJECT.

The Examiner is still trying 10 use letter
which has been denounced as a forgery by
experts, and of which Colonel Mark ham HIM
self, when in this city, declared that no
such letter was ever written by him." Thus
the letter written in pencil, which it was in
tended should be used just as was the Morey
forgery on the eve Of Presidential election
to defeat an important candidate for office,
is sought by corrupt influences to be made
to defeat the election of Colonel Markham,
which means to elect Buckley's man Friday
Governor. Il should be borne in mind that
the Buckley regime wish man of putty,
which Pond has shown himself to be, in the
office of Governor With Colonel Markham
in that position, it would not be 50 easy a
matter to obtain three millions of dollars of
extra plumber as it was during the last ses-
sion of the Legislature.
The morning call., 1890-11-03
WHAT POND WILL DO.

Mayor Pond said at San Jose Saturday
night; eff you select me for Governor, L
promise to apply the same business methods
to the government of the State that have
applied to the city of San Francisco"
Since Mr.. Pond makes his performance the
measure Of his promises, the public natur-
ally ask what he has done for San Francisco.
Has he reduced water rates, which all par
ties admit to have been excessive? Has he
kept the rate of taxation down to the pledge
limit? Has he succeeded in defeating a
single one of the schemes of the solid nine?
Has he. in a word, done anything Buckley
might not have done in his place? If elected
Governor. Pond will do for the State what
he has done for the CITY. He has been a
fairly good figurehead for Buckley as Mayor,
and will, if elected, doubtless do as well for
Buckley as Governor.