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The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-12-25

Thanksgiving Day in New York City.
1t used to be that Thanksgiving day in
New York was, like the day all over the
eastern part of the country, day which
conferred around dinner. This dinner
was inevitable, and the families saw each
other then that never saw each other in a
group at any other time. The prodigal
returned for it; the poor relation looked
forward to it and praised it as it pro-
crossed heavily through its different
courses; and the several members of the
family tried to be more polite and genial
and loving toward one another at that
meal than at any other of the three times
1855 other meals of the year. There are
some who like family dinners, and there
are other wicked ones who sympathize
with the young woman who assented to
having family dinner by saying, eyes,
and let us have any family but our ownl"
1t is an awful and solemn ceremony in
many homes, and it is made more SO, as
rule, by some one of the elder of the
poor relations, who endeavors to enliven
the general gloom by trying to be ''the
life of the dinner" He does this by
growing reminiscent over the younger
members, and telling how pretty they
were as children, and how they used to
make him tell and retell the old story of
the roast pig he stole the night before
Gettysburg, with which introduction he
promptly tells the old story again.
1t may not be so everywhere, but
around New York city this has all
changed. 1t is not that the families
around the great metropolis love each
other less, or that they have less cause or
less desire to be thankful, but great and
powerful and fascinating rival has come
to take the place of the Thanksgiving
day dinner, and it is known not only in
New York, but from Texas, or wherever
else Yale man is carrying transit, to
Canada, or wherever else the Princeton
man is building a bridge, as the Thanks
giving day game.
And now everybody goes out to see
Princeton and Yale decide the football
championship, and instead of boring each
other around a dinner table, grow hoarse
and exhausted in shouting for their ia
vorite son or the college of their son.
Harper's Weekly.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-12-25

One singular feature Of the ravages ct
the smallpox in Russia is that hundreds
Of the peasants attacked with it make
no effort to obtain relief, but simply lie
down and die as the least of two evils.
They see hunger before them and woe
and oppression if they live. If they die
they may at least get out of it. If they
would rouse up their pluck and energy
they would recover, but what would be
the good? So they give up and die.
And who shall say they are wrong?
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First Franz. Then Failure.

An epidemic of failures has ragged
throughout the business world during
the past year. There was the Barring
embarrassment in London, owing large
ly, it is said, to the bankruptcy of the
Argentine Republic. Then came series
of bankers and brokers' failures in
America. New York was struck heav-
lily, so were Pennsylvania and Massa-
chusetts, and New Jersey did not es-
cape. Failures large and small have
followed one another in quick succession
in Pennsylvania nd New York. Smaller
failures have occurred in many of the
states of the Union. Then, as the year
neared its close, came the great Berlin
crash. The ripples from the great Berlin
wave of financial disaster have not yet
ceased, but continue to topple over
smaller concerns than those which first
went to the wall and startled the bust
ness world of Europe.
If the causes of these failures are
traced, they will be found almost with
out exception to have originated in
fraud. Those intrusted with the finan-
cial affairs of others or the officers of
business houses want more money than
they have in order to make greater dis
play of luxury in the manner of living.
1t is this that tempts ninety-nine men
out of hundred to ruin. They appro-
pirate to their own use other peoples
money, expecting to replace it. They
cannot replace it and must steal more to
cover up the first theft. Then at last
comes detection, sometimes followed by
fight, sometimes by suicide and always
by disgrace to the thief and his family.
1t is really very highly developed
man morally who has the backbone to
remain honest in the face of all tempta
ton. Yet honesty is after all the only
way Sixteen ounces to the pound, thir-
ty-slA inches to the yard, dollar in
pocket for every dollar of debt, the power
to look every man bright and square in
the face-this is what it means to be a
business man fit to be trusted with great
interests.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-12-25

the Germans by decreeing that after
Jan. the Lutheran clergy shall have
no right to hire or discharge teachers in
the Lutheran schools of Russia. That
will be done by the Russian government.
In the further interests of the panslavic
race and language it is decreed also that
any Lutheran teacher not perfectly fa-
familiar with the Russian language
shall be dismissed at the beginning of
1892. This is short time for German
teachers to wrestle with Russian conso
uants, that is fact
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-12-25

Across the Continent to Marry and Didn't.
Seattle contains today disappointed
young couple who believe not that mar
rage is, but that it would be failure.
The man is Basil Suporiska and the girl
is Miss Florence B. Bathrick, of De Kalb,
Ills. They became acquainted through
correspondence resulting from the an
swering of an advertisement in Chicago
paper, and the acquaintance finally re-
suited in an agreement to marry if upon
meeting each was satisfied. Miss Bath
rick came out here, her eager lover met
her at Puyallup, but the wedding has not
taken place and will not. Miss Bathrick
says:
II came out here to marry Basil Supo
riska, but have found that he is not the
man thought he was. was led to be-
ieve that he owned about half of Seattle
and was capitalist. think I'll go back
home, for there are plenty of men there
that | can marry. Indeed, I've Just
had telegram from fellow who has
wanted to marry me all along, and l will
go back and take my old beau. l have
some money, and think that is what
Suporiska is after, but luckily did not
bring the money with me, but left orders
to have the check sent to me after l was
married"
Miss Bathrick brought a large trous-
seau, including white wedding dress
with train eight feet long, white hat
and gloves.-Cor. Chicago Herald.
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FRIDAY. DECEMBER rs 1881.

Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-one.
To us OF the United States among all
the nations the year 81 has been lilnd
est Rebellion and revolution have Gis;
turbed Chill and Brazil The Argentine
Republic has houndered III the midst Of
financial troubles thai nave threatened
to strangle out her very life. China has
had riot. mob and rebellion on bel
hands. Russia has famine, pestilence
and rumors of war. and the dihjl,
lists are busy as ever. She has e2peileH
from her borders thousands Of n,a
strongest. thriftiest citizens, and thereby
incurred their undylng hate.
The atmosphere OF hate which the
Russian government is spreading around
it will inevitably bring down destrlc
ton upon it at last. This Is written III
the immutable law of cause and effect
In continental Europe the nations smart
at one another and intrigue in secret
and pile up their armies and arrla
ments. Heavier and heavier grows tile
peoples burden of taxation and want
The patient beast will throw off the
load some day. Then there will be blood
and fame and iron hail When the
smoke clears away there will be no more
kings or emperors. The storm may come
any year
As to England, England has her Prince
of Wales. Japan has had a frightful con-
vulsion of nature that destroyed 1000 Of
her people. Canada has her grievance OF
not increasing in wealth and population
We of the United States alone have no
large grievance of any kind. Most of
us have small grievances, but they are
nothing at all when we stop to think
how much better off we are than other
people There are labor troubles in
some parts of the country, but even
these are fewer than they were some
months ago Our crops have been the
greatest in the history of the country
Farmers are more prosperous than they
have been in eight years before. When
farmers are prosperous things go well
with tradesman. manufacturer and me
chanic, therefore all is we'll Turn The
leaf. Eighteen hundred and ninety-two
is full of bright hopes. Forward
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Russian Hebrew America ms.

And let the last thing you say be- and make
Il strong, that the coloaists want TO mi1gie
with the people about the country. assimilate
their customs and learn the language and be-
como good. law abiding American citizens.
A New York Mai and Express re-
porter visited the colony Of Russian
Jews in southern New Jersey, and the
above message was the one its director
sent to the public. With the Baron
Hirsch fund were bought 5000 acres Of
woodland, covered with scrub oak
about the little station Of Woodbins on
the West New Jersey railroad. The
director Of the cesoay is Professor H. L.
Sabsovitch. himself Russian Jew and
a graduate Of the Polytechnic Institute
of Zurich. Switzerland. The 5000 acres
bought with the Hirsch fund are diyid-
ed into farms Of thirty acres each. On
this thirty acres each man is expected to
support himself and family, for no man
Is allowed to take farm unless he is
married. The Hirsch fund helps the
helpless. and bachelors are supposed to
be able to shift for themselves. But not
even to the married colonist is the little
farm to be given as charity. The ex-
lied Russian Jew who is to learn to live
by farming must pay $500 for the thirty
acres. If he cannot do this, however, he
is allowed to settle upon it and pay after
he makes the money off it.
The stories of the dirt, shiftlessness
and uncivilized character OF the settlers
are untrue. Many Of them were shop
keepers and artisans before coming to
America, and knew nothing OF agiicul-
tural life. Chopping wood to clear the
land was the first work at which they
were employed; chopping up scrub oak
at that. Two hundred of them were
hired at first. Their hands became Bills
tered and bleeding and some of them
had to give up the task. Eighty-six per
severed, however. and are now expert.
enced woodmen.
The houses are built uniformly, two
stories. Grass plots. with flowers, will
adorn the front yards The men will be
assisted with seeds and implements at
first till they raise one years crop. Elk
cellent roads will be feature Of the
settlement. Besides the farming, the
colony will also engage in manufacture
ing, and factory is now in process Of
erection. The first anxiety of the people.
after their material wants are provided
for, is to learn English, and an evening
school has been opened. where after
chopping wood all day the colonists
wrestle with the intricacies of the Ameri-
can primer. Their teacher instructs
them carefully on the United States con-
stitution. Altogether, the prospect is
that the Russian Jew farming and agri-
cultural colony in New Jersey will be
exactly the kind of settlement any state
will be glad to have within her borders.
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1t is bad thing when there is only
one political party in state, worse even
than when there are two almost evenly
balanced Invariably the one party
splits into factions, as is the case in
Louisiana Ii the split had not been on
the lottery it would have been about
something else. In the lottery split,
however, a moral question enters into
the issue, and the antilottery party has
the sincere support and sympathy of
the United States government and of
the citizens of every northern state. as
well as those of most southern states 1t
is not question of whether lotteries
are morally wrong; not at all. 1t is a
question of whether a private corpora
ton shall be allowed to carry whole
state in its pocket. Citizens of state
that would permit such shame are not
worthy to be freemen. No wonder
Louisianians make fight against being
slimed over and swallowed whole by
this boa constructor.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-12-25

Harrigan-Did you read about the organ
grinder who took out the Strauss values
and put in Wagner?
Reilly-No. Did the police interferea
Internationally not; he was quite
dead when they found him.-New York
Herald.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-12-25

Rev. Anna Shaw, Mrs. Liyermore and
Eleanor Kirk all favor opening the Co
lumbar exposition buildings on San
day. It is to be noted that Of those who
have spoken their minds on the subject
more well known women than men are
in favor Of Sunday opening.
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Family Troubles.

A man standing in store door in q
Texas town called out to a countryman
sitting on wagon
'How are all my folks coming onp"
Your brothers bay mule is dead but
all the rest of your kinsfolk are alive and
kicking. "-Texas Siftings
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-12-25

The time will come when the force OF
the tides Of the sea and of the currents
Of rivers will be utilized to give us light.
heat and power. When waves are
twenty feet high they exert force Of
one ton to the square inch. At spot
on the coast Of France advantage has
been taken Of this knowledge to make
the sea lift granite blocks.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-12-25

The most beautiful alloy yet discov
cred Is made Of gold and aluminium.
The alloy Is Of rich purple color, and
it viii be welcome addition to tine ma
terials at command Ct the jewellers.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-12-25

Avolume of the pious sermons preached
by Emperor William II last summer,
during the cruise on which he was said
to have got so frightfully drunk, is to
be published soon. 1t will be called by
the curious name of the "Voice of the
Lord Upon the Waters" This may be
all right for Germany, but it sounds like
blasphemy in America.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-03-19
High Water.

The water running from Spring Valley
through Rose and Round Valleys, into
Condor canyon and Meadow Valley
WASH is said to have reached higher
stage during the recent rain and thaw
than ever was known before. The road
between Spring and Eagle Valleys is
washed out in several places, and COM
munication between those places by the
old road is entirely cut of. At Rose Val
ley the county bridge is washed away.
and the creek has cut new channel
through the hay land. At Delmue' 8
place, Round Valley, the north end OF
Condor Canyon, great damage is done.
The upper field, commonly known as the
baseball ground, is covered to depth OF
several feet with mud, and the railroad
grade, which was finished at that point,
is entirely washed away for long dis
lance. At numerous points farther down
the canyon also the railroad grade is
washed out, while Delmue's meadow
and farming land is seriously damaged
from heavy deposits of sand and mud.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-03-19
FURNACE TALK,

The furnace ran down last Friday, the
coal on hand being entirely consumed,
and it is considered as doubtful if it is
ever run again on its present site Every
thing around it is being cleaned up. 1t
is reported now that work on the new
furnace site north Of town will soon be-
gin. to which the present stack will be
removed and second one added. This
was the plan proposed last December,
and which the eastern management have
since had under consideration. If work
is begun at once and pushed, it will be
three or four months before the new fur
mace will be ready to start, but with two
stacks in successful operation. we viii
have lively town whether the railroad
builds in or not.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-03-19
MINING NO rEs.
New re strike in the Day Other
Favorable Reports.

Since reporting on the Day mine sew
eral weeks ago, development work there
has been steadily pushed and with good
results. The strike made in December
last, and known as The rich body, is now
opened up 1875 feet in length and l2O
feet in height, with no limits
encountered yet. The upper south face
of the body assays 100 ounces in silver to
the ton, and the lower north face 40
ounces.
In the new tunnel the low grade ma
terial found several weeks ago has grad
ually improved, and on Tuesday morning
it opened up into six foot face of ore,
going eighty ounces in silver to the ton.
The ore is apparently the same character
as that of the December strike. The new
tunnel was run in the hope of tapping at
different point the December
strike, which the management
think they have now done, and as the
two points are GOO feet apart, the tunnel
strike is regarded as of great Importance.
The new air compressor at the Day is
about completed. Three new machine
drills are on the ground, and it is ex-
pected they will be in operation within
ten days. Wood and other supplies are
on hand in large quantities, and work Oh
the mine will be vigorously pushed.
At the Onondago, adjoining, the maif
shaft has now attained depth of 50(
feet, where drift for the ledge is now il
twenty feet, encountering stringers o
ore. 1t is expected the ledge will b.
reached in few days, and that it will
show up as well as in the drifts above.
force of from twenty-eight to thirty mel
is employed at these two mines.
The Mendha mine at Highland con
tinues steadily to improve, ore bein
constantly found in the most unexpecte
places, leading to the belief that it
more than a chimney and that we'll dc
fined ledge will be found. The ne'
working shaft is now down some IS
, feet, and twenty feet more will tap tn
| lower workings and ore chambers.
The work on these claims is for d.
velopment. No ore is stopped, but it
left in such shape that it can be easil
and quickly mined when wanted.
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Death Of jam es j. smith.

On Sunday evening, the 18th, James
j. Smith died at McFadden's hotel, an
other victim of la grippe. Several months
ago deceased was thrown from wagon
and his left leg was broken. His re-.
covery from the injury was slow, and he
was yet unable to be out again when
taken with la grippe. He was unable to
resist the prostrating effects of the dis,
ease and wavered until Sunday, when he
sank rapidly. Deceased was an old resi-
dent of this county, and had wide circle
of friends and acquaintances. He was
one of the first locators of claims in
Tempahute district, and held valuable
interests there at the time of his death.
The funeral took place on Tuesday from
Protection Hose house on Laconl
| street.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-03-19
RECORDERS OFFICE.
The Following business Was Trans
acted for the Past Two Weeks.


Mine-King Wynne claim, Ely dis
trict Located Feb. 9th by F. w.
Dickle
Mine-Baromete claim, Ely district.
Located Feb. 10th by John Reese.
Mines Red Rose. lronsides, Morning
Star, Big Colorado, Star of the West and
North Star claims, situated about %
miles north of Fort Mohave and half
mile west of the Colorado river, in Lin
coin county. Located by A. F. Simonds
and BENZ. II. Spear.
Mine-Little Charley claim, Ely dis
trict. Located Feb. Bird by Thomas Fl.
Hickman.
Mines-Lena X. and Imperial, Long
Valley district. Located Feb. 10th by
John II. Herman.
Miue-Bunka claim, Pahranagat Lake
district. Located Feb. 4th by j. Wright,
A. A. Young A. d. Austin.
Mines-Ulrica claim, Pahranagat Lake
district. Located Jan. 9th by A. Fer
guson and Gus Wilson.
Mine oono claim, Pahranagat Lake
district Located January 2Sth by w
| c. Glissau.
Mne-M Monitor claim, Chief district
Located Feb 9th by A. G. Yoacham ant
James Williams.
Mines American and Silurian claims
Ely district. Located Feb. 18th by 5
T. Godbe.
Tribolite claim, Ely district
Located Feb. 10th by Chas. Price.
Mipe-Maud claim, Yellow Pine dis
trict. Located Jan. LIST by R. Brothers
W. Fl. Smith and George Bradshaw.
Mines-Crown Point and Mornin
Star claims, Chief district. Locate
Feb Dad by s. Allen and Barto
Brothers.
Mine-Edith claim, Ely district. LIZ
Gated March l4th by f. w. Dickle.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-03-19

The nine Italians, of the nineteen
charged with assassinating, in October
last, Chief of Police Hennessy at New
Orleans after a trial lasting twenty-five
days, and with evidence which was gen.
orally regarded as conclusive of their
guilt, were acquitted of the crime by
New Orleans jury on the 18th inst The
jury was said to have been tempered
with, principally by a detective named
OMalley, and when they left the court
room they were hooted at and jeered at
by the crowd. The indignation through
out the city at the unjust verdict wa
intense, and on the following morning
calls for public meeting to discuss the
situation appeared in the leading papers.
A gathering of 10000 or more people
assembled. including some of the best
citizens, and marching to the jail all re.
sistance was overcome, an entrance
forced and in very short time eleven Of
the Italians were shot to death. The
whole city and surrounding country
approved the deed and resolutions to that
effect were passed by the Cotton Elk
change. The foreman of the jury, wa'
by resolutions expelled from the stocl
exchange and from the Young Mem
Gymnastic Club. O'Malley the detectiv
and the jurors were in hiding or the.
too would have suffered.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-03-19

We are doomed to pay higher rates for
telegraphic service, and that of ques.
tionable character, until the railroad
builds in and relieves us with new wire.
The Western Union company has now
bought the Dsseret company's interest
along the Utah Southern road to Milford,
and has built an entirely new line from
Juab down. The arms on the new poles
are insulated for two wires, but only one
wire is strung and in use now. Here
after there will be two rates on all mes.
sages from this place to any Office on
that line, nearly doubling the old rates
For instance, message to Milford, for
merly costing 70 cents, will now cost
Seventy-fve cents to Nephi, the repeat
ing office, and so cents for the Western
Union company from there to destina
ton; total $l.25.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-03-19

Virginia city Girl shoots Herseif.
Miss Bella Preush, young lady of l6
years of age, living in Virginia shot
herself on the 18th and is lying at the
point of death. 1t seems that she had
been suspended for one month from the
First Ward school in that city for
factions of hers in and out of school not
in conformity with strict morality and
injurious to the morals of other scholars. !"
These facts are taken from the Chroni-
Gle, which says After being dismissed
from school the young lady went home
and informed her mother of the cir.
cumstance and repaired to her room.
The family were shortly after startled by
pistol shot, and on entering Bellas
room found she had shot herself with a
pistol belonging to her brother which
she stated she had been removing to
shelf, when the weapon was accidentally
discharged. DIR. Weber was summoned
and found on examination of the girl an
ugly wound in the abdomen to the right
of the naval. Drs. Weber and Harris
visited the Preush residence this after.
noon, and after making an examination
of the wound found the shot had entered
the body in the vicinity of the liver
and will no doubt prove fatal.