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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-07-23
THE SMOKEBALl.
A Novel Military Device for Overpowe,
ing the Enemy.

A Novel Military Device for OverpOwer-
ing the Enemy.
In the sham fight at Portsmouth in
honor of the Emperor William, an ad-
vancing column was SO affected by the
fumes of the smokeball which was used
to raise cloud Of impenetrable obscure
ty under which they could advance, that
the men had to keep their hands to their
noses to avoid suffocation. It is now
proposed that the smokeball shall re-
ceive further development. 1t has oc-
Cured to some military men that in.
stead of half sulfocating their own troops,
1t would be better to follow the exam
pie of the Chinese pirates with their
stinkpots, and asphyxiate the enemy.
a vienna scientist has accordingly in
vented bomb of such power and vir-
nlence that every one who is within q
certain radius Of 1t when it explodes is
rendered unconscious. Devices such as
these would soon modify the art of war,
and probably the next development will
he an anti-asphyxiating bomb, whose
tunes will neutralize those of the other.
1t Is said that many years agoa scheme
based on the throwing of poisonous gases
over tract OF country was put before
the war office in England for the pur-
pose of Devastating the country in the
face of an invading army, but the agen-
cy employed was SO terrible in its effects
that it was not made public. and was
consigned to the secret records of tho
war office.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-07-23
PARoDoxEs OF SCIENCE.


Strange Conditions Which Exist In Com
pound Substances,
The water which browns us, fluent
stream, can be walked upon as ice, says
Blackwood's Magazine. The bullet
which, when fired from musket, car
ries death, will be harmless if ground
to dust before being fred The CRYSTAL
lied part of the oil of roses, SO grateful
in its fragrance-a solid at ordinary
temperature, though readily volatile
is compound substance, containing
exactly the same elements and exactly
the same proportions as the gas with
which we light our streets. The tea
vhich'we daily drink with great bene-
mt and pleasure, produces palpitations,
nervous tremblings and even paralysis,
IT taken in excess; yet the peculiar or
ganic agent called theme, to which tea
owes its qualities. may be taken by
itself las theme, not as tea) without
any appreciable effect. The water
which will allay our burning thirst aug
ments it when CONCEALED into snow; so
that is stated by explorers of the Arctic
regions that the natives ''prefer endur-
ing the utmost extremity of thirst rath-
er than attempt to remove it by eating
snow" Yet, if the snow be melted, it
becomes drinkable water. Neverthe-
less, although if melted before it enters
the mouth it assuages thirst like other
water, when melted in the mouth it has
the opposite effect. To render this par
adOX more striking we have only To re-
member that ice, which melts more
slowly in the mouth, is very efficient in
lllaying thirst.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-07-23
AN OFFICERS MISTAKE.
How Lieutenant became Acquainte
with the Indian Character.

How q Lieutenant Became Acquainted
with the Indian Character.
Soldiers advancing against Indians
often march for days without seeing a
rod man, but the veterans know that if
the Indians want to find them they will
be heard from when least expected. A
story told in "Warpath and Bivouac"
illustrates how suddenly Indians an
nounce their presence.
General Crooks command was camped
on Crazy Woman's Fork, and not an In
dian had disturbed them for several
nights. 1t was very cold, and all were
inpatient for some sort Of excitement.
One night some officer said: "Let us
go up to Bourke's tent" and they all
went.
The Lieutenant, member of Crooks
stall, was found studying military map
by the light of candle
Hello, Bourke!' said one Of the WIS.,
itors. 'Aren't you afraid the Indians
will ventilate your tent If you keep that
light burning?"
20 no." replied Bourke. "The In
dians that have been firing into us are
small flying party. You may rely on
1t that you won't hear any thing more
of them this side of Tongue river. The
distance is too great from their villages
and the weather is too cold. Mr.. Indian
doesn't care to be frozen. Now I'll
show you on this map the point where
they will most likely make their first
real at" 81
Whizz! pop! bag! zip! came a volley
from the bluffs above the camp. A bull
let struck the candle and put it out.
Another made large-sized hole in the
map. The officers scattered, and Bourlse
was left alone to mediate on the insta-
bility OF Indian character.
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The Age of Associations.

Mons. Argellio, Of the Paris Perfect
ureof Police, calls attention to the re-
m arkable degree in which the division
OF labor principle is being applied to
the operations of the criminal classes
there are associations of professional
horse-thieves and mutual aid societies
of professional burglars, and division of
labor has resulted in producing several
extremely deceptive counterfeit treas
ury notes. One specially clever hun
dred francs bill was ascertained to have
been the work of five confederates--one
paper-maker, one art-printer and three
expert engravers.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-07-23
BURMESE WELL-DIGGERS.
The Manner of Sinking OH Wells 1,
India


The native method of digging oil
wells in Burmah is described in very
interesting manner by DIR. Nothing, of
the Indian Geological Survey. In tho
first place, a square shaft is dug, tho
sides measuring about four feet each.
Over this pit is placed crossbeam, sup
ported on stanchions at either side, and
in the center of the beam small
wooden drum or cylinder, which with
its axis is made of a single piece of
wood.
A leather rope running over this
drum is used to lower the workmen into
the pit, as well as the carthenware pot
in which the oil is brought up The
walls of the shaft are lined with wood,
and timber is used to support them.
The wOrkmen are lowered in an in
genious manner. The man sits on two
slings formed cf Strong rope running be-
tween his legs and knotted over his left
shoulder. To prevent sliding, thin
rope runs down from the knot, across
the breast, underneath the right
shoulder to the back, where it is fast
ened to the rope forming the sings. A
second rope for the same purpose is
fastened round the hips.
No light can be taken down the shaft
on account of the explosive gas; the
workman, therefore, ties up his eyes be-
fore going down, SO that he may see
during the short time he is in the we'll
Two hundred and ninety seconds is the
longest time any man, however strong
can remain below without becoming un.
conscious.
The workers object to descending
more than $50 feet, and the limit is 80
feet. The manner of drawing up the
oil is also very primitive. The rope is
fastened around the neck of bell
shaped earthenware pot, which is low
cred and filled by sinking in the oil be-
low. The oil is poured out into larger
pot when raised, and twelve of the
latter are packed on a cart
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IN TIE DISTRICT COURT OF THE srArr
l OF NEVADA, IN AND FOR THE -COJ1NTV
OF LINCoN. -,
In the matter Of the Estatel
of
John Gustin, deceased.

The application Of James McFaado, for u.
ters OF administration upon said estate having
been filed in said Court e''a'' having
NOTICE IL hereby given that the said appIica.
ton Win be heard BY said Court on wednesday
aa ,he ,o.n Gay or December, A. D. 1890, at 10
as said Court may be in session. Al the Corrt
Room OF said Court, in Phoebe, in said County
OF Lincoin, at which time and place ali narties
interested may appear and contest the same.
oo - J,C. KELLY,
Wv 81 io'u. sCerk OF said Court.
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INDIAN WOOD-WORKERS.
The Flint and Glass Tools of the Ate
Carpenters.

The Flint and Glass Tools of the Aztec
Carpenters.
aboriginal carpentry" says H. f.
Mcleod, of the Smithsonian Institute,
''was the chief trade of our predecessors
on this continent. The Indians and the
mound builders had very good idea of
wood working. You will see even now
some very pretty joining done by Sioux
Indians. Their tent poles make fit
which many a white carpenter would
not like to try to do better.
"The best carpenters, of course, were
the Aztecs, who had arrived at quite
high stage of art, and whose tools, al
though they knew nothing of steel, are
really excellent. We have few of their
tools at the Smithsonian, but the best
collection is, of course, in the City of
Mexico. The material used was almost
wholly glass, especially for the finer
parts Of their wood cutting. To chop
trees they used flint axes, and for rough
hewing out of logs the same, but when
it came to the accurate fitting in of the
hewn timber, they handled glass knives,
chisels and saws very deftly and with
beautiful results. There is a ceaba
wood post in Washington with hiero-
glyphics and faces cut upon it, all with
glass. You can see bits of the original
chisel still sticking in corner of the
wood, where it broke off three centuries
ago under the hand of the workman
The Aztecs knew how to make very
good and manageable glass, and their
best cutting blades, swords, daggers
and spears, saws, chisels and axes were
made of it. When the edge dulled they
broke it from the end instead of sharpen
ing it, and got new cutting line.
You can see great deal of aborigi-
nal carpentry still in use among the
Moqui Indians of the United States, Of
course they use our tools now, but
they follow out their old patterns
They know how to make ladders, and
they swing their doors on hinges from
the top, and they know how to mortise
timbers, knew how long before Column
bus landed in America. OF course they
use our tools differently from our way.
The chisel they push rather than ham
mer, work the board up and down on a
fixed saw, rather than the saw on the
board, and withal they get creditable
results. The frame work in the Pueblos
is quite as honest as any thing we have
in America"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-07-23
AN EXTRAORDINARY RACE.

The Plan by Which q Pig Could he Made
to Outrun o Horse.
The queerest race ever heard Of"
raid Major Wetherill in the Colonnade
T. 4 Philadelphia Press reporter, twas
proposed at Devon inn few years ago
by one OF the guests, an Italian noble-
man, Count Montglas. A crowd of us
were talking about horses one day on
Inc veranda, and Montglas offered to
wager that he could successfully run
any active pig in Chester County against
any horse there, and beat the horse,
over twenty-five yards course. As
was natural, we roared at the idea, but
the Count persisted that he could do so.
and then we supposed there was some
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eaten IN the wager ana NOBODY took II.
AFTER awhile Montglas and | were
left alone ON the veranda, and he told
me that he was sincere in the bet,
and explained how it was that pig
could outrun a horse over twenty-five
yards. OF course it takes horse a long
time to get under way, and it was on
this alone that the Count placed his
faith. He would have the course de-
cided upon, and over it would scatter
a line of corn, at the end placing a big,
double handful Then he would release
the pig, and the latter would start
along, eating the corn as he went, un-
til reaching the end, where he would
find the double handful. Later on that
day the process would be repeated and
the pig would move hurriedly, eat along
the scattered kernels, in an endeavor to
reach the pile, twenty-five yards away.
The next day considerably less corn
would be scattered over the course,
but the double handful would still be
placed at the end. Within a week only
a very few grains would mark the line
to the capital prize, and on being re-
leased the pig would start off at break
neck speed in his greediness to get the
latter. ''Well," continued the Major,
ION the day of the race there would be
no corn at all scattered on the course,
but piggy would be squirming and
wriggling to get off toward the pile.
When all would be ready the word
Cor would be given; the pig would be
freed, and away he'd start as if shot
from cannon. By the time the horse
could get fairly under way the pig
would be half over the course, just
tearing himself almost apart to reach
that handful of grain. You see, Mont
glas didn't count on the pigs legs, but
on his appetite"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-07-23

THE authorities of the government of
Taurida, Russia, have issued an order
that women bathing in free waters
shall wear bathing suits. The women
OF Yalteen prepared petition to the
general government urging the repeal
OF the order and declaring that the
curative powers Of the water have no
effect upon those who bathe in clothes.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-07-23
Royal Widows I'm Europe.

Almost every country in Europe pos
sesses an illustrious widow, from Vic
toria in England to the young Duchess
OF Aosta, in Italy; Empress Frederick,
in Germany; Christiana, in Spain; Char
lotte, wife of Macmillan, Emperor of
Mexico, who is melancholy mad in the
Chateau OF Conchont; Princess Stephanie
Archduchess of Austria, and Natalie.
worse than widowed ex-Queen of
Servia, and the unh Apply, heart-broken
Eugene, ex-Empress of the French.
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II Is hereby 0, dered that the foregoing motto.
ot o. application fora patent, be published for
weeks. In the PIooHE WEEKLY Rrconn !
newspaper published at Phoebe. Lincoln
County, Nevada.I Ain'oin
Nov-22-lOt. up. DUNKLE. Reoist,r
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1891-04-18
NewsDanor Iaws.


The following are the laws laid down
by the United States Government fol
the protection of newspapers:
Subscribers who do not give express
notice to the contrary, are considered az
wishing to continue their subscription
1fsubscribers order the discontinuance
of their periodicals, the publisher may
continue to send them until all arrear-
ages are paid.
If subscribers move to other places
without informing the publishers and
papers are sent to the former direction,
they are held responsible.
The courts have decided that refusing
to take periodicals from the Office before
removing and leaving them uncalled for
is prima facie evidence of Intentional
fraud.
1fsubscribers pay in advance, they are
bound to give notice to the publisher at
the end OF their time, if they do not
wish to continue taking it; otherwise the
publisher is authorized to send it on and
the subscriber will be responsible until
an express notice, with payment Of all
arrears is sent to the publisher.
Publishers of newspapers can under
law, arrest any man for fraud who takes
paper and refuses to pay for it. Under
this law it is dangerous trick for man
to allow his subscription account to run
on for six months to year and half,
unpaid and then tell the postmaster to
mark refused" or to send the editor
. notice to discontinue the paper.
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BEAUTY CONTEST.
Who is the Most Beautiful Afro-Amer.
lean Woman?
The Question lobe Decided by the Read
ers of The Appeal-Beautiful and
Costly Prize to be Awarded
to the Winner.

The APPEAL has determined to have
its thousands of readers from the Allan
tic to the Pacific and from the Great
Lakes to the Gulf, decide who shall wear
the crown as the most beautiful Afro-A-
merican women. The contest will not
be confined to any particular locality but
every respectable Colored women in
America will be allowed to compete for
the prize.
Two prizes will be awarded: One to
the most beautiful married woman, the
other to the most beautiful single wo-
man.
RULES OF VOTING.
Any Afro-American woman of good re-
pute, not younger than ''sweet sixteen"
in the United States, may be voted for.
Any person can vote who complies with
the following conditions:
Geta copy of The APPEAL, cut out the
ballot you will find there, write on it the
FULL nan,e of the woman and her full
address and send it by mail, or bring it
to TIE APPEAL Office 1926 Dearborn street
Chicago.
You can vote for the same woman as
often as you please. Every time you
get ballot you can send in vote.
The only qualification for voting is to
cut out the ballot in The APPEAL and fill
it out as directed above. But one wo-
man can be voted for on each ballot.
Ballots containing the name of more
than one woman, will be thrown out.
See that your friends all get The AP-
PEAL, and il they do not wish to use the
ballot, ask them to save it for you.
Remember that every copy of The AP-
PEAL contains one ballot, and that every
ballot means another vote.
Place your ballots in an envelope and
address iteas follows:
THE APPEAL. CHICAGO.ILL.
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LINE

between these principal cities, the Chi
cago q North Western system of lines.
composed Of the Chicago, st. Panl, Min.
neapolis & Omaha, Chicago & North
Western, and Fremont, Elkhorn & Mo.
Valley R'ys (all advertised as s'The
Northwestern Line'') offers the quick
est means of reaching all cities and towns
in the territory intersected by it. In
connection with Union Pacific the c., St.
P, M. & O. Ry. also forms new system.
the only through car line to the Pacific;
coast All particulars, with maps and
time tables, may be obtained at any sta
ton, or at following principal Offices:
ST. PAUL: 159 East Third street.
MINNEAPOLIS: ID Nicollet House Block.
DULUTH: 1872 Hotel st. Louis Block.
CHICAGO: 2O3 South Clark Street.
or address,
T. ". TEAsDALE,
General Passenger Ageat, ST. Paul
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invest IGATI ION

Will show in every case why the road
named below is popular among the
travelling public. It is operate d
through Central Iowa, Central and
Southern Minnesota, extends from
st. Paul and Minneapolis to Water
town, S. D., and forms direct line
from Mankato to Red Wing, MINI. ;. on
all Of which lines are located the manv
prosperous cities Of Iowa, Minnesota
and South Dakota. ... -.
Its through train service couples the
Twin Cities of the Northwest with
Chicago, Peoria, St. Louis, Kansas
City, Denver, Pueblo, Colorado
Springs, Council Bluffs, Des Moines,
Cedar Rapids, &C., &c.
Pullman Buffet SIeepers, Free Chair
Cars, light and CHEEKY Day Coaches,
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Voters for Beauties, Attention!

Voters for Beauties, Attention.!
Quite large number of torn, mutilat-
ed, defaced or illegible ballots have been
sent in, in the beauty contest. Such are
Immediately thrown into the waste bas-
ket and will not be counted. The ballots
must be in a whole and good condition
cut, not torn from the paper, with the
blanks properly filled with name of
beauty, correctly spelled, name of street
and number of residence, name of city
and state, and nothing more written on
them and contain the names of respect
able women or no notice will be taken
of them.
Votes in the beauty contest have been
received as follows:
Mary M. Anderson, Chicago. T..
Mamie P. Anderson, Chicago,
Viola Berry, St. Paul, MINI.
Lottie Bryant, Louisville.
Fannie Brooks. St. Louis.
Maggie Burrell, Philadelphia, Pa.
Zoe Ball, Chicago.
L. c. Brady, Indianapolis, Ind.
Ida Bedford. Cairo, Ill.
Carrie Burnett, Oberlin, Ohio.
Mildred E. Bailey, Chicago.
Annie Bell, Atlanta, Ca .
Alice Brown, Butte, Mont. "'
Lucy G. .Bhtton, Lexington, KY,
Oracle Bond, Cincinnati, O. F..
Erminie Bell, Cincinnati, O. ~e s'
Tillie Bishop, Gallatin, Mo.
A1nanthis Brownsmith, St. Loais.
Anna Barton, Joliet.
Minnie Clay. Chicago.
Minnie Cordin, Oberlin, o.
Ida Christv, Cairo, I'll.
Mary Champ, Oberlin, Ohio.
Rose Conrad, Chicago.
Dollie Chairman, Joliet, Ill.
Susie Crawford, Portland, Ore.
Myrtle Craig, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Rachael Davis, Louisville, KY.
Minnie Dyer, Joliet, III.
Lucy Evans, Joliet, III. sa#
Bertha E"vertop, kansas City, Mo-,
Matte E. Fowles, Louisville.
Mary Godette, Kipton, Ohio.
Marcie Goodin, Denver, Colo.
Serena Harris, Cincinnati.
Gusta Hopkins, Boone, Iowa. 3
Belle Hackley, Chicago, ILL.,
Katie Harrison, St. Louis.
Lulu Hayes, Montgomery, Ala.
Alberta Harvey, Chicago.
Ida Hamilton, Chicago.
Efie Hoggett, Helena, Mont.
Mary E. Hill Norfolk, Va.
Irene M. Harris, Linneus, Mo.
Jennie Jackson, St. Louis.
Mamie jenkins, Oberlln, O.
Lizzie johnson, Wooster, O.
Clara Jones, Washington, d. c..
Addie Kinley, Chicago.
Bessie Love, st. Paul.
Lillian Lee, ST. Louis, Mo.
Laura B. Jones, Louisville, KY
Sophia Johnson, Louisville, XIV.
Lillian Z. Morris, Louisville, KY.
Lille Miller, Schenectady. N. Y.
Melanie Macklin, st. Louis, Mo.
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THE;

Twin Cities and Chicago take this line
particularly favoring the 'Vestibule Lin.
ited," which carries the finest sleeping
cars and coaches ever built, and also ali
classes Of passengers, without extra fares
On the L@ke Superior portion of the
line, between Minneapolis, St. Paul and
Duluth, and St. Paul and Ashland, Pull
man sleepers are run on night trains, and
reclining chair cars on day trains.
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ST. PETER A. M. e. CHURCH.

Cor. ed street and 10th avenue South.
Sunday services: Preaching at II 100 A. N.
and 7:SO P. M. Sunday school at 500 P: M.
Class meeting IL A. NJ. Thursday evening
prayer meeting, Friday evening class meeting.
day. Days at home, Wednesday and Thurs.
day. Weddings, funerals, and the sick,
promptly attended to upon notice.
Rev. r. II. WILLIAMSON, Pastor.
2l90 10th Ave, 8.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

fast through trains with Pullman Sleep
ing cars are also run between Minneapo-
Lis, st. Paul and Kansas City, via Sioux
City. Day trains between St. Paul and
Sioux City have elegant parlor cars.
Dining cars are run on all through trains
over this line between Minneapolis. St.
Paul and Chicago. Besides being the
best
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Os all vault IOT dn.
nouncement Of OPEN
ing of the Sisseton
Reservation, South
Dakota, by the Gov
eminent. Ian d
Office located at
Watertown, S. D.
Ask any Railroad
Agent for Informal
ton and maps, which
will be cheerfuIly fur
nished, or address
G. M. PRATT :, Gen.
Ticket & Pass. Agt.,
Minneapolis, MINI.
w. H.TRUESDALE
Receiver.
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PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURC 1

Cor. 18th and Cedar.
Sunday Services: Preaching at n:Gv A. II.
and $500 P. M. Sunday School at R:45 O'Clock,
Wednesday evening preaching service and
ing general prayer meeting. Funeral and
weddings promptly attended. Visiting days
Tuesdays and Fridays.
REV. L. G. SHEAFE, Pastor, SOB St. Anthony