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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-01-28
THE MouRNFUL MUSE.
Poems Whose Titles Suggest Sorrow
Signs and Texrs.

Poems Whose Titles Suggest Sorrow.
signs and Texrs.
The editors Of the periodicals. at the
present time have undoubtedly the dis
agreeable task of reading much poetry
which is not only unavailable" but
utterly without merit; still, as the taste
Of the majority Of readers in this gen.
Grafton Is for that which Is cheerful In
poetry as well as in prose, it Is not like
ly that any editor to-day would have
such depressing list of rejected con-
tributions as the one printed In mag
azine which bears a date over fifty years
ago. &518s x sfa Nt Il .aaj8fb
my Wife's Grave" midnight, "
Lament Over the Grave of q Wife"
the "Poet's Doom" Reflections" ION
Hearing the Eulogy of q New Friend"
"Let Me Weep" 1.-THE Poetry of Tears. "
and alone" Such are the titles of
these unavailable poems.
1t appears that the articles accepted
were of much the same character, al
though they displayed marks of genius
which induced the afflicted editor to &C.
sept them: Autumn Musings" '.The
Last Song Bird, 1.-THE Mourner," ''The
Bereaved," Shadows Of the Past, u
SOLITUDE" and Passing Away"
If any poems of more cheerful
order were received, they were certain
iy not considered worthy Of any notice
IN that number Of the magazine.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-01-28
sixty Years in siberia.

A Napoleonic veteran has lately re-
turned to st. Petersburg from Siberia.
This old gentleman, who is Pole by
birth and native Of Wilma, is named
Amitsetzhy, and has attained the age
of one hundred and thrca. He was Ma
poleon LIS adjutant. toos part in his
world-famed expedition to Russia, and
was decorated by the emperor with the
Legion of Honor at the battle Of Wa
gram. lie was taken prisoner at Ber-
esina, and, receiving q pardon from the
Car, remained for a time in the Rus
sian service. But, for having taken
part in the Polish rising Of 1882, he was
Acond 'mncd to twenty years. inprison-
me,lt IN the mines Of Siberia. On the
stcr,nin; ton Of his sentence he was free
: to ,.vt S,Scrin, but lie has been forty
year. | ,-..iius advantage of his per
,u;seian ~ L NI4 H isAi1t
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-01-28
AN MIGRATE cIRD.
Though His Life Was Spared, He, Took
Revenge on His Eenefactor.

Though His Life Was Spared, He Took
Revenge on His Eenefaetor. Z
Years ago l found in my garden a
nest of the shrilse. The young
birds, fcnr or five in number, were near.
ly fledged. Having heard great deal
of the predatory habits of the tribe,
was going to wiring their necks. had
put them on q badge, and they sat quite
still, but looked 30 proud and self-pos-
sessed, and the dark glittering eyes that
were bent upon me with an expression
of indignant surprise said SO plainly:
4'Havc we not as good right to live as
your" that my conscience smote me,
and could not find II In my heart to
kill them.
walked away to call my daughter,
says q writer in the New York Journal,
and show them to her, but when came
back they were gone. One morning
next year was in the garden looking
at my roses when l felt something hit
the back Of my head. Turning round,
not little startled, saw bird flying
up to the top of a high tree. II
When it had got there it said '.Chcck!"
WY ooOh ditCH III Cdtut UOWu again,
tapped itswings against my head, as it
had done before, flew up to an opposite
tree, and repeated its ..Checlsr' At the
first glance had seen TINT II was q
lanius. w
Since then and for several days Icould
never show myself bareheaded in the
garden in the morning withous being
assaulted or saluted In the, same man
ner, and sodS" got quite accustomed to
it. When ny head happened TO be COW
cred was left alone, and neither my
gardener nor any other frequenter was
attacked. MtF
1t was clear that the bird must have
been either one of the nestlings of the
preceding year or one Of their parents
and that remembered me probably as
the disturber of its peace, not with any
feeling of gratitude for having spared
q life | might have taken but had not,
for it evidently hit me as hard as
1t could, and there was an un mistakable
sound of satisfied revenge In its cry.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-01-28
A CURIOUS BULLET
The Ouesr Missile Found in IN Old SOL
dlorsa Leg.

The 0uesr Missile Found in IN old Sol
dier.s Leg.
A curious missile was recently cut out
of the limb of q prominent citizen of
Mount Sterling, who was wounded in
that member In the first battle of
Manassas, says letter In the Philadel-
phia Times. This citizen, Maj. James
Morrison, has suffered from periodical
breaking out of the wound, which was
situated in the calf. but, though probed
for several times, all attempts to find
the ball proved unsuccessful. However,
the doctors succeeded in recovering
and removing the irritating body, when
it was found to be no bullet, but q
small gold button. This was cleaned
and was found to be inscribed with the
legend: "E. to r. Mizpah," In small
German lettering.
The button was perfectly round and
about the size Of q buclxshot, having q
small link attached. by. which it was
caught to garment or watch chain, on
which it was in all probability worn as
q charm. In all likelihood it was hastily
crammed into the owners muslet
when out Of ammunition and In nm
emergency. Maj. Morrison naturally
prizes this memento which he has car
ried thirty-one years. but says he will
return 1t to the man who fred 1t IL he
still lives and can relate the circum-
stances under which he made use of 1t,
which circumstances were such rs to
impress the major, and cannot have
failed to have remained in the mind of
his assailant.
The button was in all probability the
loving gift Of some fair young sweet
heart or faithful wife to her beloved
boy in blue, who will be glad to recover
the pretty trifle, which is none the
worse for its long hiding In the majors
leg, though the latter Is decidedly bet
ter for its removal, and is rapidly heal
ing since the operation.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-01-28
FOURTEEN COLUMNS OF SONG.
Tho Longest Message Ever Sent By ANY
Cable.

Tho LOnK6At M0488kB 6N&I o90A W AAAI
Gable.
In December, 1877. the whole of Swim
burne's tragedy, "Lochrine, /" was cabled
from London to the New York Times
An enterprising American firm offered
an early copy Of proofs Of 'Lochrine"
to the editor of the New York Times for
one hundred dollars, with the stipula-
ton that the tragedy should not be pub
lished till the morning Of December 10.
Unfortunately, the editor was away,
and when he got back he found that the
proofs had already been disposed of to
the New York Sun. The editor at once
wired his representative IN London ask
ing him to get some early sheets Of
"Lochrine" and cable them through.
This was done. and on the morning
of December II, 1887, the New York
Times came out with fourteen columns
of eighteen thousand words, containing
the whole of Swinburne's tragedy, just
two day. before the Sun, which had all
the matter in type and ready to print
off. Tho editor paid one thousand two
hundred and fifty dollars down for the
use of the cable for five hours, and thus
obtained "Lochrine. Six columns were
cabled from New York to the Standard
with description of the assassination
of President Line In in 1881, ~ II
The longest telegram ever dispatched
was the entire New Testament as re-
vised, which was telegraphed from New
York to the Chicago Tribune, TO be set
up as news, for their issue Of May %,
1882. Sis cen of the twenty pages OF
that issue were filed by the New Tesla.
ment alone
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-01-28
Field 81 the Ciosh y, cs,a.

-.f
Field of the cloth Of gold was SO
called from the extravaganza and dis
play attendant upon q meeting of
Henry VIII, Of England, and Francis
l., Of France, in June, 1880 The kings
met in the field near the small town Of
Andres, in France, which was owned by
England, and the meeting was held by
the request Of Francis l., who desired
to gain the friendship Of Henry to aid
him in his projects for curbing the
power Of his great rival, Charles ". Of
Germany. The ceremonial was under
tho direction of Cardinal Wolsey, and
the noblemen Of France and England
wed with each other in the gorgeous
decoration Of themselves, their, banners
and tents. ~
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-01-28

1t so hap pens that the position Of the
moon is such that the full moon pre.
ceding the autumnal equinox for sew
eral successive nights in the latitude of
London rises only nine or ten minutes
later each succeeding evening. This
phenomena is called the harvest
moon." from a notion that it is a pro-
vision of all-wise Providence calculated
to enable the husbandman to take care
of his grain at night, If there is 30 much
OF it that it cannot be ha ndled durins
daylight. .
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-01-28

There is q movement in regular army
circles for the restoration Of the old
army field hat, !" which was superseded
by the helmet, Of which many officials
have complained. The old-style hat
was picturesque, comfortable and serv.
iceaole, while the helmet Is top-heayy
ana does not give proper ventilation.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-01-28

A new method Of boiling eggs With
out either fire or hot water, has been
invented by Frenchman. sin little
iron vessel of some kind" reads the re-
,cipe, put your egg or eggs with q
small piece Of quicklime. By means of
a stout string lower this into the bot
tom Of q pit. Two minutes later pull 1t
up and you will discover your eggs to
be cooked to turn"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-01-28

a traveller in Japan says that,the Ian.
anese dislike the Russians ana the chi.
nese, but like the Americans and the
English. They are fearful, OF the a.
gresssons Of the Russians in Corea and
OF the Chinese in the islands that lis
south OF Japan, but they do not look Tor
any net q aggression by, the United
States or,by ENGLAND. III ssa3s
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-01-28
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The St. Johns herald., 1892-09-29

Here is a timely legened which should be considered by people everywhere during the prevalence of this dreaded scourge:
 That fear kills more people than the cholera itself was illustrated by a story told by an old German. Many years ago, while the cholera was raging in parts of Germany and extending daily it's baneful infu- ence, an old doctor. taking an even ing stroll outside the gates of his town, saw coming towards hIm a horrible object. It's form and shape was human; but it's aspect was 8 mass of corruption.
 "Who are you?" asked the doe tor.
 "I am the cholera"
 "Where are you going?"'
 "I am going to that town"
 The doctor terrified, pleaded and begged for the monster to change it's route, but to no purpose. Is road Jed through the town and in- to tho town it must go. But to compromise with the good old doe tor the cholera pro missed not to kill more than five people in the town. Next morning tho physician was called to patient, whom. he found to have the cholera. The cases null tiplied hourly and consternation spread among the people of the city, and all those who could get away did so. There were not five but there were 5000 deaths in town. After the cholera had subsIded the doctor, in his walks, again met the cholera spectre, and upbraided it for not having kept it's word with him. Said the Cholera.
 q swear have kept my promise not killed more than five of your fellow citizens. Tho other died of fear. r.-Tucson Star.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-09-29
Will Cholera Become Epidemicl

It was established beyond ques- tion yesterday afternoon that Asia tic cholera had broken down the barriers of a stringent quarantine and found it's way into New York. The Health Board made tho an nouncement in it's 2 o'clock bulletin in tho afternoon that there had been four deaths from the dread scourge in this city since the 9th instant, and that the board had under ex- animation the body of a woman who died with symptoms of Asiatic cholera on the afternoon of Septem- Der 13, making five deaths in all. Six suspicious cases were reported after the announcement was made, and it is believed that the disease has broken out in several localities besides those mentioned ip the of ficiaI reports, but this suspicion has not yet been eonfrmed.-St. Louis Republic.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-09-29
Fifty Per Cent Mortality.


 St. Petersburg. Sept. 1.-The daily average of new cholera cases and deaths in the province of Vor- onezh, Kazan, Samara, Saratoff and Orenburg and the Don territory is 100 new cases and 200 deaths in each. In Caucasias the daily ave- rage is 1850 new cases and 75O deaths. It will be seen from these figures that there is no diminution Tn the rate of mortality, the deaths still reaching 50 per cent of the number of persons attacked in the province.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-09-29

A young man passed through crowd in a great dry-goods store found himself side by side with a timid looking little man, and exact ly behind a lady. A movement of the crowd forced the young man to step upon the hem of the lady's skirt. She turned quickly around, with furious look, and was evi- dently about to address some fierce remark to him, when change came over her face suddenly: ooh l beg your pardon, sir" she said; "l was going to get angry. You see, thought it was my husband!"-Ar- gonaut.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-09-29

Yuma has the climate and soil so that green corn can be had from June 1st till January 1st. Water melons from May 1st to March 1st; green peas. string beans, tomatoes, cabbages, asparagus, celery, onions and all of the other vegetables all the year round. All one has to do IS to plant, SOW, cultivate and irri- gate them and your table can al- ways be suppled.-Sentinel.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-09-29
The Kansas Crop.

The Kansas Farmer presents this week showing of the crop resources of Kansas for 1892. Information here given is from original sources and from the best possible authori- ties. The long experience of these farmer crop reporters, and the fact that inaccuracies are sometimes se- verely criticised by the neighbors of the correspondents, has had the ef- fectof making the reports as accur- ate as estimates ever become.
 The wheat crop, almost without exception, is fine The yield is large and the quality excellent. No doubt is now entertained of the full realization of the Kansas Farmers preliminary estimate of 60,000,000 bushels for the state. The oat crop is generally fair one, but not as uniformly good as the wheat. Corn is variously reported. In many of the great corn-producing countries the corn is good, and most of the very unfavorabie reports come from those countries in which corn is not a leading crop. It is probable that the yield will be about two-thirds of that of last year, and while the rail- roads will not be so oyerburdened with the demand for corn cars as in '69 and '91, yet the state will have corn to sell at the high prices which are likely to prevail The condi- tion of this crop has been greatly improved by the late rains. Broom corn, barley, rye and flax, where grown, have made good crops, and the sale of them adds neat sum to the incomes of those who produce them. Fruits have yielded very poorly, with the exception of grapes which are everywhere reported as a good crop.-Kansas Farmer.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-09-29

Ash Fork has the distinction of having within it's limits six months old lamb that drinks from two to three gallons of beer daily. The little boozer will go from saloon to soloon and beg for beer, and it's wants in this direction are always supplied. It does not drink pint of water in month, but subsists on beer. It refuses water with disdain, but will wag it's tail with joy when bottle of beer is held up to it's mouth. Phenix has the honor of having not few hogs, both as beer drinkers and beer sellers, but she is far behind her neighbor of the A.P. in her lamb products.-Phenix Ga- zette.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-09-29
Blaine and the Force Bill.

Mr. Blaine's letter is specially significant in two respects. It gives his views of what the Republican issues should be, and it's publication was arranged for on the day after the publication of Harrison's letter. Those who read the Blaine letter will see that the most strikingly emphatic part of it is what he does not say of Harrison's Force Bill policy as a Republican campaign issue. Cataloguing the issues he thinks the Republicans can afford to join with the Democrats, he ex- cludes Federal control of elections.
 MT. Harrison, on the other hand, speaks as the recognized head of the Republican party and refuses to surrender the position he has as- sumed i'll favor of such control. It is true that he wishes to waive for the present, the discussion of the policy formulated in the Force bill and that with this end in view he proposes a commission to investi- gate and draft bill, or suggestions for it. But, as everyone knows, he only repeats here his pro forma re- commendation made to a Demo- cratic Congress on its assembly af- ter the defeat of the Republican ma jority in the House through which the Force bil! passed under Mir. Harrison's insistence.
 Mir. Blaine does not believe in Fed eral control of elections, and there fore he does not believe in making it an issue at any time. MT. Harri son does not believe in urging it as an issue when it can be fairly discussed before the people and de- termined by their decision, but he does believe in inaugurating 1t at the very first opportunity. This is the exception he wishes to save by his make-shift of Supreme Court Commission.
 It would be a shameful thing to drag the Supreme Court into par tisah politics once more, as 1t was dragged in 1876; but the talk of a commission is merely an attempt to postpone discussion until the Harrison Radicals can again secure the same control they had in the first two years of this administra- ton. Give them this and the only commission" the country is likely to hear of in. .this.connection will be committee to draft another Force bill for immediate passage.-St. Louis Republic.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-09-29

A. Modesti, our well-kpown mer- chant, received a letter last Monday from D. H. Converse dated at In dian Wells, 100 miles west of Yuma, on the old San Diego stage road, August 18th, stating that he and his son Willie were both alive and we'll, that he should spend few days at that point and then go on to Campo, Cal, where he should leave Willie in school, and that he should return to Yuma. He said nothing as to where he had been roaming for the last three months in his two boats. The above will be most welcome news to his many friends in California and Arizona, Yuma Times.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-09-29
Railroads All Taboo Immigrants.

Chicago, Sept. 13.-AIl the Chi cago railroads are adopting meas ures to prevent the transportation
 of cholera-infected immigrants into the West. No recent arrivals from Europe are now being brought from Now York or any of the Eastern seaports who are not armed with bills of health or certificates. In structions have also been sent to the agent of railways and steamship companies in Europe to sell no more tickets while the Presidents
 quarantine proclamation is in effect.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-09-29
"The Force Bill.

The men who have charge of Re- publican policy this year show an anxiety to relegate the Force bill issue to an obscure place in the campaign. This should stimulate l Democrats to a discussion of the evils involved in Federal control of elections in the States. This ques- ton should be kept before the peo- pie. No party, and no public man, should be permitted to dodge it. A large minority of the Republican party is opposed to the sort of leg islation on elections proposed by Representative Lodge and Senator Hoar in the Fifty-frst Congress, but the party as whole, as at present organized and oficered, is commit ted to the enactment of Force bill, and only waits opportunity to convert it's revolutionary opin- ions and rrejudices into law. That opportunity would be pre- sented by the coincident power of Republican President, a Re- publican Senate and a Republi- can House of Representatives.
 President Harrison, in his recent letter of acceptance, avoided the direct issue with some impractical talk about an election commission. The memory of the people, however, is of more than three years dura- tion; and if there is lapse of recol- lection there IS abundant material in the records to revive 1t. Mir. Har- rison's first message to Congress was delivered in 1889. He urged the use of all the powers granted to Congress, and asserted that "the power to take the whole direction and control of the election of mem bers of the House of Representa- lives is clearly given to the General Government" Keeping in line with this heretical expression, the Re- publican House passed a Force bill, and the trade on the silver question was all that prevented it from receiving the sanction of the Senate. If Mir. Harrison should be reelected, and both branches of the Fifty-third Congress should be Re- publican, the Force bill will be re- vived and become a law.
 It is an essential duty of Demo- crats to fight the iniquity whenever, wherever and in whatever degree it presents itself. It presents a ques- tion lasting through more than one campaign. The Democratic party, even in defeat, has been the power that has saved this country from centralization so far; and there IS as good reason as ever before for preaching this sound doctrine.- Cincinnati Enquirer.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-09-29
Sports at AlbuquerquS.

Albuquerque N. M., Sept. 16.-At the Territorial Fair to-day James Quirk, sprinter fro m Canada, was defeated in aseventy-fve-yard race by T. c. Morris, the crack runner of the Pacific Coast, by two feet in 6 3-5 seconds. The purse was for S7 400.
 In the hose tournament Albu- querque beat the Prescott GA. T.. team by 1 second, making the time in 26 seconds.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-09-29

Reports received by the Idaho superintendent of public instruction shows that the trustees of nearly every school district in the State of Idaho are having difficulty in re- tanning school-teachers. The fair pedagogues marry at an alarming rate, and there is 8 constant call for new teachers. Young women flock into Idaho from the East par ticularly Iowa, Illinois, Missouri easily obtain situations as teach CTS, and in from three to six months about fifty per cent. of them are married, leaving their schools for the more congenial surroundings of homes. There are in Idaho so many more men than women that a pret- ty and intelligent girl from any, where has no difficulty in securing more admirers than she knows what to do with. The school-trustees complain because, in many in- stances, teachers marry and desert their schools in the middle of the terms, thus causing much inconve- nience and loss of time. The State superintendent has on file letters from over three hundred women who are desirous of obtaining po- sitions in Idaho, and he is inclined to believe that about fve-sixths of the applicants, having heard of Ida hos fame as @ matrimonial field, are more anxious 10 go there in search of a rich husband than to instruct the hardy youth of the State. If any moro women are employed this year, they will be compelled to sign an iron-bound contract not to mar ry during the school terms, and generous share of their salary will
 be retained as a surety.-Argonaut.