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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-03-10
HORRORS OF LEPROSY.
Medical Science Baffled by tho
Dread Scourge.
How the Disease Is PropaGatea III 'he
Holy Land-The strange Ireat
meut of Lcpers in the Fill


II Is a rather remarkable thing that
medical science is still in such state
of deplorable ignorance with rcgarl to
the disease of lcprosy, says the st.
Louis Globe-Demorat. In all other all
ments the progress of the last twenty
five years has been such as to warrant
the hope that the time will come when
there is no complaint from which
human being suffers which cannot be
diagnosed and treated with success.
But in lcprosy the progress, if any, is
slow. In India to-day the leper is as
common as he was many years ago.
You meet him about the streets, you
see him begging under the verandas of
every house of the wealthy.
The lepers are isolated, cast out from
even their own family, and it has been
recorded that the government has had
to interfere to prevent father burying
his own son alive in order to prevent a
spread Of the malady. In the Holy
Land the lepers are to be met with
roaming about and begging from every
visitor, and indeed in several other
parts of the world they are to be met
with in equal numbers. The English
government has sent out many COM
missions to India to inquire into the
subject, but 50 far little has been ac-
complished. There is not as yet suffic-
lent hospital accommodation, and SO
the lepers wander about in some of the
out-of-the-way places, and the dis
ease is propagated. In connection with
the subject there is curious thing as
to cure in the Fiji islands.
1t is recorded, by missionary who
has himself heard the tale from one
who actually experienced what he mar
rates. The cure is effected by the poi
sonous juice of the sinugaga and the
process is this: The victim is taken in
to house away from the center Of the
population. He is stripped of his
clothes and his body rubbed with green
leaves. Then small fire is lighted
and few pieces of the sinugaga laid
on it. When the smoke begins to as.
cend the man is bound hand and foot
and lifted over the fire until his head
reaches about fifteen inches above
the ground. There he is allowed tc
writhe in his agony for sometimes
hours, till it is thought he has been suf
ficiently smoked. Then the body is
gashed and allowed to bleed freely
The man may live or die. For tho
time he is left lying on the rough pal
let prepared for him. If he lives he
gets better That at least was the case
with the man of whom tho missionary
wrote. f-
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-03-10
MINING PLUM6AGO.
Primitive Methods olioweI by the Ma
tives of Ceyion.

Primitive Methods oliowei by the Ma
tives of Ceyion.
A Colombo Journal gives an interest
ing description of the manner in which
the natives of Ceylon mine for plum
bago. A nati.c usually drives a shaft
until he is no longer able to contend
with the flow of water in the mine. He
then stops working and afterward
drives galleries, and this he continues
to do as long as his lamps will burn;
but the moment they are eXtinguished
by the gases collected in the gallery he
ceases working in that part and con-
tinucs upward, refilling the shafts he
has dug with the debris from the mine.
In other cases, instead of sinking
shaft, a large open exiting is made, in
which the vein is followed and galleries
afterward run as occasion may require.
There is no system for ventilatihg the
mines, and the result is that after
blast much time is wasted before the
mine is sufficiently cleared of foul gases
to allow working to be resumed. The
great object of the native proprietor is
to keep his expenses as low as possible.
As to the timber he is using he knows
nothing of its strength, and is quite un-
able to work out the strain it will
stand. He doubtless knows certain
timber will resist damp and is stronger
md tougher than other woods, but as
the wood is generally green and full Of
sap it ca-s'ot resist the ravages of damp
rs it would do if it were properly sea-
soned.
The result is that the shafts and gal
'crics are frequently insufiiciently tim
ocrcd. The windlass used is frequent
| y not strong enough and has no ratchet
wheel, SO that serious accidents may oc-
'ur in raising and lowering miners.
The rope is the ordinary coir rope of
5hc country, the strength of which
varies very much, according to the
make and the quality of the fiber used.
Instead Of ropes ladders are frequently
uses by the miners, and these are made
Of the toughest materials and frequent
! ~ tied with jungle rope or ordinary coli
yarn. There is no regulated distance
between the rurigs,, and the ladder is
placed perpendicularly to the bottom Of
the pit, and when tits remembered how
highly fabricated the wood must gel
from the hands and feet of the natives
who have been working plumbago, the
rreat danger they run every time they
mount and descend can be well con
ccived.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-03-10
A Queer Remedy.

1t often occurs in the various gas
works of the city that men working in
the retort houses are overcome by the
fumes If gas and are in danger of as
phyxiation, says the Philadelphia Rec
ord. There is uniform remedy for all
such cases, and it never fails in nine
hundred and ninety-nine instances out
of one thousand. As soon as man ex-
hibits symptoms of being affected by
the gas he is promptly given o Seidlitz
powder. This generates gas in the
stomach and as it is thrown off it car
res with it the noxious coal gas which
the patient has inhaled. Large sup
plies of the powders are always kept on
hand at the different works for use in
such emergencies.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-03-10
TIE AGE OF POLITICS.
An Interesting lecture By n Famous Pro
fnssor of Vienna, Austria.

An Interesting Lecture By n Famous Pro-
fnssor of Vienna, Austria. -
''Public spirit in the nineteenth cen
tury," was theme lately treated by
Prof. Dr. Adolph Eraner of the Univer-
sity of Vienna, Austria. He insisted on
the necessity of particular promotion of
the spirit of patriotism in the students.
The spirit of modern society. he said, is
exclusively and one-sidcdly determined
by natural science, which has caused a
neglect of the development Of political
discernment. Nothing attracts the at
tention of the general public at present
but subjects of natural science, even
women profess being interested in these
questions, and, on the other hand, to be
indifferent to the facts and relations OF
the political world. This spirit of the
exact sciences has even infected men of
law and philosophy, who will reduce
criminal law to psychology, will talk of
the physiology" of law, of love, of art,
will lecture on the physiological meth
cd" of law and write books of many
volumes on the structure and life of
| the body of society" 1t is an influence
of this physical spirit that people con-
tenn the past ages of the world, even
going so far as to hold the middle ages
and actually also the empire of ancient
| Rome in contempt.
A change must come and it is already
preparing; the historic, pol ltical school
of research has resumed its labors with
courage and franlness. This reaction
is also necessary result of events. The
new awakening of constitutional life,
the immense creations of great states
men in the service of popular ideas and
the wonderful problems Offering for So
luton on the basis of broader principles
and which every body knows cannot be
solved by measuring and weighing or
by logarithms and equations, all these
circumstances have infused new energy
into politics as science and popular
interest. 1t will require all the wisdom
and power of the political spirit to
solve these difficulties and avoid fatal
crises in the state organism attempting
to assign to the fourth estate it's just
position in the social organization. II
is the struggle with this problem which
will make the twentieth century q po-
litical age, and nobody must hope to be
able to fill his place in it unless he shall
have acquireda sufficient political edu
a cation.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-03-10
weight of the Brain.

The average weight of the brain OF
man bears definite relation to the cir
mate in which he lives, q higher brain
weight being found in cold than in
warm countries. In proportion to their
stature, the Lapps have the largest
heads in Europe, the Norwegians next,
then come the Swedes, Germans, Trench
and Italians. In the Arab the head is
found to be smaller than any of tho
above, while in the far north there ex
lists people called Chugatshes whose
heads are remarkably large.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-03-10
The Silo Going Out.

Some years ago there was q sudden
fashion for. the conversion of green
stuffs into what is called ensilage. In
various parts of the country, and es-
pecially in4some parts of Scotlan nd, ex-
pensivc silos were built into W hich the
green grass was thrown to be preserved
by fermentation. One hears less Of en-.
silagc now that six years ago. The
truth is that the silo has gone out of
fashion again: Scores of them are
standing idle in Scotland, and the sys
tenn has manlfestly failed to acclimatizt
itself.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-03-10
Friendship Rewarded,

In England rich man died recently,
md four hundred invitations were is
sued to his intimate friends" to attend
the funeral. Only twcnty-nine came.
Eight days afterward these twenty
ninc, faithful till death, received q let
Ter to call on the deceased's lawyer.
They did SO, and each received, accord
ing to the will, 1890 If lady, and Gaoo
II gentleman. The testator further
directed that the names of those who
received his bequests should be pub
hshed in the journals to punish those
who had not put themselves out of their
way to attend his funeral.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-03-10
Application for a Patent
No. 0SA.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
Eureka, Nevada, August "a, 1891,


NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
~ Phoebe Consolid tied Mining and Reduce
tion Company, by its authorized Agent, Sam.
uel I. Godbe, whose post-otfice address is
Phoebe, Lincoln county, State of n evada. has
this day filed application for fifteen hundred
tl600) feet of the SCI. 10 vein, lote or deposit
bea,lug silver. togehe with surface ground
two hundred 1900 feet in width for the con
venient working thereof, situated in Ely Min
ing District, County of lincoln and State Of
Nevada. and designated by Il Q field notes and
official plat on file in this ofi,e. as Lot 81,
Township No north OF range No. 81 east,
Mount D1ablo Base al Meridian. The exter-
Tor boundaries of said lot No. 90 being as fol.
lows to-wit
BEGINNING at post marked No. i, U. Sur.
vey No. GO. on the southern side OF the Papac-
ker Lode claim. o. 8. Survey No. 50. thence
running lst course north II degrees 07 min
uteB east, $40 feet to post No. 2, U. 8 Survey
No. 90, at the northwest corner OF U. 3. Sur
vey No. 40, Zero Lode claim, whence the cor
Der common to sections %, %, 26 and ~ Of
Township north of range 81 East bears south
So degrees So minutes east, 25f6 feet and
Wheeler's Monument bears north SO degrees
and 2U minutes east. 2546 2-l0 feet; thence 2Dd
course, south 81 degrees and 81 minutes cast,
$50 feet along the southwest side line Of U. 8.
Survey No 40, Zero Lode claim, to post No. 8,
us Survey No 30; thence Sd course, south
10 degrees and 40 minutes west, 2t6 feet to
post No. 4, o. 5, Survey No. SO; thence 4th
I u
/ $50 feet to post No. 8, U, S. survey No SO:
thence 9Th course, south II degrees OF minutes
| west, $40 feet to pest No. 6, U. s. Suivey No.
80; thence 9Th course, north, 10 degrees 46 n in
utes east, 49 4l0 feet to the center line w hence
the discovery shaft bears north n degrees, OF
minutes east $40 feet; 2J6 leet TO post Mol, al
4 the place Of beginning. Containing Q 68.1ll
acres.
The cours es are expressed from tn true mer
idan, with magI etie variation Of Is degrees
IS minutes east. The nearest known claim,
are the Paracker lcde Claim, U. i. Survey No
80 on the north, and the ro lode aim, u Il
Survey No. 30 on the northeast.
Any and all persons claiming adversely an,
portion of said sCIPIo Mine or surfac
ground, are required to file ther advers
claims with the Register of the United State
land Office at Eureka in the stAte of Nevada dur
ing the sixty day period Of publicstionI here OF
or they will be barred by virtue Of the Pre-
vision of the Statute.
) P. DuNKLE. Register.
1t is hereby o., ,dered that the foregoing motto
Of application for patent. be published 4.
the period Of sixty days, ten consecutiv
weeks ,inths PIoCHE RKConD, weekly new
paper published at Phoebe, Lincoln Count.
Nevada.
JP. DuSKLE. Register.
sept.s
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-03-10

Apple catiOnfOr a Patent
No. 974.
UNITED STATS LAND OFFICE,
Eureka, Nevada, July 8, 1891,

UNITED STATS LAND OFFICE,
Eureka, Nevada, July 8, 1891.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
IN Phoebe Consolidated Mining and Reduc-
tion Company, by its authorized agent, Samuel
T. 9odbe, whose postoffice address is Phoebe,
Lincoln county, state Of Nevada, has this day
filed is application for one thousaI four
hundred and eighty-eight ti48S) linear feet Of
the Essential" mine or lode bearing silver.
wi h surface ground two hundred 1900 feet in
width situated in Ely Mining Distr ct, County
Of Lincoln, State Of Nevada. and designated by
the sld notes and official plat on file in this
Office as lot No A in to ansbip No. /, N range
81 of Mount Diablo Base and Meridian; said
lot No. A being described as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at post marked Post No U s
Survey No Al, whence the mouth Of the Hor.
gan tunnel bears.N 70 d. tgrees 50 minutes, E
600 feet, and thence running 1st course, 80
degree As minutes, 28i feet to post No s
Survey No a; thence, End course, N "a degrees
SO minutes Il l485 feet to post No U Survey
No ~, whenc u s Mineral Monument bears s
65 degrees IL minutes, w 650.2 eet and the
secti n corner common to sec ions 90, 81, 28
and 20, TIP IN r G7 E, bears 8 IL degrees so
minutes. e 1900 = feet, thence, 3rd course, N SO
degrees As minutes. to post No4 U y survey
| No "A; thence = 81 degrees SO minutes w to post
| No l, at the place of beginning.
Containing n acres.
| Courses expressed from the true meridian
! with maj netic variation OF Is degrees and 55
minutes east
| The nearest known locations are the Sun
shine, War Eege and Abe Lincoln lode min
| ing claims.
ANY and all persons claiming adversely an
| portion of said Essential mine or surfac
ground are required to f1le their adverse claim
eith the Register of the United States Lant
Office at Eureka, In the State of Nevada, during
the period Of publication hereof. or they will
be barred by virtue of the pr. vision Of tn,
statute. J. p. DUNKLE. Register.
/
1t Is hereby ordered that the foregoing no
tice Of application for patent DO published il
ths Phoebe REct RID, weekly newspaper pub
lishetl at Phoebe, Lincoln county, Nevada, 70
the period Of sixty days item consecutiv
weeks. j P. DUNKLE, Register.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1892-01-05
Rasn,utinnn of Iisaneah.

At q meeting Of Christiana Lodge,
No. 8, I. o. @. t., held in the lodge
room on Saturday evening, january
I'd, 1892, the following preamble and
resolutions were unanimously
adopted;
WHKREAs, It has pleased Almighty
God In His wisdom TO remove from
our midst our beloved brother John
W. Whiteman, and
wHBRHAs, While we bow in humble
submi isslon to the will OF Divine Provl-
dence we deeply feel the loss OF our
brother who has been taken from us,
and therefore be 1t
Resolved, That in the death of Bro.
Whiteman this lodge has lost one OF Its
most faithful members, aud the cause
OF temperance all earnest advocate.
Resolved, That this lodge will ever
hold iii fond remem berance the ser-
vices Of Brother Whlteman, feeling that
his place among us will be hard in
deed to fill.
Resolved, That the sympathies OF
this lodge are with the family OF the
deceased in their aflllction, and
Resolved, That the :charter Of
this lodge and the chair Of the finan
cial secretary be draped in mourning
for u period of six months.
Resolved, That copy of these reso-
lutions be sent to the family Of the
deceased, and also that they be cen t
to the Wilmington DAILY kEpuBL1oAE
for publication.
DAVID APpI.EBY,
b. f. Price.
THOMAS APPLEBY,
Committee.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1892-01-05
FOURTH EDITION
Our Dover Letter.
Correspondent 20 of the REPUBIhcAE.

OoTresponutu3c 20 OF the IhkPubiiCAH.
Dover, Del, Jan. a, 1892 Christmas
and New Years holidays have passed,
and our merchants, one and all, are
rejoicing at the great increase of busi-
ness transacted by them this season
over that OF previous years.
do not know OF an unoccupied
dwelling at present in town, and at
this time last year there were some
seventy-iive, and think there ia not u
person In this community possessed
of any degree OF candor but will admit
that this improved state of things in
Dover is due.in great measure, IL
not altogether, to the beneficial effects
OF tho Mckinley tariff bill.
Had 10 not been but for the passage
of that bill whereby protection to
home industry Is guaranteed, we
would have had no hosiery and no but
ton factories.
The citizens Of Dover are gradually
becoming awake to the Necessity of
keeping pace with the age In witch we
live. They now want the straits to
have electric lights like other and even
smaller towns than Dover, and IL shall
be pledge to be required of candi-
dates for election as members Of our
town council next March that they
shall endeayor to have our streets SO
| lighted.
And in reference to this matter am
| iui formed that John II. Jones, who
never talks without saying something,
/ snys that, considering We have ut our
Water Works balers OF more capaci-
ty than is at present required, und two
engines who are not busily employed
all the hours they are paid Tor our
electric lighting of the town would lie
il not at less cost than the present un-
satisfactory mCde would cost very
/ little more to the tax payers We want
a FREQ public news room &nl library,
! and the Young Mems Republican CLUB
| purpose in the near future to eStab-
lish something in that way
The State Sentinel which takes an
interest in the moral and physical
health of its readers and which weekly
presents etereotyped sermon by DR..
TGlmage ANA Dr i'icGe'5 advertisement
OF Manhood How Lost and How Re-
stored, us well as Information as TO
where pennyroyal pills may lie OBJ
tainrd. said on Saturday that much
Indigestion was caused this week
among tho parents Of this community
by the posting ufnudo figures of wom-
Ell representing a variety troup,' but
your correspondent has seen no nude
| figures posted, nor can lo lind any
person who has.
There have been advertisements
posted where advertisements generally
arc posted, announcing the visit Of a
variety troupe, but such ADVERTISE
mrnts were no more calculated to call
forth indignation from tho simple
mind" than the many such which have
Lean posted in reference to the visits
of circuses or other entertainments
which have been allowed to pass with
out any expression OF indignation OF
comment
Similar posters were seen in Will
mingtun this week without any re-
mark from any of the Wilmington
papers, and of the entertainment given
by the troupe. so advertised the viii
mington REPUBLICAN, md other papers
spoke very highly. liut perhaps the
sentinel and its ind dignanL friends
are
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1892-01-05
Amusements.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.

The next attraction at the Grand
Opera House will be the realistic drama
Roger La Honte," Thursday and Fri
day evenings. The play is Frenvh
production and has packed the opera
houses OF Paris for some time past.
The story 10 founded on novel under
the same title by the celebrated French
romancer, M. Geiser, dramatlzed in its
present form and adapted for the
American stage from the French OF
jules Mary Roger buroque 10 aprom-
lnent figure in every scene and no
dramatic situation Is attempted with
out his presence. The excellent ma
terial In the drama will be skillfully
handled.
The next attraction at the Grand
Opera House, following the above real
istlc drama, will lie Barry and Fay, in
'Mckenna'S Filtration, on Saturday
evening. This play is well-known to
the theatre-goer OF tho Eastern cities.
TIE citizens OF Wilmington cannot
find more suitable place to spend en-
joyabie leisure moments from every
day trials.
"a Dark Secret" well-known
DIANA. will be presented at the Grand
Opera House next Monday evening.
ACADEMY OF MUSIC,
Bouchaleen, q realistic nelO drama
was presented at the Academy last
evening to good audience. The title
role OF shaun" WAS essayed by Mr..
Paddy Murphy, All artist who Is we'll
known to the theatre, goers of this
city. Mr.. Murphy is celebrated as an
Irish comedian, vocalist and dancer.
The greatest feature of this company
is the appearance of the strong men,
Cyctops and Sandowne, who break
steel chains and liTt heavy bard dumb
bells. An offer of @l00 is standing for
any one who viii appear or the stage
and outlo them in their feats. The
sane will be presented this and to.
morrow evenings, A matinee will bo
| given tomorrow afternoon for ladies
and children.
"Oh! What a Night, great comedy
success will be presented at the Acad.
envy tho latter three evenings OF this
| week By Americas popular comedian.
ChaS. \. Lodei, supported by the viva
cious scuhratte, Miss Josie SissoL, and
an excellent company Of artiats.
= '=as---
| Accidents will occur not only "in
the best regulated Families hnt eyer }
where and at all lines. Therefor,
keep salvation Oil conYeni5ut.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1892-01-05
snlann NINTH.

Mrs. Maria Worth. w.!ov of the
late John Worth, violinis. led NJ her
home, $40 Z. Ninth street, Mt $50
o'clock this murAiug. Yes; arluymorn-
ing she Was conyalescHnt from the
grip and was congratulated by her
physician
i}ut at 3 o'clock p. M, she had a
stroke after which She never spoke.
She wonld roll her eyes and look at
her children, all OF whom weFe present
except Clara WHO was sick in Philadel.
phia, viz: Mary, Marths, William,
John. Emma, Annie and Harry.
The funeral will lie on Friday after
noon at 2 o'clock, under The direction
OF Rector dunlap of Old Swatica
Church and proceed to tho Whining
ton and hrandywine Cemrntery Her
only living brother Wiliiam Barber,
was also present at the death-bed scene.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1892-01-05
The Indian Association Meeting.

Benevolent Indian relief at Mrs.
Eield's Monday afternoon recorded
the months work. Two barrels OF
goods valued at $40 were sent to the
Qnapaw Agency, Indian 1y. and to
Jeremiah Hubbartlis Mission one box
with contents worth Sl5, to Miss Good
en- missionary at Nez Percy, Idaho.
Contributions OF money are needed
and may be sent to Mrs Sarah L.
Hilles 1908 King street A lso kinder
garten supplies.
About year ago the LEGAL assoela.
lion loaned certain sum of money 10
James and Minnie Hamilton. then stu.
dents in the Hampton (Ka.) school.
They built home among James rela-
tives. the Omnhas, and are now said to
be we'll fixed. The first payment on
the loan was made by Hamilton re.
Gently.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1892-01-05
Low Price for Flour.

Hungarian, O. o. flour Il : lbs. 4sc.
Bbl. $3.50 Dbl. of.
Pntapsco Hour 1915 lbs. 3Gc. Bbl.
S. 80 bhl off
I.ca's +, FF. Clifton flour 12i lbs.37c.
Bbl. $500 Dol. off.
Pride OF Delaware, +. T. +. L. flour
l2t4 lbs. 37c. Bbl 500 bbl. Off
BARLEY Woods Best flour l2 lbs. 31c.
Bbl. $500 Dbl. of.
Lea's kikwood flour 12'4 lbs. S5c.
Bbl. 1875 bbl. off.
Fairy Queen flour 12!4 lbs. 35c. Bbi.
s5'25 bbl. OF.
our Standard flour 12I lbs. 35c. Bbl
S5 IS bbl of:
Jack Frost flour l2I4 lbs. 35c. Bbl.
s5.25 bhl. of.
White Cap flour 12i4 lbs. Sic. Bbl.
50 10 hbl. of
Queen OF the Pantry flour 12ii 3ic
Bbl. IS. 10 hbl. on
Leas Hominy So per quart.
Meredith's cash grocery, Southwest
corner sixth and Madison streets.