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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-05-11

"Tomson doesn't brag about that
bright boy of his any more" Mop"
~Isn't he bright any moreP" "Well, he
says about the same sort of things all
the time, but he's got to the age when
they're saucY. Y."-HQrper's B0zar.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-05-11

Mrs. Witherby-"Mrs. Plankington
doesn't dress so well as she used to,
does she?" Mrs. Banger-"No. Since
her husband signed the pledge she
hasn't the hold on him that she used
to have y Cloak Rea,ieac
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-05-11

They were dreaming of welded
bliss. after your hard days work,
dear" she murmured. "Yes," he
interrupted earnestly. "You will come
home and talk with me, and hold me
in your lap, and read to me, and drive
all my cares away, and rub my head;
and it will be so sweet, and so Just
like q book!"-Pucb.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-05-11
WIT AND HUM0R.
A o11orArIoN AMENDED.

He left the woodpile and purloined the pie,
This tramp who scOrned all decency and law;
He said-and gayly winked the other eye,
81 came, l conquered, but never saw:
N, Y, Sun
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-05-11

"Say, Charlie, don't you ever get
awful scared here alone, when your
papa and mamma are away to church,"
why, no. You see, I'm never really
alone; mamma says God is always with
me-. "Oh, but l should fink you'd
rather have some of your own folks"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-05-11

81 never send a story out for publ
cation" said Dullpath, the realist,
without first having slept over it" "I
don't believe I've ever read one of
them, either, without doing the same
thing" returned Hawley.-Ha1per's
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-05-11

Jaspar-"For good and pious man
Brown is remarkably lazy and shift
less" Jumpuppe-"Yes; he is a sort
of tramp on the strait and narrow
way. PhiL0deLphiG Record.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-05-11

Tramp-"I want a pension" Pen
sion agent-"W what for?" Tramp-"I
broke my leg in escaping from the
draft" Pension agent-"My dear sir,
the new bill gives you $4,000. ."-zeras
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-05-11

Mrs. Brush-"Has the hanging COM
mittee decided about your picture
yet?" Brush-"Yes." Mrs. Brush
"Are they going to hang it?" Brush
(dubiously)-"I heard the chairman
say he thought hanging was too good
for ."-BrOO6Eu72 Life
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-05-11

"That odious Marie Harley has land
ed Jack Smithers at last" "Yes, Jack
told me of his engagement last night. :"
"When are they to be married?" 90,
never. It's only a Lenten engage
ment. Jack thought he ought to do
penance in some ."-Harper's
B0znr
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-05-11


Applicant for insurance-"No, sir; I
neither drink, chew nor swear.
don't go to the theater or attend balls,
and have no evil associates. / am at
home always by 10 O'clock; am a Sum
day-school teacher, and my morals are
above reproach. l never had days
sickness in my life" gent-"That is
an. extra, extra hazardous risk, young
man, and we can't take it." Appli-
What" Agent-"No. The good
die young, you know" life.
Gilhooly-"Why don't you propose
to Miss Longcoffin? She is dead gone
on you and she is rich besides" Gus
DeSmith-"I would encourage her a
little if it wasn't that she is lame in
one leg" "For heavens sake, man,
don't be a pessimist. Don't look at it
that way" Don't look at what?"
"The situation, of course. Don't say
she is lame in one leg, but remember
that she has one leg she is not lame in.
Look on the bright side of things. Be
an optimist Don't be a bIankety
blank pessimist. "-Teras Sitttngs.
Mr.. Biddebiddle of Philadelphia had
asked the naughty Miss Knickerbocker
of New York to be his wife. "Nicho-
las" she said in low, tremulous tones,
q shall consent upon one condition"
"And that is?" he asked with the light
of acquiescence in his dark-blue eyes.
THAT after we are married we live in
New York" Nicholas recoiled as if
struck with sledge. "Why not Phil
adelphiaP" he gasped. The girl saw
that he was striving with his emotions
and she pitied him. Because, Nicho-
las" she said very gently, 81 can not,
can not live in the country."-DetrOit
Free Press.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-05-11

90, girls! There's tramp!" "Are
you sure?" Eyes. Don't you see
him?" "Now we will have some one
to try our new cooking-school biscuit
or. y UI1shi1e0tO31 Star,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-11-17
Tho Trade In Tow Ruckats,

One of the most profitable branches Of
summer industry is the sale of the little
tin pals and shOvels which the children
use at the seashore. So many of these
toys are sold every day that there Is
great competition in the business. Acting
on the principle that the early bird
catches the worm, the excursion boats
hire boys to peddle the pals on the jour
ney down, to the great annoyance Of
passengers, who fail to see any virtue in
the perseverance that won't take 'Nop'
for an answer. The boys who keep on
asking you to buy from the moment the
boat starts until she reaches her destina-
ton would be altogether unbearable il
they didn't furnish the philosopher with
amusement at the expense of the fellow
who is always boasting about never get
ting left.
Here's yer geld and silver pals and
shovels just from Tiffany's. Only ten
cents each," pipes the kid. "If you wait
until you get to the beach you'll have to
pay fifteen certs. The sand is free, and
all you have to pay is ten cents for the
pail and shovel"
The fellow who knows it all smiles
and look wise as he pays his dime, but
it is the philosopher who does the smiling
when the beach is reached and the same
pals are selling for nickel.-New York
Evening Sun.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-11-17
Tho Sun Cholera Mixture.

More than twenty years ago, when it
was found that prevention of cholera
was easier than cure, q prescription
drawn up by eminent doctors was pub
lished in the New York Sun, and it took
the name of The Sun cholera medicine.
Our contemporary never lent its name
to better article. We have seen it in
constant use for nearly two score years
and found it to be the best remedy for
looseness Of the bowels ever yet devised,
No one who has this by him and takes
it in time will ever have the cholera.
We commend it to all our friends
Even when no cholera is anticipated, il
is an excellent remedy for ordinary sum
mer complaints, collie, diarrhea. etc.
Take equal parts Of tincture of cayenne
pepper, tincture of opium, tincture O
rhubarb, essence of peppermint and spir
its of camphor. Mix well. Dose, fifteei
to thirty drops in little cold water, &C
cording to age and violence of symp
toms, repeated every fifteen or invent.
minutes until relief is obtained. -Ney
York Journal of Commerce.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-11-17
Railroads in Siberia.

Siberia, coupled as its name is with
stories of Russian barbaiity, is not the
barren, terrible land of limitless deserts
which fiction and the drama have pic
tured it. The building of the trans
Siberian railway and the extension of
lines along the northern frontier of
China will greatly change the entire
drama Of civilization. The railroad from
Vladivostock to the Ural mountains will
bring that great Russian laval station
within fourteen days journey of st.
Petersburg, and along thisroute stations
will rapidly grow into towns and offer
opportunities for new and striking de-
velopment.
Russia's enterprise stimulates that of
China, not only as matter of com
petitive ambition, but for strategic
reasons. The railways now being sur
veyed and completed with the Celestial
empire are numerous, and to this end
many foreign engineers are employed.
Soldiers and convicts are largely en-
ployed as workmen, thus cheapening the
cost of labor as far as possible. Hart
ford Globe.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-11-17
A Cake Walk at Long Branch.

The cake walk at Long Branch was
attended by an appreciative lot of white
people from the various hotels, who, in
their anxiety to obtain good places, wait
ed in crowds outside the door long be-
fore the polite person who had been de-
puted to gather in the shekels was able to
escape from the duties of his regular po-
sition and attend to them. When they
finally succeeded in getting inside they
relieved the exuberance of their feelings
by impartially applauding every man.
woman or child who crossed the floor,
regardless of age, color or previous con-
dition of servitude. The first prize-a
large rocking chair-was awarded tC
Miss jackson, slim, dusky maiden il
black satin, with beautiful figure and
a very dignified carriage. She never al
tered her expression one jot from the
beginning of the walk to its end. A for
tunate couple succeeded in taking thu
cake, but the gold watch which had beer
promised as the first prize for gentlemen
failed to materialize.-Ne York Her
aid,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-11-17
A New Discovery.

Quebec (Canada) scientists say that
one of the greatest discoveries of late
years is that made by blacksmith of
that city. 1t is the long lost art known
to the pyramid builders of Egypt as
hardened copper. The man prepared q
piece of his hardened copper one inch
and three-quarters of line thick and
had it tested at the government rifle
ranges at Quebec. The first shot was
fred from distance of forty yards, and
the bullet shivered into a thousand frag-
ments. The leading military authori-
ties there express the conviction that II
on further trials in the English dock.
yards the discovery maintains the same
superiority, most important results must
follow and existing systems be com
pletely revolutionized. = Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-11-17
A blind. Deaf and Dumb Girl.

Helen Keller, the little thirteen-year-
old blind, deaf and dumb daughter Of
Mr.. A. H. Keller, of Tuscumbia, the
wonder of the age and the pride Of Ala
bama, is writing story, the proceeds of
which will be devoted to the children's
building at the Columbian exposition.
Helen Keller, having charged herself
with the maintenance and education OF
little blind boy, has by personal effort
raised $1,000 for this purpose, besides
which 81, 200 was the result Of an enter
tainment instigated by her and given ir
her name for kindergarten for the
blind, and her writings abound in spon
taneous sweetness and grace.-New Or
! leans Picayune.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-11-17
Application for a Patent
No. s77.

UNITED TArEs LAND 0TFrcf
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVES lHAr rur
IN Phoebe @ nsolidsted Nj ing and Rednc-
ton Company, By its authorized agent NAu
uel Il q abe whose postoffic. address !,
Pioche Line In county, stste Of Nevada, has
his da! FIJI d its application for ole thousand
t0ur hun red 30 eight eight (llSSj liner
iee' OF tn Hall Moon" mine or lod, be rino
SHY with surface ground two hunoreo (2MI
ieet la width situa ed in Ely Mining District
county OF Lincoln, State of Nevada, and desiq.
nsted by the field notes and official plat on fle
IN ms ONCE as lot No. 46, in township No OF
range q L, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian.
satd lot No. 46 being described as follows. 10.
wit: W.
Beginning at post marked Post No. 1. u. a.
survey No. AZ, thence running, LIST course. q
80 degrees As minutes, W 2sO.S feet to post
2, U. b. Survey No. 46, whence the mouth of
the Horgan tunnel bears 8 Al degrees IS
minutes. 3l4 ieet; thence, and course, N 81
degrees So minutes: 1888 feet to post No.
U. s. Survey No. 49, thence, Srd course, N 80
degrees As minutes, 280 feet to post No.
to sections 30, 81, Is and 30, Tp l, N r. 81 Il
bears degrees "A minutes. W 1865 feet ;
thence, 4th course, 8 "a degrees SO minutes
W l4oS feet to the place OF beginn ig.
Containing GIT acres
COURSES expressed from the tru meridian
with magnetic variation Of Is degrees and IS
minutes east. The nearest known locations
are the Bryant lode claim on the south and
the lisa Belle lode claim on the north,
Any and all persons claiming adversely any
portion of said Half Moon mine or sur.
lace ground are required to Ale their adverse
claim with the Register Of the United States
Land office at Eureka, In the State of Nevada.
during the period of publication hereof
or they will be debarred by virtue OF tn
provisions ofthe Statute.
J. p. DUsKLE, Register.
IL Is hereby ordered that the foregoing MOTTO.
OF Application for patent be published An th e
Phoebe RECORD, a weekly newspaper. pub.
iished At Phoebe, Lincoln county, Nevada. TO,
the period OF sixty days item consecutive
J. P. DUNKLE. Register.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-11-17

saucepan while it is being boiled. The
air chamber will in such case be kept
central with the longer axis of the egg
which will in consequence DO much
more easily balanced.
To set the egg spinning as described
demands practice, not to mention some
strength, and still more, address. For
the benefit of those who are ambitious
to succeed at the first attempt we indi
cate simpler plan of procedure. Place
the tray on tho table, letting it project
so far over the edge as to be readily and
rapidly grasped by the hand. Place the
egg in the middle, and with the thumb
of the left and the first finger Of the
right hand placed at opposite ends set
it vigorously spinning. 1t will imme-
diately rise on end, still spinning
Quickly seize the tray, and you will
then have nothing to do but to keep the
egg still rotating, which is a very easy
matter. This is done by moving the
tray in horizontal circles, but in the re-
verse direction to that in which the egg
reyOlyeS
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-11-17
Mistaken In His Friands.

When Mr.. Wood, the English sculptor.
was living in Rome he had noble
Scotch deerhound named Eric. This
dog formed friendship with fine
large French dog belonging to an artist
The two used to run and leap together,
and Eric would occasionally bring his
friend to the studio, where he was always
invited in and treated Hospitality.
Sometimes the French dog would
come to the studio door and wait for
Eric to frolic or take walk with him.
One day Mr.. Wood was returning
home from his studio accompanied by
the two dogs. Suddenly there was a
great commotion. A mob of dogs had
attacked the two friends and there was
battle royal. 1t seemed as IL the
Roman CANNES had made conspiracy
against the foreign dogs. The conflict
ragged for some time, but victory was
apparently declaring itself for the two
when the French dog skunk away, ant
left Eric to finish the battle alone. Thi!
the plucky Briton cheerfully did, ant
went home in calm and modest man
ner to have his wounds washed.
But the next day, when the French
dog called as usual at the studio, moth
ing could induce Eric to take the small
est notice of him.
Mr.. Wood coaxed and scolded, ant
finally brought the French dog up clos
to Eric, patting and caressing him. Al
| in vain. Eric would not even turn hi
head toward the recreant.
His behavior said, plainly enough, tina
he had been mistaken in the French
mans character as an officer and u ger
tleman. Out Of consideration for the
old friendship he would not turn an
rend him, but he must decline I'LL fu
Their intercourse. And this line OF col
duct he pursued ever afterward.-
Youth's Companion.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-11-17
Application for a Patent.
No. 97o.

UNITED STATES LAND OFEICE.
Eureka, Nevada, July 8, 1891.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
IN Phoebe Consolidated Mining and Reduc
ton Company, by its authorized agent, Sa,.
uel Y. Godbe, whose postofflce address
tPicche, Lincoln county, State Of Nevada Ia
fhis day filed its application for one thousai
sour hundred and lightweight (1488) linea
ct OF the Elsa Belle" mine or lode bearin
FLYER, with surface ground two hundred 600
feet in width. situated in Ely Mining District
county OF Lincoln, State of Nevada. and desig,.
mated by the field notes Official plat on file
in this Office as lot No. as, in township No. l, y
OF range 81 e, Mount Disblo Base and Mel
dian SAID lot No. se being described as fol.
lows, to. wit:
Beginning at post marked post No. u 6. Sur.
vey No. 45, whence the mouth of the schw, be,
tunnel bears So degrees and 20 mi nutes, n
292 feet; thence running LIST course, 8 80 d.
grees As minutes, 279 feet to post No. gu T.
Survey No. As: thence End course, 81 Ii.
grees SO MINUTES, Z 1888 feet to post No. 8, |.
3. Survey No. Is; thence. 3rd course, N 80 d.
grees As minutes, Z 279 feet to post No. 4, Z.
b. Survey No. As, whence U. 8. Mineral Monu.
ment No. bears as degrees So minutes,
l922.6 feet, d the section corner common 10
sections 20. 81, % and 30. TIP l, N R8T X, besis
8 0 degrees - minutes. W 29T3 feet; thence
4th course, 8 "a degrees 98 minutes, W lis8
feet to to the place Of beginning.
Containing . 70 acres
Courses expressed from the true meridi4 an
with magnetic variation Of Is degrees aad
66 minutes east.
The nearest known locations are the Reir-
bow on the north and the Half Moon Il dc
claim on the south.
Any and all persons claiming adversely any
portion OF said Isa Belle mine 81
surface ground. are required to file their td.
verse claims with the Register of the U, ite,
States Land Office at Eureka. in the State 81
Nevada, during the period Of publ!
cation hereof or they will be debarred by virtus
| of the provisions OF the Statute.
! J. p. DUNKLE, Regist I.
1t is hereby ordered that the foregoing nc lr
Of application for patent be published In the
| Phoebe RECORD, a weekly newspaper publish,
| at Phoebe, Lincoln county, Nevada, for itt
period of sixty days item consecutive weeks
J.P. DUNKLE, Register.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-11-17
The Last Bushraneer Gone.

The last or one of the last of the old
Australian bushrangers is dead. Forty
years ago the name of Black Douglas
was renowned in New South Wales. He
was a negro, and had been prize
fighter before he took to the ropes. His
real name was Russell, and he died in
the hospital at Sandhurst-the old Ben
digo. the Victoria mining town. Bush
rangers already seem almost as extinct
as highwaymen.- Mid-Ulster Mail
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-11-17
has Els Revenge.

.Ha. ha! har laughed Reggy Merri-
man, ''ha! ha! har' and he stuffed an
other suit into his overcrowded valise.
"Well, old man." said his college
chum, who was helping him pack,
'iwhat do you find so funny in your
thoughts just now? Apenny for themp'
"Oh, they're worth more-they're rich
such jokel Ha! hal"
Explain, or I'll dump the contents Of
this valise on the floor again."
do you see that box?'
"Yes, old man; what of it:'
4 rs full of Christmas presents"
"Oh, come off; you're crowding the
season."
"Wait bit. They're my Christmas
presents. That's the joke. Say!'
"Yes, old man."
"You know have cousin Jenny in
Jackson?"
eyes"
"Shes in the joke; and there's my
married sister En- at Lansing and
Bobs wife at Pontiac, and Lii and Kate
they are other fellows sisters. Oh,
how l do love those girls, and they,
every one, will get Christmas present
out of that box"
"Why, what's in it?'
"The presents they sent me every
Christmas for the past six years. Hal
hat
"But what are they?'
"Have patience. They'll save me a
lot of money"
"Tell me, 80 can adopt the same
scheme"
"I'll send them back all their own
presents. Fla, ha!'
''But, for heavens sake, what arc
they?'
"Suspenders, man! Embroidered sus-
penders! Ha! ha! Revenge is sweet
Hal ha! ha!"-Detroit Free Press.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-11-17
Electric Locomotives.

In a recent address before the Chicago
Electric club it was stated that within a
year there will be in operation in this
country five electric locomotives of from
700 to 1900 horsepower and weighing
from forty-five to eighty tons. Such ma
chimes will haul trains of 450 tons at
thirty miles per hour up a grade of
twenty-six feet to the mile, and when
operated at voltage about double that
now used on trolley roads will develop
high speed service.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-11-17
Looking for False Teeth.

Among the funniest happenings at
Old Orchard this summer have been the
constant losses of sets of false teeth by
people in bathing. The loss of plate
Of false molars by some one is an every
day occurrence, and at every low tide
people may be seen walking slowly along
the beach and poking the sand with
canes in generally vain search for the
lost masticators. Bangor Commercial.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-11-17

During the past three months there
were listed in Portland 326,671 live lob
sters and 23,756 canned Holsters. When
we consider the fact that it takes ON an
average the meat of fifty Holsters to fill
one dozen cans, and that the above fig
ures represent the importation of more
than 100000 Holsters in three months
at this port alone, we get some
idea of the enormous consumption OF
this article of food in this country, and
the old inquiry as to how long this drain
upon the rich resources of the coast car
be stood naturally suggests itself
Portland Press.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-11-17
FOR LITTLE FOLKS.


Place hard boiled egg upon tine I'M
der side of smooth, but dull-not pol
ished-tray Move the tray around and
around horizontally, gradually increas-
ing in speed. The egg. resting in the
middle of the tray, is carried around
and around by the movement, and grad
ually begins to revolve on its own axis
faster and faster, till at last it is seen to
rise on end and spin away exactly as n
top would do.
In all experiments involving egg bal
ancing you will find it material aid to
success to keep the egg upright in the