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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-01
CHEAP LITERATURE.
II Took Him Four Hours to Discover
His Eyes Were Weak.

II Took Him Four Hours to Discover
His Eyes Were Weak.
He had hand-cart loaded with
novels, says the New York Evening
World, all OF which were marked at
the extraordinary low price of 10
cents. He took his station near the
corner OF Broadway and Murray
street, and presently a man came
along and halted and ran his eye over
the books.
"Take your choice for 10 cents, u
said the dealer in persuasive tones.
THAT seems to be remarkably
cheap" replied the man.
at is, sir. Any one OF these books
retails at 25 cents elsewhere.
docs, eh? Well, mebbe can find
something to interest me-"
He put on his eyeglasses and began
to search. This was 10 O'Clock in the
forenoon. He picked up several books
and read a few pages, and at IL
o'clock the dealer observed:
"Only 10 cents for your choice OF
any OF these 25-cent books"
"That's remarkably cheap-remark-
ably cheap" replied the man, as he
sat down on box and continued to
read.
Twelve o'clock came and he was
right there. He had changed off from
IA Heartless Wife" to "a Too Loving
Husband" and the dealer hitched
about uneasily as he announced;
"Make your choice now. These are
all 25-cent books going for 10 cents. u
Cant see how you can afford 1t
but | suppose you picked up bar
gain" replied the customer.
At l o'clock he let go OF love anG
picked out pirate story, and he was
on page 81 when the dealer took oc
casion to remark:
"These books are for sale at II
cents each. This is no free reading
room"
Ten cents is cheap-remarkably
cheap" replied the man. "Im no
posted, but | should say the ink alon,
cost as much as that"
1t was 2 o'clock, and he had changed
off on a detective story when the deal
err felt that the limit had been reached
and bluntly demanded:
do you want to buy book, sir?'
''Ten cents apiece, you said?'
ayes, SIR"
And they retail everywhere else 10
quarter?'
They do"
Remarkably cheap, and | don
see how you can afford to do it. Ii
teller wanted a book this would be
great opportunity for him"
"Do you want a book, sir?"
"No, guess not. They are remark
ably cheap, but don't find exactl
my style, and my eyes also bother m
considerably. Ten cents is dog-chear
but | suppose you got bargain,
guess I'll be going, but hope you
sell 'em all. It's great opportunity
and the public ought to take advant
age OF 1t. Goodbye
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-01
Taking u Bath without Towels.

Many people will be surprised to
hear that great many Of our profess
sional athletes look upon a cold bath,
without the aid of towels, as their
principal aid to health. The method is
to take cold sponge bath every morn
ing Immediately on rising and then,
while dripping wet, to draw on ones
flannel singlet and pants. The bather
then starts walking up and down his
bedroom at a smart pace. He is soon
bathed in a most delicious perspiration,
aud in about five minutes finds himself
dcliciously fresh and as dry as the pro-
verbal bone. His underclothing is per-
fectly dry as we'll and he can finish
dressing at his leisure. Cinquevalli
the juggler, equilibrist and athelete, as
cribes his years of unvarying health
and his muscles Of iron to this method
Of bathing without towels.-lIondon
Tit-BitS.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-01
An Electrified Sidewalk.

People in the neighborhOOd of the cor
ncr of Main and State streets had some
excitement yesterday shortly after
noon. A trolley supply wire in some
way broke away from the insulator
and came in contact with the iron pole.
The electric fluid soon reached the
sidewalk and filled the icy bricks so
that several persons received severe
shocks. For while, as the first vic
tins watched for the ones who might
follow. there was lots Of fun. A mar
nan would come along, and as he
reached the limits Of the electricity'S
force, would stop suddenly and look
down to see what had struck him. A
step forward and another severe shock
and he would grow pale and all sorts
of awful things began to rush on him
Dire diseases which began by such
awful symptoms, the victim would req
son, must be shortly fatal, but soon the
laugh Of some watchers or the sight OF
another victim would rnaSSure him, and
soon the cause was found, But the
funniest Of all was little dog who
came running ioyously down the street
and on the charmed walk. Then came
a howl Of wild anguish and surprise
and the dog tried to leave. But he
conldn't; the harder he tried, the closer
he was drawn toward the pole. He lay
down; worse yet; every hair formed /;
wire. as it were, to conduct the fluiC
to his body. At last desperate jerk
and he fell into the gutter, where he
found relief. Soon after the wire was
fixed and the fun ceased.-Springtie
(Mass.) Republican.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-01
KEYBOARD OF THE MACHINE.

at their gross totals, and upon this
work the Hollerith system was put
through kind of preliminary canter.
The ingenious machine was fitted with
a small numbered keyboard of ordi-
nary construction, the keys being con-
nected electrically with the dials.
which were so arranged that one of
them would furnish the grand total of
families as a check against the separ-
ate totals of the others for families of
different sizes. The keys were in three
rows, of which the top one, stamped
from to s, recorded the number of
families in each house. The other two
rows nearer the manipulation were
numbered from | to 10 and II
to 20 and recorded the persons
in each family. The enumerators
having given this information
in little space provided at the top of
their schedules, il was easy for a
quick eyed and quick fingered clerk
to transfer the items to the dials of the
machine or make special note of such
rare families asexceeded twenty mem
bers. Evidently the multiplying of
the number of families by the number
OF persons in each class would, if cor
rect yield the result indicated by the
total, and hence the work was capa-
Die OF very thorough check The ex-
pertness acquired in manipulating the
hoiierith machines may be inferred
from the fact that some of the women
tabulators thus counted AS many as
$4,000 person day or the inhabit-
ants Off good sized city. The average
for the women tabulators, who worked
IN the day time, was about 1850 each,
! while the men tabulators, handicapped
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-01

1erful work that he determined to visit
the inventor Mr.. Hermann Hollerith,
Of Washington.
This is not an advertisement, but
notice of what an inventive American
genius has succeeded in accomplishing.
The Hollerith machine was used for
the first time in taking the census of
1890, and it is for such stupendous
labor that it is best fitted. When the
present census was organized a COM
mission was appointed to advise the
superintendent as to the best methods
TO tabulate the census data, that would
overcome the faults and delays of the
primeval tally sheet. Three methods
were put to the test and four enumer-
alton districts of TIE census of 1880 in
the city of st. Louis were taken for the
work Three systems were tried-the
Iiollerith. the Hunt and the Pldgin
system. 1t was found that the
time occupied in transcribing
their contents BY the Hol-
lerith method. according to the In
ventive Age, was 72h,, 27m.; by the
Hunt method 144h, 25m.; by the Pid-
gin method, 1lOh, som. The time oc-
cupied in tabulating was found to be
as follows: Hollerith's electrical
counters, All. 2Sm.; by the Hunt slips,
ssh. 22m.; by the Pidgin chips, 44h.
Aim. This settled it. The commits
sion also estimated that on basis of
$4,000, 900 population, the saving with
the Hollerith apparatus would be nearly
$780, 900. AS a matter of fact, as the
saving was based on an estimate of 500
cards punched per day, while roo was
the average, the saving is 40 per cent
more than was expected.
Many people will remember the
broad sheet schedules that were pre-
sented to them by the official enumer-
ators to be filled up, Each of these
schedules provided for some thirty de.
tails regarding any of ten individuals.
Such sheet would therefore serve fol
, family or household of ten people
but as matter of fact it was found
that the average fell slightly be,
low five; so that in the
neighborhood of $4,000, 900 OF
these schedules were sent into
the census office, representing the work
of about fifty thousand enumerators
To-day these sheets, tied up in about
fifty thousand packages, have been ap
propriately deposited in one of those
time honored storehouses of vital sta
tistics-a church-and constitute liter
ally our modern Book of Numbers.
The first thing, however, to be don,
with these myriad records was to ge
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-01
THE LAST UNICORN.
Extinction OF the White Rhinoceros,
the Largest of Quadrupeds Save One.

A wondrous brute, which only
within the present century emerged
from the realm of myth into that of
scientific knowledge, has within the
present year passed into the realm of
history. Reports from South Africa
declare that the last white rhinoceros
has been killed and that it's skeleton,
hide and horn are now being shipped
to England to enrich natural history
museum. Thus the largest of modern
quadrupeds, excepting the elephant,
becomes extinct, along with the beau
tiful quagga, the dodo, the great aux
and other noteworthy members of the
animal kingdom which have vanished
from the world before the rapacity of
man.
For ages the only known habitat of
the unicorn was on a coat of-arms and
he was discredited as reality until an
actual one-horned rhnoceros was
found IN India and Sumatra, when
folk began to revise their syllabus of
repudiated legends. Still the Aslatic
rhlnoceros was poor sort of creature
for such heroic fame. and it was not
until the opening of the present cent
ury that the unicorn was fully identi-
fed with the uncouth pachyderm. At
that time Burchell discovered, In the
region of South Africa, between the
Orange and Zambesi rivers, the stu
pendous creature known as rhnoceros
sinus, or, in common phrase, the white
or one-horned rhinoceros, although,
indeed, it was neither white nor, strict
ly speaking, one horned
Its color was dirty gray, almost
verging on mouse color. And it had
two horns, though one was so small as
to be scarcely perceptible; mere
hump with tuft of stout bristles,
three or four inches high The other
real horn was from three to four
feet long, thick and tufted about Will,
bristles at the base, and curving and
tapering gracefully to hard sharn
point. This might have been formid-
able weapon in a battle, though the
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-01
CASHIER MAY.
His Signature Is the Best Known in the
World.

world
The office of chief cashier of the
Bank of England dates from the com.
mencement of the banks business, in
July, 1894, and Mr.. +. May, latterly sc
prominently before the public is the
thirteenth in order of succession, but
he is already the sixth in order OF
length of occupancy of the position.
Of his predecessors the shortest reign
was that of Thomas Kenrick, the first
chief cashier, who for some reason no,
now known-perhaps overwhelmed by
his responsibilites-retired after only
twelve days service! The longest
reigns were those of Thomas Madockes
forty-one and three-fourths years, and
of Abraham Newland, twenty-nine ano
three-fourths years.
The chief cashier may be regarded
almost as head permanent official OF
a state department, upon whom falls
the duty of perpetuating the traditions
of great and historical institution.
Mr.. May has been instrumental in in
Producing man%edeforms, and is well
known tOdDe a~strOnfG-SnnpOrter OF the
policy of adapting, as far as is consist
ent with safety, the procedure of the
Bank of England to the requirements
of modern methods of business,
His name is known most widely,
outside the bank and the city, in con.
nection with the issue of Bank of Eng.
land notes, and an American puts in
his record of visit to the bank the
following note: -. well-known New
York banker had given me letter OF
introduction to Mr.. +. May, cashier OF
the bank, whose signature, by the
way, is better known than that of any
other person in the world, tor on every
Bank of England note is printed fac
smile of his name in his own hand.
writing; and may say here, further
more, that Bank of England note is
the safest piece of paper in the world
Mr.. May received me courteously. He
is rather good-looking Englishman.
with high forehead, clear eyes, short,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-01
NINE. FATENA. the wife of the

NINE. FATENA. the wife of the
Japanese minister at Washington, is
Lying to wear civilized clothes, and
her onfy uuJecJlon 10 corseJs seems
to be that she cannot with them sit
on the floor. on cushions, as she was
bred to do There should be law
forbidding the sale OF corsets to
women who have been brought up
without them. We try by law to
prevent our citizens from being de-
moralized by Eastern customs, no
matter how enticing. Ought we not
to do something to prevent foreign
ers acquiring vicious habits when
they are con demned TO live in our
midst.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-01

"PICK-ME-UP" is the name by which
the elixir with which Premier Glad
stone ENTHUSIASTICALLY refreshes
himself is known. The G. o. NJ.
carries this preparation with him
wherever he goes, in a little glass
jar 1t is some kind of LIQUID, is
yellow in color and is only taken in
homeopathic doses. What it is or
whore the old man gets it is mys-
terry, but that it's influences are ex-
hilarating and revivifying there can
be no doubt in the minds of those
who have seen Gladstone suddenly
change from an apparently exhaust
ed to a refreshed, almost jubilaut,
condition. What is this Pick-me -up'
Not only the old but the young
America would like to know.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-01

FROM the Aluminium Industrie
Actein Gescllschaft of Feuhausen,
Switzerland, comes the news that
the process OF producing aluminium
has been so cheapened that there is
now profit on it at forty-fve cents
pound. This is said TO be lower
than the present price OF tin. Owing
to the low specific gravity of this
modern metal and its declining cost
it is likely to become the most pop.
ular OF all kitchen utensils.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-01

The total number of immigrants
arriving at New York during 1898
did not exceed S65, 900, against $685.
406 for 1892, OF the total, o., 29O
came from Italy, 81, 100 from Ger
many and IS, 905 from Russia France
sent over less than 1000 and Spain
but Ia The total number is large
ly in excess OF what was expected,
in view OF the enormous number OF
people already out of employment
here. 1t was tremendous addition
to the army OF unemployed for which
the lax immigration laws and the
loose way of enforcing those already
enacted must be held largely respon-
sib.e. 1t is altogether too large a
body for the country to assimilate
and to Americanize, even though the
times were propitious.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-01

THE bill to consolidate New York,
Kings, Queens, Westchester and
Richmond counties into one great
city is now pending at Albany With
Boss Mclaughlin a-cold in Brooklyn
the prospects for the success of the
proposition are brighter than they
ever were before. Chicago's 1000
900 will not be in it in the race for
first place il this bill passes. New
York will then have only one rival in
the world, and that the capital OF
Great Britain.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-01
ara ons Of Mrs, Radclife's gifts On

were one OF Mrs. Radcliffe's gifts On
my wedding day-a gift did not want
to accept at first, they brought back
so wildly that first unhappy day.
But when Gilbert reminded me that
but for them we might never have
met became reconciled to their pos
session, and the place OF honor in my
Jewel case is filled by the emerald ear
rings. Elmo Parr, in Waverly.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-01

A LADY with intent to manifest her
displeasure recently threw cupful
OF vitriol at female acquaintance.
Her aim being bad, most OF the liquid
rebounded and smote the thrower,
affording her a lesson in manners,
and at the same time giving rare
example OF justice getting in its
work promptly.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-01

WHEN the worlds fair in Chicago
closed there was much speculation as
to what would become OF the numsr-
Gus buildings which were erected
near the grounds for the accomlnoda-
ton of visitors to the exposition.
Investigation shows that families
have been moving into the hotels and
Hats by hundreds, and that but few
of them are left vacant Everything
is fish which comes to Chicago's net
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-01

THE appellate court Of Indiana has
decided that any person over 10 years
of age who shall point firearm at
another, even il he or she knows that
it is unloaded, is guilty of misde-
meanor. The same ruling in other
states would reduce materially the
didn't know it was loaded" reports
and do away in large measure with
the necessity for fool killers
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-01
MIC 1c
ventiOn.

of it was the visit of Profs. Luigi Bodio'
Boseo and Bonnelli to Washington
for the purpose of finding out how
Uncle Sam does his counting. Prot
Bodio, is the director general OF the
Italian imperial bureau of statistics,
and the ablest statistician in the Old
World.
On his way from Rome, Prof. Bodio
had seen Hollerith electrical tabulat-
ing machine in operation in the bu-
reau of statistics at Vienna, and he
was SO much impressed with its won
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-01
PIOCHE WEEKLY RECORD.
Published Every Thursday.
Pl0CHE, NEVADA.

A PoRrERvmLE joker shot a mem.
Der OF the Salvation army who had
declined to dance at his bidding. A
jest so merry as this should have a
sequel. The Porterville Joker dane.
ing, but not quito reaching the
ground, would be appropriate.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-01

The convention OF retail druggists
from all over the country, which is
going to meet in New York, Febru-
airy 6, is going to try to cut out the
cut rate dealers in patent medicines,
and by restricting sales to jobbers to
keep retail prices up The same
thing has been tried before, but tho
scheme has never yet been made to
xyOplr
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-01
THE WHITE RHlNoCERos.

THE WHITE NHINUVFKUS.
rhlnoceros usually dealt with its foes
by trampling them under foot, and
used the horn as a rod of guidance for
its young.
The full grown white rhinoccros
was nearly seven feet high at the
shoulders and from fourteen to six
teen feet long, and thus in bulk sur
passed every other modern quad up I'd
except the elephant, which it almost
rivaled
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-01

perhaps by coming on at night, aver
aged 32,935.
To count great nation for the frs
time by electricity is great achieve
ment, but wnen this marvellous ma
chine gets to counting the statistics o.
the world as is its evident destiny, the
achievement will be one of the most
important in the history of human
nndaaYnr.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-01

People in Spain who have boon
disintegrating the persons OF their
fellowmen by means OF bombs are
indignant just now Tho civil au,
] thorities have turnei them over to
the military, where they are likely
to have D spcedy'tral and. what is
even worse fair one.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-01

AN Oakland robber, old enough to
know better. being 50, secured at the
point of pistol an old watch and
enough to buy meal. He was
arrested before he had time to buy
the meal. There are times when to
be one OF tho unemployed is the part
of wisdom.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-01

The Brazilian navies arc having
as good time getting together as
two champion prize fighters. And
in both cases heavy bombardment
OF blab and braggadocio is annoying
the inhabitants.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-01

The numerous portraits Of Mr..
William Dean Howclls recently dis.
played in public prints seem to iidl-
cato that the novelist has discovered
that hair comb and brush are mock
Ing and shallow idealitiss
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-01
MARVELLOUS MACHINE
WITH WHICH CENSUS FIGURES
ARE TABULATED.
Each Day 1t Records Over Eighty Thou
sand Names - Foreign Governments
Are Looking into the Wonderful In
ventiOn.
HEEFFETE MON

HE EFFETE MON
arches of the Old
World have fire.
quently to beg for
advice from this
young and progress
sive republic. Even
in minor details OF
the execution of
governmental work
we beat the world.
The latest instance
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-01
\ ToOthless Animal.

Trofessor-Can you name an animal
that belongs TO the class that have no
teeth?
Columbia College Student--Ye NY
great grandmother.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-01
what She'd W,nr

Mr.. Gumpps--lf should de, don't
believe you'd even wear mourning for
me.
Mrs Gumpps-Well, | might wear
halt mourning, just to let folks know
you weren more than bali husband,
The eldest railway in France runs
between Paris and liavre. 1t was
built more than half century ago.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-01

thin, curly hair, firm mouth and
somewhat of the appearance of stu
dent, although he was famous oars.
man in his day and a good all-rouni
criclleter"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-01
THE EMERALD EARRINGS.

HEY lay on
their white
velvet be d,
the sunlight
6 | it t ering
t h r o Il gh
them, an d
c h a n G i IL 6
their deep,
rich green,
that remind
ed me ofmos-
sy woodland
hooks, into
globules of
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-03-16
r,,.I,n,l,s Dar,.ing Center.

n-,ro,IYealI, gfrcot il a corruption o.
rl liiIg.,.'i''s stols meaning The third
.+,.,nt from "Cheoasvda" to the grea
r,orpuobf.re from London bridge to
.'Bushop Gate" (eon5.#,in5of ne" Us" p
strcate and Buslop Gate asTsate' Anglo
Saxon, thrilJa, tairO. Another etylho'Il
ogy is Tnrig-neadle y.lre9 nss.'Ig sure C. =
die Makers company bore in their arms;
It begins at the Mansion house, ana
therefore the BANK Of England stands IL
it. The directors OF the BANK OF Eng
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-03-16
for Infants and Children.

Castoria isso well adapted to childrenthat
recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me" H. A. ARcHER, NJ D.,
III So oxford g., brooklyn, n. Y.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-03-16
All He Had Left.

Nhs ,signiiicantly)--That pocketbook
'og gave ne for a present was empty.
husband tgrimly)-Yes, it was mine.
New York Weekly.