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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-22
A Sermon Spoiled.

sim afraid" said Mr.. Muggles to his
nephew, that you are giving altogether
too much attention to the doings of prize
fighters"
WELL" admitted the young man, 81 do
enjoy reading about them"
81 am sorry to see it. Prizefighting is
british and degrading In an age like
this, when there are so many enormous
problems of science and civilization to
solve, it is wrong for any man to give his
mental energies to the consideration OF
things like this, which are not only low in
themselves, but demoralizing in therinfiu-
ences."
The old gentleman took long breath
and glared.
"Still. one can't help being Interested"
''You ought to help it. It's your business
to help it."
"But I've had it forced on my attention"
was the apologize reply. 'The bookkeep-
er at our store wants to bet that Mitchell
will whip Corbett."
wants to bet that Mitchell will-great
Scott, you took him up, didn't you? Why,
look at Corbett's reach. He can pull the
hairs out of Mitchells eyebrows without
getting touched. And if Mitchell tries to
turn the fight into sprinting match Cor
bett'll be right with him and chase him
lap for lap till he runs him down same as a
dog would rabbit. And that man wants
to bet on Mitchell! How much did you
take of it?"
why, haven't bet anything as yet"
Haven't betl Here, get your hat and
coat and hunt him up. Bet him all you've
got, and then if he's still game take $50
worth for me. Don't lose a minute be
cause he might change his mind. Wash
ington Star.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-22
SIZE IN THE DAIRY COW.

There has been a good deal of contro-
versy about the proper size for dairy
COW. Some contend that she should be
big, so that when she has done her work
in the dairy, she can be fattened up for
beef. Those men object to the Jersey
because she is too small-she won't make
beef enough. Ever since l began to
study the matter, | have been strong
advocate of the special purpose COW.
We want certain kind of COW for GER
tsin kind of work, and she must do that
work better than any other kind of cow ;
she should be COW for one kind of dairy
business in order to be good business
dairy COW. 1t appears to me that the
extra weight in dairy COW, over and
above what is necessary for her to do the
best work, must be fed at great loss,
because it is fed for many years before
it is sold. This proposition, it would
seem, cannot be successfully contro'
verted. The business COW must pay
every year OF her dairy life, and we can.
not afford to wait till we kill her to gel
any part of our profit; each year shoulc
show good balance to her credit. And
how much profit could we expect from
COW beef fed from 10 to 10 years? 1t il
absurd to expect any.--A. l.. Crosby n
Farmers Aduocate.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-22
WHAT ROUP is.

We may state that roup is contagious
disease, scrofulous in its nature, and
which permits Of several stages. If a
fowl is cured OF roup the result is that
an abcess is formed, or, if not apparent
outwardly, some OF the internal organs
are affected. Like consumption, it may
attack the throat, the bones, the lungs,
and even the bowels. 1t nearly always
attacks the bowels of little chicks, says
the Poultry Keeper.
Canker is an evidence or indication OF
roup. 1t is really diphtheria in one
form, and human beings are liable to
CONTRACT. the disease, as well as cats or
other animals. The first stages are
colds, which may be cured, but unless
this is done the disease attacks the
weakest portions OF the body.
Scrofuous consumption, or tubercular
consumption, is the principal form Of
roup, and pulmonary consumption Is
another. The terrible odor is always
proof of the contagious form. We use
the term scrofulous consumption be-
cause it better applies as an explanation.
The hoarse breathing, or choking,
occurs more with very fat fowls than
with others, and it is somewhat like
Group, though there is also a thickening
of the larynx (the upper part of the
windpipe). Scrofula is really disease
of the Emphatic glands of the neck
but the term is now used to include
those incurable diseases that attack the
body, as sores, etc. Canker is an attack
by the disease of the membrane of the
| throat.
There are many forms of consumption
and roup is simply a name for the dis
ease AMONG fowls, though it may differ
in many respects in comparison witt
humans. That it is hereditary (mort
susceptibility, and that some fowls arr
more easily attacked than others il
known to be true.
Roupy fowls are unfit for food, ant
those who sell such birds may unknow
ingly take the life of some human beinj
by inducing the consumption OF carcas
SEES that affect dogs and cats, and which
though apparently in the best condition
as food, are receptacles of h-dealin
poison to all who use them.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-22
How He Found Out.

There was quite little crowd about a
young man as he stood looking with fixed
eye and deathly silence at the brick front
of Independence hall. AT length the pre-
occupied individual exclaimed, "rve got
it" and quickly getting some figures down
in his memorandum book was about start
ing off when an old man, who carried an
umbrella that looked like relic of the
French revolution called out, Say, young
man, who air you, and what hev you bin
tryin to get through you"
The young man replied with smile, II
wanted to get the exact height of the state
house, and not finding any one about the
premises that could give it to me | have
secured it myself by counting every bricl,
and line of mortar on the whole front of
the building, and having carefully meas
sured the thickness of brick as well as a
space of mortar, the rest is only simple ad-
dition and multiplication. well du
tell' exclaimed the man, as the crowd
laughed loud.-Philadelphi Press.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-22

which is withdrawn by the lichen. If
water be thus Withdrawn the food
materials which are dissolved in it must
also be withdrawn and the tree must
then suffer from a direct loss of nutritivs
material. In order to prove that
transfer of sap takes place we introduced
coloring matter into the bark with the
purpose of finding out whether or not
it worked its way into the lichen. The
coloring matter could get into the lichen
only by being carried there by means Of
the water withdrawn from the growing
tissue. Our experiments in this direc-
ton were incomplete and their negative
results should therefore be given little
weight. We hope to test this matter
more thoroughly in the future.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-22
OF No Practical ISe.

Major Tidd tipped back the soap box on
which he was sitting, put his feet on top
of the stove, shot rich brown stream of
distilled navy plug at the postmaster's cat,
folded up the paper from which he had
been reading, tilted his iron trimmed spec
tacles up among his barbed wire hair and
inquired:
did ye ever see one o. them phony-
grafts?"
None of the rural seers present had ever
inspected any such new tangled gimcracks,
and the ma or proceeded.
"Wall, | did. Wen | wuz up to Chi
eager last fall my nffew TUX me over t
tn eXpcrsishun building ter see it, They
was Teller he'd it on show thar"
How'd the thing work." asked Squire
Howard.
ITS worked by a mixter Nv gas an lee
tricity," observed Major Tidd with a
knowing air. This want full size, ye
know, jist moddil. They could make it
fly around some, but 'twouldnt kerry
nuthin an they wasn't able to steer it very
sartin, | don't believe TIL ever mount
to ennything, an ridin on kears and steam
boats is fast enuif for common people emmy
way"
Another scientific problem was settled
Detroit Tribune.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-22

Henry Goodrich, who has returned from
Japan, had funny experience at Osaka.
"The governors Wife" said he, was one
of my special friends and once, when the
emperor and empress were expected to visit
the city ball was arranged in their honor.
They were not expected to be present. but
many of their mobiles would be. The gov
ernor was anxious that his wife should be
able to lead in the opening quadrille and
begged me to teach her. So undertook
the task and formed II little class They
learned the square dances easily and could
even hop through n polka, but they could
never, never learn to waltz. They turn
their toes in in such funny way that
waltzng, | fear, will always be ..yond
them. Exchange.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-22

A bright little boy, whose home is in
neighboring city, numbers among his
adult friends Grand Army veteran,
whose name, for story telling purposes,
may be called Rose. The boy had listened
eagerly and with absorbing interest to Mr..
Roses descriptions of the battles that he
had helped to eight during the war of the
rebellion. The story teller, although not
a braggart, had the true story telling in
stinct, and he did not forget to mention the
conspicuous part thst he took in the vari-
Gus battles. The conflict of which Mr..
Rose loved best to talk was the battle of
Gettysburg. 1t was in that conflict that
his own prowess shone to the greatest ad-
vantage. As his own recolections ran, he
took such an important part in that fight
that, in the imagination of his impressions
able young listener, his personality domi-
mated the historic scene
Not long ago the boys father took him
to see a realistic panorama of Gettysburg.
The boy was all eyes and enthusiasm. He
scarcely heard the terse description that
his father undertook to give him of the
famous battle, but after feasting his eyes
upon the scene he turned to his parent
and inquired "Pa, is this the place where
Mr. Rose Y-New York Times.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-22
TABLE SCRAPS.

The scraps from the table are quite an
addition to the food, and greatly lessen
the cost where but small flock is kept,
but they are of no consequence whatever
when there are large numbers Of fowls,
as the proportion to each fowl is too
small to be of assistance. There are,
however, quite number OF families who
delight in the keeping of few hens, and
as the scraps are then OF value, and the
labor insignificant, the flock is sure to
give profit. In fact, where there is a
large quantity of scraps or other waste,
we consider it wise to procure lot Of
hens in order to consume such materials.
Farm and Fireside.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-22

Gap ana Sowh III EnEli universities.
BY the regulations of both Oxford and
Cambridge universities, cap and gown are
to be worn after dark and a proctor walks
about the streets in the evening, accom-
panied by four bulldogs" to see the regu-
lation is carried out. If he meets a man
whom he thinks may be an undergraduate
without a gown, the bulldogs are mo-
TONED to stop the wrongdoer, who is po-
litely requested to give his name and col
lege and fined five shillings next morn
ing.
At Cambridge it is the custom almost
invariably to wear cap and gown at night,
and very sensible custom it is At Ok
ford it is not so; usually every one but the
"Timid Freshman" despises the risk in
Cured and goes without, though some
times for awhile the fashion turns, and it
becomes "the thing" to be seen in them.
Umbrellas, however, are at Oxford always
permissible when in academical costume,
as caps and gowns are described by the au-
thorities, we here being decidedly more
sensible than our sister varsity, where
they are rigidly debarred.-An Oxford
Man in London Tit-Bits.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-22
SANDY SOIL THE BEST.

The poorest and most unproductiye OF
sandy soils are best for poultry, as the
rains carry down the filth, and the soil,
being light, can be easily spaded or
turned over. The sandy soils are also
dry, and therefore such diseases as
cholera in fowls or gapes in chickens are
rather unusual, compared with the
damage from such diseases on heavy,
stiff land. Cheap sandy lands can be
put to excellent use in raising broilers,
and if it is desired to grow crops on the
land, the droppings will gradually bring
it to certain degree of fertility.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-22
NEVADA.
cEcILYs BUNCH OF sHAMRocKS.

Go, pluck bunch OF shamrocks, Thade,
To send across the sea;
The thickest, freshest, greenest one
For our sweet Cecily.
She'll kiss it fondly, DER and DER,
Tears dropping on each spray;
God bless the child, twill set her wild
With joy on Patrick's Day.
From the green hills of Tipperary
tiny sod I'll take,
All covered DER with shamrocks, Kate,
IT'S for old lreland's sake.
Our cailin dhas will proudly wear,
And hug each little spray;
God bless the child, twill set her wild
With joy on Patrick's Day.
In the far off Empire City,
Stretched on a bed of pain,
Poor blue eyed Ciss lay dying fast,
Dreaming she saw again
The green hills of Tipperary,
Where the rosy children play;
God bless the child her Saviour mild
Took her on Patrick's Day.
Death damps were in her golden hair
When voice was heard above:
"Heres for Cecily O'Connell
A letter"-'twas full of love;
And the green sod, crowned with shamrocks,
On her still heart It lay,
With a wreath of moss, and mission cross
That sad, sad Patrick's Day.
Ellen O'Leary.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-22
Modern Cave Dwellers.

Many accounts of travellers go to show
that residence in caves is not rare in mod
ern times, and that it constitutes feature
OF life, though not ap important one, in
some of the most civilized countries in
Europe. Some of the most interesting
pages in Mrs. Olivia NJ. Stones account of
her visit to the Canary islands relate to the
cave villages still inhabited by curious
troglodyte population-mostly potters-
found in various places in Gran Canaria. -
W II; Larrabee in Popular Science
Monthly.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-22
OUR REMEDY FOR LICE.

On washdays save the soapsuds, and
to each tub of the suds add one or two
quarts of kerosene emulsion. Stir the
mixture well, dip each hen in the suds
and apply to the poultry-houses and
yards with asprayer or garden watering
pot. This may be done on every wash
day for the premises, but the hens should
be dipped only once, as they will keep
themselves clean with the dust bath.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-22

Now that rance culture has begun
seriously to engage the attention of plant.
ers in the tropics, it is interesting to learn
on the authority of foreign journal that
rance fiber, under great hydraulic pres.
sure may he made TO assume tie compact.
ness OF steel. 1t is asserted that when 50
prepared it will be particularly serviceable
Tor steam pipes, as it will not be subject t,
contraction or expansion and also will not
rust.-New York Times.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-22
Hoops and Marbles Forbidden mt Oxford.

Some of the regulations we are called on
to keep on first presenting ourselves at
Oxford university are very curious. The
oriental herb 'nicotna" is strictly forbid
den; clothes of IA black or "subfuse" hue
are recommended; and marbles are prohib.
tied ON the steps of the Bodleian, as are
also hoops in the High, Most people have
heard of the two last rules. Though very
few believe they are true, yet they are so,
verify and indeed, although written in
Latin.-Cor London TitBits.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-22
a Careless Jnnrnalist

-, EDITOR of The Daily Shouter-I don't
IKE the beginning of your editorial on the
new year.
AAsss AS. the matter with itp
Editor-You say 1--WE have entered mon
the year 1894" Why not add "As exclu.
sively predicted by The Daily Sbonteryn~
Truth. 'S ''hou'er'
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-22

A playwriter was reading one of his
creations" before company of the French
Society of Comedy, when he observed that
member, M. Got, had fallen asleep. He
stopped and reproved the sleeper He was
reading his play for the purpose of obtain
ing the committees opinion. How could
man who was asleep give an opinionp
NJ. Got rubbed his eyes and remarked:
sleep is an opinion. london Tit Bits.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-22
She'll Reform Him,

Minister-You say you are going to marry
q man to reform him. That is noble May
ask who it ISL
Miss Beauti-1t's young Mr.. Bondclipper.
Indeed! l did not know he had any bad
habits"
Eyes; his friends say that he is becoming
quite miserly. New York Weekly.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-22
Valuable.

Railroad Man (angrily) just found
out that that COW we had to pay for had
not given any milk for five years.
Farmer Smartt-Yaas. That's so.
1T is, is it' Now, sir, what right had
you to put such high value on herP Tell
me that"
WAL, you see, valued that COW as a
curiosity. Life.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-22
Food Alters Animals.

1t Is surprising how circumstances alter
ANIMALS. The savages Of the Amazon re.
gioD feed the common green parrot for
generations with the fat of certain fishes.
thus causing it to become beautifully v,'
rieSated with red and yellow feathers. In
IKE manner the natives of the Malay archi-
peiaso, by a process of feeding, change the
laxative Tory into the gorgeous king lorv.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-22

The talk had drifted to mental phenome-
ma when suddenly the maiden shyly asked;
Are you IA mind reader, Horace?"
" am, SUSIE" he said.
$50 am Ip'
And she held out her finger for the ring.
She had seen its bullying outlines in his vest
pocket.--Chicago Tribune.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-22

How slowly the train is moving now'
said passenger.
Yes" replied another 1.-THE baggage
master must have checked it."-Pittsburg
Chronicle
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-22

Reporter (hailing citizen)-Is this tenn
perance town?
"Yes, sir"
What time does the next train leave9"
Boston Post.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-22

The favorite employment Of the Prince
Of Montenegro is the composition of wal
songs and historical dramas, in which b.,
delights to sing and act with great vigor.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-22

Mrs Watts-Are you anxious to earn a
good dinner, my poor MANI
Weary Watkins-Not half as anxious as
am for the dinner.-Trutb.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-22

Lstle Johnny is much perplexed to
know why it is that he is compelled to 90
to bed at night when he isn't sleepy, and
forced to get up in the morning when he is.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-22

On the principle that an ounce of pre-
vention outvalucs pound of cure, it l.,
wise to try and check IL cold mt the outset
and not allow it to gain too much hold.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-22

Jasper-ls Carson married.
'uinpuppe-He must be. He has been
smoking bad cigars ever since Christmas.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-03
BERKELEY.

Berkeley has concluded to make the 18th
iSst which is University day at the fair. her
DAY also. Messrs. Cheney and Hanscom, the
committee in charge. will circulate petition
this week asking business men 10 close their
places on the day, and TO attend the fair with
thei: families while giving their clerks an OPP
portunity to do So
Preparations for the Bourbon burial cere.
monies are being carried on with the usual Sc
Grey. 1t Is thought that the celebration will be
held the evening of April IS, preceding the
trip TO Stanford TO play baseball on the 14th.
Marsden Manson.
Marsden Manson will lecture at the assem-
semby-hall in N0rh Hall Wednesday evening
Oh The Relation Of Meteoroogy to Geology"
The lecture is free to the public.
To See Stars.
The members OF the astronomy classes in the
university Will leave next Monday morning for
Mount Hamilton TO see the heavens through
the great telescope.
Professor WooIsey.
Professor Theodore T. Woolsey OF Yale ar
rived In California yesterday morning. and is
now the guest OF Professor T. r. Bacon.
Notes.
The University nine will play the st. Mary's
College nine on the University Campus Wednes-
day afternoon.
The flag of the Kellogg School was placed
at half mast yesterday in memory of the death
of Theodore Dugan, member Of the middle
class.
Miss Annie Gage, who was shot by the
criminal carelessness of two boy hunters
Thursday, Is progressing favOrably. The two
boys. Morris White and Wallace Kieruff fred
In the direction of the party Miss Gage was
with, one of he bullets striking a rock, the
other penetrating the flesh of Miss Gage
Postmaster Breen of Lorin writes a letter to
the local PAPER denying the charge that he was
the author Of the scrrrilous letters lately cir
cultted, and states that the person maj ing the
charge, Mr.. Fries Of the Lorin School, received
but one letter from him, and that was TO show
his opinion OF Mr.. Frick-which is anything but
favorabie-and was signed by him.
Professor w. E. Ritter delivered lecture
last evening before the Academy of Sciences
on THE Third Eye of Invertebrates aud Its
Significance"
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-03
The Government lost Its case and appealed.
The Circuit Court OF Appeals affirmed the de-

The Government lost Its case and appealed.
The Circuit Court OF Appeals affirmed the de-
cision Of the lower court
A suit brought by Cook & Langley aganst the
Western Union Telegraph Company TO recover
S46l3 60, in which the lower court found for
the plaintiff, was affirmed. Cook & Langley
suffered the loss OF the sum named by the
"bulling" of a telegram sent over the defend
ants lines in relation to the purchase of goods
and the Effect OF the decision is TO establish the
cOmpany's responsibility for the mistakes Of
its operators.
The old fight of the Last Chance Mining Com
pany against the Tyler Mining Company. in
volving the boundary OF certain mines in Idaho,
was finally decided. the court affirming the de-
csion OF The lower court in favor OF the Tyler
Company
The court affirmed the decision OF the lower
court in the case of George j. NOvak against
the Union Pacific Railroad Company, thus com.
pelling the company to pay Novak So, 900 for
personal injuries received in a railroad wreck
willis he was working for the company as fire.
man.
In the suit Of the ST. vincent's Hospital for
the Insane against John t. Davis for money ex-
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-03
ALAMEDA.

Alameda City Trustees met last evening In
regular weekly session. The Fire Department
committee reported that in place of the team
that was driven 10 ruin by Jake Scbick,
another had been purchased at the cost Of S4OO
The injured team were reported as improving.
The cost for lighting the city by electrici ty Ior
the quarter ending March 81, was reported as
1884 18. or cents per hour per lamp. The
owners against the opening and extension Of
Santa Clara avenue. after long discussion was
Overrued by the board. The discussion GER
name and otherwise to the opening of Santa
Clara and other streets occupied most OF the
time OF the board.