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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-05-31
Calendar CuriOsities.

The LIST of April and LIST of July in any
year, and in leap year the LIST of January,
fall on the same day of the week. The
LIST of September and LIST of December in
any year fall on the same week day. The
LIST of January and the lst of October in
any year fall on the same week day, except
it be leap year. The LIST of February, of
March and of November of any year fall
on the same day of the week. unless it be
a leap year, when Jan. /, April and
July fall on the same week day. The
LIST of May, LIST of June and 1st of August
in any year never fan on the same week
day, nor does any one of the three ever
fall on the same week day on which any
other month in the same year begins, ex-
cept in leap year, when the 1st of Febru-
airy and the 1st of August fall on the same
week day.-Boston Home journal.
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DRYING FRUIT.

AS am much interested in reading
all that any one else writes regarding
drying fruit, thought it only fair to
add my mite to your Dried Fruit Edition.
Trays.-Last year bought shakes
from box factory and made trays 2x3
feet, which like very much. The sides
are 38x156 inches by 8 feet long; the
ends SKI inch by % inches; the bottoms
of boards 80 inches thick, inches wide,
2 feet long. So four make tray. Cleats
are used under the ends OF the bottom
boards AXIS inches by feet. Nails are
used long enough to go through the
cleats and bottom boards and reach well
into the sides. The lumber is of pine,
and all the inside surfaces are dressed.
| had the end pieces lower than the sides
so that when piled there would be an
inch space for free circulation of air and
sulphur, and for convenience OF getting
hold of them. | find this size better
than larger where there are women and
girls to do the handling.
Curing Boxes.-Not having a good
house for curing the dried fruit, made
some boxes about 10 inches deep, 3 feet
wide and 6 feet long. put them at
convenient points on drying ground, and
just as soon as fruit is dry enough to
handle without mussing badly, l dump
it into these boxes. l let it cure day
or two and then put more on top of it,
stirring it up with shovel in the mean
time if necessary. These boxes affect a
saving of trays, and the fruit cures more
evenly than if left on trays too long. |
find each year that can put my fruit
into bulk little less dry than thought
prudent the year before, and so am gain
ing weight.
Getting Fruit to Drying Ground.--I
took the wheels, axles and the front iron
foot or support Of an ordinary hand cart
and attach them to frame, made of
scantling, 8 feet long, . feet wide. On
this cart we can take with two persons
about 800 pounds of fruit on the trays
into the sulphur box. and from thence
to the ground. The first year l had no
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soCIETYS QUEER WAYS.
Enjoyment of Guest Who Was Out of
Place at "A Fashionable Ball.

Endowment of Guest Who Was Out OF
Place at a Fashionable Ball.
The Young woman had been to ball.
and she was telling her sister aboht it.
She was good looking woman, but she
was not beautiful, and of course that was
against her. She was unfortunate, too,
in that her father was not what might be
called "a distinguished man." He was
successful business man, but neither rich
enough nor prominent enough to be worth
Captivating" from a society point of view.
But her greatest misfortune was that she
was n stranger.
Still, she had been invited to the ball,
probably because the hostess had known
her mother wears before and felt that she
ought to extend some courtesy to her
daughter while she was in Chicago. She
and her brother had been present
"The house was beautifully decorated"
she told her sister who had not been pres
ent. There were flowers everywhere
great banks of them-and there were two
orchestras, one for dance music and one
for promenade music. l enjoyed the music
so much.
"And the dancing?"
"Oh, only danced couple of times
with Brother Jack"
"With no one else?"
ono. How could |? didn't know any
one else"
Didn't Mrs Brown introduce you to
any one?"
"Oh, | didn't see her but n minute as
went in. She gave me the tips of her fin
gers, said she was so glad I'd come and
then began talking to some one else, so
Jack and got off in a corner and watch
ed the people"
"And Sallie Brown"
"She asked after you and then went
away with young naval officer. 1t made
Jack mad but told him we weren't used
to Chicago society. He didn't like it be-
cause there was a senator's daughter there
who was introduced to every one, while
he said | was neglected"
81 shouldn't think he would, protested
the sister. "They wouldn't do that way
at home"
"Oh well, that's little place, and l
guess we haven't any real society there.
Besides, had pretty good time anyhow.
The house was worth seeing"
"But you didn't go to see the house"
"No-o, but | guess that's what Mrs
Brown thought we We're there for. Per-
haps that's what she invited us for, but it
ism the way the invitation read. guess
we don't understand real society hospital
ity. "-Chicago Post.
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bic wood. The mistake which the en-
thusiastic primer makes is in removing
all this superfuous growth in single
season. By this severe treatment he
not only violently disarranges the proper
proportion between the root growth and
the leaf surface, but he also greatly
diminishes the vigor OF the trees. Such
treatment may be followed by an increase
in the size and an improvement in the
quality OF the fruit produced during the
next few seasons, but this benefit is
secured at the expense OF the vital forces
OF the tree. By less extensive pruning,
followed by thinning OF the fruit, the
good results above noted could be Sc
cured and all injury to the tree would
be avoided.
Another mistake in pruning apple
trees is frequently made in the removal
OF the fruit spurs. This is not only
done by boys who have never been taught
the use Of these short spurs, but also by
some men who are either thoughtless or
ignorant. These spurs, which appear at
intervals on the limbs and the branches
OF apple trees, are essential to the pro-
duction OF fruit. II they are removed
no fruit can be produced until new ones
have been formed and have become ma
tured. This will require two or three
seasons. Not only this, but the removal
OF these spurs prevents the growth OF a
large number of leaves which are de-
signed, in part, for the protection OF the
branches. Many an important branch
OF vigorous tree has been destroyed by
the burning sun shining upon its unpro-
tected surface. Thus, pruning which
removes from the limbs large numbers
OF the fruit spurs not only prevents the
production of fruit, but also proves a
direct and a serious injury to the tree.
The best method of preventing the
evils which are inseparable from ex-
cessive or injudicious pruning is to COM
mence when the trees are young and, by
rubbing off buds and cutting back small
twigs, constantly keep the form and
growth of the tree under control. By
doing little at time, and doing the
little at the right time, the benefits OF
pruning can be secured without the
slightest cherk to the vigor or fruitful.
ness of the ree.-American Farmer,
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BIRDS WITH WARLIKE NATURES.
yindictive Robins That Attack Even Men
and Women.

The conduct of birds is sometimes pecu-
liar and very queer. At the North End
and on the Hill are two peculiar cases OF
eccentricity in robins, whose conduct is
not less notable and perhaps less readily
understood than that of a kingbird who
some years ago made her nest on the lower
branch of a pear tree near North END
residence. That bird so annoyed little
party of young croquet players on the
lawn near the tree by flying down at them
and swapping her bill in their eyes almost,
as to break up their games. To punish
her for her impudence pole was thrust
up repeatedly by the side of the nest
This so angered the mother bird that
whenever that person appeared, coming
down the step on the lawn, she would fly
at him and seem determined to peck his
eyes out. Soon she learned to fly at him
as soon as he appeared on the steps, before
he got down to the lawn-and also to
punish him in an unlocked for way; kind
of artillery practice in which the aim was
generally at the victims head-and 1t
rarely missed. The robin is no such bird.
But the one at the North End, evidently
the proprietor of a nest of young birds near
by, is the implacable foe of a particular cat.
This feline is pet black cat, whose mis-
tress keeps him as much as possible in the
upper tenement where she lives, letting
him take sun and air up there in the open
window.
There, as soon as the robin sees him, she
flies right at him-nOt waiting for the cat
to attack her or her young, but bouncing
right into his face, till she fairly forces
him to beat retreat. Sometimes she
finds him on the lawn. Then there is a
set combat. The bird flies right at the
cats eyes. The cat, snarlng and snap
ping, jumps back and then jumps for the
bird. The bird nimbly retreats-execut-
ing backward movement on the lawn,
as swift and deXterOus as only a bird can
eXecute-and then flies at the cat, pecking
at his eyes. The cats mistress, fearing
for her pet, one day interfered, and grab
bing him in her arms was about to take
him off the field, when to her astOnish-
ment the robin flew at the cat where she
held it in her arms, and then flew in the
woman's face, forcing her to drop the cat
and run to save her own eyes
Next day the cat was seen to 90 to low
swung hammock under some trees, and
reaching up and getting hold of it he was
enjoying nice little swing all by himself,
when his bird foe espied him and flew
down at him, driving him ANONYMOUSLY
off. A day later he was seen on the fence,
where the robin again got at him, but he
held his ground Tor rather fence bravely
that time, and the robin stood in front of
him. IF ever a bird uttered profane
abuse" said a spectator, that robin was
the bird. Such another abusive scolding
no cat surely ever had" But the cat could
stand that better than the birds beak
aimed at his eyes. This scene occurred on
the back yard fence of house on Wooster
street.-Hartford Times.
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Comm onplace Happiness,

When Mrs. Margaret E. Sangster deliv-
cred her lecture at Monona Lake, Wis, on
Commonplace Happiness" among other
things she said; MANY and many a man
will tell his wife that he loves her and con.
siders that sufficient, making little prac-
tlcal demonstration of the fact. This only
occurs In case of a crisis, such as sickness
A good old deacon died not long since in
Massachusetts. TWAS anticipated that he
would die, not because he was sick or all
ing, not because he was old or feeble, but
because he had been seen kissing his wife
People spend altogether too much time in
attending to the machinery of life and
leave but little for actual enjoyment. This
Is especially true of the American people,
who scarcely know how to enjoy LIE u
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Washington Relics,

The ancient Black Horse inn in Della
ware county, about Is miles from this
city, contains a couple of notable relics
that were highly priced by Colonel Lines,
the genial and widely esteemed proprietor,
who died on Wednesday last. One is an
autograph letter of Washington present
ed by citizen of Fairfax, Va, to the colo
mel when he was on duty there as Union
officer in 1862. The other is bust por-
trait of Washington, painted by Gilbert
Stuart, a replica of the celebrated portrait
in the Boston Athen2um. Aside from
apparent evidences of Stuart's style, the
pedigree of the picture is perfect, having
been handed down in the family of Mrs
Lines from an ancestor, once prominent
merchant of this city, for whom Stuart
painted it. The portrait is painted on
bedticking instead of canvas, the latter
having been rendered extremely scarce at
the time it was painted, by reason of the
British embargo on American commerce.
Philadelphia Record
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A Race of Giant Cannibals.

Unlikely as it may seem to some who
read these lines, it is fact, nevertheless,
that there is an island in the gulf of Cali,
fornia, not more than 60 miles from the
Mexican mainland, which is inhabited by
the remnants of race of giant cannbals.
This startling discovery was made by west
coast naturalist early in 1891, and has since
been confirmed both by United States and
Mexican explorers. Mr.. Mcnamara, the
scientist referred to, has photograph of
one of the men found by him on the island,
that individual, although not one of the
largest, being over feet in height. The is
land upon which they were found is known
as the island or isle of Leri, and the orig
lnal discoverer says that there is every evil
dence of cannibalism among them.-St.
Louis Republic.
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track; the next year | made track OF
fence boards. We find it a big improve
ment over carrying out fruit by hand.
If the ground is free from stones and
made smooth, track is hardly neces-
sary but my drying ground is stony
knoll, and the little pebbles will jolt the
cart enough to turn the cut fruit topsy-
turvy.
Fruit Should be Ripe Before Cutting
1t makes best fruit and weighs heavi-
est. l sulphur quite heavily, but | find
that my fruit grown well up on the
mountain side is more highly colored
than that grown in the valley, and l
can't bleach it out go white; but have
had several persons state it was of ex-
cellent flavor. Last year l tested 3240
pounds of green apricots. They made
623 pounds of dry fruit which sold for
1920 net. Counting cost OF cutting at
20 cents per hundred pounds OF green
fruit and the other work OF drying at
one-half cent per pound for the dry fruit,
makes total cost Of $780, deducting
from selling price, leaves, $63.60, or a
trifle over S39 per ton. | have been
! offered $27 per ton by dryer in Napa.
These figures are not as exact as hope
to have the present season, and amounts
are small, but they are close enough for
me to figure on in future years with
larger crops, and are very strong in favor
of doing my own drying, as the distance
from town makes hauling green fruit
expensive, and l keep money in my own
and neighbo children's hands.
have not attempted to write fully,
but to speak of few points where !
have done a little differently from Others
whose work have seen.
| am well aware that on large farms
there are in use fruit trucks or cars tc
run on well laid tracks; also that in
many places larger trays are used where
there is plenty of help to handle them
but on small farm, where the farmer
and his family do most of the work, the
small trays are in advantage, for often.
times it is convenient to have the little
fellows to haul in the empty trays.-W
+. Meyer, in Rural Press.
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NOT HIS FAULT.
The Conductor Put OF the Wheel, but He
Didn't Care,
Cork Examiner.

The Conductor Put OF the Wheel, but He
Didn't Care.
When the conductor reached the baggage
compartment of the combination car in the
rear of the train, it was occupied only by a
few trunks, a brand new wheel and a stocky
built, bullet headed young fellow with two
scars on his face who wore knickerbock-
ers, a sweater and peaked cap.
The man with the scars gave up his
ticket, and the conductor said:
You'll have to pay for that wheel,
young feller-25 cents"
"T'ink l will, heyH"
"Yes, you will, if you want it carried,
and pretty quick too"
"Well, | don't t'ink / will. See? Yer
don't git no mon from me fer that mer-
chine"
"Tll have it fired off at the next station
then"
"Well, don't tink l will. Seer Yer
won't git no dough outer me, Seer"
"You won't pay up them"
Nope. Betcher sweet life won't"
At the next stop the wheel was given in
charge of the station master, while the man
in knickerbockers looked on nonchalantly.
After awhile the conductor came back and
said:
"You must be mighty pigheaded to let
your wheel go like that rather than pay
quarter"
Wat would l pay de dust for? De bisic-
kle amt mine"
Isn't yours? Who in blazes does it be-
long to them"
"Oh, some bloke inside smokin Pm jim
my knockerout, de pugilst, / am. I've
been on er walk ter git in shape for me fife
next week. l amt no measly bisickle rider,
amt"
why didn't you say so before, you young
foolP"
"Cause you waz so sassy bout de tin
OATS why. SeeP Nottin ter Inc wedder
yer give der mershine Knockout or not.
An lookit here, if yer call me dat agin, I'll
tump yer.one in de neck
Ten minutes later the salesman to whom
the wheel belonged was after the conductor
with blood in his eye and before that off
cial could make matters satisfactory it cost
him half dozen kilograms and profusion
OF apologies for his hasty action. But they
said never word to the pugilist, and he
looked on and grinned Exchange.
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By whom Or when the virtues of tea as a
beverage were discovered is lost in the
wide revolving shades of centuries passed"
The famous herb is spoken of in Chinese
annals as far back as $500 years b. c., at
which time lis cultivation and classified
ton was as mach of an art as it is today.
Tradition says that it's virtues were dis.
covered by accident. King Shen Nung
She, The Divine Husbandman" who
flourished forty centuries ago, was boiling
water over fire one evening when some
tea leaves hanging over the vessel were
loosened by the heat and fell into the
steaming fluid. Nung She partook of the
decoction while it was hot land felt him
self renewed in limb and sight for seven
days thereafter" Then and there he con-
secrated tea as the sacred beverage of
China.-St. Louis Republic.
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NEVADA.
HOPE.

The morning may be very bright,
With not n cloud in the wide blue sky,
And we smile with the mornings dawn and
think
That the day will pass in sunshine by.
But ere mornings dawn has passed away
The dark clouds from the west creep on,
And dreary is the summer day,
And the happy sunshine all is gone.
And often too, the morn is dark,
But the day is sunny bright and clear,
And the clouds of morn all pass away,
And the songs of Nature rise in air.
And we know that the blue is always there,
Whether the clouds be black or white,
And we know that the sun behind the clouds
Is shining beautiful and bright.
So tits with life-a changing scene,
changing ever of joys and woes.
Now dark, now bright-this heart of ours,
Now heavier, now lighter grows.
Yes, midst the clouds of woe and pain,
The sun of Hope is shining STILL
And if to dearest Hope we cling.
The heaviest heart will find no i'll.
God is our Hope, our refuge, strength,
Our Hope eternal in the heaven.
Let not despair our spirits fill
This Hope is ever to us given.
Cork Examiner.
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Counterfeit Bait.

"These little green frogs are something
new for bait" said dealer in anglers
supplies. They are made of soft india
rubber. Here are earthworms, also of the
same material, threaded on hooks. They
save great deal of trouble when real ones
are scarce, and young ladies provided with
them while fishing do not have occasion to
constantly annoy their male escorts with
requests that their lines be attended to-
Pike and certain other carnivorous fishes
very much enjoy a small mouse on the rare
occasions when such luxury is obtaina-
BILE, and so these little counterfeit mice are
supplied to tempt their appetites. Imita-
tions of various kinds of animals for use as
bait are becoming more numerous every
season. In this box of counterfeit insects
are grasshoppers, ladybugs, bronze and
black beetles, caterpillars and bees. 1t is
not necessary to mention the hundreds Of
species of moths and other bugs that are
reproduced in the shape of artificial flies ;
made of bits of feathers and fur that are
gathered from all parts of the world for
the purpose. w Washington Star.
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Taken at His Word.

A Texas schoolteacher lost one of his
scholars very suddenly and unexpectedly,
The class was parsing a sentence.
What is the imperative of the verb to
go?" asked the teacher.
II dunno"
"Go!n
THANK your murmured the lad as he
shot out of the door before the teacher
could prepare his veto message. Texas
Siftings.
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Pleasing Their Vanity.

He had been the leading dealer in ladies'
shoes for years and had retired with for
tune.
"How were you so successful" asked a
less fortunate rival
Easiest thing in the world" he replied.
"The first thing did when began was to
mark down every pair of shoes in the place
and keep the stock that way"
mark down."
YES"
I'm price, do you meanf"
The wise dealer laughed softly.
"Oh, no" lie said. In size.v
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The Price of Glass Ewes in England

Inc best glass eyes are made in Paris
where patients are generally sent who are
anxious for perfect match; but excellent
ones, at much lower price, are made in
Birmingham; and if care is exercised in
the choice, perfect match can generally
be obtained. Lately German eyes have
been supplied to many hospitals, costing
wholesale only about 2s. Cd. each. A
stock of 300 of these is sufficient for ord;-
nary work, and they can be supplied to
poor patients for four or five shillings each
an immense blessing, as many a mill
don Tit-Bits
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Mothers of Several Prize Eiyhtar.

John l.. Sulivan's mother was A very
large, powerful woman, and of great force
OF character SO was the mother of John
Morrissey, and so was the mother of John
&. Heenan. Sullivan's father was a small
man, though have been told that he was
very strong and powerful, not only for his
size, but for any size. Jim Corbett's moth
er is alive and well today. She is a large.
powerful woman and has great will force
New York Advertiser.
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Dark.

The moor Of Venice glared ferociously.
woman" he cried in anger, II have
learned thy sinl''
Desdemona looked her husband right in
the eye.
"Othello," she answered calmly, 81 might
have known you would be hard to SCOTT
She had just time to laugh hoarsely be-
fore he smothered her with pillow
Truth.
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Electricity In Cutting,

A redhot wire of platinum has for many
years past been used for cutting various
organic substances, but it is stated that
M Warren has discovered new use for
TINS method and employs wire heated by
an electric current to saw the hardest
KINDS of wood At first the wire would
break, but he remedied this by using a
steei core platinum plated by solution of
platinic chloride in ether.-London Chem.
ical News
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Pennsylvania has 600 900 farms, which
produce over 5000 900 900 4 crops. There
are ',ooo,OOO live stock. The state pro-
duces nearly 100000 tons of iron in the
anthracite furnaces, nearly 1000, 900 in
p''uhlnous furnaces and 1900 tons of
charcoal iron. Over 62S, 0O0, 600 tons of
anthracite coal have been mined in the
s enn and one oiliield has yielded l5O,-
VoV,oo0 barrels. -Exchange,
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Provoking u Husband.

A Mohammedan woman cannot of bor
self separate from her husband withou,
his consent. If she is clever, however, sh,
VIII take him by surprise at an unguarded
moment, and contrive to do or say some
thing which will make him so angry tbat
before he can exercise sufficient self control
to stop himself he has uttered the wished
for words. London Tit Bits