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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-11-22
A Bit of Bangor Property.

There is one piece of real estate in
Maine which is entailed so far as such
property can be in this country. It is
known as Dundee, and is situated in
the town of Limington. In 1868 Francis
Small bought it with other lands from
the Indians, the original deed being yet
preserved in the family. Having de-
scended from father to son for several
generations, Humphrey Small purchased
a small section Of his fathers land,
which he named Dundee, and he stout
ly affirmed that Dundee should remain
in the ownership of the Smalls forever,
and that it should be allowed to become
a forest again. Twice he was offered
more than double it's value, but although
hard pressed for money he remained true
to his declaration.
On the 2Sth of November this proper
ty will have been in possession of the
family 224 years, and to commemorate
this and also to celebrate the centennial
of Limington, which was organized in
1899, the family had reunion and pic
mic recently. Next year they propose
to celebrate their 225th anniversary with
a larger gathering, to include all of the
Small family that can be gathered to-
gether.-Bangor Wing and Courier.
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Can Hire EVERYTHING,

Do you know that you can hire almost
everything necessary for your house,
your table and yourself when you want
to give a reception? Heirlooms can be
got by the evening, and quite reason
ably, from curio dealers. Cut glass and
old silver, spindle chairs, rugs, etc., just
the very thing that will have nice, old
time look about them, can be had. Like
wise, old bottles are fixed up and COM
mon wine is decanted into them and
sold to people who are perfectly aware
of the fraud. 1t is wonder, one host
confessed to me, the influence bottle
will have on people. Let the bottle have
nice cobwebs on it and good brand,
and they will believe the stuff that comes
out of the bottle is good too.
A certain lady who entertains great
deal explains that she never uses her
family silver except on special occa-
sions, and that she keeps it in the safe
deposit meanwhile, but at least one other
lady knows this is fiction, because the
same other lady is in the habit of hiring
the same family silver" for her affairs,
and has once or twice had to postpone
them because No. had the stuff en-
gagged ahead for the same date.-New
York Journal.
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Shakespeare's Allusions to Strawberries.


Though history and story are alike
silent as to the cultivation of the straw.
berry in early times, we know that the
fruit was well known in England in Il e
Fifteenth century. Shakespeare has three
illusions to strawberries. In "Henry
V" the Bishop of Ely, in illustration Of
the good qualities which the young kim,
possessed, in spite of his wild habits and
Objectionable companions, says:
The strawberry grows underneath the nettle,
And wholesome berries thrive and rpen best
Neighbored by fruit of baser quality.
The reference here is obviously to the
wild berry. But in the play of Orchard
III" strawberries are spoken of as grow
ing in the. Bishop of Ely's garden at Hol-
born, and this seems to show that the
berry was cultivated with considerable
care as early as the latter part of the
Fifteenth century, though Haydn's "Dic-
tionary of Dates asserts that the COM
mon strawberry was brought to England
from Flanders in 1880.
1t is curious to note that 100 years
after the crafty Richard begged some of
the bishops strawberries, we find de-
scription of garden at Holborn, the
property of the rich barber surgeon,
Gerard, wherein four kinds of strawber-
ries-a great variety for the time-were
successfully cultivated. The third
Shakespearean allusion to this fruit is
in reference to the i'll fated handkerchief
of Desdemona, which was "spotted with
strawberries. "-Horticultural Times.
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The Grand Prix de Paris.

The grand prize. OF Paris is run at
Longchamps, in the Bots de Boulogne,
Just outside the Notifications, about the
$4,000 to the winner. Between 100, 900
and 10000 persons witness this interna-
tional contest, and ON the field there is
space for about a couple of thousand We
hicles and 100, 1000 visitors, who can gain
admittance by the payment of one franc,
or twenty cents. Including the present
year the grand prize of Paris has been
fought out twenty-nine times. Seven
teen years stand to the credit of French
horses, nine times has victory gone to
England and once each to the American,
Russian and Hungarian.-Chicago Trib-
uQe,
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Architecture at the Fair.

The architectural standards of the
average man are the best buildings he
has seen. To show him the possibilities
of beautiful construction is to enlarge
his aspirations and make him dissatis-
fed with inferior jobs. He might cross
the seas and travel thousands of miles
without getting so effective an archi-
tectural lesson as he will get at Chicago.
He will not only see admirable buildings
there, but he will also see some pretty
bad ones, and having the good and the
bad side by side he will have so much
the better chance of learning which is
which, and wherein consists the excel
lence or inferiority of either.
The fair buildings have cost a great
sum Of money, and most of them are
only for temporary use, but we miss our
guess and our hope if they do not prove
in the end one of the most benefcent
educational investments that have been
made in this country, and as lasting in
their ultimate results as stone and iron
could have made them. - Harper's
Weekly.
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Postmaster Peacock tells us that son
Of Indian Billy Jewell, better known as
Billy Key West, a young man twenty
one years old, met his death in singu-
lar manner while hunting last week in
the Indian hunting grounds in Dade
county. Billy, who was good hunter,
went out and shot large buck. Think
ing him dead, he stopped down on COM
ing up to him to cut his throat. The
buck in his last agonies made for him
and drove his horns into the abdomen of
the Indian, ripping it open. After three
days, Billy not returning, party was
made up, and, attracted by the buzz
yards, both hunter and hunted were
found dead together-the Indian still
impaled on the horns of the buck. key
West (Fla.) Equator.
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How Some Lazy Fellows Gamble.

"Rain gambling" is the latest vice to
develop in India, and the police of Bonn
bay and Calcutta are just now vigor-
ously at work prosecuting rain gamblers
in the local courts in an endeavor to
show that the law includes this form of
gambling. In Calcutta the "outfit" of
the rain gamblers is in a street in the
burrabazaar. Here into small tank,
four feet square and six inches deep, an
ordinary spout discharges rain water
from the roof of three story building.
In gambling with this apparatus bets
are made at the beginning of the rainy
season as to whether or not the tank
will overflow at a given shower; to the
extent the rain will overflow it when the
water sheets come down in proper tropi-
cal style. 1t is alleged that on busy
days in the bazaar several lakhs of ru-
PEGS change hands. This is surely vice
made easy for the lazy man. Exchange.
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Hot Water for the Public,

The "hot water fountains" which the
municipal council of Paris determined
last year to establish are in operation
on the Boulevard ST. German, on the
south side of the Seine. The fountain
is an elegant circular column provided
with a button which, being pressed,
after placing sou in the slot, causes
about eight quarts Of water to be al
most instantaneously heated by gas to
65 dogs. Reaumur, and passed through
a tap into the recipients pail or can.
When this operation is completed an
inner weight rises and the gas is auto
matically turned off. The small house
holders and shopkeepers of the neigh
borhood are stated to be availing them
selves eagerly of this privilege, which
is eventually to be extended to every
quarter of the city and suburbs.-Paris
Letter
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A Crest Freight Carrier.

The new twin screw steamer Bowie,
Of the White Star line, sailed from New
York the other day on her first outward
voyage with what is said to be the big
gest cargo ever taken from this port,
and with the greatest number of bales
of cotton ever carried in ship. Besides
700 cattle on deck, she had 8,093 bales
of cotton, 9,4OO sacks of flour, 10000
bushels of grain, $3.50 packages of lard,
979 boxes of bacon, 63 tierces of beef,
1,1O4 barrels of cottonseed oil, go barrels
of paraffine wax, 300 tons of cottonseed
cake, 100 tons of copper ore, 100 tons of
acetate of lime, 100 packages of candles
and one refrigerator containing 1000
quarters of beef. New York Letter.
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Beware the Deadly Corset String.

One of Cumberland's most busy thor
oughfares came near being the scene of
tragedy yesterday evening of most
sensational and distressing character. A
young lady, radiant in all the loneliness
that usually attends sweet seventeen,
Travelled three entire blocks literally on
fire, and yet gave no sign nor did she
betray her distress to any one, although
passersby who happened to be possessed
of keen olfactory organs may have de-
tected the odor of burning woolens and
fannels.
! 1t is related by those who know the
particulars that the young lady was en-
! gagged in the mysteries of her toilet pre-
| paratory to street promenade. A cor
set string refused to be cut bias or
something of that sort, and was sub
/ jected to the discipline of a lighted
lamp in order to shorten it. Burning
the string in two pieces was success
for the time, and the young lady COM
pleted her make up and hastily started
down town. She was more than a
quarter of mile from home when the
horrible fact was discovered that her
underclothing was on fire in an inaces-
sible region. The material, however,
was all wool and there was great deal
more smoke and offensive odor than fire
Still, no young lady approves of being
on fire in the street or anywhere else
and so she FASTENED as rapidly as pos
sible to the shelter of the house of 9
friend, and reached harbor of safety
just before the flames broke out, but il
is said she was smoking like limekilr
when the friendly door closed behind
her. Strange to say, her person was MOI
even scorched, although she is now the
owner of very dilapidated outfit o.
wooden underWear.-Cumber News
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The Nearest Star.

One of the most clearly defined figures
in the sky is the Northern Cross, which
you will find at about o'clock now
directly overhead. 1t would be hard
for you not to identify it. The head Of
the cross, the bright star Deneb, is
toward the northeast, and the foot, AL
bireo, is toward the southwest. Thus the
whole figure lies along the milky way.
The cross has no special NEUROLOGICAL
history, nor indeed has the constellation
Cygnus (the SWAMI of which it is part.
But Cygnus is famous for containing
the star that is nearest to us of all the
stars seen from this hemisphere, sixty
one Cygni, as it is called. 1t is faint
star Immediately under Deneb and in
the direction of the Square of Pegasus.
The astronomers have obtained the
parallax of this star with something
like accuracy, and they find that it is
about 100000 times as far from us as the
sun is distant from the earth.-Philadel-
phia Times
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Patching Up tile San Marco Lion.


One of the most wonderful pieces of
mechanical work ever undertaken by
human hands has just been completed
abroad. The celebrated landmark of
Venice, the lion of San Marco, has
during the past three months been great
ly missed from the top of the mighty
column of the Marcus place by strangers
visiting the City of Lagoons. Last year
when an examination of it was made.
it was found that the statue had fallen
into more than fifty pieces, which were
liable to come down at any moment.
This discovery gave rise to desire on
the part of some of the city fathers to
transfer the original lion to the Civil
museum and to make for the column an
exact copy of the historical monument.
But the Venetians were strongly op-
posed to this, and argued that the orig
inal lion should remain in it's place.
| Thereupon Signor Luigi Vendrasco de-
vised plan to repair the damaged mon
ster. With infinite labor and care the
decayed statue was lowered to the
ground and its fragments carried to the
arsenal. The experiment by which it
was thought the loose pieces could be
reunited by smelling process proved
failure. Giovanni contempt, one Of the
finest mechanics of Venice, was called
in, and resolved to repair the fallen hero
by welding the pieces together in the
presence of several of the municipal Of
fcers.
More than $50 screws were used to re-
unite the separated pieces Of metal, and
the cracks and interstices were filled
out with an inside lining of bronze.
This difficult piece of work was brought
to happy close with marvellous skill.
Nothing can be seen of the repairs ex-
ternally, and as of old the lion of San
Marco bids the stranger welcome as he
enters the beautiful City of the Doges..
st. Louis Republic.
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An Ingenious Clock.

A clock Of ingenious mechanism has
been completed by q. E. Shearer of
Schuylerville, N. Y, after two years.
work. The case represents an arsenal.
1t is feet inches high, has several bal
comics and piazzas and a tower in which
is bell. On either side of the entrance
door is a miniature brass cannon mount
ed on trucks. The works are automat-
ically musical, playing a different tune
every half hour. Each time the music
plays a trumpeter on horseback rides
out Of the lower front door and remains
until it ceases. Then he re-enters, and
the bell in the tower rings .-New York
Telegram.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-11-22

The country most extensively cult
waited for the growth of bananas, and
which for the past three months has SO
distinguished itself by the unusual
quality and fine development of its prod
ucts, is situated in the Republic of
Colombo, Bocas del Toro being now the
shipping center and principal attraction
for planters and merchants engaged in
the industry.
There are at the present time, taken
at rough estimate, no less than $4,000
acres of land devoted entirely to the cul
tivation of bananas, from which can be
shipped weekly 10000 punches, all aver
aging $50 bananas to each bunch. These
are termed "whole bunches"-besides
which about %, 900 punches of smaller
size, averaging 200 bananas each (Which
are termed halves) still remain uncut
and at the expiration of another weel
attain their full size, when they also are
ready for shipment.
At the lapse of the same length o.
time perhaps twice the quantity o.
punches are ready to be cut, and so OF
from week to week, month to month
and year to year. New plantations AZ,
continually starting up, taking tel
months from the time the suckers" o.
plants, are first put into the ground tx
the time they commence to yield.-Cor
New Orleans Picayune.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-11-22

The passenger with long hair and short
trousers had been figuring industriously
on the back of soiled envelope ever
since the train left the Battery. He was
evidently deeply interested in some prob
lem. Two or three of the other passen-
gers remained with him in the car until
Seventy street was reached He
kept his pencil moving all of the way up
town, and when he stepped out on the
station platform he held up the envelope
on which he. had been figuring and ex-
claimed: 81 have just made most in
teresting discovery. travel more than
5000 miles on this elevated railroad
each year, and have never had my life
insured. | go over the road four times
aday, except Sundays, between Seven
tysecond street and the Battery OF Rec
tor street. That is about six miles q
trip, or twenty-four miles day, and
for 800 days it amounts to just 200
miles-a rather significant figure, con.
sidering that live on Seventy
street.
about three times each week make
an extra trip from Rector street tC
Forty street and back. That is
eight miles a day for 1866 days, which
amounts to 1,24S miles, Then average
twelve miles at least in my Sunday
pleasure rides, for | usually go to both
ends of the road. That would make
1924 -mles-mare, which, added to the
other total for tho year, gives grand
total of 9,172 miles. New York Times
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A Pathetic Incident in Real Life.

There is a pathetic story which has
never been told attending the death of
James 7. Leighton, of New Haven,
who fell dead in Monument square,
Portland, Wednesday evening. 1t APP
pears that he had a son who, in a
fit of rage, induced by an alteration
with his father, left his home and mys-
teriously disappeared. The months went
by and the father and mother received
no tidings of their boy. Learning that
he was employed in Portland, the mother
and father went there on the Boston
boat Wednesday morning and registered
at the Preble. He searched the city all
day with no success, and though i'll and
weak he resolved to start out again
that night.
He met a man who informed him that
his son was stopping in boarding house
on Free street and offered to lead Mr.
Leighton there. The latter was over
joyed, but after crossing the square be
came so weak that he leaned against 6
building and was unable to proceed
lie dsheu Ills Sulue w hurry W uHt
boarding house and fetch his son. The
man hurried, and when he returned
with the son they saw a crowd sur
rounding a PROSTATE form on the side
walk. They hurriedly pushed the by
ISLANDERS aside, and there they found tn,
father corpse. Heart disease brough
on by excitement, the physician said
Bangor (Me.) Wing.
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Ministers Abreast of the Times,

One Boston clergyman at least is up
to date. Last Sunday he preached on
Whittier in the morning and on the
Sullivan-Corbett fight in the evening.
1t will now be in order for him to preach
sermon on the wickedness of the papers
in reporting the fight. Another clergy
man announced a Sunday evening talk
ON the subject, "Your Trolley's Off,"
Another clergyman recently remarked
to his congregation, you press the
button and l do the rest" And still
another spoke of prayer as touching the
electric button which rings in heaven.
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A New Boston Fad.

I have found family where all the
members are devoting themselves to the
principles of "repose through relaxa-
ton" Since their conversion to this
creed of physical culture they are
complete entertainment in themselves.
To find this relaxation they flop about
in the most wonderful manner; the host
has forsaken his sitting room couch and
drops limp heap ON the rug
near the open CRATE; his good spouse
allows her head to droop like a
wilted lily and amazes her breath
ing apparatus by peculiar gasps and
convulsive heaving. The daughters
throw back the shoulders by placing
their thoughts under their several chins,
and holding themselves up by imaginary
handles there implanted. l repeat the
words, the meaning of which do not
attempt to construe.
The art is trife beyond me. After
we dined the other evening the entire
family even to Rob, the ten-year-old
hopeful, went through drill to bring
about repose when the prize was gained
the family looked quite as if hurricane
had whirled them about in mad glee
until all the bones in their bodies were
broken into inch sections and every sec
ton pulverized into powdery bits. One
of the main rules of this new system is
to rest mind and body by imagining that
the legs are heavy.-Cor. Roxbury News.
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Missionaries in Scotland.

1t seems odd to think of missionaries
going to Scotland, the home Of the
Covenanters, to convert the savage in
habitants to Christianity. At Anwoth,
in ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, there was found
few days ago one Of the old "hillside
crosses" set up by the early missionaries
who went to the lowlands from Iona,
or Ireland, to mark the spots where they
first preached Christ to the heather
Scots. This interesting cross is of red
sandstone, 4S inches long, 141s inches
across the widest part, and 4 inches
thick. Its arms are 26 inches in length,
or were, for one is broken off. Rude in
scrlptions are carved on the ross.-Lon-
don Letter,
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How to Live on Love.

The girl was having private confer
ence with her father on the subject of
marriage.
"The young man hasn't enough to
support you on" urged the father.
But You will give us something"
she said.
mot great deal, my dear"
"Then ~, y 9 shall live on love-" J.
"Qgh," shifted the father.
"Don't you think we camp asked the
, girl with the beautiful confidence of
youth.
Eyes, if you both stay SINGLE" and
the father declined to discuss the mat
ter further.--Detroit Free Press.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-11-22

New York is just now filled with news
paper correspondents from most of the
cities in the country. They come from
all states in the Union to watch the
national politicians. They have been
accustomed to the sights in Washing
ton, Philadelphia, Chicago, Cincinnati,
st. Louis, New Orleans and San Fran
cisco. They were dazzled, though, by
the preparations in New York for the
Columbian festivities. The triumphal
arches on Fifth avenue, the miles of
bunting used to decorate the city hall,
the subtreasury, the great banking
buildings, the fine mansions on Fifth
avenue, and the hotels, and the great
stands for the people erected all along
the route impressed them with the pos.
sibilities of this town. They gathered
at the Lotus club the other night and
unanimously voted that when New York
got up on its hind legs and yawped over
a great event it was the most triumphant
cry and the most successful of any city
in the nation. New York Sun.
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Whittier's Companion.

When John g. Whittier's office in this
city was surrounded by a mob fifty years
ago nearly every one on the premises
felt constrained to depart. The gentle
Quaker found himself alone with an
Office boy who would not desert him.
Whittier at last made his way through
the surging crowd down Chestnut street
to Fifth. His gentle mien and quiet
way of receiving threats gained him the
mob's respect, and the courageous little
fellow who chung to his employer
through it all was also admired. The
pair finally took refuge i'll friendly
house. Whittier never forgot that boy,
and for years he wrote him constantly
in this city. When death came to tie
boy, since grown to manhood, his daugh-
ter sent Whittier a letter announcing
the fact and received touching letter
of sympathy. Recently babe was
born to her, and he will be christened
John Greenleaf Whittier. Philadelphia
Record.
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Simkins was speaking about his visit
to the blind asylum, and he wound up by
saying what fun it would be to have
some of the blind men as fellow board
ers. st would be rich,' he said, "to
put cup of hot water before them and
to see them gravely drink it, supposing
it tea or coffee lawfully funny" said
Mrs. Simkins Then she thought and
abruptly concluded by remarking, "Mr.
Simkins, you're fool. Pick Me Up.