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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-01-25

Late in the afternoon of a raw day
in November, as a doctor alighted
from his carriage at the door of his
stable, after n long drive over frost
bound country roads, he was some.
what startled by the sudden appear
ance of hound, which trottod up to
him without ceremony, and, selling
him by the skirt of his long driving
coat, endeavored to pull him in the
direction of a shed adjoining the stable.
The doctor demonstrated rather vigor-
ously, whcreat the dog Immediately
released his hold, but instead of run
ling away retreatcd in good order
towards the shed, whence he presently
reappeared, and tugged at the coat as
before.
Having freed the horse from the
shafts of his buggy, the doctor went
into the house for lantern; as he
came out of the house the hound
again approached and repeated his
previous performances, This time
greatly to the creatures delight, the
doctor followed him into the shed;
and there, in a remote corner,
stretched at full length upon his side,
and evidently in n condition of ex-
haustion, lay what is known as Il
''coach-dog' a hort-haired animal
OF medium size, whose coat is thickly
covered with black and white spots.
by the light of the lantern the doc
| tor lpolfn1 thn noCr fn1lo,v AVIAN "a, +, n
fully, and soon found the cause of his
breakdown in torn and bleeding feet
that made travel impossible Here
was charity case indeed; and to such
appeals of charity the physician is
ever ready to respond.
A comfortable bed of straw and a
good supper were quickly provided
for the sufferer. His feet were then
clea sed, Amounted with soothing
ointment and wrapped in bandages,
the hound looking on meanwhile with
every manifestation OF interest and
pleasure. lie was invited by the hos
pitabe doctor to. spend the night with
his canine friend, but he declined the
invitation. Having seen his compan-
ion properly cared for, he hurried
away as if on important business, but
when the doctor went to the stable
next morning he found the faithful
creature at the stable door waiting
for admission.
When he was permitted to enter, he
went straight to the patient, and I
wish | could report word for word
what passed between the two. | have
no doubt the hound inquired into his
friends condition, congratulated him
upon having found an asylum in his
extremity, and, in reply to expressions
of gratitude and obligation, protested
that he had done no more than any
self-respecting dog would do in the
same circumstances. lie remained
about the stable for half an hour and
then left.-Our Animal Friends.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-01-25
Women Every where.

Princess Louise and the marquis of
Lorne have purchased villa at st.
GATHERINGS on the shore of Loeb Tyne,
Scotland.
The engagement is announced in
Boston of Miss Olea Bull, daughter Of
Ole Bull, to Mr.. Henry j. Vaughn, a
Harvard 80 man, engaged in the study
of law.
Mrs. Rae, widow of DR. John Rae,
the Arctic explorer, has presented her
husbands collection of Arctic and
other curiosities to the university of
Edinburgh.
Toronto, Canada, has an Office call ed
the department of neglected children,
which is superintendent by J. J. Kelso,
whose duty it is to find suitable
homes for unprotected children
The executive committee of the
Western Reserve university has APP
pointed Mrs. Mary Moves Colvin pro.
fessor Of romance languages in the
college for women. Mrs Colvin was
graduated from Mount Holyoke, and
after studying and teaching several
years she entered for degree Mt the
university Of Zurich In February,
1883, that university bestowed unon
her the degree OF Phi d., sulnma cum
laude, she having been the first wo
man to receive the doctors degree
from the institution.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-01-25
James Russell Lowell's Posthumous
Essay in the Century Magazine.
What Dreamers Hear.

A lawyer who had been over
worked rose in his sleep, went into
the hall of his house and discharged
pistol. The household hurried to the
place and found him at the head of
the stairway, awake, but much be-
wildered. He had dreamed of bur-
glars and had gone to attack them
One member of the family slept
through the noise. When he came
into the dining room-before he heard
the events of the night-he com
planned that his sleep had been much
disturbed.
He had dreamed that he hao zen
condemned to be shot, that he lad
been led to the place of execution and
had fallen senseless when the guns
were fired, says Kate Fields Washing
ton. A lady dreamed that a man
came into her room, poured some
water into basin, carried the splash
ing water to her bedside and began to
sprinkle it over her. She awoke and
heard loud splashing. At first she
was motionless with fear, but pres
emily she lighted candle and went
to the basin, where she found mouse
making frantic efforts to get out OF
the water.
Another dreamed that she had a
severe earache; that she rose. I'M
locked the door that separated her
room from one in which two children
slept and went to shelf where there
was a lotion which she applied to her
ear. When she awolle she found her.
self in her Sn bed and without pain.
The door was still locked, but in few
minutes one of the children began to
cry that his ear ached, and she rose
and went to the shelf for the lotion.
A young man dreamed that he was
in his office busy with a troublesome
estimate when a wo nan came in with
a screaming baby and began to walk
rapidly up and down the room, so that
it was impossible for the calculator to
remember his figures. Presently the
woman thrust the child into his arms,
and he was so startled by this that he
awolSe, But the screams still troubled
his ears for mother in a neighbor-
ing room was walking about vainly
trying to quiet q crying child.
Several years after the death of her
husband Il widow, lying awake one
night, recalled wildly some scenes of
her husbands last illness. Presently
her daughter, who was beside her,
awolle and said: 'Oh, mamma,
have been going over in my dreams all
the scenes of papa's last illness She
| then told her dream, in which the
scenes were almost the counterpart OF
those that had been recalled by he1
| OF hn.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-01-25
A Dutch Concert.

Arrange the players in n circle and
appoint leader. The leader must
then tell each one to play lin fancy
on some special musical instrument,
such as the harp, trombone, flute, vio-
lin, base viol, jewsharp, concertina,
cornet, drum, etc, also selecting one
for himself. BE then announces that
he wishes to drill them on certain
tune, say, for example, "Home, Sweet
Home" At his signal they all COM
mence to play, each initiating as we'll
as possible his own instrument. Of
course this creates a wonderful noise
and lots of laughter. Suddenly the
leader drops his own kind of music
and starts up with the instrument OF
some other player, who must take up
the one he left. III he does not OBJ
serve the change, the leader calls out:
'Forfeitr'
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-01-25
INDISPENSABLE Authors.

There are certain books which it is
necessary to read; but they are very
few. Looking at the matter from an
aesthetic point of view merely, should
say that thus far only one man had
been able to use types SO universal,
and to draw figures so cosmopolitan,
that they are equally true in all Ian
guages and equally accepta BILE to the
whole Indo- European branch, at least,
of the human family. That man is
Homer, and there needs, it seems to
me, no further proof of his individual
existence than this very fact of the
solitary unapproacha bleness of the
"ltiad" and the Odyssey" The
more wonderful they are, the more
likely to be the work of one person.
Nowhere is the purely natural man
presented to us SO nobly and sincerely
as in these poems.
Not far below these / should place
the 'Divina Commedia" of Dante, in
which the history of the spiritual
man is slietched with equal command
of material and grandeur of outline
Don Quixote' stands upon the same
level and receives the same universal
appreciation. Here we have the
spiritual and the natural man set be-
! fore us in humorous contrast In the
knight and his squire Cervantes has
| typitied the two opposing poles of our
dual nature--the imagination and the
und rstanding as they appear in con-
tradlction This is the only compre-
hensive satire ever written, for it is
utterly independent of time place
and manners
Faust gives us the natural history
of the human intellect Mephisto.
pheles being merely the projected inn
pcrsonation of that sllepticism which
is the invariable result of a purely
intellectual culture These four books
are the only ones in which universal
facts of human nature and experience
are ideally represented. They can
therefore never be displaced
have not mentioned Shakespeare,
because his works come under diff
fercnt category. Though they mark
the very highest level of human gen.
Jus, they yet represent no special epoch
in the history OF the individual mind
the man of Shakespeare is always the
man of actual life as he is acted upon
by the worlds of sense and of spirit
under definite conditions. We all o
MS MAJ be in the position of Macbct I'll
or othcllo or Hamlet, and we appreei
ata their sayings and deeds potential
~, SO 10 saeali, rather than actually
through the sympathy of our common
nature and not of our experience -
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-01-25

MANY people living in Rochester,
N. T., who could and would work
are debarred from so doing because
of insufficient clothing. Children,
too. are unable to go to school be-
cause they have no shoes. The mayor
has established in the basement of
The city hall, a bureau where second
hand clothing may be sent by those
who have discarded them. Every
day between certain hours crowds of
people in need of clothing go there
and are fitted out.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-01-25

The grand jury of Kings county,
New York, is surprised and dismayed
to learn that the inmates of the
county jail are the "offscouriugs of
society" This is indeed depressing.
1t shows that the standard of Kings
county criminals is very low. Steps
should be taken to "pincbn a few
doctors of divinity, two or three
judges. bank president or two and
a sprinkling of professional men to
leaven the lump. Ward McAllister
might be inveigled across the river
and chucked in.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-01-25
Two Ways of Doing 1t.

just now tney began Ialhlup Ol
compliments not one of them could
have told. Probably it was when the
Chatterbox told the Distressed Damsel
that "some one" had said such pref
ty thing about her, but she wasn't
going to tell what it was or who said it.
Now the chatterbox was just long
ing to tell both these items, so she
was horribly disappointed when little
Mrs T. said:
Talking of pretty speeches. the
pleasantest compliment that ever
drifted my way l received the other
day from an absolute stranger
(Which accounts for the compli-
ment," muttered the Chatterbox to her
work. But then the Chatteroox was
cross. She had been cut short in her
career of chatter.
Il was hurrying through Madison
street." continued Mrs b., "when |
saw approaching me a woman whom
/ thought knew. | took her for an
out-of-town friend, and my pleasure
at the meeting was the greater from
its rarity. ] hurried forward to meet
her, not waiting to fairly reach her
before beginning my delighted greet
ing. The words froze on my lips,
however, as we actually met, ff | saw
that though the likeness was extra
ordinary, even at close quarters she
was not at all the person for whom /
had taken her.
"'Oh, said, with smile of apol-
ogy, II beg your pardon; thought
you were friend of mine. She
smiled, too, and then, after second
of survey and hesitation which subtly
pointed the remark, said, with n
graceful bow and an air of breeding,
i wish / were, madam, and passed
on.
"The whole thing took only breath
to do, though it has taken several to
tell, and she was out of hearing al
most before l could rally and call
Thank you after her. | shall never
see her again, of course, but / shall
always remember her quick, tactful
courtesy"
THAT reminds me-" said the Chat
toIbox, in high, good hum3r again,
now that she could have her innings,
of n story Aunt Mary used to tell,
The reminder is entirely by force of
contrast 1t seems that Aunt Mary
saw some one she thought she knew
in one of the big stores She had not
seen the particular friend she thought
she saw for long time, and started
toward her with outstretched hand,
For some reason the woman in ques-
ton thought that she knew Aunt
Mary too, and came to meet her
equally delighted. Almost as their
hands met the two women dscov-
cred their mistake.
"'Oh,' said Aunt Mary, impressive.
ly, Il thought it was you! 80 did /,
replied the other, distinctly ag-
grieved. And then they separated,
each probably thinking how stupid
the other was. Chicago Times
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-01-25

The safest possible way for dis
tributing aims is through the organ
lied charities. Money doled out in
answer to street solicitation is
oftener misplaced than otherwise
Few unworthy people are able to
hoodwink those who manage the Or
gained charities. The man who
said he would rather give to nine un-
worthy solicitors for aid than refuse
the tenth who should prove to be
worthy Is not now under the neces-
sity OF more imposition.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-01-25
What's on tho Paper.

This must be played with person
who does not know the trick. Tell
the guests that you will undertake to
do little "mind-reading Ask
someone to write anything he likes on
a piece OF paper. Take the paper,
roll it up, and after few passes of
the head, say: Now drop the paper
on the middle of the floor, and to
show you how fair am you may
actually stand on the paper with both
feet" After few mysterious motions
and moment of silence turn to the
person and say: you are on the
paper, are you not?'
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-01-25

In time of peace it troubles the
officials Of the navy to have the New
York get away for Rio in such
hurry that they haven't time to paint
out the coal stains on her sides. 1t
is hard to say what such over-nice
officials would do in time of war, il
she should have any blood stains on
her decks.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-01-25

ROBBERS tried to extort money
from a Chicago lawyer. They did
not get any, but acquired a lot of
valuable experience on which they
now mediate behind the bars
Strange as it may seem the lawyer
did not charge them a cent, They
ought to repay him by retaining him
to defend them.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-01-25

WAY off in Africa King Lobengula,
whose skin is black has succeeded in
cutting to pieces some of the white
troops that have been having similar
fun with his followers. The king
does not realize that he is bucking
against civilization that can be just
us uncivilized as himself.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-01-25

1t was in the South school the other
day that the scholars were asked TO
write n sentence which should CON
tain the pronoun ~" and small
colored pupil perpetrated this. my
mother made shortcake. 1t was so
short | didn't get any of it,"-Hart.
ford Post.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-01-25
Phoebe WEEKLY RECORD.
Published Every Thursday.
PlOCHE, NEVADA.
PlOCHE,

The politeness and courage OF
Americans is proverbial. OF all the
passengers in recent train robbery
not one was rude enough to interfere
with the bandits and not one was
scared to death.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-01-25

THE modern great city must have
streets two stories high; either with
elevated roads above surface or tun-
nels, or subways underneath. This
involves tremendous expense, which
might be saved II the streets had
been made wide enough in the first
place. This is lesson which should
be needed in the laying out of all flu
tura streets.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-01-25

Y WHEN the car Of Russia cannot
enjoy the pleasure of feeding hungry
orphans with the crumbs from his
table without danger OF killing off
all the innocent partakers of his
bounty his lot is hard indeed.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-01-25
GARDEN AND CRADLE.

When our babe he goeth walking in his garden,
Around his tinkling feet the sunbeams play,
he posies they are good TO him
And bow them as they should to him.
AS fareth he upon his kingly way:
And birdlingS of the wood to him
Make music, gentle music all the day,
When our babe he goeth walking in his garden
When our babe he eoeth swinging in his cradle,
Then the niIht il looketh ever sweetly down.
The little stars are kind TO him
he moon she hath mind to him
And layeth on his head golden crown
And sins eth then the wind to him
a song, the gentle song of Bethlehem town.
When our babe he goeth swinging in his cradle
Eugene Field
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-01-25

SOME one has said that the world
has progressed as much between
1920 and the present day as it did
between 1920 and the days of Abra-
ham. If this notion is to be accepted
James Morris, who has just died at
Lyons, N. T., at the age of 121, has
had an opportunity of witnessing as
many changes as if he were born just
after the food and lived until the
discovery Of America
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-01-25

VALIANT, the bonn thrower, has
record that his last achievement
fifty crowns. He has been vagrant,
a beggar, thief, a woman beater,
and served time for each offense. 1t
Is, perhaps, little wonder that he is
not enamored OF the law.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-01-25

+ FooTPADs who rob women cannot
expect to have the offense condoned
because they are gallant enough to
tip'thelr hats as they depart. 1t
may soften the hearts OF women, but
it will fail to touch the police as
signally as the police have thus far
failed to touch them.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-01-25

A COUNTRY boy who was swindled
at Sacramento forced the swindlers
to look into pistol and while labor
ing under the mental disquiet thus
pioduced to return the spoils. 1t is
to be hoped the young man will ex-
tend his visit to the city.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-01-25

use Office paper for social spond-
ence. At friends house or aboard
friends yacht, however, the hosts
stationery is welcome. And it may
be added as a final word that the
punctilious guest always sends his
letter to the house or yacht mail bag
STAMPED
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-01-25


almost every body knows some
thing of the famous war story of the
late General Butler and the spoons"
said Mr.. j. w. Donovan of Detroit, in
a recent conversation; "but l heard
the story direct from the general him
self, when he was on the stump in the
campaign of 1872. 1t was at Indian
apolis.
"a crowd Of fully 10000 persons
were gathered under canvas tent.
Butler was in full dress-his usual
habit when before the public-and
was as smiling as bride. He was at
his best, condition which meant a
great deal in q man like Butler. AS
he stepped to the front of the plat
form and bowed, he was given an ova-
ton.
Holding a newspaper close to his
eyes, he said:
1.-The paper l hold is the Times.
The item l am about to read is slightly
personal. I'll read it.
Then he read as follows:
"The citizens of Mount Vernon will
be treated on Tuesday forenoon to the
sight of the most hideous-looking man
in America when Ben Butler will
speak for the Republicans.
Here General Butler paused for
moment impressively, then finished
the paragraph with ringing emphasis:
"'Citizens, take care of your spoons
"a wild burst of applause followed,
which General Butler stilled with
wave OF his right hand. Then he
/ turned the profile of his face to his
audience and said:
Nov, am on exhibition on that
POINT
"a powerful speech of an hour and
n half, urging the election of General
Grant, followed, after which General
Butler mopped his heated face and
tackled the spoon question.
" 4 have never before attempted to
answer the ISLANDERS and calumnies
that follow the career of men who
become the marks of their enemies,'
he said, but | will pay my respects to
this little editc- md his companion on
a local paper
General Butler then burst forth in
II philippic-fun, severity, sarcasm,
and eloquence alternating. He swayed
that vast audience as few such aud
fences had ever been swayed before.
Hundreds jum' upon their seats and
yelled:
"'Give it Give it to him!
Oh him! III again.
This eXcitem continued for half
an hour, when the speaker suddenly
wound up with the story of how he
had been placed in command when
New Orleans was in open rebellion;
he had cleaned the Streets reclaimed
a million dollars worth of waste lands,
brought order out of chaos by pro-
claiming that if the women of the city
did not cease from throwing slops
down the necks of his soldiers while
they were on guard duty, from their
windows, they would be classed as
women of the town, and treated ac-
cordingly-a threat which stopped the
method of insult, and led to their say
ing, in their anger, that such man
would steal spoons.
'''With 500, 900 men under my COM
mand,' the general Numbered, with
millions Of money under my control,
with all this vast responsibility, with
life and death at my finger ends, how
much time do you think-how much
time do you really think-old Ben
Butler had to crawl into back yards
and steel spoons?'
THAT" concluded Mr.. Donovan,
was a speech and climax that I
have never been able to forget Ma
tional Tribune.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-01-25
Flour Griddle Cakes.

One quart of sweet milk, two eggs,
one teaspoonful of salt, one table
spoonful of butter melted in the milk,
one gill of yeast, or quarter of n yeast
cake, and flour enough to make a
smooth batter. Make in the morning
and they will be ready for tea.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-01-25

The executors OF 7. +. Barnum's
estate, which is worth over $1,000
0J0, have applied to have a portion
OF the property distributed among
tho heirs. 1t Is but natural that the
heirs OF the great Snowman should
want q show themselves.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-01-25

A New YORK editor is said to favor
the plan Of limiting suffrage to capt.
talists. thus definitely forming a
plutocracy. The editor is not wholly
given over to lunacy, for he refuses
to reveal his name.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-01-25

AN exchange declares that Cali
fornia has "women tramps." What
is poor woman TO do when her
father, husband. brother or son rides
off and leaves her with the children
to feedP One of the most pitlful
aspects of modern civilization is the
eagerness with which many itinerant
men of various classes desert their
families and devote their time and
earnings solely to their own aopetites.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-01-25

A WOMAN has disposed of an es-
tate of $4,000 by writing few
lines in pencil on an old envelope.
Lawyers say that the will cannot be
broken, and their opinion that
women know nothing about business
they regard as confirmed anew.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-01-25

and never witnessed d similar fight
and never hope to do so"-Bowling
Sreen Gazette.
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THE ONE IS FoRTY-FOUR.

Lofty, serene, star crowned she sits, the one
That's forty-four; isht-throned and beautiful,
But with glad welcomes in her Smi4ing eyes
For all the lowliest of Gods poor, who toll
Ana come to make their homes with her and be
Her children.