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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-01-18
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE.

The coolest of our winter weather appears
to have passed
Business since the holidays is reported as
extremely quiet.
The town has suffered from an egg famine
for the past week.
Cinnamon are being regis tered in Seattle
at the rate of over 300 per day.
Joe Phillips is confined to the house with
rheumatism and our barber shop is closed.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-08-13
THE ISLE OF LEPERS.
DR.. TALMAGE TELLS OF HAWAIrS COL
ONY OF AlVlNG DEATH

He Contrasts the Sadness and the Cheerful
ness of Mo1okai-Unrecognized Heroes
Who supplemented Father Damien's No
BILE Work There.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-08-13
s:niIers' Threads.

The spiders thread is made of in
Vulnerable small threads or hbers, one
of these threads being estimated to be
One-millionth of q hair in thickness.
Three kinds of thread are spun-One of
great strength for the radiating or
spoke lines of the web The cross lines,
or what sailor might call the rat lines,
are finer and are tenacious-that is,
they have upon them little specks or
globules Of very sticky gum. These
speczs are put OH with even interspaces.
They are set quite thickly along the line
and are what in the first instance catch
and hold the legs or wings of the fly.
Once caught in this fashion, the prey is
held secure by threads flung over it
somewhat in the same manner as las
SO. The third kind of silk is that which
the spider throws out in mass of flood,
by which it suddenly envelops any prey
OF which it is somewhat afraid, as for
example, wasp. A scientific expert
menter once drew out from the body of
a single spider 3, 40O yards of thread
or spider silk-a length little short of
three miles. -Popular Magazine.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-08-13

nv some womb disorder. The suffering pa
tient gets no better, but probably worse, by
reason of the delay, wrong treatment and
CONSEQUENT complications A proper medi-
cine. like DIR. Pierces Favorite Prescription,
directed to the cause would have promptly
cured the disease.
Mrs HARRY TAPPAN. of Reynolds, Jefferson
20 Neb. writes: For two years L was
sIIfferer A part of this time had to be carried
from my bed. Was racked with pam, nad
hysteria. was very nervous. no appetite ana
completely discouraged. few bottles OF
sFayorite Prescription effected perfect
cure Sold by all dealers in medicines.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-08-13

are cases of this kind called "loonine"
for the reason that the face is so wild
ened and enlarged and made severe that
the countenance looks like lion. The
annsthetic form is a whitening, thin
ming out, wasting away, depletion,
a skeletonizing process.
Q.-ls it contagious?
A-There are different opinions
about that. I have seen in married life
the husband CT wife leper for years
and the partner in life always IN good
health. I have known leprous parent
to have healthy child. I Yves tall ing
on this subject with an eminent pLysi
clan, who said to me: "DoyO see those
two children playing together? The one
is leper and the other my own child,
ard l have no fear about cOntamina-
ton.
Q.-How many patients are there in
Molokai at the present time?
About l, 900
Hero ended my conversation with the
former member of the board Of health
of the Sandwich Islands. Up to date
the woe goes on. C0lly two weeks ago q
ship took 20 more lepers to Molokai
The scene CT par ing is said to be so
heartrending that but few people go to
the wharf to witness it. The wailing
and bowling at the parting of families
as the filial and fraternal and paternal
and maternal bonds are broken is some
thing that haunts the memory. Not long
ago young man sentenced to the leper
island declared he would not be taken
alive He shot three Of those who were
attempting to segregate him and then
hid i'll q hut until cannon on q neigh
boring hill bonn barded the hut into a
wreck Then a relative went to the hut
and found the young man dead.
But do not let us give up discouraged.
Leprosy as well as cancer and all the
other uncOnquered ailments will yet be
cured [ do not know where the cradle
now holding the coming doctor is being
rocked whether at Molokai, or in Hon
olulu, or Oh the banks of the Thames,
or the Rhine, or the Tiber, or the Ural,
or the Hudson, or the Savannah nor do
I know from what college he will I'M
roll his diploma, nor in what laboratory
he Will make his experiments, nor i'll
what decade he will give proclamation
of the worlds emancipation from
UlSGttScS ySU 1uCuItDlo, DuU nc VIII
go through the same prosecutions that
DR.. Jenner did because of his dis
covery of way TO halt smallpox, and
as DR.. Kelley has endured because of
his almost supernatural cure Of alcohol
ism, and the new discovery will run
the gantlet of caricature and expulsion
from medical societies, and will, like
the most illustrious being of all ages,
become the target for expectoration, but
the discoverer will give Ieprosy the COM
mand, ''Thus far shalt thou go, and no
farther, and that disease Will wriggle
and crawl and shrink out of the world,
and after the medical emancipation is
dead the nations will build monument
so high to his memory that the granite
shaftwill disputewith the skies the right
of possession, and in the epitaph thereon
the clicking chisel will try to atone for
the slanderOuS tongue, and the world
that held back from the discoverer the
bread OF honest praise will give him
storm of post mortem commemOration.
Forward the whole column of surgeons
and physicians for the conquest of lep-
rosy and cancer!
T. DE WITT TALMAGE.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-08-13

dyspepsia, ailOIiier
from heart disease,
another from liver
or kidney disease,
another with pain
here or there, and
in this way they all
present to their
easy-going doctor,
separate diseases,
for which he pre-
scribeS, assuming
them to be such.
when, in reality,
they are all only
SYMPTOMS caused
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-08-13
WELCOME WORDS TO WOMEN.

Many times women call on their family ply
sicians, suffering, as they imagine. one from
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-08-13

lanes Family Medicine 'io,.s th- Rowe
Most people ed to use i, Eas b day
The Irish standard., 1894-02-10
CARDINAL MEzzOFANTI.

The Greatest Linquist Of the Age, Ea wing
Spoken Seventy-Tw Languages.
When linguistic attainments are men
toned no name stands higher than that
ot Cardinal Mezzofanti, who was born at
Bologna, September II, 1774. 4He became
a professor ia tlne college Of his native
town, but finally was prevailed upon by
Pope Gregory XVI to take up his resi-
dence in the Eternal City. On Ills arrival
he was named domestic prelate, protono
tory apostolic, canon Of the Church Of
Santa Maggiore, and in May. 1888, was
appointed successor 10 M gr, Mai as primo
custode of the Vatican, a canon Of St
Peters,, aId to several other offices OF
minor responsibility. On February IL,
1885, he was created cardinal priest, pre-
feet of seven congregations, president Of
the Hospital OF San Salvador, and en-
trusted with the charge Of several other
charitable institutions, to the care Of
which the performance Of his special du~
ties as Cardinal, the instruction Of the
students of the Propaganda College, the
training OF missionaries, and spiritual
comfort OF foreigners, he devoted the re-
naming years Of his life, which, to the
regret of all Christendom, closed on the
18th OF March, l849. ...a,
Mezzofanti, though profound general
scholar, left no work behind him Of any
Importance He WAS essentially teacher
OF aen, and his pupils were from every
CLINE and nation. His knowledge OF
languages was little short OF miraculous,
aud would be justly considered Incredible
were it not attested by hundreds of wit
nessee. One of his biographers, DR..
Russel, president of Maynooth College,
Ireland, thus clsesihes it: Languages
spoken with ,'rare excellence" thirty;
spoken auently," nine; "leas perfectly" :,
eleven; ''imperfectly," eight; studied from
books, fourteen-total, seventy two; dia-
lects spoken or their peculiaritles under
stood, thirty-six. Yet Notwithstanding
the vast amount of time which this
rarely gifted man must have spent IN the
acquisition Of such prodigious number
Of tongues, the multiplicity Of his duties
as professor, librarian, examiner OF books
and MSS, 3confessor to foreigners, etc.,
he found ample opportunity to perform
numbsrless works of quiet charity, and
during the fifty-two years OF his priest
hood he never for single day neglected
the celebration OF the Holy Sacrifice.
His death was as edifyiDg as his life had
been pure and exalted.
The Irish standard., 1894-02-10

| by all at the risk Of their liberty and
their lives. Let me give you one fact
which shows the sincerity and incorrup-
tibility Of the men 1T that day. From
the 10Th of September until my arrest
and from the 24th of November, the day
OF my escape from Richmond, until the
18th day Of March, when ! escaped to
America, was iD Dublin; I was attend
ing meetings Of Centres two or three
times week: I was in frequent commu
nicatioD with hundred of men. During
all this time the government OF the day
was Offering fabulous sums for news of
my whereabouts, but not man would
betray me. When was arrested it was
by accident. And to conclude must
say that when the extent OF the Fenian
movement is considered the number OF
informers was infnitesimal. There are
mon alive today holding the secrets of
the past who have held them both in
peril and in peace with the same fidelity
and will hold them to the grave
"As for x will yon take any action
against the Fortnightly for libel?"
II am to old for that kind Of work. My
reputation is in the hand Of those who
worked with me; and, as Mr.. Davitt's
article shows, however we may diverge, I
shall not want defenders. Take this from
mex knows nothing about Fenianism.
It did not achieve what we expected, but
the principle Of that d y still lives; our
work was not in vain / am certain that
it the need arose our methods would not
be despised.' ...
Before the interviewer left. MIR. Steph
ems expressed great horror of the recent
anarchist outrage in Paris. 1T is not
fair fighting" he said, "to MAIN and kill
innocent women and children. We be"
lieved in open war, according, as far as
was possible, to the rules Of war;
The Irish standard., 1894-02-10
Satolli's English Speeches.

One characteristic OF Mgr. Sstolli Is
the power Of his memory. His duties
require him to make frequent speeches
before American congregations, and
therefore IN the English language. He
writes his speeches out in Italian, formu-
lates in his own language and on paper
what he wishes to.say and in just Whist
words he wiahes 70 say It, has these
speeches translated into English by his
Interpreter end then commits the. Eng
lish TO memory So Wos derfm is his
memory and 60 thorough his mastery OF
detail that no one would suspect from
listening to his utterances that he was
not an English scholar !. sSs.'ss}
The Irish standard., 1894-02-10
Religious Freedom.

In these days when SO many orators,
both laymen end preachers s, with wotul
lack OF proper information, ring out their
doleful and insipid charges of the dan
ger to our free lnstitutio MS from the
Roman Catholic Church, it is we'll occa-
sionally to present some stubborn facts
which refute the whole category OF such
charges.
One of these great facts SO little un-
derstood by Protestants at large, and SO
studiously ignored even where known, il
the glorious stand taken by the Catholic
Colony Of Maryland in favor Of complete
religious freedom-a stand which left the
PILGRIM Fathers of New England far in
the rear.
There is in possession Of the Histor-
ical Society Of Maryland the instruc-
tions of Lord Baltimore, in his own
handwriting, to the first colonists. The
date YVES November, 1893. We give the
first paragraph of this interesting dccu
ment:
II. Imprimis: His Lordship requires
his said Governors and Commissioners
that in their voyage to Mary Land, they
be very careful to preserve unity ard
peace amongst all the passengers on
ship board, and that they suffer no scam
dali nor offense to be given to any OF the
Protestants, whereby any just complaint
may hereafter be made by them, in Vir.
Rinia or in England, and that for that
end they cause all Acts Of Romano
Catholique religion to be done as pri-
vately ss may be, and that they instruct
ali the Romano Catalogues TO be silent
upon all occasions of discourse concern
ing matters Of religion, and that the
said Governor and Commissioners treat
the Protestants with as much mildnees
and favor as Justice will permit. And
this is to be observed at land as well as
Is sea." !"
The Irish standard., 1894-02-10

Carnot and talked over the great Napc
leon, and fought like nero and died IN
|daunted, all to be avenged of Mr.. Pitt
One is not surprised at the Duke Of Ar
gyll. But that a man of the genius ane
the imagination of Mr.. Froude should
thus misread human character is Ger
tainly rather surprising. In any case
It only takes very slight knowledge ot
the history OF Ireland to find ont that an
Irishman like Tone might, at the close
of the last century, have been an enemy
Of England without being necessarily a
arunkard, fool or sconndrel.
Never. surely was an autobiography
more frank, ,more sincere and less affected.
Much of it is not meant as an autobiog-
5aphy but is merely diary written for
the qualification of the wife whom Tone
Sldored with a quiet poetic rapture, and
from whom he was so long separated.
While Tone was IN France Mrs.
Tone remained in America, whittier
her whole family had smigrated. Her
grave is to be seen today in George
town, a suburb of Washington. The
book, entirely apart from any political
question, is delightful reading. 1t gives
the most interesting pictures of the soci
ETY. to which Tone had the good fortune
10 be admitted in Paris. Tone Vas
man of varied and artistic tastes. He
wss q scholar; he loved the great
Roman authors and still more the
Greek; he was devoted to Shakespeare
and seemed to find something in
Shakespeare to fit every incident ct
his eventful career. He loved tho thea
ire and its scenery and the opera-sonle
of his comparisons Of the stage in Paris
and the stage in London ara interesting
and instructive even at this hour. He
Eenjoyed the ballet, and could find relief
lat the close OF long day OF hard argu-
Iment with Carnot in visit to some the
htre where good dancing was sure to be
|seen. He ought to have been brought
up as q soldier. His military plans and
memoranda were accepted with pro-
found interest by Carnot himsalf, the or
;ganizer of victory. Tone saw and even
Iforesaw many of the weaknesses Of the
eFrench republic. NJ 4.@-s~ .....s s-,s--s :t
He seems to have had remarkably
cool head, combined with an imaginative,
hale poetic temperament and an extraor-
dinary buoyancy of spirits, which car
ried him cheeriiy over every trial and en-
abled him to confront death it's If with a
positive serenity of courage. He loyed
his friends with warm love, and ne has
given us some charming pictures of his
home life in the days, before he set out
for America, on his way, as we may put
it, to France, He says himself that he
was vain and fond of distinction, Very
likely he was--so much we may yield to
the Duke Of Argyll. But his seems to
have been a very harmless and boyish
kind OF vanity and il appears to have
had absolutely nc effect on his principles
or his duty to his cause. ALI that ever
can be known OF him we know in these
two volumes. They picture gallant, q
generous and a most lovable nature,
Living when he did, it is not to be won
dered at that he was England's enemy
II he were living in our time he would be-
England's friend.
The Irish standard., 1894-02-10
MINNESOTA.

] Div. No. i A. 0 FL. OF Hastings gave
it's seventh annual ball last Monday even
ing at the opera hall in that city. It was
the event Of the season, and was sue
ceesful affair from social and financial
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-12-08
Vote of tho Topu,Ists.

New York, Nov. 27.-The World
gives q list showing the number OF
votes cast by the Populist party in all
the states at the last general election
as compared with the votes cast by
the same party in 1892. II says: I'm
1892 the Populist party pOllcd al
together l,0il,02l votes for president.
Between 1892 and 1894 there was no
general election, the returns of which
can be compared with the year pre-
ceding. This year the Porulist vote
was 1896, 900, gain OF nearly 600, 900
votes in two wears"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-12-08
Old Ir0ple.

Old people who require medicine Ia
regulate the bowel. aud kidneys will ind
the true remedy IN Electric !iit,rr>. This
medicine does not stimulate aud contains
nn whi,k,y ar other inlOXicInt. but act
~ u tonic aud alternative. II acts mildly
om the stomach rnd bowels. adding
Strength aud giving tone Ia Tho organ,
thereby aiding nature in the prri"rmtnc"
Of the iunrlioms. Electric Bitrr> j. ah
exc rItnppriizer aud aids digestion. Old
people iind it .iu-t rXicily what they need.
Prize. zoe II bottle ut MrFillrn q Prices
drug store.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-12-08
have ruined all tho others along With

have ruined all the others along with
u.s."
"That's Jest So" said Mrs. Armil,
heartily. Rogers smiled little bitter
ly. What a tragedy the mans life had
been, Miss Braineri thought. What q
loneliness! lie had In him, she decided
In fush Of sympathy. rarer and finer
qualities Of nature, Of affection and as
piration. thap his unforgiving wife
could ever comprehend.
II seem to have missed II all round"
he went on. II did try, Hetty, and II !
lad got the farm cleared off ] meant to
have asked yon if-if-things couldn't
be different; there was school we
wanted to send Leon" he did not
know how TO finish the sentence, APP
parcntly; bnt the mute entrcaty OF the
look turned ON his wifc's unmoved face
awakened Miss Braiuer,l's indignant
pity. WELL" he said, quietly, there Is
always the prairie schooner for me to
take TO; for don't think was cut out
to make laws. can't harm anybody
but myself on the prairie; and Pearl
will see you and Leon have place TO
stay. Now, guess II you ladies will
excuse me, I'll go put up the horse. I'll
be right back"
As he stood in the doorway, his eyes
turned back TO Leon. 'Shall | come
too. pap" said the child. Miss Brainerd,
ut least, noticed fine culver pass over
the mans face before he answered:
mo. shall come back soon. You stay
with your mother"
Still. she was looking at him. He
walked out alone. Then she rose. her
lips set firmly. "Will You excuse me.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-12-08
Two Lives Saved.

Mrs. Phrhc Thomas of Junction City,
H., was told l'y l,ri doctors that she had
consumption and that there was no hope
for her. hut Two bottles OF DIR. Kings New
Discovery completely cured her md 81"
>ay. Il saved her life Mr. rhos. Eggcr-.
100 Florida street. San FranciscO, suffered
from II dreadful cold. approaching coli
s,,mpti n, tried without result everything
else. then bought one bottle of Dr.
Kings New Di.cNciy aud IN two weeks
was cured. Il is such results, of which
these ARE samples, that prov" the wonder
fll clllc .cy al hi, medicine in coughs and
colds. Free lrial bottle, nj McFa'l'l"n "
Prices drug store Regular size 90 cents
and 81.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-12-08

too" she said; ~ want to speak to my
husband"
"Oh Lord" gasped Mrs. Armil. But
Miss Braincrd had her word ready:
Tell him please that know Mr.. Raj
mund. we'll; he is in my congregation;
and will engage that he shant fore
close the mortgage"
"Wcll, Lord be praised! You're do
ing right, Hctty," called Mrs. Armil ut
the empty door, us soon us establishment
released her tongue: better late than
never. But to think Of her giving in
now when hes lost all his property,
and him the hclplessest man alive"
IL think that was why" laughed
Miss Brainerd; "such slight things are
women"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-12-08
TO LEARN A LANGUAGE.
How to Get the Meaning Of Words with
out q Dictionary.

How to Get the Meaning OF Words With
out q Dictionary.
Some students begin a language for
the mere love of knowing foreign
tongues; others acquire them either for
professional purposes or with the aim
Of gaining access to foreign litcratures.
But whatever be the motive. the Bos-
ton Herald suggests that IL Is well to
set out with some knowledge of the SCI
ence of langunge-some insight into the
relations of languages TO one another
some grasp Of the theories Of modern
scholars about the origin and develop
ment Of speech.
To learn language without knowing
anything of the science Of language Is
like acquiring the art of putting up cleo
trio fixtures without any knowledge Of
the principles Of electrical science.
To approach II, on the other hand.
from the standpoint Of universal princi-
pies Is TO make the study Of II easier
and progress In any particular tongue
much more rapid.
BY knowing, for example. the laws Of
eonsonnntnl interchange we may often
discover the meaningsof words without
being obliged TO refer for them 70 the
dictionary In this way every new Ian
auage learned makes more easy the 40
onlrnment Of other tongues Of the harne
or Of I'll allied stocks-
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-12-08
1.-THE ESD.l
EXPERIMENTING WITH COLD.
The Interesting Observations of Berlin
Professor.

The Interesting Observations of . berlin
Professor.
The laboratory of Prof. Pictet, at Ber-
lin, is designed for the investigation of
the effects of cold. The rcfrigerating
machinery, driven by several powerful
engines. keeps the objects under OBJ
scrvation Mt any temperature between
20 degrees and 200 degrees below zero
Cent. us long us may be required. The
cooling is effected by the evaporation OF
liquids. and is divided into three stages,
each with its special apparatus. For
the first stage is used the mixture of
sulphurous and carbonic acids known
as "pictets fluid" which is condensed
at u pressure of about two atmosphcres
in spiral tube cooled by water. Laugh
ing gas (oxidc Of nitrogen) is the liquid
chosen for the second stage. II is con-
densed ut pressure Of ten or twelve
Gtmosphcrcs in tube kept Mt about SO
degrees below zero by the action of the
first circuit For the third stage atmos-
phcric mir is employed, and passes into
the liquid state ut pressure of seven
ty-fve atmospheres when the tcmpera-
ture ist,cpt ut i3' degrees below zero
by the other circuits. The evaporation
OF the liqucficd air givcsa cold of about
900 degrees below zero. Absolute zero
is placed ut .73 degrees below zero
Cent. but Prof. Pictet regards a55 de-
grecs below zero rs about the lowest
dttninublc artificial temperature. One
Of the effects of great cold has been the
showing Of quicksilver in beautiful,
fcrn-lilie crystals. GlyceriEe also has
been crystallizcd: and cognac has been
given by freezing the peculiar mellow
ness commonly attained only by long
keeping The most important result
thus far, however, has been the purifi-
.ation Of chloroform, the crystals which
form in the commercial chloroform ut
about rs degrees below zero being al-
most absolutely pure.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-12-08
SERIOUS TROUBLE AHEAD.

Near ,gua Government.
PANAMA, Nov. IS. - Advices from
Managua indicate grave situation
in the Mosquito 'ervation. The
British minister, Costing, has notified
Nicaragua that Great Britain refuses
to recognize the Nicaraguan govern
ment After an exchange of views
Minister Gosling telegraphed to Port
Limon for British war,hip to come
ut once to Blu,iields. II is reported
that the Nicaraguan canal project is
ut the bottom of the matter and seri-
Gus trouble is fearel