The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-01-11
GARNERED GRAINS.

An average man can lift with both |
hands 236 pounds.
1t may interest many to know that |
from an artistic point of view a
womans face is more beautiful when
viewed from the left.
Many birds roost upon one leg, be-
cause the heavier the body presses
upon the bent joint of the leg the
tighter the claws are clasped around
the perch.
Turkeys were 50 called in England
because when first brought to that
country they were supposed to come
from Turkey, whereas they are Aneri-
can birds and were taken to Europe
by the earliest explorers.
Bailey, of circus fame, had two brook
trout in a small aquarium that would
jump out of the water and take flies
held between his forefnger and
thumb, and would also ring a little
bell when they required food.
For seven years nervous old gem
tleman at Woolwich, England, made o
circuit of half mile twice per day
rather than pass powder magazine.
The other day he learned that it had
been empty for over eight years!
A young caribou walked into the
pasture with the cows on farm
in Moro, Maine, the other evening. 1t
did not try to get away, and the next
day refused to be driven away, and at
last accounts was doing well living on
cows milk
At recent meeting of the Medical
society in Berlin young woman was
exhibited by DIR. Gluck, the house sur
geon of the Children's hospital in
Berlin, who had an artificial nose of
ivory, with pliable bridge of platlna.
The nose was covered with applied
human skin, and answered all pur-
poses of respiration, though the sense
of smell was absent.
A natural ice bed of astounding di-
mansions has been discovered on
Stone mountain, in Scott county, Vir-
ginia. The ice bed, which Is in
reality large cave, was located by a
settler in 1880. The ice, which is pro.
tected from the rays of the sun by q
thick growth of moss, varies from
three inches to several feet in thick
ness and may be thousands of year;
, old.
"My friend" said the fashily'
, dressed man as he approached the I'M
sophisticated youth on the street cor
, ner, would you like to know the
( secret of enormous wealth? | have
it, but circumstances prevent my us
, ing it. l will sell it to you for fifty
cents" "Well what's the secret?
: said the young man, as he passed owe
D silver coin. First" said the hashily
dressed man, as he prepared to NOV
v rapidly around the corner, first yo
| get lot of money, and, second, yo
n keep it"
i Rules of civility, as published i
h 1857, are of considerable interest
J. Here is a quotation: 1T is unhanC
Q some among ladies or in any othe
serious company, TO throw off one
VI coat to pull off ones perulSe, to clea
s ones nails, TO tic ones garter. t
If change ones shoes If they pinch, t
IS call for ones slippers, to be at ease
IS to sing between the teeth, or to druy
Is with ones fingers. 1t is too juvenil
and light when in the company {
g ladies to play with them, toss or tun
t, bic them. to force away their hood
le fans or cuffs In eating" the write
A. cautions his readers, observe thu
s. your hands be Clean Dip not yol
IS fingers in the FOOLS nor lick the
10 when you have done eating. If yC
lg have occasion to sneeze or cough no
n your napkin before your face. Drin
lg not with your mouth full, or unwipe
IS. ror until you are forced to breathe
s. the glass"