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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-10-11
Where the Colonel Had Him.

Colonel Sterrepp is newspaper man and
great reader of standard matter. Not
long ago he met young fellow who beat
him out on a question of Biblical history
and the colonel sought to get even.
"That boy of yours, he said to the young
fellows father, lis a bright one, but ]
guess downed him."
"How2" inquired the father with good
deal of curiosity.
"Well, went home after he faxed me
out on that Biblical point and read up on
the Peloponnesian war-did you ever hear
of the Peloponnesian war?
The father said he had, and the colonel
looked disappointed.
"And," he resumed, IL came at him on
it the next time l had chance and, by
thunder, sir, he told me he had not only
heard of it but had studied about it in his
school. Say, did you ever hear of the
Peloponnesian war when you was boyp"
The old gentleman confessed that he had,
and again the colonel looked hurt.
eyes" he went on; she not only said
that, but he asked me if knew that Lin
coin had got some of the ideas of his fam
Gus Gettysburg speech from the orations
delivered on that war, and that's where
had him." exclaimed the colonel with a
broad smile of triumph.
"HowP" inquired the father
"Why, sir" and the colonel's face
glowed, II know all about that county in
Illinois where Lincoln got his learning
and there amt man in it ever heard Of
the Pcloponnesian war"
The colonel's argument was irresistible
and the father had to confess it.-Detroi
Free Press.
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The Wrong Person.

An acquaintance said to me the other
day:
MY husband has been worrying q great
deal about business Of late and has had
several mysterious meetings in the parlor
with closed doors.
Last night he was particularly nervous
and kept saying during dinner:
~ shall be glad when o'clock comes,
for expect a most important party then. /
think he can make everything all rightP
Just about then the girl came in and
said that she had shown gentleman into
the parlor.
"'That's he said my husband. jumping
up. Now must go In and introduce my
self. I've never met him.
"'Well, take your coffee first.' cried,
but he wouldn't.
He dashed down stairs, and followed
him unseen, for was anxious too.
81 listened in the back parlor, and this ID
what heard:
"'Mr. - in my husbands voice.
"'No, SIR was the strangers reply.
"'Well. at least you come from himi
was the question in an agitated tone.
"'Well, no. was the response. I called
to see if you had any old clothes you'd lik,
/ to SELL
II didn't wait for the outbreak, but fec
up stairs. New York Recorder
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How Loosha Cured Him.

The elderly married porter who looks
after Middleclass flats has never repeated
the daring act of unlawful OSCILLATION
which was visited with such summary
retribution by our dragon of domestic vir-
tue. 1t happened, if l remember, when
the miniature lift dedicated to the trades
mems parcels and coal scuttles went
wrong-stuck four feet below the level of
our landing and refused to bulge. So,
with the intention of ascertaining the ma
ture and extent of the local complication,
Jellams got into it, Loosha having under
taken to tighten his labors with converse
tion and composite candle. Alas for the
frailty of mankind
Then it was that, undeterred by the fear
of scalding grease or boiling indignation,
our porter attempted to wrest kiss from
the lips that were near. And as the indig-
nant Loosha thumped him on the head
with the candlestick the temporary me-
chanical obstruction yielded to the impulse
of outraged virtue, and the porter, with
one wild cry, shot swiftly downward and
disappeared. He arrived ultimately in the
coal cellar to the relief of our handmade
who had had awful visions Of his sticking
in the shaft and suffocating slowly, with
blood curdling groans, while masons were
pulling down the building to get at him.
St. James Gazette.
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CarefuIness About Water.

1t is difficult to make everybody careful
in regard to the use of drinking water, but
comparatively easy to make the principles
of hygiene generally known. Some per
sons dislike pure water because it is insipld.
Others find it inconvenienU to boil the
water they use, and troublesome or ridicu-
lous to employ a filter. In some Industries
impure water is preferred as in that OF the
baker-the bacteria in the water uniting
with those in the yeast and producing rap
idly the desired lightness. Does any one
in America ever trouble himself about the
quality of water used in making his bread,
or of that in the so called mineral waters
he drinks, or is he strenuous in regard to
the quality of the ice furnished him, which
even when comparatively clear often
abounds in microbesS Bad water is often
the cause of epdemics of typhoid fever
San Francisco Chronicle.
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4 Funeral in Chill.

In this queer country there is funny
side even to funerals. The other day q
sound OF music attracted me to the win
dow. and what do you think l SAW A
mahogany hued peon (peasant) carrying on
his head and outstretched hands a plank
about five feet long and on the plank a
dead child. The little corpse was that Of
girl apparently about five years old. 1t
was attired in short frock of red calico,
the legs inciosed in coarse white hose "a
world too wide for the shrunk shank" no
shoes, the jet black hair smoothly braided
and crowned by jaunty wreath of paper
roses and the cheeks horribly daubed with
vermilion to simulate the hue of health.
The plank bearer was closely followed
BY two women, evidently the mother and
grandmother of the deceased, and they
walked with an air Of conscious impor-
lance, as becomes those who have furnished
otra angel ia C'another little angel" as
here dead child is universally called), to
swell the heavenly host. Behind the wo-
men marched two men, playing with
might and main, one OH fiddle, the other
on a guitar, each intent on a tune Of his
own regardless of the others performance,
ohu eHo iStti was piouBnU up ny d uoLeh VI
more laughing and chattering men, wo
men and children, most of whom gave in
dubitable evidence of unwise generosity
on somebody's part in the way of chicha
the CHILEAN low class intoxicant.
They were on the way to the Pantheon
to inter the ''little angel" over whom
they had been dancing and drinking To-
several days, and which possibly had beer
lent once or twice in the meantime t,
friends who were not so fortunate as t,
have corpse in the acknowledgements
| Letter,
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ExpIosiye Force of Lightning.

The explosive power is one of the fore,
most qualities exhibited by the electrical
discharge. When the fluid happens to
meet with some obstruction in its course it
frequently evinces its dissatisfaction by
SCATTERING the nonconducting object, exer-
cising a radiating force like bombshell
and bursting substances asunder as If they
had been charged with gunpowder Many
years ago the southwest pinnacle OF the
church of Breog, in Cornwall, was demol'
ished by stroke of lightning, and one
stone weighing three hundredweight was
hurled southwark over the roof to the dis
lance of sixty yards, while second was
sent to the north for the space of 400 yards
and third was projected in southwest
erly direction. Journal.
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scarabmus, Egypt's Sacred Beetle.

Scarabeus, "the god beetle of the lower
Nile" has been worshiped, petted and
feared by several benighted sects of Egypt
since the time "when the mind and history
of man runneth not to the contrary" Like
the other sacred creatures of idolatrous
countries, several mythical fancies are
woven around this chronological rarity.
The number of its toes, thirty, were sup
posed to symbolic the average number OF
days in month. On each new moon day
it deposited ball containing 800 eggs,
which the Egyptian priests assured their
followers referred to the number of days
in the year, the brilliant golden color OF
the ball itself personifying the sun. In
ancient times this curious beetle was de-
clared to be of but one sex, the male, but
modern investigation has exploded that
one myth at least.
In connection with the Egyptian nations
the Gnostics, as well as some Of the early
Christian fathers, speak of Christ as the
scarabaus and symbolic him as mar
with beetles head. The Egyptians al
ways embalmed this sacred insect.-St
! Louis Republic.
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Increasing Longevity.

1.-THE threescore and ten years allotted to
man will yet be increased to twice that
number" was the prediction made by DR..
Charles Hienkle. "Instead of the world
growing weaker and wiser, as the old axiom
puts it, it is growing wiser and stronger.
The average length of life is steadily in
creasing. In the days of good Queen Bess
women were considered passe at thirty, and
few men distinguished themselves in state
craft, science or literature after passing
five and sixty. Now woman is in the
heydey of her beauty at thirty, and the
ripest fruits of genius are frequently
plucked at threescore and ten. Gladstone,
Bismarck and Blaine are fair examples of
that green and fruitful old age so frequent
in these days. Yet science is but in its in
fancy. AS it progresses the waste of life
and energy will be gradually curtailed.
"While the fountain of youth sought by
that interesting old crank, Ponce de Leon,
will probably never be found; while man
will probably never discover the secret Of
remaining an ever young Apollo, nor WON
an that of being as attractive at sixty as
at sixteen, l firmly believe that the NERD
iar of life will yet be raised from thirty
five to seventy; that the day will CONF
when man will not be considered bach
number when he has reached his 1OOtl
birthday. st. Louis Globe Democrat.
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A Youngsters Fears of Bears.

To draw upon my own recollections, my
childhood was haunted by bears. They
were not bears out of books, so far as can
remember, but a childish formula for the
dark unknown which is apt to brighten
every little stranger who comes alone into
this great world of ours. Many an hour
have lain awake in an ecstasy of trem
bling lest the sonorous breathing of the
sister asleep at my side should be loud
enough to rouse the dire beasts from their
lurking places.
Yet these hours did not ''embitter my in
fancy" nor do they now in retrospect cause
me poignant grief. What does shame me
IL the remembrance Of other hours of that
same period when was trying to adjust
my emotions and actions to an agreement
with those of the particular heroine out OF
fiction who happened to be my nearest ac-
quaintance at the time.-Atlantic Monthly.
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The Value of Opium as a Plaster.

Aho VI oPhuan 80 . hooecAs
Despite it's harmful influence there is no
drug in the materia medica that has so
wide range Of therapeutic application as
opium, and the extensive plantations Of 1t
In China and India are perceptively In
creased every year, owing to the general
demand for it. In the former country 1t is
used as domestic remedy, much as cam
phor is In this country, and 1t is through
this universal use of it in China that at
tention has been drawn to its great value
In surgical dressing. There is no other
dressing that Quiets pain and checks all
discharge of serum so effectually as opium,
and 1t does not have the disagreeable odor
Of iodoform nor the poisonous effects of b.
chloride Of mercury.
In case of wounds it should be cut Off In
small pieces and spread over the cloth so as
to form plaster nearly twice the size Of
the wound 1t will adhere to the wound fol-
weeks, relieving pain, preventing undue
discharges and healing the sore from the
first. 1t may be made to stick to the wound
by smearing little Venice turpentin'
around the edges, and by this means M
other dressing need be placed over it,
Yankee Blade.
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Hop Pillows and Hop Tea.

The summer girl now declares her inten-
ton of filling her sofa pillows with freshly
gathered hops, instead Of the odorous pine
needles, as heretofore. The hop pillows
are delightfully."- fragrant and are said to
exercise wonderful powers over the gentle
goddess who is supposed to knit up the
sleeve of care that we have been busily
raveling all day long. The victim of in
somnia will do well to try hop pillow,
aided and abetted by cup of warm hop
tea just before retiring. The chances are
that his tangled nerves will strengthen
themselves out, and he will sleep like a
seraph. At any rate he will not feel de-
pressed and miserable in the morning, as
he surely will if he tamper with powerful
drugs in order to produce sleer.-New
York News.
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Tho Tenrs yHera Arranged.

It will be remembered that when Jumbo
was originally taken from the London
geological garden he displayed great un'
Willingness to leave his companion, Alice.
Tears figured in the episode, and great
compassion was excited by the evidence OF
the elephants affection. A Mr.. Gaylord,
who was with Barnum when Jumbo was
bought, says that it was all arranged; that
Scott. the keeper, who came over with
Jumbo, unanswered the elephant in way
to give the desired effect of feeling. When
It was time for him to leave and his car
was ready he got the order to lie down. and
down he went, and the populace wept at
the thought of the elephants unhappiness'
When he was told to come away he came.
New York Sun.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-10-11

During the popular excitement and riot
GUS demonstration in Russia growing out
of the outbreak Of cholera, priest at Sar-
atoff was attacked by mob. A man had
shouted upon seeing him: "There's the
man that seized me and buried me alive.
I've only this instant escaped from the
grave that he put me in" The excited
people, thoroughly convinced that there
was murderous conspiracy against them,
rushed upon the priest with cries which
showed their determination to put him to
death. The priest folded his arms and
smiled. "You have just come out Of the
grave, you saya" he called to the man.
faye, that have" 'Then how" asked
the priest, "does it happen that you've had
time to get drunk already" And it was
found that the mans breath smelled OF
liquor, the laugh was turned upon him,
and the crowd left the priest unmolested.
Manchester Times.
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Homcly American Currency.

"The paper money of the United States
is the least handsome in the world" said
the proprietor of money exchange. "That
is because this government depends en-
tirely upon the intricacy and elaborateness
of the designs on it's notes and certificates
for protection against counterfeiters. In
foreign countries, on the other hand, much
effort il directed to making their currency
beautiful with pictures and arabesques in
the classical style Not only are the re-
suits more pretty to look at, but they serve
their chief purpose better, for any practi-
cal engraver will tell you that real art
work on bill is far more difficult to i'm
itate than any purely mechanical effect
no matter how complicated the latter may
be made by the geometric lathe and othel
devices. Washington Star.
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A good many of the bacteria which are
found in all natural surface waters are
expelled or killed when the water freezes,
but as many as 10 per cent, and often
more, may remain alive. A large num-
Der of studies on this subject have shown
that the hubby and snowy ice is apt to
contain many more bacteria than the clear
ice does. These bacteria in ice have as
rule no influence whatsoever upon the
health of the ice consumer if the ice has
been formed on bodies Of water which are
clear and pure. But ice which is formed
on sewage polluted or otherwise filthy
water may contain disease producing bac
terra, and hence be very dangerous for do
nestle use.-T. Mitchell Prudden in Har
neris.
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MEMORIES.
The summer sun is sinking now,

The summer sun is sinking now,
The western sky is all aglow,
As wandering through the meadow paths,
The silent shadows come and 60:
The meadows where. in childish glee,
Igathered flowers or chased the bee.
bend and pluck daisy fair,
While tears my eyes'are filling fast,
For memory comes, with silent step,
And lifts the veil that hides the past,
While backward roll the bygone years,
So fraught with sorrows, joys and tears.
see myself, slender youth,
So full Of plans for coming years,
As slowly home drove the cows,
Naught knowing of LIES cares and fears,
But longing much the world to see
And planning all that would be.
Oh, eager, hopeful, trusting hearth
You did not know life's thorny way,
Or, even when earth's laurels won,
How quick they fade at close Of dayl
Would could be youth again,
So free from heartache, care and pain!
Julia Wood in Good Housekeeping.
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A plainly dressed and simple minded
looking young woman had applied for a
summons. The magistrate, desiring to
know what money she received for the sup
port of herself and child. asked:
HAS he (the defendant) ever given you
anything"
"Yes," answered the woman. "a black
eye month ago, punch in the head after
that, and three pence last week"
Amid an outburst of laughter the sum-
mons was granted, and the applicant left
the court, apparently obliviors Of the mer-
riment she had occasioned.-London Tit
Rita
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-10-11

A curious incident occurred at Heceta
Head. Or. the other day. One of the work
men on the lighthouse accidentally let 20
of his wheelbarrow, which rolled down the
cliff. over rocks, distance of $50 feet, INTO
the ocean, and was a few days later picked
up on the beach, ten miles this SIDE OF
Heceta, in perfect good order.-Philadel-
mia Ledger.
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II there are many whose daily diet is too
varied, too luxurious, there are also many
who, through unkind and unpropitious
circumstances, are scarcely able to supply
the wherewithal to satisfy the legitimate
wants of nature.
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Antiuuity of Glass.

Glass, as far as research has been able TO
determine. was in use 9, 600 years before the
birth of Christ, and was even then not IN
,ts infancy. In the state collection at the
british museum there is the head of lion
nodded in glass bearing the name Oh aD
Egyptian king Of the eleventh dynasty
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Faults versus Virtues.

Mr.. Suburb-Women are perfect nui-
sance to sit behind on railroad train
They are bound to have the window up.
Mr.. Citimann-Yes but they are per
feet blessing to walk behind on the street
They don't smoke.-New York Weekly.
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why They Took No Paper.

A canvasser while in Washington, Me-,
was surprised to find six successive mousse
holds in which no newspapers were taken,
and upon calling at the next house asked
the reason, and was informed that not a
member of the six families could either
read or write.
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THE LAND OF PROMISE

Is the mighty West the land that clicked with
a hoe laughs a harvest" the Ell Dorado OF the
miner: the goal of the agricultural emlerant
While it teens with all the elements OF wealth.
and prosperity some of the fairest and most
fruitful portions of it bear harvest OF malaria
reaped in its iullness by those unprotected by a
medicinal safeguard. No one seeking or dwell
ing in a malarial locality is safe from the scourge
without Hostetters Stomach BitteIs Emf
grants, bear this in mind. Commercial travel,
ers sojourning in malarious regions should
carry bottle of the Bitters In the traditlonal
pripsack Against the effects of exposure, men
tai or bodily overwork damp aud unwholesome
food or water 1t is an lnfalli lie defense. Con
stpation, rheumatism, bilousness dyspepsia
nervousness and loss of strength are all rene
died by this genial restorative.
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Duty Is Always with Us.

Duty is power which rises with us In
the morning and goes to rest with US NJ
night. 1t is coextensive with the action
Of our intelligence. 1t is the shadow which
cleaves to u.s. go where we will, and which
only leaves us when we leave the light OF
life Gladstone
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APRACTICAL MAN.

OF all the practical men of whom Amer
lea is justly proud no one holds higher
place than the late Cyrus W. Field. His
son shows that he has inherited the shrewd
common sense of the man who laid the
Atlantic cable. He writes:
s EAST h6TH STREET,
New YORK, May Sth, 1881
Several times this winter have suffered
from severe colds on my lungs. Each time
have applied ALLcocKs PoRus PLAsrRRs,
and in every instance l have been quickly
relieved by applying one across my chest
and one On my back. My friends, through
my advice have tried the experiment and
al o found it most successful. feel that
can recommend them most highly to any
one who may see tit to try them.
CYRUS W. FIELD, JR.
BRANDRETHs PILLS are the best medicine
known.
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Keen scheme that of Harlow's," said
Hicks; took his boy to church last Sun
day--pinched him just before the collec-
ton, and boy cried, SO Harlow had to take
him out. Saved his money. london
Rite
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Corn Silk-Paddy eating green corn for the
first timel-Be iabbers, OF wish WHOEVER sewed
this corn on the cob had pulled out the bastins.
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The Mediterranean sea would cut the
United States in two across its greatest
breadth, making an open sea from New
York to Vancouver.
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The oak of Gelemos. which was felled In
1910. realized "a, $50 for it's owner; the bark
was sold for 1900 and the tr INK and
branches for 1850 more.
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Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleapses the sys-
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in Soc
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it ON hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. DO not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
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F.J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned have known +. j. Cheney
for the last Is years, ami believe him perfectly
honorable In all business transactions and
financially able to carry out any obligations
made by the Arm.
WEST 4 TRAUx, Wholesale Druggist Toledo, o.
WALDINa KINNAN 4 MARVIN, Wholesale Drdg.
gists, Toledo, o,
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c
per BOTTLE Sold by all Druggists.