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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15
TOLD BY A RETIRED BURGLAR.
A Robbery In Which lie Was Caught With
the Goods In His Possession.

the nooiS iii Al -
81 spent one tenn III prison thaU never
disturbed me IN the ieas'' sai' "ie'ireu
burglar, ''fOr the proof against me was OF
such nature that there couluh pe any
possibility of mistake about II, ana then,
distressing as it was to me, couldn help
admiring the manner IN Whlch L was
caught
~ had found my way in house to the
principal occupied chamber and mad sur
teyed the room az well us could by the
dim light that was burning without using
NV own lamp. 1t was handsomely tur-
iishod rooIn and it gave one IL comforta-
H., fo,,ir,, inst Il, look into it.
81 rat 0:er to fine bureau and set my
I,r,n down on ton of it and got to work.
TI,,. t,, had bean left IN the top drawer
TI,at ses,nel q LITTLE careless. but it made
I,i,, ,,.,,,.,. inst 50 mnch easicr turned
HAT kew rs though it had been in velvet.
Ti, dr,,yar like the drawers in all well
d,l,.t n,ctad h,raans onened smooth and
, az rooohad in ,t the RIGHT hand corner.
where people generally keep their pocket
books, and almost the first thing my hand
touched was silver purse, one of the kind
that people used to carry more than they
do now wallet shaped, opening on Il hinge,
with occordionlike compartments inside
and shutting with snap. This pocket
book was carved or embossed on the sides,
and it was beautiful, | knew, and | like
nrertv things, and | sort OF held onto it,
with my hand still in the drawer, at the
same time running my other hand along
toward the other corner. With that hand
= moment later picked up IL slender silver
hottie, and | never regretted anything so
much in ny life, for that bottle was the
other handle of an electric battery, and
couldn't kt go.
81 cried cut couldn help lt-but that
didn't do any harm, Tor the instant
touched tie bottle Dell began to ring
loud enough I" wake anybody up, even If
hadn't rlade a SOUND myself. linen
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15

The old idea Of attributing special mo-
rality to early rising is a bygone, out of
date maxim.
Early to bed and early to rise
Makes man healthy and wealthy and wise
is n rhyme which has had its day. A GER
tain medical man once discovered-with
much statistical search-that he never
found n case of extreme longevity unac-
companied by the habit of early rising,
from which one might infer that they who
rise late die early. But this would fail to
take into account one well known fact
the tact that most elderly people are early
risers because they cannot sleep o. morn
lngs 1t is putting the cart before the horse.
reversal of cause and effect, to infer that
people live to be old because they do not
sleep late. Arranged in logical sequence.
the conclusion is that they do not sleep
late because they are old, and it is folly
Tor human beings to regulate their move
ments on pathological principles. Phil,
adelphia Press
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15
WALL STREET sUPERsTITIoNS.
Brokers Who Have Their Mascots ne
Number 10 Feared and Respected.

Nnn1hpr IL Feared ana htspcNtNh'
rrck does not rule Wall street so com |
,,ra+oI,, as tbeuniniriated suppose Never
tIoIor. - evercisas considerable influence,
oI,d conseouantIv many brokers and spec
' ',i., have eli the superstitions that
,nark rho gambler 1t would be difficult
In find among them man who has not
so,,,atbinq, rHnlaosant to saw about Fri
5,,-.s - fnonciers who are pillars of
49, cbrrcb Hesitate about beginning big
(,,,,ro+ions on that day. and they will fire.
innorvenience if not actual
quei'.ls -. tt-,,, dn On Men who can look
49, +l,l +a,,o &c il INNS ont of the ticker and
at 'iio '''Po -ii,,,i,,l, o,+ of their orasp
sec ioi oI,i,, If o,nreseion will turn
Ni,HoH' tI,. -, hon that they forgot
har,,Ior before entering the ex-
oI,a,,,,a Tbnra are Others who will not
-, 1t,,,oI,,,o,, u,ithout first walk
,,l,I',,,I +I,Ii,, n},oir
ms 51,I'd,,, !. = Lot+or in New York who has
t,nai, H. ,,,as ,,,,de for 81 certain Wall
,,,,r,,, ,o,.s AGO # is still in
,1i,, ct,'Ias hn,,a ciorged y hundred times
u9e ,, l,,t tbn man who order
81 ~ Los ,,oid ma attantion to them. In
eu t ~ l''9 ,nr,frll,. foIlows tba man
Jat(., - farI,ia,, Lu+tL iaantioue beadpear
- ,.s,,,,z 4Lna,,,b ,,in+er, and summers
va IT, is weaIthT honkerand broker, a man
80 lto ,no,+iooI ,,lind nrhomnered Inv theories
". ',. ,th,, a,,I,ian+ ,.,+ tbis vet not for
e. 0 1 oo,,Id ba Io ind,,,ad 70 walk upon
~ Gl,or - tba ovoLonI,o ,ye WING a han of
orG 'l ntIra,, etr,I, or n,oIte
'HS ai1. S,,r. doIJ,Ior in s+ock, has a
.a,aa ,' % so,,to I,i,d which i, nricaIess I
,,aa+in,, wall known snecnIa-
.on -, Town dnrinS, one If the exciting
dors IF tha manic stWbv what are Won
doin,, bornsj T asked "Iyhv ore Won not
u, tho streats,,
.sT on, IN NV yy,v home - he renlied
CT fanI,a+ INV r,o,co+ and T won't touch
anrthino in the street until get if, I'm
noing for II now and am in n great hurry.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15
. NEVADA.
FORGIVENESS.

Forgiveness plant of soil refined, divine,
Whose blossoms reach beyond the earthly
mold,
Beyond the storm, the tempest and the cold
To gather airs from heavens unsullied shrine
o flower of Eden! be forever mine,
To cheer me when my days and years grow old,
And scat Ter dews from regions that entold
The healing leaves by waters crystalline!
Thou antidote for wrath and hate and fear,
Balm of the heart by lips of loved ones wound
ed;
Soothing the thrust of sharp ingratitude,
Thy fragrance Gains the soul when night Is
near.
And angels come with heavenly wreaths sur
rounded
To light with love this land of solitude.
Julia Noyes Stickney.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15
Ex-President HAYES Suayity,

EX-President Hayes was never known
to talk on politics after his retirement from
the White House. Numberless attempts
were made to induce him to answer even
one question, but he always politely but
lmmovably refused. Yet he was never
known to decline seeing "A newspaper man.
even at the most interpretive hour. 1t
was indeed "A pleasure to talk with him
about other affairs when he had in his own
quiet, dignilied, unassailable way explain
ed that under no conditions would he con
sent to discuss politics Chicago Post.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15

A preacher says that one time while adj
dressing about 1900 children and enter
tanning them with variety of stories he
thought it might be well to point the NOR
IL OF one OF them. He had hardly, how
ever begun to say, "Now, this teaches, -
when little ragamuffin on the front bench
cried out; Never mind what it teaches.
ores another story" 81 learned from
the little rascal" he said, "to wrap the
moral well in the heart of the story, not
10 put 1t as a sting into the tail. Ham j,
Horn A"'ii
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15

Professor Williams of Johns HOPKINS
university says that the practice of hazing
at colleges is an ancient one He came
across an old rule at Heidelberg universe
ty, where he studied, printed in 1870, for.
bidding the practice by the older students
Of shaving the heads of the new students
and filling their ears with wax.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15
ASHES FOR FRUIT TREES.

Professor Budd says: "No fact is now
better established than that ashes are
the one thing needful on our soils for
the production of high grade OF the
grape. This is not surprising in view
of the statement made by chemists that
a crop OF four tons of grapes to the acre
removes from the soil forty pounds of
potash, thirteen pounds of nitrogen and
twelve pounds of phosphoric acid"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15
Ingalls, Speech Ruildinp.

Ex-senator ingalls, had a remarkable
way of preparing his speeches, according
to Frederick Haig, formerly his private
secretary. He first dictated a speech very
rapidly. Then he dictated another and
altogether new speech on the same subject.
and taking the typewriter copies of both
speeches he would cut, paste, erase and in
terline until he had made one symmetrical
and harmonious address out of the two.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15
The American Father and Son

The interests of the American father and
son are more often closely allied than one
can find in any other nation. While in
other nations generation succeeds genera
ton, in America the sons interests are
identical with those of the father during
lifetime, and two generations stand shout
der to shoulder.-Ladies' Home Journal
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15

Clarissa-Why, you silly thingl What
are you putting your damp hands out on
the window sill for? You'll get them all
rough and red
Anna~l--Yes, | know. But Mr.. de
Million thinks that every woman ought to
do all sorts of housework, and Pm getting
my hands ready to show off tonight
New York World.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15

little than pint too much, but it should
be seen to that the efficiency does not
exceed pint. A kindness that is much
appreciated by horses but little practiced
by drivers is the entire removal OF the
harness during the noon hour.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15

Wife--Who was that who called'
Husband-One of my tenants who came
to pay his rent.
ibid he pay it'"
"Yes."
''Then why do you look so gloomy"
"He didn't say word about wanting $500
or 5000 worth of REPAIRS"
"What of it?"
THAT shows he's going to leave. "-Har-
risburg Patriot.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15

Jenny-Papa, cook must be very good.
Papa-Why, my dear2
Jenny-Because in my lesson last Sun
day IL said that the wicked shall not live
out half their days, and cook says she has
ilved out all her lfe.-Harper's Young
People
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15

A high stone wall shuts in the garden
of Gray's Inn, London. The municipal
authorities have ordered that the wall be
removed and an open iron fence substi-
tuted in order that the passersby may en-
joy the beauties of trees and flowers.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15

In 1866 an experimental cruise of all the
ironclads in. the British navy, 80 in num-
Der, was made during very rough weather
to ascertain how they would behave dur
ing storm. Result deemed successful
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15

Old Maids he hurt much doctorP
Doctor-Not much, but pretty well shak
ell up
Old Maid (eagerly)-Then he's ready to
DC taken, amt he, Observation-Disclosures Con
titution.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15
Too Much of u Compliment.


Tommy-Huh! You needn't feel SO stuck
up. Your daddy used to drive milk wagon.
Sammy know it, I've heard him say
your daddy's been owing him milk bill of
q for more'n 10 years.-Chicago Record.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15

MANDY, did you read that notice on the
counter, Your choice for Is centsY"
Mandy-Land sakes! yes, but it looks
like an awful price to ask for them clerks
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15

Look round the orange grove and use
tree props where necessary-better pay
out a few cents for props than have
broken branches.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15

It's sometimes wise to act as if you
were rich when you are poor, and when
rich to act as If you were poor.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15

Sow none but the best seed. Remem-
Der the best is none too good.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15

Buying fruit trees is like any other
bargain-the best is generally the cheap
est.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15

The length of the largest tiger skin ever
taken, after being stretched and dried, was
10 feet 8 "A inches.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15

Replace the half rotton fence post be,
fore it gives away entirely.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-09-28

there is no need to express sympathy
sBefore direct sentence is passed"
spoke up an old man who had hitherto
said nothing, ''let us see if there is not
some way Of saving this man. There is
among the old statutes which we were
permitted to take from the French
clause which says that when a man has
been convicted under the scientific code
he may be saved by some reputable
young woman, who shall come forward
and offer to marry him. Now, who
knows of woman who would be likely
to marry this MANI"
''We are obliged to you," declared
the prosecuting attorney, springing to
his feet. "We can save him. I know
of a woman" He wrote a note and
gave it to boy. Present this to Miss
Lily Mayfeld,' he said.s
Lily! That wasn't bad Better to take
lily in all her glory than to toll in a
| prison, and SO I waited. We had not
long to wait. '..Here she is, - said the
prosecuting attorney. And then there
steaped into the room the most hideous
creature have ever seen. A nightmare
put upon its feverish mettle to portray
the horrible could not produce more
repulsive human being. | grabbed my
hat and darted through the door. I did
not look back when they yelled at me to
stop, did not look back until I had run
more than a mile, but at every jump I
could see that horrible woman S face
A year later I was in Nashville The
legislature was in session. One evening
in street car I heard two country rep
resentatives talking. s"Oh, yes, said
one of them, cold Bob is full of revenge.
You remember that newspaper roasted
him for something during the last ses-
sion. Well, sir, I'll tell you what he
did The paper failed, you know, and
one of the fellers that had been con-
nected with it went out On stroll, and
he strolled down into old Bobs neigh
borhood The fellow didn't know Bob
but Bob knew him and saw him passing
by and put up job on him. And luck
came his way, for the fellow went into
barn, and just then the barn was
struck by lightning. I forget how they
worked it, but they arrested the fellow,
who was considerable of a greenhorn,
by the way, and carried him through
some sort Of a trial and pretended that
they were going to make him marry a
woman, but she wasn't a woman, but a
man that had been fixed up for the &C.
casion. Well, they say that fellow skip
ped through the door when he saw the
thing that was to be his wife and ran
mile without looking back. Yes, old
Bob is full of revenge. ''-Opie Read in
Minneapolis Tribune.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-09-28
ATwentv-second Day.

Witley'-I don't see how you make it
out that the 21st day Of December is
the shortest day in the year.
Watley-You don't know of shorter
one, do you?
Witley-Yes, a dozen Of them.
Waltey-What are they?
Wiltey-Why, the twenty second day
of every month Traveller.
Primitive Names.
The conste1-lamca which some bota
nists have raised in pressing the duty Of
abandoning many universally accepted
plant names and adopting for general
use more primitive ones is spreading to
other departments of learning. It is
found that the whole English language
is in the same unfort unate condition as
the language of botany, It Is proposed
to abandon thinks" ."walks, - lis
tens, - 'freezes, - ETC., for ''thinketh, ="
"walketh, ''listeneth, ''freezeth, "
etc., as having a much prior claim to
our regard.-Meehan's Monthly.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-09-28
Got His Moneys Worth.

King Milan of Servia once went to
the hotel of a distinguished lady who
was giving bazaar for the benefit of
the poor children Of Paris. AS soon as
the king appeared upon the scene she
advanced toward him with splendid
silver salver in her hand on which was
beautifully emblazoned the family arms.
On it lay a pretty little bunch of vio-
lets. Chow much, madame?" asked the
king t"Twenty-four lois, sire, )" was
her soft response. Milan paid her the
sum she had asked, with a courteous
bow, took the salver from her hands,
placed the bouquet in his buttonhole
and walked off, with the tray under his
arm.-San Francisco Argonaut.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-09-28
Superstition Among Lion Tanners.

Lion tanners, while not as supersti-
tious as gamblers, have certain preju-
dices which affect them strongly. For in
stance, they are much averse to attempt
ing difficult feats on a Friday, and they
note the fact that many of the accidents
happen on the 18th Of the month. Miss
Berg was nearly killed in Chicago Oh
the 18th Of July. William Hagenbeek
has a superstition peculiar to himself.
which is that Monday is an unlucky day
for him, and he will take no risks with
any wild animals Oh that day, Another
notion frequently entertained by tanners
is that it bodies them i'll to go back to
their dressing rooms for any article that
may have been forgotten. They will do
their act without whip or q pair Of
gloves rather than return for Them
McClure's Magazine
Sister1y Sarcasm.
"Have you a sistah?' said Willie
Washington.
HNo,'' replied his friend.
s'Then you cannot wealize what it is
to be so Inundated. was telling my
s1stah last night ABOUT young woman
/ sometimes call upon. wemahked
that she made me feel like fool. +"
''And what did your sister say?"
"she said that was too self oon-
scious. ''-Washington Star.
Why Is itP
Here is a question in naval science
which is to the average sailor man rid
die unsolved. Take vessel of, say, 2, 500
tons; place on it a cargo Of $500 tons
This gives you a total of 5000 tons.
Hitch little tug to this vessel, and she
will yank the big craft along at the rate
OF six Or eight knots an hour. Now put
the tugs machinery in the big vessel
1t won't move her half knot an hour.
Why is thisANew. York Mail and Elk
press.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-09-28
ASl, Wednesday.

Ash Wednesday is 30 called from the
curious custom Of streyying ashes on the
head as sign of renitence. It was prob
ably instituted by Gregory the Great,
who was pope from 500 to 604. Origi-
nally the ashes were consecrated on the
altar before mass, sprinllled with holy
water and signed three times with the
cross. During this ceremony the priest re-
cited these words, ''Memento quod cinis
es ct in cinerem reverteris. Remem-
Der that thou art dust and must return to
dust.) The ashes thus consecrated were
then strewn Oh the heads Of the of6ciat-
ing priests and the assembled people.
The ashes were usually obtained by
burning the palms conse,rated on the
preceding PALM Sunday.-St. Louis
Republic,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-09-28
CEREMONIAL MANNERS IN JAPAN.
Etiquette Has Become Second Nature Il
the Land of the MilxadO.

-
Given highly initiative race like the
Japanese, and let one undertaking stand
ard be set before them. Then generation
after generation will no change be wit
messed The standard will act like that
of the French academy on the language
Of France. Now, at home, i'll America,
we have SO standards of manners-the
reserved and reticent New England
manners, the slap you Oh the back fa1
western manners, the demagogue's man,
ners, the drummer's manners, the cut
and dried business mans manners
these and dozens of others might be
specified. And it must be admitted by
even the most patriotic that the man
who should try to model his department
ON all these schools at once would come
to somewhat mixed result
Nothing of this bewildering complex
ity has ever existed in Japan. From
mikado at the top to cody at the bot
tom of the social scale one undertaking
standard has always prevailed. Origi-
nally an importation from China, it has
been elaborated through centuries OF
study of the most elaborate ceremonial
etiquette till at last through constant
practice it has become second nature.
No one ever saw anything else, ever
dreamed of anything else.
There was one way of saluting a su.
perior, one of saluting an equal, one OF
saluting an inferior. and ones head
would have been cut off had he depart.
ed from it. No Japanese child ever saw
drummer-saw only PROSTATE artisans
saluting samurai, samurai saluting dali
mics, daimios saluting shoguns. The
whole ceremonial became organized into
them as much as their instructive habits
into our settlers and pointers, perhaps
the best hammered Of our population.
Little girls of 10 will one see here
whose finish Of breeding would have
awakened the envy of duchess at the
court of Louis XIV at Versailles. Fe-
male servants one will encounter at
dinner i'll the house Of Japanese gen.
tleman whose grace, charm and dignity
are the quintessence of ladylike refine
ment '"Trifles make perfection, but
perfection is no trifle. - The simple fact
is that the young woman of 20 has been
doing the thing for a thousand years.
Christian Register.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-09-28
Eean lie Breton.

Mrs Langtry's father, Dean lie Bre-
ton, was the leading dignitary of his
church in Jersey, presiding especially
over the picturesque church at st. Saw
iour's He was man of superb ply
sique and strikingly handsome. His
beauty descended to more members &
his family than to his famous daughter,
for the brothers, of whom there We're
several, al we're splendid looking, Appel
lolike fellows, notably Mrs. Langtry's
youngest ana favorite brother who was
killed in tiger hunt in India--Ner
York Times
The Engagement Was Recent.
He-I wonder if there is another CIR
in the whole wide world SO sweet as
my little sweetheart.
She-What's that? How dare yor
think of another girl? | shan't speak t.
you for week. indianapolis journal
Perhaps Slip of the Pen.
The Rev. S. J. Gibson lectured or
"Fools' at the Wesleyan church here
on Sunday. There were large number
present. - Carterton New Zealand
Star.
r, -. III ,,,,oo,,,I,1o Dol1at
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-09-28
A Million Friends,

A friend in need is friend indeed and no
less than one million people have found just such
friend i'll DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, Coughs and Colds. Ifyou have never
used this Great Cough Medicine, one trial will
convince you that it has wonderful curative
powers in all diseases of Throat, Chest and Lungs
Each ottle is guaranteed to do all that's claim
ed OF money will be REFUNDED. Trial bottles free
at Hughes & Bells drug store. Large bottles
SIC. and 81,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-09-28
WHEN MA WAS NEAR.
didn't have one bit of fear

Ididn't have one bit of fear
Bout nothin tall when ma was near.
Tho clouds could bank up in the sky
Or fore the wind in white streaks Fly,
But somehow 'nuther didn't keer
A snap for them when ma was near.
COLLINS that sneak at night to skecr
Us little folks-when ma was near
Jes' fairly flew and wouldn't stay
Round there one bit, but ruined away,
An didn'tseem to be one bit queer
They couldn't help it when ma was neal
1t wasn't bad to be sick where
You felt the joy that ma was near.
The throbs O. pain couldn't stay much
Under the cooling of her touch,
But seemed to stand in mortal fear
OF everything when ma was near.
Edward n. Wood.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-09-28
Deserving Praise.

We desiIe to say to our citizens, that for year.
we have been selling Dr.. Kings New Discover
for Consumption, Dr.. Kings New Life Pills, Bulk
lens Araica Salve and Electric Bitters, and have
never handled remedies that selfas well, or thai
have given such universal satisfaction. We dc
not hesitate to guarantee them every time. and
we stand ready to refund the purchase price, i
satisfactory results do not follow their use
These remedies have won their great popularity
purely on their merits, Hughes & Bell, druggists